Special Gift - Part Two

I posted the gift given to me on my blog yesterday.  Today I am revealing what it is.  Did you guess correctly?  It is a pocket size tissue holder!

This is "sew" easy to make!

Instructions:

Cut 1 piece of fabric 3 1/2" x 5 1/2" for the back

Cut 2 pieces of the same fabric 3 1/2" x 4" for the short ends

Cut 2 pieces of contrasting fabric 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" for the long ends

Fold the pieces for the short and long ends in half with right sides facing out.

Lay the pieces as pictured below...

Sew a 1/4" seam around the entire rectangle. Clip the corners, turn inside out, and press.

I was pretty impressed with my first attempt! I had to adjust the measurements to make the flap close - should have adjusted for this before sewing ... Oh well!

Here is my second attempt and finished off with a yo-yo. This is my first attempt at a yo-yo - I thought it was a pretty good one for my first one! As you can see, I did not lay the fabric pieces the same as the first one - I didn't notice this until I was sewing on the yo-yo.

Have a great day! ツ

Special Gift

This was given to me yesterday. They gave them out at the Ladies Day where we now attend church services. I missed the Ladies Day because we were not going there at the time.

Any guesses as to what this is? ツ

Spooky Treats

I made these for my daughter to give to her friends at church.

They are made with the Envelope Punch board from Stampin' Up!

To make these you need a 5" x 5" piece of DSP. Using the envelope punch board, score at 2" and punch with the punch button. Turn the piece of paper counter clockwise and score/punch at 3".  Turn and score/punch at 2". The last side you will score/punch at 3". Round the corners with the punch on the rear of the envelope punch board. 

With the short side at the top, fold up the piece at the bottom. Fold in on the sides and place snail adhesive to keep it closed. 

Inside is a snack size Kit-Kat. Decorate as you wish. I used the Ghostly Ghouls stamp set and punched the circle with the 2 1/2" circle punch.  I used a regular hole punch on either side of the circle and threaded the ribbon and tied the ribbon in the back.

To open and close the treat sack, you just slide the mummy up and down! 

Have a great day! ツ

Mojo Monday 317

Here is the challenge sketch for today ...

Here is my creation ...

This card was made with my DIL in mind. She is currently at BMT training for the Air Force. I wanted her to have a Halloween card since she will not be home to celebrate this year.

Card: 5 1/2" x 11" white CS for 5 1/2" x 5 1/2" card

Circles: 3", 2 1/2", and 2" out of green, orange, and yellow CS

Stamp set: Ghostly Ghouls (Stampin' Up!)

Stamp pad: black

DSP: Polka Dot Parade (Stampin' Up!) 2 1/4" x 5 1/4"

Ribbon: white grosgrain 3/8" wide 

CS: black 3" x 5 1/4", white 2" x 5 1/4"

Tea Light Boxes

I ordered the online holiday class from Pootles and Chic n Scratch and this is one of their designs. The box holds four tea lights and is so easy to make (tea lights not inside yet - making a trip to IKEA tomorrow). 

I did not have the punch used in the project so I used the Curly Label Punch (SU 119851). I so enjoyed making these and hope the recipients love them when they receive them in December!

Since it is a class, I cannot share the instructions with you, but if you would like to join the online class, you can register here! ツ

Christmas Gifts

Last year for Christmas, I made of list of craft supplies I would like for my husband and daughter so they could get an idea of what I would like to add to my craft room.  On Christmas was I surprised when I opened gifts and found they had purchased EVERYTHING on my "want" list.  I was excited!

One of my gifts was The Cinch binding machine. Oh, I fell in love with it. I did quickly discover I did not care for the spiral bindings. I do, however, love the wire bindings as the book will actually lie flat when opened. 

For Christmas gifts this year, I made these two notebooks. One is for my mom and the other for my DIL Ashley. I updated the book I made myself last year to include the same pages they have in their books.

The notebooks have a 2014 two-page calendar with family birthdays off to the right under the "Important" column. Our family just doesn't have any birthdays in March (picture below).

There is a section for recipes. I am always looking for a piece of paper to write down a favorite recipe so I thought this might come in handy for them. I placed page __ of __ at the bottom so they could finish a recipe on another page if necessary.

The last section is Menus and Shopping Lists. I plan my week of evening meals (dinner or supper, depending on what part of the country you are from) so this is super easy for me to know what ingredients I need for each menu.  I can take my book with me to the grocery store or jot down the needed items on my grocery list.  I thought this might also be helpful for them as well.

I hope you like the books and that they do as well!

Gumball Machine

What do you give a male teacher for Halloween? A handmade gumball machine!

This can hold any type of candy because the lid comes off! I made several of these in the past, but this is the first time that my duaghter helped me and she picked out the color (I normally make them red). 

Bookmark, Please!

