Christmas flip book

I had to make a Christmas flip book for a group. I chose to use some 4x6 Project Life cards as my base. I kinda modeled it on a flip book I got earlier in the year.

 This base was red with spots, I added the smaller project life card to the middle along with some plaid washi. The circles at the top were chipboard, but I took most of the dimension off of them. I used some holly washi to hold it all together.

 Inside I covered the back of the project life card with a scrap of paper I had, I didn't realize I had it on sideways, it also had some stuff I had to cover on the left side, I just layered some scraps on it. I thought the 'Happy Holidays' was an ephemera piece and it turned out to be a sticker. The card on the right has holly and gold berries. I added the brown bag with the sticker and put some holiday stickers in it. The 'tab' was a tag sticker, I just trimmed off the top of it.

The card on the left is plaid, I added a 3x3 card to it, the 'Merry & Bright' is from the bottom of another card. The sprigs in the corners are dimensional. The card on the right was actually some paper I got in a swap. I used some of my puffy hot chocolate cup stickers. The tabs were chipboard again, and I took most of the dimension off them, too. I tried to keep it pretty flat, so I could send it as a somewhat heavy letter. And it worked out, I think I sent it with a regular stamp and some extra ounce stamps.
I really like how this turned out.

Crafty Christmas Advent Calendar

I signed up to do an Advent Calendar swap in one of my groups. I've done big swaps like this before, the thing that kept getting to me was I had to make at least half the items, and for some reason I just couldn't get into it.
Here's everything I sent:

 The purchased stuff:

 Twine, tag set, chalkboard tags, album kit, Christmas tree pieces, garland kit, ornament, chocolate, wood stickers, pearls, pin and a gift card holder.
What I made:

  tassel, paperclips, snowflake ornament, magnets, handmade embellishments, bookmark, mason jar, altered mini composition book, snowflake handmade embellishments, star ornament, Christmas tags, Christmas embellishments.
Tassel:

 

 I had received one of these a few years ago, I always planned to make one. I have a ton of trim/lace, so I picked out a bunch that went together. I believe it's just the lace/trim laid out, tied in the middle and flipped down. I wrapped the top with a piece of trim and put a resin bow on it. There's also a couple beads at the top. Somehow some of the same pieces ended up next to each other and some more pieces refuse to hang down, but I love it, I even made another one for myself.
Altered paperclips:

 The Santa and poinsettia I already had, I whipped up the ornament one so I could say I made one.
Snowflake ornament:

 For one of my swaps I had to make an ornament with one of the Dollar Tree ones, and I just kinda kept going. This one has a die cut snowflake on the back, the DT snowflake, a glittery snowflake, a felt snowflake, a plastic snowflake, a sticker and a star gem.
Magnets:

 Back in September I bought some magnets made from buttons, and my friend said I could do that. I picked out some of my vintage buttons and added some magnets to them. I found out (should have known) the flat ones work better than the shank ones. I did trim off the shank, but there's always a bit of it left.
Handmade embellishments:

 These are just a bunch that I had already made and had around.
Bookmark:

 This was actually one of the last items I made. I just layered a bunch of paper and added some letter stickers to spell out Merry. I haven't done a bookmark before, not sure why, it's not like they are hard.
Altered mason jar decor piece.
This is what it looked like when I bought it:

I bought it at the Dollar Tree thinking I would alter it. I scraped off the glitter lettering. and covered it in paper.

 I added an extra layer of the white flowers on foam tape. I added the red berries on top of ones on the paper, as well as a sprig of greenery and a tiny pinecone. I also added the 'festive wishes' sticker. I love how it came out.
Altered mini composition book:

 This one was not Christmas, it was way easier to make it not Christmas. I just put some leafy paper on the background, picked out this fairy piece from an ephemera pack, added the leaf, flower and butterfly bling and the 'today is the day' sticker.
Snowflake embellishments:

 I found these snowflake die cuts and just added a snowflake pick, a couple stickers to one. And a felt sticker, another die cuts and a plastic piece to another one. The third one is a mini snowflake ornament to which I added a wooden snowflake and a gem to the top.
Star ornament:

 This was originally a burlap ornament from Hobby Lobby, I just started layering some of my lace/trim on it. I loved this so much I made some more for me as well.
Christmas embellishments:

 I call these embellishments, but they are about the size of tags. The one on the left, I traced a die cut I had on these two papers, added some flat back pearls, the holidays ticket and some puffy house stickers. The one on the right has some layered papers, some trim, a ribbon, and a flamingo die cut.
Christmas tags:

the left one has layered paper, some washi, a snowman from a card, a random sprig and a poinsettia flower. The one on the right is kinda like the star above only it started as a star piece of cardstock and then I just put washi tape on it.

This was fun, though I had a really hard time deciding what to make, not entirely sure why.