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A Nostalgic Christmas Kit
Filed under Art Projects, Christmas Nostalgia Kit, Giveaways, Kristin Batsel, Newsletters, Rhonda Secrist Thomas
New Kit!
A sweet kit with a good mix of tiny prints (for tiny projects), vintage Santas, and LOTS of animals (puppies, cats, fawns… all ready for Christmas with bows and stockings).
Pivoting from the aqua and red colors in last month’s kit, this new Christmas Nostalgia Kit has deeper colors: a darker red, olive green, black and chamois tan. But both kits share a love of retro, mid-century images!
This kit includes 1 each of all 6 double-sided paper designs from the Nostalgia 6×6 Paper Pad (you can see all 12 prints in the extra photos on the kit page or on the paper pad page). Beside many tiny prints, there are also images of Santa holding puppies & kittens.
Next up, a new collage sheet: Holiday Animals, with puppy dogs (lots of Scotties), a few kitties, and a couple reindeer (plus Santa).
(And see below for 2 more new collage sheets with more images to match this kit’s color palette, featuring Kitty Cats and Snowmen!)
There are 4 new Mini Shadowbox Lids (to fit the 4 sizes of Mini Shadowboxes) and the smallest new lid AND the smallest shadowbox are both in this kit! (And check out Design Team Member Rhonda Thomas’s artwork below: that Santa shadowbox with candy canes on top was made with this small box/lid combo.)
Go see the new kit for more info and more photos.
New Artwork #1: A Nostalgic Christmas Display by Rhonda Thomas!
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How fun! Design Team Member Rhonda Thomas made A Nostalgic Christmas Display using all FOUR of the new Mini Shadowbox Lids! (And see below for another wide photo, with close-ups of 2 of the boxes.)
From Rhonda’s blog post:
There is something about vintage images that make my Holiday so much more nostalgic. Those innocent children’s faces with cute little hats and dresses, Saint Nick going about his holidays, just makes me feel all warm inside.
These simple shadow boxes and lids were so easy to put together for a nice tabletop display. With each box, I wanted to keep things simple, but it doesn’t look that way with the many, many layers that I used. I simply gathered my favorite images and let the creativity flow.
See that green paper on the box below on left? That’s the backside of the Nostalgia Scrapbook Paper – Pet Postage Stamps and the holly berries are paw prints!
Beside these highlights, here’s the full supply list! And be sure to visit Rhonda’s blog for more photos and tips!
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More New Products!
Just a snippet from 16 new products (!) are shown at left (and below). From all the new Nostalgia papers (2 pads and 3 12x12s) to all the new Collage Sheets.
More ways to search:
– brand new items added this week are here (or click the photo at left for the same results)
or
– here’s a group of items related to the new kit (that’s all the new mini shadowbox lids)
or
– here are all of the items actually in the new kit
or
– here’s a repeat of Rhonda’s supply list from her Nostalgic Christmas Display shown above!
Hooray for the Christmas Nostalgia Kit Giveaway!
AND… Art project #2, by Design Team Member Kristin Batsel: Snowy Day!
Aw… this is so sweet (and vintage). Kristin used the same small shadowbox and lid combo as the Santa/candy canes box above, but they look completely different.
Here’s a bit from Kristin’s blog post, then I’ll explain what’s in the Giveaway prize:
The Alpha Stamps December kit is titled “Christmas Nostalgia”, and oh boy, do I have some nostalgic artwork for you today: using the 2″ by 3″ Mini Shadowbox and lid, I made the sweetest little winter scene. It reminds me of a vintage Christmas card. A swag of tiny holly leaves frame the inside of the opening, some Stickles (glitter in a tube) frame the outside, and glittery snowflakes finish off the top.
I used two copies of the same image to achieve a 3D look inside. I glittered up the background of the full image, and then cut out the girl and her dog and glittered only the snow. I attached the figures on top with foam tape so they stand out from the cold and snowy background. Aren’t they the sweetest?
Yep, very sweet (and so romantically nostalgic for Ms Batsel!)
First off for this Giveaway: I’m including the Christmas Nostalgia Kit (well, of course!) so you’ll get the shadowbox and lid in both of today’s projects (plus the 6×6 papers, etc.).
Next up: The holly garland trim, snowflakes, and the collage sheet with the little girl from Kristin’s artwork.
And finally: the 2 other new collage sheets (“other” as not in the kit): Christmas Kitty Cats Collage Sheet and Happy Snowmen Collage Sheet!
To enter the Christmas Nostalgia Kit 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, Monday Night, December 3, 2018).
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).
