Christmas Past

Happy Monday and welcome to my blog.

Today I have for you a list pad created with my 

Silhouette and Graphic45 Christmas Past collection.

I made up a few of these goodies for an upcoming craft show.

So quick and easy and they make such great gifts.

Kraft card stock and ribbon are PTI.

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LEJ Designs Alter It Gifts Challenge

LEJ Designs has a new challenge out today called

Alter it gifts.

Come play along with us 

LEJ Designs Challenge Blog 

Find more awesome digital stamps at the store

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My creation...

Digi Darla

has sponsored the above image"Jingle Bells" this month

So fun to create with!

I used a name badge from Office Max to Alter.  

I love to tuck these lovelies inside

my holiday cards for a sweet little treat.

The image was digitally colored in photoshop, printed and punched out.  Next it was layered on a piece of colored card stock and stuck to the front of the badge with dimensional foam.

Paper and stickers are from Little Yellow Bicycle 

ribbon and twine from PTI

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Brown Paper Packages

Another Pinteresting way of Wrapping up my Handmade Gifts this year.

Simply recycled brown grocery sacks and a black white photo of the precious one the gift is for.

I thought this would be wonderful for the little kids who can't yet read and for the older ones they now have their Aunts favorite pic of them;)

So here is the wrapped gift for my Nephew (Marshmallow Gun)

This is where the idea came from

Everyday Inspired

Here are more from

Happy Clippings

Want more...

Song Birds Nesting

Bugs and Fishes

Inside Stitch

Happy Stamp Day.  God Bless!

Candy Cane Reindeer

I found this project on Pinteretst you can take the link below to my 

CHRISTmas idea Board

My Husband will be taking these to school for his Kiddos.  My girls love them I have to tuck them away before a few go MIA.  They have also asked for a few for friends, by the time I am done there will be around 50 candy cane reindeer, YUMMY!

There was one broken one that said eat me I will claim that loss;)

Tutorial:

Cut your brown paper

4 1/4" by 2 3/4"

Attach canes to each other with red liner tape

Run one line of liner tape on back, long side

Wrap card stock around canes and press the tape firmly

Glue two google eyes and one pom

Let dry

And let the reindeer fun begin

Happy Stamp Day.  God Bless!

Marshmallow Guns for the Nephews

Handmade gifts for my Nephews this CHRISTmas, Marshmallow Shooters from 1/2" PVC.

WARNING** these are super fun one won't be enough;)

**Make sure you use a spray paint made just for plastic or purchase a plastic primer.**

Here is the gift set complete with ammo and safety glasses.

Every Year they also get an ornament from me you can see the beaded wire star on the bottom right.

It is so cute when you walk into their bedrooms they each have a small CHRISTmas tree decorated and lit, so darn cute!  Night light and the beauty of CHRISTmas all in one.

Here is the link for directions Mom's Crafty Space

These are really fast and easy not to mention they won't break your bank account!

If you are looking for my seasonal 25 days of CHRISTmas please go to facebook

 I have posted 13 days so far there.

Happy Stamp Day.  God Bless!

Penguins and Popsicles

My Great Nephew's CHRISTmas gift

He is 2 this year so Auntie Sara created...

Penguins and Popsicles

A personalized gift containing...

Book

Memory Game

Vinyl decorations

Popsicles Freezer Accessory

Here is a view of the Popsicle memory game fronts...

Here is a look at the flip side

1-5

Cooper

and Penguin friends

I made it this way so they have lots of options when playing the game with him.

All the pieces fit nicely into a salvaged Mayo container.

I used wooden spoons to hopefully make it easier to turn the pieces remember he is 2.

And the book I printed off and created for him.  It is so darn cute, I continue to amaze myself at times.

This gift took me literally days to create.  A little here and there and lots of love and prayers.  Lots of prayers for patience.   I need to count how many google eyes I used they were about to drive me CRAZY.

That is another reason I love creating my own gifts instead of going out into the crazy world of retail and pick out a meaningless toy that in two days will probably be lost or broken and not remembered.

It is giving from the heart that makes this season beautifully special for me.

From my Pinterest Board Signs and Sayings

Here is the link were I found the idea on the book

I made it my own and personalized it for Cooper.

Hope you are inspired to go get creative on some of your gifts this year.

25 days of CHRISTmas day one you can find on my FACEBOOK post for today

Happy Stamp Day.  God Bless.

Rachel's Christmas Gift 2011

I love these altered Oatmeal canisters used for hair goodies. 

 I made one for Jessica now everyone is begging for one.  I can't eat that much Oatmeal peeps;)

Below is a CHRISTmas gift for my niece who loves pink and purple.

I also altered a few barrettes and some headbands.

Now for the inside goodies I recycled a cardboard tube to hold the hair bands and a magnetic paper clip holder for those DARN bobby pins that are so in love with my  vacuum!!!!

I cut a felt circle for the bottom of the tube so the inside can be used for storage of more bands.

So one gift down and many more to go.

She is going to adore this, can't wait to gift it.

These ideas can be found on my pinterest boards, I have been a busy on pinterest as of late;)  I need to stop getting distracted and get back on the crafty MAKING track.

If you live in my area and have Oatmeal Canisters please if you would save them for me.  Thank you;)

Have a happy stamp day!  God Bless!