Fuzzy ATC

And finally, this is my Fuzzy ATC.  In another swap, the theme this month was 'fuzzy'.  So we had to do something fuzzy.  Seems easy enough until you have to come up with something.  This is my take on a brown fuzzy reindeer under a tree.  NO?  Ok, this is what I ended up doing after a few other great ideas rolled around in my head.  Doesn't everyone do that?

I used plain white cardstock for this ATC, although I think I always use white cardstock, so nothing surprising here.  I used one of the oldies, but goodies, Christmas Cheer Cricut cartridge.  I have always really loved this particular stocking from that cart.  I cut the card and border from George and the stocking from Christmas Cheer.  I ran the border through my Xyron and rubbed Sour Apple Green Fun Flock on it.  The stocking was cut as a whole piece, then I cut just the top of the stocking out by themselves. The toe was cut with my Crop-A-Dile instead of the Cricut. I ran the stocking through the Xyron and stuck the top & toe on and then rubbed the rest of the stocking with Snow Cone Blue Fun Flock.  After that I cut just the top of the stocking out on my Cricut, Xyron'd and rubbed it with Pixie Pink Fun Flock, ran it through the Xyron on the other side and stuck it on the top of the stocking.  I cut another set of toes and did the same process for the toes at the tops. A lot of flocking, but they are fuzzy.

I used my Quikutz Polka Dots embossing folder on the background. they put the whole thing together.  Yikes, it sounds harder than it was.  Anyway,  I thought they were kind of a cheerful looking and very fuzzy.

I don't think these have been posted on PaperockScissors blog yet, so don't tell.

Christmas Gift Card Holders

 I finished these gift card holders at the last minute yesterday morning for our family Christmas gift exchange.  No, you didn't miss Christmas, we just did it a little early this year.  I borrowed Susan's Sports Mania cart for the golfer and golf tee.  I am always surprised by the huge number of choices on each Cricut cartridge.  I cut a golf ball too, but couldn't figure out how to fit it on the card - I'll save it for later.  I also used some Basic Grey papers I have been hoarding for a while. I love their papers, buy them then have a hard time using them, because I love them so much.

I used dark blue paper that I ran through the Cuttlebug using a Fiskars embossing plate.  Not the most exciting creation, but it worked.  The brads are from Making Memories.  I've had them around a long time & asked Robert to give them back to me so I could use them again.  He's a teenager, he thought I was just being weird.

I used the "When it's Cold Outside" cart to make Mom's holder.  I cut the snowflakes out of a single piece of white cardstock to use as a template to sprinkle powdered sugar over a pumpkin roll I baked for Thanksgiving.  The top snowflake was from another project.

If you get a chance to really look at "When it's Cold Outside", you can see how really clever the snowflakes are.  These were simple, but the majority have hidden items that make up the snowflake.

For Jessica's holder, I used a cut from the "Christmas Cheer"cart.  I saw this tag idea in PaperCrafts Magazine and really liked the idea of Santa's jacket on a hanger.  I used Snow Writer for the white areas on the jacket.  It was a little different than I had expected, kind of sandy, almost like grout rather than fluffy snow.  It still turned out OK though.

I hope you had a great Thanksgiving and thanks for stopping by.