Ho Ho Ho!



This little banner hangs on the back of my front door.
All the squares are adhered to the pretty striped ribbon.

The letters were cut using the
Big Shot Die Machine.

Santa and Rudolph were made with punches.

I love walking by the door and seeing them there.

Happy-making!

Family Christmas Invitation

Steve and I are hosting the family Christmas party

this year.  I have to admit, I am a bit stressed already!

 

I saw this sweet snowman on Pinterest recently

and couldn't wait

to make him part of our celebration. 

He'll be on the front of the invitations I am sending.

Who could resist that face?

"And the stockings were hung..."

This little cutie is just big enough

for a chocolate nugget

inside.

Love the tiny clothespins.

Golden Tag/Card

Is it a tag?

Or is it a card?

I saw a version of this card on Pinterest,

and decided to add my little flair to it.

The tag is heat-embossed with gold embossing powder.

The butterflies are punched from gold

Glimmer Paper.

I Punched Santa!

If I could figure out how to turn this around,

you could see how stinkin' cute this little

Santa tag it. 

All done with punches.  

And the Christmas Season Begins....

I absolutely LOVE tags.

And I absolutely love this one.

Happy Thanksgiving

Thankful.

Kickapoo State Park Beauty

Happy Thanksgiving Eve!

Perfect Blend Gift Card Holder

Stamp set is called

Perfect Blend.

Perfect for a coffee shop gift card!

Coffee Sour Cream Container

Inside this little sour cream container

are two Starbuck's ready-to-brew coffee packages

for someone special. 

The stamp set used is called

Perfect Blend.

 

Postage Collection

BRIGHT Blossoms

And I do mean BRIGHT Blossoms!

 

Flourishes and Pumpkins

Monogramed Wedding Card

Pumpkin Sampler

I love samplers.

It's such a pretty way to decorate for a holiday or season.

This one is just pumpkins.

Using the

Large Oval Punch

and the

Sweater Weather Designer Paper,

I placed them in an 8" x 8" frame.

Just needs whip cream!



Wedding Card Envelope

When giving a gift,

I think the unexpected is fun.

With this wedding card,

I wanted the envelope to be just as special.

Using

Vellum Card Stock,

I punched several pieces from the

Blossom Punch.

I cut some of the petals away

and started to form a 3-D flower.

Inside is a Pearl and Rhinestones

on the tag.

Now THAT envelope is going to be noticed!

Tiffany Box

This little box was made using the

Simply Scored

scoring tool.

The theme for the wedding shower,

(yes, another one!),

was Breakfast at Tiffany's.

So, I thought the famous

Tiffany box as appropriate for the

gift card I enclosed inside.

It was decked out in bling using

Silver Glimmer Paper.

(I couldn't figure out how to turn the picture

of the gift card around.  Still learning Windows 8.)

Love that bow. 

I think Holly Golightly would too.  

Mrs. Grim-Reaper!

No projects today.

Just a picture of my beloved flower garden.

Steve and I have spent so many hours on our front porch

enjoying the pretty flowers. 

I am in a panic now because my flower bed has

 become the home to a family of

VOLES!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have tried playing nice guy with them.

I think they laughed at my 'humane'

attempts at trying to get them to

MOVE.

That didn't work.

No more Mrs. Nice Guy.

I'm ready to play the Grim-Reaper now.

They are killing everything that I loved out there.

If anyone has a suggestion that will help rid

my garden of these vermin,

PLEASE

let me know.  

Gingham Kind & Cozy

Stamp sets with coffee cups speak to me.

This set is called

Kind & Cozy.

Not sure if you can tell that the card stock

has been embellished to mimic the gingham

designer paper called

Gingham Garden.

I used the embossing folder called

Stripes

and turned it both ways.

Another Invitation Ornament

I hope the newly wedded couple likes this

as much I do.

Once again, I took the wedding invitation and

cut it into strips, curled them and put them into

a glass ball ornament.

And I REALLY like the little package it went into.

So, so pretty.