Nail Polish Bunnies

Here is quick little non - candy Easter surprise.  I made some spiders for Halloween and decided to make some bunnies for Easter.

I just used some paper punches and my Cricut to make their little faces.  A bow was added and eyes were made using a Black Sharpie.

I used Scor-Tape to adhere the face and the pom pom tail to the bottle.  While this tape is excellent at keeping paper adhered together, it easily peels off of the glass bottle so nail polish doesn't drip onto it.

Supplies:

Paper:  Echo Park, Recollections

Misc:  Nail polish, ribbon, pom poms, paper punches, pop up dots, black sharpie pen, Cricut

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Valentine's Day Button Tag Bags

Happy Valentine's Day!  I hope your day is filled with love and chocolate.  My day is filled with work, this being one of the two busiest days in the restaurant industry, but I saved myself some Cherry Cordial M & M's for when I get home tonight!

I've been doing quite a bit of sewing lately, and I just love making little bags.  It's a great way to use of little scraps of fabric and most of the time, they make up really fast.

Last month, the Senior Design Team at Papertrey Ink revisited Button Boutique.  This is one of my favorite PTI stamp sets.  I absolutely loved this one at Lilybean Paperie and decided to incorporate it with my new little bags.

I made two styles of bags.  The first one is simple drawstring muslin bag.  I like to stuff it with a lot of stuff and I wanted it to stand up on it's own, so I boxed the bottom corners.

The bags are 6 1/2 inches x 51/4 inches.  

Next up are these little tote bags, I call them my Tiny Totes.

These little guys measure 6 inches x 5 inches.  The bottoms of these bags also are boxed so that they stand up freely.

Supplies:

Stamps:  Papertrey Ink-Button Boutique and Friendship Jar Spring Fillers

Paper:  Bazzill, American Crafts, Echo Park

Ink:  Memento

Misc:  Muslin bags, Tiny Totes, lace, buttons, baker's twine, mini spools, stick pins, glitter, paper punches, ribbon, sewing machine, Diamond Glaze, Papertrey Ink Dies-Button Boutique and Button Up #2 Die

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I Dig You

This is one of those things that didn't photograph well, I apologize, but they are way cuter in real life.  I saw these cute little shovels in Target and they were only 28 cents each, bonus bargain!!  They were a perfect match to the American Crafts Valentine paper pad that they had in the scrapbook aisle, another bonus for me!

So, I made these little tags and packaged up some candy for a special Valentine treat.

Supplies:

Paper:  American Crafts, Bazzill, Recollections

Misc:  Shovel, baker's twine, paper punch, button, cellophane bag, candy, Nestabilities, Sizzix Yarn Sizzlits Alphabet

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Teddy Bear Valentines

Hello!!!  How is everyone doing?  Where I have been and what have I been doing?!  I'm not quite sure, they say time flies when you are having fun...or not!!

As usual, I'm doing projects at the last minute.  Here are some paper punch Valentines that I made.

I used a variety of paper punches and my Cricut to make this little cutie.  Everything is better with a little chocolate, so I added this Nestle Crunch Heart to the center.

I needed a fun way to package him, so I used a glassine bag that I "tricked" up.  While I am a little behind on the trends, here is my first attempt at a confetti bag.  I just punched a million little hearts and added some fluffy glitter that I bought who knows when!  The doily heart was made using the Lifestyles/Quickutz 4x4 Die.

Here are my "naked" bears just waiting for their chocolate hearts!

Supplies:

Ink:  Memento

Paper:  Bazzill, American Crafts, Recollections

Misc:  Paper punches, pop up dots, Cricut George & Basic Shapes Cartridge, white gel pen, black Sharpie pen, glassine bag, Quickutz/Lifestyles Heart Doily Die, button, baker's twine, fluffy glitter, plastic bag, chocolate heart

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Warm Winter Birthday Wishes

 

I hope everyone had a nice Christmas.  As usual, I didn't get everything done that I wanted to get done, so I am still working on cards and stuff!

 

This is one of my favorite cards on one of my many Pinterest boards.

 

It's from Michelle Wooderson's blog, Mish Mash.   You can find all the details in her post here.

 

I decided to make it into a tag instead of card.  My Mom's birthday is in January, so I thought this would be perfect to attach to her gift.

 

Supplies:

Stamps:  Papertrey Ink-In The Meadow

Ink:  Versafine, Versamark Dazzle Champagne Water Mark Stamp Pad

Paper:  American Crafts, Bazzill

Misc:  Papertrey Ink Button, Mat Stack, and In The Meadow Dies, half pearls, sewing machine, paper punches, pop up dots, baker's twine

 

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Christmas Lives....

