Holiday Verses and Funny Quotes for Scrapbooks, Paper Crafts and Sublimation Projects

Welcome crafters, artists and hobby enthusiasts to The Cherry On Top.

We’re getting totally creative today with all kinds of craft ideas for Christmas. Finding just the right funny expression, popular saying or meaningful verses isn’t always that easy. Until now!

We will be setting you up with a fantastic list of festive sayings and funny quotes for the wintery, holiday season. 

Save time and use this list for your cards and more.

Get Inspired and Get Into the Christmas Craft Spirit!

With thousands of winter designs geared for the holidays, you’ll be a holly jolly crafter, for sure. Just think of all of the ideas and gifts you can make this season. Beautiful ornaments for the tree, cards, tags, stickers...

Let’s Start Off With Popular Religious Christmas Verses:

• Joy To The World

• Glory To The Newborn King

• All Is Calm All Is Bright

• Peace On Earth

• Christmas Blessings

• Winter Blessings

• Christ Is Born

• Jesus Is The Reason For The Season

We’ll Switch Gears and Provide Some Well Known Santa Sayings:

- I Can’t, Santa Is Watching

- Santa, I Can Explain

- Christmas Express

- Special Delivery

- Believe

- Reindeer Express

- This Family Believes

- North Pole

- Santa’s Workshop

- Dasher, Dancer, Donner, Blitzen, Comet, Cupid, Prancer, Vixen, Rudolph

- Ho Ho Ho

- Hand Made By Elves

- Don’t Open Until Christmas or December 25th

- Reindeer Parking

- Santa Stops Here

- Santa, Stop Here, Please

- Santa’s Little Helper

- Elf Squad

- Elf Crew

- Santa’s Favorite Elf

- This House Is Under Elf Surveillance

- The Elf Did It

- Embrace Your Inner Elf

- Mommy’s Favorite Elf

Here Are Some Traditional Quotes for Christmas Time

• ‘Tis The Season

• ‘Tis The Season To Be Jolly

• The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year

• We Wish You A Merry Christmas

• Merry Christmas

• Merry And Bright

• Joy

• It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas

• Eat Drink And Be Merry

• Be Merry

• Believe In The Magic Of Christmas

• Christmas Bells Are Ringing

• I’m Dreaming Of A White Christmas

• Noel

• Old Fashioned Sleigh Rides

• Farm Fresh Christmas Trees

• Have A Holly Jolly Christmas

• Christmas Wishes

• It’s Christmas Time

• Seasons Greetings

• December 25th

• Fresh Cut Trees

• Baby’s 1st Christmas

• Jingle Bells

• Happy Holidays

• Oh, So Jolly

• ...Days Until Christmas

• Christmas Countdown

• Jingle All The Way

• At Christmas All Roads Lead Home

• Deck The Halls

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Here's a fun assortment I designed for the holidays with kitty cats. Cats and Christmas are always a winning combination.

Here Are the Wintertime Quotes:

• Let It Snow

• Warm Wishes

• Baby, It’s Cold Outside

• Life Is Better With Snow

• Welcome To Our Winter Wonderland

• Let’s Get Cozy

• Hello, Winter

• Dashing Through The Snow

• Winter Is In The Air

And don’t forget!  Christmas quotes are super for scrapbooking layouts, too.

Use these quotes or verses on cards, ornaments, pot holders, tea towels, hand towels...the ideas are endless!

Sassy Holiday Sayings for Craft Projects

I’ll admit, I’m quite the fan of sassy Christmas holiday sayings.  Here are some for you to consider for your next card or craft project.

• Naughty Is The New Nice

• ‘Tis The Season To Sparkle

• Candy Cane Wishes and Mistletoe Kisses

• Let’s Get Lit

• I’m Only A Morning Person on Christmas

• Christmas Calories Don’t Count

• I’m Dreaming Of A Wine Christmas

• Gangsta Wrapper

• Naughty Or Nice

• This Guy (or Girl) Loves Christmas

• Christmas Vibes Only

• Shake Your Flakes

• Candy Cane Crew

• Get Your Jingle On

• Stress, Blessed and Christmas Obsessed

• Who Needs Santa I Have Grandma

• Be Naughty Save Santa The Trip

• NanaClause

Take a look at these funny alcohol or wine related sayings I used for my huge bundle of wine tags for your holiday gift giving.

Here Are Some Baking Related Christmas Quotes:

Perhaps you’d like to send a Christmas greeting through a baked goody, pot holder, tea towel or other creative kitchen item.  

