Box Card with Tags...

Hey Everyone! I want to show you one of the cards I've been working on for my next card class.  Finished cutting all the kits for this class about an hour ago.  Lots and lots of pieces to cut out, took most of the day.  The card is actually a box to hold gift tags.  The recipient of the card gets a nice surprise on opening the card and finding four gift tags inside.  I watched the tutorial on you tube quite awhile ago but never had the chance to make it until now.  This is a take on the origami box card but much smaller and easier to make.  It uses one sheet of  8 1/2" X 11" card stock, a series of score lines, a cut here and there and  a small amount of sticky tape.  The tag is made from the Two Tags die from SU embellished with a punch art Santa.  The box itself is stamped with the Snow Much Fun stamp set by SU and then colored with watercolor pencils.  I finished it by using a belly band to keep the card closed.  I'm hoping the ladies in my card class will enjoy making this  box card.  What do y'all think?

Card & Recipe Swap...

Over The Top Cards & Crafts with Jeannine has a card swap every month.  The past three months we have also been doing a recipe card swap.  These are my swaps for the month of November.  When we are finished with the recipe swap, we will put them into a 6 X 6 album and have a very unique recipe book.  We should have over thirty recipes after this swap.  Just in time for holiday entertaining.....
Enjoy!

Cupcake box....

I just finished making this cute cupcake box for a friend of mine that loves cupcakes.  The box is an Andrea Walford design, I made a template and cut it by hand.  I used the crimper to make the base look like an actual cupcake wrapper.  The sprinkles on top are pebbles in multi colors.  The cherry is a 1 inch circle cut out of SU red glitter paper.  It was fun and fairly easy to make.  I hope she likes it, what do you think?

Tree....

Thirty one years ago we planted a Red Oak tree in the back yard.  It grew into a beautiful Oak tree that provided us with much shade.  On one of the branches we put a swing for our grandchildren, Pap spent many hours pushing Sammie, Allie and James as they squealed with delight.  Today we had the tree cut down because it contacted a root disease that may have been caused by the drought here in Texas.  This tree took thirty one years to grow over our house top but only two hours to be totally removed.  It is a sad day!

Nutcracker Box

I made this Nutcracker box this afternoon using a project file from Craft Project Central.  All the pieces were made using Stampin'Up! punches.  They were punched, cut, glued  and decorated before adhering to the box (included with the project).  It was a fun project but I now have glitter from one end of my desk to the other.  This is the reason I dislike using glitter, I get it everywhere.  The box is 6x2x1 1/2 inches, a great size for a small gift of jewelry or filled with candy canes to stuff into a stocking.  I hope you enjoy my Nutcracker box and run over to Craft Project Central to check out their site.  Until later.....

Thanksgiving Card Class.....

Some of us were really dragging at the Thanksgiving card class yesterday.  After such a late and busy Saturday and the time change, it was no wonder!  These are the cards that were shared at the retreat last month.  It is so interesting to see the ideas people come up with using the owl and bird punches.  Lucky for all of us that they share their designs.  I loved teaching this class, the looks on everyone's  faces when we used the bird punch to make a turkey on the platter, and three small circles to make a pumpkin, were just priceless!
Enjoy these beautiful cards from the demonstrators of Katy........

Calendar Class....

A group of ladies got together this past Saturday to do a calendar class with Elizabeth.  Wow!  This was a fabulous class, Elizabeth is so talented and her designs are so detailed and fun to do.  We did July-December for starters and will meet again in the near future to finish out the set.  These are the pages we made, don't you just love all the detail?  Thanks, Elizabeth! 

Two of us stayed on to scrap the night away.  We had a Mexican dinner at a local restaurant and then went back to the work tables to do whatever.  Unfortunately, I didn't accomplish much but we chatted, laughed and just had a good time before packing it in around 2ish.  The clocks were turned back an hour so it was after 3ish when we got home.  A great time with friends!