Michelle's "December Dreams" Christmas Cards

Hey there, crafty friends and welcome to the most wonderful time of the year! I’m back with another craft, this time using the December Dreams kit from The Fairytale Club. I love the recent trend of using pastel colors for all things Christmas, and so this kit was just perfect for all my crafting needs! First up, I need to knock out Christmas cards.

I think sending cards at the holidays is such a fun way for me to be crafty, and also send someone a little mail to remind them that I’m thinking of them. The first item that caught my eye was the sparkly silver snowflake ornament, of course! Then as I dug into my kit more, I came across the die cuts where I found the tree cup, cupcake, and the sugar plum fairy! I used foam squares to add height and dimension to it, and the first one was finished.

For the next card, I knew that I wanted to use a lot of red. The pink and red polka dot paper made the perfect base! From there, I mounted the red bow paper on to a piece of craft paper, and used red tinsel around that! I love how sparkly the tinsel is. It also reminds me of vintage christmas decorations, which matched perfectly with the Nutcracker die cut piece! Finally, I finished it off with a tag.

Lastly, I knew that with all the sweets and candies in this kit, I just had to do one with that theme! The blue paper with candy designs was just perfect! This card was a bit easier since the pattern on the paper was so cute! Next I fussy cut the candy cane out of one of the pages and added a bit of shimmer with iridescent embossing powder! Then I finished it up with the gingerbread house and a couple die cuts, and there you have a sweet Christmas card!

I love this kit from The Fairytale Club so much, and I can’t wait to work with it some more! Hope you all have a happy and crafty holiday season!

-Michelle

Solange's "December Dreams" Happy Mail Tag Flips

Hello crafty friends! Today I am showing you guys a happy mail project using the “December Dreams Kit”.

Tag flips are one of my favorite ways to send happy mail because it’s easy, fun and super cute! All you’ll need to make your own is a metal ring and your “December Dreams” kit, that’s it !

If you do not have any metal rings on hand you can just tie the tags with some pretty trim which will work just as well.

To make this tag flip I used the dashboards that come in the kit and fussy cut some of my favorite images such as the ballerina, the house and the pretty blue Christmas tree. For the pieces that I fussy cut, I simply punched a whole and added it to my tag flip, simple and super cute.

Then I added some extra pieces that I cut into tag shapes and decorated them up using the beautiful ephemera pieces.

Super easy and cute project, can’t wait to see what you guys will make with your kit. Until next time, Solange.

Carrie's "December Dreams" Push Pop Gifts

Hello everybody! Carrie here, and today I'm sharing some adorable push pops decorated with the amazing December Dreams kit.

They are filled with goodies like bath bombs and candy, and I'm giving them as some fun and festive Christmas presents this year : )

To start decorating these push pops was difficult for me because I'm so in love with this kit that I wanted to use everything LOL! Eventually I did decide, though, on three of the planner inserts for the paper that wraps around the base. One paper is covered in whimsical Christmas trees, another lots of adorable gingerbread men, and the third is a section of a large, handsome deer. Before using red line tape to attach these papers to the base of my push pops, I cut each paper down to 3 inches tall by 6 inches wide. Then I used a 1 inch circle punch on the matching paper designs and added circles to the top of each push pop lid using a glue dot. At this point I stopped with the deer because it looked too perfect already, but I thought the other two could still use a little extra something.

For the gingerbread men themed push pop I decided to also add some homemade aqua and pink crepe paper fringe. I created the fringe by layering 4 strips of crepe paper together, sewing down the middle with my sewing machine, and using my scissors for the fringe cuts. I find it's super easy to attach the fringe to my push pop with hot glue.

For both the Christmas tree and gingerbread pops I also decided to make rosettes for the front. I chose the paper with the blue snowflakes on one side and red and white wave on the other for this. To assemble the rosettes I cut a strip of the paper down to 1 inch wide and kept it 12 inches tall. Then I used my bone folder to score every 1/4 inch. Once the whole strip was done, I folded on every score line using a mountain and valley fold. Next I placed a strip of red line tape on the end of the paper strip and attached it end to end creating a circle. Then I punched out a 1/2 inch circle to use on the backside of my rosette. As the final step i pushed the center of the paper strip circle down creating the rosette, and attached the punched circle to the middle using hot glue.

