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

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!!





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!!

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Happy Thankgiving Everyone!!  I hope you all are having a wonderful day with your family and friends. 

Thanks for stopping by and happy crafting!!

Peachy Keen Sketch Challeng #65 with a Twist ~ Paper Piecing~

Hello Everyone!!  I wanted to share the card I made for the PK Sketch Challenge #65 with a twist ~ paper piecing.  I have never done this before and it was fun.  I am happy with how it turned out.

 I used the image from Elegant Edges pg. 32 and used my gypsy to hide the heart.  I also used the little triangles that were left on my mat for the corners on my card.  It just needed some red somewhere else on the card.

 I combined 2 different stamps to get the sentiment.

Recipe:
  Cardstock from my stash
  CTMH Stamps:
    "Happy" from Happy Birthday C1257
    "Winter" from Christmas Scripts C1209
  Stampin Up Real Red ink
  Stampin Up Winter Patches Stamp -mittens
  Cricut Cartridges:
     Elegant Edges

Thanks for stopping by and happy crafting!!

How I organize my Buttons and Odds & Ends

Hi Everyone!!  I wanted to share with you another way I organize my craft space.  Today I am going to share how I store my buttons and odds & ends.  I purchased these little containers at Michaels.  They were sold with the jetmax cubes and I believe you got 5 or 6 containers in a package.  I recently went back to purchase more and they didn't have anymore.  I sure hope they did not discontinue them.  I LOVE them because the lids screw on!!

 I don't have a whole lot of buttons so I have other items stored in the containers like googly eyes, jingle bells, large brads, and other odds & ends. 

 I have a container for each color button.  I LOVE them because when I open the drawer, I can see everything through the clear tops.

Here is a close up of the container.  These are clear plastic.

 If you are unable to find these containers at Michaels or online, you could use any containers you can find.  I just LOVE having them in one of my jetmax drawers and I can see everything I have when I open the drawer!

Thanks for stopping by and happy crafting!!

Coffee Gift Card Holder

Hi Everyone!!  I wanted to share a coffee gift card holder with you.  I made this for the Simply Sunday Challenge over at Getty Cricky blog.  I am really happy with how it turned out. 

I didn't have any glossy accents for the coffee so I used a glue stick and let it dry to make the coffee look wet.  I used 2 candy canes for the heart!  This is going to be for a winter birthday and have a Starbucks gift card inside. 

Recipe:

Cardstock from my stash
Stampin Up Night of Navy ink
Close to my heart Happy Birthday Stamp
Cricut Cartridges:
  Christmas Cheer (coffee, candy canes
  Cindy Loo (gift card holder altered with my gypsy)

Thanks for stopping by and happy crafting!!!