A few more Christmas Projects

I have just a few ore projects I had made for Christmas but didn't get posted. So here we go.

First I have another box similar to the boxes I posted earlier.I just did a variation in the decorating. This one is also pictured  in the current  CTMH Idea Book . It was fun to make all different styles and there are so many more that can be made.  This one I cut  a window in the front panel and placed a piece of transparency across the opening I stamped on the front and added a scallop trim. I then stamped some ornaments and holly leaves and cut them out to decorate the front even more. There are so many ways to decorate this style box and for any occasion. I'm sure I will be making more of these.

Another project I made was Candy Cane Covers.

Aren't they CUTE??!!! They were all cut completely on the Cricut with the Art Philosophy CTMH cartridge. Add some inking,glitter and a white pen for that twinkle in there eyes.I put them on candy canes but you could also use them as a box front. I saw this idea on the web. There are so many great projects out there!! I have so much fun seeing all the talented crafters out there. I enjoy this hobby so much!! I can't wait to start my next card, layout, or 3D project.

Thanks for stopping by. See you next time with something new.

Christmas Banner

I previously had made a Halloween Banner posted here out of a chipboard banner package from CTMH. To be able to use it for more than one holiday I made the other side to hang at Christmas. So I took Christmas papers, stamps, buttons, glitter, and doo dads to decorate each banner section on the opposite side. Because there are 8 pieces  in this package, and I was tying to come up with a  word or words that I would use to spell across it. I thought of Believe, Joy, Merry to name  few but  I wanted an evenness to it so I decided on HO HO HO. This gave me two that I could use between each Ho Ho. I am showing them in groups of two with the last picture the whole banner. I have it in my entry way above a wooden bench . I used a number of different materials to decorate each banner. Because my papers are in an off white tone I had to alter some of the buttons that were white to an off white color. What I ended up doing was taking a dauber and rubbing an ink color like Desert Sand or Chocolate so it would blend in better. Remember when working on project you can always alter different elements to match what you are working on. Ink, covering with papers, embossing powders, glitter, rub-ons,etc. It was lot's of fun to go through my stash and just play. I really like how it turned out. What do you think?

This last picture shows the complete banner on my wall. I also made the wreath hanging above it. This was done primarily with my Embroidery sewing machine. I stitched out various cacti designs first. Then I put together a background with 3 different fabrics stitched together and attached to the wreath base. Then I made my scene with the stitched out embroidery pieces,  adding some sequins, button light strands etc.

Remember you can click on the pictures to make them larger to see the details close-up.
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Tiny Little cards

I Love to make Tiny little cards. They use such small pieces of paper etc. but I love how they turn out. You can use them as a litle card for somone or as a Gift Tag.

The first one is 2 1/2 x 3 1/2. Even though it's small you can still use all the goodies you use on a standard size card. There is a small piece of  patterned paper from the Elemental paper pack  which has the edges inked with Cocoa ink . Then a 2" scallop circle was punched using the CTMH 2" punch. That is tucked behind another piece of Cocoa CS. This piece has just 2 corners rounded with the corner rounder and then inked with Cocoa ink. Next I added a stamped tree with Olive ink and cut it out.Again I inked the tree edges but with Olive ink this time.  Add foam tape to raise it on the card and a little  Red Glitter Glue for tree decoration. I stamped a star with Buttercup ink , cut it out and added foam tape to add it to the top of the tree. . To finish it off I added a tag with a sentiment and a sheer ribbon knot.

Small Card #2.

This one is 3 1/2 x 2 1/2. I used a piece of Tulip CS and Olive CS to cover the front of the card base. The edges were all inked with Cocoa ink. Then I used a couple of different stamp sets to put this card together. First using Cocoa ink I stamped a bracket shape on patterned paper from  the Typeset paper pack. Then I stamped the Happy Holiday stamp twice. Once in Olive ink and once in Cocoa ink. Then I cut them both out. I only used the portion that says Happy Holidays from the Cocoa one and layered that on op of the Olive piece. The last steps were adding stars that were stamped with Buttercup and cut out. Add a bitty sparkle to the center of each star as the final step.

Small Card #3

This card is a little bit bigger coming in at 4 3/4 x 3. First I took the Spray Pen which I had filled with Cocoa ink and water. I sprayed the card base lightly and then edged it with Cocoa ink. Next I took a piece of Tulip CS and dry embossed 1/4' lines which were then sanded. Before I added it to the card front I placed a strip of ribbon along the left side. This card uses a number of stampe dimages also. I stamped a bracket with Cocoa ink and cut it out. I cut a piece of Coca CS and attached the bracket under the right edge. I cut a piece of Colonial White CS to layer on top of the Cocoa Cs which I stamped "Do not Open Until Dec 25th. I stamped the word "UNTIL" again in Tulip ink and layered it on top of the Cocoa inked sentiment. Next I stamped  two ornaments to hang with hemp from the ribbon strip. I stamped one with Tulip ink and One in second generation Tulip and then stamped them again and cut the center strip from each one to layer on top just like I did with the sentiment block. It's a fun technique  of getting  multiple colors in one stamped image.

