Crafty Creations by Cindy and Maria

Doggy Videos

2009-12-20T15:44:00.003-05:00

I'm loving my new FLIP video camera!! Here are two videos I took this morning of the dogs playing in the snow. Layla (the black dog) in the first one is our new family member and after knowing her at the shelter for a few months - I never saw her play like this. It was great to see her run around a bit. Especially to run around with Nolie. She loves the snow!!

Here's Lily and Nolie runnin' around too!!

Look at the post below this for my crafty update!!!

Maria

Package of cards

2009-12-20T06:32:00.008-05:00

Hello! It is EARLY on Sunday morning and the snowplow woke Layla who decided to bark for 5 minutes, so that means I'm now awake and I remembered that I had these cards to post! I can't wait for it to get light out so I can see how Layla (our new dog) reacts to the 6"-8" of snow we have outside. I've got my new Flip camera all ready!!

Anyhow....here are a few cards I made for gifts to go along with some other items I put together to give away this week.

The first card is a DeNami image with an Inkadinkado sentiment. (I love this sentiment). I paper pieced the girl's dress and colored the rest with markers. I finally used some of the dog bone brads that I've owned for about 4 years!!
This is a CAS card if there ever was one! I had the fire hydrant paper and matched it with another Inkadinkado sentiment. Added the ribbon and voila!

I guess I'm noticing that Inkadinkado were the stamps to grab for this round of cardmaking, huh? Here's another set used:

Finally, some PTI stamps come into the mix! I used the flower stamps from Button Bits set and their polka dot stamp as well. I added some Amuse clouds and a Hero Arts sentiment.

Lastly, this is a Studio G stamp colored with prisma pencils and punched out with a Marvy scallop punch. I used the Cuttlebug swirl embossing folder and a little bling in the lower corner.

Oh - I just remembered my dream last night too - I had to teach a prisma pencil coloring class because the teacher (my high school English teacher - where'd THAT come from?) didn't show up and I was the only one who had used the pencils before....oh...those poor students! I guess the Indian food we ate last night gave me dream-indigestion!

Anyways....thanks for taking a look today! If you've been blanketed with snow...I hope you enjoy it!

Yoga Christmas....

2009-12-14T15:53:00.004-05:00

My yoga instructor asked me to make her 6 yoga inspired Christmas cards, so I pulled out my MFT "Serenity Now" set and made two cards of each style below.

I paper pieced the yoga gal's outfit with the coordinating paper and colored her in with prisma pencils and gamsol.

This card uses an MFT sentiment and Martha Stewart punch
This card uses Sizzix snowflake die cut, Nesties punch and some bling.

Lastly, this card uses Cuttlebug Swiss Dots, some bling and an oval punch.

Thanks for taking a visit to the blog today! Hope you are having a great Monday!!

Another Christmas gift package....

2009-12-12T17:00:00.012-05:00

Well, here's another gift package that is similar to yesterday's post! It's for another special someone and I hope they like it! I found the corduroy back at Home Goods and thought it was really cute, so again, I wanted to center the gifts around the bag. I didn't have anything paisly in my stash, so I had to go with the color combo connection.
Here's another Post It Note Stand with a PTI sentiment.

Here's a notepad cover using the PTI Take Note set and a Cuttlebug embossing folder.

Here's the inside with coordinating altered paper clip.

Here's a two bag tea bag holder using another PTI set.

This is a gift card holder which holds a gift card to Starbucks! I found the directions on the Hero Arts blog. I used a Hero Arts stamp as well!

And I made another A2 card holder box for a set of 5 cards I made to go inside.

Here are the cards! This uses a Studio G stamp.

Here's an Inkadinkado stamp

PTI Set:

and...PTI sentiment with Martha Stewart punch.

And...the last one with another PTI sentiment!

Thanks for visiting today!!!

It's the season.......

2009-12-11T18:11:00.019-05:00

Well, our holiday craft fairs are over. Sadly, the one we did last weekend wasn't a great success. Our location in the room was less than desired and although we got a LOT of "cute!!!" comments, we only sold about $200.00 worth of products. But....that's OK. Only the "perishable" items will have to be "gifted" away!

