Happy Thanksgiving!!!

I just wanted to wish all of my blogger friends a very happy and safe Thanksgiving. This is such a wonderful holiday. It's a day that we all can really think of blessings in our life that we should be thankful for. It's a time for family and friends and good food!! I hope you all have a blessed day!

We've been elfed!

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Sending Holiday Wishes

This is a free set of stamps I got when I placed an order over at Clear Dollar Stamps. I couldn't wait to play with!

Eat More Ham!

This is one of my new sets of stamps I ordered online. It makes me laugh every time I see the image! LOL!!! Isn't he cute naked!

The mailbox is one from Target's dollar spot. I got it around Valentines day. I think I need to buy more this valentines, I just love how they turn out!

Stamp Index and Paper Storage

Over the past few months there has been a lot of talk about how we all store our paper scraps and how we keep track of our stamps. I've decided to share with you what I do with mine.


My paperscraps are kept in a binder like this. I've taken gallon ziplock bags, reinforced the bottoms and punched holes in the bottom.

I then have all my colors separated into bags. I do this only for my solid color paper. I find it works very well and that I use less paper then normal. When I need a little piece for matting I just go to my binder and find the color I need!!!!

As for my stamps, I have each and every stamp I own stamped out. I have them separated into categories; e.g. butterflies, sentiments, snowmen, etc......... I have a ton of clear dollar stamp sets from M's and I stamp them in a different color so I know which they are and where to find them. I find that it was well worth the effort to do this. I was not using stamps because I couldn't remember what I had. Now when I go to make a project I just look through my stamping catalog and pick my stamp out that way. It's also nice because you can actually see what it looks like stamped!

I hope my storage ways can help you out or give you some ideas about the different way's of storing things. Good luck with organizing! It can be a pain to start but you will be glad yo did it once your done!

More Christmas Tags

Here are some more tags that I worked on today. These are for my SIL. I hope she likes them!!!

Breast Cancer Awareness ATC Book

I have a friend from another site that is currently battling breast cancer. She was the inspiration for my book. Please stop by her site: http://littlelifepreservers.com/. It's a great program she has started and I just know once you read her story you will want to help!!!! I hosted a breast cancer awareness atc swap and asked all the ladies to send me an extra one so I could make a book with them. I have included their names below each of their works of art!

Christmas Tag

I made this tag for a Christmas swap I'm hosting. It was very much Tim Holtz inspired. He has such awesome ideas. I took a couple color ink pads and dapped around on my craft sheet then took some of my homemade shimmer mist and sprayed onto the inks. I then laid my cs on top. It has a nice little shimmer to it. On the numbers I used some of the new distress stickles. The distressed stickles are not much different from the regular ones. I found that the opening is larger so they come out of the bottle easier. They also are a little less shiny then regular stickles and the specks are larger. They are fun for giving that old look to things!

Snowman Tag

This is a tag I made for a snowman tag swap I'm hosting over at the Stamp Shack. I had fun making these and think they are going to look great on gifts!!!

This is for a Santa Tag swap I'm hosting over at the stamp shack. I love putting homemade tags on my Christmas gifts. They look so pretty under the tree!!!!


This is for a snowman atc swap I'm hosting. This is the first time I've got to use my cute little snowman! I used the snowflake cuttlebug folder for the background.

My Shack Survivor Card

I made this card for the game over at the stamp shack. The background image was sent to me by a friend and I just knew I had to use it to make something great when I got it. It's such a beautiful image. I got this new butterfly stamp and thought it went perfect with it. I dappled a little purple and a little turquoise ink onto the stamp with a cotton ball then stamped it out. I then took clear embossing powder and covered it. I love the way it turned out!!!

Snowman ATC

I made this for a snowman atc swap I'm hosting over at the Stamp Shack. I used liquid applique for the snow. That stuff is so much fun to watch puff up!!! If you haven't tried it you really should! You just put it where you want it then take your heat gun to puff it up!!!

Sorry I've been MIA..........

This is my cute new rooster stamp I got a couple days ago!! I just love him. The paper is Daisy D's.

