Nutcracker from 2009

Every year DH gets me a nutcracker, he wraps it up and puts it under the Christmas Tree. Sometimes he doesn't find one until the day before Christmas, sometimes he finds them right away. This year I will be taking pictures of each and every one and making a scrapbook page for their own album.


Here is the one I received from him last year. Last year we opened presents early - a couple of days before we went to Montana. The only decorations that we put up were the Christmas wreath on the front door, a live one from the Boy Scouts, and the 5 Christmas wreaths that go on the outside lights on the front of our home. So this guy never got wrapped up and put in with the other decorations and he was easy to grab quickly and take a picture of.

I used red line tape behind the ornament back, sprinkled glitter on the tape and then glued the ornament front on top. The leaves have pop up dots behind them so that the ornaments look like they are hanging. I'm starting my album at 8 1/2 x 11 but I don't know if I will keep that size or not. It's a work in progress so I'll just have to do a few more pages then decide.

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Click here for the cut file. Please note that I was having issues cutting the blue photo mat so please make sure the they are welded together before you cut the.


Recipe:
Paper: DCWV cardstock -white, tan, blue, black and brown; Pattern Paper - Scrapbook Heaven Kit - Basic Grey - Blitzen Collection" Snowballs.
Cricut Cartridges: George, Home Accents, Joys of the Season, Very Merry Tags, Winter Woodland
Misc: glue, red line tape, pop up dots, white and blue glitter

Snowman Tag

I used the corner rounder punch to make the scallop edges on white card stock. I sponged white then capri acrylic paint onto the tag. While this was drying I cut out the snowman tag and snowflake tag from the Very Merry Tag cartridge. The snowflakes were cut out of a piece of transparency. The snowflake tag base I sponged with white and the snowflake tag was sponged with capri. A small mini brad was sponged with both colors.

I cut a little piece of orange card stock and glued this to the back for the nose, then a piece of black for the eyes and mouth. From pink card stock I traced around the snowman's scarf, cut this out and glued it to the back of the snowman, then glued the snowman to the snowman tag back.

From dark pink paper I cut a square approx 3x3 1/2 and light pink paper 3x1, rounded the corners, then glued them down. A piece of white ribbon was wrapped around the card, tied and one pom pom placed under the knot. I attached the snowflake tag base to the card with a clear adhesive dot and cut the end of the mini brad off so they would not show behind the tag.

This tag can be cut with the baby bug. Click here for the cut file.

Recipe: Paper: White card stock, various shades of pink designer paper, orange, black, and dark pink; Cricut Cartridge: Very Merry Tags; Misc: Ribbon, pom pom ribbon, mini brad, glue, Clear Adhesive dots.