Tis the Season

Today is Savannah's Christmas party at preschool. Last night I thought "I don't have anything for her to take in for the class!" So, I whipped these up VERY quickly this morning. . .and I mean quickly! All I did was put some candy in a cello bag, tie it with some grosgrain ribbon, and add a tag. The stamp is from another one of the Studio G clear stamp sets I got. I thought it would make a nice, simple tag that I didn't have to color. So, if you're ever down to the last minute. . .this is probably as simple as you can get AND you won't be so heartbroken thinking about the kids just "ripping it open"! LOL SUPPLIES USED: Stamps- Studio G clear stamp set; Ink- Purely Pomegranate, Wild Wasabi; Paper- Whisper White, Wild Wasabi, Purely Pomegranate; Accessories- cello bag, 1 1/4" and 1 3/8" circle punches, white grosgrain ribbon.

I wanted to respond to a comment I received the other day since there was no link to an email address:

Debi has left a new comment on your post "For Mom": Congrats on the "Honorable Mention" The note Cards are just awesome. Did you also make your mom the envelopes for the note cards?Do you have just a quick tutorial on making note cards. Silly question I know, but I haven't made them before and am not sure. Does everyone of your note cards have the lovely ribbon around it? Did you make a note card holder? If so, How?Well, again a wonderful project and I know your mom has to be so proud of all the beautiful items you make and especially the ones she receives.....Hugs,Debi

Debi--To answer your questions, I just put regular invitation envelopes with the card set. I didn't decorate them or anything. The notecards themselves are 4.25" square, so I just cut cardstock into 4.25"x8.5" pieces and folded in half. Yes, each notecard had the ribbon around it and yes, I did make the notecard holder. It was from a pattern I got in a Papercrafts magazine a while back. I'm hoping to have some time to make up a little tutorial for you, but we'll see how that goes with baby! :) Hope that answered your questions!

Fa La La

Yesterday's Limited Supplies Challenge on SCS was to make a white-based card. A couple of weeks ago, I picked up a bunch of those $1 Studio G clear stamp sets they had at Joann's. Each set is cuter than the next! I've been playing with the different sets. I LOVE how they're easy to transport. . .you can take a stamp set, a Stampin' Spot and some cardstock all in a small ziplock bag! :) That's nice when you want to get out of the house for the day, but still want to stamp! Sometimes I'll take my little ziplock bag to my parents' when I go visiting. Anyway, I just loved these little ornaments. The sentiment was actually from another Studio G clear set that I got, but I really liked the font and the size of it. I thought it would work well with the ornaments. I think this card took all of 15 minutes to create. It probably wouldn't even take that long to re-create since some of the time was used deciding on stamps, colors and embellishment.

I've gotta get to some wrapping and gift making today. My family (mom/dad/brothers/sisters) are having our Christmas tonight because nobody has to work and we could ALL get together at the same time. I wanted to make a few things before then and I'm hoping that will happen! Hopefully I'll be able to show you those things later! Thanks for stopping by! SUPPLIES USED: Stamps- Studio G clear stamp set; Paper- Whisper White, Wild Wasabi; Ink- Versafine Onyx Black, Purely Pomegranate, Wild Wasabi; Accessories- double stitched ribbon, Stardust Stickles, paper piercer.

Savannah's Favors

As promised, here are the favors I made for Savannah to take with her to preschool today. They didn't turn out exactly how I envisioned, but I think the kids with love them. In the October (I believe) issue of Papercrafts Magazine, I saw how one of the designers gave out a card for Halloween with a cookie cutter attached, and a play dough recipe on one side and sugar cookie recipe on the other. I thought it was an adorable idea. I decided to take it a step further. I made these 2-5-7-10 boxes and filled them with the dry ingredients to make the play dough. I wanted to put the recipe on the front, which is why I'm not so crazy with how they turned out. I couldn't really "decorate" the front of the box much because the recipe took up too much space. I tried to make it smaller, but I didn't want the parents to have to dig out a magnifying glass to read it! :) The stamps are from a Studio G $1 clear set that I found at Michael's. I thought it was perfect for kids. The colored cupcakes have "glitter frosting". . .don't know if the picture shows that. Hopefully the kids (and their parents) will love these. I tried the recipe beforehand and it DOES work! The original recipe called for double the amount of everything but the Kool Aid mix, but it made a HUGE batch of play dough, and I couldn't fit THAT much of the dry ingredients in the box so I had to cut the recipe in half. Thanks for visiting today! I'll let you know how the kids liked them! SUPPLIES USED: Stamps- Studio G clear stamp set; Paper- The Paper Company; Ink- VersaMagic in Pink Petunia, Tempting Turquoise, Yo Yo Yellow, Palette in Noir; Accessories- Regal Rose, Yo Yo Yellow, Tempting Turquoise and Barely Banana markers, organdy ribbon, Quickie Glue pen, glitter, hole punch, 1 1/4" and 1 3/8" circle punches.