• I Just Want To Bake Stuff And Watch Christmas Movies

• Cookies For Santa

• Baking Christmas Memories

• Holiday Baking Crew

• Baked With Christmas Cheer

• Sweet As A Christmas Cookie

• Christmas Baking Team

• We Wisk You A Merry Christmas

• Let’s get Baked

I’m sure we’ve filled your wonderfully creative brain with all kinds of craft ideas for the season.  We’re thrilled you stopped!  Let us know if we missed your favorite Christmastime saying and join us in our community where you can share your projects and ask questions. The Cherry's group is a place to share your projects and get inspiration.

This blog is full of project ideas, tutorials and loads of free stuff. Take a look around and enjoy!

Happy holiday crafting!

Awesome Gift Basket Ideas for Anyone, a Large Gift Bag from Wrapping Paper Tutorial and Free Wine Tag

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I've been wanting to post this blog all year. I'm thrilled you're here to check it out. Last year, I whipped up three gift baskets for our family Christmas party. We're a small family with guys and gals across the ages. From 17 through 77. Everyone has everything they need for the most part. So, what kind of gifts are we supposed to get?

I visited a local organic shop that provides a lot of local products. I wanted to gather a collection of goodies that just about anyone would like. That were all from local businesses and that were at least little healthy-ish. Hehehe...

Take a look at what I put together and how I wrapped them all up.

Above was my choclate lovers basket with chocolate cookie bombs for in milk, chocolate drops for drinks and desserts, salty caramel chocolate bars and cookies with chocolate. I sprinkled a few smaller, wrapped chocolates over the top of the basket stuffing. The basket was something I've had for years and I did ask for all of the baskets back. (Insert sassy emoji. hehehe...)

Here's a tea lovers gift idea. Some basic, black tea that's organic and good quality. A bag of sencha tea, herbal tea, blueberry cookies and a delicious flavored iced tea. That's all 25 Euros will get for this one! I folded a frozen pizza box in half then wrapped it in gift paper to support the items. Puzzle the items for balance, wrap in plastic and hang some ribbon and a nice (maybe recycled) ornament.

Next, I put together a "teen" basket in a recycled paper gift box. There are 2 bags of gourmet chips, sour candies, local chocolate and a few different gourmet sodas. Everything is organic. Including the fruit pockets and smaller, foil wrapped chocolate coins. Wrap in plastic and top off with a pretty bow.

There are the three baskets.

Let's jump into the wrapping paper tutorial. It's so easy!

Roll out your paper. Make sure you've got a lot! This one is folded in half, the long way and taped down the middle.

Put your basket on top and fold around it to see just how big a piece of paper you need.

See how ya do the bottom? It will provide a nice base.

Now, fold those center points towards the middle, tape and the bottom is set.

Put your gift in the bag, carefully.

Look how tall! You can cut off any extra or...

Or fold it over and tape. You could try to gather it together at the top and tie with more ribbon, but you'll need just the right paper for that. Paper that is a bit flexible. Add any tags or ribbon to finish it up. If your basket is heavy, you'll have to carry it from the bottom.

I was really pleased to see how easy this gift bag was to make. Give it a try!

This year I'm making :

Cozy Basket with a blanket, slipper socks, candles, 2 mugs and hot chocolate mix.

Sweet Basket with gourmet sodas, candy and cookies.

Beer and nut basket with beer glasses, a variety of beer and different nuts.

Coffee and Tea Basket with locally fired, organic coffee, quality bio tea, 2 mugs, 2 spoons, fancy sugar cubes and creamer. Consider beans or ground as well as loose or bagged tea. Beans means they need a grinder. Make sure they have one. If you choose loose tea either provide organic bags or a fun diffuser. I love the mugs or tea pot with a diffuser inside.

Another fun idea is a small jar full of rolled bills or coin money, put into the center of a larger jar. In all of the empty space, you fill with little, hard candy. Maybe something like MnM's or those candy coated almonds? Consider the space there is to fill when choosing the candy.

My host idea is a magnum sized bottle of Prosecco. I know she loves it and I bought it from my neighbor who visits Italy every few months and brings back all kinds of amazing, Italian goodies. I'll add a large, gorgeous tag and festive cluster similar to the one pictured below. I love Pinterest for ideas!

Think of who the gift is for. Try to add a personal touch by using items that show you "know" the recipient. If you don't know if they have coffee stuffs or even if they like it or tea or if they are diabetic...Consider the person or people when making your purchases. Buy local and with cash to help out your neighbors. Amazon is already rolling in it. They don't need your help. Hehehe... Your neighbors just might. Think healthy if possible. It shows you care. Think holistically when buying gifts. Recycle wherever possible. I reuse the large plastic wrap and baskets and design beautiful tags from old Christmas cards.

