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Christmas Gift bag project

A 15 min or less project!

I have made these for all kinds of occasions in the last year and when I saw Amy's creation today, I loved the papers so much that I cased it and here is my version of this very popular little bag!

 

A small gift bag made from two quarter sheets of Very Vanilla cardstock and die cut with the Sizzix die ‘Top Note’ die and attached to both sides of a tiny brown or white paper bag  cut down to 3 inches high and attached with sticky tape.

The handle is made using the large Oval punch and a simple knot of wide ribbon  to hold it shut.  The designer paper is from the Merry Moments pack (one of my holiday favorites this year).  The red strip is real red grosgrain ribbon also attached with sticky strip (love that stuff!).  The stamped greeting is from a set called “Sweet Season” on page 29 of Stampin’ Up!’s 2009-2010 Idea Book & Catalog. I LOVE that stamp set and use is for lots of projects!

These little bags are perfect for holding a gift card or small item–no wrapping required!

They are also fantastic for your group get together make and take, or as party favors or hostess thank you's, etc

116471 Sweet Season (set of 4), $18.95
113463 Sizzix ‘Stampin’ Up! exclusive’ Top Note die, $21.95
115672 Merry Moments Designer Series Paper, $9.95 (12 two-sided sheets)

CLICK HERE TO place your online order!

Have a fantastic day creating 
 

Tags and Ornaments!

The Wednesday club gals will arrive soon -  we are making tags today they will get to choose 2 tags to create from this selection.  Our goal is to keep the class fee to 5.00.

Simple_Gifts Hillary Weeks  click to listen to this gorgeous song!

Here are some cute punched ornaments we created  these last week for club! Well, the candle really isn't an "ornament" and will be used on a card.  Hubby wants to create a couple videos showing how to make this over the upcoming weekend so stay tuned! Saw them on some email post and created them from the photo provided and as I am I didnt pay any attention to who posted it so if its you-  email me and I will give you full credit for the idea!

Here is a great gift idea for an ornament exchange using the tissue paper technique

stamp on tissue paper then use our watercolor pencils to color it in. Cut around the stamped image and use crystal effects to adhere to the ceramic ornament. use more ce on the top and sprinkle some dazzling diamonds on and let it dry!  EASY PEASY!

 
I hope you have some inspiration for your Christmas season.  The weather outside is turning cold and frightful- YAY!!  I am off to continue the decorating while the contractor/carpenters are busy fixing the laundry room mess.

hugs to all!

The Baby Shower photos!

table decor

the cakes

Sherrie and a few guests/friends

 

I made fudge and put it in the paper cups and I also molded chocolate in shapes of bottles, buggies., bears, booties etc...  that went in the top plate of this holder

 
  


I used some cute bags from my drawer and punched 2 holes and tied them shut with the pink tuelling they were so cute and EASY~

   
 

 
lolol, I didnt know at the time I took the photo it had a shadow- sorry! but these turned out perfect! 
 
  
 Hope you enjoyed my baby shower projects and ideas to help with a shower you may have the opportunity to put on!

have a great weekend we are taking down fall and cleaning up for putting up Christmas for the home tour

  
 

Baby Shower Buggies

Thank you to Patty Bennett for this fantastic baby buggy idea! I am so excited ! They are so stinkin cute in person I can hardly stand it!

I made these for the refreshment table......................

I used:

#113468 scallop circle

# 104403    1 1/4" circle punch

#109046  1" circle punch

#104337 gold brads

# 118050 Beary Nice Wishes stamp set

Have fun creating cute buggies for your party decorations!

Baby Banner

I have been sharing some of the projects I am creating for the build a bear baby shower here at my home tomorrow night

here is the baby banner I finished last night

I used:  ORDER HERE

• Pennant Die #113483
• Scallop circle Die # 113468
• Serif Essentials Die # 115950
• Big shot  #113439
• Extended cutting pads  #113478
• Chunky Glitter #111343
• dimensionals #104430
• crop a  dile #108362
• jumbo eyelets #108432
• choc chip cardstock scraps  #102128
• tombow multi purpose adhesive # 110755
• retired cardstock and recitred designer papers
• pink toile from the craft store

click on photo for full view

This was a very fun and easy project and I am pleased with the way it turned out.  I admit that this is my actual first banner since buying this die, I have used it for all kinds of other things but I can assure you, this is NOT the last banner I make with it! lol    

I have had a very stressful week where only bad things have been happening here with our home - finally located the leak in the laundryroom and when it was opened up to repair,  the original contractor had nailed the trim into the copper pipe and for 10 years there has been a slow leak and  then we find out that our insurance doesnt cover that kind of water damage and if we had the adjustor out they would deny the claim and raise our insurance rates anyhow and its going to cost 3-6 thousand to repair out of pocket. Talk about depressing....  I would like to scream at the county for not requiring home inspections when building and then at the STUPID idiot who built this home and caused this problem!

Anyhow, that and other things all seemed to jump out at once this week and I feel totally drained. I hope you like this project, it was fun and the shower is tomorrow. Today I have 2 cakes to decorate (yes I can do that too) and 2 classes to teach, plus the carpet cleaners are coming at noon.  I need a clone!

hope your day is awesome! thanks for stopping by and sharing my life.

