Snowman Kisses

I wanted to do something for the teachers for Christmas but really did not have a lot of time, I also wanted to do something for the boys orthodontists, they have been so very sweet (always but especially during Ed's illness and since his passing).  I had pinned some ideas on Pinterest and remembered a tic tac one called snowman poop or snowman kisses.  I am a little weirded out by giving treats that are called poop, lol, so I decided to go with snowman kisses.  Here are the little final products, my 4 year old helped a lot while we waited for my older daughter at gymnastics so she got to hold the final products :)

I found this very cute and easy free snowman kisses printable at Snowman Kisses

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PreSchool Teacher Gifts and Class Treats 2012

So like usual I waiting until the last minute for school treats for the kids...needless to say I have been busy but still should have planned ahead more!

My youngest only has 6 kids in her class (thank goodness) so I had to hurry to get them done the last day of class before break which was very early for her school for some reason.  I used a digital print from Paper Crafting World for the cute girl elf.  I wish I had time to individually cut them out but did not, I also wish I had a machine that cut SVG's but I don't :(  So this was the best I could do in a hurry.  The Elf Girl is so cute and reminds of my Mady Moo which is why I used her :)

I also needed something quick for the teachers.  I had some Christmas themed magnetic notepads from last year and I had picked up some GIANT pens from the dollar store so I knew those would work.  I just love how easy these were and how cute they turned out.  I used the directions for the paper pad "cover" from here.

Thanks for stopping by, I hope everyone has a craft day!

Christmas M&M Sticks

Hello everyone!  WOW, this month, this week, has been SO busy.  I have had many late nights finishing up items for the kids and teachers.  Today I wanted to share M&M sticks I made for my 3 year olds preschool classmates (and teachers, although I also made them something else I will post another day :)).  I had ordered a bunch of different sized bags a couple of months ago when a friend of mine let me jump in on her order.  These bags are long and narrow and are self adhesive!  Very simply. 

Here they are:

I used the holiday M&M's and alternated red and green into the bag.  I then used Create a Critter for my Rudolph and gave him a cute blingy red note and some white gelly roll pen accents.  I just used a Creative Memories punch for the tag, CM circle punch for the red and green circles and a scallopped circle punch (maybe Fiscars) for the scalloped circle.  They were a big hit!  I can't wait to try this for the end of the year with skittles and put a sun on the tag! 

Thanks for stopping by, have a craft day!

CWC Weekly Challenge and Day 14 of 25 Days of Christmas Crafting Fun

Hello and welcome to the Wednesday weekly challenge over at Cooking with Cricut.  Today we are focusing on simple cards, tags and other holiday goodies.  I hope you will join us in the challenge!

I had a Holiday party to go to last weekend and wanted to make a little hostess gift.  I had about an hour.  I decided to make a little gift bag with some tags and candy in it.  The tags would be for her to use later on her own Christmas gifts :)  Hopefully making things easier on her.

Here they are:

 I made 10 tags by cutting the tags in red paper (I actually used some 6X6 scraps I had and used my Creative Memories tag cutter but could have just as easily used Tags, Bags, Boxes and More or even Jolly Holidays to cut the tags.  I then cut 10 trees (also using scrap paper but green this time).  I used a to and from stamp on one side of the tag, then added the tree on the other.  I then added some stars I had from Micheals Recollections brand and some "lights" using my iRock gem setter and some gems, I, however, could have just as easily added some adhesive rhinestones.  Lastly I used my snow writer marker to add some snow at the bottom (because I love that thing, LOL).  I added ribbon to each one and I was all set!  I tied them all together and then cut a bag from Art Philosophy using fit to page and the size of the bag was perfect.  I threw some dark chocolate Hershey kisses in the bottom, threw in the tags and was all set with my cute but thoughtful hostess gift :)

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Have a craft day.

Ribbon Christmas Shirts for My Girls

After making those cute Turkey shirts for the girls for Thanksgiving I knew I wanted to do something for Christmas.  I found a couple of cute ideas on Pinterest using ribbon to make a tree so I was right on it!

Here is what I came up with:

UPDATE:  Here is a pic of the girls in their shirts :)

To make the trees I bought a few rolls of glittery ribbon (on sale of course) and some iRock clear gems.  For the shirts I used red shirts the girls already had because I wanted a red shirt and had trouble finding plain shirts everywhere!  I really enjoyed making these and think the girls will love them tomorrow.  They will be wearing them to breakfast with Santa which they are both SO excited about.  Hopefully I can get a cute picture of them with their brothers and Santa :)  TFL.

Matchbox Advent Calendars for My Boys

Last year I made matchbox advent calendars for my boys and for one of my nieces.  They can be seen here.  While I loved that they were home made the "drawers" were very small and hard to put any treats in besides candy.  I decided to pass those onto my girls (they are happy with a piece of candy or a sticker) and make my boys new ones with bigger "drawers".  I could not find a good template online so I just played around with it and ended up making a box that is 2.5 inches wideX 3.5 inches long and 1.5 inches tall which is perfect.  I can even fit a deck of cards in there!  PERFECT!  I had a lot of fun making these just because I love doing things like this for them.

