"Berry Christmas" Coffee Gift Baskets

I've been absolutely in love with all of the tiny coffee cups on Pinterest.  I finally ordered some and decided to make some little gift baskets with the berry baskets I found on clearance at Michaels.

So, my little basket is decorated with a die cut doily and pretty paper bow.  Inside the basket you will find a set of two peppermint patties and the tiny cup decorated with images from Papertrey Ink's Tiny Christmas Treats.  In the little cup, I stuck a K-Cup inside to get the party started!

I thought they would be great to add a gift card to the basket as well.  I've always like the light blue and red color combination.  With the snowman, you could use this a winter birthday present or just a way to keep your bff warm!

Great, easy, and fun Secret Santa gifts, especially for your co-workers!

Supplies:

Stamps:  Dandelion Designs-Sweet Christmas Wishes; Papertrey Ink-Tiny Treats Christmas

Ink:  Versafine, Papertrey Ink

Paper:  Papertrey Ink, Recollections, Bazzill

Misc:  Computer generated Sweet Winter Wishes sentiment, berry baskets, paper punches, crimper, paper shred, peppermint patties, ribbon, acetate bags, mini coffee cups, doily die, and bow die

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Mini Mason Jars

Last weekend I sold some of my homemade goodies at craft fair with my sister, Laura, and our Mom.   Laura and I decided that we would do Secret Santa and stocking stuffer type crafts to make/sell.  Mom brought some of her knitted hats and other handmade knit items that she made in her knitting group.  It was about 80 degrees that day, so guess who sold the most!  Our Mom with her knitted hats!   We had a really good time and ate some really good fair food.

 I found these mini mason jars at Michaels (last summer!) and I finally got around to "tricking" them up.  I used a variety of paper punches to make this happy little snowman.  I used the Cuttlebug Snowflake embossing folder to give the tag a little dimension.  Of course, I had to fill it up with some candy!

Here they are all in a row!

Supplies:

Stamps:  Dandelion Designs-Sentiment

Ink:  Memento, Papertrey Ink, Color Box

Paper:  American Crafts, Recollections

Misc:  Mini mason jars, paper punches, pop up dots, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder, candy

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Thanksgiving Treat Holders

These treat holders will certainly make your Thanksgiving more festive.  I combined my love of paper punching, "Cricuting", and of course sweet treats to makes pop holders.  They don't need to be just for lollipops or cake pops, they are great to hold little gifts or use as place card holders.

Of course, I can't make just one....I had to make a whole bunch!

Supplies:

Paper:  Bazille, October Afternoon, Recollections

Misc:  Cricut, Cricut Craft Room, paper punches, ribbon, baker's twine, black sharpie marker, Crop-A-Dile, pop up dots, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder

If you are looking for some Halloween bargains, jump over to my Etsy shop where you will find all of the Halloween creations on sale!

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Skeleton Treat Bags

No "bones" about it, these are some scary treat bags!  

I used my Cricut and the Cricut Craft Room to make the skeletons.  The head and hands were made using the Human Body digital cartridge.  The bones were cut out using Create a Critter.  The bones did not have a shadow feature.  So, I assembled the arms and hands then adhered them to some black cardstock.  Then, I cut around the arms/hands by hand.  The body parts where adhered to a glassine bag.

The pumpkins were paper punched and a small sentiment  onto the front.  A little baker's twine bow finishes the project!

Supplies:

Stamps:  Studio G

Ink:  Versafine

Paper:  Recollections, Bazzill

Misc:  Cricut, Cricut Craft Room, baker's twine, pop up dots, oval paper punch, glassine bags

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Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead!

I wanted to make some little Halloween treats that where a little different from the usual candy treats.  Don't get me wrong, I love candy, but I wanted to try something a little more unique.  Hostess products were buy one get one free at the grocery store so I figured that I should get them and give it a try.  Unfortunately, they don't make the Ding Dong packaging the same as when I was young.  I remember that they were wrapped in silver foil, but now they come in a white plastic package.  So, I opened it up and wrapped it in a piece of tin foil.

Then, using my Cricut, I cut out my witch's legs and hat.  The sentiment was computer generated and then paper punched out and mounted.  I also punched some little bats out of black glitter paper and added them on for a little extra "scary".

