Christmas Cards and Tags Listed On Etsy - And A Few Other Things {Okay, A Lot Of Other Things!}

Hi Crafty Ladies! Hope you are having a great Christmas season and staying crafty. I have been trying to post this entry since Sunday but my Internet went out that evening. Then I tried again last night and fell asleep posting while watching Hawaii Five O! So 3 times the charm, right!

Also, Hello to all my new followers! I {heart} all of you!!!!! I love that you all come and visit :).
 I finally got some things listed on Etsy. I have been slow, slow, slow getting them listed for sure. But I can't wait to show you everything now!

As usual, this weekend, I didn't get all the crafting that I wanted to completed, but I did craft! So I am definitely not complaining :). I made a little flower frame for Peyton's room, some fun springtime cards {and of course they are teeny tiny}, a Christmas card, a gingerbread house with Peyton {and it's so not pretty! :)}, and finished my card and tag kits for Etsy. We also got to meet my brother-in-law's cute new lab puppy, went to a local scrapbook store called Heartland Paper, went to dinner at Spaghetti Factory, hung out with Peyton and my hubby, and watched the made for T.V. movie from the '80's', Alice In Wonderland! {I love this movie! And I was super excited to introduce it to Peyton!} I found it on D.V.D. at Wal-Mart for $7.50. I have been wanting to get it for the longest time. I miss made for T.V. movies coming on every year like they used to when I was a kid.

So I'll show you the gingerbread house first. It's scary, let me just warn you. Here it is in all it's glory:



For being crafty, this house was hard to make! Looks like I don't need a Cricut Cake! :)

Peyton did such a great job adding on the candy! And she helped with the frosting on the windows too! Too bad my skills aren't any better than my 2 1/2 year old's :).

 

These monkey pajama pants of Pey's are my favorite :)

 

Look how the walkway is just covered with candy! It's a candy cobbled road. Peyton has this thing where she doesn't like to look directly at the camera for some reason. She'll smile her biggest smile but look somewhere other than the camera.


As I mentioned above, I went to a local scrapbook store called Heartland Paper. I was sad to learn as I pulled up to it that it is going out of business :(. Stores like Micheal's, Joann's, Hobby Lobby, and Roberts {a Utah craft store chain}, seem to be getting the business. I admit that I like those stores a lot. So don't get me wrong. I am also a fan though of the little guy. I love mom & pop shop's and family owned businesses. LSS's are my favorite because I find more selection of supplies and things than at the bigger chain craft stores. The stores that try to carry a little of everything crafty, don't have as good of a selection, for sure.

Ah, sorry for the rant. I did end up getting a few fun things; ribbon and stamps and a die. Plus I got a darling shelf for 50% off. I'll post it at a later date :). I put my Stickles, embossing powders, loose glitter, and some fun other little things on it.

Okay, here are the fun things now, I promise!

I got this frame at Heartland. Peyton saw it and loved it and asked for me to make it for her room. How could I say no!

Take a look:



Gotta love that messy hair :). Peyton was insistent on me taking a picture of her with her frame. Look at that cheese!

Here are the supplies used:

Patterned Paper - Ooh La La and Boo! To You from My Mind's Eye
Cardstock - Very Vanilla Stampin' Up!
Chipboard Tag - Stampin' Up!
Punches - Scallop Circle, Large Oval, Scallop Border, 3/4" Circle, Itty Bitty Flower, Word Window Stampin' Up!; Butterfly Martha Stewart
Spritz - Olive Tattered Angels
Stamps - Punch Posies {retired}, Always {retired}, giggle sentiment {retired} Stampin' Up!
Ribbon - Pom Poms and Rick Rack, brown and white baker's twine My Mind's Eye; Green Polka-Dot American Crafts
Brads and Bing - yellow brad All My Memories; Green Brad Bazzill Basics; White Bling Stampin' Up!; Pink Bling Heidi Swapp
Adhesives - foam Stampin' Up!; Continuous Line Glue Dots
Metal Flower - 7 Gypsy's {I have had this for about 5 years!}

It took me about a half hour to put together. So I was proud I made it so fast! Especially while watching my current guilty pleasure - besides Vampire Diaries of course! - Hawaii Five O. He he he! I love it! :). But the frame does look pretty cute in Peyton's room!

