Gift card

Here is a quick gift card box I decorated for a friend coming home with our son for the holiday.  Love these GC boxes from Taylored Expressions as they come with the insert and have so many possibilities.  The reindeer from this Paper Smooches "Santa Paws" set make me laugh!

TE Blast from the Past Blog Hop!

I'm excited to be part of Taylored Expressions' Blast from the Past Blog Hop.  This month's theme is Trick or Sweet.  I've had my projects finished for a couple weeks now and am excited to finally be able to share them!  Enjoy!

The sketch design is by Sankari Wegman, one of the members of TE's Baker's Dozen Design Team.  I had a great halloween paper pad with very unusual choices in it as well as some Scrabble tiles from a themed game one of my kids never played with.  So ... together they created a very halloween-y card!

During one of my frequent trips to Michael's, I found this set of little jars - perfect for "thinking of you" type gifts.  So ... here is what I came up with ...

... Eat at Your Own Risk ... yes, a little creepy!  I couldn't resist using the "drippy" punch to go along with the gorey eyes.  Finding small "eyeballs" was the biggest challenge as not too many would fit in the jar otherwise!  (These are actually bubblegum rather than the chocolate ones.)

... Witch's Pot ... aren't these candy corns unusual?!  Since they seemed "girly" to me, I had to create a witch-themed jar.  The bubbles are glazed although they don't show up too well and the hat ... well ... it just had to have feathers on it!

... and lastly ... some Spooky Treats ...

Enjoy the hop! 

SSSC139 Challenge

This week I am using the new TE nativity set - isn't it darling?  I love the donkey!

Here is the sketch for this week ...

SSSC137 Challenge

When I learned that a friend was expecting a baby boy in March, I thought this would be a great layout to work with the stamp set.  With the exception of the cream cardstock, all the paper and stamps are from Taylored Expressions.  I think the mommy and color combo are great!

Birthday purse

Some weeks the mojo is just off and this is definitely one of them!  Despite the enormous mess I make for every project I embark on lately, the end results don't thrill me.  Fortunately the recipients love them nonetheless!  The stamp set and clear "purse" are from Taylored Expressions (the tag is attached to the handle).  There is a gift card and small bottle of lotion from Bath & Body Works inside.  Hope she likes it!

What's Cooking?

Isn't this pink mixer and the measuring spoons fun?  This card was one I submitted for a KI Design Team Challenge for Taylored Expressions using some paper I just ordered from her and one of her stamp sets.  The set below uses one of her card boxes (love those boxes) and a new 6x6 pad of paper I just got - "Circa 1934"

Some thank you cards

I am so behind on getting thank you's written for my birthday goodies but I had to come up with something cute didn't I?! The one friend is an Angry Bird addict with me so when I saw this stamp set from Paper Smooches I *had* to get it for hers!  Also have had the sewing stamp sets from Taylored Expressions for a while and decided to play with them.  Love the results.  Now off to crop the pictures to post from our February Craft Night - wait til you see those great goodies ...