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Family Gifts: Christmas Countdown Day 1

Back with the second half of this mornings post. I had to split it up into 2 posts today since it's a lot to share!

Day 1 Gift:

Block Calendars & Kid's Advent Countdown Calendar. The Block Calendars were handmade by us. I got this idea off of pinterest and I think the original maker is Melissa Stout to see her version visit her blog. Last year I shared some of the Stampin' Up! ones I created. I have so much craft stuff that my goal has been to try to use up all my none SU stuff and scraps! This gift worked perfect for that goal!

This was made using the product from the 2016 Holiday Catalog and you can find the details on this blog post HERE. You can still purchase the Holly Berry Builder Punch, Santa's Sleigh, Santa's Sleigh Thinlits, and Large Numbers Framelits.

This used some of my misc DSP Christmas Paper I had left over. I really liked the reindeer cut out in the Silver Glimmer Paper.

This one was for the kido's. I stumbled across this Santa on-line on pinterest and as soon as I saw it I wanted to do this.

If you would like to make your own just click on the picture below and save to your computer and print it off.

I of course really wanted my projects to include my biggest passion which is of course my stamping :) so I created this adorable bags to slip the Santa's into.

Details on how to make these bags by recycling paper bags can be found HERE.

To package the Santa Countdown all up I used tissue paper to create a bag and decorated.

We made cards to put in each gift too.

This was the tag we created for the outside of the package.

That is all what was created for day 1! Lots of fun stuff and we had a blast making Day 1 Gifts.

Supplies Used
Stamps: Santa's Sleigh, Oh What Fun, Cookie Cutter Christmas, Number of Years, Stitched with Cheer, 25 Days, Candy Cane Christmas
Ink: Tuxedo Black Memento, Craft Stampin Pad & White, Real Red, Old Olive, Garden Green, Cherry Cobbler
Paper: Warmth & Cheer DSP, Candy Cane Lane, Silver Glimmer Paper, Basic Black, Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Garden Green, Real Red
Acc. Many Marvelous Markers, Big Shot, Large Number Framelits, Santa's Sleigh Thinlits, Bunch of Banners Thinlits, Layering Ovals Framelits, Layering Circle Framelits, Banner Framelits, Holly Berry Builder Punch, Cookie Cutter Builder Punch, Banner Triple Punch, 1 3/8 Circle Punch, 1/8 Handheld Circle Punch, Rhinestones Basic Jewels, Dazzling Diamonds, Mini Jingle Bells, Linen Thread, 5/8 Burlap Ribbon, Baker's Twine Trio Pack, Cucumber Crush Thick Baker's Twine

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The Stamp Review Crew: Wood Words

 

Welcome to another The Stamp Review Crew Hop!! We are a group of Stampin' Up! Demonstrators who will be bringing you lots of ideas for one particular stamp set twice a month!! The 1st and 3rd Monday of each month, you can hop along from one blog to the next gathering all kinds of inspiration for one Stampin' Up! stamp set. Please note the blog doesn't officially start until Monday December 3, 2017 so some of the links may not work.

If you are following the hop in order you just arrived from Tanya's BLOG where she showed you all something fabulous! We are featuring the Wood Words Stamp Set (W) item #143925 (C) item #143928 from the Main Stampin' Up! Catalog. It goes with the Wood Crate Framelit Die item #143730. You can purchase these items together in a bundle and save 10% Wood Words Bundle (W) item #145315 (C)145316.

This past week didn't go as planned...well lets face it this past year has not gone as planned. lol Started the week off on new meds and they are making me not sleep so having a really hard time focusing on anything. Which no sleep makes my Rheumatoid Arthritis flare up bad. Hubby got sick and he's been a bigger baby than I normally am when I am sick (I felt like we had 6 kids this week lol poor guy). Plus so much more unplanned things that it made my normal crazy week, super crazy. lol Where am I going with this ramble well you've probably already seen this project all over the internet, but I haven't shared mine yet and I didn't want to pull out of the hop. I hate not making my commitments. So I decided to go for it + it saved my bacon! lol

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Last April I was able to attend Onstage in Minneapolis and this is one of the make and take projects we made. I had a blast at Onstage met up with old friends and made quite a few wonderful new friends! Love that about Stampin' Up!.

Here are the 3 x 3 cards out of the box. Super cute aren't they? I love that Wood Textures Designer Series Paper too. Thank you Stampin' Up! for saving my bacon this weekend ;)

 

Now you'll want to head on over to Deb's  BLOG here I know you will love her project!! She always has something amazing to share :)

 

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Clearance Rack Sale + Family Gifts: Box of Sunshine

Stampin' Up! has added new items to the Clearance Rack!! Some awesome deals to be had!! Certain select items are 60% and available ONLY while supplies last!

