Christmas Craft #3

One last project for you on this happy Christmas Eve! :)


This is another Pinterest find - I just LOVE pinterest. :)

The blog that I saw this on said that they took ribbon and sewed it to ruffle it. I found ribbon that I really wanted to use but it was wired... so I thought I would try just pulling the wire to make it ruffle. Yippee!! It worked and I didn't even have to whip out my sewing machine!

So, after I ruffled most, if not all, the ribbon I started hot gluing it onto a floral styrofoam cone. I started at the bottom and worked my way up - it was so fast and easy! I just love those kind of crafts. :)

The blog that I found this on used the same small finials at the top but also had them on a spindle (or candle holder) base. I decided that I like it better as is. I tied a bow and some small jinglebells on bakers twine to finish it off.

I hope that everyone has a FABULOUS Christmas tomorrow!!

{{{ HUGS }}}

PS - Sorry for the horrible photo - I just couldn't get a good angle on my counter! :(

Christmas Crafts #2

Just a quick post to share my 2nd craft for the Holiday season...


Tammy (the other Scrappy Mom) bought a kit to made a standing countdown calender that used bead board, a metal sheet and vinyl. I LOVED it - but they were all sold out so I decided to try to make it myself. Since I already had a table-top one that my kids keep knocking over (and over, and over) I decided to make one that goes on the fridge.

I got a 12 x 12 sheet of metal flashing at Home Depot - covered the edge with strips of scrapbook paper to help "soften" them a bit. I designed the vinyl in MTC in three layers, one for each color. First I laid down the black layer with the title and icons. Next came the red layer and finally the white layer with the numbers which sets on top of the icons.

I put self-adhesive magnets on the back and attached a super-strong disc magnet to the Santa face, which is a small Christmas tree ornament. Ta-Da ... a Christmas countdown calender is born! :)

Hope you enjoyed my little project today! I have one more to share... possibly even today since tomorrow is Christmas Eve and will be busy for most of us. :)

Happy Holidays!

Christmas Crafts - #1

Wow - it's been a busy holidays season around here! How about you? This time of year sure is hectic, isn't it? But what a great way to wrap up the year. :)

I have a few Christmas crafts to share with you over the next few days. Here is the 1st one...


I saw these nativity blocks on Pinterest and just had to make some myself. In fact, I wound up making so many (17) that I went and bought a 7.25" electic miter saw. I LOVE IT! I did the 1st batch by hand and my arm was sore for days. The 2nd batch was like butter. If you have small wood projects/crafts I highly recommend one! :)

I made these for all my girlfriends, in-laws, and the ladies from my MOMS group. Everyone seemed to really like them. :)

Stop back by tomorrow for a new project. Hope to see you then!

Happy Holidays!

Terrific Tuesday Challenge - It's in the bag!

Happy Tuesday! I hope that everyone is having a very happy holiday season - thank you for taking time to join me today.

My project for this weeks TTC is a little treat for one of my daughter's Christmas gifts. The challenge this week is to use a bag in your project. This one actually stumped me a little bit, so I decided to work backwards and started with the stamp and made the project match it. LOL I used my new Fiskars 1.5" circle punch and 2" scalloped circle punch to make the tag.



I just tucked the bag under the ribbon on the package but you could also punch a couple of holes and tie the ribbon though the bag. I used an Itty Bitty Bag from our Scrappy Moms Stamps store. The sentiment is from our SMS A Holiday to Remember stamp set.

I hope you liked my little bag and I hope Emily does too. :) Come play along with us at the SMS Terrific Tuesday Challenge!

Happy Holidays!

Sneak Peak - Dancing in Circles!

Happy Saturday! Today I'm sharing a tag that I made for my oldest daugher - she LOVES owls...


The cute little owl is a .svg file by Crafting with Christina - isn't it adorable?! The circle sentiment is from the new Scrappy Moms Stamps set Dancing in Circles. The "To" is from SMS Everyday Greetings.


I will have more projects to show you this week using Dancing in Circles and our other new SMS stamp set - Hooray for Birthdays.


Have a wonderful weekend!

Two new Scrappy Moms Stamps set - Dancing in Circles and Hooray for Birthdays

I hope you all are having a fabulous Friday!

Today Scrappy Moms Stamps is releasing 2 new sets! My 1st project is from Hooray for Birthdays...


The cute little peeking mouse is from Birthday Bash, the "top note" shape is from Lacy Lables, the tag is from Tags, Bags, and Boxes. Here is full Hooray for Birthdays set ...

I hope you love it as much as I do! This set has lots of versatile sayings and numbers to customize your birthday projects. The numbers even fit inside the stamps of our 2nd new set...


Dancing in Circles is made to fit inside a 1.5" circle - perfect for cards, scrapbooks and tags! This set is an all occasion set for a variety of projects

We are also doing a giveaway this release... everyone who orders Dancing in Circles from today thru Sunday 12/18 will be entered to win..


That's 2 new Fiskars squeeze punches - a 1.5" circle and a 2" scalloped circle that co-ordinate with Dancing in Circles perfectly!

Be sure to visit all of the SMS Design Team - including our December Guest Designer, the fabulous Kristy from Crafting on my Door - this week to see new projects from Dancing in Circles and Hooray for Birthdays.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Terrific Tuesday Chellenge - Christmas!

Oh, cow! I totally forgot to put this post up last night! So, sorry for being so late...

This week's TTC is a Christmas project - that's right any Christmas project!


I have wanted to try a "window" card and thought this would be a simple one to start off with... Boy, was I wrong! LOL The snowflake layer too sooo long to cut and it had too many little pieces to glue down. Then it looked so plain that I decided to add Stickles to the snowflakes just to make it take longer. I was thinking that I would use this design for this year's Christmas card, now I'm back to the drawing board. LOL

I hope that you will join us for this Terrific Tuesday Challenge!

{{{ HUGS }}}