Now that my rosettes are done I added them to the front of my pops with hot glue. I chose the snowflake side for the Christmas tree pop, and and red and white side for the gingerbread pop. To give them a more finished look I decided to cover up the hole in the center of each rosette (it's the center of the back of the rosette that is covered at this point), and so I punched another 1 inch circle out of the base paper for each and attached it again using hot glue. Lastly, I added the gingerbread flair to the gingerbread pop using red line tape, and the crystal looking snowflake from the variety pack to the Christmas tree pop with hot glue. And that's it! Three down, maybe 10? to go lol!!

Thanks for taking a look at my project, and I'll see you next time! Carrie

Laura's 6x8 December Dreams Layout for December Daily

Hi Everyone, it's Laura here to share a 6x8 layout I made using the December Dreams collection for my December Daily this year. One of my favorite things to incorporate is stories from past Christmases, mixed in with stories from the current year. I love having a flash from the past included in my album.

I always start my album on Thanksgiving day, and I've found that week before December 1st to be the perfect time to tell some of these stories. This year I was inspired by the cute gingerbread die cuts in the kit to tell a story about a tradition from when I was a kid of making gingerbread houses with my mom.

I worked with a digital version of this kit, so I played around with printing on different types of paper. For my background I printed out the snowflake personal planner page onto vellum, and the die cut gingerbread house was printed onto iridescent paper to add a bit of sparkle.

I also used past kit components to pull the page together. I used a die cut frame and a title from the Hello Beautiful Kit. I love that this collection plays together so well with December Dreams.

Thanks for looking and I hope you're having an enjoyable holiday season!

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Free Thanksgiving Printable!!!

Hello everyone! It's Andrea here, and since Thanksgiving is just around the corner, I thought I would create a fun freebie 6x8 printable for you to use in your planner, mini album, or to even frame and put out on your Thanksgiving table! I think it would make a beautiful centerpiece...with maybe some pumpkin pie beside it...yum! Alright, well enjoy your printable! And enjoy your Thanksgiving holiday-time with your family!

Just left-click the graphic, and then right-click and select "Save Image As..." to download it.  Hugs, and remember to live your life as a fairytale!!!  :)

-Andrea (Founder, The Fairytale Club)

Andrea's "December Dreams" Holiday Planner Set-up

Hello there everyone! It’s Andrea here, and today I want to share with you a fun planner set-up using the new "December Dreams" collection/kit!

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I absolutely love setting up my planner for the holidays and since I start my holiday season in November (because I like to include my Thanksgiving plans in with my "holidays" stuff), I decided to go ahead and set up my planner using "December Dreams" now so that I could start getting things ready for my holiday-time!

I used the A5 decorative planner pages and punched them to go in my platinum Carpe Diem planner. For the front dashboard page, I used the Sugarplum Fairy planner page and added a clear transparency on top, and between the two sheets I sandwiched some of the matching sequins that come with the "Happily Ever After" kit version of "December Dreams." I did this so I could create a fun shaker page! I love shaker pages like this for my planner! They are easy to make, and all you have to do to close everything up is just stitch around the edges. I used a zig-zag stitch on my sewing machine and some red thread. I think this dashboard came out really cute!

And to finish things off on my dashboard, I just added a little paperclip with a little label from the cut-apart sheet and some ephemera pieces (like the gingerbread man, the word "merry," and a little peppermint) to it on the bottom right corner. This just adds a cute, extra jolly detail!

For the pockets in the front of my planner, I just used different 3x4 cards from the cut-apart sheet and placed them here and there to my liking, and then I also added in some of the smaller cut-apart pieces as well as some pretty die-cuts from the ephemera pack. I added a few paperclips to keep things in place how I wanted, and also to add some more dimension and texture.

