Christmas gifts

Now that Christmas is over, I can share alot of the stuff that I made for family members. I made my Mom and 2 sisters matching journal books and tins. They turned out really neat and I learned alot about mod podge!!

The yellow tin was made for my sister Erin, using splendor swirl by Bo bunny press. All edges were inked and matching ribbon applied.

The tin with the rolling pins was made for my sister Emily. The paper was rolling pin paper by creative imaginations and baking words(not sure of the name) from the same line

The strawberry tin was made for my Mom using strawberry patch paper by Stemma. All edges were also inked and matching ribbon was used to finish off the lid.

The tins can by used as banks for 'stamping supplies' or storage.

Cardinal Candle

I made this cardinal candle for my Grandma. I used the stamping on candles technique on SCS, so I thought I would give it a try. I turned out great! I bought a glass pedestal and added the cranberry garland. I also stamped the branch shadow stamp lightly around the sides and back of the candle, to give it a little color, but it didn't show up in the picture.
Stamp: a Cardinal Christmas
ink: riding hood red, old olive, black.

Dog Christmas card

This is the card that I made for Tinker and Blossom to send to the other dogs/cats in the family. (YES, I know I'm weird, but I love my Doxies!!)

The doxie stamp and greeting, was purchased from 'CowTown Stamps'. I inked the 2 dogs to look like Tinker and Blossom, because this is exactly how they play!

Christmas card

I love cardinals and the stampin up a cardinal Christmas stamp is very pretty! This is the card that I made this year for Christmas. I wanted an easy card (not alot of coloring) so I stamped the cardinal in real red and inked the edges in real red ink also. I think it turned out very nice!

Paper: red, very vanilla, kraft, and Chocolate chip

ink: real red, versa mark, black

real red ribbon from stampin up (it has polka dots on the other side!)

silver snowflake brad (had to use a white punched snowflake w/a silver brad, also-I ran out of the snowflake brad about half way through make my cards and couldn't find more anywhere!)

I also made these cute pattie mint spiders! I saw them on SCS and had to make them. They are very easy to make, and they use up alot of scraps. All you need is the photo corner punch, scallop punch and a single hole punch. I added the google eyes which really made the spiders cute!!

Halloween card

This is the quick Halloween card I put together to send out.

card:

SU: Halloween Frights

Lollipop Lizzy paper by Imaginisce

orange and white paper

Ink: summer sun & pumpkin pie

black rickrack

medallion stamp

This is quickly becoming a favorite stamp. It's so simple but elegant. It can also be used for just about any card.

card 1:

ink: summer sun, chocolate chip

paper: summer sun, chocolate chip, white

I stamped the middle circle in chocolate chip and then punched it out. It was then adhered in the center to make it look like a sunflower! I also added chocolate chip ribbon.

Card 2:

ink: old olive

paper: vanilla, old olive

This is a simple card and I haven't decided what I'm going to use it for yet. It can actually go either way. I found some ric rak which matched the old olive perfectly.

Coffee Card set

This is a card set that I made as a gift. It includes 8 cards (2 of each design). All cards were made using the espress yourself stamp set from Stampin up.
Card one: Coffee mug

ink: chocolate chip, ruby red, black, old olive, creamy caramel, versa ink

paper: choloate chip, creamy caramel, white, old olive

I stamped the beans on the chocolate chip with versa ink and them embossed them with clear embossing powder.

Card 2:3 mugs

ink: olive green, pumpkin pie, pacific point, chocolate chip

paper: chocolale chip, olive green, white

I used a CB embossing plate and added green ribbon that matched old olive.

Card 3: 5 mugs

ink: creamy caramel, ruby red, olive green, chocolate chip, versa ink

paper: off white, creamy caramel, old olive

punches: scallop border punch, corner punch

I took a mug and inked it up with versa ink and stamped it on my paper. I then took creamy caramel pastel and applied it to the versa ink to make it look like a coffce mug ring.

Card 4: transparency

ink: black, ruby red, old olive, creamy caramel

paper: transparency, very vanilla, old olive

punch: curly label

ribbon

I made this card with a transparency. I backed the olive green with very vanilla on the inside so that you wouldn't see the adhesive. I did the same on the inside and the back of the card, with the very vanilla on the inside and the old olive on the back.

The plastic box was purchased but I decorated it to match the card set.

Tinker & Blossom

This is a picture of Tinker & Blossom, waiting for their treat. They sit so well when there's a treat involved!!

Spider treats

I made these spiders for Halloween. These is a peppermint pattie in the middle. I saw these on splitcoaststampers and had to make them. I also have made a bag topper so I can give them as a Halloween gift. I used gogglie eyes which made them soooo cute!!

Spiders: scallop punch, corner punch, hole punch

paper: black, orange, purple, green (all were scraps!)