Holiday Craftiness

Hello all! Welcome to my blog!

Today I'm sharing some holiday projects. 

Here is a paper project I created. The file is from SVG Cuts - Santa's Sweets SVG Kit.

It was so fun to put together and will look amazing on my cookie table at my holiday parties.

I picked up the stand at Target in the dollar spot. I'm thinking it may need some vinyl to personalize it.

I also had some fun with my sewing machine. I created these mug rugs! It's a little quilted rectangle to hold our coffee, tea or in my case hot chocolate mug.

I used 2 1/2" inch squares for the sides. I cut some fabric with my cameo to accent the mug rugs. I just ironed on some fusible web, added the fabric to the Cameo mat and cut away. 

The SVGs are from Miss Kate. I used elements from the Ho Ho Ho Title, Elf Shoe Set,  

(I am not sure where I got the house from - forgot to make a note of the file!)

Hope you liked my holiday projects and hope your holiday cookies, shopping, decorating and crafting is coming together nicely!

Stop by on Sunday to check out my Miss Kate Design team project.

Spirits of Christmas Past

Oh my - have you seen it? The latest Kit from SVG Cuts released last night is called Spirits of Christmas Past. When I viewed the video I could not decide which 3D item to make first!

Well since I am a big frame person could not wait to try the Framed Box. I took out the butterflies that were supplied and added in the gingerbread man and a tag at the bottom. I plan to give this to friends of ours who had a baby awhile back and include a gift card in the box. Might be able to fit some cute little socks too. So it is a frame and box all in one.


I used a stamp from Punkin’ Patch Stamps - Gingerbread Kisses. It was very easy picking out my ink color - had one called "Gingerbread".

The Gingerbread SVG is a freebie from SVG Cuts.
Click here to grab it.'
I used fellow DT Member, Cheryl’s technique with the white dots. It needed something and it was the perfect touch. My white pens never seem to work so I used white acrylic paint and applied with the flat side of a wooden skewer.

Here’s a look at the entire kit:

Click here or on the photo to take you to SVG Cuts.


Stop back soon to see my take on the 3D star ornament!

Happy Crafting!

Gingerbread House Gift Box

I went out to lunch the other day and spotted this cool box that resembled a house. I asked the waiter for one and brought it home. I put it on my scanner, traced in Illustrator, designed the color layers in Illustrator, cut on my Expression and assembled.

Here it is! My first 3-D type project:



Here is a step by step tutorial on the project. Please note: I am on a Mac so these are saved in SCAL 1. I've included width and height measurements incase you'd like to play with the svg files and customize before cutting.

STEP 1 - Cut "GingerBrdHouse_White.svg" 2 times (white cardstock). w: 10.867 h :11.350 If you are new to SCAL and cutting the dashed lines will help in folding the piece.



STEP 2 - Cut "GingerBrdHouse_Brown.svg" 2 times w: 10.100 h: 8.598 Adhere brown stock to white.


STEP 3 - Cut "GingerBrdHouse_RoofTiles.svg" w: 8.676 h: 10.878. I put some separation between the circles so you can do 5 different strips of color on your mat. You will need 78 circles - if you cut as is you'll get 100 for some extras. Layer these circles as shown in the photos below. Add a pencil line to help align straight. This is the time consuming part but well worth it.


Trim off the circles that overlay the edge.


STEP 4 - Cut "GingerBrdHouse_Green.svg" 2 times (or copy and paste) w: 5.855 h: 3.028 and adhere to house.



STEP 5 - Cut "GingerBrdHouse_Red.svg" 2 times (or copy and paste) w: 7.700 h: 3.897 and adhere to house. I did not have enough red glitter stock so I cut one set using glitter paper and one using Bo Bunny Dots paper. Add some embellishments. I used Creative Charms gradient jewels and a brad for the door knob.


STEP 6 - Adhere two house pieces together using double stick tape.


Final flat view.

STEP 7 - Fold in the small top flaps first and then tuck in the other flaps.


View from the top.



STEP 8 - Fold in the small bottom flaps in and then fold in the interlocking flaps. You can add some double stick tape to the panels.



STEP 9 - One design flaw...your brown edges near the fold may be lifting a bit. Just use a glue pen to get under there and adhere.


Here is an inside view of the final product. A pair of gloves and a gingerbread ornament fit nicely. This would also be great for cookies or some homemade candy. I plan to cut out some plain boxes for my boys and let them decorate.



For the SVGs please click here to DOWNLOAD.
For the SCUT files please click here to DOWNLOAD.

Would love to see your house if you decide to create this!