Papertrey November Blog Hop Challenge

So this is my first time ever in participating in a blog hop of any kind, especially for PTI so it makes me a little nervous.  Hahaha.  Usually I'm just a commenter.  I love to look at other people's blogs--such amazing ideas and projects.

These might look familiar.  I made something similar HERE.  I kind of tweaked it a little since the first one I made was a tight squeeze for the tags I made.

The tags fit better this time because I left more space above.

It also helps that this matchbook cover doesn't fold flat.

I started with a 3.5 x 8.5 inch cardstock.

I scalloped one edge and then scored it a 3/4 inch, 4.5 inches and 4.75 inches.

I used the pocket die to hold the labels and taped that about 1/2 inch above the score line closest to the scalloped edge.  I added thin tape below the scallop edge and folded that over for the cover to slip into.  You may have to trim the cover just a bit for the cover to slip in nicely and not push the tape down too much--if that makes sense. 

I love the Tiny Treats series.  The images are so cute!  I used the Xmas one for these tags.  I used the Fillable Frames die #9 and the stamp set.

Snowflakes!  Five tags fit nicely in the pocket.  You could make this matchbook longer and add more pockets to add more tags.  This is a nice stocking stuffer size.

I love this one because it's pink!  The paper obviously isn't a PTI product but I wanted to try a nontraditional Xmas color.

Everything here is from PTI except for the red and green baker's twine, the pink candy paper, one tiny rhinestone in the snowflake that's on the cover and the scallop punch I used.  I also used my copics and white gel pen.

Thanks so much for reading and have a wonderful Thanksgiving!!

It's beginning to look a lot like ...

Christmas!  I love, love, love, love Christmas!  Maybe even more than my kids do.  So much fun with crafting and shopping and buying gifts.  It's a really fun and exciting time for the kids and I love to watch them get excited.  My daughter still believes in Santa.  At what age do we tell her the truth?  Sigh.  I don't want to burst her bubble.  She thinks if she stops believing in him, she won't get any more presents.  Little does she know that it's Mommy and Daddy buying all the gifts.

Anyway, here is a little Christmas project I made.  I just had to make something when all my PTI goodies came the other day.  This is actually the second Christmas craft I made so far.  I'll share the first one on another day.  So this uses all PTI products except for the green baker's twine (which I got at Pineapple Cove).  This is a simple matchbook project.  The cover just slips into the bottom tab to close.

Opened matchbook.  I used PTI's pocket die to hold 5 Xmas labels.

It was a bit of a squeeze cause I didn't leave quite enough room at the top to fold down the cover so I'll have to remember that the next time I make this.  I don't have any dimensions for this as I was just making it like a trial run and hoping I wasn't wasting paper.  I'm glad it worked out though.

Are these like the cutest little stamps?  I knew the Tiny Treats Christmas stamp set would be so cute when I first saw them online and they really are in person too.  They fit perfectly on the Fillable Frames set #9.  And I love the border around the tags too.  It really just adds something extra to the whole label.

So Cheryl wants to know when I make all these crafts?  When my kids are asleep.  My 2 older ones sleep by 8:30 but my youngest is the stubbornest toddler of all time.  I just started trying to have him fall asleep by himself without me lying next to him but he likes to put up a fight.  So I end up reading (with a flashlight) in the room til he falls asleep which can take from 15 minutes on a good night up to an hour on bad nights.  I usually try to sleep by 11 but may stay up till midnight.  So I might craft for about an hour or two almost every night.  I'm so lucky that my hubby helps by washing the dinner dishes, making lunch for himself and the kiddies for the next day and even irons his own clothes.  What a guy!  Or maybe I'm just a good trainer.  Hahaha.  I don't think he reads my blog much.

Anyway, thanks for reading and have a great week!