'Tis the Season to be Wrappin'

 

A few weeks ago, Challenge #72 at The Library had the title Christmas Shopaholic.  I had an idea for it, but not the time nor the tools!  Here is the book cover

I immediately thought of this Stamp and Die set (Sizzix Style is Eternal) because of the shopping bags that come with the set (though adding them to her hand proved tricky!  I had ordered a set of Santa hats in October but they didn't arrive before the challenge ended - in fact they only arrived after Christmas!  Luckily, the Library has an Anthology Challenge where we can pick any previous title from the Library so I got another chance at this title!

I die cut some Christmas gifts in red and silver (XCut Birthday Party set) - I had to do a little selective cutting to get the different sizes and chose a suitable Santa hat for my shopaholic!

I had bought this embossing folder (Craft Sensations) a few weeks before Christmas and I remembered I had bought some Whitewash Core'dinations Cardstock a few years before - about time I used it!  Jingle Belles has challenged us to use Something Old and Something New and that was as good a reason as any to use some of it!  I chose a green sheet and after embossing sanded the whitewashed cardstock slightly to reveal the green underneath.  

Christmas Kickstart Challenge #45 has an "If it's Christmassy, Link it Up" challenge. 

I'm also entering 

Crafty Hazelnut's Challenge #523

Allsorts Challenge #605 - Anything Goes

NBUS Challenge #22 - The embossing folder and Santa hats are both new

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Hugs and stay safe,

Kate