Before I made the frame, here are the cards I made:



I added the key on after it was completely finished, but I love it! The whole card has an Alice In Wonderland feel to me for some reason. I am totally in the mood for spring, can you all tell! I love Christmas time, especially with Peyton getting big enough to start learning about it. But I LOVE spring! And warm weather. And this paper just makes me want spring even more :).





I am loving Studio G. They come out with great clear stamp images as well as liquid glitter, loose glitter and other supplies that are only $1! Isn't this such a cute tiny birdhouse! It goes so well with the patterned paper.



Happiness is 4"x4" and Friendship as I said above is 2 1/2"x2 1/2".
Hello, my name is Leana Khouang and I am addicted to tiny cards! I can't help myself! :)

 Here are the supplies:

Happiness Card

Cardstock - Chocolate Chip, Daffodil Delight and Very Vanilla Stampin' Up!
Patterned Paper - Ooh La La! and Boo! To You My Mind's Eye
Stamps - bird in cage Studio G, Happiness sentiment and frame Stampin' Up!
Punches - Large Scallop Circle, Large Oval, Scallop Ribbon border, Itty Bitty Flower Stampin' Up!
Bling, Button and Pearls - White Bling Stampin' Up!; Pink Bling Heidi Swapp; Half Pearls Stampin' Up!; Button BasicGrey
Key - 7 Gypsy's
Ribbon - Orange and Pink Polka-Dot American Crafts; Baker's Twine My Mind's Eye
Adhesives - Crystal Effects, foam adhesive Stampin' Up!

Friendship

Cardstock - Chocolate Chip and Very Vanilla Stampin' Up!
Patterned Paper - Ooh La La! and Boo! To You My Mind's Eye
Ink - Chocolate Chip Stampin' Up!
Stamp - Friendship sentiment Stampin' Up!
Punches - Scallop Circle, Word Window, Scallop Trim border, Small Corner Rounder Stampin' Up!
Bling - Pink Heidi Swapp; White Stampin' Up!
Ribbon - May Arts

For both of these cards, I got the templates out of my current Paper Crafts magazine - the January/February 2011 issue to be exact. The Happiness card template was from the article with the silhouettes. It was the first card in the article. I loved the template so I new I would have to put my own spin on it with the supplies I had. The Friendship card was actually from one of the sketches in the magazine. Mine is a lot smaller than any of the samples though :).

This next card is also from a sketch from that same issue of Paper Crafts. I also put my own spin on it. It was supposed to have a pennant banner along the scallop border, but I did the ornaments in place of the pennant banner. And I just did them in one section instead of along the whole card. As you can see it's a pretty simple card for me :). I like the size of it it though! Final size is: .

Here are the supplies:

Cardstock - Very Vanilla Stampin' Up!
Patterned Paper - Red Polka Dot American Crafts; Green Patterned BasicGrey
Ink - Ridinghood Red, Soft Suede, Old Olive Stampin' Up!
Stamps - Larger Ornaments My Mind's Eye; Smaller Ornament from Tree Trimmings Stampin' Up!; Be Merry sentiment Stampin' Up!
Ribbon - Brown Pleated Satin Maya Road; Baker's Twine My Mind's Eye

And finally! Lastly, here are the kits for Etsy :)

This is my fav of the 4 kits. I love the bright red with the splash of blue and the olive green!




Merry Little Christmas



Don't you just love the glass glitter!

Be Merry

I love birds, as I have mentioned before. But isn't this little Christmas Cardinal the cutest! I also have used him in blue for the tag set that will be posted a little further down.

Tag Kit

I had listed all the supplies in a previous post I had made about each kit. Click here, here, and here if you are interested in seeing the supply list.

And the last things I made this weekend were my Purchase & Exchange Swapp. I struggled with these tags! I had a hard time with placement and getting the stamped images to work. But I think they turned out pretty cute.

