Dear Santa Week 4- 5 minute gifts

Hey all today is our final Dear Santa week over at A Blog Named Hero. I am sad to see it end. There have been so many wonderful projects up on the blog.

I would like to give a BIG HUGE THANK YOU to all our "Santas" They most definitely started my holiday season right! Simon Says Stamp, Avery Elle, Neat & Tangled, Kelly Purkey, Lawn Fawn, Amy Tangerine, CAS-ual Friday and Hero Arts! We couldn't have done it without you. They are some of the most generous companies in the stamping world!

This week is all about 5 minute gifts. I don't really think any gift can be done in 5 minutes but with a little prep work you can definitely get them done. One of my 5 minute gifts are magnets for the refrigerator. They were so very simple to do.

Here I  used the Hero Arts/Sizzix Floral set. I die cut the images out of Neenah Cardstock and the Darice Magnetic sheets (you have to run it through a couple of times) then I colored the stamps with Tombow Markers, misted them lightly with water and some Perfect Pearls, then stamping the image. I then attached them to the magnetic die cuts. The magnetic sheets are sticky on one side so no adhesive in necessary.

I did the same thing with the Lawn Fawn Critters in the Park except that I colored them with Prismacolor Pencils and Gamsol

Here I have some Avery Elle and Lawn Fawn Critters in Costume.  The top of the Avery Elle is pop dotted. These are great for kids artwork and papers that we all post on our fridges. 

To go with these I made some really quick gift card holders:

 I used Neat & Tangled's Simple Christmas and On the Strip 2, mixed with some Hero Arts. I masked off the bottom and stamped the stripes. I then masked off the stripes stamped the house and masked that too and stamped the Hero Arts snowflakes in Silver then heat embossed them. Super fast.

This last one took a little longer but was so worth it. I started by cutting a 3.5 x 3.5 gift card out with my Silhouette.  I stamped the Neat & Tangled wreath, pinecones and leaves. I also stamped the Avery Elle bow and covered it with Wink of Stella and Glossy Accents. It all came together fairly quickly.

Please stop by A Blog Named Hero to see what the other girls did....they are just so talented.  We have some great prizes you can win too.

See you soon.

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ABNH and Lawn Fawn Mash-up week

Hello! All week long over at A Blog Named Hero we have been mashing up Hero Arts and Lawn Fawn. I love Mash-up weeks. I LOVE Lawn Fawn! LF has adorable stamps, awesome dies and an incredibly talented and sweet owner Kelly-Marie. I am always honored when she joins us and lets us showcase her beautiful stamps!

It's no secret I am a dog person. If you follow me on Instagram, Twitter or Facebook you will see lots of pictures of my dogs. I was so excited when I finally got my hands on these LF stamps and dies.

I created a little scene of what my Maltese Lucy loves to do best...chase tennis balls. Of course, they have to be the squeaky kind. ;)  They don't have a Maltese in this set but this little weiner dog worked just as well!

I started by cutting out hills, I just free handed them and inked the grass/hills with Distress Mowed Lawn and Hero Arts Green Hills. I stamped the tree using Lawn Fawn's "Into the Woods" set and some clouds from both LF and HA/Studio Calico.  The top of the tree was hand cut using a piece of  LF's Into the Woods 6x6 paper.

 I used my Silhouette to cut the little runner hole for my dog.  I pop dotted him onto the little strip of paper behind it and then pop dotted the whole card front onto a Forest Hero Arts Note card. I cut a little notch using a 1 inch circle punch and then pop dotted the tennis ball.  When you pull the strip with the tennis ball it reveals the sentiment.

I love interactive cards. This one is so very simple to make.  Please stop by A Blog Named Hero to see what the other girls have done. It's been a totally inspiring week.

Also, don't forget you still have time to enter our latest challenge...Shaped Cards.  You will be entered into a drawing for this:

Just remember that you must follow the Challenge rules to be entered. Each qualifying entry earns your name into the drawing.

Until next time....

Michelle

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