Visit the Clearance Rack HERE

Stampin' Up! is offering this bundle early from the Holiday Catalog! Sweet!!

It is called Carols of Christmas. It is awesome!! I got mine last week when my holiday catalog pre-order arrived.

Download the Carols of Christmas Flyer.

Be sure to use this month's Hostess Code to receive your free gift!

Today's share is my box of sunshine. This is another gift we created for our family members and is part of the "Year Gift" we made. If you would like to see more info about this awesome project we created and what I've shared so far click on the little tag on the left side of my blog labeled Year of Gifts or visit HERE. I still plan on sharing everything I made some items used to create these gifts maybe retired. Ironic part when we created this little did we know hubby's grandpa would have a stroke so it was a much needed gift that week to cheer everyone up. For dh and I we were happy that it helped; that was gift enough for us!

This card I shared for the Stamp Review Crew Hop awhile ago but this was only part of the gift. :)

Rubber Redneck Quick Shots:

• Create your card base from the Whisper White Thick card stock.
• Zip a piece of Crushed Curry card stock through the Big Shot with the Sunburst Thinlit Die.
• Ink the stamp from Sunburst Sayings Stamp Set (unfortunately this stamp set retired before I shared this project) however their is an image in the Inspired Events Stamp Set that you could used to make the dots, or use the Crushed Curry Marker and ruler to make your own dots.
• Zip a piece of vellum through the Big Shot with the Stiched Shapes Framelits.
• Ink the stamp from Sunshine Sayings Stamp Set in Versa Mark then Tuxedo Black Memento Ink and stamp onto the Vellum Circle. Pour Clear Embossing Powder over the image and heat set with the heat too.
• Die cut out a piece of Basic Black card stock by zipping it through the Big Shot with the Sunshine Wishes Thinlit.
• Finish off the card by added Silver Metallic Thread and Metallic Sequins.

I didn't decorate every package but some of them I did and this was the outside of the box. I used shirt boxes and those worked slick! It happened to be a dreary day when I was creating these so it sure made the day better!

To decorate:

• I cut some gift packing ribbon and curled with scissors.
• Die cut out a piece of Crushed Curry card stock using the Big Shot and Stitched Shapes Framelits.
• I die cut out sunshine again in Basic Black card stock using the Big Shot and Sunshine Wishes Thinlits.
• Finished with a Rhinestone.

When I got the year gift idea I knew I wanted to do a box of sunshine in it. I've done these in the past and they have been so much fun to create! Of course each family got some of the same gifts but also different gifts to suit that family likes. Some of the items were just by chance too. Hubby and I both busted out laughing when we found the google eye key change. The little coin purse and hand santizer was a happy accident. I was in the check out lane at one store and glanced over and there they where. lol

I added my stamping touch to it by die cutting out a piece of Crushed Curry card stock with the Sunburst Thinlit Die. Then stamping on it with the Sunburst Sayings Stamp Set. So much fun!!

Did you miss out on this die when it retired this past may? I have good news friends!! Right now the Sunburst Thinlit Die is in the clearance rack at a huge discount!! Awesome Sauce!! Get it before it's gone!! Clearance rack is only while supplies last!

Supplies Used
Stamps~ Sunshine Sayings, Sunburst Sayings
Ink~ Crushed Curry, Tuxedo Black Memento Ink, Versamark
Paper~ Whisper White Thick, Basic Black, Crushed Curry, Vellum
Acc.~ Big Shot, Stitched Shapes Framelits, Sunshine Wishes Thinlits, Sunburst Thinlit Die, Metallic Sequins, Sliver Metallic Thread, Rhinestone Basic Jewels

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Scrapbook Saddle Up Friday; Project Life 2017 Plan

Happy Friday Peeps!

Lot's to share today with ya! Did you see the title and think hmmm Holly it's April already. I know I usually share what I am doing in January but it's never to late to talk Project Life Plan's! For me it's an evolving system with change ;) It's been hard to find time for just me this year, thus why this post is so late in the year. I came up with a really fun idea that I am having a blast with!! I will be sharing that idea very soon.

Let's discuss plans:

We definitely are continuing the daily journal style. This is where we are documenting each day. It's been fun to look back on the past years just to see what our day to day life is like, the weather, and etc. At the beginning of the year dh and I sat down and kicked around idea's for a theme this year. We had so much fun with last year's theme we wanted to do that again and see how it went. Last year's theme was New you can view that blog post HERE. January we knew lots of big things were happening this year, lots of things that we would be celebrating.....little did we know how many things we would be celebrating and how crazy it would really be. lol So we decided the theme this year would be............

