Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas everyone! 

I have one more Christmas card to share with you and then soon I'll post some more "wintery" cards.

Supplies
Stamps: Joyful Ornaments, Ornamental Snowflakes, Holiday Liners
Inks: Violete Palette, Aloe Vera VersaMagic, Moonlight White Brilliance
Paper: Green & Purple Bazzill, White Ultrasmooth, Willoughby
Accessories: Buttons, Pop dots, ribbon, cloud scissors, rhinestone, scrappers floss

Teacher's Gift Set

Well, I just put the finishing touches on Mason's teacher's gift set.  I made the post-it note holder that I showed you in this post, & 6 cards with envelopes in a hand-made box.  I tried to keep the cards fairly simple and not layered too much so that they would be easy to mail if she chose to do so.

Here is the box I made to put the cards & note holder in:

The following are the cards that I made to put inside the box:

Here are the envelopes:

Here is the card for the teacher.  It's probably my least favorite of the bunch.

Here is the complete set.

Hope she likes it!
Supplies
Stamps: Papertrey Ink (PTI) Teacher's Apple, PTI Polka Dot Basics, CHF Lined Paper (?) Backgrounder, Verve Thankful Hearts, Unity Distressed Dots Background Stamp
Ink: Palette Lamore Red, Reflection Blue & Landscape
Paper: TAC Scarlet & Ivory, PTI Kraft
Other: BIA Wire, Post-it notes, ribbon, Nestabilities 1 Dies, Pop Dots, eyelet, walnut ink (to distress the edges), Scorpal, Buttons, ribbon, edge distressor

A FUN and Unexpected Gift

Well, you know by now that I love my cricut! 

Last week I got a call from my good friend Laurie.  We talk quite often during the week so I had no reason to suspect that something was up.  But, she told me that she had a surprise for me.  She was almost done with it and she wanted to know if she could come over later that day.  Yes!  I would be home.  It was hard to wait!

But, the wait was worth it!  Look what she brought me!

She made this custom-cover for my Cricut Expression!  Isn't it awesome!!??  I love the polka dots!  And, the stripes?  Well, I had purchased some of that exact fabric to make a little flower for one of Sadie's shirts!  Can you believe it! That was so sweet of her!

Thanks Laurie!  I LOVE it!

Angel Art Blog Hop: All Wrapped Up

This blog hop's theme is to create a gift package or wrapping paper.  I decided to decorate a white bag.  I used one of my all time favorite sets as a background "Ornamental Snowflakes" in a very soft pattern.  The top of the bag I folded over and created a flap with the Labels 1 Nestabilities die.  Have I ever mentioned how much I LOVE that die!! :)  For this bag I closed the bag by punching holes & tying the sides with ribbon. 

Doesn't the button in the middle of the snowflake have a nice effect?  At first I made the bag (and the matching card you'll see next) without the button but it just felt like it needed an extra touch.   A pink button was all it took to complete it!  Here's a closeup of the tag BEFORE I added the button.

And, here's the card to match.

Making a matching card is a nice touch to a gift!  And, you already have your supplies out, so it doesn't take a lot of extra time.

Supplies:

Stamps: Sweet Goodies, Ornamental Snowflake

Inks: Aquatic Splash VersaMagic, Toile Pink & Burnt Umber Palette
Paper: TAC Ultrasmooth White, Pink Bazzill, Robin's Egg DCWV, TAC More Mimi
Accessories: Ribbon, Button, Pop Dots, Scalloped Circle & Border Punch, Circle Punch, Labels 1 Nestabilities Die

Thanks for stopping by!  Be sure to check out the rest of the Angels' blogs for more fun gift wrapping ideas!

Shirley http://glitteredpaws.blogspot.com/
Jamie http://inkspots101.blogspot.com/
Laine http://www.inkypawprints-laine.blogspot.com/
Rita http://stamp2stamp2.blogspot.com/
Chris http://allamericanstampers.blogspot.com/
Diana http://www.dianasdesignsonline.blogspot.com/
Angela http://www.angelakelley.blogspot.com/
Stacy: http://stacy.typepad.com/angel2389