Boy Birthday

Since I have girls I very rarely make boy birthday cards but I am finding the need for them more often. I made this one fairly quickly with the inspiration from the SU catalog. I used Wild Wasabi, Punkin Pie, and Brilliant Blue CS and Wild Wasabi Ribbon as well as Jersey Shore retired SU DS paper. I used my large star punch to make the big stars and added the stitching with the white gel pen. I added some star brads for the middle and used pop up dots to adhere. I stamped the happy birthday using my acrylic stamp set Hey There Cupcake from Electic Paperie.

More Teacher Name Frames

The teacher name frames are always a great gift. Any thing handmade is truely appreciated. To make these, I bought the $1 frames from AC Moore. I bought the oval for a different look than the retangle ones. I traced the frame on the backside of embossed paper from Michaels), then cut them out by hand. I attached the embossed paper to the front of the frame using Mod Podge. I bought the assorted wooden images at AC Moore and attached them to the outside frame using glue dots. I added a bow to each one.

I also traced the inside Oval as well on white CS and cut out by hand. I stamped the inside ones using my SU Short Order alphabet set. I stamped the stars in yellow or silver with the SU Background Basics set.



Once all the pieces were done, I put the frames together. These are simple and inexpensive gifts that come from the heart.

2009 Calendars

Here are a few calendars I made for 2009. My friend Erica made some great calendars for a craft show and told me about SkyBlueInk who is a seller of brads, fasteners as well as these self stick calendars. I bought a pack of 10 (very inexpensive) with other treats of course. I had some acrylic picture frames that I bought at the Christmas Tree Shop a while back. With the help of some DS paper (Berry Bliss & Petals and Pasley) I had hanging around and of course Mod Podge, I was able to create these little calendars which stand on thier own. I also used my punched and some stamp sets to add the embellishments. The top left image is the one that I made for the teachers at school. These were made out of a magnetic picture frame with the paperclip on top to place a picture. The other two were stand alone calendars which I made with my daughter and her friend today. They are quick and easy gifts to make.

Happy New Year!

Hi Everyone,
I just wanted to wish you a happy new year! I am going to post some projects which I worked on this holiday season which can be used as gifts for anytime of the year. Stay tuned!

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Happy Holidays!

I hope everyone has been having a great holiday season. I will be getting back on board with the posting soon. I have been busy as well as others with making gifts and getting ready for the season. Many good wishes to all for a great New Year.

MIA again

Hi Everyone,
I have been MIA for almost 2 months but I have been stamping and creating a lot of gifts this year. I have done three craft shows this season which has kept me busy. I have a Christmas card order I am working on right now which is taking up most of my time. I will post all my creations soon. Needless to say, the inside decorating of the house has taken a back seat but the outside looks very festive thanks to my hubby! Thats his job. Hopefully we will be getting done the rest of the decorating soon.

Have a Happy Holiday!