AWESOME SAUCE! This truly is fitting our life this year! This year I decided to go with the Black Faux Leather 12 x 12 Album item #135292. I used the Silhouette to decorate the cover with our phrase for this year! How cool is that and so easy to do!!

Some of you have already seen this fun tin. I shared this in the Stamp Review Crew Hop HERE, today I am sharing the details. This is the Card Tin from Sale-A-Bration. I decorated it to fit our theme "Life's A Party". This tin will hold the completed cards for this year's project life at the end of the year I will slide them into the album. Why don't I put them in the album right away? So many of you have emailed me telling me you want to see what I come up with to hold my cards for the year and how fun it is. So I plan on keep doing this till I run out of ideas. lol I used the Balloon Adventures Photopolymer Bundle item #144708 to decorate my tin.

This is one of my favorite bundles and I am so sad to see this retire! You'll want to get it before it's gone!

Close up of the front of the tin. Looks like a party is going on!

Rubber Redneck Quick Shots:
Front

• I wrapped some Emerald Envy 1/8 Taffeta Ribbon around the tin. I love this stuff!
• Cut pieces of Pacific Point and Whisper White card stock.
• I inked the stamp from Balloon Adventures in Emerald Envy Ink and stamped towards the top of the Whisper White card stock. I inked the confetti image from the Balloon Adventures Stamp Set in Crushed Curry and stamped across the bottom of the Whisper White card stock.
• On the bottom of the Whisper White card stock I added a piece of Party Animal Designer Washi Tape, a piece of Party Animal Designer Series Paper and some Gold Sequin Trim.
• Using the Big Shot and Balloon Pop-Up Thinlits I die cut out a piece of Tangerine Tango and Gold Glimmer Paper to create my balloon.
• I added some Metallic Enamel Shapes to the Whisper White card stock and some Brights Enamel Shapes to the Whisper White card stock and tin.
• Once done decorating the layer of card stock I attached it to the tin with Stampin' Dimensionals.

These are the dividers. They are labeled Jan. -Dec.

• Create more dividers out of the white chipboard that comes in the 12 x 12 Designer Paper Packs. I just traced each card that I needed onto the chipboard and cut them out.
• Each card then was decorated with the Party Animal Designer Series Paper and Party Animal Designer Washi Tape. I altered the patterns and layouts for each card.
• I used the Thoughtful Banners Photopolymer Stamp Set and  Project Life Date It Photopolymer Stamp Set to label the month's. First I took the stamp from Thoughtful Banner Stamp Set; inked in Pacific Point and stamped 12 hex banners onto Whisper White card stock. Next I inked each month in Emerald Envy and stamped inside each hex banner. I then used the Classic Label Punch to punch out each image. I attached them to the divider card with Stampin' Dimensionals.
• To finish the card I added Rhinestone Basic Jewels to the months.

I wanted the top to be pretty too!

• Cut a piece of Tangerine Tango card stock and stamp the confetti image onto it in Tangerine Tango.
• Add different patterns of the Party Animal Designer Series Paper in the center.
• Zip a piece of Emerald Envy card stock through the Big Shot with the Stitched Shape Framelits to die cut it out. Place some Gold Metallic Thread onto the back of the die cut.
• Ink the banner from Balloon Adventures in Pacific Point and stamp onto a piece of Whisper White card stock. Ink the Party on in Emerald Envy and stamp inside the banner. Cut out the banner and attach to the die cut. Finish by adding some Metallic Enamel Shapes.

I am so excited to use this tin this year!! It just screams party time! So that's the plan this year for our project life daily journal. If you made it to the end and read it all good job! lol

Supplies Used:
Stamp: Balloon Adventures, Project Life Date It, Thoughtful Banners
Ink: Emerald Envy, Pacific Point, Tangerine Tango, Crushed Curry
Paper: Whisper White, Pacific Point, Emerald Envy, Tangerine Tango, Party Animal Designer Series Paper, Gold Glitter Paper
Acc.: Big Shot, Balloon Pop-Up Thinlits, Stitched Shapes, Emerald Envy 1/8 Taffeta Ribbon, Party Animal Designer Washi Tape, Metallic Enamel Shapes, Gold Metallic Thread, Gold Sequin Trim, Brights Enamel Shapes

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Family Gifts; Family Jar

Happy Saturday Peeps!

Yes we are alive and well I've just been incredible busy and have not had time to create or post to my blog. I am in the process of several major events here that I am making decorations for, lots of regular work, work and work, tax time, plus lots of different things going on. There is not enough hours in the day! We did have my mom's retirement party it was a success and I will be sharing photos in a couple of weeks here. I am sorry I worried some of you but we are okay and I will not be posting regular till I get stuff done and caught up.

