Another Altered Tin

Well, today is day 2 of our Secret Angel gift exchange at work. I made another altered tin, but this one is being used as a box for the gift inside. I bought a cute holiday-themed frame for Katie because I was thinking she could put a picture of her little boy in it. I made a mini pizza box, but it was too small. I didn't have any jewelry boxes that would fit the frame either, so I took this tin from my SU felt flowers...it was the perfect size! The flowers were relocated to another smaller tin (I hope I remember that they are in that one later on)! I used SU's retired Dashing dp (still love that paper) on the top of the tin and ran some red grosgrain ribbon around the side of it. The felt snowflakes are from SU and the brad from Hobby Lobby.

Now for the actual gift. I didn't want to leave the inside of the frame empy, and I didn't have a picture of her little boy, so this is what I did. I made my own picture! I used SU's retired Thanks Snow Much set stamped in black Versafine and colored him with copics. The sentiment is from Karen Lockhart. The snowflakes were stamped with Baja Breeze. This is what it looks like on the inside...sort of like a card! I wrapped the frame in some tissue paper too.

Well, that's all for today. Please stop by tomorrow. I should have the gift for day 3 posted! Happy Holidays!
Recipe
Stamps: Thanks Snow Much, 2008 Holiday Tag Collection (PTI)
Paper: Dashing dp, white, Riding Hood Red, vanilla
Ink: Versafine black, copics, baja breeze
Accessories: Scallop and round nestabilities, red-line tape, Felt Flurries, brad (Hobby Lobby)

Altered Altoid Tin

The teachers I work with do a Secret Angel gift exchange every year. We choose a teacher's name randomly and leave gifts in their mailboxes (or wherever) for 5 days. On the 5th day, you are also supposed to leave something for your Secret Angel (the person who gave you gifts for the past 5 days) as a "thank you" for the gifts you received. Yesterday was the first day of the exchange, and I didn't do anything "crafty" to post. I just bought a package of lip balm that was very pretty...no need to spiff it up! Today is day 2 and I bought a tin of chocolate covered Altoids. I never tasted them, but my angel, Katie, likes chocolate and I wanted to alter a tin, so that's what I went with! I used SU's Holiday Treasures dp and Pink Pirouette for the scallop. I stamped the initial (from PTI's Ambassador Monogram set) and the little flower (from PTI's oval borders and corners set) in Riding Hood Red. There is pink grosgrain ribbon running around the lid. The Pink Pirouette piece is up on dimensionals. I adhered everything with red-line tape. I get mine at Oriental Trading. It comes in a pack of 3 widths for about $8.00. I bought a bunch of them last year and I think I'm on my last pack. It goes a long way! This is a very simple project to do once you have all the measuring down. I'll have another post tomorrow of the next gift I'm giving to Katie, so please stop by! Happy Holidays!

Recipe

Stamps: Ambassador Monogram Edition and Oval Borders and Corners (PTI)

Paper: Pink Pirouette, Holiday Treasures dp

Ink: Riding Hood Red

Accessories: Pink grosgrain ribbon, red-line tape, dimensionals

A Break from Christmas...

