Teacher Christmas Gifts

I made these cute 3x3 cards for Carver's teachers to go with a small Christmas gift. I love 3x3 cards but I never seem to make them. Maybe if I had envelopes for them... hmmm... :)

Details:

Pink by Design - Elfed

Spellbinders - Labels Eight

Teresa Collins - Christmas Cottage

I also made toppers to go on a bag filled with Smarties to go with their presents. For some reason I can't find the picture I took of them. But the sentiment said "Thanks for making me a Smartie!"

Merry Be Your Days

I wanted to challenge myself to make a one layer card. I don't like to make them because they don't seem finished to me but I actually kind of like how this turned out. I did have to add the ribbon so it's not truly one layer but close.

Details:

Pink by Design - Merry be your Days

American Crafts ribbon

Calendar 2012

I made six calendars for Christmas presents. I don't know how next year will look because the company I get the blank calendars from closed. So if anyone knows a good place to get blank calendars, let me know. I like the 6x6 ones since that maximizes the amount of paper I use.

These are 5.5x8.5 which worked out pretty well. This is the front cover. I used What's Your Number? by Pink by Design to create the collage.

 

Noel

I wanted a simple easy card and this is just that. It's hard to not try adding things to it but that is exactly why I wanted it to be simple.

Details:

DCWV - Christmas & Winter Stack

Recollections - black

Pink by Design - Small Banners

I'm doing a show this Saturday at 

Meeker Middle School

4402 Nassau Ave NE

Tacoma, WA 98422 (Browns Point Area)

10:00am - 4:00pm

Not only will there be fun crafts, it will be benefiting the school's exchange program to New Zealand!

Joy

Super cute card! Love it!

Details:

DCWV - Christmas & Winter Stack

Recollections - black

Pink by Design - Small Banners

Snowflakes

I wanted a fun and simple Christmas/winter card and found this snowflake punch in my stash.

Details:

Value Pack - red

Recollections - kraft

Fiskars Snowflake punch

Pink by Design - Christmas Wishes

Ho Ho Ho and I Believe...

I'm feeling the Christmas spirit. I haven't let myself turn on the Christmas music yet but it's only a matter of days until I break down. Here's a couple cards I made. They're the same design with different sentiments.

Details:

Jolly Holidays 2"

scraps

American Traditional Designs - Holiday Cheer

Reminisce - Santa's Workshop: St. Nick

Pink by Design - Winter Fun

Gems

Wishing You Sparkle

**Today is the last day for voting on the Master Craft challenge. I'd love it if you would head over and vote for me. :) (I'm #27)

I had a craft show last weekend (it went pretty well, by the way) and figured I should make some boxes of Christmas cards to have. It's a good thing I did because my Grandma stopped buy and bought them all!! haha 

Here's the first set I made. Since you can get 6 mats from a 12x12 sheet of paper, I made a box of 5 and an individual card.

Details:

K & Company - Green Starlight

Create a Critter 2"

Pink by Design - Christmas Wishes

scraps

Our Christmas Cards

Here's the cards we sent out to family and friends this year. I wanted it to be a lot simpler than last year. Well it seemed a lot easier in my head but as these cards kept going... and going... and going, it felt like a lot more work than I originally thought. I LOVE how they turned out though!!
I've had a couple friends say that their kids kept trying to 'eat' the card. haha



Details:
Simply Charmed 4"
Making Memories - Peppermint Patty
Wausau black
Red & White - expo
Pink by Design - Goodie Labels & Goodie Labels Die
twine

Merry {late} Christmas!!!

I hope yesterday was everything you imagined and was filled with love and happiness. We had Christmases #4-5 yesterday. As much as I hate the fact the Christmas is over, I'm glad to not be running around so much anymore.

I will have pictures of the calendars I made sometime this weekend. I forgot to take pictures of the pages before I gave them away but I'll see my mom this weekend and will take pictures then.

Here's an ornament I did really quick for Christmas #1 (my mom's family - aka my aunts, uncles, etc). It was super easy and only took a couple minutes. All I did was spray the inside with adhesive, drop some glitter in and shake it around.

Busy Busy Bee

I have been super busy trying to get a bunch of Christmas presents finished/made. I have a bunch of things to post but have to wait until after Christmas for a lot of them, since I have family that looks on here. So, just so you don't think I've left you hanging, you'll be glad you stuck around when I can finally reveal these projects. :)

Have a great weekend!!