Once I give them to Marci and Amber then I will post the pictures. I don't want to ruin the surprise! :)

Oh, sorry, I lied. Here is the last card to show! I don't want to forget:

Supplies:

Cardstock - Very Vanilla Stampin' Up!
Patterned Paper - Red Polka-Dot American Crafts; Green Pattern and Red Pattern {punched circle on small ornament} BasicGrey
Stamps - Large Ornaments My Mind's Eye; Small Ornament and Be Merry sentiment Stampin' Up!
Inks - Real Red, Soft Suede, Old Olive Stampin' Up!
Button and Bling - Stampin' Up!
Ribbon - Brown Satin Pleated Maya Road; Baker's Twine My Mind's Eye; Twine Stampin' Up!
This is quite the post, so I think this is deffinitely a good place to end :). Sorry if I went to long, but I hope you all like the projects. Hope you all are great and having a great holiday season!

Stay Crafty!

Silver & Gold - Finished My First Christmas House!

Yep, finally did it! It has been quite the work in progress to get this little house done! I finally just made myself finish it and I am quite glad that I did!

Thanks to Amber, I re-learned how to Mod Podge. I forgot from when I was a kid to get the paper partially wet and then apply it to the surface with a coat of Mod Podge already on. Then once that dries, you can add an additional coat to give it a nice finished look. This helps prevent the annoying bubbles that I have gotten so upset about before! It makes me excited to use Mod Podge again!

So here is the finished project:


I got some snow in a can to add to the houses I am making. i am not sure if I like it. It doesn't stay fluffy once it dries up. I think I need more than what I added to make it work right, but I don't want to add any more because it will cover everything up.



I made the wreath using the bird punch from Stampin' Up! It is just the branches. I formed them into a circle and glued them together. It was pretty easy, just a little time consuming because I had to punch so many out. But it really wasn't bad at all to make.



Isn't the chimney so cute!



The snow in a can ate the ink on the tree a bit, so I didn't add too much on.

So there you have it. Not sure how I feel about the snow in a can. But I will try it whenever I get my next house done too. It will be probably twice the size as this one, so maybe it will work a little better.

Here are the supplies used:

House - Hobby Lobby
Patterned Paper - red swirl, tan {on lower part of roof}, brown {upper part of roof}, paper used on wreath Stampin' Up!; Green and cream {roof trim} My Mind's Eye; green, cream and red trim {on roof}, scallop border around base of house and cream strip around base of yard, red polka dot on chimney BasicGrey
Ribbon - tan on wreath, tinsel on tree Stampin' Up! green on chimney May Arts; red pom and tinsel Michael's Crafts; baker's twine is my own stash
Fabric - Stampin' Up!
Bling - Stampin' Up!
Glass Glitter - Stampin' Up!
Adhesives - Sticky Strip and Crystal Effects Stampin' Up!; Pop Dots Glue Dots; Mod Podge
Punches - Scallop Trim border, Scallop border, Bird Stampin' Up!; Large Corner Rounder {to make the large scallop border} EK Success
Cardstock - Stampin' Up!
Ink - Old Olive and Daffodil Delight Stampin' Up!
Stamp - Stampin' Up!

Well there you have it. Hope you all are having a great Christmas Season and that everyone is well! Off to take Peyton to see Santa at the mall.

Oh, and look! I linked up to some parties! I haven't done that for a little while. Make sure to check these out:







































 

Have a Crafty Day!

Making Lots Of Kits!

Hi Everyone! I hope that your week has been good! We had a great work here in freezing Utah! The snow has been brutal and the wind has been worse. I try to stay positive because we can always use the water, but it sure makes the roads hard to deal with!

Thanksgiving this year was awesome as usual! It was up at Thong's cousin, Bobby's house in Ogden. So his family that is here in Utah was there, including his mom and dad and brother. And then of course Bobby's husband, cute brand new baby, her sisters Set and Thia, parents and cousin Tyler and his dad too. We always have a lot of fun. This year we crafted a little, played some board games - I found a fun new game thanks to Bobby called In a Pickle! Thong hated it, but the rest of us loved it! I had to buy it cause I loved it so much - and I went with Bobby to Toy's R Us at 10 pm with flip flops on because I didn't think we would be standing out in the cold for 2 hours! Her husband had to bring the car closer to where we were in line so that I could go warm up after about 45 minutes of being outside in 13 degree weather. Not my brightest moment! It was fun though going shopping then. I haven't really ever done the whole Black Friday thing before. I have gone shopping that weekend of course, but I usually have had to work that day and so I skipped the shopping thing early in the morning. I was all excited this time but was completely naive about what to expect and didn't think twice that I would be standing out in the cold for 2 hours just trying to get into the store. It was Thursday night so I figured that not that many people would be there. Boy, I was wrong! But it was totally fun and I of course got some good deals!

