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Twas the Night Before Christmas & Mini Wooden Crates
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It’s a colorful newsletter — from the New and On Sale! Twas the Night Before Christmas Collection to big bunches of New Miniature Paper Flowers!
How cute is that! Design Team Member Lora Mahaffey has made a Christmas Tags and Mini Crate project that doubles as a table (or mantel) decoration and a gift (as each tag in her “12 Days of Christmas” has a little pocket to open and find a treat)! It’s like a mini version of an advent calendar… I think it’s brilliant.
And Lora used papers from the Twas the Night Before Christmas 8×8 Paper Pad on ALL of her tags. Very festive. Plus all the little trims and ribbons (and lots of snowflakes — and those metal number tags from Tim Holtz Countdown to Christmas Coins) are perfect finishing touches. Here’s a link to see all of Lora’s Supplies. And check out Lora’s Blog Post for more info and photos.
PLUS Lora housed (contained? what’s a good word for corralled artfully?) her tags in one of the New and On Sale! Wooden Vintage Mini Crates! Distressed wooden mini crates that are also PERFECT for displaying/holding ATCs (the inside measures 4″ x 2″ — and the height of the crate is 3″). See the photo at left for the size (plus all 3 colors).
And there’s a big brother size of the new crates, too: Wooden Vintage Photo Crates! Also in 3 colors, but large enough for 6″ x 4″ photos (and with cute (and functional) handholds cut into both ends). See the photo at left for both large and small crates. AND both sizes of crates have adorable little Mini File Folders that fit them.
AND: Inspired by Lora’s adorable Christmas Tags and Mini Crate, I’ve put together an exclusive Alpha Stamps’ FREE mini kit with 3 nostalgic papers (with cute mittens with tiny snowflakes on them, plus 2 more coordinating papers including one with a tiny knitwear pattern) PLUS 3 antique silver finish snowflakes (3 different snowflakes, and only available in this gift kit)! Check below for today’s Giveaway that includes this gift kit (and goodies from Lora’s artwork).
Colorful Miniature Paper Flowers – ALL On Sale! | |||
New Velvet Hydrangeas – View All 6 Colors |
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New Botanica Sugared Mini Blooms – View All 6 Colors |
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Hooray! A Mini Crate & Candy Canes Giveaway!
In addition to these goodies from Lora’s Christmas Tags and Mini Crate (note: that’s a link to the supply list with links and photos):
– Wooden Vintage Mini Crate – White
– Baroque Dresden Borders – Gold
– Medium Wooden Finials
– Mini Pom Pom Fringe
– Giant Snowflakes
– Antique Silver Ornament Bead – Small
I added:
– Peppermint Twist Buttons
– 1/8 Inch Red Railroad Stripe Ribbon
– Snowman Gift Tags Collage Sheet
– Yuletide Greetings Ornaments Scrapbook Paper
– Hanging by the Chimney with Care Collage Sheet
– Tis the Season Dashing Reindeer Scrapbook Paper
I also included these ribbons just put on Clearance Sale:
– 1/8 Inch Red Satin Ribbon
– Red Sheer Dots Ribbon
And a Snowflakes and Mittens Gift Kit!
To enter the Mini Crate & Candy Canes Giveaway drawing all you have to do is leave a comment BELOW on this blog post TODAY OR TOMORROW (the deadline is 11:59 pm PST, FRIDAY, October 24, 2014).
Don’t forget to leave your (hello! correct) email address, too, so I can contact the winner; your email address does not need to be made public. Note: I’m offering free shipping, too, but only within the USA. International shipping will still apply.
Please be patient! Spammers try to post crap here a lot so comments are moderated. So if you don’t see your post in the comments section, be patient and check back in a few hours before re-posting it, please!
After midnight, I’ll randomly pick the winner (via Random.org). So check your mailbox on Sunday morning to see who won and for the next Giveaway and Newsletter!
Hey, who won the Potion & Poison Bottles Giveaway? That would be Katarinanavane! Please check your email for my message about getting your mailing address.
What a wonderful giveaway.
So cute!
What a great package!
Very cute project indeed, and wonderful giveaway, thanks for the chance to win!
Love, love love this!
This would be a great way to kick-off my Christmas projects!
Very cute candy cane brads! The whole kit is delightful!!
Oh, what a wonderful start to the Christmas countdown. The papers are so pretty. I’d love to win this. Thanks.
Crates really rate and nice Christmas items are great!
I would love to win these they are adorable!
Clever idea the crates and the tags
Time to get started with Christmas projects.
such pretty festive items!
