Christmas Gift box for Quick Creations GDT

Good morning everyone. I hope you all are doing well. I know I have been MIA for a few weeks. We were having internet issues. But I am back!

Today I want to share with you a gift box I decorated for my GDT project for Quick Creations. 

Isnt it so cute???

 When the owner of Quick Creations sent me this stamp to work with, I knew right away I wanted to alter one of these treat boxes my dear friend Barb sent to me. I started by using a piece of paper from  an old christmas collection from Bo Bunny that I had in my stash. I traced around the front of the box on the back side of the paper, cut it out and used mod podge to adhere it. I stamped the CC Designs Robertos Sleigh ride stamp onto white cardstock and colored it in with my copic markers. After making sure the ink was completely dry, I fussy cut out the image and adhered it to the front of the box using Glue Dots adhesive. I then ripped apart a silk poinsettia flower, added pearl stamen to the center and adhered it to the top of my box using my mini glue gun. I just love the way it turned out.

Well thats all for me for today.

 If you havent stopped by Quick Creations shop, please check out the many wonderful products she carries in her shop. Also make sure you follow her facebook page as well so you dont miss all the sales and new products she gets in. 

I hope you all have a beautiful day.

Hugs!

Inspired By Stamping Christmas Card

Good morning everyone. I hope you all are having a beautiful weekend. 

Today I want to share with you all a card I made using one of the sentiments from the holiday sentiments stamp set by Inpsired By Stamping.

To create this card, I started with a base of 5.5" by 5.5" and followed a sketch that I found on Pinterest. After layering all my papers, I stamped the beautiful holiday sentiment stamp onto a white banner with memento ink. I just love this stamp set. to finish off the card, I added a few white flat back crystals to the card.

Well that is all for me for today. Thank you for stopping by and I hope you all have a blessed Sunday. 

Stamp set used:

Inspired by Stamping Poinsettia Christmas card

Hi crafty friends. 

I am here today to quickly share with you a card I created using the beautiful Poinsettia Stamp set and sentiment  (Elegant Christmas Sentiment stamp set) from Inspired by stamping.  I have learned the hard way that mailing bulky cards doesn't work out too well as well as they cost a fortune when mailing out multiple cards. So this year I have decided to mail out flatter Christmas Cards. 

I really love how this turned out and will be alot easier having to make 30 of them. 

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you all have a wonderful day. 

Hugs!

Stamps used:

Pink and White Christmas

Hi crafty friends. I hope you all had a wonderful week. Today I want to share with you a pink and white Christmas card I made using 2 beautiful stamp sets from Inspired by Stamping. 

To create this card I started with a white card base measuring 4½" x 5".  I layered on pink card stock then added 2 beautiful digital papers.  I stamped  the Merry Christmas sentiment from the Elegant Christmas Sentiment stamp set then added a border to the center of the two papers along with a small pink satin ribbon. 

To create this beautiful Christmas stocking, I stamped the stocking using the Build a Stocking stamp set from this months release onto white card stock and fussy cut it out. I stamped the stocking once more on pink card stock and used a circle punch to cut out the heel and toe part of the stocking. I also cut a bit from the top of the pink stocking to add to the top of the white. Once I had all the parts cut out, I adhered them down minus the top pink part) and ran them all through the sizzix using a snowflake embossing folder. I know it didn't show up in the photo, but all the raised embossed parts have an iridescent glitter on it. I added some tiny pink lace to and popped up the top pink piece on some foam dots. I then added pearl trim above the lace, around the heel, and the toe part of the stocking. To finish this off, I created a little loop where a stocking would usually be hung from, added a tiny bow, a rose to the center of the bow, and then adhered that down to the card. 

Well that is all for me today. Thank you so much for stopping by.

 I hope you all have a wonderful weekend. 

Hugs!

Stamps used:

would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

In the pink:  Luscious Lace

Divas by design: anything goes

Fab 'n' funky : Christmas 

Miriams Crafting Blog: Shades of pink 

The paper Shelter: is it too early for Christmas?

Simon says Stamp: Anything goes

A Creative Romance: Pink 

Winter wonderland: Pick & Mix

Ginger Blessings

Hi crafty friends! I'm here today to  share with you a card and a tiny gift box I created for my sons teacher for Christmas using two of the beautiful stamp sets from last weeks release over at Inspired by Stamping. I absolutely love ginger bread men as they are one of my favorite treats!

To create this card, I layered my papers onto my card base and stamped/embossed the ginger blessings sentiment from the sugar and spice stamp set. I adhered some burlap trim, crochet trim, and some pearl trim across the center of the card before layering on a few die cut ovals and added my little gingerbread girl using the same sugar and spice stamp set. For the finishing touches I added tiny pearls to the center of her star button and a pearl bow to her head. I love how this card turned out. Its so country chic.

