Hi Everyone - well, you know that I like to make little gifts for Jacob's teachers throughout the year. So I thought that I would make a little something for Thanksgiving. I purchased some cookie dough from my boss' nephew - this cookie dough came already preportioned out. All I had to do was open the package, put the dough on the cookie sheet and bake. LOOOVEEE ITTTT!! While the cookies were still hot from the oven, I put a Hershey's Kiss in the middle of each cookie then sprinkled each cookie with sugar! VIOLA!!! Super Cute, Super Easy, and Super Good!!!
I purchased these fall metal baskets at the Dollar Tree a while back so after the cookies cooled, I put them in a ziplock bag inside the basket. I then placed more Hershey's Kisses around the cookies.
For the tags, I used the Cricut Thanksgiving cartridge to make the note cards at 2 1/2". Simply hit cut and out came the cards. I cut the layer at 2 1/2" and glued to the top. For the inside of the card, I used the negative of the border that I cut for the front.
Jacob asked me not to make him carry the gifts into his teacher tomorrow, so I'm going to take them to the office and have the teachers pick them up. Hopefully, they will enjoy them over their Thanksgiving break.
Thanks so much for stopping by today - we appreciate your visits and your comments. Until another day, God Bless You and our country!! Donna
I am way behind on my Christmas card making this year. Just haven't been in the mood. That's probably a bad thing to admit but it's the truth. I decided to make a couple of cards today since the cartridge A Quilted Christmas was lying on my crafting table. I used the first image on the overlay. It is on page 29 in the handbook. The hardest part about this cartridge is deciding on the colors of the image. Here is my first card.
As you can see, I used dark red, bright red, green and cream cardstock. I used a red gel pen for the holly berries and gold stickles for the flames on the candles. I used Cricut Craft Room to create my different layers at 4.75, then cut them out and glued them together and put them on a 5X6.5" card base. I added some Christmas ribbon I bought last year at Michael's at the end of the season. All the layers make the card sort of 3 dimensional.
Another feature on this cartridge is an actual card feature. It creates a card by cutting a silhouette of the image on the card and then cuts a lining to go under the silhouette. This makes creating lots of Christmas cards very easy.
Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you have a wonderful weekend. God Bless You!!! Peggy
This is the last in this series of CDAC Progressive Freebie Challenges. When I saw this image I immediately thought of my neighbor, Mary. Mary invited several of the neighborhood ladies over for tea one day. She collects tea cups of all kinds and has china teapots as well. This image may be purchased from Priscillastyles. I may have to send this card to Mary.
Card Recipe:
5X5.5" card base
Background Paper - DCWV Lace and Linen Paper Stack
Rose Teapot Digital Image by Priscillastyles
Lace
Pearls
Pebbles Pastel Chalks - for shading paper image was stamped on
Glossy Accents - Used on the flowers and leaves to make them stand out
Promarkers used to color image:
Tea Pot - Almond, Putty, Metallic Gold, Rose Pink, Leaf Green
Here is a close up of the teapot. I hope you can see how the Glossy Accents enhances the flowers and leaves.
Thanks for stopping by today. We enjoy your comments. God Bless You!!! Peggy
As you may have noticed, I have been into simple and easy projects lately. This is another one.
I bought this sheet of Christmas paper either at Michael's or Hobby Lobby. I bought it with another project in mind but as I looked at it, I thought it would be perfect for a card.
I cut a square containing 4 of the ornaments, wrapped gold ribbon around it, tied a bow and adhered it to a 5" square card base.
I used the Cricut cartridge Joys of the Season to cut an ornament to use for the message. The sentiment is from a Hero Arts Clear Stamp Set purchased from Michael's. Right now Michael's has their stamps on sale Buy One Get One Free. I got 2 Hero Arts Christmas sets for the price of one.
Thank you for visiting with us today. We so appreciate your stopping by. God Bless You!!!! Peggy
Hi Everyone!
I hope you had a wonderful weekend! I've been getting ready to help with my friend's shower. We are having cupcakes at the shower and the other day I was in the deepest, darkest part of my walk-in closet (that you can't walk in) and I found a cupcake holder that I had bought a LONG time ago at Big Lots for $1.00. Here's what it was supposed to look like:
And here's what it looked like after I altered it. I wanted it to match the color theme of the shower so I covered each layer with pink and orange cardstock.
Using Artiste, I cut a doily for each layer at 10 3/4", 9", and 7". I adhered all the layers to the tops of each layer.
Using Elegant Edges, I cut multiple borders for the trim to go around the layers. I glued these on using Zip glue. I must say that glue has a very strong odor but it will glue anything!!
Here is the finished product. Now all we have to do is put the cupcakes on it Thursday night.
Thank you for stopping by today! We appreciate your visits and your comments. Until another day, God Bless You!! Donna
Can you believe it's November 2nd? Where did this year go? It seems like it was just New Year's Day. Time does fly, doesn't it. It's time to start thinking about sending Christmas cards, so I thought I would try my hand at one today. This card is so simple. I don't know if I'll send it to anyone.
All I did was run an A2 card through the Cuttlebug, then add some gems and stickles. The stamp is from a Hero Arts set. Super easy. Actually, I think you could just leave all the gems off and it would still be a great card, maybe even better. I love white on white.
Thanks for coming by for a visit today. I hope you have a wonderful, joy filled weekend. God Bless You!!!! Peggy
Yesterday I showed you my first card for the Crafters Digital Art Centers Progressive Freebie Challenge #22. That was the last day for that one but another will be starting probably today. This is my second card I entered. I think this is my favorite of the two. I did use my E2 for the frame on this one.
Card Recipe:
5X6.5" Card Base
Background Paper - KandCo. Susan Wright Botanicals paper stack.
Free digi from CDAC
Cindy Loo Cricut Cartridge for the frame. This particular frame had mushrooms cut out on it but they hid the image so I cut them off. There are some cute frames on this cartridge.
Use any stamp for the sentiment
Ribbon
Gems
Stickles for the flower centers
Promarkers used to color image:
Mushrooms - Gray Squirrel, Tawny Owl, Wild Cranberry (These colors are from the Autumn Limited set)
Leaves - Apple Cider, Lime Green
Flowers - Gold, Sunflower, Purple, Aubergine, Cocktail Pink, Sunkissed Pink
Thanks for your support and comments. I hope you will look into the CDAC Progressive Freebie Challenge. It would be a good way to try out digital images and to see if you like coloring. I always loved coloring so I guess I'm going through my second (maybe my third) childhood. God Bless You!!! Peggy
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