Sweet Holiday Wishes

I needed to make a few Christmas gifts for the teachers. Now as my children get older, they end up with a lot more teachers and as my pocket book doesn't seem to always be as big as I'd like it, I do think it's important to make them all a little treat.

Recipe:

Jaded Blossom : Candy Charm Dies, Candy Wrap Dies,

Teacher Appreciation Candies, Gingerbread Candies, Christmas Candy Wraps

Trendy Twine : Holly Berry Twine

Sil Store : #68450 - Lori Whitlock 3 Hershey's Nugget box

CCE December 2014

The theme this month is 'action', so in other words the card must move. 

I found this fun file in the Silhouette online store.

Recipe:

Jaded Blossom - Tic-Tac-Toe freebie

PBD - Small Things, My Favorite Kind

Twine

Thanks for popping by!

Feel free to let me know what you think - I love to hear your feedback!!

J

Jaded Blossom Birthday Guest Designer

Hello Jaded Blossom Fans!!!

Janice here, from Janice's Jems!

I am truly honored to be part of the Guest Design Team this birthday month!

I am here to share my project I created featuring some of my favorite Jaded Blossom products!

I made a Winter Village.

For the tree I started with a 9" foam cone that I bought at Micheals'

I cut out 4 different tags from the Mini Tag Dies.

The top layer I used the leaf from Christmas Dies.

My tree topper was cut out with the Snowflake Dies.

The ornaments were the stitched circle die (for the holly) from Christmas Dies, and the small circle was cut out using the Spring Dies.

Here is a close up of the tree.

I crocheted garland using Holly Berry twine from Trendy Twine.

What would Christmas pictures be without close ups in front of the tree :)

Here are the super cute elves from Elf workshop stamp set.

The little gingers are cut with a die & stamped from Gingerbread Wishes.

The cute little penguin is from Winter Penguin.

The snowman is from Winter Wishes, and the stunning deer you can find on the

Christmas Wishes stamp set.

Thank you so much Candace & Michelle for letting me post today!

Please feel free to stop by my blog & become a follower if you liked what you saw today!

Janice

Snowman Soup

December is upon us...

 There are so many people that I love to give gifts to, and with so many, I need some quick, cute treats on hand. 

I found some really cute peeps that are big snowmen... 

I knew just what to make - SNOWMAN SOUP!!!

I packaged 2 envelopes of Carnation hot chocolate powder, 1 'PEEP' snowman and 2 small candy canes. I packed them up in Jaded Blossom's Gusset bags. They are the perfect size for thicker treats!

Recipe:

Jaded Blossom - Gusset Bags, Fancy Topper Die, Snowman Kisses (retired), Snowflake Dies

Trendy Twine - Peppermint Stick

Till next time,

J

Handmade Sugar Scrub

'Tis the season!! Well December is upon us now! Here in Calgary, we have quite a bit of snow! 

My hubby & son went out to the mountains this weekend to cut down our tree - as it was thawing, my daughter & I got to making the beginning of our handmade gifts!

We made some peppermint sugar scrub! It smells SO good!!

And we tried a bit out - makes your skin so soft!!

I found the recipe here - Peppermint Sugar Scrub

I used organic coconut oil, sugar and Young Living's Peppermint oil, along with a few drops of coloring to have a nice layered effect!

This recipe made enough for 7 jars (the jars are quite small) & a bit extra for us to try out.

For our tags we used Jaded Blossom's Mini Tag Dies, Pamper Yourself stamps and attached little wooden scoops from their store as well.

Trendy Twine's Posy Pink Twine was the perfect pink to accent it!

Till next time,

J

CCE November card & Jaded Blossom announcement

I have some exciting news to share!!!

Jaded Blossom during the month of December is having a full Guest Designer month and guess what!?! I was picked as one of the lucky 28!!! Whoop, whoop!!!

Before we get to the stamp release, we are excited to announce our 28 Guest Designers for December! In a random order they are...