I had to take a break from all the Christmas cards I've been making to make a birthday card for my good friend Tracy. Her birthday was last week, but she had a holiday party last night and I gave this card and the softest pair of pajamas for her gift when I went to her house yesterday. I wanted something other than green, red, or blue! I started with this set from Gina K. Designs called Retro Boutique by Rupa Shevde. Tracy was having a "retro" party with her table adorned with snacks that our parents served with they had parties at our age (so cool)! So this set fit right in with her theme for the party. Tracy is also very stylish and has a flair for dressing and decorating. I started by paper piecing this dress with SU's retired dp Uptown. I also stamped it on a piece of PTI white cardstock and ran it through the cuttlebug with a Spellbinder circle die to cut it out and emboss it. It was layered on top of a piece of Lovely Lilac cardstock that was cut and embossed with a scallop circle die. I used So Saffron as my layer on top of the PTI white base. Another piece of Uptown was layered on a piece of lilac. A Martha Stewart punch finished off the bottom of the card. The sentiment is from PTI's Simple Little Things and was punched with the large oval and layered onto a lilac piece punched with the key tag punch. I added some shine with Spica glitter pens, which I don't think shows up very well, but shines so subtly! The layout is by Frances (aka Stamp Owl) for My Favorite Things. The ribbon is from Target...quite a bargin. I got it in the wedding section. Oh, and the flowers? Last minute idea because of a black smudge on the dress! UGH! Too late to start over, so flowers and bling it had to be! I also dressed up the inside with the purse and sentiment stamp from Rupa's set and another punched lilac piece. Well I have to get going and decorate my tree. We cut it down yesterday (a tradition that my dh and dog have done for years), and I got stuck in the deep snow many times and dh had to pull me out! The area south of Buffalo (where we got our tree) has gotten socked with so much snow and it's really deep! It was a beautiful sunny day, though, with the pretty, soft snowflakes falling gently! We had fun and got a beautiful tree. I'll post a picture when it's done. Thanks for stopping by!
Recipe
Stamps: Retro Boutique (Gina K. Designs), Simple Little Things (PTI)
Paper: PTI white, lovely lilac, so saffron, Uptown dp (SU retired)
Ink: Adirondack black
Accessories: Nestabilities, MS lace punch, large oval and key tag punches, white ribbon (Target), Spica glitter pens, dimensionals, primas, bling

Joy

Hi everyone! I hope you are not stressing too much this holiday season. I was shopping all last weekend and got a lot done...even some cards! I'm scheduling these cards to post one each day so I have some for you to look at every day instead of posting them all at once! I figured out how to do that recently, so pat me on the back! LOL! When I was going through my Christmas stamps, I came across this set from Darcie's Stamps that I purchased at a stamp show in Buffalo this summer. You can see the post here of all the stuff I bought! I went with Cheryl Rowley and I think we burned a hole in our credit cards! I realized that I had colored an image from this set and was totally happy! You know how happy you feel when all you have to do is find a layout for your card and just put it together? It's a great feeling! The card went together in a snap! I used Amy Rysavy's layout Amyrs45. (I'm not sure if I'm allowed to link anyone's blog anymore because there is something going on about hijacking blogs...I'm confused about it so I won't link anything unless I know the other person/company is ok with it. I know Cheryl won't mind, right Cheryl?) I used DCWV Christmas Stack again because it was out on my table and PTI's white as my base. This is the only white I've found so far that is heavy enough to use as a base. SU's whisper white is too flimsy. Anyway, I also used green galore and pixie pink for layers and, yes, orange for my snowflakes! Have you ever seen orange snowflakes? Me neither, but I had to bring in the orange somewhere and the snowflakes were it! The image is colored with Prismacolor pencils and gamasol and crystal stickles were added for some shimmer. I also added stickles to the snowflakes and placed some bling in the middle of each one. The sentiment is from SU's The Snowflake Spot (retired). The sentiment on the inside is from the Darcie's set. Hope you like it. Stop by again tomorrow...I have another to show you! Thanks for stopping by and Happy Holidays!
Recipe
Stamps: Darcie's Stamps, The Snowflake Spot (SU retired)
Paper: PTI white, pixie pink, green galore, only orange, DCWV Christmas Stack
Ink: Adirondack black, pixie pink
Accessories: Prismacolor pencils, gamasol, crystal stickles, bling, Martha Stewart snowflake punch, dimensionals

Every Snowflake...

