The number of days until Christmas are quickly ticking down. If you are like me, you still have way too much to do and too little time and money to do it. This week, I thought you might like a reminder of the free resources here on About.com Scrapbooking that you can use to create gifts, and make cards and gift tags.

Christmas Tree Card Patterns: This gallery includes 9 ways to make a Christmas tree on a greeting card, tag, or scrapbook page.

Scrapbook Ornaments and Cubes: Here you can find patterns for two different types of scrapbooked ornaments and also the instructions for the adorable wooden scrapbook cubes. These make a great gift for your children's grandparents.

Scrapbook Gift Ideas: From mini books to decorated wooden words, here you can find a wide variety of projects that you can complete in time for the holidays.

One of the best parts about scrapbooking is getting together with other scrapbookers. Sometimes you may be having just one or two friends over to work on your albums, but other times you may be helping to plan a large crop event. A quick or ongoing game or challenge can inspire creativity when you are scrapbooking for hours and hours. Games can add excitement to the crop or help break someone's "scrappers block." These 5 games are all things that can be played without interupting cropping time.

This year, scrapbookers are looking for ways to be frugal with their gift giving while still giving meaningful gifts to friends and loved ones. Mini books, small project scrapbooks are the perfect solution. In this gallery, you can find ideas for many different types of mini books. Start scrapping now and you will be able to complete a mini scrapbook for everyone on your list. Also, this month, if you have a mini book idea that you have created that you think I should add to the gallery, be sure to read the Current Page Calls to see how to send in a photo to share with About.com Scrapbooking readers.

Quotes are a quick way to add journaling to your scrapbook pages. These quotes about Thanksgiving reflect the history of the holiday and have been selected especially for card making and scrapbooking.

If you need ideas for getting started on that Thanksgiving layout you can check out the gallery of Scrapbook Pages About Thankfulness.

And finally, this week, if you are looking for an inexpensive way to dress up your Thanksgiving layout, you will want to visit the Free Fall Patterns and Page Ideas gallery.