Little snowman

I had a lot of fun making this card. The snowman is a clear stamp from one of the $ sets that G studio makes. I stamped him, colored him, and then cut around him. I cuttlebugged the bottom paper to make it look like piles of snow. It was fine but I thought that it still needed something else so I stippled "snowqueen" radiant pearls over it and that did the trick. The background paper is from DCWV winter set. You can't tell from the scan but this card has dimension to it. The snowman is raised with 1 layer of foam tape, and the cuttlebugged snow is raised with 2 layers of foam tape.

Snowflake nugget tin

I LOVE making nugget tins and today I am sharing one of the 4 that I made last night. I used Encore Metallic inks and in person they are nice and shiny. I think the inks look really nice paired up with the silver of the nugget wrappers and the silver of the tin. I happened to find the perfect ribbon to match and the silver cord adds the final touch.

Christmas gift bag

Today I wanted to share a plain white gift bag that I spruced up a bit. All I did was take 3 cooridinating background papers, tear the top edge of each one, and layer them onto the bag. Then I took matching ribbon to tie the bag shut. Inside I put some fun lotions and bubble baths and had it as a door price at a candle party that I hosted.

Wanna know how I decided who got the gift? Well if you look at the post below this one, you will see a candy wrapped in a decorated christmas label. I put that, along with undecorated ones, in a candy dish and set them out at my party for the guests. The one who picked the decorated one won the gift! It was pretty fun waiting for someone to pick the decorated one...it was ALMOST the last one picked!

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.