Hey, who won the Time for Tins for Christmas Giveaway from Thursday’s newsletter? That would be Jeanie Panagakos! Congrats! Check your email for info.
Looks like when I was a child!
Love the Christmas boxes!
Cute! Cute! Cute! Love all of them!
so much wonderful nostalgia!
love love love all these ideas…love Alphastamps.
I love everything Christmas!
Just what I like! Merry Christmas!
I love nostalgia and I love these boxes the santas are adorable
Love the nostalgic theme of all these projects! So very cute!!
Got to get me some of those mini shadow boxes . How cute are they !
I love vintage. And I love Christmas. I really want to make this project.
Every giveaway is better then the last ,if that’s possible.
Thank you Alpha Stamps, for giving so many of us the inspiration to create beautiful thing.
Love the vintage look.
I love all the nostalgic Christmas displays! And they wouldn’t need a lot of room to display them.
What a wonderful design! I love everything about it. I guess my favorite is the fawn…we have deer all around and the just look extra special in the snow.
So adorable! Loving the Nostalgic scene and would love to get my inky fingers on the goodies to create my own! TFS!
I love nostalgic Christmas decor. The shadow boxes are lovely!How fun to put together. They would look great on a mantle or bookcase
Love the mini shadowboxes! Really cute projects!
Love the retro look of these projects!
Very Sweet!
Making little surprise boxes for my grand babies! Surprise my picture in the center!
Cool idea 4 ornaments 2.
Nostalgia is my middle name…I absolutely adore these creations
Another snowy Sunday here and feeling a little Christmas Spirit. I just love these matchbox vignettes!
Love the nostalgic Christmas! These are adorable!
Aren’t those just simply darling! Love the retro vibe!
I just LOVe the cute shadowboxes that Kristin and Rhonda made. They are so sweet. Shadowboxes can be used for so many different occasions and they bring joy to those who give AND receive them…. Thanks for sharing such great ideas!
Love everything about this!
Love your mini kits
So sweet! Love everything about this week’s projects. I am a sucker for nostalgia!
These bring back such happy memories!!! Love them!
Oh I love this. Kitties and Christmas Perfect!!!!
Puppy’s and kitty’s! love them!
Merry Christmas 🎄🎁 Sounds like fun!I love shadow boxes!!!
I love the mini shadow boxes and the scenes are super. Victorian Christmases are my favorite.
Love the vintage feel!
It’s a Holly, Jolly Christmas. Love the shadow boxes.
These are so cute and fun
I love, love, love the shadowboxes!! And these Christmas ones are adorable!!!
Love the shadow boxes and all the scenes.
Super Cute! As Always!
Very cute, I love the shadow boxes!!!
Love the mini boxes. Reminds me of the small candy boxes we got as treat boxes at school, that had lids that when punch turned into mini shadow boxes,. Mine was a village scene and I used cotton for snow.
Love the mini boxes. Reminds me of the small candy boxes we got as treat boxes at school, that had lids that when punch turned into mini shadow boxes,. Mine was a village scene and I used cotton for snow.
Very sweet project!
I just love mini vignettes! Reminds me of a slower time!
Love the vintage vignettes! Love the
Nostalgic feel!
Just got a batch of beads yesterday and will put together some ornaments for my poor foot tall Norfolk Island pine. Love these ideas. Off to find some mini shadow boxes.
Thanks for stirring up some mini memories! Love them all.
WOW! Super cute!
Vintage has an innocents about it.
Love this adorable little shadowbox. I just finished an altered tin and this would be a great follow!
Now this one I like – cats and Christmas!!!
Love the cats collage sheet-so cute. >^..^<
Always great inspiration for future projects. I’m loving all the retro looks:)
Can’t you make Christmas kits all year long???? Never enough time to do baking and cards and gifts and decorating, etc in December. Love the Christmas shadow boxes.
I love the retro Christmas idea and the animals are adorable.
This is such a cute gift idea. Love it.
I’m a sucker for the innocent chjildren’s faces and the puppy dog papers. Can only imagine what I could do if I had both to play with. PeginOKC
These are so darling!!! What a great family project.
i love these shadowboxes..they are so vintage and those papers are so wonderful…reminds me of days past….love all the collections
So sweet. I have time to make these before Christmas!
Love the beautiful vintage look of all these projects.
I love the one with the reindeer in it.
I want it!! I am ordering this one for myself.
Takes me back to the good ol’ days
These would make great gifts!
Absolutely love the creativity in these little gem boxes! Each one is so cute it would be hard to pick a favorite!!
Too late for this year; but, will have a head start on next year! HO! Ho! Ho!
I love the vintage style images.
These are so adorable!!