Day 2 Is Complete

Hi Everyone! I haven't really had any crafting time lately, but to our surprise yesterday, we found out we got to take Veteran's Day off! I figured I could use some of the time to craft and of course more time to spend with Peyton! Thong left just a bit ago to go to Jordan High School's football game today with his brother. So it's just Peyton and I hanging out right now :).

I started working on Day 2 last night. It didn't turn out exactly how I wanted, but it did turn out nonetheless :). Hopefully I can get some more time today to get a few more numbers done. I want to get the whole thing done before Thanksgiving, if not sooner.

Here are the pics:

It was a lot bigger than I thought it would be on the tree, but I thought it still worked perfect.

I was having a hard time with the colors of the chipboard ornament and the patterned paper that I have. The reds are different shades, but I tried to make it work.

The chipboard is from Amber. One of her really good friends, Kausi, has a husband that has done some work for Making Memories. They have given him free supplies because of it!!! So of course Kausi shared the love with Amber and then Amber shared the love with me! There is the cutest metal pink reindeer that i can't wait to use for one of the days!

I did the same thing for this number that I did for the 1. I put a strip of magnet behind the scallop circle and then die cut the 2 backwards and put it behind the 2.

Here is another picture of the full tree so you can see just what I am working on filling up. I have some mini ornaments and beads and ribbons to decorate it further!! Can't wait to get it all done!

Here are the supplies for this number:

Chipboard - Making Memories

Patterned Paper - My Minds Eye, The Girls Paperie

Cardstock - Very Vanilla Stampin' Up!

Ink - Early Espresso Stampin' Up!

Ribbon - Red Organdy May Arts, Baker's Twine is from my stash, Blue with Brown Polka Dots All My Memories, Blue Grosgrain Stampin' Up!

Magnet Sheet - QuicKutz

Die - QuicKutz

Punches - Large Scallop Circle, Ticket Label, Itty Bitty Circle Stampin' Up!

Stamps - My Minds Eye

Button - Itty Bitty clear Stampin' Up!

Glitter - Red liquid glitter Studio G {a whole big tube of glitter is only $.99!!!! Think Stickles, but a lot more and cheaper!!!} I love this stuff! I used it on the reindeer's nose :)

And there you have day 2. Hopefully I can update you soon with more numbers today!

Purchase & Exchange Swap Results From Marci & Amber - & What I Am Working On Next

Hello! Hope you all have enjoyed your first week of November! It's been warm and quiet at my house this week. Peyton went to St. George to spend the week with my parents and niece and nephew. Thong and I enjoyed the quiet but missed Peyton fiercely!! Have you seen the HP printer commercial with the baby in the walker going across the country? Well, it is Peyton's favorite! Every time it comes on she tells me, "Mom, that's my favorite baby. Her's so cute!" I don't have the heart to tell her the baby is a boy. But he is pretty adorable. Anyway, that commercial came on a lot this week and every time I saw it, it made me miss Peyton even more!  She is back home now though, and not feeling so well. It's that time of year and it seems she has the stomach bug that I had last week :(. Hopefully it will pass soon! We did snuggle yesterday for quite some time when she came home! It definitely feels good to have her home :).

Now to the crafty goodness! I wanted to show you what Marci and Amber made for our exchange! Although Marci's box is very very cute - as you will see below - she totally cheated and used her new Cricut Imagine,  instead of her new Stampin' Up! stuff! But I'll allow the violation this one time only, Marci! :)

Here is her box:

Marci got the Cricut Imagine for her birthday a few weeks ago and has been dieing to get some crafting done! This box was one that came with the cartridge and all the patterns and everything were already chosen for the box. But the owl tag, Marci came up with all on her own. She even put a yummy no bake cookie inside for each of us! The owl is pretty cute hu! Amber's has an A charm and mine has an L. Aren't these so fun!

