Handcrafted Bookmart

Here's a religious bookmark I made for a friend who is practicing to be a "Sister". I cut out three strips of paper with the largest piece measuring 6"x 1". Then, I embossed the purple strip with a Poinsettia background and stamped "Noel". To emphasize the religion, I added an embossed cross in the middle (you probably cannot tell from this picture, but the cross is popped up with 3D sticker foams).I also punched a hole towards the top of the bookmark, so I could add the matching ribbons. 

Chocolate Bar Wrapper

Happy New Years Everyone!!! I hope everyone is having a fabulous start to the new year. Below is a picture of my first project for the year. I hope to continue to create more beautiful things to share with you all. 

I did not like the plain wrapper on the Trader Joe's Chocolate bar...it did not have any holiday spirit to it, so I decided to give it my very own winter touch to it. I used cardstock, snowflake ribbon, and Sweet November's Snow Flurry Emaline image to create this Chocolate Bar Wrapper. In case you were wondering, I used the Frisker's Paper Crimper to create the seal looking edges. Doesn't it look so much better? :D

Ornaments

For the last couple of months, I have been working with thee best Resource Teachers in town. Although it was only for a short time, I have learned a lot from them. Below are just a few pictures of the arts and craft projects we created with the kids. For the holidays, our students and I painted ornaments and decorated a Christmas tree ornament cookie. Below are pictures of my beautifully painted ornaments of the word "JOY" and Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer, and my edible Christmas Tree which I gobbled up in a few minutes. Boy was it sweet! :)

Believe in the magic of Christmas

I have been sooo busy baking, crafting, decorating and wrapping Christmas projects that I did not get a chance to blog everything. Here is another Christmas card I made.

Do you BELIEVE in the magic of Christmas...

   

Season's Greetings with TGF Holiday Anya

Season's Greetings! I was so in LOVE with TGF's Holiday Anya, I had to make more cards of her. You may not see in this picture, but I added glitter on her shoulder and to the bottom part of her dress. Then I embossed the poinsettia background paper with Red Tinsel Embossing Powder and stamped  it with "Season's Greetings" using Pigment Ink so it would stand out. Take care and stay warm this winter season!    

Happy Hollyday Note Card

 Merry Merry Christmas!!! Below is a quick note card I put together to go with the presents. I used TGF Holiday Anya, and "Happy Hollydays!" and "Tiding of Comfort and Joy" sentiment on the card. I also added some gems to the card to give it some bling.  

Happy Holiday Banners

I made two banners this year; one with my students and one for my crafty friend. Both banners say "Happy Holidays" to steer away from the Christmas religion since not all celebrate Christmas. Also, the "Happy Holidays" banner can be hung for a longer time frame since its not only for Christmas. 

For this banner, I cut the circles and scallop circles using the Spellbinders dies. Then I instructed the students to write out the letters using a sharpie. The students decorated the individual letters with glitter glue, and I tied  all the letters together with white ribbon. Doesn't it look kid - friendly? Students from grades K - 5 helped me with this banner, and they all did a fantastic job! 

For this next banner, I die cut 28 Spellbinder's Scallop triangles.Then I embossed every other triangle using silver embossing powder. I used the Cricut to cut out the letters and added a few embellishments. I didn't get to take good quality pictures of the banner, so I hope you can see all the details.

My banner hanging nicely under a fireplace. :)