Have you heard of my Get Cracking on Christmas Series? Well, this year is going to bigger and better and more inspiring than ever! So here are the details:
Let’s be honest.
November rolls around and we say to ourselves “man I should’ve started making holiday cards A LOT sooner.”
or
“I have so many wicked cute holiday sets that I haven’t even had a chance to play with yet.”
I am going to guess that most of you who are reading this post fall into one if not both of those scenarios. So for the past 2 years, some of my crafty friends and I have been challenging each other to create at least one-holiday card a month. I mean, that would give me 12 handmade holiday cards to send out at the end of the year and that’s better than none.
This year I am excited to have MORE crafty friends participating with me AND I will be offering a GIVEAWAY each month to you guys!
On the third Thursday, we are going to post a holiday creation and hopefully inspire you to create one too!
If you do end up making any please leave a comment below with a link, or tag me on instagram so I can see! We are also going to use the hashtag #getcrackingonchristmas. This is how I will choose the winner, more about that at the end of this post.
We can do this! We can create holiday cards all year, and be a little bit more prepared for the holiday season!
If you do end up making any please leave a comment below with a link, or tag me on Instagram so I can see! We are also going to use the hashtag #getcrackingonchristmas
Get Cracking: Holiday Wishes
We are all aware of the difficult times going on, and I adore how the crafting community has really stepped in and given us comfort, a goal, a focus. I am so thankful for this hobby. To give me a creative release. To create cards I can share with friends to brighten their days and to thank all the hero’s working hard to treat people and keep us all safe.
Hero Arts is hosting a Stay Crafty Challenge each month and we’ve partnered up with them to challenge everyone to work on their holiday cards.
I love this sweet little deer from the Color Layering Fawn stamp set. I love to stamp him in pinks. It is a color layering stamp, and I used Distress Oxides to stamp him. Spun Sugar, Worn Lipstick and Picked Raspberry. I stamped the leaves in Bundled Sage and Evergreen Bough.
The fun background is Hero Arts cling stamp. I white embossed it and then watercolored it with Festive Berries Distress Oxide. It reminded me of Candy Canes.
For the sentiment, I used Holiday Wishes stamp & cut. I cut “wishes” out of Pixie Dust Sparkle Cardstock and stamped “holiday” with Worn Lipstick Distress Oxide.
Ok, before I explain the giveaway I want to be sure to have you go visit my crafty friends for more inspiration. I am so excited that they are joining me this year to bring you more inspiration and to remind you to work on those holiday cards all year long!
Giveaway Details
This giveaway is open from April 16, 2020, to May 20, 2020, 11p ET. Winner will be announced, right here on this post. I will also email the winner.- 1 winner will randomly be chosen from the eligible comments
- I must get a reply from the winner with their mailing address within 48 hours or I will draw another winner.
- This is open worldwide
- In order to be eligible to win a prize you must be doing one of the following:
- Leave a comment with a link to your Holiday cards you make this month
- Use the hashtag #GetCrackingOnChristmas on Instagram and/or Facebook
WINNER
Melanie!!! You are the winner this month- you can see her fun card here
Supplies Used:
Supplies I used are linked below. Click on the picture and you will be taken to the product. I use affiliate links when available which means if you make a purchase I get a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you for your support!