Just a quick card before I leave for work.  Hope everyone is getting their holiday shopping/plans done with out going "too crazy"!

 

Supplies:

Stamps: Papertrey Ink-Love Lives Here

Ink:  Versafine

Paper:  My Mind's Eye Merry Little Christmas, Recollections, American Crafts

Misc:  Nestabilities, Papertrey Ink Love Lives Here Die, pink brad, pop up dots, heart paper punch, snowflake paper punch, baker's twine

 

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All Hearts Come Home

This was one of the cards I made while at my sister's home for Thanksgiving.  There was a marathon of Gone With The Wind on AMC that day, so all day I got to watch it over and over again!

 

Supplies:

Stamps:  My Favorite Things-Sending You A Little Christmas

Ink:  Memento, Versafine

Paper:  Neenah, Crate Paper

Misc:  Copics, button, lace, ribbon, pop up dots, My Memory Box Scallop Die

 

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Snowman Vitamin Water!

Just a little something to brighten up your favorite teacher's desk this holiday season.  I bought an eight pack of Lemonade Vitamin Water and these leg warmers from the Dollar Spot at Target and got to work.  Some paper punches, fabric scraps, baker's twine, pom poms, and viola...eight tiny snowman!

Family photo:

Supplies:

Stamps:  Dandelion Designs-To My Teacher

Ink:  Versafine

Paper:  Recollections, Bo Bunny

Misc:  Leg warmers, pom poms, pom pom trim, paper punches, Baker's Twine, pop up dots, fabric scraps

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Hanukkah Catch Up!

 

Well, Hanukkah ends tomorrow night and I'm a little slow in getting my projects posted! 

 

These are some little pillow boxes that I made with the Sizzix Pillow Box Die.  The tags were punched out with both vellum and coordinating designer paper.  Then, I stamped the vellum tags with some Stazon Black Ink.  Tiny Stars of David were paper punched to complete the tag.  These little pillow boxes match my Wintery Hanukkah Cards posted below.

 

Supplies:

Stamps:  Savvy Stamps-Sentiment

Ink:  Stazon

Paper:  Recollections, We R Memory Keepers

Misc:  Sizzix Pillow Box Die, paper punches, crochet cotton, Scor-Tape

 

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Wintery Hanukkah Cards

 

This is another one of those projects that looks much better in person.  I had these cute We R Memory Keepers paper left over from last year and I thought that they would make some pretty Hanukkah cards.

 

Supplies:

Stamps:  Studio G-Happy Hanukkah

Ink:  Versafine

Paper:  Recollections, We R Memory Keepers

Misc: Pop up dots, Papertrey Ink-Menorah Die

 

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Rudolph The Red Nose "Cork"Deer

 

I found these super cute reindeers on Pretty Handy Girl's blog.  They were very easy to make and made up very quickly.  I made just a few changes, I couldn't find the 16 gauge wire, so I used 18 gauge that I bought at Michaels.  The noses were made using some Recollections glitter dots.

 

I made a small medallion using Papertrey Ink's Tiny Treats Christmas set.

 

Supplies:

Stamps:  Papertrey Ink-Tiny Treats Christmas

Ink:  Memento

Paper:  Bo-Bunny, Neenah, Recollections

Misc:  Corks, wire, baker's twine, paper punches, Copics, glitter dots, black half pearls

 

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Pretty Packaging-Happy Hanukkah Bags & Tags

 

Here are some great Hanukkah Bags & Tags that I made using  Papertrey Ink's Menorah Die.

This special set contains eight (8) glassine bags that measure 4 1/2/ inches by 7 1/4 inches, enough for eight crazy nights!

Also included are eight (8) coordinating tags that are 5 1/4 inches by 3 1/4 inches. They are made using twos layer of high quality scrapbook paper. The Menorah was cut out using the Papertrey Ink Menorah die. Attached underneath is thin layer of gold glitter card stock to make the candles sparkle and some pretty blue designer paper for the candles. Happy Hanukkah is hand stamped on each tag.

To finish off your tag, three (3) yards of blue grosgrain ribbon is included.

 

Supplies:

Stamps:  Studio G-Happy Hanukkah!

Ink:  Memento

Paper:  Papertrey Ink, Bazzill, Echo Park, Recollections

Misc:  Glassine bags, grosgrain ribbon, Papertrey Ink Menorah Die

 

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Happy Hanukkah Banner

 

I've been working on my Hanukkah goodies.  Here is the banner I made.  I used the Alphalicious Cricut Cartridge, I always use it, but it's the only font cartridge I have!  Each panel is actually 5 different layers.  Using Nestabilities, I cut the first two layers, one in card stock and one in vellum.  The nest layer is a circle cut of white glitter cardstock.  Then, I cut each letter out three times, and layered them to give it a faux chipboard letter look.  Lots of layers, lots of pop up dots.....that's how I roll!

