Birthday Card, Snowman Soup, RAK

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas! Up to the final hours of Christmas I was up still making gifts but it pain off in the end, everyone enjoyed their gifts.

I forgot that my co-workers birthday was this past Tuesday. In the past everyone usually forgets about her birthday because everyone is so busy with Christmas but I remembered so Monday I came home and whipped up this card quickly.

I made several of these Snowman Soup gift mugs. They were real simple to put together. The poem can be found here

I have been a bad blogger. My sweet little Vanessa made me this survey and a coloring page (I am having problems with my scanner so I can upload the coloring page -BUT I'm working on it). This survey was in one of the coloring books that I got Vanessa. She is a riot! Love the answers to the questions. Enlarge to see the answers (remember she's 6 years old LOL).

PostMan Card / Ornament

This card was made to look like a package. We have a new postman and he is wonderful so I made this card for him. The scribble in the left hand corner is where I crossed out my address for the photo. I made it look like a real package with the return address and postage. The postage stamps are courtesy of WishRak (love that group).

These ornaments take minutes to make and they are so cute. I found this idea at Chic N Scratch blog. All you need is a scallop circle punch/die, adhesive and ribbon. For this one was made with the Basic Grey Wassail paper pad. I will be making a few more of these. You don't even need double sided paper for these. If you use single sided paper route your pattern papers like the tutorial says but turn it inside out so your adhering white to white instead of pattern to pattern this way when you fan it out the pattern is on the outside (duh I did the first one backwards wasn't thinking).

Happy Holidays!

(PS. I have some Christmas / Winter photos at my other blog and pictures from Disney On Ice and if you are celebrating the Holidays with a four legged creation there is a cute Puppies 12 days of Christmas poem too at http://theworldthroughchrissyslens.blogspot.com)

Chipboard Calender / Candle Holder

These 2 calenders are made out of chipboard coasters. The calender was printed from the Internet.

I got this idea from Kathie McGuire's blog. The candle holder was purchased at Walmart for $0.50. Instead of stamping an image I had paper that was very detail and matches my parents home decor (This is Mom's Christmas gift). These are real simple to make. I used tacky glue to adhere the paper to the glass and it holds well and it does dry glue.

Gift Card Holders

I got the idea to make these gift card holders from Chic n' Scratch blog. The video to make the gift cards can be seen here. I do not own the SU Top Note Die but I was lucky enough to receive some of the diecuts from WishRak group. I traced them onto cardstock and it worked perfectly.I still have to buy a gift card for the second holder but for now I used my gift card that I received from Forgetfulone .

Candle

I am so far behind on making my Christmas craft gifts. I bought the candle holder and candle at walmart. I decorated the holder with snowflake confetti and then I stamped on the candle (instructions can be found here). After I stamped the snowflakes onto the candle I put stickles on the images to make it pop more.

Home for the Holidays Swap Package

I participated in a Home for the Holidays Christmas Swap over at 3 sides of crazy and I was paired up with my sweet blogger friend Forgetfulone, she truly has a heart of gold between the fabulous swap package and all her sweet comments, I am so glad our blogs crossed.


In my box of goodies was the following items:
Santa Count down to Christmas Sign
Santa Welcome Sign
Lindt Chocolate angels
Snowman sparkle cup
sparkly snowflake ornaments
Kitchen towel w/ matching pot holders
Magnetic note pad
Stamps
Mickey Ornament
$5 Gift Card to Starbucks
Buddy Treats (his favorite).



She always made this gorgeous card. I love it! Love the paper she used! The picture doesn't do it justice, there isn't enough light today so please click on it to enlarge to see all the detail.



Thank you so much for this wonderful package. I had fun shopping for you and enjoyed being your swap partner. Happy Holidays!! I'll be back later with a picture of a candle I made today.

Joy to the World

I live in upstate New York and we got hit with an ice storm so there was no work for me today which ment I got to play. I have a lot to do and it turned more into a lazy day then a productive day. I did make this card though. I have a few more cards to make. I keep saying oh yeah I have to make so and so a card I forgot them off the list. I've been good though, I got one batch of cards mailed (I'm not good at mailing things). I have a few that need to be weighed and need special postage, my goal is to take them to the Post Office tomorrow. The angel in the center is from a clear stamp set from Walmart. I heat

embossed the image with gold embossing

powder.