Supplies:

Paper:  Bazzill, Recollections

Misc:  Computer, Cricut, Create a Friend and Create a Critter 2 Cricut Cartridges, paper punches, pop up dots, Ding Dongs, tin foil

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Happy Birthday Patriot Style!

It's Sunday, so that means it's time for some football.  One of the things I miss the most about New England (besides my Dad, of course) is the smell of fall and the way the sun starts to set on the football field.  I like to watch the the player's shadows on the field, it's really a neat thing.

Today is a perfect day to share some New England Patriot themed  birthday cards I made for my Dad and stepmother.  The little player and his cheerleader were cut using my Cricut.  I used my Papertrey Ink Modern Alphabet Dies to personalize each card.  My favorite stamp company, Dandelion Designs, provided the perfect sentiment.

Supplies:

Stamps:  Dandelion Designs-it's your birthday!!

Ink:  Papertrey Ink

Paper:  Bazzill, Recollections, NFL Scrapbook Paper

Misc:  Cricut, Create A Friend Cricut Cartridge, pop up dots, paper punches, rhinestone, half pearls, Papertrey Ink Modern Alphabet Dies

Are you ready for some football?.....I am!

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Germs Are Scary!!!!

I found these ginormous bottles of hand sanitizer at Target on the clearance rack (a few years ago!)  and decided to dress them up for Halloween.  I had originally planned to use the Frankenstein's Face cut from the Cricut Store, but I couldn't find any green vinyl anywhere.  When I want to do something, I tend to want to do it now, so I'm not a patient person who can wait to get something online!  I had the black, white, and silver vinyl to do most of the face, but then I just made a half oval mouth in the Cricut Craft Room.  I moved the stitches to over his eye, so hopefully will no one will notice that he does not have a nose!  

For the tag, I downloaded the sentiment from Eighteen25.  I cut it out and mounted it on a rectangle of black cardstock.  I added a paper punched pumpkin and then tied it to then eck of the bottle with some black tulle.

I am going to give this to my sister for her new classroom.

Supplies:

Paper:  Recollections

Misc:  Cricut, vinyl, paper punches, tulle, hand sanitizer

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Jack-O-Lantern Pop Holders

More cake pop/lollipop covers!  Whoo hoo!!  Paper punches, a Cricut, a day off and American Horror Story Coven on DVD makes me a happy girl who made these cuties!

Supplies:

Paper:  Recollections, Bazzill

Misc:  Paper punches, Cricut, Stickles, pop up dots, ribbon and baker's twine

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Bite Me Pop Holders

I've been really enjoying making cake pops.  Unfortunately, my skills are not very good and they end up looking like huge misshapen diabetes balls on a stick!  So, I decided to work on some pop holders that would disguise them!

Thankfully, my Cricut die collection and paper punches came to the rescue!  I didn't have an appropriate sentiment stamp, so I make one on the computer.  I'm a little behind the times, but I've recently discovered free downloaded fonts.  I thought this one would be perfect.

Supplies:

Paper:  Recollections, Bazzill, American Crafts

Misc:  Cricut, Paper Doll Dress Up Cartridge, black sharpie pen, white gel pen, Mama Elephant Tiny Bow die, pop up dots, paper punches, ribbon, computer 

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Paper Bag Pumpkins

One of my favorite things about Fall are pumpkins.  If you add paper punching to the pumpkins...it's even better!  

These were super simple to make.  I spray painted some small brown lunch sacks. Then, I filled them up with crumpled up newspaper and when I ran out of that I used plastic grocery bags.  The top of the bag was bunched together and tied with raffia.

Now the fun part!  I grabbed a variety of paper punches and punched away.  Each one's face is a little bit different.  

To add a little bit more fall to my pumpkin, I punched a sunflower, as well.  I hot glued the sunflower to the center of the raffia bow.

Supplies:

Paper:  Recollections, Bazzill

Misc:  Paper lunch sacks,m paper punches, raffia, pop up dots, white gel pen, hot glue gun, old newspapers/plastic grocery bags, orange spray paint

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Scary and Spooky Embellishments

I just love Halloween.  I love the candy, decorations, scary movies and most of all the cooler weather!  It has been so hot this summer in Florida!  I don't think I've sweat this much in my entire life as I have this summer.

