I've just made my first gift cards...

and love them!


Just made these out of some scraps of card and Papermania Naughty and Nice Christmas paper I had for my childminder's kids to put a phone top up receipt in for each of them for Christmas. Was trying to find a nice way to present a piece of paper! The sentiment, was printed out on the PC and cut with a small scalloped circle nestability in the cuttlebug. They are plain and simple, but I think they are quite elegant too. Inside I have made a pocket to hold the top up receipt.

Another crafty morning spent...

Finishing off the post-it holders I had made the other day. Here is picture of the finished post-it holders, complete with post-its and small pencils, which my very kind OH has chopped down from full sized pencil because I just couldn't find any small enough to fit the holders:

Really pleased with the end result, although I found them very time consuming to do, with all the cutting out of the various sizes of card and paper used. Hope the teachers/assistants like them.

Followed by making 8 Pots of Gold...

for my kids teachers and teaching assistants. I have 8 to make presents for this year, so each will be getting one of these, snowman soup and post-it holders.

They did start off this morning looking like this:

but now look like this:

having been wrapped in gold cellophane with ribbon attached. I also made the tags to go with them using my new labels 4 nestablities and printing the verse onto photo paper which I then covered in the same gold cellophane I have used to wrap them. I think they look really good!

The verse I used was:

Here's a pot of gold

A festive nibble too

I hope that it will make

All your dreams come true.

Have a Merrry Christmas

From me to you

Now all I need to make up is the snowman soup, and the the teachers presents are done.

More easel cards...

But this time they are birthday ones. I did these 2 quickly on Friday:

I've used the same image on both, and have co-ordinated the colours to match the image. On the purple one I have cut the image and surrounding card with my new deckled rectangle nestabilities and back it on cream run through the 'bug' with swiss dots. The bottom is some purple card that has also been 'swiss dotted' wth a piece of ribbon and peel off. A purple flower hold the card in place.

For the green one, I have done exactly the same as above, but for the bottom I have used the Happy Birthday embossing folder, and held the card into place with a black flower gem.

I'm entering both of these into this week's Project Tuesday easel card challenge, as I couldn't decide which one I liked best!

Post-it holders for teachers presents

Over the last couple of days I have sat down and made these for my son's teachers for Christmas. Eventually I will be adding the pencil inside to finish them off, and will be putting them in a bag with snowman soup and pots of gold.


Thanks to Flourgirl over on MSE for posting the link to make these. I have found these relatatively simple to make, and have managed to use up some card, papers, organza ribbon that I didn't think I every would. Really please with how they have come out and hope the teachers like them too.

Sweet jars for my son's christmas fair

Whenever the Christmas School fairs come around, we are asked to make sweet jars. So on Thursday night I made these, but I am so rubbish at coming up with anything half decent, I have cheated this year and just wrapped a slither of wrapping paper around each jar. Making these up is great as it uses up the sweets around the house that my kids have been given but don't particular like, therefore they are very MSE to do!

I've been awarded a blog award

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And would like to pass it onto:

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I need to answer the questions below with one word answers so here they are:

1. Where is your cell phone? Pocket
2. Your hair? Brown
3. Your mother? Away
4. Your father? Deceased
5. Your favorite food? Roast
6. Your dream last night? None
7. Your favorite drink? Wine
8. Your dream/goal? Travelling
9. What room are you in? Lounge
10. Your hobby? Crafting
11. Your fear? Frogs
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? Abroad
13. Where were you last night? Home
14. Something that you aren't? Tall
15. Muffins? Chocolate
16. Wish list item? Satisfaction
17. Where did you grow up? Fetcham
18. Last thing you did? Bath
19. What are you wearing? Clothes
20. Your TV? Off
21. Your Pets? Cat
22. Friends? Lots
23. Your life? Happy
24. Your mood? Mellow
25. Missing Someone? Occasionally
26. Vehicle? Saxo
27. Something you’re not wearing? Jewellery
28. Your favorite store? Primark
29. Your favorite color? Purple
30. When was the last time you laughed? Tonight
31. Last time you cried? Friday
32. Your best friend? OH
33. One place that I go to over and over? Bedroom
34. Facebook? Yes
35. Favorite place to eat? Harvester

Managed to find some time today to make a few cards. This one is for my son's swimming teacher who is leaving to go back to South Africa at the end of next week. My son is very fond of her and she has done a good job teaching him to swim for the last 2 year, and she will be missed.

The image is colour in on the computer, and cut and matted on scalloped circles run through my 'bug'. The image is back on swiss dots, and I have added some spotty ribbon and a button to finish it off. This is my entry to the Allsorts Challenge this week, to use buttons.

It's been a few days since I had anytime to make cards, so I couldn't not make some more Christmas Easel cards, so here are the 2 I've done. I'm loving the angel one, but not so sure of the santa one. I've used Papermainia Naughty and Nice Christmas Paper as backing on the angel one, but normal wrapping paper for the Santa, and in hindsight, think I should have done this one of red card and not white, but it will do for someone this year.

Here is another....

Easel card! Wanted to make a birthday one to send to my Aunt out in Australia, and have done this for her:

I quiet like it but maybe it is a bit busy? The paper used is basic grey 'sultry' with a co-orinating button to hold it open. The image is a pink petticoat one, that has been coloured on the computer, and backed on an embossed piece of lilac card and then put onto a deep purple scalloped circle. I finished it off with a peel off and some ribbon from my stash. I hope she likes it as it has now been posted.

When I got home from work today, this was waiting for me - a fab card from Glittermum, for this months Craft Place card swap - anything goes:

Thanks very much Niki, I love it and know just who to give it to for a friend's birthday.

My entry into this week's Allsorts Challenge

Over on Allsorts Challenge this weeks the theme is to make a card based on a Christmas Carol or song title, so here is my entry:



I've made an easel card using Papermainia Naughty and Nice Christmas Paper, a bear this is from a glitter shape sheet from home bargains last year, which I have backed onto some white card I have run through the cuttlebug with swiss dots. I have used a brad with a snowflake on to hold the card up.

I couldn't think of a Christmas song or carol which had a bear in it, but have found one on the net called 'Thistlehair the Christmas Bear', so I hope this is acceptable to this weeks challenge.

This is my favourite of the easel cards I have made today, and my 6 year old son has just said it is the best card I've every made! Not sure that is true, but it was sweet of him to say so.