Crafty Creations

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!

Sunday Bucket Treats

2009-10-18T11:48:00.000-04:00

Here are some mini-buckets filled with Hershey's Kisses that we will be selling at our upcoming craft fair. I used Inkadinkado stamps and stamped them with Colorbox pigment ink and embossed with clear powder. I used a PTI cirlce stamp for the center and snowflake brads to finish off the cirlce punch.

There is ribbon wrapped around the bucket but you can't see it from angle of the picture I took.

Thanks for visiting!

Saturday Santa Bags

2009-10-17T10:00:00.002-04:00

Happy Saturday to all! Continuing on our upcoming craft fair projects, here's another bag topper I made last week. I used a 4 1/4 x 4 1/2 piece of red cardstock. Scored the 4 1/2 piece at 2 1/4 and folded. I used my sizzix buckle die and because I didn't have silver paper - I embossed the bucket with silver embossing powder. I used some "furry" white felt and a strip of black paper for the belt. Santa's bringing Hershey's Kisses as a gift.

The Hersheys Kisses will go inside this Santa felt bag. (For the fair we will add some tissue paper to prop the bag up - just didn't have it handy at picture-taking-time!)

Thanks for visiting today!

TGIF!

2009-10-16T16:22:00.000-04:00

TGIF everyone! Cindy and I have been crafting all week - but I (Maria) haven't been posting much - so I've taken pictures of some of what we've made and I'll post over the next few days! Our craft fair is less than a month away - so we're working on all of our projects. It's hard for me to work on Christmas items (although the weather in CT is making me feel like it's winter).

Today's project are these cute felt bags with the adorable penquin. We picked these up at T's last year. Thank goodness I have a lot of storage in my craft room. I made the penquin bag topper with peppermint patty mints.

I used a Memory Box penquin stamp as the main image. Then used a Sassafrass Lass stamp to create background patterned paper and for the peppermint patty covering. I used two scallop punches and some glue dots to adhere them to the patty.

Thanks for visiting today (and leaving comments if you like). We'll post again tomorrow with another project!

Oh...before I go - just want to send out birthday wishes to my brother DJ - Happy 40th and my friend Jill !! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

More Craft Fair Products

2009-10-10T17:41:00.000-04:00

Here are a few more craft projects we've made for our upcoming fair. First are Nugget tins which we sold pretty successfully last year for $5.00 each. The stamp is by DeNami Designs and the sentiment is from MFT. She is colored with markers.

Here are post it note covers with pen. Paper is DCWV and Stamps are a combo of Autumn Leaves (flower) and 7 Gypsies (Butterfly)

Thanks for visiting!!

Craft Fair Products

2009-10-09T10:25:00.000-04:00

TGIF!!!
Cindy and I have been making some of our products for our upcoming craft fair in November. These are two items we made this week.
First is a Tic Tac holder with snowman and second is a instant coffee treat.

We've got a few more weeks to make some more products so we'll be posting them as we make them!
Thanks for visiting!

Mojo 107 Happy Birthday & New Family Addition

2009-10-07T10:50:00.000-04:00

Wow - it's Wednesday already! Below is a card I made on Monday - but was too busy to post yesterday. I followed Mojo Monday's Challenge 107 and made this 40th Birthday card. I used an Inkadinkado stamp and colored him in with prisma pencils and gamsol. I used my Nesties to cut out the circles and Cuttlebug circle embossing die for the side panels and swiss dots for the long band. The sentiment is a mix of PTI and Martha Stewart. I finished it off with some random brads I had.

And, it's time to introduce Layla. "Lela" as she was known at the CT Humane Society (where Cindy and I volunteer) had been there waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too long. Everytime I went to volunteer I was falling more in love with her. She's a little quirky but I know we can give her a wonderful life. She is 7 1/2 years old and some sort of terrier breed. I brought her home yesterday and things have been going pretty smoothly. It will take some time for her to realize she's in a home now, but she's doing pretty well!

Here are the three girls: Layla, Nolie and Lily - all patiently waiting for a T-R-E-A-T!

Thanks for visiting!! Have a wonderful day!
Maria

Popcorn Box & Donation Gifting

2009-10-02T07:07:00.000-04:00

Yesterday, my husband and I brought the donations we received from our Fall Friendraiser to The Wilson Food Pantry. Through the wonderful generosity of our friends and family, we raised $11,000.00 for this needy cause!!!

I wanted a cute way to give the director the donations - so I went online to find some templates and came across THIS template for a popcorn box.

Since I haven't been feeling well all week, I didn't have the energy to make it very elaborate - so my design is a bit basic - but still pretty cute. I used Hero Arts Flourish stamp and glued on gems. I used a Nestie label and PTI's sentiment.

I wanted to share a few pictures we took at the Food Pantry when we brought the donations. Here we are with Joyce Gumbus, the coordinator and founder, who began the food pantry after retiring from work in 2005. Each week, the pantry gives food to over Stamford 500 families.

Here I am with Ms. Gumbus and some of her happy volunteers!Ms. Gumbus told us that this week the pantry was almost out of funds and she was behind on a few of her bills. She thought we were bringing her a few hundred dollars worth of donations. When we told her it was $11,000.00 - she let out a few wonderful screams! There were some tears flowing and a lot of hugs being given at this point!!

