I am so excited to be participating in this month's Tour de Freaks! If you've just arrived from Mary Brown's AWESOME blog, thank you so much for taking the time to pop on over! If you are a regular here, you are in for a real treat. You are about to embarque on a 15 stop journey to some of the best blogs in the stampin' & scrappin' world!! Our focus this month is Christmas Cards!! At the end of this post click on the Tour de Freaks logo & you'll go straight over to Dawn Olchefske FANTASTIC blog. You will be able to go from blog to blog until you get back to mine! We will keep the links up so even if you are getting here after the 20th, you can still enjoy the tour!
The "official" tour starts tomorrow morning, October 20th, so please be patient if all the links are not up just yet.
I wanted to keep a coordinated look to the cards I'm showing you, so I used the Merry Moments Designer Series Paper from the main Idea Book & Catalog on all three cards.
On the above card, I wanted to show you that simplicity does not equate to boring!! The Merry Christmas from the "Christmas Greetings" set was stamped in Craft White & embossed with Irridescent Ice Embossing Powder.
I used the NEW Sweet Centers Stamp Set & Sweet Centers Treat Cups from the Holiday Mini Catalog & filled them with "Christmas" colored M&Ms. I don't know about you, but I know I would be so pumped to receive a handmade card that included CHOCOLATE!!
I've had this idea floating around in my brain for awhile, but I held off creating it because I knew I wanted to share it with all of you on the Tour de Freaks!! The "joy" ornament coordinates with the Holiday Mini Set "Delightful Decorations" & was available to purchase at Convention this past summer and is on the Demonstrator Only Section of the Stampin' Up! Website. This little perk is just one of the many things I love about being a demonstrator!
Thanks so much for stopping by, I hope to see you again real soon!!
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How totally DELICIOUS!! I LOVE chocolate, so not only do I wanna EAT your M&M ornaments, but the JOY ornament looks pretty chocolate-y, too!! Everything looks scrumptious, Erin! :)
Posted by: Wendy W. | October 19, 2009 at 11:12 PM
Hi Erin -- great job on all three projects. Very creative to put the ornament on the last card -- it's beautiful! So glad to be on the tour with you this month! Blessings, Gretchen
Posted by: Gretchen Barron | October 20, 2009 at 04:46 AM
CUTE cards! Love them!
Posted by: Lisa Martz | October 20, 2009 at 05:33 AM
I agree - who wouldn't love receiving a card with chocolate! :D Those M&Ms look yummy!
Posted by: Cindy Major | October 20, 2009 at 08:40 AM
Wonderful cards!!! So festive -- especially love the M&M ornaments! Agree that would be quite a treat to receive! But, any of your beautiful cards would be!
Posted by: Michelle VanWiggeren | October 20, 2009 at 08:58 AM
What GREAT cards! I love the ornaments with the m&ms inside! WOW...that's lots and lots of m&ms.
Posted by: Mary Brown | October 20, 2009 at 05:54 PM
Great projects, Erin. I'm still trying to decide if I'll give my ornament to my MIL or if I'll keep it...LOL! TFS!
Posted by: Brandi Wiggins | October 20, 2009 at 09:30 PM
Love that you put that ornament on a card! Great idea, and a super gift. I need to go find some chocolate now :)
btw, both the cardstock and the window sheet are stamped. . .lmk if you have any questions about it!
Posted by: Robin Spinner | October 21, 2009 at 07:38 AM