Cocoa Pocket Card

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Hi Everyone! Hope y'all had a wonderful Thanksgiving! There's a lot to be thankful for! We had a wonderful dinner. Thanksgiving is always nice.

I made these Cocoa Pocket Cards the other day but didn't have time to post them until this evening. It's really easy to make them. I suggest keeping your design simple if you're planning to make a whole bunch of them. I still need to make about 12 more of these. I bought the cocoa packets at Walmart. They came in a gift pack of 20 packets. I plan to put them in gift bags along with the Marshmallow Pie Holder and place them in gift baskets to give out for Christmas.

The stamp sets are from the SU "Stitched Snowman" and "Let it Snow" stamp sets, the sentiments by Studio G, the images were colored using Twinkling H20 and the ink for the sentiment is "Purely Pomegranate" by SU.

I'll have time tomorrow to create the "Marshmallow Pie Holder". Hopefully, I can post it tomorrow. Check back tomorrow for the tutorial.

Anyway. . .try it out!

Until later. . .

Pearl Ex Christmas Ornaments

**UPDATE**

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Hey Everyone! I updated this post and added the tutorial. Try it out! It's super EASY to create this ornament.

You can create beautiful ornaments using Pearl Ex and this clear ornament. It's also fun because you can come up with your own color combos.

This is a close up of the finished product of this project. It's really way too simple to create that you don't need a tutorial but I'll do one for those who prefer visual instructions.

I'll do the tutorial tomorrow for those who've never tried this project. My Internet is running so slow that I'm still waiting for the pictures of my "Glittery Christmas Ornaments" tutorial to load. Be sure to check out Stampin Inspirations tomorrow for the tutorial on that project.


I'll post the tutorial for the "Pearl Ex Ornament" on this blog site.

Here's a few more in different colors! I love the colors!

Goodnight folks!

Check Out the Glittery Christmas Ornaments I Created

Hey Everyone. . .stop by my Stampin Inspirations blog site to check out the "Glittery Christmas Ornaments" I created using rubber stamped images! I'll be posting a tutorial on how to create it this evening so be sure to check back later tonight!

OMG! This Brings Back So Much Wonderful Memories!

Hey Everyone. . .I'm working on a project. If I have the time, I'll post it on Stampin Inspirations tomorrow. In the meantime, check out this video. I love this part of the movie. I love the song. I still remember watching the movie as a kid. It's classic. . .ha! . ..literally!!

Altered Christmas Containers

Hey Everyone. . .lately I've been having a blast altering containers. I worked on these containers this morning. Why buy coordinating Christmas containers when you can make them yourself? All together, it cost about $2.00 to alter all of the container. I used a total of 4 scrapbook paper, 2 sheets of cardstock and a few feet of ribbon. That's all.

I bought these tins for 25 cents each at a garage sale this weekend. I believe they contained cookies and other stuff. I think the seller was surprised that I asked if she had more of them and probably wished she didn't throw away her containers. Unfortunately, she had only 3 of them.

The other day I stopped by Big Lot and small to medium tins were from $1.50 to $3.00. I decided to hold off on buying them because they were too pretty to alter. What's the point of altering a tin when the container is already pretty.

The garage sale tins were pretty but my goal was to alter them so the design on the tins didn't matter to me. I just wanted them to be cheap. Ha!

Anyway. . .here's what I did with the containers above.

I used Provocraft Holiday Collections designer paper, SU Wild Wasabi and Real Red cardstock, Organdy and green metallic ribbon, and created the scallop circles using my Craft Robo and SU Scallop punch. I added the dots using the Sakura Souffle opaque pen.

It took about 30 minutes each to alter each container.

These containers previously contained trail mix snacks. My husband have been saving them for me. Remember last month when he threw all of the containers that I've been saving not realizing that I wanted to keep them. Well, he felt bad about it so whenever he comes across empty containers, he saves them and ask before throwing them away.

Here are the containers altered. Try it out. . .it's REALLY fun seeing what you can make from something you would typically throw away.

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Altered Wood Blocks - Zen

Hey Everyone! Hope everyone is having a wonderful Sunday! Gosh, Friday and Saturday were very busy days! Not once did I have a chance to sit down to create something. We got up early to drop off my kids to the school for a Key Club Rally that was held at Six Flags Magic Mountain. The rally was to benefit the Pediatric Cancer Foundation and they raised some money for the cause! Whoohoo! While my kids were away, my husband and I ate out for breakfast early in the morning then went shopping for a fireplace for our outdoor living space. We finally decided on this very pretty fireplace . . .it has a sitting area, lights, and even an area to store your wood. It should be in place in 2 weeks. I'll take a picture of it when it's completed. I can't wait to sit out in our backyard at night and cozy up near the fire. We can cook marshmallows and just hang out after we BBQ.

Anyway to Zen up my craft room. . .I altered the wood alphabet blocks using designer paper by DCWV, sanded the edge and applied distress ink to give them a shadow appearance. I wrapped organdy ribbon around them and decorated them with die cut flowers and buttons.

Until later folks. . .I need to go and eat lunch now!!

I've Been Tagged

Hey Everyone. . .I've been tagged by Tracy at "Tracy's Happy Place". I have another tag that I'll be playing but I'll do this one first. This tag requires that I answer the 5 following questions. . .

1. If you could have 100.00 worth of scrapbook paper or assorted embellishments, which would you choose? I have so many scrapbook paper I'm drowning in them so I would say I want embellishments instead.

2. If you had to choose between using only stamps or rub-ons, which would you choose? This is an easy one. . .I'm not really a "true" scrapbooker because I've just recently started scrapbooking. Rubber stamping is still my passion so I would definitely choose rubber stamps for sure!

.3. If you knew how to do both awesome cards and layouts but could only do one for a whole year...which would you do? My so called day job is card making and scrapbooking would be considered my part-time or side job so I definitely would prefer to make cards.

4. Would you rather own a scrap booking store or have your own scrapping room at home? I would love to own a scrapbooking store. . .I already have a home "studio" of my own. A scrapbook store would be fun to meet other people in the community with the same hobby.

5. What is your CURRENT card making or scrapping style? I'm pretty random as a card maker. . .I'm not brand specific or style specific. I do love to color and I think that is what I'm best at but other than that, I don't have a specific style.

Here are the rules..............Please answer the questions on your blog and tag 5 more people to answer the same questions..........make sure you list on your blog who you are tagging.

I now have to tag 5 people. I'll list the 5 people later today!!

My Favorite Christmas Song. . .

Just one of my favorite Christmas song. . .