Cardalicious #7

Happy Tuesday everyone!  So, are you all engrossed in Thanksgiving preparations this week?  There’s something about Thanksgiving that makes me start panicking about how few days are left until Christmas.  I have gotten next to nothing done yet.  Yikes!  I did slip out yesterday afternoon for a little shopping.  It is getting really crowded in the shopping centers already.  I can’t even imagine what it’s going to be like on Friday.  Think I’ll stay home and put up my Christmas decorations instead.

The decorations are my absolute favorite part of Christmas.  I love the lights and the glitter and the pure magic of Christmas.  I love the beautifully wrapped presents and all the wonderful foods around at the holidays, too.  Every year, I try to put together a small goody for some of my closest neighbors.  Usually it is some cookies or homemade treats or a nice bottle of wine and a cute little gift tag.  So when Janelle challenged us to make a mini card for this week’s Cardalicious challenge, I decided to design my gift tag for this year.

This is my first project using the upcoming December kit from Paper-Playground.  The paper is Christmas Magic by Little Yellow Bicycle and the chipboard snowflake is from Bazzill.  The card measures approximately 3.5″ x 3.5″ and has a rounded front flap that I created by tracing a plate and cutting around the curve.  I created the scalloped edge with my 1/2″ circle punch from StampinUp!  The snowflake is dressed up with a coat of Liquid Pearls that came in the November kit.  I just love the iridescent shimmer it has in real life.  I finished the gift card with a simple knot of May Arts ribbon and added a glittered flower and berries from the floral department at Michael’s.

I’ll share some more peeks of my December kit projects tomorrow.  And in the mean time, I have been tagged again by my scrappy friends, Annette and Ashley.  I’ll try to keep it brief this time, as last time I blathered on and on.  The game is to tell everyone 7 random facts about yourself.  So here goes.

1.  My favorite tv show ever is Survivor.
2.  As a general rule, I do not like Christmas carols.  Oh, I can stand a few of them….but hours of non-stop carols is like dragging your fingernails across a blackboard to me.
3.  I’m not much of a morning person.  I actually feel kinda sick early in the morning.
4.  I do a lot of pet sitting as a side job.
5.  My all-time favorite color is brown.  To me it is warm and deep and rich….and chocolaty.
6.  I love watching Food Network, but I cannot cook like that.
7.  I do not like my car…….wish I wasn’t driving around a gas-guzzling mini-van.

Thanks girls, for tagging me, and thanks to everyone else for sticking with me this long!  Since I’ve tagged people before, I think I’ll let everyone off the hook for today!

Have a great day!