Holiday Card Workshop Day 1

Holiday Card Workshop has started!!! That means nonstop holiday cards for the next two weeks. Have to love it!

There were two card tutorials today.

1. 3x3 Card Set

I somehow was able to squeak four cards out, but no envelopes tonight!

Materials:
Paper: Misc. Bazzill cardstock, Neenah - Solar White, Doodlebug - North Pole - In a Flurry
Stamps/Inks: Mama Elephant - Polar Pals, Lawn Fawn - Belinda's Borders, Let it Snow, and Winter Fox, Memento Ink - Rhubarb Stalk, Tuxedo Black, and Summer Sky, Hero Arts Shadow Ink Midtone - Green Hills
Cutting/Embossing: Martha Stewart Scoring Board
Misc.: Copic markers, glossy accents, waterfall stickles

2. Mass-Producing Stamped Cards

 Materials:
Paper: Misc. Bazzill cardstock, Neenah - Solar White
Stamps/Inks: Impress Fresh Ink - Steel Blue and Provincial Gray, TH Distress Ink - Iced Spruce, Memento - Rhubarb Stalk and Summer Sky, Stampin' Up - Serene Snowflakes, Just Rite Clear - Large Fancy Holiday Sentiments

Mittens, mittens, and more mittens

Just finished a very large project of knitted mittens - 8 pairs - ranging in size from men's M to child's M. My sister actually did two of the pairs to help me out - the pink and the unpictured red. Variety of colors, hand-picked for each recipient. I made matching tags to go with each pair. The pattern is actually a mix of two different patterns that I adapted for multiple sizes, but the majority of the pattern is: Easy Striped Mittens by Knit Simple (although obviously these are not striped). All are made from Knit Picks Swish Worsted (superwash merino), with the exception of the pink, which is Lion Brand - Woolease. They are knit on either size 5 or 6's.

Here's some of the tags with care instructions (front and back):

Materials:
Paper: Kraft and misc. Bazzill cardstock,
Stamps/Inks: PTI - In the Meadow (snowflake), Memento - Tuxedo Black, Stampin' Up - Hand Knit
Cutting/Embossing: Sizzix Tag, Spellbinder's - Mittens, Corner Rounder
Misc.: Smooch mist, Perfect Pearls Mist - Perfect Pearl, twine from The Twinery


And some external tags...

Paper: Misc. Bazzill cardstock
Stamps/Inks: Memento - Paris Dusk, Tim Holtz - Faded Jeans, Evergreen Bough, PTI - 2008 Holiday Tag Collection
Cutting/Embossing: Tim Holtz - Snowman and Movers and Shapers - Wish
Misc.: Perfect Pearls Mist - Perfect Pearls