The Votes Are In!

It's official...69 of you voted, and the winner by only 1 vote is THE SANTA BOX!  Great choice ladies (and gents?)!  He is really adorable.  I'll post the files tomorrow, but if you want to be sure you're ready to make him, gather up the following supplies: green and white cardstock, scraps of red cardstock, ribbon, googly eyes (can substitute hand drawn eyes or black cardstock ones) and goodies to go inside!  I also used a red fine tip marker for his mouth, and a sponge and gray inkpad to ink up the edges on his beard (optional, but it does add dimension).  You'll also need the George, PDDU, TBBM and Mini Monograms cartridges. 

Ok, I can hear all your groans..."Darn! I don't have all those carts!"  So....since this one is so cartridge intensive, and since Christmas is only 16 days away (OMG!), and since I'm so excited about ALL of these projects, I'm going to upload TWO winners tomorrow and ONE on Friday.  Second place goes to the Hershey's Nuggets Box - my personal favorite - and third place goes to the Mug Pouch Card. 

If you aren't already a follower or subscriber, sign up now so you'll be among the first to know when they're posted!  As always, my project files are FREE.  All I ask in "payment" is that you leave me a comment if you use a file.  It makes me feel all warm and fuzzy....and it encourages me to make more stuff to share!

Click here to see post with files for Santa Box
Click here to see post with files for Nuggets Box

What do YOU want to see next?

The choice is yours!  Which of the projects that I listed on my December 4 post are you most anxious to see?  Scroll down below my posts and take the poll before Wednesday at 5:30 pm, and I'll upload the project that gets the most votes on Thursday night!  And not to make you panic or anthing but.....it's only 18 days 'til Christmas!  Craft room here I come!!!

Scallop Flap Mini Gift Bag

I love this simple little bag and have used it many times for small gifts.  It's useful for everything from jewelry to gift cards to candy.  I like to fill it up with a handful of kisses or other candy for a quick little gift, and I know I'm going to be making lots of them for Christmas gifts.  I hope you'll find it useful for many occasions to come!

Cartridge: George and Basic Shapes

Gift Bag file for DS

Gift Bag file for Gypsy

The 21 Days of Christmas

Wow!  Only 21 days until Christmas!  How did December creep up on me so fast??  Luckily, I have a whole list of Christmas projects already under the tree for all of you!  As I promised, I'll be posting lots of projects for DS and Gypsy between now and Christmas, and I decided to give you another little preview list of what's to come.  I just posted the totally gorgeous 3 Kings Boxes that were inspired by Claire Brennan's original design yesterday.  If you missed then, scroll down to yestserday's post and grab the files.  They are so easy to make, yet so impressive. And be sure to visit Claire's blog (link in yesterday's post).  Claire does stunning work!

So, with Christmas just around the corner, I'm going to post my projects a little more often than I have been, so come back tomorrow for a new one.  It will be one of the ones on this list, but in the spirit of waiting with anticipation for Christmas morning, you'll just have to wait to see which one it is!

3 Kings Boxes Are Here!

Thank you SO much to Claire Brennan over on Splitcoaststampers for allowing me to use her design for this box and create a file for all of my Cricut pals! Please take some time to visit her blog, Waltzingmouse Makes. She is one talented lady and does gorgeous work! I also want to thank Cindy Royal for test cutting - and for giving me the idea on the Cricut message board.

So, without further adieu, here are the files for both DS and Gypsy - in zip format this time so you can get the cut file, tutorial and phots all at once. If you download it, please leave me a comment 'cuz I just love to "meet" new Cricuteers and see what everyone else likes!

Cartridge: George and Basic Shapes
3 Kings Box for DS
3 Kings Box for Gypsy

Don't forget, you can access all of my previously posted files - and some I haven't posted yet - from the links in my sidebar at the right.

Calling all DIGITAL SCRAPPERS!

If you do any digital scrapping, check out this adorable little penguin
embellishment. He's a free downlaod!

Click here to go to the designer's page to download him