Customer Updates:

I did mail out the catalogs weeks ago so if you didn't receive one please let me know and I will check my list. Everyone who placed orders in Dec and Jan all of your thank you goodies were mailed out too!

This is another gift we created for our family members and is part of the "Year Gift" we made! If you would like to see more info about this awesome project we created and what I've shared so far click on the little tag on the left side of my blog labeled Year of Gifts or visit HERE. It is a family jar. I saw this idea last year on pinterest and thought how cool I gotta make this! The idea is all year long record the awesome things that happened and then on new year's eve read through everything. How cool right? Another demo/friend did this with her family and it's become a family tradition for them. This uses the Layering Love Stamp Set (W) item #141962 (C) item #141965 which I thought was fitting for this idea!

Theses were such a blast to make! We made a total of 4 of them. I should have made one for us but didn't even think about it. lol Super easy to create too!

Supplies Needed to create Family Jar
Stamp: Layering Love
Ink: Early Espresso
Paper: Early Espresso, Very Vanilla, Copy Paper
Acc.: 1 3/8 Circle Punch, Very Vanilla 1/2 Lace Trim, Gold Binder Clips, Pearls, Jar, Paint, Silhouette

Rubber Redneck Quick Shots:

• Paint the jar lid in your color choice and let dry for several days.
• Using the Silhouette cut out the vinyl in black and attach to the front of the jar. Sorry I forgot to measure the jar. lol I got them at Target in the $1 spot last spring.
• Create a pouch to hold slips of copy paper out of the Early Espresso card stock. They don't need to be that big but I really wanted the saying on the pocket. Punch one end of the Early Espresso card stock using the 1 3/8 Circle Punch. This will make it easier to grab the slips of paper.
• Ink the stamp from Layering Love Stamp Set in Early Espresso and stamp onto the Very Vanilla card stock. Glue to the front of the pocket and added some Pearl Basic Jewels to finish it.
• At the top I clipped a Gold Binder Clip to the pocket then thread some Very Vanilla 1/2 Lace Trim through the binder clip and tied it around the top of the jar.
• Then I typed up a note to add with the jar to let each family know how the jar works.

Here is all four of them. Again I either did people's favorite colors or the color that would best in there home since I didn't know who would actually leave them sitting out. Pretty awesome I think!

 

 

Updates: 25 Days Christmas Countdown: Holiday Soap Tag + Giveaway

Happy First Tuesday of 2017!!

It's a new year and lots of AWESOME new possibilities!! Many of us are back at it today and I hope your day is a good one! Hubby and I took a few day's off to recoup (boy did we need it) I slept a lot didn't realize how run down I was, but now it's time to put the big pants back on and be an adult. lol Our house looks like a bomb went off and my craft room OMG things are probably lost and will never be found again. Snort We still have one group of gifts left to wrap and deliver to peeps that were gone on vacation, then I can FINALLY put the wrapping paper away!! This week and next week will be catch up and hopefully everything will be caught up! Watch for updates as I will be posting when stuff is shipping and etc.

Updates:

I still plan on finishing out the 25 days of Christmas it will just give you a head start for next year! These posts will be mixed in with my regular blog posts so there maybe up to 4 blog posts a day till I am caught up. This will effect when I mail out the prizes. They will be mailed out after the 25 Days Christmas Countdown is done so postage doesn't kill me. Thanks for understanding! I thought we would start the week off fresh so I am posting the winners for Day 8 and Day 9. I also will contact each winner at the end of the 25 Days Christmas Countdown to get your information this way I don't misplace information.

Winners for the second round are:

Day 8: Metallic Threads - Sue B

Day 9: Muslin Bags- Nancy Peters

Today is the LAST day for the Year-End Closeouts!!!

Year End Closeouts!!

 From December 1, 2016, through January 3, 2017, a selection of holiday retiring products, clearance rack items (while supplies last) and high-inventory catalog items will be discounted (up to 60%).

CHECK OUT WHAT IS ON SALE & CLOSING OUT

Closeout Stamps

Closeout Bundles

Closeout Paper

Closeout, High Inventory, Clearance Tools, Dies, Accessories & Much More

Holiday Retiring Products

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Use this Hostess Code and receive a free gift!! (Please don’t use the hostess code if your order is $150 or more).

