Happy Monday morning and Happy December! I really love this time of year, and one thing I love to do even more is to create items that use my scrap supplies to either use for home decor or to give away for holiday gifts to friends and family. With this month’s kit, I made my son a countdown calendar and I also made a Tussy Mussy for the Christmas tree, as seen in the examples below:

So, my challenge to you today is actually a fun and what I consider an easy challenge…….use your scrap supplies and make a holiday decoration or gift item that you’ll either use for your own home or for giving as a gift for someone else. You can make it as easy as an ornament or go as ornate as altering a frame and/or other household item. Have fun with this – and if you don’t do this type of thing usually, just think, you’re going outside of the box and really pushing yourself to do something new and quite honestly a lot of fun!

I can’t wait to see what you’ll come up with for this challenge!

Be sure to upload all layouts into the gallery, under I’ll Accept Your Challenge, as well as linking them to this challenge thread. You will be entered into our monthly RAK drawing for each challenge you complete!

We hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday. Are you gearing up for the next wonderful holiday. December is upon us and before we know it 2010!

We are launching December kits on the blog again. We created buttons for you so just follow the links.

This month we are offering you 2 amazing kits.

Mistletoe Kisses, our Main kit

This kit includes:
Cardstock Bazzill True teal 8-1/2×11 | Bazzill ‘Olive’ | Bazzill Dot Swiss ‘Phoenix’

Pattern Paper Basic Grey Eskimo kisses ‘Frost’ | Basic Grey Eskimo kisses ‘Reindeer Games’ | Webster’s Pages Winters Wings ‘Snow Tips’ | Webster’s Pages Winters Wings ‘My Promise’ | Collage Press Joyride ‘Crafting strips’ | Collage Press Journaling cards ‘Joyride’ | October Afternoon Very Merry ‘Write the cards’ | October Afternoon Very Merry ‘Wrap the presents’

Specialty Paper Bo Bunny Chorus ‘Tis the Season’ die cut paper | Making Memories Misteltoe Glitter ‘Music note’ | Making Memories Mistletoe Flocked ‘Snowflake’

Embellishments Prima alphabet ‘Brown Flocked’ | Jillibean Soup Journaling sprouts ‘Calendar-Green’ | Little Yellow Bicycle 25 days ‘Lace cuts’ | Prima Holiday Lights & Brights flowers ‘gold & turquoise’ | Prima Lustered leaf spray ‘Silver’ | Basic Grey Eskimo kisses ’stitched brads’ | Webster’s Pages Fabric fancies | Webster’s Pages Sparkle trim | American Crafts Red ribbon | American Crafts Silver sheer with velvet edge trim | Daisy Bucket Scalloped tri-fold card ‘Raindrop’

Lagniappe- A little something extra SFAC Mini mister with Distress ink & perfect pearls mix | American Tag Large blank tags | American Crafts Metallic gold pen | Raw and SFAC Altered Fancy Pants Chipboard shapes | Daisy Bucket Chipboard Bracket Banner

Nutcracker, our (not so mini) Mini Kit

Cardstock Bazzill Mini ‘Clover’ dot Swiss

Pattern & Specialty Paper American Crafts Merrymint ‘Gingersnap’ (2) | Elle’s Studio Holiday mini papers (6) | Collage press Collage cuts ‘Knave’ | Little Yellow Bicycle 25 days ‘Blue Mistletoe’ foil (2) | BoBunny St. Nick die cut paper (2) | Collage press Collage cuts ‘Die cut Together’

Embellishments Collage press Alphabet ‘Joyride’ | Collage press Phrase stickers ‘Joyride’ | American Crafts Silver satin with metallic edging | American Crafts White with red dot ribbon |Prima Holiday Lights & Brights flowers ‘Red and lavender’ | Elle’s Studio Vintage Snowflake tags

Lagniappe- A little something extra American Crafts silver metallic pen | SFAC Altered and raw Fancy Pants chipboard shapes

Remember, at Scrap for a Cure, you do not pay more than your actual shipping costs.
You also receive a gift with purchase!!

Our Design Team was given a few extra days due to the Thanksgiving holiday, so stay tuned for some of their amazing work!
Love, Peace & Scrappiness,
Diana & Patti
Scrap for a Cure

It’s the most wonderful time of the year… can you here the music playing in the background?
Winter is here and the beauty of the season can be found in our amazing December kit release. We have papers from some of these very popular holiday lines: Eskimo Kisses by Basic Grey, Winter’s Wings from Webster’s Pages, Joyride from Collage Press and Very Merry from October Afternoon.

We have even added some blank tags and a ink spiritz so you can follow along with Tim Holtz and his 12 Tags of Christmas

Don’t forget that this months kits were launched through the blog. Follow the link to get to the correct blog posting

As a compliment to the Eskimo Kisses kit or on it’s own, this kit with get you in the mood for the holiday season. Mix it up a little and it does not even have to be a “Christmas kit”.
Another mini kit that is not so mini… This kit is packed with products from Collage Press, American Crafts, Little Yellow Bicycle and Prima. An amazing kit at an even more AMAZING price.

Don’t forget that this months kits were launched through the blog. Follow the link to get to the correct blog posting

Meet Angela Lewis!!
We met Angela through Willow Traders and instantly knew that she would be great as a Guest Designer and she would be fun to “hang out with” for the month.

Help us welcome Angela to Scrap for a Cure-
Check out what she’s created so far and don’t forget to visit her blog