For added depth, I placed a decorative pink pom-pom paperclip at the top (from our decorative paperclips pack) and I also created a few of my own decorative paperclips by attaching some of the adorable flair that comes in the collection to some simple gold paperclips.

And for some extra glitz and glam, I added in the big glitter-snowflake that comes in the variety pack to the front bottom pocket...and I added in the little silver snowflake charm to one of the top pockets as well...so cute!

There are more decorative pom-pom paperclips as well as some of the flair paperclips that I made added here and there in my planner, marking different pages. They are all along to top and you can see from the front how they look like pretty tabs...choose one to turn to particular and important pages in my planner.

And finally, I added to the rings the beautiful gold key to the four realms that comes in our new variety pack. It looks so gorgeous and special! I added a December 25 tag from one of our cut-apart sheets to it by just threading it through the pink tassel that comes with the key and I also created a little snowflake charm dangle using a gold paperclip and one of the clear crystal snowflake beads that comes in the variety pack too!

And for a last and lovely touch, I placed the gold key transparency sheet in the back of my planner...just because I think it looks so cool and magical!

Alright, I hope you like how I setup my planner for this holiday season and that I gave you some good tips, tricks and ideas for your planner set up (or maybe for a Christmas mini album, or a December Daily)! Hope you all are having a happy holiday-time!!! Hugs and remember to live your life as a fairytale (especially during this magical time of year)!

-- Andrea

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"December Dreams" Collection Full Reveal!!!

Hello there everyone! It is Andrea here and today I am super excited to share with you the full reveal of our newest collection, "December Dreams"! This beautiful Christmas collection is inspired by the new The Nutcracker and the Four Realms movie by Disney, as well as the classic The Nutcracker fairytale ballet! The Nutcracker is a classic Christmas tale that is filled with magic and wonder! Subsequently, I just had to create a collection for you that was filled with that same kind of magic and wonder! To accomplish this, I worked to design patterns and images that I hoped would convey not only the central story of The Nutcracker but also images and patterns that reflect the main characters and, of course, the magical and imaginative lands that can be found in the fairytale. In "December Dreams" you will find fantastic, whimsical beings like the Sugar Plum Fairy and the Nutcracker, of course! You will also find lots of sweet goodies in this collection, like gingerbread men and houses, lollipops, peppermints, etc, which are all indicative of one of the four realms, the Land of Sweets! The other magical lands, or realms, in The Nutcracker are also included in the collection in various ways. For example, you will find lots of snowflakes in patterns as well as embellishments to represent the Land of Snowflakes. I really want "December Dreams" to feel like that same kind of winter wonderland that can be found in The Nutcracker...something so incredible that it must be from a dream! I am so happy to be able to share this collection with you! I think you are going to love it! I know I do!

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Alright, now that I have talked a tiny bit about the inspiration for this collection, I want to go over the patterned paper that comes in "December Dreams" with you. First, let's look at the color scheme that is in the papers/collection. The colors in this collection include the classic Christmas colors of red and green, but I have also added in some other very pretty and happy colors like light pinks, some light and dark aquas, and even a little bit of lavender...all to create a cool, retro vibe.

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The patterned papers in “December Dreams” are really beautiful and magical, and they tell the classic story of The Nutcracker. And, as I go over each patterned paper with you, you’ll probably be able to see how the story comes to life in this collection and why I love it so much. So, for this first pattern, entitled “Land of Snowflakes,” we have a bold aqua on white snowflake pattern on the front and a lovely and large red scallop on the back. Both have a “modern meets retro” feel about them, and they express the happy and whimsical nature of the Land of Snowflakes.

