Welcome Creatives! ! It is a celebration as today is my tenth release of die cuts (ephemera)!
This is part of my newest collection, called a Merry Little Christmas. Such an exciting day…

Christmas Comes Early ~A merry little Christmas collection
This is the new collection in the shop now! Wanting to share some easy creative ideas so of course, I included the new Merry Little Christmas collection. There are five die cuts in this ephemera collection that is a little smaller than the other collections (3x3inches) because I wanted them to be used as tags. Let’s get started:
All of the projects included one die cut from the set you can exchange it with one of the others in the set or stamp your own.
1.) A simple card – a little washi, a little Plaid paint to color the snowflakes and a little Glitterific for the sparkle.
2.) The sitting elf ornament is the elf backed with chipboard and a couple of those painted snowflakes on little twine.
3.) I painted this blank little nutcracker soldier with the same paints and glitter. Haning the tag with the twine.
Sometimes the most special gifts are handmade, with a little paint you can customize your gifts to the person or situation.
5.) Here I hand painted this box to suit my theme, you can paint or wrap your boxes in colors that compliment or theme or perhaps create different colors for each person. (Plaid paints used- Apple Barrel Summer Blue and Folk Art Artist Pigment Alizarin Crimson)
6.) Each year I create ornaments for the family, I have been loving glitter so it seemed fitting that this year’s ornament would have glitter. To create this look paint half of the ornament in blue and the top half in red Cover the entire ornament once dry with Glitterific. If you haven’t used this it is so much easier than glitter- it is a gel-like substance filled with different sizes of glitter. Simply squeeze it out of the bottle and spread it with a paintbrush or your finger. Glitter tends to get stuck in brushes so I prefer to use my finger, which makes for easier cleanup.
(The bear and the elf would also make great finger puppets too!)



I LIKED Plaid on Facebook many years ago…My bonus…
I like the girlie sitting on the floor wearing a hat. She’s really cute. She IS a Rita Barakat girlie.
lol thanks Sharon!
I am in such awe! The die cuts, and that ornament! Perfect collection!
Thank you Michelle – I had such a fun time with this!
So Cool having a Hop. Sue Hiles Put me on to you & Your Etsy Shop. Thank-You so much for the Gift of Love you sent with my Order. I will do a Thank-You Video Very Soon 🙂 Now I’m Off to watch the other Videos and become Inspired Once Again. Love & (((HUGS)))- Nana #3
So festive and fun!
Great gifts to go in
the gift box. Love the
colors you used.
Carla from Utah
Thank you Carla!
Omgoodness I love this little collection!
That color combo💕💕💕💕
Thank you so much!!!
Thanks for the Glitteriffic idea. Or sent me.
Simply darling! Love the colors and the sparkle! Great ideas!
Like your Christmas characters, such cheery faces.
Love your little Christmas characters, they are happy souls.
LOVE!!!! The color combos, theses elves are adorable♥️💙♥️💙💙
Adorable! I love the colors you chose and your images are so cute. Thank you!
I love getting to know more creative minds and different products, a blog hop is always great for this! The gel glitter looks beautiful on the bauble. Love the colours!
How cute! Love the ornament and the winking elf!@
Such a cute and whimsical collection. The glitter and the colors as well as the faces really sold me. This is the first time I’ve seen your work. So glad I found this blog hop
Love the color combination of the red and turquoise! For several years, I did a white Christmas tree decorated with red and turquoise ornaments and I thought it was beautiful. And who doesn’t love glitter! I know I do! Thanks for the great ideas.
I love it! I a thinking about doing the same this year!
Cute projects!
Beautiful bright , cheery colors!
So many fun images Rita! I have liked Plaid for a very long time!
Thank you Donna! Me too!
I LOVE it all!!!!!
These are adorable! I have a soft spot for all things Nutcracker 😊❤️💙❤️💙
What a cute Christmas collection! Just on time for Christmas prepping!
I love the shimmery ornament!
Joe sent me
That stamp set is adorable.
Super cute die cutes! Perfect for Christmas…and I love the matching ornaments 💖💖
Love the idea of personalized nutcrackers! Thanks for the inspiration!
P.S. Joe sent me!
I liked plaid FB. Lovely colors!
1) Cute ideas!
2) Been a fan of Plaid for years
3) Joe sent me!
Hop looks exciting and colorful… can’t wait to check it out!!!
Love the color combo!
I am in love with these!! Great color combination!!
What a great way to end such a crazy day. I am hopping! lol I love seeing all this crafty goodness.
Absolutely adorable holiday ideas!!
Such a jolly bunch of projects! Love them!
Rita, this is such an amazing collection! I love each and every piece that you created. The color, the sparkle, and the creativity surely abound!! Wow, I know you will have a very festive holiday season!!
This set is so cute. I love the colors you used. Thanks for sharing!!!
Joe sent me!!! What great tags and projects! I love the colors! Thanks so much for sharing
Love the sparkle and the projects. Those dies are so darling. These really reflect the sparkle of the season.
Hi Rita! It’s been a while for me being here! I have been going through some very major depression issue’s lately more than I usually go through! So I haven’t been active in your group! But I am trying to get back in to the swing of things! ! And I saw that you were having a really fun blog hop and I thought what better way to go! I just finished your blog hop! And I really enjoyed all of the creativity from everyone here! I will be back to watching your really fun videos starting today! I hope I don’t seem weird in asking this but if you could pray for me! I struggle so much with energy and motivation to do anything! And joy for me just isn’t there in anything in my life! God bless you! And look forward to this evening watching your video!
Oh, Cindy, I m so sorry you are feeling this way – big hugs – absolutely I will pray for you!
Father I pray for my sister Cindy right now – I pray for her heart and mind Lord.
This time of year is so hard for so many Lord please surround her with your presence,
remind her that she is loved and so very precious to you.
I ask for little moments of blessings that she would recognize as being from you Lord. Reminders that You have her, love her and care about her.
I thank you Lord for what you will do here, you know her heart Lord and you created her to be the beautiful blessing that she is.
Thank you, we love you, in Jesus name I pray Amen.
Oh Rita, Thank you so much for such a beautiful and meaningful prayer! It’s definitely been such a struggle right now for me with so many things! I really do appreciate what you did for me with this prayer! God Bless You Too!
Beautiful projects! Such a lovely sweet set. Simply adore the color scheme you used. Fun hop. Aack, Christmas will be here any minute!
i love the colors in these die cuts my favorite is the girl sitting
Such a cute collection! My turquoise loving daughter would adore the gift tags on all her presents this year!
What a sweet little collection!!!!
The projects are very cute! Joe sent me!
Love that ornament!
What an adorable idea. I love the glitter and the bright blue color choice!
Thank you so much Erin! Hope you enjoyed the hop!
I love the sparkle bobble ornament. Great colors and you can never have enough sparkles at Christmas.
Thank you so much Sam! I agree I love sparkles…all year round!
I love those plaid glitter paints! They are so fun. Great job using them!
I like the snowmen. They aren’t restricted to Christmas only. – They are good for the entire snow season – 3 months or so!
All of them are so cheery.
Love the nutcracker soldier.
Thank you Juanita! My hubby collects them so I try to do one homemade each year!