Mama Elephant December Stampede

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Hey everyone!  Today we're stampeding with Mama Elephant!  There's no release this month, but that just means we get to play a bit more with the fantastic November stamps:)  

Today, I have a pair of fun gift ideas using last month's sets Cup of Wishes and No Peeking!  Over the several years, I've been trying to be more thoughtful and less wasteful in my holiday gifting.  "Things" have been replaced by "experiences" like tickets to shows, season passes for amusement parks, and lots and lots of homemade food and hot beverages:)  So today I have a teabag holder and hot chocolate on a stick (more on that later:) gift wrap.  I embossed the teacups in gold to mimic lovely vintage china.  Then I colored the flowers with my copics.  

Here's a closer look at the gold embossing!  {BTW, I'm using a new embossing pad that is super juicy, so forgive the heavy embossing!  I used my older ink pad for just the flower below and that's more representative of what the stamps look like:)}

The teabag holder on the left holds 5 teabags.  For the wrap on the right, I made the "hot chocolate on a stick" with this recipe.  BTW, I've heard that you can eat the "hot chocolate on a stick" like fudge.  Not that I would know firsthand, lol!

If you want to try out these gift holders yourself, pick up the Silhouette studio cut files here!  This one file has both templates:)

Thanks so much for popping in!  If you're working your way through today's blog hop from the beginning, you should have arrived from Pearl Lui's blog!  The next stop on this stampede is Lexi Bridges!  If you've just jumped into this stampede, don't worry!  Just start at the Mama Elephant blog and you won't miss a thing!

Mama Elephant/Kryssi 

Alice Wertz 

Joy Taylor 

Cheiron Brandon 

Julie Ebersole 

Mariana Grigsby 

Pearl Lui 

JJ Bolton (you are here)

Lexi Bridges

Savannah O'Gwynn 

Teri Anderson 

While you're hopping, don't forget to leave a comment for a chance to win a GC for the Mama Elephant site!  The winner will be announced on the ME blog on December 5th!

Mahalo and Aloha,

jj