This next paper is called “Clara” after the main character in The Nutcracker ballet. She is a young and beautiful girl who embarks on a dreamlike adventure in a new and amazing world at Christmas time. With this paper I wanted to convey the elegance and sweet innocence of the young lady that is Clara. For the front I created a beautiful black and white pattern of two swans. Both the black and white swans are princesses, wear lovely crowns, and are symbolic of royalty. Since Clara is the rightful ruler of the four realms (as her mother created the realms in Disney’s new version of the story), I thought this would be appropriate. On the back you will find a simple but elegant and pretty pink on pink geometric pattern that I also feel fits well with the girlishness of Clara.

Our next patterned paper is “O Christmas Tree.” On the front of this paper we have a super cute Christmas tree pattern. The tree itself is trimmed with lots of pretty ornaments and other decorations such as candy canes, with of course the traditional star atop it. I chose to do this Christmas tree pattern to represent the large tree that grows at the beginning of the traditional Nutcracker ballet. On the back of the paper I chose to do a sweet, little reindeer pattern. I love and collect deer (especially vintage ones, and especially at Christmas time), and I just felt that the addition of some deer in this Christmas collection was a necessity. I mean, who doesn’t like deer?!

For this next paper, which I have named "The Nutcracker" (for fairly obvious reasons), we have a plethora of Nutcrackers standing at attention in a row, all lined up and ready to serve their duty in the fight against the Rat King...or Mother Ginger as the case may be...depending on which version of The Nutcracker you are watching, the classic, or Disney's new retelling. Either way, this pattern has a whole lot of handsome Nutcrackers all in a row! I love the look of them! And on the back there is a cool, retro looking blue on blue pattern, which is very versatile and useful.

“Land of Sweets” is our next patterned paper, and it’s one of my favorites in this collection! I love all the cute little gingerbread men! In addition to the gingerbread men, there are lollipops and peppermints, and this fun and happy pattern just perfectly conveys the silly and whimsical feeling that can be found in the land of sweets. On the back is a super useful ledger that is perfect for any Christmas time journaling that you might want to do.

This next patterned paper is called “Sugar Plum Fairy.” It’s an explosion of candy and confetti and color, and it is meant to represent the ethereal exuberance of one of my favorite characters in The Nutcracker, the Sugar Plum Fairy herself. On the back we have a retro diamond pattern in a pink, red, and purple color scheme, which is also reminiscent of the Sugar Plum Fairy - her sweetness, her effervescence, and her bold but ladylike demeanor.

Here we have “December Dreams,” named for the collection. I wanted to do a patterned paper that was a December calendar for several reasons. A calendar like this is so incredibly useful and versatile because you can use it for so many Christmas-time crafts! It is perfect to use to make an advent calendar (to countdown the days to Christmas), perfect to use for your December planner (to mark your plans for the holidays), and also, of course, perfect to use for your December Daily (to document the days of December in a special, keepsake scrapbook). Whether you cut the paper up into squares, or leave it all in one piece, this patterned paper is so cute and so perfect to create with! I have also included a few fun little squares with images from the lands of sweets and snowflakes on them, as well as a christmas message. Plus, as a fun and special added detail to this December calendar paper, each calendar day square has a little word at the bottom, all of which are words of the season! On the back of the paper you will find a fun, retro, mid-century modern diamond pattern in aqua. I love the aqua blue and white color-scheme and the light and airy feeling that it has to it. It kind of reminds me of snow falling.

This next patterned paper is called "Land of Flowers," and it is a very pretty and sweet little vintage floral print on the front and a cute and simple little pink on red, vintage pattern on the back. Both sides are very girly and feel like patterns that you might find on some old, vintage, fat-quarter fabric that your grandma would use to make a comfy quilt. Or, at least, that is what they remind me of! Either that or maybe some fabric your grandma used to make you a sweet little dress? The point is, they have a very lovely, vintage fabric feel to them, something you might find among grandma's fabric collection, and I absolutely love that about this paper! This patterned paper is simple, but oh so versatile, and definitely one of my faves!

