Quilling

I always look forward to my Mother-in-law's visits because we always take time to do some papercrafting. She gave me a quilling kit for Christmas, so we tried our hand at it while she was here.
I remember watching the Carol Duvall show and seeing someone do it and always wanted to give it a try. It's really tedious and not something you would do to quickly throw a card together, but it is really a lot of fun!

Chocolate Snowmen

We made a chocolate bar snowman at a Stampin' Up! workshop. I thought they were so cute, I just had to make some to give to teachers and staff at school. The big one uses a fuzzy toddler sock from Dollar Tree for the hat (you can get 2 from each sock). I made the hat for the miniature one by cutting the fingers off of a cheap pair of gloves. I was able to use a stamp from a SU stamp set (Cold Play) for the face on the mini one. I drew the face on the larger one.

Everyone had a fit over them and they were really quick and inexpensive to make.

Stamped tiles

I made these stamped tiles for the ladies in our Life Group. I made some additional designs and sold them at school. I used Stayzon ink and baked them for about 5 minutes to set the ink. I've also seen them done with pigment ink and ultra thick embossing enamel. That gives them a shiny, embossed look that is really neat, but I was trying to use what I had on hand.

There's no place like Gnome!

After making about 20 of the previous card I showed you, I found a stash of these that I made last year and never mailed out!! That isn't anything unusual for me. Every year I find at least 1 Christmas or Birthday present stashed in my closet. One year for Easter, I went out in a panic the night before Easter to buy goodies, only to find a stash I had bought several weeks before and forgotten about.

I think I need to start taking Gingko!

I'M BACK!!

I've had some computer issues, so I haven't been able to post for awhile. I hope you don't mind looking at Christmas stuff for the next couple of posts since I am a bit behind.

This was one of my Christmas cards this year. It's made with Stampin' Up stamps, embossing folder, and cardstock. It's really simple, but I think it's very pretty.

When you stop believing in Santa...

you get underwear! I found this stamp and it just made me laugh! I knew I had to make something with it, so I bought this printer's tray and dug out some old pics of my kids wearing the same Santa outfit and sitting on Santa's lap. Weren't they adorable?! And of course, I had to make some boxer shorts to put in one of the boxes! I think it turned out pretty cute!

Scrapping Up the Wall

I saw this idea in a magazine and thought it would be a neat way to display old family Christmas photos. I like it so much, I think I'll make new banners with generic paper and change out the pictures to leave up year round!