Warm Wishes

With two Christmas parties coming up fast, I decided to work on favors for all the girls. For my Euchre card group I made these cocoa packs. I found the snowman and cut image on Pinterest. Then I copied it into Publisher and added the "warm wishes" sentiment.

Since taking the picture, I have added a candy cane to each packet. The girls will also get a Hersey bar with a Christmas wrapper and one of my snowman tea light pins.

My stamping group will receive one of my popcorn pouches, hot spiced cider and a Hershey bar. My next project will to make something for my "Women of Faith" Sunday school class. Still trying to decide what that will be. Since I have plenty of cocoa packs let, I may make more of these cocoa pouches.

Don't forget to stop by the Sisterhood for the new challenge "In the Meadow We Will Build a Snowman." You have until 8pm Sunday December 6th to enter.

Hugs,
Terri
 

Walking Bonnet

We have a new challenge beginning this month on Facebook. It is the Crafty Addicts Facebook Group Design Team challenge. All members of this group have a chance to win a prize from the month's sponsor.

I chose this cute image called "Walking Bonnet" from our sponsor A Day For Daisies. Our challenge was to add flowers.  

The background paper is from Paper Studio's Floral Shoppe pad. I used Stampin' Up's sage green and pirouette pink card stock to mat the image. Regular colored pencils were used to color the image. I found the flowers in the bridal department at Pat Catan's and the sentiment is from Michael's $1.50 bin.

A Day for Daisies has some beautiful digis. Why not stop by and check them out. I am so excited to be a part of this team. These ladies are very talented.

Well, that's all for today. Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs,
Terri

Fairy Lili

For my project for the Crafty Addicts challenge this month I created this simple square box. The image "Fairy Lili With Snowglobe" is from Inky Impressions. I can't believe Christmas is only 7 weeks away. Thankfully, most of my shopping is done and I can concentrate on Thanksgiving (my favorite Holiday) and decorating for Christmas.

Now for my project:

Using SU's Always Artichoke card stock, I created the box top and bottom. The designer paper is from DCWB. Next I used the same green and red cardstock to create the mats for the image with my Nestibilities Label Five dies. The snowflakes were punched with the medium size Fiskars snowflake punch. Last I added red organdy ribbon and a bow. The snowflakes on the top of the box have crystal gem centers and the snowflakes are the sides of the box have pearl centers.

This is a very simple box to make. I started with a 8 inch square for the bottom of the box. Then scored at 2" on each side. The top is a 6 inch square, scored at 1" on each side.  On two opposite sides, cut to make flaps then glue together.

Now, I just have to decide who is going to get this as a gift at Christmas and what will go inside.

You can check out this fun monthly challenge at here. We would love to have you join us. You could be the winner of a fabulous prize from our sponsor Inky Impressions.

Have a wonderful day.

Hugs,
Terri

 

Giving Thanks

My husband and I are having a quiet dinner at home and then heading to our older daughter's house to visit with her family and her in-laws. Our younger daughter and granddaughter will also be there. We are truly blessed.

Wishing you and your family a blessed Thanksgiving.

Hugs,

Terri

Do You Want to Build a Snowman?

Our host for this week's challenge at the Sisterhood is Vicky. The theme is "In the Meadow We Will Build a Snowman. Create a card or project with a snowman as the focus. My friend, Darlene, let me use this cute snowman stamp for my card. I colored him with colored pencils. 

The background paper is Martha Stewart. Darlene was kind enough to die cut these fabulous trees and I used a Fiskars punch to make the snowflakes. The snow banks were created by fussy cutting white card stock and I made the sentiment panel by punching two scalloped circles and cutting off the tops and bottoms of the circles. I found the sentiment stamp in a dollar bin at Joan's Craft Store.

I have entered this card in the following challenges:
Craft Your Passion -  Always Anything Goes 
Crafting From The Heart - Always Anything Goes
Love To Scrap - Anything Goes 
 
Would love to see a scene like this outside my window on Christmas morning. Then all the snow could melt away for the rest of the winter. Can you tell I am not a fan of winter? I love  how the snow sparkles, just don't like the cold or driving in it. My favorite time of year is Fall. Love the colors, smells and mild temperatures.

Okay, now it's your turn to share your creations. Hop on over to the Sisterhood for more inspiration from my talented sistahs and enter your project.

Happy Crafting!

Hugs,
Terri

Snowman Popcorn Pouch

Today I am working on more Christmas treats for friends and family. This is my version of the popcorn pouches seen on Pinterest.

