Yarn wreaths with Felt flowers

I'm almost done sharing holiday projects -- I had so much fun making these yarn/felt wreaths for craft fairs and christmas gifts. It was fun trying different color combos of yarn and felt. Wrapping the foam wreath with the yarn was very time consuming -- it took over an hour to do each one plus the time to make all the flowers but they turned out so pretty! All the felt flowers are made with different dies in the big shot and then either sewn or glued together! Hope you enjoy them!

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Quick and easy Gift Bags

Once the gifts were ready I needed some extra gift bags... Luckily I had in my stash some plain kraft and white gift bags just begging to be dressed up for the holidays! I simply added on a sheet of paper from the Festival of Prints designer paper pack. Then I added a snowflake cut out with the  big shot Snow Flurries die and an oval stamped with Peace on earth! These went together very quickly and are so pretty!

stamps: Greetings of the season

ink: cherry cobbler

paper: Festival of Prints designer paper stack, whisper white

big shot: Snow Flurries Bigz Die

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Handmade Holiday Gifts

Now that the holidays are over and the gifts are unwrapped I can share a few of the ones I made this year. I found this idea on pinterest -- chalkboard mugs! Although it was a little harder than I thought it might be. I carefully used painters tape to tape off a section of the mug where I wanted the chalkboard area to be, covering the rest of the mug with plastic wrap to protect it. Then I handed them off to my husband, Jeff, who's handier with spray paint than I am. He gave them each a few coats of chalkboard spray paint. Then,  I carefully peeled off the tape and plastic wrap and touched up any mistakes with an exacto knife. To prime the area for chalk, you need to scribble all over it with chalk first and then wipe it off. Now they were ready to gift.. I added in some chalk in a little cello bag along with coffe or hot chocolate and some cute marshmallow snowmen and a candy cane! 

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Ornaments!

I am sharing something with you today that was NOT made by me :)

My mother-in-law was very ambitious and made a bunch of these ornaments, similar to one on the front cover of the Holiday catalog! They turned out so pretty! Here are the three beautiful ones she gave my husband and I!  The first one was for me - Hello Kitty. I have always loved hello kitty so this was perfect! 

 

Then there are the Mickey and Minnie ones for Jeff and I. We all spent some great time at Disneyworld this year so these ornaments will be the perfect momento for my tree for this year and years to come! Thank you so much for these lovely handmade ornaments! We love them!

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Clothespin Wreath

I made a couple of wreaths like this for my craft fairs last year and one for myself, of course! I used mod podge to adhere the paper to the clothespins (retired SU holiday paper) and then hot glued them onto a wooden wreath circle. I alternated which direction the spring sides of the pins to the center and outside so that you can pin stuff on both directions. I ended up using mine to hold my christmas cards-- I love how this turned out. A great way to display cards!

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Festive Holiday drink!

Happy New Year!

I hope everyone had a fabulous new years eve and is enjoying the new year so far! I wanted to share another fun cocktail card today using the Happy Hour stamp set!  I love how quick and easy it is to make a fun card with some simple paper flags! Just takek a couple pieces of patterned paper and flag the ends... then stamp an image to put over the other ends as your focal point. Simple and fun! It also shows that a little patterned paper goes a long way!

stamps: Happy Hour, Greetings of the Season

ink: Real Red, Early Espresso, Old Olive

paper:  Real Red, Whisper white, Festival of prints designer paper stack

Big Shot: Framelits Dies - Apothecary Accents, Chevron Embossing folder

other:  1/8" taffeta ribbon- old olive 

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Cheers to the New Year!

Happy New Year's Eve! I can't believe how fast this year has gone! I have had so much fun paper crafting with all my friends - and I'm excited to start a new year with more cards ahead of me. Today I'm sharing one of my favorite cards made with the Happy Hour set. I thought this was an appropriate one to send out the year with some cheers! 

To make this card I cut out several of that fun shape using the Framelits die - Apothecary Accents - in the big shot. Then I stamped various drinks on three of them from the Happy Hour stamp set, with a "cheers"  on the fourth one.  Then I layered them over some real red card stock that has been embossed using the fancy fan embossing folder. I added some paper int he background and some grosgrain ribbon in different coordinating colors (I think this ribbon is retired but I still have some left and the colors still match!)

stamps: Happy Hour

ink: Real Red, Old Olive

paper:  Real Red, Whisper white, Retired Designer paper, old olive

Big Shot: Framelits Dies - Apothecary Accents,  Fancy Fans embossing folder

other: Ribbon Grosgrain in red, olive and white (retired)

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Christmas Mug

Need to use up all those little paper scraps you have left? Here's a great way to do it. Simply choose a neutral colored background for you card that goes with your scraps and then put a few strips across the card. Add on a pretty accent, such as the mug from the Scentsational season set and you have a fun modern card! This is a great way to use up little pieces and leftovers - I hardly every throw away any scraps since you can usually find a fun use for them!

