Countdown to Christmas - Day 9 - Santa Book

Anybody else have a hard time keeping up with Christmas lists, who you have bought for and who you haven't? Man, this time of year is hectic for me! And I am a list maker by nature. So, I thought I'd make myself a cute notebook to house all things Christmas.

I thought the sentiment from the Pun Intended hostess set was perfect!! Since I'm not too bright and need a notebook to keep all of my stuff together, I couldn't resist using it!

I found tiny composition books at my local Wal-Mart and just covered them with the presents and pinecones DSP. I didn't do any technical with the measuring, just wrapped the piece of DSP around the notebook to get a rough idea of how big I needed the paper. Then I just adhered the paper straight to the book and trimmed it off around the book. Again, nothing fancy. I added some whisper white organza ribbon on the side and popped a cookie cutter santa on the front.

If you want to watch the video, you can do so here.

Tomorrow we will be making a beautiful card, so come back and see me sometime!

Until next time...

Jen

Countdown to Christmas - Day 8 - Candy Cane Kisses

MMMMMMMMM... Candy Cane Hershey Kisses........Do y'all LOVE these candies?? I wait all year just so I can get my hands on them. They are the only thing better than caramel candy corn. (Which I am on my last bag, by the way)

I thought I had better find a way to package these babies up so I could let everyone else enjoy them too! I know, I'm such a giver...It was super easy to do after seeing everyone posting about last month's paper pumpkin kit! These test tubes are so trendy right now. And if you tie some of the real red stitched edge ribbon 'round the top... it makes them FAB! The tin of tags stamp set has this adorable sentiment that reads "Warm wishes and mistletoe kisses" I just couldn't resist using that for this project! Oh... and I used the BRAND SPANKING NEW stitched shapes framelits for the whisper white circle. Do you have these? If not, you better RUN, because they are available NOW! What's that you say? I KNOW!!!!! They were not set to release until next catalog... BUT Stampin' Up loves us! And let us get them in advance. And not just demonstrators... everyone!!! *golf clap*

PLUS the tin of tags is on sale until the end of the month for $15.75. Holy mess. If you follow me you have seen/will see this set on almost ALL of my Christmas projects. It is SO VERSATILE! 

If you want to hear me babble about on video and watch this project come to life, click here.

Come back again and we will make something else absolutely adorable, just for funsies. ;-)

Until next time...

Jen

Countdown to Christmas - Day 7 - Bookmark Stand

See!!!! I told you!! Here is the darling stand for our adorable cookie cutter bookmarks.

Ahhhhhhhh.... these are freaking fantastic! Who wouldn't want to get this set of bookmarks for Christmas? I know I would!!

For this project, I used crumb cake card stock and the Candy Cane Lane DSP. Here is a list of the paper you will need:

2 pieces of crumb cake card stock that measure 7 1/2 x 3
1 piece crumb cake card stock that measures 5 x 5 1/2
One piece of Candy Cane Lane DSP that measures 4 7/8 x 5 1/8
One piece of Candy Cane Lane DSP that measures 5 3/8 x 7/8
Scrap piece of whisper white card stock for banner and sentiment.
Scrap piece of silver glimmer paper for the "Joy" die cut.

Mount the 4 7/8 x 5 1/8 DSP to the 5 x 5 1/2 piece of crumb cake card stock. This is the back of the stand.

To create the base of the stand, take both pieces of the 7 1/2 x 3 pieces of crumb cake card stock and score at 1 inch on all four sides. Do this to both pieces.

Fold and burnish one of the pieces and create an open box out of it.

On the other piece of crumb cake card stock, in the largest middle piece, draw a line with a pencil to divide the piece in half horizontally. You will be making slits in this line which will hold the paper clips in place. From the first score line, use an exacto knife and make a 1 inch slit. cut from 1/2 to 1 1/2, cut from 2 1/4 to 3 1/4, and finally from 4 1/4 to 5 1/4.

If you want to watch the video for the rest of the instructions, please do so here. As I am not the best with written instructions, and I don't have photographs.

I hope you enjoyed this sweet project that any book lover will appreciate!!

Until next time...

Jen

Countdown to Christmas - Day 6 - Home Decor Stand

Hey y'all!!! Thanks for joining me today for another Countdown to Christmas video! Here I took a Halloween stand that I found at my local craft store and turned it into a small home accent piece.