I also got my Christmas decorations out on Friday! Peyton helped of course, and we had a lot of fun. Two weeks a head of last year!!! Woot! Unfortunately, I didn't get anything else done on my countdown calendar. I haven't counted it out. I just can't do it all. I would love to be able to, but I just can't get all the crafting done that I want to. That is quite the opposite of where I was about a month ago where I just couldn't get inspired to craft anything, So I am glad to finally get moving in the right direction. Now, I am just wanting to do everything!!!!!!!!!!!! I will find a balance some day, right? :)

So besides the turkey, all the shopping, and not doing my advent calendar, I did get some crafting done!  Not as much as I would really have liked to. But I did get some done, nonetheless. I got a few kits together to go on my Etsy store finally. I keep talking about it, but I am finally almost ready to get them listed in my store. I still have to make labels for everything, but you get the idea in the mean time. They were a lot of fun to make though! I hope you guys like the results.
Here are the pics of Kit 1:

Here are the supplies used for this first one:

Cardstock - Early Espresso, Very Vanilla, Kiwi Kiss {retired} Stampin' Up!
Patterned Paper - Tinsel and Twig The Girls Paperie
Inks - Real Red, Chocolate Chip from Stampin' Up!
Stamp - Stampin' Up!
Ribbon - Michael's Crafts
Punches - Large Scallop Circle, Scallop Circle, 1 3/8" Circle, Word Window, Scallop Ribbon border Stampin' Up!
Glitter - Silver glass Stampin' Up!

Finished Card size is 3"x3" - no surprise that I made it small!!! :)

Here is the next one:

This is my favorite out of the 3 cards! And it was the one I struggled with the most!! With the size being so small, I couldn't get the placement of the ornaments and the tag to look right. Finally I came up with the above layout. As you can see this kit comes with 2 different tag versions. I ran out of the ticket punch vanilla hardware, so I had to replace it with the circle one :(. But I think either tag looks cute, and I thought it was fun to have more than one option for the same card.

Here are the supplies:

Cardstock - Very Vanilla, Kiwi Kiss Stampin' Up!
Patterned Paper - Red and Cream Snowflake are Tinsel and Twig from The Girls Paperie; blue and red polka dot are Dear Santa from My Mind's Eye
Inks - Chocolate Chip, Real Red, Soft Sky {retired} Stampin' Up!
Stamps - Tree Trimmings {ornaments}, Celebrate sentiment Stampin' Up! {retired}
Ribbon and Twine - Green silk May Arts; Natural twine Stampin' Up!; Brown and White baker's twine my stash
Punches - Scallop border, Ticket Label Stampin' Up!
Metal - Very Vanilla hardware {tag frame and brads} Stampin' Up!
Adhesives - foam Stampin' Up!; Continuous Line Glue Dots

Finished Cards Size: 3"x3"

And here is the last card:





The supplies used:

Cardstock - Very Vanilla Stampin' Up!
Patterned Paper - Dear Santa and Holly Jolly from My Mind's Eye
Ink - Ridinghood Red Stampin' Up!
Punches - Scallop Oval, Large Oval, Scallop Trim border, 1 1/8" Circle, Small Star {retired}, Itty Bitty flower Stampin' Up!; Lace Trim Martha Stewart
Ribbon - Martha Stewart
Stamps - Be Merry sentiment Stampin' Up! {retired}; Cardinal My Mind's Eye
Bling - Rhinestone Stampin' Up!
Epoxy Finish - Crystal Effects Stampin' Up!
Adhesives - foam Stampin' Up!; Continuous Line Glue Dots; my own glue gun.

Finished Dimensions: 3"x3"


So yes, as you can see, I still love making little cards! I can't help it, they make me happy :).

Did you notice all the pictures have the ribbon wrapped on the cute little spools! I purchased those from a local craft store here called Robert's Arts and Crafts. They were in a package of about 12 or so. They should be available pretty much at any craft store. I can't remember the brand off the top of my head. But I have seen similar products at Hobby Lobby, Michael's and Joanne's, if anyone is interested.