Oh what a lovely assortment to get your Christmas creativity off to a great start!
Love this giveaway!
You just can’t even imagine how much I love this giveaway!!!! This is my favorite time of year!!! I so hope that I win this awesome giveaway!!!!!! Thanks for the chance.
I’d love to get a head start on my Christmas crafting with all of these goodies!
I hopped on over to Lora’s blog to see some more photos of the crate and tags. I really like the little pockets on the tags!
Wonderful cache of Christmas!
Fabulous as always 🙂
Oh, I am absolutely loving the papers and pretties to make these cute tags. What fun!
Thank you for a chance to win this fabulous giveaway package. Hoping I get picked! 😀
I love Lora’s basket of tags.
what a fun prize to get Christmas crafting started!
Can’t believe Christmas is just a few months away! Lovely bunch of goodies here.
Christmas is coming and this just makes the imagination go wild. This giveaway is extraordinary and whoever wins will be very lucky. Thank you Alpha Stamps.
Love everything about this post! It puts me in the Christmas spirit!
Time to get ready for Christmas!!!
Love the tags and crate. Awesome giveaway too.
I love tags!!
Love the little crates.
I love love love Christmas, would so love to win this give away, Merry Christmas to all~
Love the giveaway!
Wow – too cute and such a great giveaway. Thanks for the chance. Hope you pick me.
A lovely collection to start off holiday projects.
Well, I have already started some Christmas projects and this would be a fun addition to my project list (which grows the entire Holiday Season!). Beautiful ideas for tags and etc.
Tis the season!
Hate to see the Halloween giveaways ending, but I do LOVE this one! Merry and bright and ~just~ right!!!!
What a great idea! And what beautiful selections for Christmas! Love them all.
HoHoHo, I’d love to get this!!
I am sad I did not win the apothecary and potions giveaway. Hopefully I can win this one.
So neat.
Mini Crates and Candy Canes, Oh My! What a fabulous giveaway … thanks for the chance to win!
I love the paper and trims! Hard to believe we are thinking of Christmas!!
This is a darling kit. Thanks for the contest
Beautiful already thinking of all that I can do with them
“Most wonderful time of the year”
I’m working on Christmas crafts for this would a great addition to my holiday crafts.
love, love, love anything christmas. the candy cane buttons are too cute.
I would love to have these.
Christmas! my other favorite holiday.
Lovely
As usual, this is a lovely giveaway. You always have the greatest holiday supplies. Christmas is almost here.
wooHoo! Goody goody gumdrops…love the sweet collage papers and Christmas goodies in this kit…would love to win.
Love the Christmas ideas!
Oh Christmas! Love it!
It’s looking a lot like Christmas……
So ready for the Christmas holiday season!
Great giveaway
It’s time to start Xmas crafting!
Oh, the fun!! jingles my bells! 🙂
I’m excited about the snowmen and the Dresden pieces in this set are lovely.
I love Christmas! It would be great to win this.
This is a nice start on Christmas items. It won’t be long.
I would love to win just the crate-it is so cute.
Love the mini crates and the project!!
Here we go Christmas count down! What a great way to start Christmas crafting!
I can hardly contain myself…cute crate contents!!!!
A wonderful choice of goodies. Thanks for the chance to win!
Great idea, so cute.
Let’s try again with the right email
Loooove!
This is so adorable! I love vintage looking ephemera and old fashioned cards, post cards and scrapbooking items. This gives anyone a great chance to make beautiful things. Thank you 🙂
Yay! It’s time for Christmas!
Those little crates are great! And what a wonderful idea for an advent calendar.
Christmas, so festive, so wonderful!
Love, Love, Love it! They’re almost too cute to use!
I love your Christmas theme – it is never too early to begin Christmas projects. Love your store.
Man, could I use all these Christmas goodies. I haven’t even started shopping yet!
Love the goodies! Thanks for the opportunity to win. I’m keeping my fingers crossed!
What festive Christmas goodies! They really put one in the mood to get busy getting ready. I hope I win…
Perfect for the season!
oh how delightful it would be to win
Great Giveaway. I just love making things for
christmas.
Beautiful Christmas decorations!
I love all the colors associated with Christmas. These caught my eye so here I am.
I accidentally discovered Alpha Stamps and always enjoy all the ideas and unusual pieces for scrapbooking. This would be a first win for me ever on the Internet. Thank you for always giving us such wonderful things for our projects.
What fun and festive goodies to win to get us going on holiday crafts!!
I just love all the goodies! And the inspiration!
Oh yes! Christmas!
Wow! it’s that time again, to plan ahead! would love the kit!
