Just needed a little break

I'm so sorry to have disappeared for so long...I'm afraid that frequently happens around this time of year. It often starts (like this year) by getting sick and then having that sickness travel though the whole family. Then of course the craziness of the holidays (and we have a couple of birthdays in there as well), plus this year my computer completely blew up...complete with a smoking (and totally ruined) hard drive. (Back up your files friends--I was really glad I had 90% of my stuff backed up, including all of my family photos!) So recovering from all of that simply added up to taking a break from my bolg. 

Today however I'm back in the swing of things and I have a simple and fun Christmas project to share:

It's just a simple frame from Walmart that I added six stockings too, one for each of us. The stockings and holly leaves shapes are SVGs from Miss Kate Cuttables. The papers are some older ones I had in my stash from Chatterbox. The script along the bottom was cut on my Silhouette Portrait along with the "Lavanderia" font.  

I embossed my stockings with my Cuttlebug, and the "Dotted Swiss" and "Holly Ribbons" embossing folders. I used Queen and Company red pearls for my holly berries and Queen and Co. Red Washi tape to hang them across my frame. 

So thanks for coming back and stopping by my little blog again! I hope you have a wonderful day!

This is totally the wrong season for this but...

I've been working on a few Christmas calls and I thought I'd share just a little look at one of my projects. I've been planning this guy for a few months now and finally sat down and made him over the weekend. He is about 2 feet tall and will hang on my wall this coming holiday season.

His edges are blanket stitched and he is stuffed with just a hint of plastic grocery bags for added dimension.

He is made from flocked Chatterbox papers and the patterned paper/large buttons are Basic Grey. The smallest buttons are by Dress It Up.

Anyhow, just a quick post again today. Have a great day!