The designer paper is from Creating Keepsakes and was cut to 6" x 12". Score at 3 3/4", 4", 8" and 8 1/4". The band is 2 1/2" x 9 1/2". Place sticky tape at one end of the 6 x 12 strip, wrap around popcorn and adhere. Next do the same with the band. I added a snowman sticker. I have had these stickers for so long, I don't remember where I purchased them. They may have been from the dollar store, because they don't have a company name on them. Last I threaded white organdy ribbon through the top of the band and tied in a bow.

They are so easy and quick to put together. I know I will be making lots of these. All my friends and family love popcorn. What a cute and inexpensive gift. They will go great with the hot cocoa pouches I am making.

Well, I am off to work on more challenge projects for my DT team challenges and other Christmas gifts. 
Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs,
Terri

Snowmen Tea Lights

It's a beautiful day here in Northeast Ohio. Temps in the low 60's and lots of sun. Yesterday I began working on my version of the snowmen tea lights. They are so easy and quick to make. I found tea lights that change colors and decided they would make cute pins.

The face is a 1 3/8" circle with an "x" cut in the center to fit over the candle. I used red sticky strip to hold the face to the votive. I drew the mouth with a permanent marker and added pink to the cheeks with a colored pencil. Black pearls were used for the eyes. Next I cut 1 3/4" circles from designer paper and cut them in half for the hat. The window word punch created the bottom of the hat and 1/2" circle made the pop pom. Last I added a bow made from 5/8" burgandy organza ribbon. Now I just need to add the pin backs. These will be gifts for ladies in both my stamp group and euchre card clubs. 

My husband thought they would be too big for pins, but I tried one and I think they are perfect. I chose not to use Christmas colors so they will go through the winter. I have lots of ideas for gifts, so I better get busy.  Only 38 days left till Christmas and my first Christmas party is December 5th.

Guess I'd better start cookie baking and decorating the day after Thanksgiving. Thankfully, my Christmas shopping is done - just have to wrap everything and get my Christmas cards ready. I mail very few, most are handed out.

Well, off to get lunch and work on more projects. Have a beautiful day.

Hugs,
Terri

Mittens and Snowflakes

I had the opportunity to visit with my friend, Darlene, today for some crafting. After helping me with some issues on my laptop, I finally had a chance to work on this card for the challenge at Classy Cards n Such. I used the following die cuts from Dar's dies: "Stacked Mittens" by Poppy Stamps, "Large Snowflake" from Impression Obsession and American Crafts Designer Paper "Hot Cocoa".

I chose the black and white snowflake paper first, then decided to brighten the card up by using the red with white dot paper. Then I placed the big snowflake that Darlene had cut for me and layered the mittens over top. Last I tied a bow with red "Let It Snow" ribbon and adhered that to the top of the mittens. 

Although I could use this as a Christmas card, I think I will save it for when the snow hits in January or February and use it to send "Warm Wishes" to someone. Maybe I could include a pack of hot cocoa. In fact, maybe I will fill a mug with Hersey Kisses and a peppermint stick for snowman soup as a gift to someone special.

Now I think I will sit back and have a cup of cocoa and try to get my head to stop spinning from all the things I learned from Darlene today.

Have a great day everyone.

Hugs,
Terri

On Your Special Day

Hello everyone! What a week this has been already. Hubby had two days off and once again felt sick as his stomache. He thinks he had a virus, but I think he either ate something that didn't agree with him or he didn't want to work on some much need things around the house. Then my camera quit working so I had to get a new one and of course I needed to get a card reader in order to upload images to my blog.

Hopefully, everything is back to normal. Now I just need to get my photo box set up in my craft room so I can take better pictures of my project. I'm going to try to do that this weekend when I don't have to watch my granddaugher.

Okay, now on to my project for today. I decided to work on another card set from Anna Griffin. This time I chose the Anniversary set. 

I love the gold die cut behind the sentiment. It gives the card such an elegant look. It is so nice to have cards that can be put together so quickly for those last minute occasions.  I also love the vintage feel of these cards. The die cut and sentiment are popped up with dimensionals to give some extra definition. I am trying to decide if I should add ribbon or just leave as is. Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Thank you for visiting with me today. Before you go, just a reminder to visit the challenges at the following blogs:

Sisterhood of Crafters
The Crafty Addicts
Crafting With An Attitude
Crafting For All Seasons

Have a beautiful day!

Hugs,
Terri

 

Christmas Caroling

A new challenge begins today at the Sisterhood of Crafters with Darlene as our host. Get out those thinking caps and create a project around the theme "It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas". 

The first thing I do after Thanksgiving is get out my Christmas cd's to play while I am decorating or baking cookies. So I decided to use this cute image of Christmas Carolers as my focus. 