So what I wanted to do with each kit is try to take the boring stuff out of the cards. Although I love simple styles of others that I see, it just isn't my style. But because of that, sometimes projects that I make are too complicated for a beginner or someone who likes to papercraft but maybe doesn't LOVE it like someone else I know :)....  I just wanted to make some kits that would still produce cute cards, but that would make the process a lot simpler than what I have been known to make for some of my classes :).

When Thong and I moved from our old house and into our current one, his mom gave me this small machine that is used to seal plastic. I recognized it from one of the bead stores here in Salt Lake that I used to frequent regularly - that I still absolutely love!!! - called String Beads. When I decided to make these kits, I knew that I had to finally bust it out and start using it! So I was so excited to get everything all packaged! Almost as excited about it as the cards themselves. I know, I am a total dork! Once I started to get everything all packaged, I noticed that the kits were reminding me of the Jolee's stickers that you see everywhere! And I really can't help myself! I love things that I packaged all pretty! I am still learning how to use the machine to seal the best. Sometimes it would get the plastic bag stuck a little and part of it would burn and rip. Or sometimes, I would get too much plastic into a section and it would cause creases. Or sometimes I would flat out forget pieces!!! So I did have to repackage some of the kits a few extra times! But I can't wait to get the tops of the packages on and get them listed on Etsy! I will post again once I do. So hopefully tomorrow {Wednesday} or Thursday this week!!!!

Remember those tag sets I made a few weeks ago? I decided to sell them in a kit of just the 2 that I had come up with, instead of a kit of 4 different ones. So those are almost ready to be listed too. I really am giddy over these kits. What can I say, I am a cheese!!!

I really hope you all like them too. And if they aren't for you, tell a friend please, maybe they will like them for themselves :).

I hope you all are good! I am about 3/4 of the way ready for Christmas! Yay! That is not normal for me :).

Have a Crafty Day!

Demonstrator Swap tags

Hi Crafty Friends! Hope you all are good! Thought I would share my swaps that I made for tomorrows demonstrator's meeting. I am loving one of the tag sets that I made to sell on Etsy so I thought I would change it to be all Stampin' Up! supplies to use for the exchange.

Here they are:

It's not easy to tell in the pictures, or really in person, but on the little tag I made with the word window punch, I stamped the "friend" sentiment in Early Espresso instead of Black!!! Not really sure why. But I had made them all before I even realized it! It does look a little off, but at a glance you don't even notice. Still annoyed with myself that I did it though :-).

Here are the supplies I used:

Cardstock - Very Vanilla smooth, Real Red textured
Patterned Paper - Love Letter Designer Series
Inks - Crumb Cake, Early Espresso
Stamps - Tiny Tags
Punches - Large Scallop Circle, Designer Label, Bird, 1 3/8" Circle, Word Window, 1/16" hole
Button - Designer Naturals Basic Black and Crumb Cake

Normally everyone makes cards for the exchanges but I really just want to make tags lately :). So that is what I went for instead. I like this tag though. I think that it's a fun versatile template that can be used for any occasion. And for some reason it reminds me of candy! Not sure why though :).

I almost forgot! Have you seen Harry Potter yet? It was absolutley amazing! I saw it on Friday night with Thong, Marci and her husband and some friends from work! I loved it and so can't wait for the last installment to come out! I thought it was done extremely well!!!! I have been re-reading the book and didn't get as far as where the book ended but I was very happy with where they chose to end the movie! I really can't wait though for the final movie to come out in July. I looked it up and it shows it comes out 7/15/11. Looks like I should add the countdown widget to my sidebar! :)
In other crafty news, this weekend I did make 3 more numbers for my advent calendar!!! I will show those sometime this week! I think I should be halfway through by Thanksgiving. Not at all where I wanted to be, but that still gives me hope to get them done by December 1!!! So cross your fingers and here's hoping...

Hope you all have great Thanksgiving plans! My hubby daughter and I spend it with Thong's family. We do Thanksgiving with his and Christmas with mine. It works out nice that way, I think. So excited for Thanksgiving food and crafty day with Thong's cousins! We figured it would be fun to do some crafties this year instead of the normal board games, so now I am even more excited!