So this week I've been working on making some gifts. I can't say who it's for because I'm not sure if "they" visit the blog...but I'll explain what I made. Here's everything that will go in the corduroy bag I found at Home Goods. I just fell in love with it, so I bought one for myself - of course! I love the owls and I knew it would go perfect with the Hero Arts & PTI Stamps I have. The only thing NOT pictured is the gift card holder and envelope (since it has "their" name on it!).

Here I took a Sizzix Red Die acrylic box that I saved and I turned it into a tea bag holder. I used a Too Much Fun Rubber Stamps mug, colored it with markers and then used glossy accents for the "tea". I also used a Lockhart Stamp tea bag and a Hero Arts sentiment. I individually wrapped 8 teabags inside with the coordinating paper as well!

I LOVED Kerry's Post It Note Stands and I happened to buy a few of these frames at Christmas Tree Shop before I saw the project - so once I saw it - I knew I HAD to make it! All the paper used is from Provocraft Rob & Bob Studio. I used the PTI Take Note set for the sentiment.

I found an "initial" pad at Michael's and since I've altered a TON of these lately, I decided to do another one for this "K" person!!! I used PTI sentiment and Hero Arts owl set.

I made an altered paper clip and attached it to the pocket I made inside the cover.

Next I made a A2 card box for a set of 6 cards I made. Here I used another Hero Arts stamp and colored it in with prisma pencils and gamsol. I used glossy accents on the owl's eyes.

Here are the six cards that go in the box. Here I used a Studio G & PTI stamp and Martha Stewart punch.

Here's a PTI stamp/sentiment on the first card and for the second I used the candle punch stamp, created my own stamp background with the flower stamp and used PTI sentiment.

The first card uses another PTI set and the second card uses a Studio G stamp.

Thanks for taking a look today! I'm very excited to give away this gift! I'm pretty sure the recipient will appreciate it (well, I hope so at least) because I appreciate all THEY do !!!!

Lollipop Candles

2009-12-04T07:00:00.001-05:00

Aren't these lollipop candles adorable! I followed a link on SCS to Dawn's video and knew I had to make these for our upcoming fair this Saturday. I foudn the tealights at Michaels and even though the colored (and scented) ones were more expensive than the plain white - I thought they'd make cuter lollipops. I used Unity Stamps sentiments for the tags.

Here's the basket of 40 that I completed for the fair!!!

Thanks for visiting today!

Baby Shower Gifts

2009-12-03T07:47:00.005-05:00

Our friend Gisela hired Cindy and I to make Baby Shower gifts for the shower she is throwing this weekend for her friend Sharon. Gisela bought some of our nugget tins at one of our craft fairs and thought they would make nice gifts for the people who attended the shower.

She picked out the Studio G "Bunny" stamp and wanted that to be the main focus. We used the "Baby Boy" pack from Stemma (Gisela said the baby will be a boy!). We wrapped each of the nuggets in the paper and used the coordinating paper for the outter wrapping.
The bunny is colored in with Marvy Markers and hightlighted with Martha Stewart glitter on the bunny's heart. The tag is computer generated.

Cindy and I are both very pleased with how these came out! We hope Gisela and her guests are happy with them as well! Thanks for visiting!!

Craft Product Tweaking

2009-12-01T07:44:00.000-05:00

Our instant coffee packs didn't sell that well at our last craft fair - so we thought maybe we needed to "tweak" them a little. We found these cute mugs at Michael's - so we thought we'd combine the mug with the coffee treats. Hopefully this will entice people a little more to make a purchase!!

We can only hope right!!! Thanks for visiting today!

York Peppermint Patty Treats

2009-12-01T07:35:00.005-05:00

Wow - It's December 1st!!! This year flew by VERY quickly! Cindy and I returned from our vacation and are busy crafting more items for this Saturday's craft fair at St. Philip's Church in Norwalk, CT.

We don't have to make a lot more items to sell, but we definitely wanted to use up the rest of our "chocolate" so they don't go stale over the winter - or find their way into our belly!!!

Using "Citrus Bleu" paper by Stemma along a Too Much Fun Rubber Stamps sentiment - I covered these York Peppermint Patties and put them in a pretzel bag sleeve.

This is DCWV paper, an Inky Antics sentiment and some flower punches.
There are some glitter highlights on both and once I really learn how to take proper pictures of our products, I guess I'll have to keep writing it down here!!

