Christmas - Advent Calendar

For years I've been looking for a nice Advent Calendar for my kids.  I've always bought the ones I've seen in the craft stores that have a small piece of chocolate behind each little cardboard flap.  When I saw the new CTMH Advent Calendar Workshop I knew that was exactly what I needed!  These kits are easy to make.  The boxes are cut using the Cricut Artiste cartridge.

The Advent Calendar Workshop includes:
     1 – My Creations® Cubby
     1 – My Acrylix® Advent Calendar Workshop Stamp Set (C-size)
     15 – Cardstock Sheets (3 ea. of 5 kit-exclusive colors)
     1 – Bitty Sparkles
     2 – 12" × 6" Dimensional Elements In Color—Frames Sheets
     1 – Instructional Brochure
You supply black ink, stamp blocks, and adhesive.

The best part is, once I had the stamp set I was able to make another calendar with my own design. The My Creations® Cubby can be purchased separately.  For the second calendar I used Cranberry, Desert Sand, Olive and Smoothie cardstock as the draw bases.  Pear & Partridge paper was used for the drawer faces (2 1/4 inch squares, cut out notch).  The frames are a combination of round and square shapes.  The round frames are made using the 2 inch scallop punch.  The square frames use a shape (page 33) from the Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge (cut at 2 in).  The numbers are stamped on round (1 1/2 inch) or square (1 1/2 inch) Cashmere cardstock (from Pear & Partridge).

My drawers each contain a few Hershey kisses or a mini candy bar (think left-over Halloween candy) but you probably have many other creative ideas. (drawers are 2 1/2" x 2 1/2")

Cute Treat Boxes

I recently got my new Cricut Artiste cartridge and just couldn't wait to start trying out some of the fabulous 3-D items.  Here's what I made. There are many other 3-D boxes available on this great cartridge. What a crafty way to share holiday desserts.

The pie box (and coordinating lid) is on page 70 of the instruction booklet.  The booklet even gives you suggested cutting sizes.  This box was cut at 6 inches using Wonderland paper.

The decorations on the lid include a stamp from the October Stamp of the Month "Very Merry Christmas" which is stamped on a coordinating Cricut Artiste shape found on page 79 in the instruction booklet.  It is layered on a circle which was punched using the 2 inch scallop punch.  The snowflake accent was also cut from Cricut Artiste (page 79).  The background and overlay were cut from the same paper and I just flipped one over to the reverse side for contrast.  (The small brown snowflake is the left-over center from the mitten on page 79.  I used the mitten for something else, but kept the 'scrap' to use here.)  The snowflake is accented with some mini gems.

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2 inch scallop punch

New Autumn Winter 2012 Idea Book

It's here!!  Oh, I can't decide which is my new favorite!  Take a look and see what you like best.

Some of my favorites:
Cricut Artiste Collection

Cricut^® Artiste Collection (Z1790)
$99 (retail value of nearly $125)
1 – Cartridge (700 images: themed projects, cards, font, shapes, 3-D items)
3 – My Acrylix^® D-size Stamp Sets*
3 – 12" × 9" Dimensional Elements in coordinating shapes

New Workshop on the Go kits
Advent Calendar Workshop on the Go (G1044)

$44.95
Included in this kit:
1 – My Creations® Cubby
1 – My Acrylix® Advent Calendar Workshop Stamp Set (C-size)
15 – Cardstock Sheets (3 ea. of 5 kit-exclusive colors)
1 – Bitty Sparkles
2 – 12" × 6" Dimensional Elements In Color—Frames Sheets
1 – Instructional Brochure


Avonlea Card Making Workshop on the Go (G1041)  $29.95

Included in the kit:
1– My Acrylix® Avonlea Cardmaking Workshop Stamp Set (C-size)
2 – Avonlea B&T Duos® Papers
4 – Cardstock Sheets (Slate, Smokey Plum, Chocolate, Avonlea Off-White)
15 – Colonial White Cards & Envelopes
1 – Slate Epoxy Bubbles (108 pieces)
1 – Grey Organdy Ribbon (5 yards)
1 – Instructional Brochure 


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My Reflections paper - Scholastic (X7159B)  $9.95