My daughter and I have been doing quite a bit of reading and very often I hear, "Do you have a bookmark?" Since I am now out of bookmarks, I had to make me one tonight.

This little guy is from the SU! stamp set called Giggle Greetings (131065). He comes with a saying, but I just wanted the cat so I cut him out.

This little guy will come in handy while I start a new book tonight ... I have to finish it before my daughter finishes her current book because she wants to read this book next! :)

Mojo Monday Challenge 316

Here is this week's sketch ...

Anyone can submit an entry. Click on the above image or go here for instructions.

Here is my submission for this week's challenge ...

I used Stampin' Up! products for this card except for the ribbon.

Cardstock: Whisper White and Cajun Craze

DSP: Cajun Craze

Stamp Pad: Cajun Craze

Stamp Set: Best of Autumn

Ribbon: 5/8" White

Punch: 2 1/2" Circle Punch for polka dot DSP - white circle was done by hand

Tags: Bitty Banner Framelits

I used the Cajun Craze stamp pad to ink around the white cardstock. I did not ink around the white card itself.

Have a great week!  ツ

Love Notes

My family leaves little notes for each other. My husband has been leaving my daughter and me notes on our desks, craft table, or school notebooks on whatever piece of paper is handy. I leave notes for them on the napkins I place in their lunch boxes.

I sat down to create this little love note container and note cards. This was my prototype so there are creases in the paper where there should not be so I made another one with the instructions below.

Start with a piece of card stock that is 4 7/8" x 8". Score on the short side at 1", 1 3/8", 3 1/2", and 3 7/8". Score on the long side at 3", 3 3/8", 6 1/2", and 6 7/8".

Cut out the four boxes/rectangles on each end on the top and bottom.

Use a corner rounder and round the corners. Use your bone folder and crease the score lines.

Cut a piece of DSP to be 1 3/4" x 2 1/2" and round the corners at one of the short ends.

Attach to the front of the box - which will be the long end of the card stock.

Decorate the front as much or as little as you like. Mine is pretty simple this time.

I used the Small Heart Punch (SU 117193) and a silver brad to create the closure for the box.

For the cards, I took 2 pieces of card stock and cut them into 2" x 3" rectangles. I then stamped different images/phrases on them. I used Chestnut Roan chalk on the edges of the cards. Here are examples of what I did...

I hope you like it ... I am off to add some color to the note cards before I need them for lunch boxes tomorrow! 

Hello There - Part 2

I liked the Hello There 3" x 3" cards I made (see post on October 18) so much that I kept crafting and came up with this ...

Isn't this the cutest little gift!?!?!

I subscribe to Sam Donald's website and on Friday she posted the directions for this cute box with an acetate lid.  

Have a great day!

Hello There

These cute little 3" x 3" cards were made with BMT trainees in mind. I am going to send them to Ashley so she can give them to someone who might not be getting any mail.

The stamp set is Happy You (not a current SU stamp). I cut the phrase from another stamp in the set and used it here. 

Card is CS 3" x 6" folded in half. Striped paper is 2 3/4" x 2 3/4". I punched the stamped image with the Artisan Label punch (130920) and chalked the edges with Chestnut Roan chalk.

I hope the BMT trainees like them and they feel loved for just a few moments during their busy training schedule!

Have a great afternoon!

Neat idea for Halloween

Blog hopping again when I came across the "germ slayer" idea. 

These are simple to make and what cute gifts to give.

Here is a picture of a few I made along with Mr. Scarecrow and his baskets of sweet treats. 

Mr. Scarecrow's treats are a sweet surprise for my family! :)

Thank You's

I wanted to write a thank you note to the speakers from Linder Road's Lectureship so I made these cards from the Circle Framelits from Stampin' Up.

If you would like to see a video of how the extra flap is made, go to http://youtu.be/Eq1e_3aMAyA. It's completed by a friend of mine! If you have trouble with the link, go to YouTube, search Circle Card Thinlit Teacher Thank You Card by Stampin' Ang!

Mojo Monday Challenge 315

Wow! It's Monday already?  Here is sketch for today's challenge...

Here is what I came up with this morning.  The red and white striped paper jumped out at me this morning so I thought I would do a Christmas card.  I love the little gingerbread man!

I made this card just now (it's now after lunch) ... I like this mojo pattern!

Small Gift Boxes

I posted on my Halloween boxes that I made them for friends I was going to visit. Well, Ana and I were cleaning the craft room and she saw the boxes. 

She asked, "Did you make those for my teachers?" 

I replied, "No, I made them for our upcoming visit to friends." 

"Oh, can you make some for my teachers?" she asked.

In thinking about what I have going on this month, I decided to sit down and make something else for my friends.

The pattern for this is found here. They are made by Sam Donald who does an amazing job with boxes of any shape and size.