 Hero Arts, Color Layering Fawn Shop at: SSS |
 Distress Oxide, Evergreen Bough Shop at: SSS | Ranger |
 Tim Holtz, Bundled Sage Distress Oxide Ink Shop at: SSS | Ranger |
 Tim Holtz, Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide Shop at: SSS | Ranger |
 Distress Oxide Ink Pad Worn Lipstick Shop at: SSS | Ranger |
 Tim Holtz, Spun Sugar Distress Oxide Shop at: SSS | Ranger |
 Tim Holtz, Festive Berries Distress Oxide Shop at: SSS | Ranger |
 Hero Arts, Misti Mini Black Shop at: SSS | HA |
 Lawn Fawn, 80 LB WHITE 8.5 x 11 Inch Cardstock Shop at: SSS | LF |
 Mini Misti Shop at: SSS | LF |
 Original Misti Shop at: SSS | LF |
 Lawn Fawn Glue Tube Shop at: SSS | LF |
 Rainbow Glue Tube Holder Shop at: Shurkus |
 Glue Tube Holder Shop at: Shurkus |
 Lawn Fawn, Pixie Dust Sparkle Cardstock Shop at: SSS | LF |
 EK Success, Powder Tool Shop at: SSS |
Hero Arts White Embossing Powder Pw110 Emboss Shop at: SSS | HA |
 Hero Arts, Wishes Stamp & Cut Shop at: SSS | HA |
Tim Holtz 8.5 X 11 Distress Watercolor Cardstock Ranger Tda53927 Shop at: SSS | Ranger |
 Versamark Shop at: SSS | HA |
3M Scotch DOUBLE-SIDED FOAM TAPE Permanent Shop at: SSS | LF |
 Lawn Fawn Stamp Shammy Shop at: SSS | LF |
 Mermaid, Stamp Shammy Holder Shop at: Shurkus |
 Lawn Fawn, Starry Shammy Case Shop at: SSS | LF |
 3M Scotch PINK ATG ADVANCED TAPE GLIDER 0.25 Inch Adhesive Glue Gun Shop at: SSS |
 Ranger, Heat Tool Shop at: SSS | Ranger |
 Altenew, Mini Blossom Die Cut machine Shop at: SSS |
 Spellbinders Deep Sea Die Cutting and Embossing Machine Shop at: SSS |
I have another Christmas card to add. This one is Rae Dunn Style.
https://justsayincards.blogspot.com/2020/05/christmas-with-wordy-mug.html
or on instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CALPiHspmnP/
Here’s my second entry:
https://www.instagram.com/p/B_0YVfmJ14O/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Here is the card I made along with my sister
https://thecreativetwins.blogspot.com/2020/05/christmas-with-leann.html?m=1
So cool! Here’s my card for this month:
https://www.instagram.com/p/B_qB56_JIYa/?igshid=14a8g2cf7ovy7
Hi Jenn,
this was my Christmas card published on the 16th April (that I haven’t linked before)
https://www.instagram.com/p/B_DFlMnpZN_/
Hi, this is my Get Cracking on Christmas!
https://www.instagram.com/p/B_aRg6Kp4TM/
Here is a Christmas card I made.
https://kcskards.wordpress.com/2020/04/23/heat-embossing-hero-arts-happy-holly-days/
Such a fun idea, love to create some Christmas cards, while I’m wearing shorts. https://www.instagram.com/p/B_UfJ7rJPX0/?igshid=1qedw4zuqxw8
I love the colors you used on your great looking card.
This is such a sweet and peaceful Christmas card! I love this color combo. I am very excited to participate in #getcrackingonchristmas. I love making Christmas cards but usually only make 2 due to a lack of time. Thank you for the inspiration!
https://www.instagram.com/p/B_DtFcLJ79R/
and
https://www.instagram.com/p/B_QkflVpNY4/
gorgoeus card!
What a great idea! Here is my first card:
Ooops.. here is the link:
https://www.instagram.com/p/B_Gxm8CpfkL/?igshid=gxwav9xp58jl
Love this challenge! Here’s mine
https://www.instagram.com/p/B_F3H0RJmRr/?igshid=18vp1tdbzn9f3
Adorable card!!! I finished mine Yesterday
https://www.instagram.com/p/B_D0GmLJ_2Q/?igshid=15stp9jawyfa7
Such a fun holiday card … I created in pink too
https://ingeniousinkling.typepad.com/ingenious_inkling/2020/04/earth-day-candles.html
I love using the “get cracking on Christmas” hashtag and I make Christmas cards every month around the 25! This has been a New Year’s resolution for the past two years and I love getting to be creative with my Christmas stamps. If I wait until November, I’m doing a bunch of the exact same card and it’s not all that fun. Here’s a link to my most recent Christmas cards:
https://www.instagram.com/p/B-KyYOAJ-GZ/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
I made another batch today! Here’s the link:
https://www.instagram.com/p/B_VilBuJBVC/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link