Put on a Happy Face- a Christmas Shaker

You can't help but smile when you see this snowman dancing with a smile on his face.  I thought he would be perfect in an interactive shaker card.

The snowman was coloured with blends, and the body painted with Frost White glimmer paint. I also painted the area around the snowman with the same paint.  Below the snowman I added some glitter texture paste.

The shaker  was formed in the usual way using Oval framelits, window sheet, and adhesive strips.  I used tiny white beads as the shaker elements. The snowman looks like he's having fun throwing those beads up in the air.

A narrow oval ring was adhered around the oval window.

The basic card is Real Red card stock layered with Whisper White and then Under the Mistletoe DSP (two patterns with a narrow strip of Glitter glimmer paper between the two))

The sentiment, from the "Cookie - Cutter Christmas" stamp set is adhered to the lower right with a fussy cut holly and mistletoe as a decorative element on top.

In the upper left of the oval two pine branches die cut with the Pretty Pine Thinlets.  A bow made with 1/8" Real Red ribbon was adhered to the top.

Supplies Used:

Stamps:  Spirited Snowmen. Cookie-Cutter Christmas

Inks:  Black Memento, Blends

Papers:  Real Red, Whisper White, Under the Mistletoe DSP, Glitter glimmer paper

Accessories:  Pretty Pine Thinlets, Oval framelits, Window sheet, Adhesive strips, tiny white beads (non SU), Frost White  glimmer paint, dimensionals 1/8" Real Red Satin ribbon

Merry

 Gingerbread men and Christmas are thought together simultaneously- and this is a most adorable one.

He was stamped with Tip Top Taupe ink and then sponged with Early Espresso ink.  Little red hearts were adhered to her tummy, and a red glitter bow tie under the chin.  Tiny pearls became the eyes.  A santa's hat, from the stamp set "Snow Place" was stamped, coloured, cut out and adhered to his head.
Liquid Applique was applied to the icing marks on the arms, legs and the fur of the hat.  This substance when heated puffs up and looks like fur, snow, or icing.

Using dimensionals, the dressed up gingerbread man was adhered to a Whisper White oval, which was matted with a slightly larger scalloped red glimmer oval.  This unit was adhered to a Whisper White panel matted with Real Red card stock.  Candy Cane Lane Baker's Twine was wrapped around the bottom and tied into a bow.

The base card is Real Red card stock. layered with Whisper White, and then Candy Cane Lane DSP.

The sentiment "Merry" is from the "Hello You" thinlets.  The red glimmer word was adhered sideways across the card.  A couple of snow flakes added some extra bling.

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Cookie Cutter Christmas, Snow Place
Inks: Tip Top Taupe, Early Espresso, Real Red marker
Papers; Real Red, Whisper White, Red Glimmer, Candy Cane Lane DSP
Accessories: Hello You Thinlets, Pearls, Cookie Cutter Punch, Candy Cane Lane Baker's Twine, Layering Ovals Die, Dimensionals, Pearls

Cookie Cutter Christmas - Eskimo girl card

This Cookie Cutter Christmas card features the little Eskimo girl.  I also made a bookmark featuring this character.

The Eskimo girl was stamped, punched with the Cookie Cutter punch, and coloured with a blender pen and ink pads.
She was placed on two concentric circles - one Whisper White and the larger one Real Red.  Both of these were centered on a silver Doillie.

The basic card is Real Red, layered with Crumb Cake and then Candy Lane DSP.

Supplies Used:
Stamp: Cookie Cutter Christmas
Inks: Black Memento, Tip Top Taupe, Real Red, Crumb Cake, Pink Pirouette, Black marker
Papers: Real Red, Crumb Cake, Candy Lane DSP, Whisper White, Silver Foil Doillie, Silver glimmer stars
Accessories: Word Window Punch, Modern Work Label punch, Layering circle framelits, Cookie Cutter punch.

I used the same image to make another book mark

Cookie Cutter Book Marks

I'm not finished making these book marks yet, but I thought I would share them with you now.  Because the images are made o u t ofpaper they would be fragile and would not last very long as book marks. So, my plan is to apply Crystal Effects to both sides of the images (Each bookmark has an image on the front and back).
They are attached to the metal paper clips using tombo glue.

I found these giant book marks in a jar in Home Sense, 20 in the jar, for $5.00.  I was as pleased as punch to have found these.

Each image was stamped with Black Memento except for the Gingerbread man who was stamped with Tip Top Taupe.  The Moose and Santa were coloured with ink pads and a blender pen. 

Santa was punched using the coordinating punch; the moose was hand cut .

Next is the the Eskimo little person.
                                                

Cookie Cutter Gingerman Tags and a Decorated Tin

I really thought I was finished with the Christmas tags yesterday, but I found another tin today, and, well, I couldn't resist.

As a result I made 6 more tags, and decorated the tin to match.  Today I used the Cookie Cutter Christmas stamp set and coordinating Cookie Cutter Punch.

Each tag is 2 by 4" of Crumb Cake cardstock which was punch with the Scalloped topped tag punch.  Layered on that was Early Espresso and Candy Lane DSP.  A strip of Real Red glimmer paper was attached to the bottom, and the word "joy" was die cut in the same glimmer paper.

The Gingerbread men were stamped with Tip Top Taupe ink, and the areas around the neck, arms and legs were colored with a Real Red marker.  Three pieces of candy were punched directly from another pattern from the same DSP.

Real Red ribbon, tied with silver cording was inserted into the tag aperture.

The six tags were placed in a small  plastic bag and placed in the  decorated tin .

Because this was already a Christmas tin, I did not place Washi tape around the edges.
On the top I added Early Espresso cardstock, and then Candy Lane DSP.  All four corners were rounded with the corner rounder punch.
A strip of red glimmer paper was glued near the bottom . The gingerbread man was prepared the same way as the tags and adhered to the lid.  6 pieces of candy were punched out and adhered to the bottom of the tin using glue dots.   One candy was placed in its hand.

A sentiment from the same stamp set was placed near the top.

The tin was kept closed with Real Red ribbon tied into a bow.   The  tag is a ginger bread house cut  from  another  piece of the DSP