So glad we're friends

First of all, sorry for the lack of posting. I have been busily working on Christmas cards, making presents and favor bags for a Christmas party. I got a couple projects done yesterday so I feel comfortable being on the computer right now. :)

My mom's fiance wanted 20 cards to send to his mom as a Christmas present. Originally he wanted 5 sets of 4 cards. This was the first set I made for her. I made another set yesterday (I couldn't take a picture because my hubby took my camera to work). And then while my mom was here for the day yesterday, we decided to do 4 sets of 5 cards and I pulled two sets I already had done to finish the 20 cards. Yay for getting it done and saving time in the process!!!

*Blogger won't turn the picture (it's right side up on my computer but blogger turns it. So you'll have to crane your neck a little. Sorry!*

Details:
Create a Critter 3.25"
Value Pack white & black
Bazzill Chablis
Recollections Light Pink Stripes
twine
Stampin Up! Ticket stub punch
Pink by Design "Friends to the End"

My first project with the iBond

Here's the first project I did with my new iBond. All I did was take an old ornament and covered it with jute cording. My mom gave me all of her old ball ornaments and I was planning on making a wreath out of them but realized that I didn't want to replace the ones that break every year. So they've been sitting.

This was super easy! And I love how it turned out!

This is Carver's "cheese" face. And yes, his shirt is too big but that's what he wears to bed when he doesn't want to wear footie jammies. haha

Wishing You a Christmas Wrapped in Joy

Here's one of the first Christmas cards I've made so far. It's hard for me to get into the spirit of Christmas when I'm having a hard time transitioning into fall. Especially since we had maybe two weeks total of summer this year. And never more than 4 days at a time. :(

This card turned out super cute and I love all the kraft paper. I'm thinking about wrapping all my presents in kraft paper this year. But then I also need to use up all my regular paper. We'll see what happens. :)


Details:
Winter Frolic 2.75"
Recollections kraft & chocolate
DCWV Christmas Combo
Celebrate it ribbon
scraps
Pink by Design "Christmas Wishes"

Challenges:
More Than Favors - Live Simply cartridge (I don't have this so I took the mouse from Winter Frolic instead)
OWH Stars & Stamps - sketch

Blast From the Past #1

While I was rearranging some things in my crafting area, I came across all of my 'extra' cards. The extras from when I make batch cards for something. I tend to keep the extras along with any labels, notes, etc in case I want to make more.

Well I found some cards that I'd never posted! So over the next 9 weeks, I'm going to post one card a week on Mondays. I'm going to call it Blast from the Past (hence the post title) since it was a trip down memory lane.

Let's get started with the first card!

This was the Christmas card we mailed out last Christmas (2009). It was a lot more time consuming than I originally thought since I wasn't going to color the monkeys. Luckily, my good friend Mallorie came over and helped. :) Not all of the patterned papers were the same so that changed the border papers but you get the idea.

Details:
Stampendous Changito
DCWV Prints for the Year (Pattern & Solid)
Glossy Accents
Michaels ribbon

Come back next Monday for the next card!

Better late, then never

I figured it was about time to show you the Christmas cards I mailed out this year.

It's a classic Z-fold card. I only made 50 this year. The only difference between the cards is the patterned paper. However, they all have a snowflake theme.


Details:
Truck - Just Because Cards 5"
Tree - Doodlecharms 3"
Green & Blue- Value Pack Heritage
Black - Recollections
Browns - scraps
Prints - DCWV Christmas Combo
White - Printer Paper
Ribbon - Michaels
Star Dust Stickles

Some of the presents I made

This is the To Do book that I made for my dad. For as long as I can remember, my dad has always carried a scrap of paper in his pocket that he keeps notes on. So I decided to make him a book.
Front (the pacifier is there for size)

Back

The cover is: 3.75x2.5 and the pages are 3.5x2.25
I used Brushed Corduroy on the masks.
The masks are mini compass and Timeworks.

I made three of these 6x6 calendars. One for each of my grandmas and my grandpa.













Month Stamps - Technique Tuesday
Blank Calendars - Boxer Scrapbooks
Papers - DCWV Christmas Combo/The Stack III/Through the Year (not the right name but you get the idea), and Bazzill
EK Success bat punch
Cuttin' Up for the 2011 on cover

Cody's Christmas Card. He asked for money to go towards his Haiti trip.

The inside of Cody's card.

Jolly Holiday at 4"
White - Recollections; Green - Super Value Pack; Brown - Bazzill Mud Pie; Stardust Stickles

The front of Sarah's journal

The back

Tim Holtz masks, metal embellishments and ink
Ledger stamp - Unity
Phrase stamp, coffee stain stamp - Tim Holtz
Luggage Tag and 'S' - ? (i'll look when I get home)

The front of Jake's journal

The back

Tim Holtz masks, 13 stamp, hands stamp, Listen stencil, metal embellishments and ink
'J' stamp - ?