Don't forget if you shop with me and place a $50 order or more you will receive the upcoming Occasions catalog (Limit 1 per customer) and it is AWESOME OH MY GOSH it really rocks!! Be sure to log into you account and make sure your address is correct as this will be the address I ship to. Please Note: if you select No Contact I will not be able to mail you; your FREE Copy of this catalog :(

Please Note: Catalogs are mailing out late this year to those of you that qualify for the catalog. If you've placed an order with me on-line or with me in the last 5 months you will qualify.

Welcome to day 10 and project #10 of my 25 Days of Christmas Countdown! If you would like to see each project I have the a tag on the left side of my blog that says Rubber Redneck 25 Days of Christmas or follow my special pinterest board Here. Everyday up to Christmas I will have a fun project to share with you all plus everyday I will be posting a giveaway until Christmas!!! I will have 25 blog posts with some sort of giveaway for you all my awesome readers and supporters of my business I can't thank you all enough! Each post that is part of this will have the banner posted above. Projects will range from cards, gift packaging, 3D's, tags and etc. All projects will be focused on Christmas. Some projects will have a video too!! I am super excited about this and hope you will LOVE it!!

This was a super easy and fast idea for you all. I purchased some scented hand soaps for one of the days gifts and decorated with this cute tag. This easy tag uses Candy Cane Christmas Stamp Set (W) item #142037 (C) item #142040 from the Holiday Catalog.

I LOVE this set and it rocks for creating tags! It's so cute and sooo much fun to play around with!

Rubber Redneck Quick Shots:

• Cut a piece of Garden Green card stock and punch one end out with the Banner Triple Punch. On the other end score then tip through the Big Shot with the Layering Circle Framelits to die cut out the card stock so it will slide over the soap dispenser.
• Add a piece of Warmth and Cheer Designer Series Paper.
• Ink the stamp from Candy Cane Christmas Stamp Set in Cherry Cobbler and stamp onto a piece of Whisper White card stock. Zip through the Big Shot with the Layering Circle Framelits. Glue to the center of the Garden Green card stock.
• Finish by adding a Rhinestone Basic Jewel.

Supplies Used
Stamp: Candy Cane Christmas
Ink: Cherry Cobbler
Paper: Whisper White, Garden Green, Warmth & Cheer Designer Series Paper
Acc.: Big Shot, Layering Circle Framelits, Triple Banner Punch, Rhinestone Basic Jewels

Rubber Redneck 25 Days of Christmas Giveaway

Here is the 10th Prize Giveaway!! I am giving away to one lucky winner photopolymer hostess stamp set Cozy Critter. Leave a comment on this blog post by January 8, 2017 to get your name in the drawing. I will draw for 1 lucky winner and on January 9, 2017 I will announce the winner!! Below is the comment button in the the tags. Giveaway only available to people in the United State. All prizes will be mailed out after 25 Days Christmas Countdown is over. Be sure to leave a comment on every 25 days of Christmas Countdown blog posts to get your name into each drawing.

 

Hostess Code: DYM2C7ZB
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Happy New Year + Big Surprise

Happy New Year Peeps!

I know I've been missing all week again and I can FINALLY share why this year I've missed so much time on here besides being super sick and busy with family stuff. It has been super hard to keep this project top secret and not show anything!! I should seriously get a medal for that :) This past two day's we did our family Christmas with my side!! I REALLY couldn't wait for Christmas to get here this year!!!! I was probably more excited than any kid on the planet!!!! haha

So are you ready??? This year I decided to do something pretty FUN and completely CRAZY for our siblings and my one cousin who is like a sister to me and for there families. I made an entire year of gifts celebrating the major holiday's and weird holidays as there Christmas gifts for this year and next year. Yes you did read that right. lol A whole year of gifts!! Some gifts were made and some where purchased. What dose an entire year of gifts look like for one family?

Awesome right? I thought it was awesome!! But of course I had to take it one more step farther and be truly INSANE.... for the month of December I did a countdown to Christmas but instead of just a 12 day countdown I did a 25 day countdown....THUD.

This is what 25 day's of Christmas countdown looks like. Hehehe

We did this for 4 families. Yes 4 families for a total of 363 presents for this coming year!!! 100 of those presents were just the Christmas Countdown for this coming December.

What do you put all these presents in to give? Why 2- 50 gallon totes for each family and some still didn't fit. haha

Of course how do you decorate a 50 gallon tote? Ribbon and lots of ribbon!

How in the world did I get this idea?

