christmas Comes Early Hop!

We are so excited for this hop! A bunch of your favorite designers getting together to bring you Christmas early! The line up includes Eileen Hull,
Jo Rotella, Just Yolie, 30 Minute Crafts, Betz Golden, Candy Rosenberg,
Jenn Dubell, Susan Shiles, Michelle Wells, Rita Barakat and yes your very own Midge and Madge of Midge and Madge Mingle! Plus there is over $100 in crafty prizes including Rita's latest line of diecuts/ephemra and fabulous paints from Plaid Crafts. More about this fabulous giveaway later in the post.
Who is ready to get started??? (We are raising our hands)!  First things first. If you love today's project we would love it if you would share this video (that is posted below) and if you would pin the image (up top) that would be fantastic!!!

Today we have created the cutest gift card holders with these fun canvas stockings by Heidi Swapp.  We used Rita's embossing powders from Emerald Creek, to create these personalized gifts.  Not only can these be used as a gift, but they also could create a fun home decor piece Banner, Frame, Christmas Ornaments even! The possibilities are endless with this project! The video below with show you how we created these fun stockings.  We go over now only the how to's, but different techniques we used to get the stockings to look aged and a little worn, you may even say vintage looking.

Supplies you will need to create this project:
*Heidi Swapp Small Canvas Stockings
*Rita Barakat Fairy Wings Embossing powders colors:Pink, Green, Blue
*Embossing Pens
*Embossing Ink Pad
*Heat Gun
*Tag Punch
*Black and Cream Cardstock
*Hot Glue Gun
*Fine Tip Sharpie

We hope that you enjoyed our fun Mini Christmas socks.  We love love how they turned out.  Be sure to hop through the whole line up so you can be eligible to win the giveaway!!! To enter to win you must visit and comment on each post! Bonus, stop by Plaid and like their FB Page!
The line up includes :
Rita Barakat
Eileen Hull
Betz Golden
Joe Rotella
Yolie Burke
Midge & Madge Mingle
Susan Hiles
Carolina Moore
Michelle Wells
Candy Rosenburg

Big Hugs-
xoxoxoxoxox
Midge & Madge