Secret Sister

I wanted to give my secret sister a nice bottle of wine for Christmas so stitched together this wine bag from left over fabric I had in my craft room and added a bow. Then with the small scrap that was still left over I used on the front of this card. as I was sewing along the thread broke so just decided to put the front greeting there to cover that mistake. It worked out rather well.

Quick Card

Love this new stamp set. This was a quick card ment to match a gift bag I had then changed my mind. I embossed the star to make it realy stand out as the focal point. My black ink is running out so I do wish the wisemen were darker.

Baby rag quilt

The quilt I made for my great niece. I hope to make a quilt for each one of my family members someday. Right now I am starting with the youngest.

For America I wrapped 'hot apple pie' candles in burlap and tied with twine for that 'down home' feel. For Asia I ordered bible verse fortune cookies and stuck in this bag. I looked up how to write deciple in chinese for the punch to cover my staple. All of these projects cost around a dollar in materials to make. Some a little more, some a lot less but we averaged about a dollor per gift.

For South America I put the facts on the back of a card and stapled to single coffee packs. This was so simple...well they all where but this was the easiest. I was running out of ideas by this stage.

Womans retreat treats

For Antartica I made packs of snowman soup (hot chocolate, marshmellows, and chocolate kisses). Africa I ordered handmade beads and strung them on hemp to make a bookmark. These I wrapped around a scrole that held the interesting facts.

More womans retreat

Made this one for Australia.

Fall Blessings

These are the gift bags the girls made to hand out at Halloween. They have a note in them the girls wrote that said things like "we are so glad you are part of our community. You are a blessing and are loved." It was so much fun to see them hand them out with hugs and bless other.

Treats for Europe

These are the favors we made for the womans retreat for Europe.

Shoannas card and Kasey card close up.

Coedy and Kasey Card

Scooters Bday card

I knew exactly what I wanted to do for Scooters special card.

Yard sale Deals

I went to two differnt yard sales this weekend and got two great deals. The base shelf I found for $2 and knew exacly what I would do. Sure enough it is perfect for all my stamps, punches and ink. Now I can see everything and it is all within reach. The next deal was the ribbon holder for $3. No more messy boxes!

Sweet and Simple

Using up Scraps

love my new texture plates

My first Apron

I forget to use it most of the time but I was proud to sew my first garment in a very very long time!

New Cards

I had to make a birthday card for our sponser child that would fit in a normal envelope so I started using my scraps. This is what I came up with. Had fun using those scraps so made a few more.

Quick gift.

We were invited to a birthday party today so in a rush to come up with a gift I dug out a card I had previously made from my stash. I had a new candle in a jar so matched the paper and design to cover the outside. The lady loved it!

Zephys card

Zephy made cards for her baseball coaches. I thought they turned out pretty good.

Surfs Up

I Like this new stamp set. This is simple and cute.

My First Scrapbook

I have been wanting to start scrapbooking for the girls so I can give them to them when they are older. I finaly started the other day and got 3 pages done. Its kinda fun.

Card and favor box

also in class we made this card with matching favor box. These are so much fun but it makes the chocolates too cute to eat.

So Cute

Other cards we made in class today. I love the lambs. Just made with punches (as is the key) but the barn look in the background is so easy and cute!

Wanted Card

one of the cards we made in Sara Dunn's card class.