If ya need more ideas, hit up The Cherry On Top's, Gift Ideas. There's a Christmas board as well.

Here's a really, really fun idea for you. I bought some small Christmas cards that came in these little, clear, plastic boxes. I removed the cards, added these mini digital scrapbook pages of my nieces and inside, put some small gifts perfect for young ladies. Pop over to the blog for the tutorial and more gift ideas for little ladies.

Download the image below, print, cut out the circle and add to your wine gift.

Thanks for your visit. Use our search bar at the top to find more holiday ideas.

Happy holidays!

Visiting Monschau Germany A Fairy Tale Historic Village

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Today, I'm showing off some old pages I designed many years ago from a trip to Monschau, Germany. I quickly looked through the blog and could not find anything on this album I scrapped. Shocking! Hehehe...

The main reason I'm showing these off is to write about my latest trip to Monschau that I took, last week. As you may know, we travel quite a bit and I'm often doing research on where to go. Looking up places and what's to do there. Often, I can't find enough information. So, I thought I'd start blogging our travels so that others can get a better idea of the area and decide if it's enough.

Above is a fairly simple page with two lovely pictures of Monschau's high lights, the river running through the village and fabulous architecture including fachwerk. Monschau is a very charming, old, smaller village not far from the Belgian border. You can walk through the village in a few hours. It's full of shops and restaurants that are open in the warmer months, but much to our disappointment, closed in the colder ones.

We were there towards the end of November and nearly everything was closed. Some of the cafes/restaurants were open. Though the village is full of shops, nearly all of them were not open. That being said, it is still worth a visit.

Here's a close up of the cluster.

Below, I cut some designs from a design paper. My skills were a bit limited then.

The temperatures were much warmer for the trip I'm showing off. Just wait until you see the next installation!

In the pictures above, is a nice square with all of those tables. We went to that restaurant shown on the bottom. The prices were pretty good and so was the food. Flosdorff has a typical German menu and there's quite a lot to see when you're sitting inside. We were watching people set up the Christmas market much to our dismay. We missed by one week!!! Grrrr...

The page above and below are side by side or double pages. 

Look how simple the pages are. Square shapes, some layered text boxes and that's it.

The colors are mimicked on both pages lending to cohesion and uniformity.

I love the black, bordeaux and beige. They are classic colors which I thought fitting for such an old village.

All year, you can find plenty of places that serve drinks and sweets like beer, gluhwein, apfelstudel and caffe.

The title on the page below is kind'a cool. Note the contrasting colors for poppage. These pics are actually from Butchenbach, Belgium. The area of Belgium that used to be Germany.

Mmmm...pretzels! My favorite and fresh baked, too.

Below, you can see the fachwerk. I wonder why they don't design houses like this any more? Personally, I find today's architecture exceedingly unimaginative, boring and flat out ugly. The mental stimulation of beauty and craftsmanship is sorely missed, but in the alt stadt, Munschau.

Through the photos you can see that there is plenty of nature in and around Monschau. If you're into outdoor sports like hiking, hunting, biking, etc this would be a great place to visit. It's quiet. There isn't a lot of anything around this area which was exactly what I wanted.

Another simple page with contrasting matting and the same color palette. Look how the text boxes stand out against the busy background.

The red house is worth a gander, too. It doesn't cost much to visit. You can stroll several rooms, tastefully decorated from centuries ago. The theme is fabric because they used to make it there. There's only a tiny bit of history to learn and it doesn't take long at all to go through it. They close over lunch!

Here's a close up.

If you don't have a lot of time, keep your pages simple. Above, I simply rounded the corners of my photos with a punch, cut a few strips of paper and used a huge paper flower with a button center and done. Easy, right?

I designed a large pocket for my last scrapbook page so I could put all of my ephemera in it. I cut around the fun design of the paper and adhered it around the three sides. For pretty pages, use repetition and don't introduce too many colors and or patterns.

I threw this blog post in this spot because I got the dates mixed up for the Love for Templates train. I thought it was this day, not the Friday after. Duh! Hehehe...

Since it is Friday, I did come up with a fun freebie for ya. I'll have another one for the second part of the Monschau posting. Ya have to come back and check it out to see the difference between spring and fall visits. It will take your breath away!

I made a fun, easy digital page and I'm sharing the cluster with text, Germany across it. You can click here to download it. 

Make sure ya come back next week for the regularly scheduled blog, the train, the chicken freebie and more.

Keep looking for the second part of the Monschau post. It really is a magical place no matter what time of year you go. 

Thanks for stopping by the blog. Happy travels!

Thanksgiving Planning with The Cherry On Top

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Years ago, I blogged all kinds of ideas in the form of recipes and printables. Find all of the links right here and get cook'n!