Last year in December while I was wrapping the date night kits I made for the family I had the news on and they were talking about some weird holiday like it was doughnut day or something and I thought huh and what?? So off to google I went and low and behold I found a web-sight called Holiday Insights with the major holiday and weird holidays and the idea was born. I thought it would be so fun to teach the kids about it since I obviously knew nothing about it. lol I told my husband what I wanted to do and he thought it would be so cool. So it started out for the kids but then I was having so much fun with it and my cousin is a teacher I thought you know she probably would really like this and so would our siblings. I really started thinking about how hard everyone works and what a great gift this would be as a family gift instead. I love creating gifts for people because for me they are truly from the heart and we love our family so much. I just really wanted to do something special for them this year to show them how much we love them! Family is one of the most important things to me and with everyday life sometimes we forget to have fun, take our families for granted and truly enjoy those little moments. Of course when I told hubby this he thought I was off my rocker yet again :) I knew I would have to really work on it all year to have it done in time.......HA yeah right even working on it all year was not enough time. Every spare minuet I had was working on this project.

This also was part why I didn't share my project life album this past year because so much time was spent on this project I didn't want to give things away :) It defiantly fit our thing of trying something new last year. lol I am a supper organized control freak and I'll be honest no amount of being prepared to do this gift in this magnitude, you still will not be prepared enough. lol

So many things happened with this gift and I will share as they days gifts are opened too because it was really funny all the stuff that happened. The biggest thing I didn't fully think about was what size of gift this would be when we were done and how we would wrap stuff. lol We spent all year saving boxes then dh's cat got sick and decided to use the room I was storing the boxes in as a litter box. Ughh a hole trailer load of boxes in September went to the dump....that really left us scrambling. We didn't really think out what the cost of packaging (totes are soo expensive) it would have been ok if I had planned for that but that was a very big unplanned expense in December to have.

Some other things I didn't think about where the food restrictions some have, having 2 little ones that a lot of things they can't have or do yet (that was a big challenge to try to find things that would work for them). lol Some people told me to just do whatever for it but I didn't want it to be a gift of things people didn't like or would get upset over. I truly care if it's something someone will like and to me that is knowing a person better and making these gifts more personal.

Not all the gifts were the same for every family, each of the families varied in size, children age's, and some have no children. My brother got engaged in October so that was a VERY unplanned thing and we had to scramble to figure out stuff to included Hailey. lol Because in October where do you find things for St. Patty's Day for example it was a riot. I was happy to do it though because it is awesome she is joining our family!!

To start of the gift we created message boards for each family with pictures and a calendar of when to open there gifts.

This is my brother and soon to be wife's message board. We put the picture of when he proposed, engagement picture and a picture of all 4 of us.

This one is of my cousin and here family.

This one is of my hubby's baby brother and wife.

This one is of my hubby's other brother and family.

They turned out so cool!! We used the Silhouette to create the family thing across the top.

All the reactions we got were so funny and some where not at all what we expected. I always prank someone at Christmas time on my side and my cousin panicked. Her response was OMG what did we do this year, she was so worried but when we set the tote down in front of my brother she felt relief. ROFL and by the way I don't think I will ever have to prank you two again mission accomplished. haha They were all pretty shocked and I don't think I will EVER be able to top this gift......but I always find a way I just set the bar VERY high.

So now can you see why I was sooo excited for Christmas this year!! We wrapped gifts right up before we had to leave for our family gathering. It was quite the adventure and we made some awesome memories for us in 2016.

Happy New Year!!

 

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25 Days Christmas Countdown: Roll a Reindeer + Giveaway

Welcome to day 9 and project #9 of my 25 Days of Christmas Countdown! If you would like to see each project I have the a tag on the left side of my blog that says Rubber Redneck 25 Days of Christmas or follow my special pinterest board Here. Everyday up to Christmas I will have a fun project to share with you all plus everyday I will be posting a giveaway until Christmas!!! I will have 25 blog posts with some sort of giveaway for you all my awesome readers and supporters of my business I can't thank you all enough! Each post that is part of this will have the banner posted above. Projects will range from cards, gift packaging, 3D's, tags and etc. All projects will be focused on Christmas. Some projects will have a video too!! I am super excited about this and hope you will LOVE it!!

How about Roll a Reindeer Game? I saw this game on pinterest and thought it would be a great family game and how perfect we had a reindeer stamp this year! Stampin' Up! sure knew what I was planning hehe. This uses the Cookie Cutter Christmas Photopolymer Stamp Set & Cookie Cutter Builder Punch item #143493 from the Holiday Catalog. See I told ya I used this set a LOT. lol

Here is a look inside the standard stamp case which were perfect for this project!
The 2 major things you need to create this project is a Laminator and Printer.

This is what the game looks like when you've created the reindeer. Pretty cute right?

Here is the PDF to print it off if you would like to create your own. Download Roll-a-reindeer

Here is the Laminator I use I purchased this one from Amazon and it works awesome!