I started with a base of white card stock, then added designer paper by DCWV. Next I cut the Madison Window, Window Box and Shutters from Poppystamps. The image was cut down to fit inside the window frame. Then I added the shutters and window box. Before adhering the window box, I cut a border of roses and holly leaves (K and Company) and adhered to the back of the window box.  Once the window box was in place I added this satin bow with pearl center. The holly spray at the top of the window is also K and Company. I fussy cut the snow from white card stock and added the pine trees. The sentiment was stamped with SU's Garden Green ink using a Stampabilities stamp.

I have entered this card in the following challenges:

Creative Moments - Always Anything Goes 
Crafting From The Heart - Anything Goes
Not Just Cards - Anything Goes
 
Working on this card made me realize how close we are getting to Christmas. I try to get my house decorated the first weekend of Christmas, so I can focus on baking and gift wrapping. Try to have my shopping done by Thanksgiving to avoid the holiday rush. That's the easy part because I only have to shop for 4 adults and 4 granddchildren. 

I always look forward to spending Christmas Eve with my youngest daughter and granddaughter, then Christmas Day with my older daughter, son-law, their 3 children and my son-in-law's parents. Hoping my younger daughter will join us this year. Everyone brings side dish or dessert to share and my daughter bakes a ham. It is such a blessing to spend this time with them. Good food and good company. The best gift I could get.

Now, why not head on over to the Sisterhood to check out the awesome inspiration projects from my sistahs and enter your creation?

Happy Crafting!

Hugs,
Terri

Feel Better Soon

I love designs by Anna Griffin. So when I found some of her card sets marked down at Joann's Craft Store, I just had to purchase them. This card is from her "Get Well" set, which includes the cards, envelopes and embellishments.

 I was going to add pearls to the centers of the flowers, but realized I forgot to add them when I wrote the post. I will add them before mailing. Isn't this lavender and gold design beautiful? Now to get busy on the other sets. I purchased about 10 of these sets including: wedding, congratulations,  anniversary, Father's Day and Mother's Day.

They also make great projects for when I am watching my 3 year old granddaughter who demands a lot of attention. She always wants to help me, but I am afraid of her getting hurt because she wants to know how my die cutting machine, paper trimmer, punches and other materials work. When she is old enough I have a child's Cuttlebug and dies for her. I think she will make a great crafting buddy.

Well, that's all I have for you today. Thanks for stopping by and have a beautiful day.

Hugs,
Terri

Mentos Snowmen

I have been searching for favor ideas to make for my friends this Christmas. While at the grocery store, I found a six pack of Mentos Mints to decorate. My next stop was the local dollar store to purchase inexpensive gloves. My finished project is these cute little snowmen.

First I cut a piece of white copy paper 5 3/8" by 3" and wrapped it around the roll of Mentos, then adhered the end with runner tape. I cut the fingers off of the gloves and rolled the ends up to make the hats. Next I used a black marker to make the eyes, mouth and buttons. An orange colored pencil was used to make the carrot nose. Now I just need to add a pompom to the top of each hat. I may add a small snowflake also.

That's all there is to this quick gift idea. Super easy. I have six made so far and need to make about 25 more. I also plan to make snowman soup packs to go along with them.

It is such a beautiful day here in Northeast Ohio. In fact, the weatherman is calling for mid-60 to low 70 temps all week. Time to get outside and get my plants ready for winter. Thank goodness I don't have to rake leaves. Hubby uses the lawn mower to chop them up.

I'm so glad you visit with me today. Have a beautiful day.

Hugs,
Terri

Bells and Holly

Now that Halloween is over, I can start concentrating on the upcoming Holiday season.  I try to have my Christmas cards made by Thanksgiving. Over Thanksgiving weekend, I address the envelopes and start decorating.

I found these beautiful papers on sale at Joann's awhile back, but just couldn't decide what to make with them. So I started looking on Pinterest for some vintage Christmas images and found these gorgeous bells.

The gray papers are from DCWV's Basic 6 x 6 Basic stack. The silver foil paper is DCWV's 12 x 12 Silver stack. Love the blue, purple and silver together and thought it matched the papers perfectly. I cut the black mat 1/8" larger than the image panel to set it apart from the background. Before I put this card in the mail, I will add ribbon and a sentiment.

There are so many gorgeous patterns in the Silver Stack that would be great for wedding, anniversary and guy cards. Some of this foil paper will be used to make an anniversary card and a valentine's gift for my husband.

There are some great challenges starting this week. On Wednesday, The Crafty Addicts challenge begins and Thursday starts the challenge at Crafting With An Attitude. Why not stop by and check out the inspiration by the Design Teams and enter for a chance at some fabulous prizes.

Hugs,
Terri