Yvonne S. Morentin www.adventureofthecreativemind.blogspot.com
Janice Thiessen www.Janicesjems.blogspot.ca
Katy Taylor www.scrappinkaty.blogspot.com
Stacie Prinzo www.sprinzo.blogspot.com
Barbara Rouse www.spotofsanity.blogspot.com
Sara Bottomlee www.designapartybysara.blogspot.com
Jessica Wilson www.craftinandstampin.blogspot.com
Sarah Wells www.simplysarahdesign.com
Katie Williams www.2craftykaties.blogspot.com/
Shanon Cimbura www.brindylou.blogspot.com
Melissa Miranda www.iliketocreate.blogspot.com
Jenny Johnson www.crazyaboutcricut.blogspot.com
Mariel Godoy www.marielssweetdesigns.blogspot.com
Debbie Wilson www.craftydeb-ddscrafts.blogspot.com
Deb Rodgerson www.debspaperpalooza.blogspot.com
Georgiana Carson www.carsonscricutcreations.blogspot.com
Chaunelle Gonzalez www.chaunnellespapercreations.blogspot.com
Dottie Weiss www.dwpaperdesigns.blogspot.com
Larelyn Sartini www.handmadefromtheheart-designsbylarelyn.blogspot.com
Dawn Grover (Dawn Marie) www.kraftychick.blogspot.com
Christine Riley www.stampynwifesspace.blogspot.com
Kim Ricketts www.puppiesandpapercrafts.com
Katie Miner www.2craftykaties.blogspot.com
Heather Haas www.hnhdesigns.blogspot.com
Melinda McDonald www.scrappinmelon.blogspot.com
Candace Fields www.stampinpearls.blogspot.com
Angela Corcoran www.crazy3monkeys.blogspot.com
Stefani Chastain www.stylesbystefani.blogspot.com
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Of course with it being only a few short weeks until Christmas, our theme for CCE group for the month of November is Christmas!!

Here is my creation for my group.

I went with a traditional theme. 

Recipe :

Jaded Blossom - Christ is Born stamp set

Till next time,

J

PPPR Guest Designer

Hello everyone! I am so excited to guest design for Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons today!

Last weekend was my son's 15th birthday. Boy oh boy does he like his video games. Of course I wanted to make him a card to go along with that, so I found this awesome file in the PPPR store.

Here is my project :

I wanted to make this into a shape card, so I offset the base & created a mirror image to have a shaped base.

 Now I know it's not the typical colors for the controller, but I made this one special to match the new console that came out... The new Advance Warfare Xbox One!

For the controller letters I used My Creative Time stamps.

For the inside I used Jaded Blossom stamps.

Recipe :

PPPR - 'Get Your Game On' cutting file

My Creative Time - Just Simply Live

Jaded Blossom - So Many Birthdays, Number Candies

Till next time,
J

'Tis the Season

It's a snowy day here today, so I've decided to spend my day making Christmas cards.

Jaded Blossom's October 2014 release is full of such fun stuff!

The Bah Humbug stamp set is my favorite EVER!!! 

Here is the first card made with this set:

Products Used:

Jaded Blossom - Card Mat Dies, Mini Tag Dies, Bah Humbug stamp set

Sweater came from the Sil Store

Till next time,

J

Grateful

Jaded Blossom has a great challenge this month, well really they are always great, but I was excited this month as its a thankful challenge.

I will also be linking this to Trendy Twine's challenge, as it fits perfectly to their theme too! 

 I am so thankful for many things and especially people in my life, so I created a special treat for someone special! 

Here is my challenge project for November : 

Recipe :

Jaded Blossom - Autumn Leaves (freebie for October's stamp release) Let's Talk Turkey, 

Candy Wraps, Candy Wrap Dies, Mini Tag Dies

Trendy Twine - Totally Kraft

Silhouette Store - Candy Tote #68445

Shaker Christmas Cards

Tis the season to start posting holiday projects! So to start of the season, I tried my hand at making a couple shaker cards. I just received Jaded Blossom's October release last week & am getting a chance to play! And to top of my birthday gift, I FINALLY ordered the card mat dies!! Love, Love, Love these dies!! So excited to finally have them in my hands!!

Recipe :

Jaded Blossom - Card Dat Dies, Layered Frame & Journal Dies, Winter Dies, Ticket Book Dies,

Christmas Signs, Christmas Wishes 

Till next time, 

J

Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween everyone!!

I wanted to get a few last crafts made to finish off my not so awesome Halloween display this year.

PPPR has this super cute little witch hat that I wanted to make.

I decided not to use the belly or buckle, as I wanted a bit more texture, so I went with some orange glittered tulle & a flower.

I will be entering this into PPPR monthly challenge :)

Recipe:

PPPR - Witch hat cutting file

Jaded Blossom - Mini tag dies & Halloween Poop 

Just wanted to update to say I made it into the TOP 3!! Whoop Whoop!!

Till next time, 

J

CCE October 2014

October is thankful month over at CCE :)

Here is the card I made for my group: 

Recipe :

Jaded Blossom - Poppy stamp set, Kind Thanks, Flag Dies

Till next time,

J

Never let go of Hope

October is Breast Cancer Awareness month - in honor of it I wanted to make cards.

PPPR has a freebie this week of a wonderful awareness ribbon that I used.

