12 Days of Holiday Sales

Stampin' Up is having its 12 Days of Holiday Sales! It is from December 11-22 only so don't miss out. Select big shot dies and supplies are discounted!
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Coors Light Ornament

I made this ornament out of a Coors Light can for my husband. I used the scallop circle die cut that has the two scallops on it and the poinsettia looking embossing folder. I thought it was kind of funny.

Baby Shower Gifts

Four of my good friends are all expecting little girls this February. We are having a brunch for them this weekend and these are the gifts that I made. I had to wait to post them in case someone looked on my blog! All of them live in the same town so all the little girls will grow up together. I thought some matching outfits with hair clips would be cute to get pictures together when they are all tiny so I made four of each. The card above is using Just Buzzin By.
Below is the onesie that I made using the butterfly die cut on felt and of course the matching butterfly hair clip out of ribbon.

Here is the second onesie that I made using fabric and the matching little bee hair clip.

And matching shirts for the two older brothers of one of the baby girls.I can't wait to have the baby girls arrive to see them all dressed up!

The Nutcracker

My husband took me to see The Nutcracker the night he asked me to marry him. He asked me after the show (at the top of the Prudential Building in Boston) but while we were there I bought this ornament so obviously it is one of my favorites. I saw a great card on Carrie Gaskins' site and I thought I would do my own nutcracker off of my ornament. I'm not so fond of the proportions, I think I need to spend a little longer on it but I love hers! CLICK HERE to see her card. Below is my little ornament that I got that night.
The main punches that I used were word window for the arms and legs, the 1 3/8" circle for the head and the scalloped oval for the hair. Everything else I just played around with as I went.

More Polar Bears

I just had to make more of these polar bears! I made this card for my husband. I thought it would be cute for Valentine's Day too.
If you want to see the original post with how to make them, CLICK HERE.

Gift Card Sled Ornament

I saw a gift card holder sled on the My Creative Place blog. If you want to see the sled on her site CLICK HERE.
I like hers much more then mine, I definitely should have spent a little more time on the details. I am away visiting my mom and have been with all the kids instead!
For the flower I used the Boho Blossoms Punch and the Five Petal Flower punch.


Here is how I made my runners so they would be sturdy.

Here they are attached to the bottom of the sled.

Dual Border Snowflake

I saw this border done on Debbie Henderson's blog and I thought it was a great new technique. I don't know if I really like what I came up with for it but I like the border! You can view how to make it on her site by CLICKING HERE.

Mine is done with Serene Snowflakes and Four the Holidays stamp sets.

Simple Custom Sized Boxes!!

I found this great link to get a template to make your own boxes of almost any size!
Here is the link to copy or you can CLICK HERE to get it also:

http://www.cpforbes.net/tuckbox/

You can enter in the size and thickness of the box you want and it generates a template to use. So handy!! The picture I have above is just an example of what the templates look like.

Polar Bears

I saw these punched polar bears on Laura Lipe's blog and had to sit right down and make some. They are so cute! If you want to see hers, CLICK HERE.

For the mom, I used the ornament punch for the head, 1/2" circle for the ears and wide oval for the body. The snout is the large oval cut down.

For the baby I used the 1" circle for the head, small oval cut down for the nose and the large oval for the body. All of the pieces are roughed up using the key chain kit and sponged with going gray. The background paper is bordering blue and the snow is also sponged with this color as well as the background. I used craft white with Serene Snowflakes for the background and Four the Holidays for the greeting in Bravo Burgundy.

Thanks for the inspiration Laura!

Voila' Santa

I have seen a bunch of people use the Voila' stamp set to make a Santa. They are so cute I just had to try one! My daughter calls him Santa Cooker.

The belt is just drawn on as well as the white at his ankles. I made the mustache thicker with the black pen and colored it in with the white gel pen. It takes a few layers to hide the black. The beard is drawn on a separate paper and glued on, same with the bag.

Princess Crown

My mother came up with this Princess crown for my daughter so they could have tea together. They read a book about having tea with the queen and the queen ended up being the grandmother. (This story is called Tea with Ruby and came out of the Cheerio's box!) My mother sent Ashley an invitation to tea with the queen and they got all dressed up and had tea (orange juice) on fancy china. My mother came up with this crown so they would have them to wear when they ate. Ashley brought her own with her but my mom is wearing the one she made. I changed the dimensions around a bit but here it is! So easy and would be great for a little girls birthday party for all the kids to wear.

Here is them having tea together.


I used an 8 1/2" x 11" paper but I would suggest using 12 x 12 just in case your childs head is any bigger. This one fits Ashley but she is only 4. You are going to cut in from one long side 3 3/4" inches so you have 3 3/4"x11"(or 12"). From the other side you are going to go in 3 3/4" and score it and then cut at 4 3/4". So 4 3/4" x 11"(or 12") scored 1" in from a long edge. The one with the flap will be the front piece and the other will fit inside to make the crown adjustable. The little folded flap also makes the crown much more rigid.


