Christmas Banner

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

Way back in September when I created and shared my first Christmas cards for this year, I had thought that the color combination I used for those Delicately Glitzy Ornaments, Tempting Turquoise and Rich Razzleberry, would be the color scheme for my decor. Little did I know then that the appropriately named Pool Party, one of my favorite colors, would gatecrash the party!

Unlike some uninvited guests, this gatecrasher was welcomed with open arms and in the process pushing Rich Razzleberry outta the way. There's always NEXT year for that combination, but we'll see what happens. Grin.

Enough of my chatter, I can hear you saying, let's take a look at what you've done...

I really do love the cool color combination, so yep, the gatecrasher is welcome to stay!

Card: Whisper White and Silver Foil
Ink: Tempting Turquoise and Pool Party
Stamp set: Embellished Ornaments
Tools and embellishments: Delicate Ornaments and Little Letters Thinlits, Silver Cording Trim (used to hang the banner)
Adhesives: Adhesive Sheets (retired)

Challenges...
#154 AG at 613 Avenue Create
#292 AAG at Craft Your Passion
#207 AAG at Pixie's Snippets Playground

I'll be back on Monday with another creation, so I hope you'll join me then.

Thanksgiving Suite Part 2

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

The first of today's projects is a quick and easy banner created with my current favorite stamp set, Vintage Leaves from Stampin' Up!, the matching Framelits and Little Letters Framelits. I know it doesn't look much like a banner in the pic, but I assure you it's now hanging over my mantel, having had holes punched and silver cording trim threaded...

Today's second project, the favor boxes for my Thanksgiving table, have been created using a tutorial from the amazingly talented Pootles, aka my Stampin' Sister Sam Donald...

Card: Cajun Craze and Cherry Cobbler
Ink: Cajun Craze and Early Espresso
Stamp set: Vintage Leaves and For All Things
Tools and embellishments: Leaf and Little Letters Framelits, Petite Petals Punch (lid of box), 1/8" hole punch and silver cording trim
Adhesives: Tear & Tape, Stampin' Dimensionals and Tombow

Challenges...
#204 AAG at Pixie's Snippets Playground
#226 Be Thankful at HIMCR
#47 AG at Crafty Gals Corner

Whether or not you're celebrating the holiday, I want to take this opportunity to tell you how much I love and appreciate all of you, my readers and friends!

I'll be back on Friday with the rest of my Thanksgiving creations, so I hope you'll join me then.

Happy 18th Birthday Daniel!

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

Before I get to today's project, can I please ask for prayers and or positive thoughts for my great-nephew Landon, his parents Tosha and Josh and our family. Three week old Landon was admitted to hospital last night with a suspected infection and is receiving IV antibiotics. As of right now tests are still ongoing to determine what's wrong and it is a very worrying time for all of us.

Now onto today's project, for Landon's uncle, my nephew Daniel. In Monday's post I shared the invites I've created for his 18th birthday, which is today. Here's the card I created for him, from me using the marble technique...

I also created a matching banner...

 Me being me, I had to create a box for the banner to be kept in...

Card: Whisper White and Crumb Cake
Ink: Pool Party, Soft Sky and Tempting Turquoise (pads and reinkers)
Marker: Black Sharpie
Stamp set: Gorgeous Grunge (envelopes)
Tools: Little Letters Thinlits, Simply Scored, Hole Punch, Paper Plates, Shaving Creme and Paper Towels
Adhesive: Tombow

Challenges...
#202 AAG at Word Art Wednesday
#142 AG at 613 Avenue Create
#217 Freestyle at HIMCR
AG at Through The Craft Room Door

I'll be back on Friday with another Marble Magic creation, so I hope you'll join me then.

Project Landon Part 3 ~ Keepsake Blocks

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

The project I'm sharing with you today is the final part of "Project Landon" that was created to celebrate the much anticipated arrival of my great-nephew, Landon Ryan. If you missed the first two posts, they can be found here and here.

While I was creating all the other elements for the project, I wondered what I'd create as my gift for the little man. I originally thought about creating a mobile for his crib, but that wouldn't be much and I wanted something more substantial. Within seconds I realized that keepsake boxes styled as toy blocks were the way to go.

I used the same elements I'd used for everything else to create the blocks...

And added in die cut letters with the Little Letters Thinlits and a star from the Stars Framelits set...

I designed them to fold flat and so also created a box for the blocks...

Box lid, similar to the brag book box lid detail

Card: Whisper White and So Saffron
Ink: Lost Lagoon, Pool Party and Soft Sky
Markers: Coastal Cabana Stampin' Write (retired) and White Gel pen
Stamp sets: Celebrate Baby, Baby We've Grown (both retired) and Gorgeous Grunge
Tools: Simply Scored, Corner Rounder Punch, Little Letters Thinlits and Stars Framelits

The entire project was a total LABOR of LOVE. Yep, pun intended! Here are some of the stats from it...
13… Brag books, I LOVE YOU’s and mobiles
33… Sweet BABY stamped and colored images
39… Photo pockets
47… “Created with love” labels
119… “Landon”
133… Bunnies
179… Pairs of shoes, including 85 cut out
1328… Rounded corners

Challenges...
#201 AAG at Word Art Wednesday
#141 AG w/ optional twist Love Me Do at 613 Avenue Create
#37 AG at Crafty Gals Corner
#164 Anything but a card at Brown Sugar Challenges
#194 AAG at Pixie's Snippets Playground (LOTS used)

Whatever you're doing this weekend, have a GREAT one! I'll be back on Monday with another creation, so I hope you'll join me then.

Thanksgiving Suite #1 ~ Banner with Tree Punch

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. It's an honor to have you here and I truly appreciate you more than you know.

I LOVE the Tree Punch and Festival of Trees stamp set from Stampin' Up!'s holiday catalog and today's project, part one of this year's Thanksgiving Suite, shows you another way to use the punch, as a banner...

I started by punching 20 trees from Cherry Cobbler card and then cut off the trunks. I then cut the letters from Crumb Cake card using the Little Letters Thinlits dies and also 3 of the smallest stars from the Stars Framelits to act as spaces. I attached them to the pennants with Tombow glue.

To complete the banner I poked holes in each of the pennants and used Whisper White Bakers Twine to string them together.

I'll share another pic of the banner later in the week, once it's hung up.

Challenges...
#99 AG w/ optional at 613 Avenue Create
November Linky at DL.ART
#175 Any Holiday at Hiding In My Craft Room

All the products I've used to create today's project are available 24/7 in my Online Shop. Click the images below to be taken straight to them.

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I'll be back tomorrow with Part 2 of my Thanksgiving Suite, so I hope you'll join me then.

Hugs,
Em x