Hope you all have a great week!

A Few More Numbers Down...

Hi crafty friends! Hope you are all doing good! I am excited to show the next few numbers that I have completed. I have decided that I am being super slow because I watch TV while I craft and pay more attention to the shows sometimes than to my projects!!!! :) Like last night, I was watching Glee - the episode with Gwyneth Paltrow - and crafted maybe 5 minutes out of that time! Oh, well. Such is life. But I did get 2 numbers done last night, plus I started on some of the ornaments to decorate the tree too.

 I have said it before, and I will say it again! I LOVE Dear Lizzy's lines! She is the cutest and makes the cutest supplies. Her current Christmas selection - a throw back to the 1930's - 1950's - is so fun to work with. I wasn't crazy about the colors at first, I admit. But the more I use the papers, the more I love them!!

Here is how #6 turned out:

As you all know, I have a hard time leaving things well enough alone when it comes to being crafty. I love other's simple styles, but I always have urges to just keep adding! So I was proud of myself that I stopped where I was here. Sometimes, I admit, I get a little crazy - too crazy! I wanted to add more though to the picture of the sleigh and kids, but I left it alone with the exception of adding the glitter to the horse.

Here are the supplies used:

Patterned Paper - American Crafts Dear Lizzy line, My Mind's Eye {the polka dot scallop oval tag}

Cardstock - Stampin' Up! {only the #6. All other solid colors are the Dear Lizzy papers}

Punches - Scallop Ribbon border, Scallop Oval, Small Oval, Itty Bitty Flower Stampin' Up!

Ink - Soft Suede Stampin' Up!

Bling - Rhinestone Jewel Stampin' Up!, Red liquid glitter Studio G

Die - QuicKutz

Magnet Sheet - QuicKutz

Brad - 7 Gypsy's

Ribbon - All My Memories {you can tell I have really been digging into my stash with using old brands!}

This next number I made with the oh so adorable Margie Romney-Aslett Twig and Tinsel line. OK, could you just die! Could you! I so am in love with her style and papers and everything. Her materials have been hard to come by here in the good old Beehive State! I tried to get the Toil and Trouble line but it ran out so fast everywhere, I couldn't get my hands on any of it :(. So as soon as I saw her Christmas papers, I knew they needed to be mine :). I didn't even get all of them, but I got one of each the store had!!!!! I love the shabby chic/vintage look of all of her things!

Here is what I came up with for #8:

Here are the supplies used:

Patterned Paper - Twig and Tinsel The Girl's Paperie

Cardstock - Very Vanilla Stampin' Up!

Inks - Soft Suede Stampin' Up!

Punches - Scallop Ribbon border, Small Star, 3/4 Circle Stampin' Up!, Large Corner Rounder EK Success

Die - QuicKutz

Magnet Sheet QuicKutz

Ribbon - Brown Gathered Satin Maya Road, Green Seam Binding May Arts, Baker's Twine My Stash

Button - Brown bling Bazzill Basics

Half Pearls - Stampin' Up!

Fabric - Stampin' Up!

Adhesive - my glue gone to hold the fabric flower together, Crystal Effects {used to make the epoxy circle on #8 and to attache the half pearls}, Pop Dots and Continuous Line Glue Dots

Here is the first ornament I made for the tree. I borrowed Amber's ornament punch and stamp set from Stampin' Up! so I could make these cute ornaments with patterned paper and cardstock stamped with the cute stamp set. Don't you love this ornament punch! I know I do!!!! The stamps are just as awesome too!

Here is the front:

Side 2:

Side 3:

So, as you can tell from this picture, I shoved the ribbon down into the 3 layers of the ornament to have a little hanger. Then I am going to clippy the ornaments on the tree. I think I need about 10 of them!!!

I have my tree sitting on top of my kitchen counter until I get it hung up. My dogs are so the dogs that would "eat homework" if given a chance!!!! So there is no way I can have the tree sitting against the wall until I hang it up. As  you can see, I still need to make 3, 4 and 5 but then the bottom is finished. I was really hoping that I could get this done before Thanksgiving since I plan to get my Christmas stuff out right after then. But since I am going slow, doesn't look like that is going to happen. I guess it depends on how much I get done this weekend for sure.

