As time flies by and Christmas Eve is quickly approaching I realized how many crafts and cards never got made. I always seem to have so many plans and then fail to complete them. Time slips away from me, grandkids get colds and just want cuddles and some days I just wanted to sit and watch a Hallmark movie. Ok confession maybe "3 in a row" Hallmark movies! LOL I did get done what had to be done though. All gifts were bought, cards that were needed were made and mailed and crafting with the grandkids was done. I even threw in cookie baking and a few crafts of my own for gifts and just for fun. What didn't get done on a regular basis was this blog. I was always putting it on the back burner. Just barely squeezing in a tidbit here and there. I also managed to ignore browsing through some of my favorite bloggers post and when I did I'd forget to leave a comment. So I'll say I'm sorry and I will try to do better in the New Year.
So quickly now here are a few of the things that never made it to my blog. My huge project was my Advent Calendar. I LOVED decorating this as much as the grandkids love coming over and opening the drawers for little surprises.
This little paper star is super simple and oh so cute. I found the tutorial by mistake....I was browsing Pinterest for star ornaments with popsicle sticks and for some reason this one popped up. check it out. Collette Mitriga does a quick yet thorough tutorial on how to make this beauty.
This is it closed up. Its a little thing measuring 2x2 when closed. You need 6 4x4 squares to make it and only 12" of 1/4" ribbon. So cute. I will be playing with these later in the new year and probably make a few for Memorial Day and the 4th of July. I think they would be so cute in red, white, and blue don't you?
So many extra cards and tags were made too but I have since mailed them and used the tags on gifts so I guess there is no sharing of those.
This was a quick craft I did with my ladies group and with my grandkids for their teacher gifts.
These were recycled jars that we decorated with ribbons and misc. Christmas branches. The insides were filled with Potpourri and a small battery tealight was placed inside.
Here I made more snowmen and some little tags. The snowmen are made from recycled Frappuccino bottles. I used wooden candle cups for the heads and my husband cut out the hats for me. I filled them with candy and these were handed out at as gifts to my lady friends as well. Extras were made and my Daughter in Law handed them out to the teachers she works with. Yep!!!! Drank alot of Frappuccino!!! I now have to diet all this Christmas season! heehee.
I think that's it for now. I wish all of you a very Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanzaa and Happy all other Holidays. Have a wonderful time and I will be back in the New Year!
Another day another craft...lol. It sure has been a crafty December for me. Today as my daughter in law was dropping off the baby she informed me that the other 2 needed a gift for their CCD teachers tonight. Yikes!!! Way to give me a heads up! Quickly I ran through my Pinterest for something super simple and quick. I would have much preferred something more religious but that would have had me running out to Hobby Lobby and I had no time for that with everything else I wanted to get done today. Besides for me a craft store trip takes at least 3 hours...I mean I HAVE to browse right??? Then I came across a set of snowmen made from 2x2 lumber. Well it just so happened that my hubby just replaces the spindles on the deck and we have alot of scraps. YAY for me...not so much for him because I sent him to the garage to cut (3) 6" pieces (3) 4.5" pieces and (3) 2.75" pieces. Got out the wood glue...glued and clamped and when the kids got home this is what they painted.
Super cute. Ok the middle set is a bit of a mess but the 6yr old tried and that's what counts.
Well I sure have snowmen on the brain.....and I've noticed I'm doing a whole lot more crafts lately than cards. I will get back on track as soon as the holidays are over. I just have so many inspirations right now and I want to make it all! LOL
Today is from the Envelope punch board. All you need is a sheet of white card stock and a sheet of black and then some tiny scraps of orange.
From white you will cut 1 strip 2 1/8 x 11 and score at 5 1/8 and 5 7/8. Then using your punch board line 1 end up at 2 1/8 mark and punch....flip and repeat then do the same on the other end. It should look like this:
Then from black cut one 2x2 square and two pieces 2 1/8 x 1/2. On the 2x2 round the top corners and then place that centered into your punch board to cut a top notch. Save that tiny piece punched out for the mouth. Then with the 1/2" strips round the corners on all 4 sides. Save those tiny pieces for the eyes.
Now assemble. Place a York patty on one side of the body using score tape. Place the 2x2 square between the top edges of the body then add the brim to front and back. The hat band and the scarf is washi tape. Glue on mouth and eyes. Cut little triangles from orange for the nose and I then added glitter glue for buttons.
I think they're pretty cute. Kids are going to love them.
Off to do more
Hello!!! Still no snow here but I have snowmen on my mind. I am a big hoarder of recyclables. If I think it can be transformed I save it. So while having been taking care of my new granddaughter over the last year, she went through quite a bit of formula. Well those can had to be good for something. Sure enough I found the perfect use via Pinterest. Snowmen hats! I checked out alot of Pins too. Some said to use black plastic plates, others said cut black foam board but one suggested old 78 records! Hmmmmmm....off to Goodwill I went and lo and behold......they had some for $1.99 for a box of 6. SCORE!!!! Home I went with some black spray paint and tacky glue. I sprayed all the cans black and then glued them open side down on the record and let them sit overnight to totally dry. The next day...lined them up and started decorating. Of course I have to have 1 blooper. I glued 1 of the cans upside down on the record so this hat had to become a vase. But that's OK. My daughter in law loved it so I gave it to her for her mantle. Anyway here's the finished project.
I really should have taken a better picture but I was getting ready to give these to some lady friends as an early Christmas gift so I just plopped them on the table and snapped the picture. Later after I had already given them out I looked back on the picture and thought oh my goodness I could have at least cleaned off the table! LOL Well now everyone knows I'm human and have normal human mess's! Well my friends loved their hat centerpieces and now I need to go make one for me!
Are you feeling crafty yet? Holidays are just around the corner!
HAPPY CARDING and CRAFTING!
I cannot believe that Christmas is only 2 weeks away. Time has really gotten away from me. Though I have gifts bought and house decorated and I'm finishing up my addressing of cards I still wish I had more time to do some of those fabulous Christmas crafts everyone is pinning! So many awesome ideas and yet I'm sure I won't be able to make all of them.
With today being a chilly day I had decided to try out a paper star that I saw on G45 Facebook page this week. The tutorial looked pretty simple so I thought I'd try it out. Here's the link to their facebook video : here
First let me say that although sticky tape is convenient, I did find that some of the pieces opened up when I got to the hot gluing part of the project. I reinforced those pieces with hot glue. I'm not sure that I would have liked hot gluing the entire project though since I'm not very careful and I do tend to burn myself alot. Anyway....here's what I made so far.
Though I don't have any I bet these would look great if they were sprayed with that spray glitter you can get at Michaels. My favorite is probably the red and green one on the bottom right.
If you get a chance to try these I would. If done in all white and glittered they would look great as snowflakes hanging from a window.
Another tutorial to follow is this one: here In this one she tells you to use scotch tape to connect the pieces. I really think something like score tape works much better. Holds better and you don't see the tape. That being said it is a great visual in this tutorial.
Well I'm off to see what else I can squeeze in.....Til next time.......................
HAPPY CARDING!!!
