Christmas Card Blog Hop!

Welcome to Lisa's Scrap'n Shack , and the Christmas Card Blog Hop! If you've come from visiting Giselle ,  you're in the right place. If you were just looking at my blog and want to play along with our blog hopping fun, you can go to the beginning at www.craftycardgallery.blogspot.com.  This blog hop is intended to get you in the Christmas Spirit.... If you haven’t already started/finished your Christmas cards, hopefully this will inspire you to come up with an idea... and maybe you can win some blog candy or get ideas for great Christmas gifts (whether they’re on your list or for someone else!).  So if you aren’t braving the malls and can get some computer time, come join us for some fun!

For my Christmas card I wanted to try my hand at making a Shaker card. What theme would make the best shaker in this situation you ask? Why what else other than SNOW!?

I started off with a 5 x 7 piece of textured cardstock in a light blue color. No I didn’t use traditional Christmas colors for the simple reason that snow makes you feel like everything is fresh and new! Think back to a crisp morning right after a night of falling snow. Smell that air? AHHH!!

I mated a black piece of textured card stock, size 6 ¾ x 4 ¾ onto the top of the card and then another layer of patterned paper from “The Paper Studio” that I got at Hobby Lobby.

The shaker frame is the made from the Mother’s Day 2010 cartridge. Not sure what the name of the shape is I used sorry. But I made it 5 inches for the outside and 4.5 for the inside and welded them together using my Gypsy. I cut this out 8 times with my Cricut Expression. 4 of the layers are cut using a frozen Totino’s pizza box. And the other 4 are cut with the black textured cardstock. The back base is also cut at 5 inches hiding the oval in the center. I cut a piece of acetate for the cover at 5 inches.

Inside the shaker are 2 embellishments from Hobby Lobby in the Christmas section.  I put some flock on the edges of each snowflake. I bought some micro beads at Tuesday Morning to use for the shaker part. I think they are called Beadies. I used Helmar's Clear Round Zap Dots to adhere the shaker part to my card.

The ribbon and brad & tiny snowflakes are from Hobby Lobby, and the stamp “Let it Snow” is from My Pink Stamper’s “Winter Punnie’s” set.

Inside the card I used the same dimensions on the mat. Then I cut out a 3 x 3 piece of textured black cardstock, a 2 ¾ x 2 ¾ piece of the pattern paper, and a 2 ½ x 2 ½ piece of Ivory cardstock to put the sentiment on. The sentiment I bought from Joann’s and it is from TPC Studio the “Christmas Phrases” set. I put a couple of the same snowflakes that are on the outside on the sentiments mat.

***Closed at 56 entries!!!**

Phew that was a long description! Thanks for listening to me ramble! I know, you all are waiting for the best part of this post and that is the candy! I have a $10 dollar gift card to Hobby Lobby or Michaels for one lucky winner (sorry only US residents on this one guys).  Here is how ya win:

1.       1.  Become a follower – if you want, but it’s not necessary. (Little tip - I do have some more candy for my followers when I reach 100 of ya all though! Go Here to find the post! )

2.       2.  Post on this comment and tell me what you favorite part of the Holiday season is.

It’s that simple! Thanks for looking and I hope you enjoy this hop! Now get to moving along and give Jess at KinderStampO some love! She is your next stop!

Happy Holidays everyone!

Here is the line-up in case you got lost somewhere along the way!

Crafty Card Gallery – www.craftycardgallery.blogspot.com

Shawn – http://craftychicsblog.blogspot.com/

Ellen (Cardmonkey) – http://cardmonkey-business.blogspot.com

Lezlye - www.lezlyes.blogspot.com

Martha - http://pattisscrapingtime.blogspot.com/

Carley – http://the-real-icarley.blogspot.com

Meighen (scrappin_3rdeeschik) – http://scrappin3rdeeschik.blogspot.com

Giselle – http://crossmyheartpapercrafts.blogspot.com/

Lisa – http://www.ljsscrapshack.blogspot.com  YOU ARE HERE!!

Jess (KinderStampO) – http://www.kinderstampo.com YOUR NEXT STOP!!

Kelly – http://disp6194-kellyscraps.blogspot.com

Sandy – http://acolorfulworld.blogspot.com

Laura – http://scrappycraftcorner.blogspot.com

Nicollette – http://beyondscrapin.blogspot.com

Lisa – http://bitbythecricutbug.blogspot.com

Jessica Lynn – http://jessicalynnoriginal.blogspot.com

Miss Adri – http://www.macheriecreations.com

Debbie – www.stampwithdebbie.blogspot.com

Jan – http://jans-gonestampin.blogspot.com

Joanne – http://sleepyinseattlestamps.blogspot.com

Sandy – http://www.owhstarsandstamps.org

Melanie – http://www.arkmom-scrappilyeverafter.blogspot.com

Vicki – http://qksc.blogspot.com

Jamie – http://jamieisacraftymomma.blogspot.com

Courtney – http://www.letsubrightnurday.blogspot.com

Sharon – http://inkiefinger.blogspot.com

Holly – http://1craftydame.blogspot.com

Holley – http://helloholley.blogspot.com

Shelley – http://shelleyscreations.blogspot.com

Paula – http://paulasprettythings.blogspot.com

Susan – http://itsmesusanp.blogspot.com/

Shelley – http://hodgepodgeshop.blogspot.com

Shelly – http://shellyrharris.blogspot.com