Well, I am off! I hope you are all well and being crafty!

Oh, and I will list the supplies for the ornaments on my next post.

More Christmas Tags for Etsy

Hello Everyone!!! Hope you are all having a good week so far. Here is the next set of tags that I mad to sell on Etsy. I want to do a set of 4 different tags, 4 of each of those. And then like I mentioned before, package them up all cute together and sell them together. So I have 2 down and 2 to go.

Here are the pic's of tag #2 in the mean time:

Supplies:

Patterned  Paper - Dear Lizzy for American Crafts {this is the Christmas line she came out with. Don't you just love it! It reminds me of Christmas in the '50's!!!} - the solid green, blue {the be merry tag}, silver{under the button} and brown are the reverse of the patterned papers.
Cardstock - Whisper White - Stampin' Up!
Stamps - Bird is from the Dear Lizzy line that came out in spring; the "be merry" sentiment is Stampin' Up!
Punches - Large Scallop Circle, Designer Label, 1 3/8" Circle, Word Window, Itty Bitty Flower, 1/16" hole Stampin' Up!
Buttons - Itty Bitty pack Stampin' Up!
Bling - Jewel Rhinestone stickers Stampin' Up!

The bird that I used is from Dear Lizzy's spring collection, like I mentioned above, but I thought it was still perfect for Christmas. I am a total fan of Elizabeth Kartchner. She is extremely talented and she also has a great sense of style. She is the cutest pregnant person ever!!! :) I can't wait to see what she comes out with next!

This next tag isn't for my Christmas set to sell on Etsy, but I liked it so much I may make a set of them to sell on there as well. What do you guys think?

I was sad that you lose so much of the cool patterned paper behind the stamped tag image, but I thought what you could see was still perfect for the scale of the tag. Looking at the banner in the pic, I can see that it's a little crooked. Going to have to fix that :). But I absolutely love this set from Stampin' Up! And I thought paring it together with this Basic Grey patterned paper was the perfect combination.

Here are the supplies:

Cardstock - Chocolate Chip and Very Vanilla Stampin' Up!

Patterned Paper - Basic Grey

Punches - Small Oval, Scallop Oval, 1/16" hole, Itty Bitty Flower, Scallop Dotted Ribbon border Boho Blossoms Stampin' Up!

Stamps - Stampin' Up!

Inks - Ridinghood Red, Not Quite Navy, Crumb Cake Stampin' Up!

Bling - yellow jeweled brad and rhinestone sticker Stampin' Up!

Ribbon - Blue Seam Binding May Arts, Baker's Twine My Stash

And there you have it. I would change some of the placement around a bit for the jewels and the banner before making them to sell, but I love the colors combined with the stamped images for sure!!

Alrighty, I am off to bed. Hope you are all well and see you next time :).

Woot! Another Day Down...

Yep, I went out of order. That's right! I made 1, then 2 and now 7. :) I can't help it sometimes. I just have to craft whatever I am feeling in the moment. Cindy, my Stampin' Up! upline would laugh and tell me it's because I am right brained!!!! It's true, I am. I found this test online to take that tells you what is your dominate side. It's not very scientific but it's fun. Click here if you want to take the test. It's only 20 questions.

Back to crafting....

Here is the latest number that I made:

Isn't the pink frame adorable! Another Making Memories one from Amber. It is actually supposed to be a baby's first Christmas ornament. But I cut off that wording - it was attached to the snowman, and then decided I didn't want a photo.

Here are the supplies used:

Cardstock - Very Vanilla Stampin' Up!

Patterned Paper - Dear Lizzie for American Crafts {I love her Christmas line!! It reminds me of a '50's style Christmas and that reminds me of my grandma :)}, My Minds Eye

Stamp - I Believe from My Minds Eye

Ink - Early Espresso & Ridinghood Red Stampin' Up!

Buttons - Naturals & clear Itty Bitties

Punches - 3/4" Circle, Itty Bitty flower, Designer Label, Large Scallop Circle Stampin' Up!

Die - QuicKutz

Ribbon - Pink Polka-Dot & Baker's Twine my stash, Soft Sky Double Stitched grosgrain Stampin' Up!

