Winter Thank You Card and Cookie Monster & Elmo Favors

Hello Stampers and Fellow Paper Crafters!

I was commissioned to make several Birthday Cards and Favors for my Sister Lisa and her Mother In Law Yvonne. I was going to share all the Birthday Cards I made but that would have been 15 cards to post, and I would not have been able to give details on the cards, so instead I made duplicates to use myself this coming year for Birthdays and I will post them as I use them.  Now, although I'm not posting all the cards right now, I did want to share the card I made Yvonne for her order which covered both Thank You and Christmas, I would love to say I came up with the design but I didn't, I found this somewhere on pinterest and tweaked it to make it my own. 

I used Crumb Cake for the base, Very Vanilla for the first layer which I put in my printer and printed out "T'was the Night Before Christmas" poem, ran it through the Big Shot with my new Fancy Fan Embossing Folder (Love it!!!). Punch out a snowflake on a 3x3 piece of crumb cake using the retired snowflake punch and finished it off with some adorable hearts punch from red glitter paper; 

Since her's came out a little dark, I thought I would also post the one I made to use as a Christmas Card only difference is I used "Be Merry" from the retired Warm Words stamp set instead. Lovely!

As for the favors, most of the favors I had also made for the craft fair this year so I won't post them again but I did want to share the Elmo favor. I had originally planned to make Elmo for the craft fair to go with Cookie Monster but the pain in my arms just would not allow me at that time! They're so cute together!!! 

Ok, until next time, Happy Stampin'!

Black Friday Front Page News

Hello Stampers and Fellow Paper Crafters!

I sure hope you had a great Thanksgiving Holiday! Eat too much...Shop too much?  
I, myself did not fight the crowds for Black Friday or should I say Black Thursday? Next thing you know, we'll be standing in line to buy Christmas after we take kids trick or treating!  

I know I am showing my age, but I don't like it, I miss the old days when you better get all you need on Wednesday cause' there won't be a store open for miles and miles until Friday morning!  Anyway, I didn't stand in line (I'm more of a Cyber Monday kinda Girl)but my Daughter and her Husband did, here they are on the Front Page of our local paper standing at the front of the line of some store... 

Kim has a big grin on her face, Greg's behind her, crazy kids!  Seriously, it's crazy, look at that line, this is Thanksgiving Day folks, go lay on the couch, spend time with your family...eat some more pumpkin pie!

Ok, until next time, Happy Stampin'!

Roxboro Community School Holiday Extravaganza

Hello Stampers and Fellow Paper Crafters!

Wow, we had such a great time Saturday in Roxboro at the 7th Annual Roxboro Community School Holiday Extravaganza!   This year I was blessed to have two of my dearest friends join me and sell their Fall & Christmas paper crafting favors, gifts and cards!  I also moved to the other side of the school which turned out to be a wonderful location (hope we get it again next year!).  We were right across the hall from the cafeteria and the room where the Silent Auction was taking place.  Loved it!!! 

Although, it was wonderful having our booth situated in a classroom doorway (so much room to walk around) we had planned on setting our tables up against the walls with baskets and boxes to layer our items on, unfortunately we ended up basically laying most of our items flat on the table, but it was all good, and we did very well and sold most of our wares but boy, were we dragging one leg behind us by the end of the day!   

Ok, enjoy the pics Folks, and until next time...Happy Stampin!

Happy Birthday Kimberly!

Hello Stampers and Fellow Paper Crafters!

Just wanted to share the card I made for my Daughter Kim for her Birthday.  Her Birthday was actually this past Friday, she turned 28!!!  Seems like yesterday I was struggling to put shoes on her (she still hates to wear shoes!) I apologize that the pic is so dark, sometimes it's just easier to set up in my craft room instead of dragging my set up into my Dining Room which has the best light in the house! 

Here I used retired In Color Blushing Bride CS and DSP for my base, several punches which includes the adorable Cupcake Builder Punch.  Accent colors would be Pear Pizzaz and Perfect Plum!

Ok, until next time Folks, Happy Stampin!

Sneak Peak of Craft Fair Items

Hello Stampers and Fellow Paper Crafters!

I have been working hard for the up coming craft fair and wanted to give you a quick sneak peak! I still have a few more items to complete and I didn't lay out all the items, figure I could replenish as needed to save on space since I am bringing two other crafters with me this year.  Soooo this is just a smidgen of my work. I will show the entire spread, including the cute, cute, cute projects my friends Carol and Sharon are selling when we get everything set out at the school.


Ok, here you go...from left to right you have:

Gift Card Purses (which I will hand up somehow)
Note Card Holder (have more to make)
Soon to be Gingerbread Treat Holders (want Little Debbie's Gingerbread Men to be fresh)
Christmas Tile Coasters
Cookie Monster Treats
Rudolph Jumbo Candy Bar Sliders
Snowman Candy Bar Holders
Peppermint Pattie Snowmen
Santa Twizzlers
Snowmen Soup Holders
Fox and Friends Notepads
Color Me Snowman Thank You Card Gift Set
Snowman Kisses
Gingerbread Recipe Holders W/Recipe
Santa Gift Boxes   
Oh, and almost forgot my little Christmas Mice up top!



 Thanks for visiting my blog and please try to visit us on November 10, 9am - 3 pm in Roxboro for the 7th Annual Roxboro Community School Holiday Extravagaza!

Ok, until next time...Happy Stampin!

Halloween Treats

Hello Stampers and Fellow Paper Crafters!

After several weeks of resting my arms and hands, I'm back to my paper crafting just in time for Halloween!  This year I am very, very excited...for the past 10 years we have not had Trick or Treater's and this year a cute little family moved in up the road, so Yippie!  I would have loved to have a little Halloween party for them, but I'm being very careful not to over work my hands so I kept my treats to a just a few. 

Now, I'm sure you've see these little guys before, they're all over Pinterest but just in case you haven't they're made from the scallop circle, 1/2" and 1/4" punches along with the retired corner punch for the legs.  Slap a peppermint pattie between them and you have an adorable spider! 

Remember when you (or you're child) were in kindergarten and you made cute little ghost from tissues (or in this case paper napkins) and tootsie pops?  Well, here is my version of that little craft, I attached little bats (unfortunately this punch is retired also) to a couple of them but quickly decided I liked them better without.  For my mummies, I glued googly eyes to a fun size tootsie roll and wrapped white streamer paper around it, they're so simple but cute! 

Here's the whole gang in my basket, my little spiders, mummies and ghost along with asst candy and some Halloween themed pencils and erasers I picked up at walmart.  I'm so excited, can't wait for the kids to come!

Ok, until next time, Happy Stampin'!

October Birthday Cards

Hello my Fellow Stampers and Paper Crafters!

Been a couple of weeks since I lasted posted.  I've been busy, busy, busy making my upcoming Craft Fair projects and Birthday Cards for my friends and family and as a result I have caused tendinitis in my forearm and elbow and have had to put everything on hold until it heals.  Lovely! 

So, since it's difficult to type and with every keystroke I literally feel pain, I am going to make this very short and sweet.  Below are the cards I have made for October Birthdays, I will post my Craft Fair projects in the next few weeks, so keep checking back!

Ok, until next time, Happy Stampin!



For my Nephew Aaron (he b-day was actually end of Sept.)



For my Ex-Father-In-Law

For my Step Daughter Jennifer

For my Hubby (btw...he says black smoke is not a good thing) hehe

For my dear friend Sharon