Purple Onion Designs

On the 24th day...

On the 24th day of December I want to wish you all a very merry Christmas!  I hope you all have a wonderful time with family & friends.

I have to apologize because I missed two projects that should of been posted within some of the previous posts.  Joy created these fabulous star ornaments.  Aren't they gorgeous?

stamps used:  Holiday Ticket

 

Joy has also wrapped up some very pretty packages. 

stamps used:  Vintage Snowflakes & Seasons Greetings Logo

 

stamps used:  Holiday Ticket Words & Handwritten Holiday

 

The other project I seemed to have missed was the adorable pail that Jennifer R. decorated with a tag.

stamps used:  Christmas Trees Doodle Frame

 

Jennifer also created these cute pillow boxes.

stamps used:  Early 1900's Music Background, Scallop Circle Label, Merriness Set & Holiday Ticket Words

 

Courtney Kelley

stamps used:  Merry Christmas Logo

 

Jennifer Holmes

stamps used:  Christmas Trees Doodle Frame, Early 1900's Music Background, Merriness Set

 

stamps used:  3 Stockings & Heidi Grace Kress Holiday Border Trio

 

stamps used:  Early 1900's Music Background & Heidi Grace Kress Holiday Greetings

 

On the 23rd day of...

On the 23rd day of December,  are you all busy finishing up your shopping, wrapping, cooking and baking?   I know I still have to do a little of each.  I am hoping to make a few handmade tags like the girls have created below.  A beautiful tag adds a special touch to a gift.

Joy Taylor

stamps used:  Merry Christmas Logo

 

stamps used:  Seasons Greetings Logo

 

Sharon Ong 

stamps used:  3 Stockings & Handwritten Holiday

 

stamps used:  Merry Christmas Logo & Holiday Border Tapes

 

stamps used:  Snowman Pete & Handwritten Holiday

stamps used:  Vintage Snowflakes

 

stamps used:  Merry Christmas Logo & Holiday Border Tapes

 

stamps used:  The Wine Shop

 

stamps used:  Carolers & Handwritten Holiday

 

Cherry Nelson

stamps used:  Handwritten Holiday

 

stamps used:  Deluxe Labels, Logo Stamps & Ribbon Label

stamps used:  Deluxe Labels, Warm Winter Wishes Logo & Ribbon Label

 

stamps used:  Vintage Snowflakes and Holiday Postmarks

stamps used:  Vintage Snowflakes & Holiday Postmarks

 

stamps used:  Vintage Snowflakes, Holiday Ticket Words & Holiday Postmarks

 

stamps used:  Happy Holidays Noteblock

 

 

 

On the 22nd day...

On the 22nd day of December I have some holiday recipe, cookie and treat packaging to share with you.  It is always fun to personalize your holiday treats!

Jenn B. created this recipe book with some of her favorite recipes to give as a Christmas gift.  It doesn't scream Christmas but it is an adorable book.  Love that Bakery stamp!

stamps used:  Bakery & Homemade Treats Logo

 

Courtney Kelley 

stamps used: Snowman Doodle Frame and Kid Sentiment Word Bubbles

 

Jennifer Holmes

stamps used:  Heidi Grace Kress Holiday Greetings & HGK Holiday Border Trio

 

Jennifer Roach

stamps used:  Gingerbread Man, Season's Greetings Logo, Holiday Border Tapes

 

Joy Taylor

stamps used:  Early 1900's Music Background, Sweet Treats Logo & Merry Christmas Logo

 

Julie Dudley

stamps used:  Christmas Trees Doodle Frame

 

stamps used:  Carolers (street light), Ribbon Label & Christmas Trees Doodle Frame

 

On the 21st day...

On the 21st day of December it is time for me to get my holiday baking going.  I made a batch of Melt In The Mouth cookies for my family in Florida and shipped them down yesterday.  This was a favorite Christmas cookie that my Mom always made.  I am the only one who still does any baking, so I thought I would send them down a batch.  I was like one of Santa's elves packing up a box of goodies.  Which makes me think of this card:

Alice Wertz

stamps used:  Barry with Tree

 

Cherry Nelson

stamps used:  Gingerbread Man & Mini Mini Holiday Sentiments

 

Jennifer Holmes 

stamps used:  Heidi Grace Kress Holiday Greetings

 

Jennifer Roach

stamps used:  Trim-a-Tree Store

 

 

On the 20th day...

On the 20th day of December I have the cutest little project to show you!  This is something you could do with any winter themed stamp.  It would also be fun to do with the kiddies.  Jennifer H. created this little snowglobe.  How fun!

   stamps used:  Candice & Kid Sentiment Word Bubbles

 

On the 19th day...

On the 19th day of December it is time to share some holiday decorations.  Have you decked the halls yet?

