Christmas Craft Time!

Normally, I am not the type to procrastinate & wait until the last minute to get Christmas presents made ... but this year ... well, ... maybe it's the 60 degree weather & lack of snow ... but I just seem to be lacking in my usual Christmas cheer! As usual I have visions of all these grand ideas I want to create bouncing around in my head so I sat down with my Gypsy in hand & started design ... very excited & proud to see my visions start coming to life!


Then the real moment came! I plugged my G into my Cricut & hit the power button ... nothing! humf ... check all cords to ensure they are plugged in ... yep ... hit power button ... NOTHING! BAH HUMBUG! ... & to make matters worse after 45 minutes on hold with Provo Craft ... turns out they do not make replacement parts! So here I sit with my dead bug & my visions of Christmas craft genius floating away in the rainy day flood! ... did I say BAH HUMBUG!!??


Of coarse like all ideas that get stuck in my head ... they started keeping me awake desperate to make it to reality wrapped in pretty paper & sitting under someone's Christmas tree ... 


Now anyone who has seen my vast supply of scrapbook goodies knows that even Hobby Lobby can not compete with everything I have ... I feel like I am being disloyal to my faithful Bug companion ... but it's time to get creative without out the aid of my electronic wonders!


... it's been so long since I have looked through my Sizzix dies I completely forgot how extensive my Christmas selection is ... as it turns out this was so much easier than I thought it would be ... 

gift 1 complete ... amazing what you can do with up-cycled toilet paper rolls & a pile of paper scraps!! Simple. Sweet. Just like the friend it is going to!!