Sunday, December 25, 2011

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!

I hope everyone is having a very MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!  I look forward to the New Year filled with fun, family, and crafting!!  Enjoy the holidays and be safe.

CarolynG

Thursday, December 22, 2011

Snowman Gift Box

 Hi Everyone!!  I am so excited to get a project done!  I was hoping to get lots of other Christmas projects done this week, but my little girl broke her finger at a Christmas bowling party.  My poor little baby!  She was so excited to go bowling for the first time.  She is a little sweetheart.  I have been so busy getting ready for Christmas, I really haven't had time to craft.  Today I am going to share another gift box with you.  Click HERE to get the template for this box.  I made this for the PK LFIF Challenge: Fabric Scraps.  I used light blue felt for the snowman scarf and a piece to tie the box closed.  I cut the felt first with pinking sheers.

I made this snowman from the Fiskars Cutting Templates (the orange ones).  I also used 3 black brads for the buttons.

 The sentiment is from Close to My Heart Christmas Scripts.  I originally stamped it on to the box and accidently smeared it so I cut a square and stamped it again.  I used my corner rounder on two of the corners.  I really liked how the corners look.  Then I took some white ink and inked the edges to make it look frosted.
 For the snowman face, I used Peachy Keen Everyday Character Face stamp set.  The snowman hat is from Christmas Cheer Cricut cartridge and I used silver glitter ink to ink over it to give it some shimmer.  LOVE how it turned out.

I also used my snowflake cuttlebug folder to emboss the background of the box and added some ink to make the snowflakes look frosty.

I LOVE how the box turned out.  Those Peachy Keen faces are so adorable!!

Recipe:

Black ink
Studio G ink - white & silver
Martha Stewart Brown Cardstock
Close to my heart Christmas Scripts stamps
Peachy Keen Everyday Character face stamps 1"
Light Blue Felt
Pinking sheers
snowflake cuttlebug folder
cuttlebug
black brads
Fiskars Cutting Template (hard plastic orange ones)
Fiskars Shape Cutter
Cricut Cartridge:
  Christmas Cheer

Thanks for stopping by and I cannot wait to show you what I have planned for the new year!  Happy Crafting!!



Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Back to Crafting!!

Hi Everyone!!  I am sorry I have been MIA!  I just got home from spending 13 days in Childrens Hospital with my teenage daughter.  She had to have surgery to remove a large tumor on her pancreas.   She ended up having two surgeries and we are finally home.  She is now recovering at home.  I am so thankful that she will be home for Christmas. 

I will have a few Christmas projects up next week and then I will be back in full swing the beginning of January.

Thanks for stopping by and Happy Crafting!!