Christmas in a Box

Here is a Tim Holtz Configuration Box that I decorated using some of my favorite things.
I love altered art, Tim Holtz, and Melissa Frances.  I call this my Christmas in a Box.

 I usually cover the configuration boxes with paper or Tim's tape, this time I painted one all one color.  I used Melissa Frances paper, cards, trees, tinsel, lock, key, and glitter.  I used Tim Holtz for the mini star, snowflake, bottle, #25, clock, light, stickers, metal embellishments, and I use glossy accents to hold it all together.  The taller dark green tree is a misc. tree from the craft dept. along w/ the one star outside of the box.  Have you ever decorated a configuration box?  This is also the first time where I actually removed several of the boxes.  I plan to do another one for craft room.. just need the time.  I hope you enjoyed my Christmas in a Box.  Both of my girls still BELIEVE in SANTA, so I made this for them.  

Practical Scrapper, Kimberly Congdon (Scrap It Girl)  

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Frugal Finds: Leftovers from Christmas

Christine, Carolina, and Cathy are back today with a frugal finds feature on using some leftovers from Christmas.  Dig thru that stash of yours, you never know what you might come up with!

Practical Scrapper Christine decided to play with tinsel and see what she could come up with.  She laid down a whole bunch of tacky glue on her heart and then laid rows of tinsel down.  Afterwards she trimmed the edges.  She also found there were spots she had to give it a haircut :) to make it all lay correctly.

Practical Scrapper Carolina

This year I decided to make Christmas jammies for the whole family, but I only started sewing a month ago, so I bought WAYYYYYYY too much fabric. Enough to make not only jammies but cushion covers, banners, and now create fabric hearts for my layout (the brownish hearts are made from Santa's beard!!!).

Practical Scrapper Cathy

I picked up a box of these snowflake ornaments last year, a box of 12 for a $1.00.  They are super light weight, thin and glittery...perfect for all types of paper crafting!

Another tinsel card from Christine...she tried out just layering it at the bottom of the card.

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