Magnet Sheeting - QuicKutz

Chipboard Frame - Making Memories {the snowman was originally attached to the frame

So until Amber gave me all the fun Christmas stuff, I wasn't going to do pink in my calendar, but as soon as I took one look at it all, I knew that I changed my mind! I love traditional colors, prints and patterns when it comes to Christmas. And I love the more traditional looks than cutesy usually. But I love this Making Memories stuff! And I love mixing all the brands together! So now I have pink and turquoise and different colors of reds and greens in the calendar, and I love it!!!!

Well ladies,  it's late and I am tired! So it's off to bed I go! Hope you all have a great rest of your crafty weekend!

Christmas Tags

Hi Everyone! Hope your weekend is going crafty. I was able to get a little more Christmas shopping last night with my mom. I am hoping to avoid shopping the week before Christmas this year for sure! So it's been good to get as much shopping done as I can. Unfortunately I left some of my shopping inside Ikea after I had already paid for it! A whopping $6 worth of merchandise - $2 kitchen scissors and a $4 two pack of cardboard portfolios {Heidi Swapp showcased the cutest mini album with this portfolio on her weekly web show about 3 weeks ago or so!}. This was after going there last night with my mom. When I got home, I realized that I didn't come home with my stuff. So Peyton and I headed off to there this morning. We went to the returns area to explain our predicament, showed the receipt, and sure enough, they pulled up the camera feed of me leaving the stuff at the register, but making sure I put my mom's stuff in the cart :). So then I had to go all the way back through the bottom section of the store and get my stuff all over again! But at least I got it!! And I can't wait to attempt the mini album Heidi made! She used a binding machine to attach the pages. So I will have to see if I can borrow someones. But I can't wait nonetheless!!!

Finally after my adventures in Ikea today, I was able to come home and get some crafting done!!! Yay! And I was totally hit by the Christmas tag bug! This is the first set that I made. I can't wait to get a few more sets done, package them up all cute, and sell them on Etsy :)!!!!!

Here is what I have so far:

I couldn't decide if I wanted to sell a kit or the finished product. I decided for the finished product but may still sell a kit separately from this set. I do plan though to sell 2 other sets with this set, for a total of three. And I want to get them packaged up and presented all cute :)

Here are the supplies I used:

Cardstock - Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip, Kiwi Kiss Stampin' Up!

Patterned Paper - Tinsel & Twig The Girls Paperie {love this paper!!!!!!!}, book pages my own stash from a book that i didn't like. As much as I love books, I was so happy to figure out a better use for a book that I didn't like! What better than to combine my love of crafting and reading!

Stamps - Wreath & Bird  are I Believe from My Minds Eye, Merry Christmas sentiment Stampin' Up!

Inks - Softy Sky, Early Espresso, Kiwi Kiss Stampin' Up!

Punches - Double Scallop Ribbon border, Itty Bitty Circle and Flower, Scallop border, Tag corner Stampin' Up!, 1/16" hole punch Fiskers

Buttons & Bling - Jewel rhinestone sticker & Itty Bitty clear button Stampin' Up!

Red Glitter - Studio G {love love love this stuff!!!It's so cheap and is lasting forever!}

String - Baker's Twine my stash

Adhesives - Crystal Effects & Sticky Strip Stampin' Up!, Pop Dot {cut in 4 pieces} Glue Dots, Glue stick Scotch Brand

I am loving this stamp set from My Minds Eye {the wreath and bird}! It was super inexpensive for how many images it came with - $6!!!

Oh, I used Crystal Effects from Stampin' Up! to make the flower with the piece of book page. I glued the bottom of it to a piece of heavy packaging {chipboard packaging from the ornament of my previous post} cut into a circle. Then I put some more in the center and the jewel on top of it. The jewel is self adhesive, but the Crystal Effects helps hold the flower together. I also used the Crystal Effects to attach the Itty Bitty punched flower and clear button together. This product is so versatile - from epoxy to adhesive! The Ranger brand has a comparable product that I also really like a lot that accomplishes the same thing.

I am for sure going to be making some more tags, but for now, I am off to go work some more on my countdown calendar! Hope you all are good!