All of the panels are connected with some grosgrain ribbon.  I cut out some Stars of David out of metallic paper and then adhered them to every other panel.

 



Supplies:

Paper:  Papertrey Ink, Colorbok, Bazzill, Recollections

Misc:  Cricut Alphalicious Cartridge, Nestabilities, pop up dots, Cricut Craft Room Modern Hebrew Alphabet

 

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Soccer Party Time!!

Happy Birthday to my Stepfather, Chuck!  Chuck is a huge soccer fan and one of the best coaches in the world!  So, for his birthday this year, I decided to a soccer theme.

 

First, a banner made using my Cricut.  I used the Alphalicious and Sports Mania Cartridge.  Each of the soccer balls was embellished with some silver stars cut with My Favorite Things Star Die-Namics.

 

 

Next a Hershey Miniatures cake.  I couldn't find any cute soccer paper, so I just improvised using this Bo-Bunny paper and some soccer ball stickers.  The cake topper looks like a Mickey Mouse head, but it's not supposed to!  I cut the circles out using a variety of Nestabilities.  A paper punched heart accents the sentiment that was stamped using one of my favorite Dandelion Designs stamps.

 

 

Chuck loves cupcakes, so I made some cupcake toppers.  Unfortunately, I don't have a picture of the cupcakes.  We celebrated his birthday the day he and Mom and to take me (at the crack of dawn) for a test at the surgery center.  Needless to say, I was nervous, cranky, tired, and hungry, and I didn't  take a picture with the cupcakes.  But they were really good. 

 

To transport his cupcakes home, and future ones that I will make for him, I bought a cake carrier at Walmart for just under $6.00.  For my first time cutting vinyl, I personalized the cake carrier with my Cricut.  So, now when ever Chuck wants cupcakes, he just needs to bring his carrier back, and I will fill it back up for him.

 

The carrier was very big and it was hard to take a picture showing the finished product, so I had to take it in three pictures:

 

Chuck and my Mom were quite pleased with it.  I had the banner hanging on the wall, and Chuck took it down very quickly and wanted to go home immediately to hang it up in his home office.  It was very sweet.

 

Supplies:

Stamp:  Dandelion Designs-It's Your Birthday!!

Paper:  Bo Bunny, Bazzill, Colorbok

Ink:  Versafine

Misc:  Vinyl, stickers, star paper punch, star Die-Namics, ribbon, pop up dots, cake carrier, Cricut, Alphalicious and Sports Mania Cartridges, straws

 

Are you ready for some football?!!  I am, it's Monday, my boys are playing tonight, and I have the night off!!!  Whooo hoooo!!!!!

 

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Introducing Pretty Packaging Gift Sets - Sweet Christmas Wishes

****This Pretty Packaging Gift Set is now listed in my Etsy Shop.****


It started out as making one card using Papertrey Ink's Candy Cane Christmas stamp/die set:

 

 

Which turned into three cards:

 

Then, two matching gift bags:

 

And four coordinating gift tags:

 

I might as make four more tags, I have extra paper:

 

 

Then, I decided to go through my stash to make some little gifties.  I just love glassine bags, and I think they go great with these tags.

 

 

A Hershey's Candy Cane Bar fit perfectly in this bag:

 

Here is what I put together:

 

Eighteen (18) glassine bags.  Six (6) of three different sizes: 

2 1/2 x 7

 3 3/4 x 7

 4 x 7 1/4

Six (6) mini turquoise  tiny clothespins

Six (6) small peppermint washi tape striped clothespins

Three (3) yards of turquoise Baker's Twine

Three (3) yards of pink/red Baker's Twine

Two (2) bundles of three (3) yards each of turquoise hand dyed Seam Binding 

 

Cat head in the way!

 

So, this is what the entire package looks like, all of the goodies to make someone's holiday the Sweetest Christmas Ever!  If you are interested in this, make sure you check out my Etsy shop later and pick it up!  I will be making more of these Pretty Packaging Gift Sets.  Each one will be unique, so don't wait until the last minute, as it might be gone!

 

Another cat head, monkey see monkey do!  Please note that the cat heads are not included in the Pretty Packaging Gift Sets.

 

Supplies:

Stamps:  Papertrey Ink-Candy Cane Christmas

Ink:  Memento, Studio G

Paper:  Bazzill, K & Company

Misc:  Papertrey Ink Dies Candy Cane Christmas, Front & Center #1, and Mat Stack, Quickutz Holly Die, pink rhinestones, pop up dots, seam binding, Baker's Twine, glassine bags, mini clothes pins, washi tape, small clothespins

 

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