Welcome to the first day of the Spellbinders™ Paper Arts Holiday Hoppin’ Blog Hop! Spellbinders, along with JustRite Stampers are showcasing their newest products just in time for your Holiday crafting and gift giving. Lots of creative ideas are in store, as well as prizes galore! Each participating company has generously donated towards the prize package listed on the Spellbinders Blog. A total of two identical prize packages, one for each day, November 18 and 19 will be given away! To enter, just leave a comment on a participating blog! Comments in the first 48 hours of the post are eligible. One commenter each day will be randomly selected as the winner. Winners will be announced on November 22, on the Spellbinders Blog!
Be sure to see all of tomorrow’s Holiday Hoppin’ blogs for inspiring projects and another chance to win! Please visit all of today’s Holiday Hoppin’ blogs:
Latisha Yoast
Judy Hayes
Kazan Clark
Ashley Cannon Newell
Holly Simoni
Debbie Olson
Heidi Blankenship
Sherry Cheever
Linda Duke
Laurie Schmidlin
Cheryl Marie Walker
Jill Jacobsen
Jennifer Priest
Christina Klauer
Jodi Sanford
Leslie Miller
Mimi Leinbach
Robyn O’Crowley
Sharon Harnist <==You are here!
Liz Hicks
Sarah Hamer
Christie Bryant
Wendy Sue Anderson
Anary Baumgarth
Jenifer Dove
Gina Krupsky
Today I am using Spellbinders S4-285 Nested Mittens die templates – they coordinate perfectly with the mitten stamp images in JustRite Stampers’ Sparky & Friends and Sparky the Snowman CLING stamp sets! I made a magnetic Holiday Countdown Calendar, that will stick to the fridge (or hang on the wall, if you prefer), to help the kiddos count down the days until Christmas!
JustRite's largest mitten stamp (at the top of my calendar) from our Sparky the Snowman stamp set, coordinates perfectly with Spellbinders middle sized open mitten die. I stamped it with Rich Cocoa ink, colored the top knitted wristband with Copic markers, and paper pieced the middle section:
I cut out the stamped mitten and then layered it onto patterned paper that was die cut with the mitten die. The snowflake stamp on the mitten was hand-stitched with red thread:
The December month sign was made with JustRite's Calendar stamp set and snowflakes from Sparky The Snowman cling stamp set. It was die cut with JustRite's Custom Die Set, Nested Sentiment Dies, co-branded by Spellbinders!
Sparky The Snowman was stamped and colored with JustRite's custom selection of Copic markers. To keep track of the date, I stamped JustRite's smaller mitten stamp from Sparky & Friends cling stamp set, omitting the center sentiment and adding a small snowflake from the same set. I hand cut the mitten stamp and then layered patterned paper behind it that was die cut with Spellbinders smallest open mitten die.
You can either adhere a strong magnet to the back of the small mitten, so it can be moved from date to date OR if you will hang the calendar, you can use repositionable adhesive so the mitten can be moved. The Merry Christmas and Jingle Bells sentiments are both stamps from the Sparky & Friends stamp set.
The calendar is a free download I created and is available HERE. It was computer printed onto lightweight 8.5" x 11" ivory cardstock (so the magnetic mitten will be still be able to hold through it) and then decorated at the top and bottom with patterned papers die cut with Spellbinders Snowflake Border die. Magnets can be placed on the back of the cardstock so it will hang on the fridge.
I hope you'll enjoy making one of these countdown calendars for yourself, friends or family this holiday season!
Simply leave a comment on this blog post to be eligible to win the Spellbinders Holiday Hoppin’ prize package! One winner will be chosen from all the comments on all the blogs participating today. Comments made in the first 48 hours of this post will be eligible to win. Winners’ names will be published on the Spellbinders Blog on November 22, and they will have 48 hours to reply to Spellbinders to claim the prizes.
Thanks for hoppin’ by today!
{Countdown Calendar designed by Sharon Harnist}
JustRite Stamps: CL-02025 Sparky & Friends, CL-02020 Sparky the Snowman, JB-08735 Calendar Borders & Centers
Dies: Spellbinders co-branded JustRite Custom Dies JB-08955 Nested Sentiment dies, Spellbinders Nested Mittens dies & Snowflake Borderabilities,
Paper: Basic Grey Jovial, Neenah Natural White, Copic X-Press It Blender Card (white for snowman)
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa, Ranger Antique Linen Distress Ink
Copic Markers:
Accessories: 2010 December Countdown Calendar Download, red pom-pom trim, Ranger Star Dust Stickles & Ink Blending Tool, foam tape