Onto Amber's card:

How cute is this card! My favorite part is the splash of tulle that she added! Notice something similar to my card? Yep, it's square too! Totally addicted to squares!!!!! Also, this is the same paper that I used to make Marci's plate stand from a few posts back. Amber had mentioned that she bought this paper last year, but I got mine only maybe 4 months back or so. She made the cutest pumpkins last year with the same paper! Check out her current blog post to see them! You will want to make your own for sure!!!

Amber's Supplies used:

Cardstock - Stampin' Up! Crumb Cake {I can't remember what the textured paper brand is}

Patterned Paper - My Minds Eye and a book page

Punches - Scallop Circle {Amber what brand is your punch? :)}, Itty Bitty flower Stampin' Up!

Inks - Stampin' Up! Chocolate Chip and Crumb Cake

Stamps - Stampin' Up!

Rhinestone Brad - Stampin' Up!

Tulle - Amber's stash

As I have mentioned, I LOVE Tai Pan Trading! I went there last night to go and get some additional snowball garlands to do my next project, but I was sad to see they were all out. So I will have to try to figure out something other than what I had planned with the one I have :).

What I did find instead was something that I am super excited to get working on!!!!!!!

So what I have planned for this bare looking tree is to make a Christmas countdown calendar! I counted and there are exactly 25 loops to hold photos. But instead of photos I am going to do paper to countdown until Christmas. Woot! Woot! I am so excited! I have glitter and mini ornaments and paper and ribbon. I so can't wait to get this finished, can you tell! I have Dear Lizzy, Girls Paperie, My Minds Eye, Studio G, Maya Road, May Arts, and some others to get this completed. Can't wait to show you all either, once it's all done.

I am trying to figure out where I will hang it once I have it finished. I think on the half wall where my stairs are. And what I plan to do is make it so Peyton can add something on it for each day. I will probably have it be done with magnet strips. And then that way the tree will get fuller as the days get closer to Christmas.

Time to watch Cinderella with Peyton and make her some noodles. At least she is asking for food right now, so hopefully that is a good sign!

Have a crafty weekend everyone!

SPOOKY Bat Banner

It's me again. I am sad to see Halloween to go, but look forward to Thanksgiving and of course Christmas! I never posted my Spooky Halloween Banner, so I figured I should do it now, or wait a whole year! I love this banner! It turned out cute and it is super fun. I will look forward to getting it out every year!

The year Thong, and I moved into our house, my parents got me a gift card to one of my most favorite stores, Rod Works! I was ecstatic to see that it was for $200!!! So I ended up buying the mirror and shelf you see in the picture below. I am wishing they would have had the bigger shelves they have now, when I bought it, but I love the red color! I bought some of the smaller decorations too that you see - black drawers, green candlesticks and candles, the red clock.

The one thing I don't do is change out the items really for holidays. I am thinking I need to start though! I change it out for Christmas every year, but other than that, the items stay the same. I put my Halloween decorations on my high counter top, but next year, I think I will add them to the shelf. And maybe I can start adding to my Halloween decorations. I have hardly any.

The one thing with my banner is that it is heavy - which I didn't take into account when I was making it - so it weighs down too much to actually hang. I set it up on my shelf, but as you can see, there aren't any other Halloween decorations with it. But next year, I think it will be cute when it's all Halloween!

Here are the pics:

Here are the details:

Banner - Black bat glitter Tai Pan Trading

Patterned Paper - My Minds Eye, Martha Stewart, Stampin' Up!

Cardstock Letter Squares - Little Yellow Bicycle

Gold Glass Glitter - Stampin' Up! {Careful with this! It hurts when you cut your finger!}
Black Lace Ribbon - Stampin' Up!
Stamp Set - Dark & Dreary set Stampin' Up!
Ink - Basic Gray Stampin' Up!
Punches - Large Scallop Circle, Large Oval, Scallop Oval, 3/4" Circle, Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Stampin' Up!; Real Estate Sign EK Success
Jewels - Black and Silver Rhinestones Stampin' Up!
Buttons - Stampin' Up!
Clear Buttons w/Rhinestones- Bazil Basics
Crystal Effects - Stampin' Up! {I used this to attach the glitter. I also used it to trace each letter and have them stand out more}
Black Glitter Spiders - Paper Creations LSS here in Salt Lake - aren't these so cute! They were all cut out and ready for me to buy them! I had to buy like 8 of them since they were only $.15 each!
Ribbon - Purple Satin May Arts; Cream and Gray Polka Dot Tai Pan Trading
Embossing Plate - Spider Web Stampin' Up!