Now let’s look at the cutapart sheets. Our first cutapart is called “The Fourth Realm.” In this cutapart, we have several different sizes of cute, cutapart goodies. We have several 3x4 cards, several 2x2 cards, some awesome tags and labels, plus more! There’s so much to love about this cutapart sheet, but some of my favorite pieces are the sweet, little, gingerbread man, my beautiful and magical Sugar Plum Fairy, the elegant swan, the mysterious owl, and the adorable gingerbread house. On the back of the cutapart sheet we have a pretty red on white bow pattern that I am in love with as well.

The next cutapart is called, “Key to the Kingdom,” and it has mainly 3x4 cards on it. There are lots of cool, decorative 3x4 cards on this cutapart sheet, such as the “Merry Christmas” card, the sweet, little cupcake, my adorable “tree-cup,” and my check list for the season. However, this paper is named for the pattern on the back, which has the golden key to the Four Realms on it. So cool!

Alright, now that we have looked at all of the beautiful, patterned papers in this collection, let’s now talk about the awesome embellishments that come in "December Dreams." First, let's start with our ephemera pack. We always do an ephemera pack for our collections/kits because I absolutely love ephemera, and obviously so do all of you because our ephemera packs are super popular and our best sellers...yay! And I think our ephemera packs are so loved because they just always have so many super cute and useful pieces inside them. We fill our packs with as many die cut pieces as possible. We really have fun creating these ephemera packs for you and creating lots of adorable little pieces that you can use to embellish your paper crafting projects, and so of course this time was no different. I filled the ephemera pack for “December Dreams” up with lots of beautiful imagery from The Nutcracker that I thought helped to convey the magic of not just that fairytale, but of Christmas itself. There are a lot of really cute and, of course, vintage inspired and whimsical pieces in this pack. Some of my favorites include my Sugar Plum Fairy ballerina, my various sweets and gingerbread men, my Merry sign with the wreath around it, the gingerbread house, the Nutcracker and Nutcracker poster, and so many more pieces!

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Now let’s talk about one of my other favorite embellishments in this collection. Once again we decided to do flair. I always love doing flair in our collections/kits because they are so cute, and they add dimension to your papercrafting projects. The flair in “December Dreams” are all way cute, but I think my favorites are the snowflake and the “Joy!”

This next embellishment in our “December Dreams” collection is our decorative paperclips. These paperclips are fuzzy and adorable, and they come in a few different Christmas colors that match perfectly with the colors in our collection. They are great to use as a statement piece on your project or layout and absolutely perfect for planners, mini albums, and December daily’s to highlight or mark your spot on specific pages.

Now I want to talk to you about a really fun new embellishment that we’ve decided to do for our “December Dreams” collection. I wanted to try something different, so I decided to create our “variety pack.” I had the idea to put together a grouping of various items that I thought helped to convey the fairytale story that the collection was inspired by. In the case of “December Dreams,” I put together very specific and iconic pieces for The Nutcracker inspiration. So, included in this pack you will find things such as various snowflakes and Clara’s golden key to the Four Realms, as well as other goodies. I’m so excited about our new “variety pack.” The concept is really fun and cool, the pieces in the pack add a lot of dimension and texture to your papercrafting projects, and I’m excited to do different ones in the future that will depend on what the collection is.

Alright, now that we have looked at all the amazing embellishments and patterned papers in "December Dreams," let's now look at our glorious Planner pages! I love these Planner pages, they are sooooo cute! And they are perfect for so many papercrafting projects...in addition to of course being perfect as your planner dividers! These pages come in both 6x8 and 4x7 sizes and they work great not only for ringed planners and Traveler's Notebooks, but also for other papercrafting things like cards, banners, and mini-albums, and they are great for framing and decorating with, too! Plus, if you are creating a December Daily this year, or any such December/Christmas documented album, these pages are absolutely ideal! I myself like to create what I refer to as a "Holidaily" each year at this time to document each day of the holiday season, and I love using our decorative 6x8 planner pages for that project because they are perfect for it!

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Let’s now take a look at each of the planner pages individually. First we have our Christmas tree planner page. This cute, retro tree has a bit of a shabby chic look to it, and it’s so pretty, with all the little peppermints and lollipops on it!