Small Card #4

My last tiny card is a 3 x 3 card. I again used a number of stamped images to put this card together. The Cricut was used for the banner pieces, and the scallop strip. The stamp called Christmas Love  was used for the gift boxes and the word "Christmas". If you look close on the banners that spell out Merry , you will see a stripe like design. To get that I used a portion of the Happy Holiday stamp that I used in card #2 above. The Olive stripe portion of that stamp was used in a second generation technique to make the design on my little banners. Everything was ink distressed with Cocoa ink. To finish it off I made some knot bows with a little Cocoa ribbon, and Red GlitterGlue for the dots following "Christmas".

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Less than a week to Christmas....

 Are you ready for Christmas? I am finishing some final touches. But  just in case you are in need of a way to package some treats  or a gift card for example here a couple of boxes I made using the CTMH AP Cricut Cartridge. All the pieces were cut from this amazing cartridge. In my examples I used the same style box for both of them but the cartridge offers a number of different styled boxes.  I am not the originator of the design of  these boxes but I couldn't resist making them after seeing them online and in the CTMH Idea Book. I have 2 designs I am showing today and will be back with a couple more tomorrow. The first one is a 5" box with Santa on the  front. The second picture shows you a side view so you can see the Santa is just on the front. I wanted to jazz him up a bit so I pop dotted his hat pom pom and added glitter to the pom pom and brim of the hat. I also took a little chalk to add some rosy cheeks .I used some ink to add some shading between all the white CS pieces.  Isn't he CUTE??!!

The second box is a real simple but pretty box. It has a simple leaf stem, an ornament hanging from the stem and hand stitching. I stamped a little sentiment to add the final touch. I cut 2 stems the same size one in Desert Sand and one in Olive. Inked them  The same Cartridge was used to make this box. This box was cut at "Fit to Page" and ended up 6 1/4".  As you can see just between these 2 boxes you can make whatever size you want. If you want it even bigger than this one you need to use the 12 x 24 mat though but there is a wide range of sizes that could be made.

Come back tomorrow with a couple more boxes. These are addicting. lol They turn out so cute it's hard to stop making another one.

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As promised here is another box. Isn't he a cute little Penguin? I love him. Like the boxes above it is the same base box just a different size. This one is 5 1/2". Then again the CTMH AP cartridge was used t cut all the pieces that put his guy together. There is just one piece that is cut with the trimmer and that is the long piece of the scarf. I am going to try and get one more box at least posted soon. Hopefully tomorrow. I will add it to this post so check back on this post to see it.

Well I better get back to making candy and cookies. Have a great day!!!

Christmas Wishes

I don't know about you but I am still working on gifts and cards. I am done with the exception of a few cards. So I decided I would post about one of the latest ones I made. It has non traditional colors but a very traditional design. I love to stitch and this time tried using the white Hemp instead of floss. It gives it a bolder and a bit rougher texture and look. The card comes together like this-- I started with a Barn Red card base. 5 1/2 x 4 1/4. I inked all papers with Cocoa ink. Then I took a piece of Desert Sand CS 5 1/4 x 4 and stitched approx. 1/8th from the edge. Then attach to the card front. Next I cut a piece of Cocoa CS 4 x 3. I attached that 1/2" from top and sides. Next cut a 2 3/4 x 2 3/4 square of Kraft CS. Stamp the wreath with Desert Sand and then add the berries with Barn Red. Finally add the sentiment in the center of the wreath with Barn Red. On a scrap of White Daisy CS stamp the bow with Barn Red and the Dove with Cocoa. Cut both out. Ink the edges of the bow with Barn Red. Attach the bow at the bottom of the wreath and add a Mocha Pearl to the center of the bow. Using the pleated ribbon cut a 4" piece. Take the White Hemp and wrap around the pleated ribbon a few times and end with a bow. Adhere this to the lower portion of the Cocoa CS piece. Using one of the Pin Clips, insert the Dove and then push it into the pleated ribbon. The last thing I did was add a piece of the Kraft CS to the inside and stamped a sentiment.

I can see making this with other colors and papers. If I have time I will try it with some different colors and post it.

Supplies:
Inks-Barn Red, Cocoa and Desert Sand
CS--Desert Sand, Barn Red, Kraft, White Daisy
Stamps--Remarkable Wreath, Fill in the Blank -Holiday
White Hemp( when using this pull the strands apart just like we do with floss. I used 1 strand at a time)
Pin Clips
Opaque Mocha Pearls

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I will have more Wonderland to come also.

Wonderland Layout #1

I'm so sorry about the delay in my posts. Boy where does the time go?! I have been busy crafting and plan to get some posts up in the next few days and so on.

Today I have a layout made with the Wonderland paper pack from CTMH. It is a group of beautiful papers using the colors Crystal Blue, Chocolate, Twilight and Grey Flannel. The papers are very versatile. The picture above is the left page. I used the Art Philosophy CTMH Cricut Cartridge to cut the swirl design. I also used rhinestone buttons, clear sparkles, ribbon, ribbon slides and and stick pins for the embellishment items.

 The right page of the layout also has some Cricut cuts from the same cartridge. I cut the stockings, letters and snowflake for the "O" in Joy. CTMH also has a number of stamp sets that coordinate with the cuts on the cartridge and the stockings were stamped from the stamp set called Holiday Magic. The same embellishment items were added to this page also.

This last picture is a closeup to show the stick pin and ribbon and ribbon slides all combined to add a bit of interest to the layout.  Now I just need to get some pictures on the pages for the final completion.

Hope you enjoy. Thanks for stopping by.