Cricut Club Holiday Gift Swap

This is the stationery set I put together for our Cricut Club Holiday Party gift swap this year. I've always loved the cute decorated note pads I've seen posted by others and have been wanting to try one too. Been on the edge for a long time now about getting a BIA but read so many negative comments about the system that I hate to spend the $$$ for it. Instead, I decided to try a method shared by my friend Iris, where I used my 1/4 inch hole punch and a sheet torn from the store bought notepad as a template for the hole placements. For the notepaper holder, I used a tutorial shared by Stampin' Gal Val. The rose border on the note paper is a Darcy Hunter digital image colored with Copics, scanned then printed. The die cut bears are also Darcy Hunter digitals, imported into MTC and rendered into cut files. Filigree corners on the notepad are from a Cuttlebug corners set.

Also want to share all the great gifts that were created by the rest of the club members for the swap. Everyone is so super creative, and it was such a joy to see what they came up with....

Here are just two pages of a scrapbook album put together by Lynette...beautifully done and so much work!

A darling stocking shaped gift card holder by Aileen....

An exquisite brocaide ribon wreath crafted by Bonnie (left); and a sweet panda checkbook/stationery set by Kelly (right)...

A super cute Hello Kitty acrylic cup by Michele F. (left); and a fancy embellished waterglobe frame by Robyn (right);

An adorable pair of potholders, sewn & stenciled by Pat (left); and a set Christmas tags, too pretty to use by Laura (right)...

A fancy folded hexagonal box filled with goodies by Kris (left); and a delightful mini purse set crafted by Ev (right),

A very cute and cool Roladex Birthday Reminder by Iris (left); and lovely decorated plaque by Cindy (right)... 



                          

 And more Hello Kitty treasures! A sweet pink embellished clock by Brian (left); and a complete collection of stationery accessories from Cheryl.

In addition to the gingerbread houses I made, we each also received a sweet and clever hot chocolate/candy cane holder shared by Iris and cute Hello Kitty treat bag from Cheryl!

 It was so much fun seeing all the wonderful gifts everyone came up with...so much creativity going on, and so much fun learning how each was creaated!