We’re taking down the Christmas tree today and I can’t help but reflect on how blessed we’ve been this year. We’ve built our own home, we both have stable jobs that we love, our children are happy, healthy, smart and beautiful.
Christmas this year was fantastic. The kids felt both the spirit of giving and receiving gifts and blessings. One of the most memorable parts of Christmas this year was the weather. The whole midsection of the country has felt the arctic chill this season and we were no different. We spent December 23-26 very nearly snowed into our home with drifts at least 7 feet tall in our driveway and the road in front of our home.
Just as we were all recovering from the Grand Christmas Blizzard of 2009, our area has been hit by another giant winter storm. The wind is just howling outside our windows and I have to say, it is an impressive display by Mother Nature. My husband gives it two thumbs up, especially since he received a snow blower for Christmas. I love that I get days off of work, even though I know that we may have to add some on to the end of the school year. I’m looking forward to scrapbooking photos from the blizzard, but in the meantime, I have a layout to share with you from last year.
This layout uses the same Spellbiners snowflakes used in the last layout of Maiah. I especially love the doodle die template that I used to emulate the swirls in the title. It makes me think of the howling wind outside our windows today.
We had lots of snow last Christmas too, but it pales in comparison to the amount we got this year. Isaac loved playing out in the snow last year, even though his sister refused to come out because it was so cold.
I used Clearsnap inks to stencil the dies and Junebug Basic Grey paper for the doodles.
Sneak Peeks on CHA Summer Trade Show Release Dies!
July 9 – July 22, 2009
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Welcome to the 13th day of Spellbinders CHA Sneak Peek Blog Frenzy!
Spellbinders is revealing 17 new die templates to be released at the Craft and Hobby Trade Show on July 28, 2009, with some of their greatest fans…YOU! From July 9 – 22, 2009, you will have the opportunity to be a part of these world wide sneak peeks through visiting the Spellbinders designer blogs listed below and trying your luck at winning spectacular die templates! You will have a chance to win the die I’m introducing AND the dies previously revealed in this CHA Blog Frenzy by entering the contest at the end of this post. This is a progressive prize, each day the daily prize grows! Be sure to read all the rules before entering! You still have until July 22nd, 11:59 pm EST to enter Becca Feeken’s blog contest at: http://www.amazingpapergrace.com/ and until July 23rd, 11:59 pm EST to enter mine.
To see previous reveals, or to go to any of the blogs of future reveals, feel free to visit the following:
After the entry deadline is reached, Spellbinders will randomly pick one entry from each Blog Frenzy reveal as stated in the “Rules”. Winner will be contacted by e-mail within 24 hours of the contest deadline. Winner will have 72 hours to reply to that e-mail to claim the prize. If Winner fails to respond within 72 hours, a new name will be drawn for said prize. Winner will receive the new die templates being revealed on the specific daily blog post they are entering.
Entrants visiting all 14 Spellbinders CHA Blog Frenzy Reveals and correctly entering their information into the separate drawings, as described below, will automatically be entered into a GRAND PRIZE give away of a full set of the CHA Summer 2009 die templates and Impressabilities releases, 29 products, with a retail value of $561.71.
I am so excited to share the projects that I’ve created here for you today. I love Christmas, even in the middle of the summer! These dies are fantastic for both scrapbook pages and those Christmas cards we’re already planning to make.
The scrapbook page I created to share features lots of distressing. I’ve put together a video to take you through the creation of this page. Watch and enjoy!
Spellbinders Supplies:
S7-015 Grand 12″ Holiday Lights Border
S4-225 Holiday Cheer
S4-224 Snowflake Borderabilities Petite
Other Supplies: Digital Frame: Rhonna Farrer/House of 3; 3D Foam Squares: 3L; Chalk Ink: Clearsnap; Distress Ink: Ranger; Cardstock: Bazzill; Versamark Ink: Tsukineko; Clear Embossing Powder: Stampendous; White Embossing Powder: Mark Industries; Ribbon: Creative Impressions; Patterned Paper: Doodlebug Designs; Pen: Creative Memories; Metal Charms: Unknown.
The second project I put together is a really exciting one that I think my kids are going to love. This is a fantastic low-cost gift idea for Christmas and I just love the way it turned out. I used an old frame, plastic baseball card pockets and several Spellbinders dies to put this together. This was also a great “use your stash” project. I used lots of older stickers and products that might have otherwise gone to waste. And can I just say how much I love the new Labels 8? It’s perfect!
Here are the images of the two awesome dies that I’ve been working with for this sneak peek. They are: S4-225 Holiday Cheer (MSRP $19.99) and S7-015 Grand 12″ Holiday Lights Border (MSRP $24.99).
Rules
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outside our windows and I have to say, it is an impressive display by Mother Nature. My husband gives it two thumbs up, especially since he received a snow blower for Christmas. I love that I get days off of work, even though I know that we may have to add some on to the end of the school year. I’m looking forward to scrapbooking photos from the blizzard, but in the meantime, I have a layout to share with you from last year.
