A Last Minute Holiday Project

Today I decided to work on making some Christmas cards.  While looking thru my Christmas supplies,  I found this vintage looking 8x8 paper collection Make it Merry by October Afternoon.  Isn't it adorable??

Well, while thumbing thru the papers, I saw this one and immediately thought of a little "spread some holiday cheer" project that I would like to do.  

Normally, these numbers would probably be used for a Christmas Advent calendar papercrafting project and that is how I plan on using them......with just a little twist to it.  

Everyone likes to get snail mail, right?  Well, here is my plan.  

1.  Come up with a list of twenty-five random friends.

2.  Make up some really cute envelopes using Christmas-themed paper

3.  Place some little "treat/gift" in said envelope.

4.  Adhere one of these little numbered squares to outside of said envelopes, and

5.  Mail to said random recipient.

Sound like fun?  I think so.  Depending on where the recipient lives (either locally, a few states away, or even another country) I will mail the envelopes so they arrive close to the date (ideally they would arrive *on* the date) corresponding to the number on the envelope.  

I'll keep you posted!  Guess I better get my craft on.  December 1 will be here soon!

Dig out those old stamps!!!!

I have been a member of the Tennessee Stampers Yahoo group for several months.  Each month I am involved in a Card-Of-The-Month swap and I have also participated in other swaps and card challenges. 

Last week one of the Yahoo group members posted a challenge for everyone.....dig through your rubber stamp stash and find one that hasn't been used for awhile (or maybe NEVER been used); make a card using that stamp and send it to a member of the Yahoo group that you do not know as a RAK (random act of kindness).

I was all over that challenge since I have my "favorite" stamps that get used all the time while others are totally neglected.  I managed to find three (!!!) stamps that had either not been used in awhile or never been used.  Here is the card I crafted with those three stamps:

 

 

Supplies used:  Bazzill Basics card stock (my fave!)

                         sentiment stamp:  Stampin' Up - God's Way set

                         pear stamp:  Stampin' Up - All Natural set

                         curli-que on left side:  ?????  - from an "unmarked" stamp set in my stash (it is not a

                            Stampin' Up set)

 

I did mail the card to a member of the Yahoo group that I did not know as a RAK.  What better way to get to know someone! 

 

I am also entering this card in the Word Art Wednesday Challenge #54.