stamps: Scensational Season, Teeny Tiny Wishes

ink: Cherry Cobbler, soft suede

paper:  Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Whisper white, Festival of Prints designer paper stack scraps

Big Shot: Framelits Dies - Holiday Collection

other: Adhesive pearl, Scallop circle punch, circle punch

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Peace on Earth Birdcage

I really love this bird cage set, Aviary, but haven't used it much so I wanted to try to make a couple holiday cards with it. I posted one a couple of days ago here, and this is the second one I made. This card uses the bird and cage from the Aviary set along with the holly from the Happy Hour Set.  Then I added on some ribbon (this is retired, I think its from Sale-a-Bration last year). The shape is cut out using the Framelits die (window frames). I also used the early espresso Core'dinations cardstock and the woodgrain embossing folder to create the cool wood texture. This cardstock is cool because the core of it is a lighter color so when you emboss or sand it, you can see the color through it!  The paper is a piece of retired holiday paper from my stash! 

stamps: Happy Hour, Aviary, Greetings of the Season

ink: Real Red, Early Espresso, Old Olive

paper:  Real Red, Early Espresso Core'dinations cardstock, Whisper white, Retired Designer paper

Big Shot: Framelits Dies - Window Frames, Woodgrain embossing folder

other: Ribbon (retired)

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Christmas Card Cocktail

Here is the second Christmas Card I designed and sent out to bunches of people! This one uses the Happy Hour stamp set along with the Bigz Snow Flurry die in the Big Shot. I love this cute little Martini glass with the candy cane in it... I also added some pearls for bubbles!

stamps: Happy Hour

ink: Cherry Cobbler, Gumball Green

paper:  Whisper white, Cherry Cobbler, Gumball Green, early espresso, Be of Good Cheer Designer Paper

Big Shot: Snow Flurries Bigz Die, Chevron Embossing Folder

other: Large circle punch, adhesive pearls, 

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Birds for the Holidays

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas! I still have a few holiday cards to share.. Today I amd sharing a card I made using the set Aviary. This is not a holiday set but I made it holiday by making the birds holiday colors, old olive and real red. I added a red bow to the top of the birdcage and used some retired holiday paper to complete the card.

Stamps: Greetings of the Season, Aviary
Paper: real red, early espresso, whisper white,
Ink: real red, early espresso, old olive, retired designer paper
Other: red grosgrain ribbon

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Merry Christmas!

Hope everyone is having a good Christmas and spending time with their families. Today I am sharing one of the cards I sent out for my Christmas cards this year. I always let my husband give a little feedback on what stamp he likes and this year he liked the little mug so I designed a simple card using the mug for our cards. The hardest part was cutting out all the little mugs with the framelits die... Ok, not really hard but a bit tedious since you can only cut out one at a time.... I think I made 30 of this card! I will share my other holiday cards soon.

Stamps: Greetings of the Season, Scentsational Season
Paper: cherry cobbler, whisper white, crumb cake,
Ink: cherry cobbler, crumb cake, be of good cheer designer paper
Big shot: perfect polka dots embossing folder, framelits dies holiday collection

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Happy holidays mug card

I have been bad at keeping up with my blog lately- I have been super busy with Christmas projects and then came down with a horrible cold and have been sick this whole week! I do have a Bunch of holiday cards to share that I haven't had a chance to yet so I apologize for it being late in the holiday season but I will be sharing them over the next week or so as I get caught up.

The card I am sharing today was made using the scentsational season stamp set and coordinating framelits die to create this cute little mug. The background was created using the perfect polka dots embossing folder in the big shot. I added little patterned paper flags using the scraps I had from the Festival of prints designer paper stack. Then I added the sentiment "greetings of the season" from the greetings of the season stamp set.

Stamps: Greetings of the Season, Scentsational Season
Paper: cherry cobbler, whisper white, crumb cake, festival of prints designer paper stack
Ink: cherry cobbler, crumb cake
Big shot: perfect polka dots embossing folder, framelits dies holiday collection

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Hand Sanitizer holder

Isn't this the cutest little gift? I love how these little guys turned out. They fit a mini hand sanitizer from Bath and Body works! To make these I used the Cannery die set to make the Jar fronts. The jar shape isn't quite large enough so you need to fold your paper so it doesn't cut off the bottom part and then unfold and use a corner rounder on the bottom two corners. I used an oval punch to cut out the center so you can see the scent of the sanitizer that is inside on the front but on the back I left it whole. Then you make a little box out of card stock to hold it all together. Add some jar tops, cut out with the cannery dies and some bakers twine to make it extra cute! This is one of the projects options to make for my holiday gift class this year.  I also made a bunch of these little cuties in different papers for the craft fairs I did this year! They were a hit!

paper:  Festival of Prints designer paper pack, cherry cobbler, lucky limeade

big shot: Cannery Framelits Dies

other: bakers twine, Simply Scored plate, sticky strip, Corner rounder, Oval punch

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