Baby Shower rings

I am hosting a baby shower here next week

this is the invite

 and here are the napkin rings

 they are so easy to make using the  perfect setting diecut #115961 and the Finial press embossing folder #115963

WOW! and they are awesome in person I am going to make some using this same idea out of designer paper for our turkey day table and christmas dinner table!

just wanted to share what I am up to this week!

 

Build a Bear Baby Shower & Misc Craft booth items

It is a frantic and hectic week here, please forgive my missed posts-

I am creating invitations for a baby shower I am giving here at my home this month- they have taken me a while to get it to where I liked it before creating them all or photographing to share!   I am also frantically putting together items for my last craft booth this Saturday here locally.  Here are photos but no details as I must get down to the sewing machine and sew these invitations and get them in the mail today and keep creating items for the booth.

 

I will sew the sides of these to make "pocket cards" where the invite slides down inside

 

  

 

 

 Have a great day!

 

 

Dove Chocolate, Cards, books & bears~ Oh My!

  
I have spent most of the day in my studio creating!  Yay for me! I started about 8 am and have a book, 2 cards a LRHS Cheer Bear , an MSU cheer bear, and another book started!  I have several photos to share today so sit back and enjoy-

This is my Logan Rogersville School Cheer Bear, I have an MSU bear done also!

  

These cards are made uing the /Holiday Lounge Designer paper, sahara sand, tempting turquouse and whisper white cardstock and some 2 way glue and dazzling diamonds for the snowflakes of course!

 
The books?  you will have to wait til tomorrow for that !

This is a photo of my stamping pals during class Tuesday: They come EVERY  week and we do their choice of projects, Tuesday they learned how to watercolor in several ways, next week they requested learning to make journals-

  

This is what I call a "private class"  bring yourself or a couple friends and we will create something cute, learn just a technique or request a project- prices vary depending on the project(s).

Now-  the Chocolate party photos--- woo hoo-  we had Brenda from Jordan Essentials give us hand spas and then we ate Dove chocolate fondue with Jennifer! woo hoooo

Ok, I tried out this new gallery thumbnail choice with typepad and the photos, not sure I like it yet.  Down when you see the small photos just click on them and they will come up full size as with all the photos- do you see that my walls are milk chocolate colored too? lolol  First photo Brenda is telling us about her Jordan essential line and then photos of the fondue on the table- the goodies and the guests/friends . That is my mom in the left chair in the blue sweater- I dont know what I would do without her! She has alzheimers and some days are worse than others but we do our best and we get along great!

   

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 a table full of items to dip in the delishus (lol) dove chocolate! Thanks Jennifer and Brenda for coming and bringing the fun stuff!

ok check back tomorrow for my books I am creating today!

  
 

 

  
 

  
 
 

Noel Block Project

 

Paper Crushed Curry card stock: 4" long strip Old Olive textured card stock: four at 9-3/4" x 12" Whisper White textured card stock: 2" x 1-1/2"; four at 2-1/4" x 2-1/4" Accessories & Tools Crushed Curry 1/2" polka-dot grosgrain ribbon: 4" Chocolate Chip 1-1/4" striped grosgrain ribbon: 30" Linen thread Décor Elements Décor Blocks Chocolate Holiday Mix Décor Elements Real Red Holiday Mix Décor Elements Clear rhinestone brads Clear buttons Tombow Multipurpose Adhesive Stampin' Dimensionals Mat Pack Paper-piercing tool 3/16" Corner Rounder punch Stapler and staples

Instructions

1. Score Old Olive textured card stock vertically at 2-13/16" and 5-3/4". Score Old Olive textured card stock horizontally at 1-3/4", 3-1/2", 6-1-4", and 9-1/8". Remove left side and right sides of card stock down to first row of three squares, creating an upside down "T." 
2. Lay Décor Elements Décor Block on card stock, and adhere. Wrap block, adhering each side.
3. Repeat steps one and two for remaining blocks.
4. Round corners of Whisper White card stock pieces using 3/16" Corner Rounder punches. Decorate as desired using Holiday Mix Décor Elements and embellishments.

HAVE FUN CREATING!

 

Build a Bear!

I am creating a build a bear baby girl shower! I will share photos later in the month but for now check out this cut photo and these amazing ideas!

 

Stampin’ Up! ® has partnered with Build-A-Bear Workshop® to produce the first-ever paper-crafting products featuring the Build-A-Bear Workshop brand.

Stampin’ Up!’s Build-A-Bear Workshop Collection will feature products portraying the beloved Build-A-Bear Workshop mascot Bearemy® and other furry friends.

The exclusively designed product offering includes stamp sets, Designer Series papers, and Sizzix dies providing both young and young-at-heart Build-A-Bear Workshop enthusiast endless hand crafted possibilities for scrapbook pages, cards, invitations, home décor and more.

 

stop by to see what I am creating with these fantastic EXCLUSIVE products!

 
 

  love that star belt buckle!!

  toooooooo sinkin cute huh?  Gotta love Regionals and all the fantastic ideas!

now, off to create!