In an effort to use up some scraps and help coax the cooler weather, I decided to make some embellishments.  These would be great on a card, or on a box or bag that will hold some Halloween treats.

Supplies:

Stamps:  My Favorite Things - Spider Web

Paper:  American Crafts, MME, Bazzill, Recollections

Misc:  Nestabilities, pop up dots, Ghost Quickutz, Papertrey Ink Banner Die, Memory Box Spider Die, buttons

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Boy Wizard!

After a brief rest from my blogging/crafting, I decided that I wanted to make some scrapbook embellishments.  I've never really "scrap-booked" before, that is more my sister's domain.  I work with some ladies that just love Harry Potter, so I decided to make some Boy Wizard inspired embellishments.  

I used my Cricut and the Cricut Craft Room to make these little guys.  I decided to take it a step further, incorporate my love for paper punching and my trusty Sizzix Dies to make a few more items that I think would look great on a scrapbook page, or even a fun card for your favorite Wizard!

Supplies:

Paper:  Bazzill, Recollections

Misc:  Paper punches, Cricut Craft Room, Create A Friend Cricut Cartridge, Sizzix Bird Cage Die, pop up dots, glasses brads

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There's No One Like Mom!

So, I've been AWOL for a while, even thought my New Year's Resolution was to be a better blogger!  But, it's been for a very good reason!  A new position (actually there were four) was created at work.  It would be a step up/promotion for me, and my immediate supervisor thought it would be a great opportunity for me.  It was a very popular job listing, and the competition was extremely fierce!  So, I spent many days/nights working and preparing for my interview.  I made handouts and even used some of my best "Beth-A-Palooza" crafty skills for some incentive prizes for different contests.  After much sweat, blood, and tears, my hard work paid off and I was offered one of the positions!  It truly was an honor to be picked, and now I am with a great team of "girls" (we all just happen to be female) that work great together.  I was definitely sad to leave my venue, it was a great place.  Since I was the official bulletin board/contest designer/prize maker and crafty person, I wanted to help get the bulletin boards together for the upcoming months.  I only had a week or so between the two positions, so I "Cricut-ed" my heart out and got most of it done!  I still have a few more things to do, but I got the bulk of it done, and I am confident that I can finish the rest of it up.  This is my first position in probably 15 years that I haven't had to wear a uniform, so I had to borrow some clothes from my sister to wear to work while I start slowly creating a business casual wardrobe.

On to my card, I made this one for guess what....Mother's Day!!  It's a rubber stamping, paper piecing, Copic coloring and die cutting conglomeration!  I usually use brown shades for the hair, so I decided to practice with blonde colors.  

Supplies:

Stamps:  My Favorite Things-Pure Innocence Freckles

Ink:  Versafine, Memento

Paper:  Wasau, Papertrey Ink, Crate Paper

Misc:  Copics, lace, pop up dots, Papertrey Ink Alphabet Dies,  My Favorite Things Scallop Oval and Banner Dies,  Diamond Glaze

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Happy Birthday Laura!

This is the card I made for my sister for her birthday.

My Hello Cupcake Pure Innocence was stamped, colored with Copics, paper pieced, and popped up on to my card.  Diamond Glaze was applied to the sprinkles and her shoes.  I wanted to personalize my card, so I made a banner and stamped her name.

Supplies:

Stamps:  My Favorite Things-Pure Innocence Hello Cupcake and Big Greetings,  Jo-Ann-Alphabet

Ink:  Versafine and Memento

Paper:  Wasau, October Afternoon

Misc: Copics, Diamond Glaze, pop up dies, My Favorite Things Fish Tail Die and Scallop Border Die

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Happy Easter

Happy Easter!  I hope everyone had a nice day and the Easter Bunny was good to them and left lots of candy.  Yesterday, my sister came over for a craft-a-palooza.  We were having so much fun that I went home with her and spent the night.  Today, we continued our crafting while watching  a Love Boat Marathon on tv.  March was a very busy month for her, she took her students to Washington DC, finished the yearbook for her school, sewed a million (actually 13 A Line dresses for a school play), ordered/paid for 350 tickets for Grad -Venture at Universal, not to mention still working and being a wife and mom.  We haven't been able to spend anytime together, so this was a well deserved weekend for us.  

