{Holiday} Hard Core Crop - 1 challenge DONE!!!

Did you know

that the 2nd

Hard  CORE Crop

is in full swing???

So many wonderful challenges and

tons of inspiration to get

you in the mood to

craft for the Holidays!!!

I started playing along today.

My first task was to dig out

all of my core'dinations

products to use in the fun challenges.

They are spread out all over

the craft room and the colors, textures,

and glittery goodness was just begging for me

to play!

I started on a fun

gift bag for my little man to give

to his Kindergarten teacher.  

He just adores her and I love doing

a little extra for the 

ones who help us mold

our little ones' minds

while they are away from home.

Thank You Mrs. Campbell!

The challenge is to create a 

Gift Bag and  Matching Tag

and is being hosted

by the wonderful 

DT Member,  Jennifer Edwardson

I decided to use a fun Backpack Gift Bag cut

from the Sesame Street Seasons Cartridge.

I cut it at fit to page and it cut at 11.5" .

For the backpack, I used

core'dinations - Produce Greens

 I grabbed my Sizzix Big Shot, my embossing folders,

and my Sizzix Dies I recently purchased.

 First, I used Ornament #2 and cut several layers

to give it some dimension.

I used core'dinations Black Cat card stock and

core couture glitter card stock (Black , Red, and Light Green) for the ornaments.

I embossed the top layers of each ornament using Swirls, Argyle, & Snowflakes folders.

For the small piece just under each bow on the ornament, I placed it on a music note embossing folder  so that it would get a nice striped effect on each one.  I sanded the top layer of the 

 ornaments as well as the  backpack in random spots.

You can see that I used the swirls folder again on the

flap of the backpack, and used the argyle pattern on the shoulder straps.

The tag was created by using another Sizzix Die cut (Tag w/Present)

and adding a matching ornament over the present.

The argyle ribbon is from my stash.  I used it to tie a small piece

at the end of the tag, as well as pleating it along

the front upper edge of the back pack.

The small bow (to the left) was created using my 

3 Girl JAM Bow Maker.

I am eager to begin working on more

projects to play along 

with the {Holiday} Hard Core Crop

and would be delighted to 

see you join along too!!!

Lots of amazing Prizes are up for Grabs 

at each challenge!!!

Remember to 

Keep Crafting, 

Because 

♫ CRAFTING ♫ 

♫ ROCKS ♫ 

\m/-_-\m/ 

:O) 

Jessica