Honeybearz Designs 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop Day 10

Welcome to the 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop. You should have arrived from Diana's blog  http://daisylovecreations.blogspot.com.  This hop will take place November 25th through December 6th and the new postings each day will be posted by 8 am eastern standard time. This hop will be full of wonderful ideas and inspiration to get you well on your way of creating all of those beautiful Christmas project. This is an awesome way to get a lot of your Christmas cards, and scrapbook layouts finished, home decorations completed and maybe even be inspired to create something using a new technique that you have never tried. There will be a new project posted each and every day by all the wonderful amazing ladies in this hop. Also each day we will have a guest designer or two for you to visit. Lisa our hostess will be giving away some wonderful blog candy each day of the hop from the amazing sponsors that we have for this hop. Lisa will be posting all the winners from this hop on December 10th. Every one has a chance to win including the ladies participating in the hop and even the guest designers and the sponsors. At the end of each post we will have a list of all the sponsors who are sponsoring this hop all you need to do is click on their name to go to their sites and check out all the wonderful sites. We want to thank each and everyone of the sponsors for their generosity. It has been greatly appreciated.

Today's project:

I have used my Cricut again, this time I went back to one of my first cartridges, Wild Card.  This card is actually the Mother's Day card.  I thought it hand an elegant~ness to it.  I thought I was pretty handy with my Cricut but this card was a mess.  I ruined 4 pieces of Bazzil Capers paper!  Ugh!  I won't make that mistake again!  So I went to Michael's and bought more, it was on clearance.  It is such a good green.  It was also one of the matching cardstock for the My Mind's Eye Festive and Frost which I used as the liner.  I also used another sheet of that paper stack in the Spellbinder's Label Four diecut underneath the stamped image.  My reindeer is a Stampin Up from 2002, not sure what set it was in as I purchased this with some random used stamps.  The inside sentiment is also a random used stamp.  I cut this at 5.25" as to fit 4 on a 12x12 sheet.  The cartridge has a matching envelope so size is not a problem.

I made 12 total.

I stamped this with American Craft pigment ink Brown Sugar and embossed it with Stamp n Stuff Kaleidoscope Transparent.  I inked the edges as well.  You can also see in this image where I used a Gelly roll pen in Clear Star to enhance the swirls.

Inside, I will write on the white.  The inside image is stamped with the same Brown Sugar but not embossed.  I should have done that!

I also tried a different paper Die Cuts with a View metallic green.  This one did not cut as well.  It was a very heavy cardstock and the layers separated when pulling it off the cutting mat.  I did use a brand new mat so it was pretty sticky.  Again, I am feeling like a failure with my Cricut!

Close up.

I would not say these were a total failure, but I sure wasted a lot of good paper!  In the end, I feel I came pretty close to my initial idea.  I wish I had some oval Spellbinders instead I cut my oval with the Creative Memories custom cutting system.  Layering the oval stamped image would have been nice. Thanks for hopping by and sharing my mistakes as well as my successes.  

Next up is Lucy! http://love2createitall.com

Here is a complete list of the sponsors:

Honeybearz Designs - Yummy Crafting Candy
http://honeybearzdesigns2011.blogspot.com/

Teresa Russell - $10.00 Gift Card from
her facebook group Scrapping For Less
https://www.facebook.com/groups/372187582880346/

Pazzles - Two digital download gift cards for a Cutting Collection of choice.
http://pazzles.com/

Kathy's Cozies - A custom Cozy for an Expression, Expression 2, Cricut Create,
Cricut Mini, or Silhouette Cameo. Whoever wins can pick their own fabric. https://www.etsy.com/shop/KathysCozies

Paper Sweeties - $10.00 Gift Card
http://www.papersweeties.com/

ScrappyDew - $20.00 Gift Card
http://www.scrappydew.com/store/

My Creative Time - Stamp Set
http://www.creativetimeforme.com/

Little Scraps of Heaven Designs - $20.00 Gift Voucher
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Paper Creations by Mindy - $15.00 Gift Certidicate
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Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons - $15.00 Gift Certificate
http://www.prettypapergraphics.com/

Xyron - 2 Teresa Collins Adhesive Kits
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Joys Life - "Oh Christmas Puns" stamps
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Timeless Twine -$15.00 Gift Certificate
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Too Cute by Jessica - $25.00 Giftcard
http://www.toocutebyjessica.com/

Designs on Cloud 9 - $20.00 Gift Certificate
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LoveBug Creations - $15.00 Gift Certificate
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The Paper Parade - $40.00 Gift Certificate
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The Paper Nest Dolls - $25.00 Gift Certificate
http://stamps.the-papernest.com/

Jessica Douglass Wilson -$10.00 to her Close To My Heart store

Lettering Delights -a gift valued at $10.00
http://www.letteringdelights.com/

Scrapping Bug Designs - $50.00 gift certificate the gift
certificate excludes sale prices.
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3 Girl Jam - $10.00 Gift Certificate
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SVG Attic - $25.00 Gift Certificate
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Pinque Peacock $10.00 Gift Certificate
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SVG Cuts - $20.00 Gift Certificate
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Blue Moon Creations - 12 digital images
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Sherri Baldy Stamps - $15.00 Gift Certificate for digi stamps
http://sherribaldy.blogspot.com

The complete list:

1. Lisa Pontious ~ http://honeybearzdesigns2011.blogspot.com/
2. Pam - http://lovebugcreations3.blogspot.com/
3. Sheila - http://2pawprints.blogspot.com ...
4. Teresa- http://freshandrenewed.blogspot.com/
5. Scrappin Madge http://www.thescrappinlounge.com
6. Miranda - www.nanasscrapspot.com
7. Robin Lane - http://create-a-latte.blogspot.com/
8.Mindi Palmer (Midge) http://www.toxictreasures.com/
9. Deb Rodgerson http://debspaperpalooza.blogspot.com/
10.Theresa - http://scrappinginheels.blogspot.com
11. Sandy- http://scrapbookblessings.blogspot.com
12. Diana - http://daisylovecreations.blogspot.com
13. Alicia http://goldengoddessdesigns.blogspot.com
14. Lucy ~ http://love2createitall.com
15. Lori ~ http://scrappinmystressaway.blogspot.com/
16. Beth~ http://thecraftyscrapyard.blogspot.com
17. Shawnee~ http://sunshinycards.blogspot.com
18. Thia~http://bluemooncreation.blogspot.com
19. Inga http://mommahobbit.blogspot.ca/
20. Heather~ http://paper-junkie.blogspot.com
21. Denise www.craftconfectionery.com
22. Kathy - http://kathyand3kids.blogspot.com
23. Daphne - http://craftyscrapsofstuff.blogspot.com/
24. Anna - http://www.stampanna.com
25. Jessica - www.craftinandstampin.blogspot.com·