"7 Months til Christmas" Blog Hop

Good morning!  Whoo hoo...it is Friday.  Are y'all looking forward to the weekend?  It is also the 25th of the month of May and that means it is time for our monthly Christmas card blog hop.  The basic premise of our hop is to make 2 Christmas cards a month so that we have some to send out and are not so rushed in the month of December ~  one card uses a stamped, coloured image and one card uses a die cut of some sort.  I am first up on the hop this month but the complete order is at the bottom of this post.  Make sure you visit us all and leave some comment love so we know you did ~ you won't want to miss all the great Christmas cards from my talented friends. 

My cards:

Cricut card:

This is a 5" x 5" card. I really wanted to put the sentiment "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" on the outside but it just would not work so this was my compromise. The middle tree is on an action wobble and "rocks" ~ I tried to photograph it in action but it just did not want to co operate.

RECIPE:

Card stock & patterned paper ~ Recollections

Cricut cartridge ~ Winter Frolic (Background trees cut at 5" are all one piece, "rockin" tree

cut at 4")

Colorbox chalk ~ Lipstick Red, Warm Green

Circles ~ Creative Memories

Sentiment ~ Computer generated

Bling ~ skittles from Your Next Stamp

Action Wobble

This card is being entered in the following challenges:

Christmas Card Challenges ~ Week #25 Sketch

Christmas Cards All Year Round ~ May Challenge inspired by a Christmas song (Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree)



Image card:

RECIPE:

Card Stock ~ Recollections

Patterned Paper ~ Echo Park "Winter Park"

Image ~ digi from Bugaboo Stamps "Make it Snappy" Snowman trio

coloured with Copic markers

Punch ~ Martha Stewart

Stickles ~ Crystal

Bling, ribbon and bells from "Use It Up" inventory

This card is being entered into the following challenges:

Holly Jolly Christmas ~ Anything goes plus ribbon

Crafty Hazelnut Christmas Challenge ~ A Touch of the Blues (use blue)

ABC Christmas Challenge ~ J is for Jingle Bells

So once again thanks for coming by today.  And remember to come again next month (June 25th) when it is only 6 months until Christmas so many of us will have presents for you to help get you in the mood.  Now it's time to hop on over to my friend Tara's blog.

Have a GREAT weekend.  Happy crafting and "Merry Christmas".

{{{{{HUGS}}}}}, Heather

The Complete Hop List:
Heather: http://princesspaperprojects.blogspot.ca/ ~ THAT'S ME!!!
Tara: http://tarashomemadehappiness.blogspot.ca/
Shari: http://sharispinkpalace.blogspot.ca/
Georgiana: http://carsonscricutcreations.blogspot.com/
Mary: http://www.maryshappyplace.ca/
Sally: http://sallyastill.blogspot.com/
Kerry: http://mommakcrafts.blogspot.ca/