Joy created this beautiful banner to a hang in her home.  I love the white and blue color scheme.  It is hard to tell from the photo but the backgrounds are all embossed which gives great texture.

stamps used:  Holiday Ticket Set, Logo Stamps, Vintage Snowflakes

 

Julie also created a banner.  This one has been personalized and says "Bah Humbug".  Lol.  It is a gift for a friend.

stamps used:  Homegrown Alphabet, Late 1800's Script Background, Labelers

 

Jenn B. created a simple tree ornament with a great photo, a couple of stamps and a diecut tag.

stamps used:  Christmas Trees Doodle Frame

 

Jennifer R. used one of the new Doodle Frame stamps to create an ornament too. 

stamps used:  Doodle Frame Snowman

 

On the 17th Day

On the 17th day of December I had planned to start a weekend of baking.  Then I realized that Christmas is a week away.  I think I will hold off on the baking till later in the week and tackle some more shopping and wrapping.  I thought it would be a perfect time to share some gift card projects.  It is a nice way to personalize giving a gift that can be a little less personal. 

 

Joy Taylor

stamps used:  Doodle Frame Trees & Vintage Snowflake

 

Donna Mikasa

stamps used:  Cups of Joy & Handwritten Holiday

 

Courtney Kelley

stamps used:  Merriness Set

 

Jennifer Roach 

stamps used:  Happy Holidays Noteblock & Merriness Set

 

Ronda Palazarri

stamps used:  Large To Go Cup, Damask Background & Late 1800's Script Background

On the 15th day...

On the 15th day of December I am back to share some more projects.  The week was busy with shipping orders and I snuck in a day of Christmas shopping yesterday.  I had to get out there and get a few things knocked off my list. 

Today I have 3 cards to share the use both the 3 Stockings stamp and Handwritten Holiday (which was penned by our own Jennifer Holmes).

 

  Cherry Nelson

stamps used:  3 Stockings & Handwritten Holiday

 

Courtney Kelley

stamps used:  3 Stockings & Handwritten Holiday

 

Donna Mikasa

stamps used:  3 Stockings & Handwritten Holiday

On the 10th Day...

On the 10th day of December we are approaching the end of our annual holiday sale.  Tomorrow is the last day to receive 25% off your order.

Let's take a look at what else the DT has been busy creating.  I'll also show a few more favorite projects from the past couple of years.

Donna Mikasa

Donna created this wonderful gift card holder with the new Cups of Joy stamp.

stamps used:  Cups of Joy & Handwritten Holiday

 

Cherry Nelson

Cherry used the Perpetual Calendar to create this gorgeous card.  You can even turn this into a  mini calendar and attach all the months to be torn off during the year.  Don't forget that Holiday Postmark Set which is a must have for a fun added touch to your projects.

stamps used:  Perpetual Calendar, Holiday Postmark Set & Handwritten Holiday

 

Joy Taylor

stamps used:  Snowman Pete, Date Me & Holiday Ticket Set

 

Jennifer Holmes

Stamps used:  Snowman Doodle Frame & Christmas Trees Doodle Frame

 

Here are some past favorites...

Laura Craigie

stamps used:  Ribbon Label

 

Jennifer Holmes

stamps used:  Warm Winter Wishes Logo, Snowflake Set

 

Courtney Kelley

stamps used:  Date Me & Merriness

 

Jenn Biederman

stamps used:  Snowman Pete

 

Jillian Foster

stamps used:  Dasher's Delivery, Vintage Snowflake & Handwritten Holiday

 

On the 9th Day...

On the 9th day of December there are a few more new samples to share as well as year's past.  I thought it would be fun to mix a little new & old.

Donna Mikasa

stamps used:  Happy Holidays Noteblock & 3 Stockings

 

Joy Taylor

stamps used:  Gingerbread Man, Early 1900's Music Background & May Your Days be Merry & Bright

 

Jennifer Holmes

stamps used:  Christmas Tress Doodle Frame

 

Alice Wertz

stamps used:  Cups of Joy & Holiday Greetings

 

Here are some of my favorite projects from previous holiday seasons.  The projects use stamps that are great for the holidays.

One of my all time favorite projects is the clear treat boxes from Jenn B.  Jenn makes these for all the different holidays.  She uses the Logo stamps which are a perfect accent for all the holiday goodies you are gifting.

stamps used:  Merry Christmas Logo

 

Jennifer H. also used the Logo stamps to make these adorable treat boxes.  The Treat Word sets are great to customize your packaging.  The box uses my favorite background stamp.

stamps used:  Homemade Treats Logo, Treat Words & Damask Background

 

The Coffee & Tea set is a perfect stamp set for gifting coffee, teas, hot cocoa and all the accessories that go with it.  It is also great for coffee gift cards as this project from Jennifer H. shows.

stamps used:  Coffee & Tea Set

 

I was lucky enough to receive this card from Joy last Christmas.  It uses a perfect mix of classic Christmas images.  The card is actually smaller than a standard card and makes it even that more adorable!

stamps used:  Toy Solider, Early 1900's Music Background & Handwritten Holiday

 

Hilary Kanwischer was a 2009 holiday guest designer.  This was another card with classic Christmas embellishments.  I loved all the textures of this card.

stamps used:  Celebrate the Season Noteblock

 

I'll save the rest and share them tomorrow!