Get Well Soon Treat Pack

Several of family and friends have been sick with cold/flu recently and I thought what can I do to help make them feel a little better?  So I decided to dig in my stash and found I had several of the pint size ice cream containers that would make a cute get well treat pack.  I covered them in pretty paper and filled them with a bit of essentials:  tissue, hand sanitizer, chamomile tea, a packet of honey and a few cough drops.  The stamp set is Lawn Fawn - Get Well Soon.  I'm making a few extra to keep at the ready! 😷

Holiday Crafting Underway!!

I've taken a week to get my crafting organized....and I'm still not done!!  I've got a couple of events coming up the next few months and one I'm super excited for, is the craft fair at a local high school in Peoria AZ (Liberty HS).    I'm also embarking on a new venture - I'm now a designer for Chalk Couture  (yourchalkchick.com).  I'm so excited about this company - It's a young start up company (launched summer of 2017) and I've got super cute projects and videos to post - so stay tuned!

Here are a couple of projects I've complete for the holiday craft fair - these cute treats usually go quick - and even though we're in Arizona everyone loves Snowman Soup (hot coco) during the holidays.

Every year I make the Hand Santa-tizers for coworkers - who doesn't need a little sanitizer during cold season?

Let Them Eat Cake!

When I saw that Just Add Ink #383 blog challenge was about cake I had heart palpitations!  I've been wanting to create a cake shaker card with The Stamps of Life Cake2Stamp set.  It took a bit of trial and error but I got it done!  Isn't this just the cutest!!??  The Designer Paper is from It's My Party paper stack (retired) with Sprinkles Embellishments (retired),
both from Stampin Up!  The little cupcakes are actually nail design pieces I picked up from a beauty supply - of course to use in shaker cards and not on my nails.

Halloween Goodies for my Coworkers

So I got a wild hair and decided my coworkers needed to get a few Halloween treats.  The pencil idea I found on Pinterest years ago and they are a quick and easy project.  The treat pouch is super easy and uses the scalloped tag topper punch from Stampin Up!  The card is my favorite of the three!  Using the eclipse technique I die cut the BOO after I stamped the the card front.  Add a bit of washi and a splash of silver silk (from Fun Stampers Journey) and we have a super cute card.  Enjoy!

Happy Birthday Chick!

An extra day of crafting...yes, please!  Although I'm not feeling so good today a little crafting always helps.  As I was checking out a few blog challenges this morning the Global Design Project #GDP110  aught my eye and the creative juices started to take over.  I pulled out 3 stamp sets and a super cute piece of paper from Authentique Homestead 6x6 paper pad.  The Stampin Up! stamps are Wood Words, Better Together and Hey, Chick. The base color is Soft Sky with a pop of Real Red - Enjoy.

 

Pop of Color Christmas

I was inspired lately with several black & white challenges I've seen on IG and FB.  Although I love black & white I wanted to add a pop of color to these Christmas cards.  I love the use of non-traditional Berry Burst as the pop of color and I used the new Stampin Blends to color the rhinestones.

Following the challenge this week from Freshly Made Sketches (#309) I designed this adorable Christmas card using a circle from Merry Little Christmas DSP and the deer stamp from Merry Patterns.

Trying to find my Holiday Mojo

As I was cleaning and organizing my craft room I came across a few old Christmas stamp sets and decided to start playing around - trying to get a little holiday mojo...kinda hard since it's still in the high 90's here in Phoenix.  Anyway - I really like the Merriest Wishes set (retired) from Stampin Up! and the font of Merry Christmas from Better Together (current AC). I'm going to challenge myself this year and step outside of the traditional red/green or silver/blue color schemes so I decided to try a pink and gray notecard.  Enjoy.....