Hobbyaholic: December 2010

31 December 2010

Christmas Card exchange at 2peas

Here's the card I made for a christmas card exchange on http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/ I cut the wreath and the word joy from Joy of the seasons cartridge. I used some distress inks to tone down the manilla cardstock and used a fiskars texture plate to get the brick background.

Happy Birthday Loretta

I made this following a tutorial from http://jackietopa.typepad.com/ I believe it was from her june posts. I think it's also posted on splitcoaststampers too. I changed it up a bit by making the card section hold address cards and the little address book holds important dates like birthdays anniversaries etc. Since I know Loretta makes her own cards and wouldn't need extra. There are some tags and a post-it pad to jot down to-do lists.

An I'm sorry gift for Loretta

A while back I went to have a "play date" with my good stamping buddy Loretta (her blinkie/link is on the left) and she was so kind to let me use her new, and I mean really new big shot pro. The one that cuts 12" and wouldn't you know I tried to cut on my own and despite the wonderful instructions, I destroyed one of the shims that came with the machine. I felt so bad and Loretta being wonderful as usual said "Ah, forgetaboutit". My heart just couldn't. So I made this card and cupcake that held a secret $$ to cover the cost of replacing the shim. The cupcake is from Fabulously Artsy tutorial on youtube.com. It was pretty easy to do, but I replaced the crumpled cardtock with flowers and ribbon.

Scrapbook.com Beaded Stick Pin Swap

I hope that the gals over on scrapbook.com like the pins I've made. This was my 1st time doing anything like this. I am learning to bead slowly but surely. There is a mix of glass beads and plastic beads on 3" pearl head pins. (Love the pins, I use them alot in floral arrangements since they are long enough to thread into the flower stems.) so...The theme was "spring" and I thought what better color combo than teal, white, and purple. I cut the baskets with the doodle charms cartridge and added a strip of foamcore board inbetween to keep our USPS workers safe. :-)

22 December 2010

crafty mama has hit a milestone..

http://itsnotalwaysblackandwhite.blogspot.com/

Go on over and join the celebration..of course for those interested there are party prizes. but she has some really great inspiration too.

11 December 2010

Altered Letter Goody Prize

Surprise project from Kathy's Birthday crop 12/4..rules were to use a impressibilities (sp?), flower, button, and ribbon/trim. This was a tough-y for me. I'm usually not a flowers and ribbon type of crafter but this was So much fun.thanks for a great time

10 December 2010

My Copy Craft xmas has begun

I'm still tweaking the tree but I like the direction we are going. I didn't use the CDs like the original, instead I backed it with black cardstock. I also substituted out the twine for a tan/khaki colored yarn and from a distance you can't really tell it's not the same. I like it. only a tad bit of twine on hand and it's like 4-5 bucks a ball) I cut the word peace from Joy of the Season cartridge (thanks Kathy). My version also has more ornaments than the original because they were ones I got at the $1 tree last year plus a few others. It got the nod of approval from the kiddos and the hubby.

The tension rod "curtain" is a big hit for me. I love how it looks from the kitchen when you come in the front door. So festive. I don't know why I had been framing the opening all these years. I just need to get a bow for the other side so it looks finished either view. I will add some candles or something on the counter space below it.

More Copy Crafts and some other projects to come.

09 December 2010

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

Of course we have our tree up and I had started to put the ornaments on just to test the 'waters'. With 2 puppies and 2 toddlers, keeping anything on the tree of value is beyond possible. So I started to put up some handmade ornaments only to find that they love playing with little reindeer and every paper candy cane is for pretend snack-time. Then I stumbled on this tree at The DIY Show-off:

Just beautiful and easy to recreate. I have printed the clock faces but I won't be using CDs as this tree is only a "stand-in" design for this year. Next year we will be back to our usual Christmas glory.

Oh, and I found this cutey for our kitchen pass through:

Christmas window decor

Time to retire the feather boa wreath that hangs on my basement door; On to the next beautiful thing, a Coffee Filter Wreath . I already picked up the coffee filters for this one ($1.28 for 200 at Wally-World) styrofoam I have on hand.