White Elephant Christmas ...

We had a white elephant lunch at work with our department. To participate, we had to have a gift card and an ornament. I made this ornament and a framed paper pieced Christmas Tree which I forgot to take a photo of.

Even this is not a great photo because you can' see the glitter glue I added to the bottom.

The little clip board came from The Dollar Tree. I just added the snow peeples and ribbon.

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Framed Santa ...

Hello!

I have the super cute die Memory Box called Jolly Old Santa. Some paper scraps and a “wood” frame from The Dollar Tree and I have a cute decoration for my desk at work!

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Cara

Something New … Challenge 321

Good morning,

Today I am sharing my card for the Cut it Up Challenge. You can find the challenge HERE.

For these challenges, a die-cut is anything made with a manual or an electronic die-cutting machine. (Spellbinders, Cricut, MFT dies, Silhouette, etc.). Store bought die-cuts are also acceptable. Please note that handheld punches and/or paper-piecing’s DO NOT count as a die-cut

We are starting off he NEW Year with a great challenge … Share something NEW! It can be anything, new baby, new pet, new home – I think you get the picture.

For me it happens to be a new crafting set I’ve had my eye on for a while. The Waffle Flower Postage Collage dies. I happened upon a nice sale before the end of 2024 that, along with the die set, icluded a small set of stamps and two sets of stencils.

I also used some hearts that are creating when using the Detailed Heart die from Stampin Up as embellishments! They are in different sizes so make great embellishments or confetti for shaker cards. As a side note after the fact, I decided to add some liquid diamonds to the hearts to make them stand out a little more.

Supplies: 5 x 7 card

• Cardstock from The Paper Studio (base), Stampin Up! And Bazzill
• Die from Stampin Up! (Detailed Hearts)
• Dies, stencils and stamps from Waffle Flower (Postage Collage)
• Ink from Tsukineko and Scrapbook.com
• Stamps from Stampin Up! (Approaching Perfections “Candles”) and Unity Stamps (Let them eat cake “Hello You”), Party Party Party & Make a Wish

Thanks for stopping and remember to stop by the challenge to check out all the DT projects and play along!

Cara

Color Challenge January 2025

Good morning!

A new Color Challenge has started at The Outlawz Challenges. You can check it out HERE

Our challenge this month is a wintery monochromatic.

Colors

Sketch used

Supplies (5 x 7)

• Cardstock from The Paper Studio (base) and Stampin Up!
• Design paper from Echo Park (The Magic of Winter)
• Liquid Silk from Fun Stampers Journey
• Sketch from Susan Stringfellow/BasicGrey
• Punches from Marvy (Large snowflake), Stampin Up! (Small snowflake & Tag corner) & We are memory Keepers (Hole Punch)
• Stamp from Stampin Up! (Making Spirits Bright)
• Twine from Stampin Up!

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Thanks fo stopping by!

(Hugs) Cara

Christmas Tags

I started a new job this past March with a local School District as a Buyer. It’s been an interesting adventure after having worked in Aerospace for well over 30 years. I love it though and while it is serious stuff it’s a much more stress free atmosphere!

We had so many events this Holiday Season one of which was a Secret Santa event that I decided to participate in. I had so much fun picking out and making gifts for my person.

They do set a price target but let’s be real. It’s hard to stay within what they recommend given the cost of anything these days. So I decided to see that I could make to go along with the items I selected.

I was pawing through a bin of items looking for something I could use when I found a set of stars that I had bought from the Dollar Tree who knows when!

Perfect gift tags!

I found a star die that was just a tag larger than the wood stars, so I cut out 4 pieces from white glitter paper. I removed the twine and lined one up for the hole and punched them all to match. After stamping the backside with a to & from and glued to the back of the wood star so the glitter side would show through. Then I added rhinestones to add some sparkle.

Retreaded them with the twine and packaged them up nice and neat to add to the basket I had created with some treats.

These came out so nice, I’m think I will have so watch for more stars and make some for myself!

Thanks for Stopping By,
Cara