Lately, I've been struggling with creativity.  Everything I make takes forever and just doesn't look good.  Believe it or not, this card took me two days to finish as I wasn't satisfied with the finished product, or should I say the 10 finished products as that is how many times I took it apart and re-worked it!  Finally, I am finished and satisfied.  On the East Coast, there is only 1 hour and 9 minutes left of Easter, so I made it just in time!

Supplies:

Stamps:  Papertrey Ink-Polka Dot Parade #1 & #2

Ink:  Papertrey Ink & Heidi Swapp

Paper:  Recollections, Bazill, American Crafts

Misc:  Baker's twine, pom pom, buttons, Memory Box Small Scallop Border Die, Papertrey Ink Polka Dot Parad #1 & #2 Dies

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Hershey Kiss Bouquet

I've been working on this project for literally the past two weeks!  In an attempt to make the perfect Hershey Kiss flower, my trash cans are over flowing, there is paper everywhere, and a lot of empty candy wrappers floating around!  

So, I had this idea in my head, but unfortunately it didn't translate well into the finished  product, hence why it took so long!

Using my Cricut, I cut out some flowers.  They are two different sizes and attached with a pop up dot in the middle.  Then, I hot glued a lollipop stick to the back.  Once that was dried, I attached the Hershey Kiss to the center of the flower.  I tied a piece of wired ribbon on to each of the sticks. 

Then, I made a box with my Scor-Pal.  Originally, I had wanted a small flower pot for my flowers.  I searched high and low for some small plastic flower pots, but I could only find the orange clay ones, and I was worried them breaking.  Also, I wasn't too sure that my flowers would match.  So, I just made my own.  I stuck a piece of floral foam in the box and covered it with some paper shred.  I stuck my flowers into the foam.

I made a pick for my floral arrangement with my favorite Dandelion Designs stamps.

Supplies:

Stamps:  Dandelion Designs - Easter Bunny & Sentiment

Paper:  Recollections, Simple Stories

Ink:  Memento, Versafine

Misc:  Cricut Plantin School Book Cartridge, Scor-Pal, My Favorite Things Scallop Border and Bows Die-Namics, floral foam, paper shred, Hershey Kisses, wood skewer, pop up dots, wired ribbon, paper punches, Nestabilities, hot glue gun, lollipop sticks

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Chapstick Butterflies!

I had originally bought one Chapstick before Christmas to make one of these nifty gifts I found on Pinterest.  Make sure you check out Lori's blog, Mud Pie Studio, she has lots of neat ideas.

Needless to say, I didn't get to make those tags, so I decided to something a little "Eastery" and a little "Springy".  I used this one for my inspiration and went from there to make my own.

I recently bought the monthly subscription for the Cricut Image Library.  I have been having a blast with it,and cutting up a storm!  I would see all of these cute things I wanted to make, but I didn't have the cartridges or there would be only one thing on the cartridge that I wanted.  Not to mention, the cost of all of those cartridges, money is tight for a lot of us, so this is really a good option.  I decided to go with the monthly option at just $9.99 a month.  So far, I've made Mardi Gras decorations for work, cut a bazillion words and numbers because I have all of the fonts now (Whoo Hoo!) and these butterflies.

Using the Cricut Craft Room, I made a few adjustments to the butterfly cut.  It's from Create A Critter, which I have wanted for a very long time, and now I have it!  I added a middle layer of vellum.  I'm really into using up scraps these days, so this is the perfect project for just that.

Here you can see the vellum layer a little easier.  I just cut the butterflies out, layered them, and then sewed up the center so the layers would stay together better.  I punched holes with my Crop-A-Dile on either side of stitched line then thread some baker's twine through the holes.  Just so the Chapstick wouldn't slide around, I added a little snail adhesive on the stitched line and then tied the baker's twine into a pretty bow.  The layers were fluffed up a little and it was done.

These would look really cute in an Easter basket or as party favor.  They can stand up, I just didn't get a picture of it!  It's a nice non-candy treat that any age lady would enjoy!

Target has some special Chapsticks in with their Easter basket fillers section.  You could use any type of lip balm for this project.

Supplies:

Paper:  American Crafts, Recollections, MME

Misc:  Cricut, Create A Critter digital cartridge, baker's twine, Chapstick, sewing machine, Crop-A-Dile

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Bunny-Tizers!