This first one covers all of the bases. Starters, main course, sides, dessert...

Here are the sides to check out.

Click here for the desserts.

I've got some fun printable placemats with neat examples. Click on the images to check them out.

Here is what it looks like printed right from your house on your own printer.

I'll be keeping it super simple since Thanksgiving isn't observed in Europe and I'm way too lazy for all of that cooking, prep and clean up. Hehehe...

What I've been doing lately is buying a rotisserie chicken that's all ready to go.

I make my own cranberry sauce because it is way easy and ya can't buy it prepped around here. A recipe is provided in a link, above. I dump a can of corn in a small pot with some butter and salt and heat it through. Since my oldest doesn't like corn, I usually whip up some carrots with a bit of butter and salt as well. The starch changes each year. I love stuffing, but no one else does. You can find the recipe in a blog linked here, in this blog. If the hubs decides to grill a chicken, we can simply throw on some sweet and or regular potatoes to the grill and we're set. Keep it simple if you prefer, but always be grateful.

Thank you for checking us out and good luck with your meal.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Free Printable Holiday Step Card, Vintage Book Designs and More Free Chicken Designs from The Cherry On Top

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I've got a sweet little mix of goodies, today. Some beautiful, watercolor designs from Chai Eighteen with printable ideas. There's definitely a fall vibe going on. We were in Germany last week where the leaves were turning colors and littering the ground. We've got the wood stove going now as well. It seems fitting with these autumnal designs.

Enjoy the new freebies from the chicken collection, Welcome to the Coop. I also put in a few images of The Cherry's most popular blogs, the top hat tutorial, paper dress template and the shadow puppets. In case you missed these fun, popular paper projects, check them out. It's all free.

I showed off Chai Eighteen's designs, above. I used them to make bookmarks and papers. Visit her shop and get inspired!

Y'all know how much I love purple. This shade went really well with Jo's designs. I created a mini collection of design papers, fall designs and this neat tag.

Here's a look at our three most popular blogs.

I started off a traditional, paper scrapper and I've always been a crazy creative. I love fashion and wanted to design clothes, but man! I can't do any kind of needle work at all. No sewing, crocheting, knitting... I can't believe how terrible I am despite all of the training.

At least I could pull off these projects! Hehehe...Above are just some scraps and a cereal box. People were requesting a tutorial. So, I made a template and a step by step for ya.

You'll find free templates or links to free templates for all three of these projects.

This dress was sew easy! Paper, glue and some fun embellishments and you're set!

There's my cutie 10 years ago. We've been around for quite a while, now.

A fan asked if I'd blog more cards and card templates. You know me! I obliged and created this step card. You'll be able to use it as a template. Just click on the image and download it directly. I've got an envelope for ya, too. Use them both as is or use the designs as templates. I designed them all from scratch.

I've got a nifty tutorial on how to put this baby together. It's really easy. The blog is really, really long and full of holiday inspiration. I know this blog is full of links that are no longer working. I do plan on going through every one (nearly 1,000) and fixing that, though most store links won't work just because the blogs are so old and I only sell at Design Bundles these days.

I used really pretty goodies from Design Bundles for today's freebie. If you follow that tutorial link, there's a free coordinating paper over there. Wink, wink...

Grab the collection from Plus.

So, I played with the printable. If you print out the envelope as is, it will take up most of a standard size A4 or 8x11 inch paper. The center is about 5.5x4 inches. That means, you'll have to make sure the card is the right size so when folded in half, it will fit in the envelope. I did make the card to fit, but the size cold change in your computer when ya print. 8x5 inches will do the trick with a little room to play. Use a more rigid paper and check those printer levels for quality.

This is most of the collection that I'm giving away. Today, I've got the 9th free pack. You may have missed a lot. Scroll back and grab them all. There's only one more pack and I still gotta finish giving you the French collection I started that coordinates with my book. I've finished the first draft and I'm experimenting with the format. It's going to be really fun and unique. I can't wait to share it with you!

Enjoy today's other freebie!

Thanks so much for checking out The Cherry. Feel free to show off your lovely paper or digital creations in our group. I may stop using Facebook. I'd go and grab all of the free stuff you can from the albums. If you've got any ideas of another space where we can share our creations, let me know. I was on Instagram, but it didn't exactly take off and I get motion sickness scrolling there. Hehehe... I still have it and could get it started again if there's enough interest. If you like it, let me know.

Oh! I'm also having issues with Mailchimp. I cannot access my account as of now. I have contacted them and I'm in line, waiting .... Days later. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Have a fantastic weekend and make sure you find time to do the things you love.