...is a package of holiday blessings. That's the sentiment on the inside of this card. I really like that sentiment by Penny Black. I've had it for some time and I don't know that it's seen ink before today! This card is for the Sketch Challenge on SCS (SC206). When I first saw it, I knew I had to use it. I couldn't find any holiday stamps small enough to fit on the 1" circle, so I used my Martha Stewart snowflake punch on top of the circle instead. Not much stamping on this one. I needed to do a quick one because it's late and I'm tired today. The base is PTI white and I layered baja breeze and Ski Slope dp on top. I ran the small rectangular baja breeze piece through the cuttlebug using the swirls folder. The snowflakes were punched from real red paper and I placed a white glitter dot in the middle. The ribbon is PTI's Pure Poppy and the sentiment is from Rubbernecker. Very simple card, but I think it's kind of cute! Here's a picture of the inside sentiment. Hope you enjoyed today's card. I'm on a roll this week...I have another to share with you tomorrow. Nothing else is getting done around here, but I'm cranking out cards! (LOL!) Have a great day and Happy Holidays!
Recipe
Stamps: Rubbernecker, Penny Black
Paper: PTI white, baja breeze, real red, Ski Slope dp
Ink: Adirondack black, real red
Accessories: Martha Stewart snowflake punch, 1" circle punch, ticket corner punch, glitter dots, PTI Pure Poppy grosgrain ribbon, swirls CB folder, dimensionals

A Cupcake & Penguin Christmas

Isn't this the cutest image? My stamping friend, Diane Zechman, (cookiestamper on SCS) designed the set called Cupcake Occasions! You can find it here if you'd like to take a look at all the cute images in the set. She's made an image to fit on top of a cupcake for almost all of the holidays! Too cute! I made this card for her and I know she's gotten it already (I hope!), so it's ok to post. I stamped the penguin and cupcake bottom using my stamp-a-ma-jig to line them up properly. The images where colored with copic markers. I cut them out with these cool nestabilities. I think these are the Labels 2 set. The layer behind the image is baja breeze, and the dp is SU's Ski Slope. Love this paper and ALL SU's paper! The felt snowflakes are also SU's called Little Felt Flurries. They come in white, blue, and red in various sizes in the package. I put some crystal stickles on them for some sparkle. The sketch is from Lauren Meader's sketch challenges (mytimess13). Once I had everything layered and attached to the card, I put some liquid applique on the image and sprinkled some glitter on it before I used the heat gun to puff it up. Well, that's it for today. I hope you are relaxing by the tree and drinking hot chocolate (I know I'm not!). Thanks for stopping by. I hope to have something for you tomorrow, so please stop by again! Happy Holidays!

Recipe

Stamps: Cupcake Occasions (CC Designs by Cookie Crumbs)

Paper: PTI white, riding hood red, baja breeze, Ski Slope dp

Ink: Adirondack black

Accessories: Labels 2 nestabilities, Little Felt Flurries, liquid applique, glitter, crystal stickles, dimensionals

The Delightful Miss Candy

Isn't she beautiful? I'm thinking of sending her to all our bachelor friends! Merry Christmas, guys! I just got her and two others today from Rubbernecker. I saw Linda doing a few of these on her blog (Linda's Works of Heart) and they are fabulous...so fabulous that I had to get the three Christmas girls! I had to ink one up today and thought Julee Tilman's Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge would work with this stamp. It's a little bigger than Julee's sketch, but I think it may pass. Here's her sketch...what do you think?

She's colored with copic markers and I put glitter on the fur of her hat, dress, and boots. The dp is the DCWV Christmas stack I've been using and the pointsettia is a Prima with a glitter dot in the middle. On the inside I used a lacy Martha Stewart border punch and a sentiment from Printworks. Hope you enjoyed this card as much as I did! Happy Holidays and thanks for stopping by! I have more tomorrow!

Recipe

Stamps: Miss Candy (Rubbernecker), Holiday Tag Collection (Just for You: PTI), Season's Greetings (Printworks)

Paper: Real red, white, DCWV Christmas stack

Ink: Adirondack black, copic markers

Accessories: Large and small oval punches, scallop border and Martha Stewart lacy border punches, Primas, glitter dots, glitter, dimensionals