Stampin Friends December Hop

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Welcome to another stop on the Stampin Friends December Blog Hop!

This months Hop theme is 'New Year Celebrations'!

If you have hopped on over from Melissa's Blog you can continue on after this stop by clicking on the 'Next' button at the bottom of the page.

At home in Scotand, once the Bells have rung at midnight on Hogmany, you would never enter another persons home without taking in a gift - even just a wee thing - traditionally the 'First Footer' - the first person over your threshold after the bells would bring coal - and a traditional greeting is 'Lang may yer lum reek!" implying "May you never be without fuel for your fire!", but more literally translates to "Long may your chimney smoke!

We've no coal here - and at the moment in Texas the weather is back in the 70's! So, as an alternative to welcome in the New Year I made a card and a gift bag to match to carry a bottle gift - along with a little bottle tag. What's better than Gold on celebration crafts?

The gold foil and the gold embossing powder really do make this card shimmer when you see it up close

To see how to make a bag like this - click on the link below - there's a video and calcualtor I posted last year to help you. And also a video on how to make a nice knot on your cards.....I used designer paper 15" long to make this bag - the base is 5 1/2" square which scored at 1" all around makes a 3 1/2" square base. I did use a little more length (15") than I normally would as I did want to make the bag a little funnel shaped - not traight up.

I really love Stampin' Up! Embossing powder - because it's so fine - you get a lovely even melt - no bubbles or pitting :)

YouTube video showing how to make a Box-bag:

Click here for the box bag calculator to make a bag any size

YouTube video on how to make an easy knot on your cards:

Thanks for stopping by on the Stampin Friends December Hop.
I am always grateful for your comments - but remember to comment below before 18th December to be entered into the Stampin Friends Give Away!

This month we are continuing with our Blog Hop Give-away:
• One lucky person will win an awesome crafty present from every blogger!
• You can enter by commenting once on every blog hop post - use the #SFDecHop in your comments
• Deadline MN Dec. 18th 2016
• To comment on my blog - scroll down.

Melissa Thomas

Carolina Evans

1. Kirsteen Gill - You are here
2. Carolina Evans - http://studioevans.blogspot.com/2016/12/stampin-friends-december-blog-hop-new.html
3. Twila Davis - http://stampalittlelonger.blogspot.com/2016/12/stampin-friends-december-blog-hop-new.html
4. Steph Jandrow - http://stampinandscrappinwithsteph.weebly.com/home/stampin-friends-new-year-celebrations-blog-hop
5. Lynn Streifert- https://lynnzcrafters.com/2016/12/15/stampin-friends-new-year-celebrations/
6. Maureen Rauchfuss - http://crazystampinglady.blogspot.com/2016/12/stampin-friends-december-hop-new-year.html
7. Cindy Slack Waldroff- http://stampingindixie.blogspot.com/2016/12/two-thousand-what-Stamping-friends-bloghop.html
8. Kim Lamos- http://pinkzebrapapercreations.blogspot.com/2016/12/stampin-friends-blog-hop-december.html
9. Barbara Welch - http://creativestampinspot.blogspot.com/2016/12/stampin-friends-new-year-celebrations.html
10. Melissa Thomas- http://seatoseastampin.weebly.com/blog/stampin-friends-new-year-celebrationsseatoseastampin.weebly.com/blog/stampin-friends-new-year-celebrations