Good morning! We are so glad you've joined us! We are halfway through our annual "12 days of holiday giving!" and the fun is continuing on friends!!! Today designer Lisa Dickinson is here along with an outstanding prize packge from our friends at BasicGrey and Taylored Expression! A perfect trio wouldn't you say? We are too excited to wait any longer so let's get started!
"My kids always look forward to our annual Advent calendar that kicks off December and ensures we celebrate each day leading up to Christmas. Though we’ve used store-bought calendars before, I love coming up with my own crafty ideas for this tradition! This year, I created numbered tags to attach to small treats and gifts to be opened each day. These were easy to make with the Christmas Countdown stamp set from Taylored Expressions, which includes the numbers 1-24 in a variety of fun and festive fonts.
After stamping some of the frames + numbers on solid cardstock, I used scraps of patterned papers from the My Mind’s Eye Sleigh Bells Ring collection to add color and pattern to the tags. With the addition of some simple embellishments and twine, the tags are ready to attach to holiday ornaments, treats, and small treasures.
In addition to the numbered tags counting down the days til Crhistmas, on the back of each tag, I included a holiday activity for that day. These range from simple (walk around the neighborhood to look at lights!) to more complex (donate toys and food to a local charity) but always help bring the spirit of the holidays to life.
Here’s a few more of our holiday prompts, but you can customize your activities to fit your family and the season!
• Cut out paper snowflakes to decorate your windows
• Take a family photo by the Christmas tree
• Donate old blankets to an animal shelter
• Take a hot cocoa break
• Write a letter to Santa
• Share your 5 favorite memories from the year
• Put out winter food for the birds
• Make breakfast for dinner (and eat it in your pjs!)
• Watch a favorite holiday movie together
• Donate or volunteer at a local charity
• Send a letter to someone you love who’s far away
Thank you for joining us today and be sure to enter this amazing day of giveaways below!" ~ Lisa Dickinson
DAY SEVEN GIVEAWAY!!!
Are you ready for what our amazing partners have in store for you today? Get ready to squeal just a little. First up, from our friends at BasicGrey...
Celebrate the holidays with BasicGrey’s beautiful, spirited Evergreen collection! A whisper of fresh fallen snow gently blankets all of the papers and embellishments in Evergreen, creating a soft blend of watercolor texture across each pattern. In a sophisticated twist on the traditional holiday palette, Evergreen boasts deep shades of pinecone brown, juniper green, and candy cane red, offset with a warm candle yellow and ballet pink, then enhanced with a brilliant shade of aquamarine and luminous gold. After the December festivities, jump right into BasicGrey’s 2015 Calendar kit and showcase your favorite photos throughout the year!
Next we have this amazing prize from our friends at Taylored Expressions...
This beautiful prize package from Taylored Expressions includes the Christmas Countdown stamp set, Winter Flurry Embossing Folder, Little Bits -- Mittens, Christmas Tree, Holly, and Present dies! Imagine all the possibilities with these stamps and dies.
These wonderful prizes can be yours! For an opportunity to win, please leave a comment below by 6:00 pm EST on Sunday, December 21st. All prizes will be announced right here and on Facebook at noon on December 23rd! Good luck everyone!
We have been hearing how much our sponsors are LOVING the SCT readers for sharing love on their Facebook pages for these prizes! Thank you for taking the time to do that. For today's sponsors, please visit them on Facebook here:
Each day we have offered even more chances to win and love to see all the entries each day! Enter here...
Tomorrow designer Kimber McGray join us with a great mixed media project you don't want to miss! We also have three more prizes to giveaway! Enjoy your Sunday!
~ Catherine
Love it all.
Posted by: Mary Kay | December 20, 2014 at 08:40 AM
The tags are amazing...thanks for the inspiration. The giveaways are fabulous...thanks for the chance to win.
Posted by: Sandy Ross | December 20, 2014 at 08:49 AM
Thanks for the amazing inspiration and awesome giveaways!!!
La-Vie B.
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Posted by: La-Vie Borde-Perry | December 20, 2014 at 09:05 AM
Basic Grey is always wonderful. Thanks for this great offer.
Posted by: Ann Stam | December 20, 2014 at 10:10 AM
What a great combo - Basic Grey and Taylored Expressions - love them both
Posted by: Paula DeRuntz | December 20, 2014 at 10:18 AM
Thank you SCT for the great giveaways! Happy Christmas!
Posted by: Bree Tetz | December 20, 2014 at 10:38 AM
BG and Taylored Expressions. Awesome combo
Posted by: Joanne Tackaberry | December 20, 2014 at 11:22 AM
These are just the cutest ever!
Posted by: Glennis F | December 20, 2014 at 01:05 PM
Great collection, would be great to win!
Posted by: Janisa Duval | December 20, 2014 at 01:14 PM
Love everything about Day 7 - the gift tags, Basic Grey and Taylored Expressions! what more could a girl want!!
Posted by: DianeO | December 20, 2014 at 02:33 PM
Wonderful prizes on this day, AGAIN !!! Thanks for the chance to win!!
Posted by: Melanie P | December 20, 2014 at 04:29 PM
Those are beautiful tags. Definitely need to copy those designs.
Posted by: Tracey H | December 20, 2014 at 09:16 PM
Great ideas. Great prizes
Posted by: sherri priest | December 20, 2014 at 09:42 PM
great giveaway!
Posted by: Whitney H. | December 20, 2014 at 10:55 PM
Love Advent calendar ideas!
Posted by: eunice | December 20, 2014 at 11:51 PM
Thank you for the chance
Posted by: Mandi Holmes | December 20, 2014 at 11:56 PM
Another fantastic collection of prizes! Thanks so much!
Posted by: Kristi-Ann | December 21, 2014 at 12:45 AM
Lisa's tags are so sweet and I really like the idea of the advent calendar being activities! Thanks so much for sharing!
Posted by: Amber M. | December 21, 2014 at 12:45 AM
Cute gift tags! Thanks for the chance to win!
Posted by: Jeanette | December 21, 2014 at 12:54 AM
Awesome giveaway today! Love all of the tags. Great gift from taylored expressions! And I would love to own that Basic Grey collection! Thanks for sharing.
Katie B.
Posted by: Katie B. | December 21, 2014 at 03:32 AM
Those tags are so cute! I love basic grey and taylored expressions! Both are high quality products!
Posted by: Angela walters | December 21, 2014 at 07:16 AM
Adorable tags! What a generous giveaway. Thanks for the chance.
Posted by: Donna R | December 21, 2014 at 08:12 AM
AWESOME Giveaway!! THANKS SO MUCH for sharing and for the chances to win!! Have a FABULOUS CHRISTMAS WEEK!! =)
Posted by: Larissa Heskett | December 21, 2014 at 08:39 AM
A super gift for someone!
Posted by: Jeannine H | December 21, 2014 at 09:43 AM
You always organize such amazing giveaways! Hoping for a chance to win one of these prizes!
Posted by: Vicky | December 21, 2014 at 11:28 AM