Yes, I am still paper punching!  I thought I should make something for Easter that is not candy.  I had these cute little bottles of sanitizer from Bath & Body Works, so I decided to "trick" them up!

These are the same size as the bunnies that I used for my Bunny Clothespins.  I attached the head with some re-positional adhesive so they wouldn't rip if you wanted to remove it to open the top of the sanitizer.

For the back, I adhered a pom pom tail.  Then, I made a cute little tag with a complimentary tiny paper punch flower.

Supplies:

Stamps:  Dandelion Designs-Happy Easter!

Ink:  Memento

Paper:  American Crafts, Recollections, Bazzil

Misc:  Sanitizer, pom poms, paper punches, Tags Bags & More Cricut Cartridge, white gel pen, pink chalk, black Sharpie pen

I made up a few kits to make these and they are posted in my Etsy Shop.  The kits only contain the heads and tails.

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Cotton Tail Tags

Just some pretty tags to add a little cheer to your holiday!  These tags would be great to add to your Easter baskets, edible gifts, or even used as a card topper.  This also a great project to use up scraps of paper.

I used my Cricut to cut both tags (top and bottom).  Then, I die cut the rabbit out of the top tag and adhered another piece of coordinating paper to the back.  Stamp a sentiment, add a pom pom tail, and finish it off with some baker's twine and viola...you are done!

Supplies: 

Stamps:  Papertrey Ink-Polka Dot Parade #1

Ink:  Versafine

Paper:  American Crafts

Misc:  Cricut Pretty Pennants and Plantin School Book Cartridges,  Papertrey Ink Polka Dot Basics Bunny Die,  pom poms, baker's twine

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Bunny Clothespins

I've been on a roll with my paper punches!  I decided to decoupage some polka dotted paper onto clothespins, and then adhered my bunny faces on with some pop up dots.  These would be perfect as place card holders for your Easter dinner table, clipped onto a basket/bag of goodies from the Easter Bunny, or even use for a banner/garland to decorate your home!

Supplies:

Paper:  MME, Simple Stories, American Crafts, Recollections

Misc:  Clothespins, pop up dots, white gel pen, pink chalk, Mama Elephant Bow Die, paper punches, Cricut, Modge Podge, black Sharpie pen

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Fuzzy Bumpy Chenille Bunnies

I've been admiring the vintage style chenille ornaments that I found on Pinterest.  I decided to try and make them, but with my own little style.  Since I absolutely love paper punch art, I thought I could incorporate that into my bunnies.  Using a variety of punches and my Cricut.  I made these sweet little faces.  Then, I hot glued them onto my bump bunny bodies.  Using scraps of paper, dyed seam binding, and a pom pom tail (which you can't see, sorry), I was able to create these little cuties.

Since Easter is coming, I make a little Easter basket with a colored egg, sparkly flower and a vellum butterfly.  For some reason, I still have some of my little favor tins (I thought I used them all up!).  I hot glued some paper shred on the top, then glued the bunny to the top of that and added a few more paper punched flowers.  The tin was decorated with a strip of paper and a matching die cut bow.  No Easter treat is complete with out some candy, so I added some pastel M&M's.

Like a good M&M, you can't have just one...so I made a few more bunnies in different colors!

Supplies:

Paper:  American Crafts, Making Memories, Recollections, MME, Simple Stories

Ink:  Memento

Misc:  Paper punches, half pearls, Cricut, white bumpy chenille stems, pop up dots, seam binding, hot glue gun, pink chalk, seam binding, mini mint tin, Mama Elephant Bow Die, black Sharpie pen, paper shred, pom poms

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Warm Fuzzies

Happy March 1st!  Here is "springy" Easter card to hopefully brighten your day!  Another paper piecing, Copic coloring, die cutting, flower making, paper punching, pop up dotting creation!

Supplies:

Stamps:  My Favorite Things Pure Innocence-Warm Fuzzies and Papertrey Ink-Tag-it's #1

Ink:  Memento, Versafine

Paper:  Wasau, Making Memories

Misc:  Copics, paper punches, buttons, half pearls, paper shred, Nestabilities, pop up dots, Cheery Lynn Designs French Pastry Doily Die, Papertrey Ink Mat Stack 3 Dies

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