Rubber Redneck Quick Shots:

• Print off the Roll a Reindeer Game and Laminate all the sheets. Then cut out the pieces of the reindeer and put them inside one of our Standard Stamp Cases.
• I printed off the title Roll-a-Reindeer onto Whisper White card stock.
• I inked the stamp from Cookie Cutter Christmas Stamp Set in Early Espresso and stamped onto Crumb Cake card stock. I stamped 2 Reindeer. Punch them out with the Cookie Cutter Builder Punch.
• Glue to the Whisper White card stock on either side of the title and then laminate the Whisper White card stock and slide into the sleeve on the Standard Clear Case.

Now you've created an AWESOME Family gift!

Supplies Used
Stamp: Cookie Cutter Christmas
Ink: Early Espresso
Paper: Whisper White, Copy Paper
Acc.: Cookie Cutter Builder Punch, Standard Stamp Cases, Laminator, Printer

 

Rubber Redneck 25 Days of Christmas Giveaway

Here is the 9th Prize Giveaway!! I am giving away to one lucky winner a pack of Muslin Bags. Leave a comment on this blog post by December 26, 2016 to get your name in the drawing. I will draw for 1 lucky winner and on December 27, 2016 I will announce the winner!! Below is the comment button in the the tags. Giveaway only available to people in the United State. All prizes will be mailed out after January 3, 2017. Be sure to leave a comment on every 25 days of Christmas Countdown blog posts to get your name into each drawing.

 

Hostess Code: 79MZ46QK
Use this Hostess Code and receive a free gift!! (Please don’t use the hostess code if your order is $150 or more).

25 Days Christmas Countdown: Recipe Clothespin Holder + Giveaway

Morning peeps!

Sorry been missing it's been so busy here so much for us to do yet before Christmas; lots of gifts to finish making, Christmas cards, been up to our eyeballs in wrapping gifts and my poor pup also decided it was the time to get sick so off to the vet. When he is sick he is a bigger baby than I am. lol All he wants to do is cuddle. He finally ate this morning after not eating for 3 days. Thank goodness! Good thing I am not hosting this year. lol

Updates:
I don't think I will get through all the 25 Days before Christmas now as planned so looks like this will be going after Christmas. lol This will effect when I mail out the prizes. They will be mailed out after the 25 Days Christmas Countdown is done so postage doesn't kill me. Thanks for understanding!

Winners for the first round are:

Day 1: Fa-la-la-la Friends Stamp Set - Karen Lang
Day 2: Warmth & Cheer DSP and Washi Tape - Lisa
Day 3: Christmas Tinkets - Sue B
Day 4: Baker's Twine Trio Pack - Chris R
Day 5: Twinkle Trees Stamp Set - Vicky Blackwell
Day 6: Emerald Envy Ombre Pad - Pam
Day 7: Warmth & Cheer DSP and Washi Tape - Marla

Welcome to day 8 and project #8 of my 25 Days of Christmas Countdown! If you would like to see each project I have the a tag on the left side of my blog that says Rubber Redneck 25 Days of Christmas or follow my special pinterest board Here. Everyday up to Christmas I will have a fun project to share with you all plus everyday I will be posting a giveaway until Christmas!!! I will have 25 blog posts with some sort of giveaway for you all my awesome readers and supporters of my business I can't thank you all enough! Each post that is part of this will have the banner posted above. Projects will range from cards, gift packaging, 3D's, tags and etc. All projects will be focused on Christmas. Some projects will have a video too!! I am super excited about this and hope you will LOVE it!!

Day eight's gift was this recipe clothespin holder. You know those big wood clothespins at the craft store? I finally tried this project and it is AWESOME! It's so easy to do too! This uses the Cookie Cutter Christmas Photopolymer Stamp Set & Cookie Cutter Builder Punch item #143493 from the Holiday Catalog. I used this set a LOT.

Purchase these two items together and save 10%. I LOVE this set the images are soo stinkin cute!!!

Close up of the clothespin for ya. The gingerbread man was just adorable on this!

Rubber Redneck Quick Shots:

• You will need 1 large wood clothespin. Paint it a coordinating color; I used White Delta Craft Paint.
• Cut the Candy Cane Designer Series Paper to fit the clothespin and mod podge it. I applied several coats then sanded it.
• Stamp the Gingerbread Man from Cookie Cutter Christmas Stamp Set in Early Espresso onto Whisper White card stock and punch it out with the Cookie Cutter Builder Punch. Add some Candy Cane Lane Baker's Twine and Brights Enamel Shapes (Real Red) to the gingerbread man. Attach with a Stampin' Dimensional.

Of course the recipe had to be for Gingerbread Cookies one of my favorites!