This planner page has our gorgeous Sugar Plum Fairy on it. As you can see, I was inspired by the Sugar Plum Fairy in the new Disney version, played by Keira Knightley. I love her big, pink cotton candy hair, and her multi-ruffled dress. I did take some liberties though, adding in ballet shoes and, of course, wings…’cause what is a fairy without her wings!?!?

This next planner page has our majestic Nutcracker on it. He is the hero of the classic Nutcracker ballet story, and so I had to include him as a main staple of our collection, and to feature him on one of our planner pages. Doesn’t he look so handsome!?!

This planner page is one of my favorites. I absolutely love this super adorable gingerbread house. It is too cute for words, with its blue icing and pink doors. I just want to eat it up!

This swan planner page is also a big favorite of mine. These two swans are just too pretty, and I love the border with the crossed keys, too.

This Christmas quote planner page is a good reminder of what this season is all about.

Here we have our gingerbread man planner page! I love this one, too! I love his cute, little face, and his bow tie, and his hearts that he has on his hands and feet. I’m not sure whether to eat him or to give him a big hug!

This “Merry and Bright” quote on this planner page is in a lovely, cursive, brush script, and it just makes me smile.

This next planner page has my sweet, little deer on it. She’s super cute with her blue eyes and her pink bow!

And this last planner page is in the classic red and white for Christmas time, and it just says “DEC” on it, for December. It would be the perfect front dashboard for your December planner, or it would also be perfect for the front page for your December Daily/December Documented mini-album.

And, finally, we have our transparency for this collection. We decided to do a cool, double-sided, metallic-foiled transparency for “December Dreams.” On the front you have a elegant, golden foil on our key to the Four Realms, and on the back, a traditional, Christmas red. Yay!!

Ok! I hope you have enjoyed our full reveal of “December Dreams.” I have so enjoyed sharing with all of you the beautiful, one of a kind, and oh so magical pieces in this collection. You can purchase your kit today - just click here! Don’t miss out, because this collection is super duper beautiful, and definitely perfect for all your magical needs this holiday season. I think you will find that “December Dreams” will help make all your holiday crafty dreams come true!

Hugs everyone and Happy Holidays!!!

December Dreams Sneak Peek!!!

Hello there everyone! It is Andrea here, and today I am so excited to share with you a sneak peek at our brand new Christmas-time collection, "December Dreams!!!” It is an incredible and beautiful and magical collection that is inspired by Disney's new The Nutcracker and the Four Realms movie (and also, the original, classic, Nutcracker ballet). The Nutcracker is a classic fairytale story. It is all about a whimsical world of wonder in which a Christmas dream comes alive through dance and music and gorgeous visuals -- like the various lands of sweets, snowflakes, and flowers. In the original ballet, the whole thing starts with a girl and her nutcracker...she starts at a Christmas party with a huge and beautiful tree, and then she goes to a magical place where there are sugarplum fairies and dancing snowflakes! It is truly a Christmas wonderland, a December Dream...and that is the feel that I wanted to bring to this collection!

As per usual, along with the fairytale whimsy that I like to bring to all of my collections, there is also a lot of vintage inspiration, and you will see both of those things in the patterns and the embellishments of "December Dreams".

I am so excited about this collection! I think that you will find it perfect for all of your Christmas-time papercrafting projects, whether that is setting up your planner for December, doing some handmade Christmas-time decorations (like banners, advent calendars, etc), making a Christmas Scrapbook or Mini Album, or, of course, creating your December Daily to document all the special things that you do each day for the holidays!

So get ready to purchase your "December Dreams" collection! We will be sending out the collection/kit to our subscribers this week and the full reveal will also be this weekend, which means that you will be able to purchase your "December Dreams" kit starting this weekend (if you are not yet a subscriber). Yaaaaaaay!

I hope you have enjoyed this sneak peek, and please stay tuned to see all that our new collection, "December Dreams," has to offer to help make all your holiday crafty dreams come true!

Hugs everyone and Happy Holidays!!!