Hope you guys like it! It was a lot of fun to make! I can't wait to get started on Thanksgiving and Christmas projects! I still have my village to work on, and wreath to finish!

Hope you all are good!

A Birthday Present For Marci

My really good friend, Marci, had a birthday yesterday, so I knew that I had to make her a plate stand! I couldn't wait to get started on it, but unfortunately I ran out of E6000, so I had to borrower Amber's. So I made the lollie on Wednesday and then glued the plate stand together on Thursday night and then put it all together.

When I saw this gorgeous yellow plate - at my current favorite store, Tai Pan Trading!!! - I knew I would have to make it mine. But then I decided that it would actually be a good color for Marci's house. I debated back and forth about adding soft blue or olive green papers and accessories to decorate it. But I decided to stay with the brown, cream and really cool mustard color instead.

So here you have it:

Again, these are super, super, super inexpensive to make!!!! This plate was $2.97 and the glass was $1.01! Everything else I had on hand. I think that is why I like this project so much. It's super inexpensive to make and I don't have to buy a lot of new and expensive crafty supplies to make one!

The Details:

LOLLIE -
Patterned Paper & Dandelion Tag - My Minds Eye
Cardstock - Very Vanilla Stampin' Up!
Book Page - {bird wing} Danielle Steele's Sisters {I found a better use for this book :-)}
Clear Buttons - Bazzil Basics
Brown & Cream Flower Buttons - Stampin' Up!
Clear Mounted Stamps - Stampin' Up!
Inks - Early Espresso & More Mustard Stampin' Up!
Grosgrain Ribbon - Chocolate Chip Stampin' Up!
Jewel Rhinestones - Stampin' Up!
Bird Punch - Stampin' Up!
Real Estate Sign Punch - EK Success {the Friends tag is punched from this}

STAND -
Plate - Tai Pan Trading
Glass - Tai Pan Trading
Ribbon - Large Brown Grosgrain is my stash, Yellow is American Crafts, Cream Organza is Stampin' Up!

PACKAGING -
Ribbon - Large Brown Grosgrain is my stash, Blue & Brown Polka-Dot Organza is All My Memories
Cellophane - Tai Pan Trading
Card - a really old one that I made and apparently I didn't even notice the flower that was attached came off :). Sorry Marci!

Once I got to work yesterday, I added some chocolate onto the plate that I had stashed away. These are totally my current favorite gift to give right now! I am making my sister one, and my sister-in-law, who had a birthday last week. {She, she doesn't know what she is getting!} Happy Birthday Lindsi!!! And of course I need to make myself one!

Hope you all have a great weekend!

A Sneak Peak Of A Halloween Banner - Spooky Bats!

Hi everyone! I was too excited to wait until I am finished to start posting about this project!!! I took pictures from my phone and emailed myself. So hopefully you can see them all okay.

Here are the pics of it so far:

As I said, I am not finished yet. I know, I know - Halloween is right around the corner. My craftiness has been fleeting lately. I just haven't been feeling like crafting a whole lot. But I got out this banner that I purchased from Tai Pan a month or so ago, and all of a sudden I felt the urge to add to it! Love it when inspiration strikes!!! I have said before how much I love that store, but it's true. I so do love it! The banner part is the glitter bats, wire and beads. And it was only $3! My goal is to have the banner finished tomorrow, so hopefully that will happen. Knowing me, the lollies that I have pictured here will have much more stuff on them before it's all said and done! Cause that's the way I like it! :D

I am off everyone! Have a great day!