I had plans to give his teacher some chocolates for Christmas but my son informed me that his teacher has an allergy to chocolate. When I ran across this yummy smelling hand sanitizer, I felt this would be a perfect gift for a teacher who deals with a lot of sick children through the year. So instead of just popping this into a gift bag, I created this adorable tiny box. The box measures, 3¼" x 1½" x 1⅛". Once I cut out the box, I added some pattern paper that matched the card, cut out a little window using a tiny oval die and backed it with a piece of acetate. To decorate this box, I got out the beautiful Christmas Wreath stamp set. I embossed the bow in white onto my pattern paper, fussy cut it out, added a pearl to the center, and adhered it to the top of the box leaving enough room so the box can still close. I then clear embossed the holly leaves onto a green cardstock, fussy cut it out, added some silver stickles, then adhered it to the bottom corner of the box along with some white pearls for the berries.

My son is so excited to be able to give this to his teacher. 

Now I just have to make him understand that he has to wait to give this to her. lol.

Well that is all for me today. I hope you all have a wonderful day.

Products used:

Challenges I am entering :

Simon says stamp Wednesday Challenge: Get crafty and use Kraft

Crafty card Makers: Cut it out

613 Avenue Create: anything goes with boxes, tags, more

Amusing Challenge: Anything goes

Christmas card Challenges: Anything goes

Penny Black: get ahead for christmas

All sorts Challenge: Christmas

Polkadoodle: Christmas Fun

Peace, Joy, & Love

Hello crafty friends.

 Today I am here to share with you  a card I made using the

 poinsettia stamp set from this weeks new release over at

 http://www.inspiredbystamping.com/ .

To make this card I started with a base card of 5" by 6½". I glued down the fish tail banners,  

added the green red and white card stock, as well as the paper doily and flourish.

Next I stamped and embossed the poinsettia twice on the same red card stock,

 then fussy cut the poinsettia out.

 I shaped the petals how I wanted them, then added glue and glitter on 

top of the white embossed areas.  To complete the flower I added a button

 to the center. I added a beautiful red trim above the banner 

then glued down my flower. 

I finished the card by stamping the Peace, Joy, & Love Sentiment from the Poinsettia stamp set.

That’s all for me for today. Thank you for stopping by. I hope you all have a beautiful day.  

Stamps used:

I am also entering this card into the following challenges:

Simon says stamps : Anything goes

Addicted to stamps : Anything goes

Inky Chicks : Christmas

party time Tuesdays : Anything goes

Through the craftroom door : Anything goes

Inspiration Destination : Anything goes

Altered dollar store ornaments

For Good morning all. I know it's been awhile since my last post. Problem is, my laptop has been so slow and I am always on my iPad. I have tried uploading photos from my iPad before with no luck. So here I am at 2:55 am and I can't sleep so I decided to look thru the App Store to see if there was any apps that would help me post directly from iPad. If this post does post, you know it was a success. Lol

So enough of my ranting. I hope you all had a wonderful christmas. We live over 2000 miles from our family so it was a very quiet christmas as home. Below are some altered dollar store ornaments I created this year. I was hoping for an all pink and white tree, but that didn't happen this year. Oh well. There is always next year. 

This ornament was originally a hot pink glittered ornament. I took some acetone and pour a bit into a coffee can and let it sit in there for about 10 seconds and used an old wash rag to wipe away the glitter and repeated this process a couple of times. Super easy. Then I used gesso to cover the snowflake in white and added some crystal stickles once it was dried. I then hot glued some Venice lace trim around the center that I had dyed pink and added a shabby chic rosette on top of the trim. I then glued a clay flower to the center of the rosette and added some pink gems along the outside of the snowflake. Easy breezy and I think it turned out beautifully.

For this reindeer I did the same process as above and used 2 venise trims to his neck along with a little snip of a feather, some pearl stamen, and some beautiful paper roses. Then finished it off by adding a tiny pink gem to his nose. 

Well that's all from me for now. I hope you all have an amazing new year filled with many beautiful blessings. Thank you for stopping by and for your support. It means the world to me. 

Hugs, 

Shan

Christmas in July

Good morning bloggers. Its Monday again which means there is a new challenge  over at Craft your passion challenges. The Challenge this week is Christmas in July and the DT did an amazing job as always. The sponsor this week is Digis by Phooka.  So make sure you stop by and participate in this weeks challenge. Below are my cards. Kind of plain but enjoyed making them. Have a wonderful week.