Crafts

Holly Jolly Christmas Printable Along with 12 More Free Printables

9 · Dec 4, 2013 · 11 Comments

Free Christmas Printables // eeeeeek, it's finally here! The December Printable Club with all kinds of fun printable goodies!

Just check out all of those amazing decor and gift ideas! I create a fun decor printable that can be used either framed in some fun frames like I have below are you can display them as is. It's totally up to you! By the way, I found my frames at Target and I just love the way they look together.

Click HERE to download the Holly Jolly Printable

Here are eleven more fabulous ideas from some of my favorite talented friends!

1 // The Dating Divas – Festive and FLIRTY cards just for you two!
2 // Somewhat Simple – A vintage 12 days of Christmas countdown activity.
3 // Whipperberry – Holly Jolly Christmas printable to dress-up your holiday decor!
4 // Crafting Chicks – Print and keep track of WHO you are giving to and WHAT you are giving them with these darling printable Christmas Lists pages.
5 // Tatertots & Jello – An easy way to display Christmas cards using a foldable ruler. Plus a free Holiday blackboard printable!
6 // L'il Luna – Christmas Cookies in a Jar with free printable recipe! A cute and inexpensive gift idea!
7 // My Sister's Suitcase – "Blue Christmas" gift idea and printable tag for loved ones you'll miss this year at Christmastime!
8 // I Heart Nap Time – A sweet little tag and Hershey Kiss stickers to dress up a cute and fun gift
9 // The 36th Avenue – Super Cute DIY Christmas Stockings made with our Free Printables!
10 // Paging Supermom – Stocking Tags to personalize your family's stockings plus coordinating "Naughty" and "Nice" labels.
11 // The TomKat Studio – Printable "Dear Santa" Letter perfect for the kids to fill in and mail off to the North Pole!
12 // The Idea Room – Fun Christmas Labels for your Christmas gifts and printables for a fun Neighbor Gift Idea & tutorial.

Silhouette Black Friday HOT Deals

0 · Nov 27, 2013 · 1 Comment

Silhouette Black Friday // It's HERE!! The best day of the crafting year…

So… Here's the skinny…

(1) A Silhouette CAMEO®, Silhouette Studio® Designer Edition Software, a dust cover (the color is decided by Silhouette), a $25 download card, a hook, a scraper, a spatula, and a pick-me-up® tool for $229.99. Retail price for all of this would total $406.93 (over 40% savings!)

(2) A Silhouette Portrait®, Silhouette Studio® Designer Edition Software, a dust cover (the color is decided by Silhouette), a $25 download card, a hook, a scraper, a spatula, and a pick-me-up® tool for $129.99. Retail price for all of this would total $286.93 (over 40% savings!)

(3) A Silhouette CAMEO®, a Silhouette Portrait®, and two $25 download cards for $299.99. That’s right: If you buy a Silhouette CAMEO® at full price, you get two $25 download cards and a Silhouette Portrait® ABSOLUTELY FREE! Retail price for all of this would be $406.93 (over 40% savings!)

(4) 40% off consumable products at silhouetteamerica.com. This excludes machines, subscriptions, download and gift cards. Cannot be combined with any other offers. Rain checks not available.

(5) FREE SHIPPING on orders over $25.

Click HERE to enter Silhouette Black Friday Site!

Don't forget to enter WHIPPER to receive the special deals.

ALSO… Congrats goes to Katie L. you've won the Silhouette CAMEO from last week's CAMEO giveaway. You'll receive an email from me will all the goodies.

Happy Shopping!

Free Printable Christmas Countdown and Wood Clipboard Tutorial

0 · Nov 26, 2013 · 3 Comments

Hi all! It’s Jenn from My Fabuless Life. I’m SO excited that the Christmas season is HERE, and even more excited to share a little printable Christmas Countdown project with all of you. If you follow me on my blog, you already know that I’m a sucker for all things counting down to the big Holiday, so this is one of several advent calendars that I have around my house.

All you’ll need for this project is:

* a block of wood (mine is 8×10, purchased from a local woodcraft store, but you can easily use whatever scraps you have lying around, or even a picture frame).

*a metal clip or clothespin

*the printables I’ve provided for you at the end of the post

I sanded and rounded out the edges of my wood block, and then stained it with my favorite stain (Early American from Minwax). Once the stain was dry, I sanded the edges again to give them a more aged look,

then I hot glued the clip on in the center of the wood.

To give the cards a little something extra, I colored the edges with a red marker.

This would be a really fun project with a picture frame too. Just put some pretty paper inside the frame, and glue the clip to the glass on the frame.

{DOWNLOAD FILES HERE}

Enjoy! And happy Holiday decorating! You can get details on my full Christmas display (including details on the coordinating "Merry & Bright" print) over at My Fabuless Life.

Or you might enjoy a few of these other Christmas projects:

Gold & White Nativity / Holiday Table Decorating Tips / $20 Handmade Tree

From Napkin Rings to Beautiful Wreaths, Five Festive Ornament Frame Ideas

11 · Nov 24, 2013 · 11 Comments

This post brought to you by Michaels Craft Stores // I have always been a fan of the Ornament Frame, they are just perfect for creating all kinds of goodies for the holidays. I've given them as personalized gifts for years. This year, Michaels challenged me to come up with FIVE different "out of the frame" ideas for crafting with ornament frames.

Merry Christmas Banner

We will start with my Merry Christmas banner. This one was last minute inspiration, but turned out to be one of my favorite projects. I used my Silhouette Portrait to cut letters out of gold vinyl and then affixed it to the face of the frame. Then, this is the good part… I found these super cute gift bags at Michaels that I just fell in love with. I thought they would be a great background for the letter frames to make a fun banner. SUPER cool and SUPER easy to make. You don't have to cut any paper just use the bag as is as your banner background!

This year's hot trend is using both silver and gold together so, I thought the silver frames would look fantastic with the gold accents.

The banner looks perfect in my new GIANT shadow box…

Personalized Napkin Rings

This idea was super simple and will add a little flair to your holiday table. Just use a little chalkboard paint on the face of the frame to make a chalkboard surface. Glue the frame onto a basic napkin ring and you're set.

Use a chalkboard maker to personalize your stylish napkin rings. You can even use a 3D Glue Dot to temporarily affix your frame to the napkin ring. At the end of the night, add the ribbon back and send the ornament home with your guests as a party favor.

Decorative Wall Art

This piece was so fun to make. I again employed my Silhouette Portrait to help with this project. I cut several holiday images out of their gold vinyl and affixed it to the face of the frames. Then I glued the frames to an inexpensive silver charger that I found at Michaels. I LOVE how this turned out!!

Accent Element

This one is SIMPLE… I used one of the ornament frames to add a little accent element to a sign that I had created. Again, I used my Silhouette to cut the 2013 out of gold vinyl and affixed it to the frame. It was a great addition to my shadow box display…

Personalized Gift Tag

Last, but not least… I created a decorative gift tag that can be used over and over and over. I used one of those cute tiny gift bags that I had left over from the banner, cut it to size and then placed that inside the frame. You can then use dry erase or chalkboard makers to write the name on the tag and voilá, you have a stunning gift tag that anyone will love!

Well… there you have it. 5 different ways to create with a simple ornament frame. Did that get your imagination running? What would you make? Take a little time to "think outside the frame" and create something fun with some ornament frames!

Disclaimer // This post was sponsored by Michaels Craft Stores. I receive product from Michaels in order to create the projects in the post.