This image was sent to by my friend Sarah. She knows how much I love owls and I just loved working with one!

This is an atc I made for the dog themed atc swap I'm hosting over at the stamp shack.

Sorry I've been MIA lately. I have been going through a little difficult time and wasn't really into crafting much. I'll try to be I promise!!!

A couple Christmas things...........

Can you believe that Christmas is around the corner!!!! Today I got to play with a couple new stamps. The first one is a set from MFT. I just love owls and my friend Sherri sent this set to me for an early birthday gift. She's the best!!

The second one is a stamp I bought from Sideshow stamps. I got it to use for a fav. Christmas movie swap that Sherri is hosting over at the Stamp Shack. I couldn't resist this stamp and when this swap came up it was perfect for it!

Altered Notebooks

I made all these little notebooks to sell at my craft fair. I decided to keep them simple and was able to do all of these in just a couple hours. I just love all the flowers that prima has out now!!!

Craft Fair Items

Mailbox that I bought in the Target dollar spot.



Gift Card Holder

I've been a busy little bee the past couple of weeks. I've been getting ready for a craft fair. I've been trying to make several things a day. I'm getting all crafted out! LOL!! Today I made two mailboxes, six cards and a couple gift card holders. Keeping my fingers crossed that it all goes well this weekend!!!

Altered Domino's

I found this set of domino's at the dollar store and scooped them up. I decided to make them into broaches. I spray painted the edges with gold then used ai's for the background. I then took my stazon ink pad and stamped images and then sealed it with dimensional glaze to keep it from getting scratched.

Altered mailbox

This is a mailbox I found in the Target's dollar spot. I thought it would make a cute recipe box! I just used a regular glue stick to glue the paper onto it. It seems to hold it pretty well.

Hurricane Ike survivor!!!!

Whoo-hoo!!! I made it through the storm and finally have my power, my Internet and cable back. Still waiting on phone service though. The grocery stores aren't all open and the ones that are don't have much to choose from. Gas is also hard to come by. I'm hoping things can get back to normal soon. We had minor damage and I'm so very thankful for that. There are so many people who lost so much. Lets keep everyone who got hit hard by Ike in our prayers. I'm glad to be back. I haven't crafted anything in a week so I don't have anything to post but maybe I will soon.

More altered cigar boxes

Here a couple more boxes that I have made in the past couple of days. I found that this is really the easiest with this type of box. They take about two hours to finish but I think it is worth the time. They have turned out so cute. I also made four matching cards for each of the boxes. The blue box was made using Daisy D papers and the red one was made using various brands of papers.

Collage Box

This is how the box looked to start. It is a cigar box that opens in the middle. I have about 10 of these and find them a little difficult to work with because of how they open. It's hard to cut a piece of paper to match the lid perfectly so I did the next best thing!


I did a collage box. I just took a ton of different patterned paper and tore them into pieces. I then just started to randomly glue it on. I think it turned out pretty cute. I didn't put any other decorations on it because I think it is busy enough without them.

I also made matching cards. This will be one of the items I will sell at a craft fair.

Post-it-Note holders

I have been a busy little bee today. I made all these post-it-note holders. I think they are really cute and just so easy to make. I'm always up for making something fast and cute! Some of them I cut paper and glued onto the clip. They were black and not so pretty. I think the matching paperclip gives them a little added character! Each of them have a little pen on them too. I found most of the pens in the Target dollar spot. They were eight for a buck, can't beat a good bargain like that. I originally found the pens first a few months ago and didn't know what to do with them. I just knew I needed them because they were small and cute! Then I came across this idea and on a blog and said hmmmm, I can add a little pen to them so it worked out perfectly!

Card Candy

Oh boy! I joined this card candy swap and I had never done card candy before! Yikes! What was I thinking. Anyway, I knew I wouldn't be able to relax about it until I had it done. You can't tell from the picture but a few of the items are pop-dotted.

Hang In There

Another card using my new stamp set. I'm loving these squirrels!!!!

Squirrel!

I made this card with my new set of stamps. The set is called Just Nutty from Clear Dollar Stamps. The set has several cute saying too! I colored him with prismacolor pencils.