I just love these tiny easels! I think they turned out quite nice and would make a cute accent for a Christmas shelf or a nice small gift to a co worker or child's teacher.

I used the Candy Cane Lane DSP for the background and the images. Did you know the Candy Cane Lane DSP has these cute images that you could cut out and use on your cards and projects? Who knew!?!?!?!

I used the sentiment from the Picture Perfect stamp set because I thought it was appropriate for my family. I punched it out with the banner builder punch and adhered it to the left hand corner of the frame. Very simple and very cute!

I may see a bookmark holder in our future....

Until next time...

Jen

Countdown to Christmas - Day 5 - Cookie Cutter Bookmark

Hey y'all!! Today we are making a sweet bookmark from some paperclips and the darling images in the cookie cutter Christmas set.

These things are absolutely adorable!!! And super simple to make. The gingerbread lady only takes a bit of whisper white card stock, crumbcake ink 2 dimensionals and a paper clip! Unreal!! Think of how cheap and easy these would be for stocking stuffers!!!

If you want to watch the video, you can do so here.

If you stick around, we might make a stand for them. I bet you can see a sneak peek of the stand in the photo can't you??? Lol

Until next time...

Jen

Countdown to Christmas - Day 4 - Joy to the World

Hey Y'all... Here's our double ''duty'' card. Haha. I'm so juvenile. This card is a countdown to Christmas AND a stash in a flash. It is simple, yet elegant and I absolutely love it.

It features the Tin of Tags stamp set which is on sale right now. Go grab yours at 25% off!!!
I love using soft sky with snowflake images. I think it is the perfect color!

I added a few of the star subtles enamel shapes just to add a bit of bling to this card.

If you want to watch the video, you can do that here

Tomorrow we will be making a sweet bookmark from the cookie cutter Christmas set!!

Until next time...

Jen

Countdown to Christmas - Day 3 - White Erase Wish Board

Hey y'all! Welcome back to another Christmas project. Today we will be making this dry erase "wish list" for Christmas. If your children are anything like mine, their Christmas lists change on a daily basis. So, I saw these plastic frames at the dollar store and thought they would make fabulous "dry erase" wish lists for Christmas.

I just love this stinking Santa in the Jolly Friends stamp set. When you throw on those sunglasses, he is TOO COOL!!!

I didn't want to clutter the actual paper or frame with a bunch of embellishments since the main idea is for the kids to be able to write on this. So, I attached some lined paper to some card stock and slid it in the frame. I added the Santa and the stamped sentiment at the top and called it done. I love that the sentiment says "Santa Claus is coming to town"! I thought it was perfect!!

My daughter has already changed her Christmas wish list 6 times since I have created this. At least she will get some use out of it. ;-)

Join me for day 4 when we will do a double duty project.

I said "duty"..... Hahahahaha

Until next time...

Jen

Countdown to Christmas - Day 2 - Joy Card

Hey y'all! Welcome back to day 2! Today we are using the lush fabulous foil designer acetate to create a gorgeous Christmas card. We will also be using the Vintage leaves stamp set. I know, I know. Vintage Leaves??? That's autumn... fall... nature... TOTALLY non-Christmas! Ahhh, take heart, young grasshopper... I shall lead the way! We will make them into holly leaves. Gasp! Holly leaves, you say? Indeed!

Take a gander...

I'm not one to say "I told you so".... But, ...... See, I told ya!!!

Look at the awesome acetate paper on the white card stock with the green "holly" leaves. How cool is that???? The other thing I love about the acetate paper is that it is gold on one side and silver on the other. So it will match with EVERY project. I hate it when my patterned paper has gold embellishments in it and my design incorporates the color silver. Or vice versa. But, alas, young grasshopper, this paper solves that problem! I used the owl builder punch to make the berries. The largest circle in the punch was the perfect size for this. I also used the word "Joy" from the wonderful wreath framelits.

Wanna watch this project come together? Of course you do... You know you do... So click here.

Until next time...


Jen

Stash in a Flash - Timeless Textures

It's that time again... Time to see me make a fool of myself whilst making a card for my stash in about 5 minutes. This is a fun one. Timeless textures is probably my favorite stamp set at the moment. It is such a good "filler" set. It can be feminine with the lovely flourish, but there are so many other images in there, that it can be masculine also. I used it with Guy greetings for many manly cards. Haha. Many manly cards. Hmmm.... new series???