Rubber Redneck Quick Shots:

• Print the recipe onto Whisper White card stock.
• Add some Candy Cane Lane Designer Series Paper and Early Espresso card stock to the bottom of the Whisper White card stock.
• At the top add some Candy Cane Lane Washi Tape.
• Glue the Whisper White card stock to a piece of Real Red card stock and slide into the clothespin at the top.

Supplies Used
Stamp: Cookie Cutter Christmas
Ink: Early Espresso
Paper: Whisper White, Real Red, Candy Cane Lane DSP
Acc.: Candy Cane Lane Baker's Twine, Candy Cane Lane Designer Washi Tape, Brights Enamel Shapes

Rubber Redneck 25 Days of Christmas Giveaway

Here is the 8th Prize Giveaway!! I am giving away to one lucky winner a pack of Metallic Thread. Leave a comment on this blog post by December 26, 2016 to get your name in the drawing. I will draw for 1 lucky winner and on December 27, 2016 I will announce the winner!! Below is the comment button in the the tags. Giveaway only available to people in the United State. All prizes will be mailed out after January 3, 2017. Be sure to leave a comment on every 25 days of Christmas Countdown blog posts to get your name into each drawing.

 

Hostess Code: 79MZ46QK
Use this Hostess Code and receive a free gift!! (Please don’t use the hostess code if your order is $150 or more).

25 Days Christmas Countdown: Gift Tag #3 + Giveaway

Welcome to day 7 and project #7 of my 25 Days of Christmas Countdown! If you would like to see each project I have the a tag on the left side of my blog that says Rubber Redneck 25 Days of Christmas or follow my special pinterest board Here. Everyday up to Christmas I will have a fun project to share with you all plus everyday I will be posting a giveaway until Christmas!!! I will have 25 blog posts with some sort of giveaway for you all my awesome readers and supporters of my business I can't thank you all enough! Each post that is part of this will have the banner posted above. Projects will range from cards, gift packaging, 3D's, tags and etc. All projects will be focused on Christmas. Some projects will have a video too!! I am super excited about this and hope you will LOVE it!!

How about this adorable ornament tag? Supper fun and easy to make too! It uses Stitched with Cheer Photopolymer Stamp Set item #142182 from the Holiday Catalog.

Rubber Redneck Quick Shots:

• Zip a piece of Brights Designer Series Paper (real red) through the Big Shot with the Merry Tags Framelits.
• Add another color and pattern of Brights Designer Series Paper. I used Old Olive.
• I printed the number 3 off onto Whisper White card stock. Zip it through the Big Shot with the Circle Framelits.
• Stamp the images from Stitched with Cheer Stamp Set in Real Red and Old Olive. Assemble together and tie some Candy Cane Lane Baker's Twine through the top.
• Finish by adding a Metallic Sequins onto it.

Supplies Used:
Stamp: Stitched with Cheer
Ink: Real Red, Old Olive
Paper: Whisper White, Brights Designer Series Paper
Acc.: Big Shot, Circle Framelits, Merry Tags Framelits, Candy Cane Baker's Twine, Metallics Sequins

This set of tags where for the Santa Letter Board so the card for sure needed a Santa on it!

Rubber Redneck Quick Shots:

• Print off you saying onto Whisper White card stock.
• Stamp the santa from Cookie Cutter Christmas Stamp Set in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink. Punch out with the Cookie Cutter Builder Punch then color in with the Many Marvelous Markers.
• Zip a piece of This Christmas Specialty Designer Series Paper through the Big Shot with the Large Number Framelits die cutting it out.
• Add a piece of Candy Cane Lane Washi Tape to finish.

Supplies Used:
Stamp: Cookie Cutter Christmas
Ink: Tuxedo Black
Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, This Christmas Specialty DSP
Acc.: Big Shot, Large Number Framelits, Many Marvelous Markers, Candy Cane Lane Washi Tape

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Rubber Redneck 25 Days of Christmas Giveaway

Here is the 7th Prize Giveaway!! I am giving away to one lucky winner a sample of the Warmth and Cheer Designer Series Paper and a roll of the Warmth and Cheer Designer Washi Tape. Leave a comment on this blog post by December 18, 2016 to get your name in the drawing. I will draw for 1 lucky winner and on December 19, 2016 I will announce the winner!! Below is the comment button in the the tags. Giveaway only available to people in the United State. All prizes will be mailed out after December 26, 2016. Be sure to leave a comment on every 25 days of Christmas Countdown blog posts to get your name into each drawing.

Hostess Code: 79MZ46QK
Use this Hostess Code and receive a free gift!! (Please don’t use the hostess code if your order is $150 or more).

 

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