Recipe:

PPPR - Awareness Ribbon 

Jaded Blossom - Mini Tag Dies, Journal Die,
JB Cancer Candies (freebie with purchase from many moons ago)

Trendy Twine - Strawberry Cupcake

Till next time,

J

Anything Halloween

Jaded Blossom has another challenge up & running. Because I've been on a crafting spree this weekend, I thought I should get on my project. And because of the project I choose, I'm already a little behind. 

I made an advent calendar Halloween style! 

Now because I have older kids (almost 15 & 11) I didn't put numbers on it, this way they can choose any one they like everyday this month - and yes they get to play catch up today.

Recipe:

Halloween Countdown - Sil Store #67542

Jaded Blossom - Too Cute to Spook, Halloween Candies, Villian Candies Layered Frame & Journal Dies, Mini Tag Dies, Candy Charms & Banner Dies, Spring dies

Trendy Twine - Lime Orangesicle

Till next time,

J

Trick or Treat

3 Girl Jam has a fun challenge this month. Instead of waiting for the last day, I thought I'd make my project today! 

Recipe:

Treat box - Sil store #66175

Jaded Blossom - Mini tag dies, Too Cute to Spook

Trendy Twine - Totally White

3Girl Jam - Goblin Green & Witch's Brew 

Paper - Recollections Boo Who stack

Till next time, 

J

Java Great Day

PPPR has a monthly challenge that ends today. 'Fun with puns' is the theme, so here is what I made. 

I made the kcup holder, but don't own a Keurig, so had to do a bit of research so that I could make the holder properly! 

Recipe :

PPPR - Java Great Day, K-cup Treat

Jaded Blossom - Mini Tag Dies, Java Time

Till next time,

J

Candy.Good.

After spending a lot of time with my niece this summer... Now we have been home about a month, I wanted to make a sweet treat for her to let her know I'm missing her. 

Recipe : 

Jaded Blossom - Fancy Topper Die, Valentine Dies, Flag Dies, Too Cute To Spook, 3x4 bags

Till next time,

J

Simple Sayings card # 3

I know, so many cards with the same stamp set, yet all a little different. Here is another Simple Sayings stamped card. I absolutely LOVE this tree!

Again I heat embossed the tree & sentiment. I used the Ticket Book Die for the layer with the tree from Jaded Blossom. Here is a close up of the sparkly tree. 

Recipe : 

Jaded Blossom - Ticket Book Die, Simple Sayings, So Many Birthdays

Trendy Twine - Gray Licorice

Till next time, J

Simple saying card #2

This summer, our family went on an adventure! We planned to sell our house in the big city and buy a little piece of land with a house in the country. Well needless to say we've been back in the city for almost a month now. While we were away, I had a wonderful friend checking in on my house every few days. I wanted to make her a card to say thank you.

Recipe :

Jaded Blossom - Simple Sayings, Simple Sayings 3

Trendy Twine - Gray Licorice

Till next time,

J

Simple Sayings Card

This year I will be making a lot of handmade gifts for Christmas! And with December being in the next couple months, I wanted to get a bit of a start. 

I love heat embossing and don't do it much, but had the erge to pull out my powders and heat gun. 

I love this tree from Jaded Blossom's Simple Sayings stamp set. There are I think 4 other coordinating sets with different sentiments, beautiful fonts! 

Recipe:

Jaded Blossom - Simple Sayings, Simple Sayings 2, Candy Wrap Dies

Trendy Twine - Totally Kraft

Till next time, 

J

Harry Birthday

Well today is the big day - 11 years old! 

She loves Harry Potter, so I thought I would make her a fitting card.

I will enter this in SVG Cutting Files Challenge :) 

Recipe:

Jaded Blossom - Wizard Candies, Candy Charms & Banners Dies

SVG Cutting Files - Paper Dolls Base Kit "A", Paper Dolls Wizards Add On, Wavy Card Base

Trendy Twine - Gray Licorice

Till next time,

J

Happy 11th Birthday!

Tomorrow we celebrate my daughter's 11th birthday... It's definitely one of the times that I ponder how it is that so much time has already passed! 

I wanted to create a fun treat with lots of candy for her. I don't let my kids eat tons of sugar, however, for their bdays & special occasions, they must get to enjoy it! 

My September Jaded Blossom Challenge entry is this:

Recipe:

Jaded Blossom - Mini Tag Dies, Candy Charms & Banner Dies, So Many Birthdays,

  Alphabet Candies, 3x4 bags

Trendy Twine - Bubblegum Taffy

3D Denni Cake Boxes - sil store #41393

I embossed each tier with a different circle folder :)

Thanks for looking!

Till next time,

J