Thanks for visiting today!

Craft Fair Products - Post It Notes

2009-11-21T17:00:00.003-05:00

These post-it note covers with the Papertrey Ink "Green Thumb" stamp and sentiment were such a big hit for us at last weekend's craft fair....I decided to make a few more for our upcoming fair on the 5th. I used my new PTI "Polka Dot Basics II" stamp along the bottom in white as well.

Here's another design using Hero Arts background stamp. I cut a scallop circle with my punch, then used the dotted circle from PTI's "Take Note" set and embossed it in white. Then used a sentiment from the same set for the middle.

Lastly, I repeated the "Notes" background from yesterday's larger pad, added some paperclips and embossed the sentiment in white.

Thanks for visiting!!!

Craft Fair Products - Notepads

2009-11-19T20:59:00.004-05:00

Well - Cindy and I decided to join another craft fair. We will be at the St. Phillip Church at 25 France Street in Norwalk on Saturday, December 5th from 9am until about 6pm. We "might" be there Friday - but are trying to see if another crafter wants the table that night. Either way - we've decided to make a few more items.

Cindy's working on some paper rolled ornaments, Reindeer "poop" and York peppermint patty treats and I found a few more notepads at Michael's that I decided to cover.

Here are a few that I did yesterday using Papertrey Ink's new GREAT set "Take Note"

I saw this background done on the PTI gallery and thought it was really cute...so I case'd it!

I worked on some post-it note covers today......and will "blog" those tomorrow!

Thanks for visiting!!!

Craft Fair Photos

2009-11-14T19:47:00.006-05:00

Bookcase of Snowman Soup, Pencil Tins, Hershey Buckets and Felt Bags with Hershey Kisses:
Husband Survival Pack

Notepads:

Photo Holders:

Post It Notes w/ Pens:

Hogs & Kisses Buckets and Snowman Tic-Tacs:

Covered Notepads w/ Calendars and Shopping Lists:

Nugget Tins:

Whisks, Wine Vests & Wine Bags:

Wine Tags, Tea Bag Holders, Coffee Holders & Gift Card Holders:

Snowman Poop, Rudolph Spares and Tooth Fairy Tins:

Christmas Ornaments and Felt Bags:

Felt Stockings with Peppermint Patties

Side view of table:

Thanks for visiting!!! And......if you were one of the great people who purchased from us today...THANK YOU!!!!

Craft Show Christmas Cards

2009-11-12T16:55:00.013-05:00

One more day until our craft fair!!! Each vendor has to provide a raffle item for the Church - so in addition to a couple of our previous highlighted items, I wanted to make a few Christmas cards to add to our basket.

I can't believe I was able to make all these cards (I made two of each) in a four hour period! They are not overly-detailed....but still - this is a record for me!

Here's an Amuse gal colored with Marvy markers. I used a MFT sentiment and a snowflake punch.
Card #2 is a Memory Box stamp with an Amuse sentiment. I ripped a few pieces of iridescent paper to make snowdrifts and used my glitter pen to highlight the snowdrifts. The penguins outfit is also highlighted with white puffy paint (but the picture doesn't show it!)

Card # 3 is a Savvy Stamp poinsettia stamped in Colorbox Pigment ink and embossed with iridescent powder. I used a Cuttlebug swirl embossing folder and an MFT sentiment.

Card #4 & #5 - were very quick to make. I used patterned paper and two Inkadinkado sentiment stamps.

Thanks for taking a peek today! If you're one of our local blog followers - Cindy and I will be at St. Leo's Church on Roxbury Road, Stamford, CT this weekend. Saturday from 10am - 6pm and Sunday from 9am - 1pm. There are A LOT of vendors at this show - so come by and support your local crafters!

Thanks!

Few more craft items

2009-11-07T21:26:00.007-05:00

Well, ya gotta love a neighbor that comes and shops for Christmas gifts at your house before a craft fair!!! She went crazy buying some of our products so I spent the last few days making some more of projects I recently posted (and have done nothing else)...so here are a few repeats - but different designs:

I made a few more wine bottle tags. The paper is My Mind's Eye Bohemia collection. The pointsettia stamp is from Savvy Stamps and the sentiment is from MFT. For the center of the pointsettia, I colored it in with green marker and then used yellow glitter (from my google search - that's what pink pointsettia's looked like)
Here's the same paper and a Stampendous "Joy Brackets" stamp. I stamped in sepia and then used brown glitter on all the dots. It looks really great in person.