Here they are:

I used Jolly Holidays for the tree on top (cut at 4inches) and then added some iRock gems and some snow writer marker snow (love that thing).  I printed their names directly onto a patterned card stock I had then used a Creative Memories tag punch I had to make their names.  Since I used patterned papers to make pretty boxes I did not want to decorate the outside of the Advent calendars.  In all they are about 10 inches tall and 7 inches across.  They loved them and get so excited to open a drawer each night :)  (so far they have received candy, tic tacs, Christmas playing cards, a hex bug and some erasers :)

At least next year I will just have to fill them (and maybe make new/bigger ones for the girls :)

PS:  All you really need is some paper and maybe a piece or two of cardboard for in between the layers.  I used a a few sheets of paper from a stack of Recollections Christmas paper and just some plain red and green paper Recollections paper I bought at Michaels on sale :)

25 Days of Crafting Fun Day 5

Hello and welcome to Day 3 of crafting fun with Cooking with Cricut.  Make sure you stop by http://www.cookingwithcricut.com/ to get your frebbies, look at all of the amazing giveaways (please read the requirements to be entered for the giveaways) and great projects from the design team.

Today is all about candy canes, peppermints, etc.  I was at the grocery store and saw these lollipops and just knew I had to do something with them so I picked up a few bags.

Using Cricut CraftRoom I used the same template that I used for my Thanksgiving Turkey name cards but made the base a little bigger and made a lollipop holder! (I had seen something similar but using a die on My Creative Time). 

Here it is:

These will be from my boys to their classmates during the class Christmas party!  I used the free digi stamp to decorate the tag (I used Tags, Bags, Boxes and More but you could use any tag).  I used the print a contact sheet function on the picture wizard to get a bunch of the digi stamps small enough and to print all on one page of card stock!

If you use Cricut CraftRoom and would like the file I used email me and I will be happy to send it to you (you have to have the Art Philosophy cartridge to cut with it).  My email is debbiebutcher at comcast dot net.

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to stop by Cooking with Cricut all month long for some crafty fun!

An Easy Hostess Gift (dressed up)

My good friend Stephannie is having her annual wine and cheese tonight and she has a different theme each year.  This year it is "Summer in December" so I wanted to make a small hostess gift that could go along with the theme.  

Here is what I came up with:

While at Target I picked up a cute little box in Christmas colors that could be filled with candy.  I picked up some yummy Lindt Lindor truffles to go in (dark chocolate and peppermint).  I wanted to decorate the box and since her theme was a summer theme I used Paper Doll Dressup to make a Summer Santa, a Palm tree and a cute sun (both Santa and the sun have a cute peachy keen face).  I just recently ordered some of the snow writer makers from http://www.markersupply.com/ because I had seen it several blogs (arrived in 2 days)!  I used it on Santa's beard and the brim of his hat.  I LOVE how it turned out.  I also did a little bit of embossing on the sand part of the palm tree to make it look more sandy!  Now I just hope I can keep from eating the candy before we get there!

PS:  I also plan to give her a snow marker inside of it because she is a crafter like me :)

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a crafty day.

Gum Advent Calendars

So on my way to take my boys to school (at a stop light) I see todays posting from Pink Cricut and think OMG, I HAVE to make these!  So today as soon as I get done with work (I work from home on Tuesday and Thursdays thank goodness) I quickly make them.  The boys LOVED them because they both love gum and this ensured they could have one piece at least for the next 24 days, LOL.  My one son does not like minty gum so I had to do his a little different to give him the Trident he likes but it still worked! 

Here they are:

I used a Marth Stewart corner and edge punch for the top/side edges.  I used Pink By Designs November stamp of the month set and die for the front...isn't it perfect!  It was SUPER easy but so darn cute!  I only used 1 sheet of patterned paper and some white scratch paper for the sentiment and for the paper to hold the trident (I just stuck it on the paper with the opening side facing up so that my son could still open the gum without having to remove it from the paper).  You certainly could make yours prettier but pretty is usually lost on my boys so I went with simple :)

Now, if you want to know how to make one, stop over at Pink Cricut and watch Sarah's tutorial! 

CWC Wednesday Challenge-Candles, Wreaths and/or Pine Cones!

Hello, welcome back for another Cooking with Cricut Wednesday Weekly challenge! This weeks theme is candles, wreaths and/or pine cones.  I decided to make some Christmas tags for gifts when I finally get around to wrapping them :) (which is usually last minute).

Here it is:

I used my Jolly Holidays cartridge for the tag (green and red layers) and the wreat (green and red layers again) and cut them at 3 inches I believe.  I added some stamps that I had from a $1 stamp set, some white jelly roll pen stitching and a little bling to the wreath and the stamp (there was a stamped star there already but I wanted to add my blingy star instead) :)  I plan to make a few more like this and maybe some with a snowman on them...I will post those in another post when they are done :)

Now it's your turn! I hope you will head on over to Cooking with Cricut to enter your project!  TFL.


Have a crafty day!

Christmas Cards

Last Saturday my super crafty friend Stephannie came over so we could be ahead of the game and get our Christmas cards done.  This is the first time I have had them done in November.  I knew a month or so ago I wanted to do a gingerbread man but was not sure exactly what I wanted it to look like...here is how it ended up:

I went to Michael's Friday and they had ribbon 60% off plus I had an additional 25% coupon so I found two rolls of ribbon with gingerbread men on them and they ended up being 59cents!  I used Jolly Holidays to cut my gingerbread man and then I decided to use a cute Peachy Keen face on him and to give him a little scarf with some more ribbon I bought at Michaels (got it Saturday but still on sale and with the coupon but it was a little over $1 because it was more to start).  It looks like twine but has a wire in it so it worked perfect for the scarf!  I printed the sentiment on cardstock then just cut it out.  I found cute little button brads and used my white gel pen to add some details to the gingerbread man.  He is cute right? :)  Now the trick will be finishing them up by adding the family photo and getting them mailed in early December!  TFL.