On the bottom of the piece with the flap up, you are going to use the ornament punch. Line up the point with the bottom of the paper and the edge with the side.


Do another one right beside it, this is what it will look like.

Keep going until you have the whole length of the paper punched.

This is what it will look like. You are going to do the same thing to the other length of paper.

I used Baroque Motifs to decorate this. If I did it again I would use a lot more bling!

Decorate your other back piece and using red sticky tape, put the flat paper into the inside of the scored piece like shown below. Measure how big around your childs head is and put the other side together overlapping where the pattern matches.

Your Princess is ready for Tea!

Loads of Love Christmas Tree

I found another blog with an inspiration picture that I really liked and thought I would play along. It is the Pals Paper Holiday Photo Inspiration Challenge. If you want to see the inspiration picture, CLICK HERE.

My card is with the Loads of Love stamp set. The ribbon is the 1/4" red grosgrain cut in half with the ends singed so it won't fray. I couldn't find anything else small enough! The paper is the ivory paper and soft suede, all sponged of course!

Some More Dasher

Ok... So I am a little psycho with this challenge but I love that inspiration picture! I did these two cards for the Diva Inspiration Challenge #72(again) on the Utah Divas International Blog. CLICK HERE to see the inspiration picture for it. I used the Dasher stamp set and the tree is Loads of Love.
I did the first one and decided I wanted it a little different so then I did another. Now I think I have this out of my system and I can move on to something else!
Which one do you like more? I can't decide.

Dasher Snowy Night

I did this card for the Diva Inspiration Challenge #72 on the Utah Divas International Blog. CLICK HERE to see the inspiration for it. I used the Dasher stamp set and Season of Joy.

Kusudama Flower & Ornament

The whole thing

The close up!

I saw the directions to make this flower and then make the flowers into an ornament this morning. It has taken me all day to do it, but let me tell you, it was worth it! Do not start this project unless you are prepared to spend a long time doing it and to get sticky fingers. That being said, this is beautiful in person. The pictures look nice but don't do it justice. I asked my husband what he thought and he told me, "That looks like it took a really, really long time."
I changed the colors around from the tutorial and added the beads. The pearls are from the pretties kit and the silver ones I had around. To see the tutorial that I used to make the flowers CLICK HERE. To make them into an ornament CLICK HERE. It takes 4 sheets of 12x12 paper to do this. I used 4 double sided papers that were red on one side and white on the other to do this. I folded half one way and the other half opposite to get this look.

Here are the few things that I added:

I strung the pearl on thick string, looped through the silver bead and back through the pearl.


After I glued my folded paper together(check instructions, link above) I added more Tombow adhesive and put the string down the center. Then Iput the rest of the pieces on to make the flower. The Tombow(green double capped glue) leaves your fingers sticky in the end but it dries really quick and holds great. I would suggest it.


Here is one finished flower with the bead.


You get three out of one sheet of 12x12 paper with one 3x3 piece left over. I did 6 flowers of red and 6 of white. The paper I used was red on one side and white on the other.


Here is my army of flowers.


Here are the two halves before I put them together.


I threaded the beads on string for the bottom and looped that through my tied ribbon for the top to hang it. I glued it down the center of one half before I put the two halves together.
Here it is!

Top Note Photo Box with Thank You Cards

Top Note Photo Box with Thank You Cards

This project is my Top Note gift box that can fit 4"x6" photos or up to 10 thank you cards and envelopes. This is the perfect gift to give someone for Christmas. You can fill the box with thank you cards and envelopes and then once the person uses them up they can use it to store their holiday photos!

CLICK HERE to get directions for this project!!

Golf Bag with Cart Card

This is my golf bag with cart card. I saw a card with a similar golf bag done by Stacey Carter and I changed it around a little bit. CLICK HERE to see her card. I thought it needed a golf cart too!

I wrote out the basic directions and I added a few pictures to show some things that might be hard to tell by looking at the photo!



To make the handle of the cart I punched with the slot punch to make the hole in black cardstock and then put it inside my word window punch.


To make the bag I used a piece of going gray in 1 3/8" x 3". I put the end half way into the small oval punch like below and punched. This makes the top of the bag


I put the other side inside the punch to get the rounded shape at the bottom. If you put a piece of scrap cardstock inside the punch the right way it is much easier to get your golf bag piece in.


This is what your bag should look like. You also need a black and basic gray small oval. To get the black sliver, see next photo. Don't forget to sponge the sides of your bag with going gray to give it some dimension!


Once you punch your black oval, put the piece of cardstock back into the punch and just take off a little sliver of the top like shown in the punch.


The black full oval goes in back and next your basic gray oval. Then put on your golf clubs and put the bag over that. Last glue the little black sliver at the edge of the top of the bag to make it look like your golf clubs are actually in the bag. You can sponge to add more dimension on the bottom of the basic gray oval.
The handle is just the word window taped to the black grosgrain and taped onto the back of the bag.