Here's an Inkadinkado stamp with some colorful ribbon. I can't remember who makes the paper.

I also made some more tea bag holders. All the stamps are from Papertrey Ink except for the Hero Arts: "You warm my heart".

Only 6 days until the craft fair, so we're just finishing up our last minute projects. We have a TON of products this year....so lets hope folks are in the buying mood next weekend!! Thanks for visiting!!!

Tea Bag Holders

2009-11-05T07:17:00.003-05:00

Here are the individual Tea Bag holders that we will sell at our upcoming craft fair. I used Papertrey Ink's Tea for Two set and have been trying to match up the color on the tea bag packaging with the colors for our holder.
Here is the inside with another sentiment from PTI's Tea for Two set. I decided to use velcro to keep the holder shut. I like how that works instead of the ribbon.

Thanks for looking! Have a great day!!

Snowman Soup

2009-11-04T06:38:00.010-05:00

(Sorry - this post is going out again) - There was a typo in my poem, so I tried to fix it, but I can't figure out how to save it with out re-publishing!!

Here are the family-size Snowman Soup packages Cindy and I put together yesterday. She found these great containers at T's and since we couldn't find individually packaged marshmallows - we decided to make it family size. (My tag is covering the adorable snowman image on the container!!!)

Inside is four packets of hot cocoa, a big bag of marshmallows, four candy canes and Hershey's kisses.

I then came up with this poem for the tag:

Gather up the family
To make some Snowman Soup
A fun treat for all to share
Especially in a group.

Pour the packet in a cup
Add marshmallows to whip it up.
Three kisses will make it sweet
With hot water, it can’t be beat.

Use your cane to stir it around
Sip it slow, so you don’t frown.
Enjoy your treat on a winter’s night
Snowman Soup – it tastes just right!

Thanks for stopping by!

Crafty Fair - Gift Card Holders

2009-11-02T06:14:00.010-05:00

Yesterday I worked on these gift card holders for our upcoming fair. I used the largest Nestabilities scallop oval to make the card shape using my Big Kick.

I used an Inkadinkado ticket stamp and raised it up on dimensionals. I decided to use some Velcro circles to keep the holder closed. I cut out one of the "presents" with a 1" circle punch and pasted that onto another 1" circle, then I punched out a 1 1/4" circle - so that panel is pretty thick and won't rip when you pull on the Velcro beneath.

For the inside, I used the third scallop oval and another Inkadinkado stamp and added a glue dot so the gift card can be stuck on by the gift giver.Here's a picture of the back of the card as well. I used red-line glue to hold the ribbon on the 1" circle punch and adhered it to the back of the card so it would not come loose, then added our label for extra security and promotion!

These will be packaged in a cellophane bag with an envelope!

Thanks for visiting!

Notepad covers

2009-10-31T19:38:00.007-04:00

I found these great notepads at Target that have a note pad and a 2010 calendar. So, I decided to make covers for them and to add them to our product list for the upcoming craft fair.

Here are pictures of the outside and the inside. I tried to replicate the design on the notepads on the covers.

Thanks for visiting!!

Craft Fair Products - Wine Tags

2009-10-31T19:29:00.004-04:00

Well, it's Halloween night and we don't get many trick-or-treaters here at our house....and my internet connection is finally corrected...so here I am updating the blog :)

I made these wine gift tags for our upcoming craft fair. Instead of using a gift bag for the wine, these tags can be slipped over the bottle for a hostess gift.

I used the Inkadinkado holiday clear stamps and Inky Antics for these wine tags. I think they are a great option instead of a foil wine bag. What do you think?? Thanks for visiting!