Love the crate and tags! Great giveaway, thank you Alpha Stamps.
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…well after Halloween for sure!!!
I love the cute little crates! And what a great ways to use them – holding your pretty Christmas tags!
Lovely tags and cute crate idea!
Love your Mini Crate and Candy Canes Giveaway, especially the Dresden borders, the wooden finials and the giant snowflakes!! HO-HO-HO
I’m already in the mood for Christmas…
Such a great kit! Would make up into some wonderful gifts!
Love the little crates!
Fabulous giveaway!! I am ready to move on to making Christmas things!
Fabulous giveaway!!! Thanks Leslie
I’m already working on my Christmas tags and gifts so this giveaway is perfect! I love Laura’s tags and crate project-she’s such a great designer:) So, let me win this giveaway! LOL
Wow, it is getting closer to Christms, and it is my favorite time of the year to make tags, cards, calendar pockets and many more gift ideas. I love all of the goodness in today’s giveaway.
What a wonderful Christmas giveaway! Love the tags and crate and all the delightful paper pads.
Hope I win this one!
let the festivities begin!
Just love, love all the Christmas goodies!
These goodies inspire me and makes me want to kick the Christmas crafting season off.
Lots of fun projects on Alpha Stamps and a great give away
What a great giveaway!
I love these goodies! I don’t have much by way of Christmas supplies. I would so love to win this! You always have the neatest goodies!
Such lovely Christmas goodies!!
Yummm. I love everything Christmas and these items would be a welcome addition to my stash.
What a great way to get a head start on the season. Very cute!
Be still my organizer loving heart! LOVE these mini crates and need lots of them in both sizes!! OOOOOOOOOOO! The things that will fit inside both sizes are endless and I can see lots of them stacked side by side and placed sideways on top of each other. Oh, a mini crate herd sounds good to me!! LOVELOVELOVE the collection of yumminess you have for a prize this week! Thanks for the chance to get started on my collection!
It’s beginning to look a lot like a Christmas!
Christmas tags in a delicious crate! Way to get ready for the season!
Wonderful things!
Beautiful giveaways, such inspiration.
Tis coming into the season of making merriment!
Oh how I would lovvvve to win this, I am off my feet for awhile, turned my ankle, reallly stupid !!! tripped over my Chihuahua ! So, help me have something to do !!! I need a new project ! I think I have had everything i can imagine brought to me ! But there is always room for more !!!! This a wonderful kit And I would love to win this one !! You guys are great !
Thanks so much !
Oh how I would lovvvve to win this, I am off my feet for awhile, turned my ankle, reallly stupid !!! tripped over my Chihuahua ! So, help me have something to do !!! I need a new project ! I think I have had everything i can imagine brought to me ! But there is always room for more !!!! This a wonderful kit And I would love to win this one !! You guys are great !
Thanks so much !
oops so sorry, !
Oh ! I really need to win this one ! I am down for 6 weeks, and I need a new project ! I am so bored, I tripped over my Chihuahua, and did a number on my foot, Cannot believe Xmas is rite around the corner, you guys are the best. You always put a smile on my face !!! I really need this !
Thanks
What is wrong with me ! I so apologize, I don’t know what I am doing ! so sorry
Awesome
Fun fun fun. Love the gold dresden border.
Very lovely Christmas giveaway!
Christmas will be here before you know it.
I’m so happy I can begin work on Christmas gifts like this again! It’s been too long. <|;0)
Another wonderful giveaway!
Another Great Package!
Would love this one!
Beautiful Christmas tags and I love the new crates.
Wow. . . really lovely; Love the crate/tag idea for gifts!
I am ready to start my Christmas art and this looks like a great package. I am thinking advent calendar. Thanks.
Lovely Christmas giveaways! Thank you for your generosity
I really like the festive look of this little crate full of tags. Thanks for the chance to win all the cool stuff to make one.
Lovely ideas and embellishments.
So very wonderful and festive!
Love the Christmas tags! So cute!
Can’t believe the beautiful new red, green, and white ideas. Happy,happy holidays to come
Only how many Fridays until Christmas? Not enough to make this cool stuff. Thanks again.
So cute. Love the crate full of tags.
What a great way to start the Holiday season. Thanks again for the inspiration!
What a pretty project !!
Like they say, it’s beginning to look a lot like….
Love the crates….
Fabulous
Looks like Melody is into the Christmas eggnog a little early! Poor baby! I hope her ankle heals well and that the Chihuahua is okay! Merry Christmas!
Very pretty retro-look papers.
Darling crates and project. Please add my name to your drawing—thank-you!