November 2010 Control Freaks Blog Tour – Holiday Gifts and Snow Ideas

Welcome to the November 2010 Tour de Freaks Blog Hop! We are so excited to have you join us today,  This month we are featuring Holiday Gifts and Snow Ideas made with products from Stampin' Up!.   Our tour is nice and short and features some of your favorite Control Freaks Stampers. You may have just come from my friend Connie Babbert's Blog or you may be one of my followers or you may have just stumbled here…however you got here, you’ll be very glad you did!  Be sure to take the whole tour! - welcome!

I had a ton of fun playing with our snowmen and snowflakes for my projects this month.  I used my favorite snow colors, Whisper White, and Marina Mist on all the projects.  Stampin' Up! has some wonderful stamp sets and Big Shot dies to help you get your creative groove on this Holiday Season!!

Next up is a Gift Card Holder and we all need at least one of these this season.  There is always someone who is hard to buy for and this is the perfect gift for them. Come back in a few days and I will have a FREE tutorial on making this for you.   

Supplies:

Christmas Greetings 115448

Jolly Bingo Bits W120857 C121187 

Jolly Jingles Jumbo Wheel 120864

Snowflake Punch 119852

3/4 x 15/16 Oval Punch 120908

Rhinestone Jewels 119246



My last project for you is a Christmas Tree Ornament.  I found these little tins while cleaning and organizing last month and just knew I would make ornaments with them.  I punched a 1 3/4 Circle out of Marina Mist and stamped the snowflakes in the same color.  I then ripped some Whisper White, layered it on the circle to mimic snow, added Dazzling Diamonds Glitter to the edges and trimmed it to the same  size.  The little snow people are from the Jolly Bingo Bits set and I hand cut them out and placed them in the "snow" after coloring them with my Blushing Bride and Pear Pizzazz Stampin' Write Markers.I punched a hole in the top of the tin with my Crop-A-Dile and added the ribbon for a hanger.  To seal the tin, I ran some Sticky Strip around the seam and covered it with some of our Marina Mist Satin Ribbon.  To prevent the "snow" (White Chunky Essentials Glitter) from falling out, I added a snowflake from the Northern Frost Strip Die with Mini Glue Dots to the top. 

That's it for me, I hope you enjoyed this stop of the Control Freaks Tour.  Now it's on to the next stop.  One of my best demo buddies, Dawn Olchefske!!