Look how beautiful this card is.

What lovely lady wouldn't love to receive this lovely card for their birthday? These are my 2 absolute favorite colors also. Mint Macaron and Tip Top Taupe. Oh the sad sad day when they will retire. I may just completely give up being a demonstrator. There once was a color called Sage Shadow that was similar to Mint Macaron that was almost just as lovely. But Mint Macaron has my heart.

I used the flower shop stamp set and coordinating punch and the petite petals and coordinating punch for the flowers. The butterfly basics set made my sentiment and the background was, of course, Timeless Textures. I plopped and enamel shape in the center of the flower and called it done.

If you want to watch me go all catty-wompus and try to get this card done in AROUND 5 minutes, click here.

Until next time...


Jen

Countdown to Christmas - Day 1 - "Paenolish" holder

Welcome, welcome, welcome!!! Who is ready for a brand new series??? I am!!! I am ready for our Christmas series to get under way! This is our very first project in this brand new series in which I am calling "Countdown to Christmas". I have no idea how many projects we will have in this series. I have no idea how often the videos will be published. I just know that we will be "counting down" to Christmas together. Hopefully you will find a project or two that you would like to build with me. Perhaps even a gift idea.

For our first project, we will be making a "Paenolish" holder. My daughters have always called nail polish "paenolish". When my now 23 year old was little, she couldn't say nail polish. And, I suppose, paenolish was just something that became a household word for us. I love filling my children's stockings with non-edible presents at Christmas. My mother started that a very long time ago. She never filled our stockings with candy. Oh, we got a piece now and then. Or our favorite type neatly wrapped and tucked somewhere among the other presents. But we primarily got trial size shampoos and toothpaste and such. So, I thought I would make a nice package to hold some paenolish and a nail file for my daughters' stockings this year.

It is made from a piece of card stock measuring 6 1/2 x 8 inches and some designer series paper to decorate the sides of the box. Three of the panels measure 1 3/8 x 2 3/8 inches. You will also need a small piece measuring 1 3/8 x 1 3/8 inches for the top of the box.

I would highly recommend watching the video, simply because the directions are fairly difficult to explain for me in writing. ;-) You can find the video here.

Thanks for joining me for this new series and I hope you find many projects to inspire you.

Until next time...

Jen

Triangle Box with sleeve

Hey y'all! Today we will be building this sweet triangle box with a sleeve closure that is perfect for gift giving. You could fit tons of tiny trinkets inside here. I used the neutrals and in colors paper stacks to create the sleeves with the matching card stock colors for the base.

For this particular project, I used it to hold the earrings we made on the final day of the 31 days of Halloween. I intend to use them for the gift packaging for the Christmas versions I will make for the holidays coming up as well. If you want to watch the video, you can do so here

The card stock measures 4x8 and the dsp measures 2x8. So, it is really a sweet project using minimal supplies. I used the botanical blooms thinlets to create the flower and leaf from coordination card stock colors on the front of the box.

Come back soon because I will be starting a new series for Christmas that you don't want to miss!

Until next time...

Jen

31 Days of Halloween - Day 31 - Small Candy Corn Box

Well, this is it... Day 31... The last entry. The final chapter. The Omega. The small candy corn box.

I saved my favorite candy for last. The caramel candy corn. Mylanta it is wonderful!! I ate several bags of it this season. VERY BIG BAGS. I am not proud of this statement, but it is a fact, nonetheless. It will be a sad day when the season is over and these brilliant candies are no longer available. The only upside is that after these go away, the candy cane hershey kisses come out. Oh the sweet pounds my body will be packing on this year! I can go without salt, carbs, and even real food. But the candy... sweet, glorious candy is my downfall. My husband can tell you that I have gone all day and not eaten a bite of food. But I have to eat my candy. I am sure diabetes is in my future.

This project is a cute way to give a small amount of the precious candy corn to someone. I feel like Smeagol from Lord of the Rings... MY PRECIOUS...

You will need a piece of 6x6 DSP, an envelope punch board, some adhesive, a cellophane bag, some twine to tie up said cellophane bag, the thoughtful banner bundle, Halloween enamel dots and some candy of your choice.

For instructions on how to put the box together click here.

I hope y'all have enjoyed this series. I have sure enjoyed all of the laughs!

Until next time...

