December Blog 


Merry Christmas and welcome to our December Blog. This month it is all about Christmas gifts, and we have a lot on offer with Close To My Heart. 


This is a blog hop and if you have come from Wendy Watson then you are on the right path.  And I guess you are wondering what I have done??  Well above is a lovely White Pines page in our Colonial White Frame. This was done by our amazing Art Department with Close To My Heart.

So I got to thinking about some of those interesting people that you want to give something special to but not really sure what to give. Some home baking is great but it is hard to package nicely. So I went to my cricut machine and found a great pie container on p. 70 in the Artiste Cartridge book! Absolutely perfect for my wedges of shortbread!!


Next, I choose the paper and of course it had to be the White Pines as it is one of my favourite Christmas paper packs.  As I wanted to put as many pieces of shortbread in as possible I made the shape as big as possible on the 12x12 sheet. A few moments latter I had a great package for my shortbread.


What do you think of this amazing package?? You could make it small, change the colours or decorate to your hearts content!! Please take the time to visit Alison's Blog to see what exciting gifts she has created. 

Hope you have a great weekend of crafting!!

Take Care,

Cindy







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