Nestle Treasures

As I was shopping for Hershey Nuggets last night, I came across Nestle Treasures and thought "why not?". They looked like they were the same size as the nuggets, and they come in other colored wrappers besides just gold and silver. So I bought a bag of the Peanut Butter Creme which come in red wrappers. I thought they would work well for Christmas or Valentines Day treats. Here is an example of 2 that I made.

Organized craft room - finally!

I was finally able to get my craft room organized to my liking. This actually happened a couple of weeks ago but my camera died and I wasn't able to take a picture. I now have a new camera and can share again!

This picture shows my work table (on the left) and my die cutting table (on the right). It also shows the shelving that was already there when we bought the house 1.5 years ago.
On the wall to the right of my work table is my wall of embellishments and 12x12 papers.
This picture shows the area behind my work table.
My MIL painted these birds a few years ago. There are a total of 8 and I have them hanging on my craft room walls. She was going to throw them out and thankfully I was there to rescue them! I think they are so fun and cute and really adds playfulness to my room.
In this last picture you are looking into my room through my door. The antique dresser in the left of the picture holds all of my misc. things to alter, envelopes, etc, etc, etc.

wreath card

I made this wreath using a set from PaperTrey Ink called "Take a Bough". It doesn't really show up too well in the scan but I stippled brown ink all over the white cs to tone it down a bit. The faux stitches come from a set called "Hanging by a Thread" and is made by Technique Tuesday.

sympathy cards...

I had to make a sympathy card for a funeral this week. I always have such a hard time making them - I suppose everyone does. I never want to over-do them, etc. So I just try to keep them very simple. Here are 2 examples. The top one is the one that I made today. The bottom one is one I made earlier this year.

Christmas ornament/book mark

I think this would be such a cute little Christmas gift for a sunday school teacher to give to their students! I made it to be used as a tree ornament but you could also use it as a book mark.

Celebrate Jesus' Birthday

These are 2 cards that I made for a contest. I used the papertrey ink set called "piece of cake" and made Christmas cards! The word "Jesus'" was computer generated.

$ stamp sets at JoAnn Fabrics

The above photo shows what the packaging looks like.

Here are some of the $ clear stamp sets that are available at JoAnn Fabrics. If you can not find them in your store - ASK as they had them in a box on the fabric cutting table at our store. Happy hunting!

Flower Card

Thanks to an Anne who posted this question on the PaperTrey ink forum "Anybody make a flower using Take a Bough?" I came up with this card. The petals were made using the solid tear shaped x-mas ornament from PaperTrey ink. I just stamped it in fours, and then again in fours overlapping the first set. I like how it made a darker shade of pink where the petals overlap. Then for the center of the flower, I used a round x-mas ornament, again from Papertrey ink. The stem is a stitching stamp from a set called "hanging by a thread" by Technique Tuesday. I love how you can manipulate clear stamps to curve. The stitched leaves were from a small set by Autumn Leaves. The Just Because stamps are by PaperTrey ink and the set is called "Paper Trey".

Favor box

I found plain white "favor boxes" at Target in the wedding section of the stationary isle. A box of 50 for $12.99 - that's only 25 cents each! I made this cute favor box by stamping it with a papertrey ink set called "Piece of Cake". I used SU! dye inks and added some sparkly stickers to some of the flowers centers. The green ribbon used is the same color as the leaves - it just doesn't look like it in the scan. Then I added some paper flowers to the top. I think it came out really cute.

Dying to share...

Oh, I am dying to share with you all some cards that I have recently made, but they are for a card contest and so they must wait! I do think that I came up with a pretty neat idea for making some cards that the set wasn't really intended for. I will upload the cards as soon as the winner has been chosen.

Thanksgiving place settings

Here are some place settings that I made for Thanksgiving Dinner. It will help make the table festive for the Holiday.