Holiday Creations

So here is a rundown of some great Holiday stuff I made this year...maybe next year I will get them done and on the blog BEFORE the holiday's are over :)

These were gifts for my Cardswap girls, I also gave one to Sarah's teacher for his family.
Cookies for santa plates (see at A wishful Thought) Take out box with fresh cookie dough inside
Plate- Tai Pan $2.97 Take out- Container- Michaels $1.00 Initial striped tag- $1.00 Homemade Cookie dough

Ribbon- Costco $6.98 for 50 yds.

Gifts do not have to be expensive to show someone you care it's all in the packaging!

This Christmas for Cardswap we each made two ornaments to swap..we made 10 of each style and swapped them so we each got a whole set of new ornaments for our trees. We used the extras for another tree we decorated and gave to a family in need. Here are my two I designed this year. I did a wood block and a Metal star. Click the Cardswap link above if you would like to see all the ornaments we created.
I made of few of these Christmas gifts for friends I visit at church. I absolutely love how they turned out..too bad i gave them away I still need to make one for myself. They will be on my website next holiday season.

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December Card Swap card

Each December my card swap group exchanges tags we each make 3 holiday tags for each of the girls in the group. It is a lot of work but sooo much fun. We have a christmas party and exchange tags and gifts. It is our favorite night of the year! Here are my 3 tags and the gift I made for each which is a Jar labeled Alphabet soup that is filled with a ton of vinyl words that can be used on cards or other projects.

October Card swap

Here is my card for my October Card swap. I used my new cricut to cut the adorable catepillar.

April Card Swap

This month's card swap....Pop-up cards. So after a long search on the internet a trip to the scrapbook store and 2 trips to michaels here is my pop up card. I would have like to have added more emblishments but everytime i added something I did'nt like it, could be that I started it two days before card swap. So that is what I am hoping to do next month start earlier!!!

Supplies

We R memories white out collection paper-I love this paper!!
Yellow card stock
turquoise cardstock-bazzil
Star paper clip-from staples
solid color satin ribbons-michaels
various buttons
Birthday sticker-Deja View birthday sticker tablet
Transparency (on front) staples
Rhinestone-michaels dollar section
Turquoise and red stitching

Color Challenge

Well I just completed our first color challenge from our card swap group here is the room that was the inspiration...the room is from the Pottery Barn website. As you can see I got to use my new chipboard letters that I found at Big Lots for a buck.

Supplies:
Pattern paper Die cuts with a view--This is from their new spring glitter stack..it is sooo cute and the stack is on sale at joanns right now for $9.99
Bazzil red and blue cardstock
cloud 9 designs chipboard letters
Red flower-michaels
various ribbon scraps
3 dot stickers that say happy, smile, friend-unkown

One Card Swap

So the 4th Thursday of every month is one of my favorite nights. I get to go to card swap with a bunch of amazingly talented and funny women. Every time we have the best laughs and push our creativeness to the limits...which I love. So we swap 10 cards one month at someones home and the next is our easy month of 1 card and out to dinner. I always feel a lot of pressure on 1 card months to create something special, after all it's only 1 card and you have a month-not that I don't always wait until the last minute. Anyway here is my creation for March. I bought these packs of great Martha Stewart Boxes at Michaels on clearance (my favorite word) for on $1 for a pack of 6. I purchased the paper I used in Tennessee when visiting my Sister in law. I loved the color combination. Thanks card swap girls for a fun night as always.