Blog Hop: A Charming Christmas Collection and a giveaway!

Welcome!  I was so pleased to receive some die sets from the Charming Christmas  Collection by Becca Feeken and I'm thrilled to be participating in this New Collections Blog Hop!  You should have arrived here from Kittie's Blog.

First up is the Charming Cottage Box set.  My first project was a gingerbread house, using many of the sweet little elements in the set.  Besides the dies for constructing this house box, there are also 3 tags to add to it - I used the tree today, as an accessory, but there's a cute gingerbread man, too, and you'll see another basic tag as you scroll down

supplies: kraft, white, green, and Schoolhouse Red card stock, Charming Cottage Box die set, 1/4" double-sided tape, and adhesive foam to secure trees.

This set makes a darling 2 1/2" by 4 5/8" tall cottage.  I cut out the windows, thinking that at Christmas I'd put a tea light inside.  It would look good nestled into a Christmas tree, or on it's on in a little vignette.  Better yet, you could make a whole little village with this set, using different colors or prints of card stock. 

Next I used the same die to make a gift box.  I used a falling snow (dotty) patterned paper, added another of the tags from the set, and embellished the sides with 3 of the 4 Yuletide Snowflake dies, layering the smallest over the 2 middle-sized ones.

supplies: white and aqua glitter card stock, Lawn Fawn dp, Charming Cottage Box and tag die, Yuletide Snowflakes, adhesive gemstone flower, adhesive foam squares to pop snowflakes up, alphabet stickers, skinny ribbon

And finally, here are my 3D Angel Ornaments - they are lovely, so much detail at just under 3" tall!  I did my first in a cream cardstock with a gold glitter collar, and then a silver foil one with a silver glitter collar, and a rosegold glitter one with a rosegold foil collar.

supplies: cream, rose gold and gold glitter, and silver foil card stock, 3D Angel Ornament dies, gold thread for hangers

A closer look. I cut 2 of each die and glued them back-to-back before assembling them.  The little collar finishes them off perfectly, and they are easy to assemble.  These will be a lovely addition to our tree this year!

This collection is well named - they certainly are charming, and have Becca's style all over them!  Thank you, team Spellbinders, for including me in the Hop today!

Just some details about the hop before you go.  Spellbinders will be giving away a $50.00 gift certificate to one blog reader, selected from the comments across all the blogs in this Hop. The giveaway closes on Sunday, Sept. 23 at 11:59 pm EDT.  The winner will be announced the following Monday in the blog hop post.  The winner is responsible for all shipping, duties, and taxes.

Now, off to Mona's blog you go!  Here's a list of the participants in case a link is broken:

Spellbinders
Tina Smith
Sharyn Sowell
Virginia Lu
Jennifer Snyder
Becca Feeken
Hussena Calcuttawala
Kittie Caracciolo
Lin Brandyberry   - - - that's me!
Mona Tóth
Elena Salo
Desiree Kuemmerle
Svitlana Shayevich
May Sukyong Park
Laurie Willison
Nichol Spohr
Leigh Houston
Keeway Tsao