WCC14 - Box, Bag or Tag

Over at the Watercooler we are having the last challenge of the year. It`s a Box, Bag or Tag challenge. Perfect for finishing off all those beautiful gift packages.

Here`s my project for this challenge:

I made a simple bookmark tag using the scalloped tag topper on Crumb Cake cardstock. I used White Craft ink to stamp the bear and snowflakes from the White Christmas stamp set.  I colored in the Bear and added more snow along the bottom using my chalk marker.  The Bear`s eye and the sentiment done in Early Espresso. Finally I finished it off with the lovely ribbon. 

Join in on the fun and head over to the Watercooler Challenge blog and link up.

Wacky Watercooler October Blog Hop

It's time for another blog hop!  If you're new here, this blog hops in a circular motion, so no matter where you start, you'll end up back to the beginning.  If you're following this blog hop in order of appearance, you'll have come from KatheD's blog and from here, you'll go to Kath Rick's blog.  I feel like a sandwich between the Kath(e)'s ! :)

This time the focus is on Thanksgiving and Christmas. Since we have already had Thanksgiving here in Canada, I will focus on Christmas. I only have two projects for you today. I hope you'll enjoy them. You'll notice a bit of "oopsies" on both of them but I decided to leave it be. Crafting isn't about perfection as much as it is about having fun.

First up, I made this ornament using the Simply Pressed Clay and the Bears from the Bearing Gifts and White Christmas stamp sets. I added some sparkle using the dazzling details.

Close up. A little tribute to my bears.

Next up I made a gift tag. I made it longer than a normal tag so it could dub as a bookmark if one wanted to.  I used the White Christmas set on this one also. The bird, however, comes from the Festival of Trees.

A little pop of color with the Cherry Cobbler.

I hope you've enjoyed the projects I have shared with you today.

Please leave a comment to let me know you were here before you hop along to the next post so I know you were here!!

For(e) the Golfers

You may remember that I made THIS golf-themed birthday card.  Well, Kevin liked it so much that he asked me to create a golf themed gift card holder for the golf tournament this weekend that he helped organize.  Here's what we came up with using only Stampin' Up! supplies:

They turned out pretty cute! I think the only thing I'd do differently next time is make it a bit wider because we added the tees which made the sides pop open on some of the card holders.

Also,  I couldn't have done all of this in the short allotted time by myself, so I set it up and Kevin helped put them together. I told him he did such a good job that I may rope him into helping me do crafting all the time now.  Insert evil laugh here.  Thanks K!

Products used:  Always Artichoke card stock, Whisper White card stock, Smokey Slate card stock and marker,  1-1/4" Circle Punch, 1" square punch (trimmed with Paper Snips), Woodgrain Embossing Folder, Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder,  Dimensionals. Sticky Strip.

I linked this post up to the Watercooler Challenge WCC08 

WCC04 - Product Challenge (Fringe Scissors)

I'm back with another Watercooler Challenge. This time it is a product challenge. We chose to use Fringe Scissors for the product.

I love the Fringe Scissors. I used them HERE previously.  I wanted to find more ways to use them other than just to make grass or confetti. I saw on Pinterest and the Demo-only Forum Stampin' Connection that many people were using them to make flowers. I decided to try my hand at making flowers also. I then thought to use a canvas to display them like I did with the Swallowtail Butterfly I did recently.

I chose to make the flowers in the new In-Colors Blackberry Bliss and Hello Honey.  I love these colors together! The stems are done in Mossy Meadow, which is also a new In-Color.

First, I created the flowers with the Fringe Scissors by folding a strip of paper in half. I then placed a long piece of Sticky Strip to the outside of the paper. The next step is to fringed them. After that, I took the back off the Sticky strip and began to roll the paper. I started with the Hello Honey then Rolled the Blackberry Bliss over that.  I free-hand cut the stems and leaves with my Paper Snips. I then glue-gunned it all to the canvas paper.

Here's another view of the canvas so you can see the dimension a bit more:

I really liked how these turned out. I think these canvas artwork is quickly becoming a new favorite project of mine.

Now it's your turn to take part in the challenge. I look forward to seeing what your creative self comes up with!

Personalized Ornaments

The ornament on the cover of the Holiday Mini has been very popular this year. I only made a few myself, but I know I'll be making more for next year. They are so much fun to make! I decided to personalize one for my friend in memory of her little girl. It's hard to tell from the photo but it's one of the smaller ornament framelits in the collection. It was a tiny ornament, which is fitting for a tiny baby!

Framed Art

I thought I would share close ups of the frames that I made for my craft sales this year.

I only made one of these and it sold within the first 20 minutes of the first sale, which prompted me to make more frames for my second sale.  I will make more frames next year for sure!

The snowmen were very popular. One lady laughed when she saw it and told me she recently bought a shower curtain with snowmen on it that looked similar. Yes, she did buy one!

I used silver glitter paper for the background in this frame, I thought it looked a bit like snow, especially using dazzling details on the tree itself.   The star is also made with silver glitter paper which I colored with Daffodil Delight ink.

The middle tree has cherry cobbler dazzling details on it, and I stamped the other side so that it can be flipped around to enjoy all year long after Christmas was over. I was amazed that both the frames I did like this sold. It's so simple, but people loved it.

Thanks for peeking! All supplies (except the frames) can be ordered on my website 24/7.  Order yours today!

Top Note Notebook

A couple of weeks ago, I had a Hostess Appreciation Celebration for all of my 2011 Hostesses. This is a little party which I show my Hostesses how much I appreciate them. We made these adorable notebooks which were based on a notebook I saw on Pinterest made by Merry Socha. I used the Everyday Enchantment DSP from SAB. (I love that paper!)

Aren't they adorable?

This is the other one I made as a sample:



My hostesses loved them!

Supplies:

From SAB

Everyday Enchantment Designer Series Paper 126154 (free with a $60 order!)
Everyday Enchantment Ribbon & Brad Pack 127279 (free with a $60 order!)

From IB&C

On Board Sheets 114320
Top Note Die 113463
Timeless Type Junior Alphabet 115951
Owl Builder Punch 118074
Crop-a-Dile 108362

Order these products and more on my Online Store.