I think they are pretty cute and I hope my friends like them and what is inside! :)

Mojo Monday Challenge

I found out about the Mojo Monday Challenge through a friend's blog. I thought this would be a great thing to do on Mondays in between doing loads of laundry.

Here is the sketch for this week's challenge.

You can find all the details about this challenge on the blog mentioned above.

Here is the card I created for this challenge ...

I had fun making this card and I hope you like it!

Love You Much

Another card with my DIL in mind.

Card is pink CS 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" folded in half

White CS is 4" x 5 1/4"

Pink stripe is 1 1/2" x 5 1/4"

Green stripe is 1" x 5 1/4" ... I ran this through the Big Shot (SU 113439) with a flower embossing folder.

I stamped the saying from Best of Love (SU 132987) and punched it out with the Decorative Label punch (SU 120907). I used my paper piercing tool (SU 126189) and the template out of the Essentials pack (SU 126187) for the oval around the saying. 

I chalked around the edges of the white CS with Chestnut Roan cats eye chalk.

Simple Cards

I am still in the mode of making cards for my DIL Ashley. I did not want to make them to busy, just something simple to let her know I was thinking of her.

Here are two cards I made this morning.  Items noted with a number or notation in ( ) are from Stampin' Up.  The rest of the supplies I had on hand.

The stamp set used for the saying is called Best of Love (132987).  The card is 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" folded in half. I wrapped the red ribbon (approximately 18") around the card twice and taped it to the inside of the card at both ends. I used my Scallop Oval punch (119856) to punch out the saying. I affixed the saying to the card with Snail Adhesive (104332).

This card uses two stamp sets. The first is Perfectly Preserved (no longer available, but available as a download). I stamped the jar on white CS and a transparency which I embossed with black powder. I stamped the lid for the jar on CS. The jar and the lid were cut out using the framelits that match the stamp set.

The second stamp set is Make a Cake (126742). I used the small heart to stamp the many hearts inside the jar stamped on white CS. I glued the transparency on top of the CS and then attached the lid with Stampin Dimensionals (104430). 

Once I get ready to write a note inside, I will cut a piece of copy paper to fit so she will be able to read what I write.

Have a great day!

Thinking of You!

I was grocery shopping this morning when my mind left grocery shopping and started thinking of my dear DIL Ashley. I wondered what she might be doing in Basic Training and wondered if she was having a good day. 

I really miss her occasional texts and phone calls getting the updates from her side of the US. I don't think I have told her enough of how much I love her and am so glad she married my son. She does a great job taking care of him and raising Miss Kaitlynn. 

I returned home and put away the groceries and then headed to the craft room. I knew I needed to send her a card, but as sometimes happens, I just was not feeling creative. I went through my stamp sets from Stampin' Up (it did not take long because I only have a few) and came across the stamp set named Moving Forward. The frog in the set was screaming "Pick me!" so I did.

Here is what I came up with ...

I did not do any measurements for this card ... It just seemed to come together - thank you Mr. Frog!

I had better write in it quickly so I can get it in the mailbox before the mailman arrives.

Have a great afternoon!

Time for Sleep!

Pillowcases made easy!

I turned this fabric ...

.. into these ...

I was wandering around the web and came across Organize & Decorate Everything's website. She showcased how to make pillowcases in a very easy way. I made both of these along with the embroidery in less than two hours! I ran into a couple of snags - broke the sewing needle, bobbin would not wind properly, and the thread broke a couple of times. 

Hope you like them! Have a wonderful evening!

Purse Papers

I was cleaning up the craft room and found these plastic business card holders in my stash. I was still busy cleaning when the idea of purse papers came to me.

The patterned paper is 5" x 3" and the ribbon is 5/8" wide and is 5" long attached just to the outside, no wrapping around the paper.

The saying is from Words of Wisdom (an older Stampin' Up stamp set).

I used the Decorative Label punch (Stampin' Up #120907) around the saying.

I used dark brown chalk on the edges of the saying as well as the patterned paper.

The papers inside are copy paper cut to 3 1/2" x 2".

I wanted to make more of these so I searched and found the covers here. 

If anyone finds them where you can purchase them in bulk, please let me know. I would love to purchase more than 2 in a pack!

Trick or Treat Gift Boxes

When fall comes around, my family begins to think of pumpkins and Halloween.  While sitting in the craft room while waiting for something inspirational to "hit" me, I began thinking of an upcoming trip to see some friends and I thought maybe I could make something for a few of them.

This is what I came up with ... Trick or Treat gift boxes!

I used the supplies I had on hand to make these cute boxes.  The pumpkins and "Trick or Treat" words were cut with my Cricut from the Create a Friend cartridge. I glued everything together with Tacky Glue so they would be guaranteed to stay together!

The box pattern came from Sam Donald. I used her instructions for making the boxes and cutting the patterned paper to fit the top and sides of the box.

I hope you like them!