Here are a few pictures of the pantry - which operates out of the basement of the Wilson Memorial Church of God.

Thanks for taking the time to visit today. And if you feel inspired to reach out to your own community, there are many families in need who would appreciate a helping hand!
Maria

Harvest Birthday

2009-10-01T07:43:00.003-04:00

Here is a Birthday card I made this week which started off following Mojo Monday's sketch - but took a right turn somewhere along the way but I'm happy with the result!
I used Papertrey Inks Vintage Picnic set and colored them in with marvy markers. I used glossy accents over the pumpkins to give them some dimension as well. Thanks for visiting!

Maria

Magnolia & Birthday Wishes

2009-09-30T07:41:00.003-04:00

Here is a Magnolia card I made about a week ago and never uploaded. I tried to create a scene for this card. I stamped the tree on the card and colored in with prisma pencils and gamsol. Then I embossed the tree with clear embossing powder so I could sponge the sky. I created the grassy area (which I'm not too pleased with - but I'm still practicing). Lastly, I cut out the bench and Tilda and propped Tilda up on pop dots. No sentiment yet for the card...It will go in my "not finished" pile!!!
Secondly, I want to wish my Mom a VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY today!!! Here we are at a fundraising event in May of this year. She's always available to help out anytime you need her. She wrapped about 25 gift baskets for this event and came early to help set up the dinner event!
Love you and wish you a terrific day!!!!!

Thanks for visiting!!

Maria

Good Luck Tango!!!

2009-09-27T15:48:00.012-04:00

Today is bittersweet. Tango, our foster dog of 5 months found his forever home today! I am so very happy because his new mommies are wonderful...but I will miss that little guy!!! Here are a few pictures of Tango, Tang-a-langa-ding-dong, Tango the Podengo - a few of the names we gave him.

Lounging by the pool

Chillin' with Lily

Tempting Nolie with the ball.

In his "upright" position after eating

And just look so adorable!!!

Just want to give a few blog shouts:

To my hubby who put up with a lot of sleepless nights, endured his feeding ritual when I couldn't feed him and was patient through all the carpet stains, floor stains and curtain stains!!

To Cindy - for also helping out tremendously with Tango when we were away or couldn't get to feedings!!!

To Gretchen - for helping me through the tough days and being the monetary funding for Tango's medical care

And everyone else who lent a hand, gave him love and took care of him at CT Humane Society!

THANKS EVERYONE!!

Love you Tango!!

Maria

SCS 247 - Happy Harvest & guest crafter

2009-09-25T17:29:00.009-04:00

TGIF!!! Hope everyone had a great week! I did! I finally got to participate in this week's Splitcoast Stampers Sketch Challenge #247. I wanted to make some fall cards that could be used for a couple of occasions. I chose a Studio G pumpkin stamp (I LOVE all things pumpkin!!) and colored with prisma pencils and gamsol. I used PTI's sentiment and finished the card off with an acorn and sunflower felt embellishments. I also used a technique that is new to me....I embossed the stamped image with clear powder (after coloring) and then I sponged the sky. It's subtle in this pictures...but IRL you can see it more. Lastly - I used Paula's grass tutorial.

Now on to our "guest" crafter! Our friend Cheri spent almost a week with us conducting business in NYC, but also to coincide with our Fall Friendraiser. She left on Thursday and last night when I went into the TV room, I saw a card propped up on the table. So, Cheri must of sneaked into my craft room one day and made a Thank You card!!

She used gel pens for her sentiment and memento ink for her "flower" (Don't mind the smudge - she apparently didn't see my post a week ago about the time it takes for the gel pens to dry!!)

For the inside, she used some cat's eye ink and a punch for the corners and some hand-drawn art. It was a nice surprise to find the handmade card. Cheri - if the Pro Fastpitch League Commissioner's job doesn't work out...you can always become a cardmaker!! ( ha ha )

Thanks for visiting today!

Maria

Mojo Monday 105 - Happy Birthday

2009-09-23T19:41:00.005-04:00

It's Wednesday night and I was able to participate in this week's Mojo Monday Sketch #105. I decided to open up a paper pack that I've had for about three years!! It's from Foof-A-La and it's called "Summer" (maybe I'm sad summer's over - although the weather in CT has been gorgeous lately).

I used PTI's Floral Fusion set for my stamped image and sentiment. I added a rhinestone in the middle of the flower for a little bling and my favorite colored ribbon.

Thanks for visiting!!
Maria

Baby Cards

2009-09-23T08:00:00.001-04:00

Here are some baby cards I made for my friend Cheri - who was up from Nashville this weekend to attend our Friendraiser and conduct some business in NYC. She was going through my stash of cards and needed a few baby cards. So, I re-created a card I had done previously.

The stamp is a Studio G colored with prisma pencils and blended with gamsol. The paper is from Stemma and the sentiment is from PTI. I cut the oval with my Nestabilities, sponged it and then used pop dots to raise up the baby bottle. I finished it off with my glitter glaze pen - but it never shows up on my pictures!

Thanks for visiting!

Maria