Jen


Supplies:

 

 

31 Days of Halloween - Day 30 - Cookie Cutter Jewelry

Oh Mylanta!!! Look how adorable!!!

I can hardly stand how stinkin cute these are!!!  These sweet earrings were made using shrink paper and the cookie cutter halloween stamp set. Remember shrinky dinks? If you don't remember shrinky dinks, close your laptop and go ask your mom about them!

It is so simple to make these. You just stamp your image on the shrink plastic in staz-on ink, cut out with the punch and zap with your heat tool. They curl up and shrink right before your eyes. Adorable! Add some jump rings and a fish hook earring and you are done!

If you want to watch the video, you can do that here.

Tomorrow is the last day of our Halloween series... and I'm not sure how I feel about it. I suppose I'm excited to get on with the Christmas projects and other fun stuff, but I just adore Halloween so much that I am going to miss all the amazing products we had this year.

Oh well...

Until next time...

Jen

Supplies:

Jet Black Stazon Ink Pad                                 Cookie Cutter Halloween Stamp Set                     Paper Piercing Tool

     Cookie Cutter Builder Punch                        Heat Tool

Stash in a Flash - BYOP

Hey y'all! Welcome to a BRAND NEW series I am calling Stash in a Flash! This is a series where I will help you create something for your stash in a flash. In each video, we will make a project in ABOUT 5 minutes from start to finish. These will be all occasion, minimal supplies and just like me... extremely random. HA!

Today's project is a birthday card that uses the Number of Years and the BYOP stamp sets.

The card on the left was my example, the card on the right was the one I made on the video. ( I think I get nervous when I see the timer going!!!)

The card stock I used was:

Whisper White: 3 7/8 x 5 1/8
Rich Razzleberry: 4 x 5 1/4
Pacific Point: 4 1/8 x 5 3/8
Melon Mambo: 4 1/4 x 5 1/2
Thick Whisper White: 4 1/4 x 11 scored at 5 1/2

I used the coordinating ink colors for the flowers and the sentiments.

On the card that I made in the video, I used some melon mambo stitched ribbon on the bottom of the card.

If you want to watch the video, you can do that here.

Until next time...

Jen


Supplies:

 

Melon Mambo Ink Pad                                Old Olive Ink Pad                            Pacific Point Ink Pad
 
 Melon Mambo Card Stock                   Pacific Point Card Stock                   Rich Razzleberry Ink Pad

Thick Whisper White Card Stock                                                 Rich Razzleberry Card Stock                   Whisper White Card Stock

 Number Of Years Stamp Set                                                     B.Y.O.P Stamp Set                         Melon Mambo 1/8 Stitched Ribbon

















Tombo Multipurpose Liquid Glue

31 Days of Halloween - Day 29 - Big Ole Eyeball

Day 29... Gimme an EYE!!! Look how cool this card is!

This card uses the 'necked' tree from the sheltering tree stamp set to create the bloodshot eyeball. How stinkin cute is that?

I took a piece of 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 cherry cobbler card stock and used the layering circles framelits to cut a circle (approx. 2 3/4 inches) for an ''eye'' in the upper left corner. I used another of the layering circles (approx. 1 1/2 inches) to cut an "iris" from marina mist card stock. And the smallest black circle was cut using the owl builder punch cut from basic black card stock.

 I took a piece of whisper white card stock that measured 3 x 5 1/2 and stamped the branches of the 'necked' tree in cherry cobbler ink to create the bloodshot effect that would show from behind the circle that I had cut out of the cherry cobbler card stock. Then, I did the same in marina mist ink on the marina mist circle to give that circle some dimension as well.

I took the spooky eye stamp from the Jar of Haunts stamp set and stamped it randomly on the cherry cobbler card stock in cherry cobbler ink to create a subtle background. The spider came from the Mr. funny bones stamp set and I stamped it in basic black archival ink. I heat embossed one of the sentiments from the Mr. funny bones stamp set in white embossing powder.

I adhered the whisper white behind the cherry cobbler and then the marina mist in the center of the circle to create an "eye". I added the black circle to create the pupil and dabbed a bit of white pen for an accent.

Lastly, I rounded the corners of the top of the card to give it a bit of a smooth finish.

If you would like to watch the video, you can do that here.

Tomorrow is probably my most favorite project of all... so be sure to check back with me then.

Until next time...

Jen