Pocket Note Books

Hi! Today I wanted to share some cute note books which I altered the cover.

I used the flower and sentiment stamps from Elements of Style (retired) and stamped them in white ink on all of the different card stocks. I used basic black, elegant eggplant, basic grey, rose red and not quite navy. To make it a more seamless look, I snipped small slits to allow for the wire to go around the card stock. They are quite easy to make and you can make quite a few in a short amount of time - always a bonus if you wanted to make these for Christmas.

Any questions, just ask and as always thanks for stopping by.

Punch Board Crackers

Good morning, thought I'd pop past real quick and share these little cuties.

I made them with the envelope punch board. I got the instructions from Connie Collins and they use the  Winter Frost DSP stack. I wanted to use silver bells, but couldn't find any, so gold it is. The sentiment is from the Jolly Jingles wheel, which I have cut out and mounted and I believe it's on sale now through the clearance rack.

Thanks for looking

Teachers Gifts

Good evening, or actually it's good early morning :) I've been up trying to get a few things done (been working on some bon-bons made with the envelope punch board - I'll share them later)

Anyway, I have a quick project to share with you. I made these for each of my DD's teachers this year and the teachers loved them!

They are little note holders. I made them using an IKEA frame, placed some retired dsp in the frame and finished it off with a clip - super easy and quick!

I went super clean and simple for the packaging - a white paper bag, some retired ribbon and tag and I was done. I was really happy with how these turned out and it's always a bonus when the recipients love them just as much. 

Thanks for looking

A Year In Review 2012

Hi! I'm posting this again as it didn't seem to work last time. I just wanted to do a quick 2012 year in review. Here are my top cards for the year:

January 

February 

March

April 

May

 I did two cards for June

August

 September

October 

November

December

 My latest Try stampin' On Tuesday creation :)

Well that it from me - my top 12 cards. I really appreciate your continued encouragement and support and thank you to every one who takes the time to leave a comment.

I hope you can join me next year and see what I create :)

Thanks for looking and happy new year 

Kitchen Tea

Hi! I'm off to a friends kitchen tea this afternoon and thought I'd share the card and pressie I made her.
Her card:

Set of tile coasters, using Greenhouse Gala dsp:

All packaged up ready tog go:

I love how the tiles turned out - hope she does too!

Any questions just ask.
Thanks for looking :)

Kindy Presents #2

Hi! I'm back to share the rest of the kindy thank you presents I made for my DD teachers.

First up a card:

And the rest of the bottle cap magnets:

Spice Cake -

 Summer Smooches -

And my favourite, International Bazaar - 

All packaged up, complete with tag and lady bug chocolates :)
 

I loved making these and the recipients loved them!
Thanks for looking.

Kindy Thank You Presents #1

Hi, I thought I'd pop in and show you a few of the little thank you presents I made for my DD kindy teachers.
I have seen these all around the internet. They are silver bottle caps, which have been flattened. I punched out a 1" circle and covered it with an epoxy sticker and glued the whole thing to the center of the cap. I then added a magnet to the back and voila!

This one is using sweet stitches:

And this one uses everyday enchantment:

I have three more to show you, but the teachers haven't received them yet, so I'll share them after.

Thanks for looking :)

Just Add Ink #100

Hi! Over at Just Add Ink, they're celebrating their 100th birthday challenge and so this weeks theme is - 'Just add crowns'. I actually dont own any stamp sets which have crowns or anything to that nature, so I had to think outside the square and came up with this cute box:

I know that these boxes have been around for a while now and I finally had a chance to make one. The box uses the pillow box die, but for my 'crown' shape I cut off all the extra bits on top to get a unified look and cut the bottom straight. The colours I've used are rose red, certainly celery, so saffron and some scrap brown. I embossed the rose red base with the final press embossing folder. The hearts and 'princess' were all cut out using the timeless type alphabet. My Hubby surprised me for Christmas by buying this secretly and it's now my new best friend! You can get the tutorial for the box here. 

I am loving the end result and I cant think of any little girl who wouldn't love to get this!

Thanks for looking and have a great day! 

Quick Money Holder

Hi all, just a quick pop past, as things are busy, busy! I needed a quick money holder for my brother, so this is what I came up with:

This was super simple to make: I had my DSP folded into three's, then cut one panel in half to make the pocket.  I tied a ribbon around to keep it all together and added a sentiment. EASY!!  Hope you like it :)
Thanks for looking!

2012 Calendars

 I have been wanting to make these little calendars for a while, as I've seen them all over the internet. But I couldn't find any little calendars, until now.  I made 20 of these to give away to family members, and I tried to keep them pretty simple, knowing how many I had to make. This is them all packaged up ready to go:

I used paper from my stash and the "Beautiful wings" embosslit. My top note die certainly go a work out with these :) To finish these off I stuck a magnet on the back so that they could be hung on the fridge. I was so happy with how they turned out,  that I kept one for my fridge!

Here's a group shot:

Thanks for looking!

Presents for my Family

Hi all! I hope your ready for Christmas!! I have been busy, so I'm going to have a bit to share with you before Christmas :) Last night I was up till late baking biscuits for my family and this morning I packaged them up. Here's what they look like:

I was pretty happy with how they turned out. The mug's are two different sizes and are from Big W. The sentiment is from "stamped for Christmas" by Annabelle stamps. A strip of Jolly Holiday DSP from Stampin up, a flower made from the Boho blossom punch and some bling to finish it off. I hope the recipients are happy with them as well! I'll be back soon to share some other projects that I've been working on. Thanks for looking!

Annabelle Stamps - Handmade Gifts

Over at Annabelle Stamps they have a great challenge to give some handmade gifts for Christmas. I had only just finished making these beauties, so I thought I'd share.

I'm not entirely sure what they are officially called, but I call them 'folded ornaments'. For all the details I just educated my self on you tube. I did make two in different colours, but I'll share that one later as it's for my Mum and I know that she sometimes looks at my blog :) I will say that they are time consuming in preparing the material, but once every thing is cut, ironed and ready to go they come together quite quickly. Hopefully I'll be able to make a few more for Christmas. 

Hope you have a great day and thanks for looking!

Hello!

Well it feels like forever since I've sat down and shared something! Not sure about you, but life is getting busy! I'm nearly done with Christmas shopping, but all those little extra items I wanted to make for friends and family are still to be done. I have however finished and written my Christmas cards to send out on 1st December. I also feel like my mojo has gone walkabout, so hence my lack in creations and posts. Hopefully with things that I have to get done before Christmas that my mojo will find its way home :)

Any ways, I had promised my girls that I would make them a Christmas hair tie, so we went to the local craft shop and they chose their ribbon.

They were pretty simple, just a length of ribbon that I ran a running stitch along one side and pulled the thread to create the ruffles. I then used a self covering button with material from my stash for the center and finished the bottoms with a piece of felt to make it sit nicely and attached the hair tie to the felt. The girls love them and they were easy and cheap to make. 

I hope all your holiday plans are going along nicely. I'll try and pop past again soon :)

Thanks for looking 

(on a side note, I know I promised that I would show you a reindeer version of the treat toppers, but I honestly haven't done any. Maybe in the next few weeks I'll be able to get around to them - hopefully)