Halloween Tic Tacs

2009-10-30T10:00:00.004-04:00

At my house (Maria)....we never get a lot of Trick-or-Treaters. We finally had neighbors move in last year with two young kids - so we look forward to their visit. One of the girls is allergic to nuts, so I'm always careful about what Treats to provide. Along with some other candy - I decided to get some orange and red Tic Tacs and make a holder for them.
The holder is 3" x 4 5/8" scored at 2" on each side. I stamped my Studio G pumpkin and cut out the circle with a 1" punch. I colored in the pumpkin with Marvy Markers and used another Studio G sentiment and a 7 Gypsies flourish. To keep it closed I used a hole puncher and laced the ribbon through it! This is a really fast project and Cindy's made a bunch of snowman Tic Tac holders for our craft fair. Thanks for visiting!

Post It Note holders

2009-10-29T10:00:00.002-04:00

We've made a few more Post It Note holders with pens for our upcoming craft fair. I used Dawn's Utube Video for the template.

The following two uses a Papertrey Ink sentiment along with silk flowers and a brad:

Using another Papertrey Ink stamp and sentiment:

Hero Arts sentiment and 7 Gypsies scroll:

They are all touched up with some gemstones for bling!! We learned from last year's fair that the shoppers love bling!!!! Thanks for visiting!!!

Whip it up Wednesday

2009-10-28T15:30:00.006-04:00

Wow - we've been whipping up the craft items for our upcoming fair (2 1/2 weeks to go!!!).
Here are some large acrylic clothes pins I picked up at Target about 6 months ago. I altered them with cardstock, patterned paper, scallop punches and some flower stamps. They are highlighted with glitter pen (which doesn't show up in my pictures) and some gemstones. They are finished off with some ribbon!!

Tomorrow I'll be posting a few more Post It Note holders!!! Thanks for visiting!

Husband Survival Kit - Mojo 109

2009-10-25T19:37:00.013-04:00

Wow - it's been about a week since I've posted to the blog - but we've been busy at work continuing our projects for our mid-November craft fair.

This week I worked on the Husband Survival Kit, which I lifted off of Jenn Diercks. This Survival Kit includes 5 cards for the husband to give to his wife. I used the Splitcoast Stampers tutorial for making an A2 box. I made a computer generated label for the box. Inside the box is a list of the imporant holidays with a place for him to write in his wife's birthday and their wedding anniversary.

Inside the box will be five cards:

I'm Sorry (using the Mojo 109 Sketch)

Happy Birthday

Happy Anniversary

Just Because

Happy Valentine's Day

Here's a list of stamp companies I used: Memory Box, Denami, Papertrey Ink, Studio G, Unity and Hero Arts.

I made FIVE of these kits that we will bring to the craft fair. I "attempted" to make them CAS cards, but I ended up making them a little more elaborate. Thanks for visiting!

Peppermint Patty Treats

2009-10-20T10:00:00.001-04:00

Hello!! On Sunday - I was smiling from ear to ear as I was crafting away. Let me tell you why.....last Christmas, we hosted about 20 people for dinner and I made these table placecards to designate everyone's seat. I used Memory Box stamped images and DCWV paper. At the end of dinner, some guests took their placecards - and some left them behind. I couldn't throw them away - (not after all the work I put into them) so they sat in a drawer in my craft room up until Sunday........

I went in the drawer to look for something and found the placecards. I looked them over to see how I could "repurpose" them and then it came to me! I pulled off the "name" portion, I slid the ribbon up to the top and cut off the bottom 3". Then I took the pretzel bags I bought at Michaels and decided to see if my Peppermint Patty's would fit in them - and they did!

I decorated the PP's with my small scallop punch, 1 1/8" punch and a Studio G stamp. I was able to make 14 of them for our upcoming craft fair. I'm so pleased I didn't throw them away last Christmas and I'm even happier that I turned them into a product to sell at our craft fair.

Thanks for visiting today!

Mojo 108 - Coffee !!

2009-10-19T12:00:00.001-04:00

Here's is a birthday card I made for my friend Jill following Mojo Monday's Sketch#108. I used my Inky Antics stamp for the main image and a new stamp I bought from Inkadinkadoo for the background (script) image. The paper is from PTI and I used some random ribbon I had plus some circle punches and two stacked buttons. Our coffee girl is colored with prisma pencils and blended with gamsol.

The inside of the card has a Too Much Fun Rubberstamps sentiment that reads: DRINK COFFEE. Do stupid things faster with more energy.

Thanks for visiting!