Found a fantastic deal going on today and tomorrow. Visit Plum District for $20 worth of ribbon, fabrics and crafting supplies for only $12. You can purchase up to two for yourself and two additional as gifts so be sure to stock up. I think I’ll be picking up a few shabby chic flowers with my voucher.
Is it just me or does it seem like it was just Christmas? Truth be told, I finished this December Daily Scrapbook a few weeks ago but I’ve been too busy to tell you all about it. I’m finally settling into the new year and getting some serious work done. So here it is, my December Daily.
The paper collection is from Teresa Collins and it is called Christmas Home. I still have quite a few scraps left that I think would be perfect for some crafts or maybe cards next year.
Making a masculine card by hand is difficult. I have had a seriously difficult time with it. Here is a fathers day card that I think has some potential. It is a handmade and sewn greeting card that looks like a pair of jeans. Genius! I made this last fathers day. The card is full of custom stitching and I even created the graphic for the tag.
The pocket was fun and I even thought of making it an open pocket and sticking a $20 in there. It would be a fantastic card for holding gift cards.
Hopefully this gives you some inspiration for some masculine cards.
You know why I like birthdays, weddings and baby showers more than Christmas? A smaller quantity of gifts means I can put more creativity and effort into the gift wrapping and decorating. Every year I see so many lovely Christmas presents done up all fancy with bows and tags but who really has time to do that on every present? I choose a select few to wrap nice and by the end I get far too lazy and end up doing it the easy way. But with birthdays, I usually only have one or two gifts so I go crazy!
These were all kind of a rush job but I absolutely love the way they came out. There is a gift tag, a wine tag and a card that I made all to mach with the same papers, ribbons and colors. Of course, I had to wrap the present in newspaper but I choose pink newspaper to match the tag. The newspaper came pink one day so I saved it, well actually I hoarded it, this is the first time I used it in over a year. It matched so perfectly.
I know it is way past Halloween but I couldn’t help but share this. It is probably one of my favorite mini’s to date. I actually finished it quite a while ago but I didn’t have any book board for the front and back covers. Now that is all finished and tidy I thought I would share.
Pretty much all of the products used are from the Recollectiosn line at Michaels. The paper, the die cuts, the flowers and even the bling all come from there.
Hope you all had a fantastic holiday weekend. It really doesn’t feel like a Monday to me. It is hard to get back into the swing of things. Happy holidays and an even happier new year!