Christmas Projects Peeks-

Good morning crafty friends, 

Is it really Friday? I have been waiting all week!

I have a couple sneak peeks for the next few days- on the 24th I have a beautiful

ribbons ornament tutorial coming up on the Connie Crystal Blog

You don't want to miss these!

And on the 26th I am up with Xyron- 30 Days Of Holidays Project!

You won't believe my Goodwill find for this fun project! :) I am excited. 

So stay tuned. I had no time to craft yesterday, I had 2 sweet girls come

visit me last night, and I had lunch with my boy- busy day and FULL heart! 

See y'all next time!

Mini Gift Bag Tutorial!

Good morning friends, Happy Monday!

I had so many compliments on these little gift 

bags I created I decided to share how I made them.

They are the perfect size for any pair of earrings 

and really if I had 25 of them I would totally make an

Advent Calendar with them!

Anyways here is my how to-

• Stamp Avocado Arts Gingerbread Goodness stamps onto CutCardStock using embossing ink. 
• Dust stamped image with embossing powder (gold). 
• Heat emboss images. 

• Trim out embossed images (now you can trim them out with your die cut machine first if you like). 
• Repeat with sentiment stamps. 

•  Using   Xyron 3" Sticker Maker run sentiments and Gingerbread through. 
• Rub firmly to ensure full application of adhesive!

• Place Gingerbread onto Maya Road Bags. 
• Repeat on other side using sentiment. 

•  Add bows or embellishments as desired!

Easy and GORGEOUS! They took me around 30 minutes! :) 

Here is what I used:

  Xyron 3" Sticker Maker, Avocado Arts Gingerbread Goodness Stamps, Maya Road Vintage Treasure Bags, CutCardStock Basis Cardstock,  Gold embossing powder. 

Step By Step Christmas Card Tutorial!

Good morning and happy hump day my friends, 

So here is my holiday theory (since you all wanted to know I am sure).

You cannot ever EVER have too much glitter during the holidays

EVER!

In keeping with that- 

I thought today I would randomly post a step by step tutorial for a 

Christmas card, since I am starting on my cards and I have all these fun

products to play with! :) 

 I will let the photos tell the story: you will need...

 Crate Paper, Gold embossing powder, Heat Gun, Avocado Arts 

Gingerbread Goodness Stamps, Xyron 3" Sticker Maker, 

Xyron Glue Stick, chunky white glitter, scissors, trimmer, 

white card stock card base (4.5X6"), Liquid Pearls or Pearl Pen

a sheet of foam and Xyron Sticker Maker to make pop dots. 

 It's glittered, it's fun and it's CHRISTMAS!

If you have any questions just holler at me in the comments!

I will be back tomorrow with a big project- so stay tuned!!! :) 

Thanks for popping by friends....

~Creating Keepsakes Ornaments W/Clear Scraps & Authentique~

Good morning my friends, 

Yes I am still making ornaments for fun and for my family this year.

It seems I am always up to something, yesterday I managed to sew

4 pairs of pajama pants for a gift and today I am hoping to finish #5. 

I created this ornament using the Clear Scraps Bell Mini Album

and the beautiful Authentique papers. I did this because all week

Clear Scraps is sharing projects using Authentique so I thought I 

would join in the fun on my own blog! I love this paper!

On the back I used the acrylic and just popped up some 

glitter with a pearl pen. Just highlighting the paper design. 

I have always loved bells and this makes me smile,

all the vintage style feel, perfect for my tree! :) 

Oh and I tried that super strong E6000 glue on the edges, 

love it! I think this will totally last a long time!

That's it for me today, my hands are full with the in laws and kids...

also I have to finish these Christmas gifts...wish me luck!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Thank you all for being amazing people in my life~

**GIVEAWAY ALERT** Stamps And Warm Fireplaces~

Warm Winter Wishes....to all my crafty friends today! :) 

I used MICRO BEADS! LOL

I am not sure how I feel about them or this card, but I do feel fuzzy and warm

like I just drank butterscotch schnapps when I look at it...

so it cant be too bad right?? :) 

And yes, I am playing with my Avocado Arts stamps again people!

**shhh** and glitter...don't tell hubby he is sick of glitter work boots.

I dug out my Clear Scraps Chloe Vintage Frames  & my 

Scraptastic Club Kit and micro beaded the heck out of the card!

I love these stamps! I think clearly I have fireplace issues and am addicted.

Avocado Arts has a very FUN random giveaway today...they will

go to each of our blogs and pick random winners from the 

COMMENTS on our blogs! 

You have a chance to win if you comment and even more

chances to win if you comment on every blog! 

These are awesome stamp sets!

http://www.avocadoarts.blogspot.com/

Anyways how awesome is the giveaway??!!
 Here is a close up of the micro beads I used. They are literally everywhere! LOL

But I had fun so who cares, life is messy right?

Now head off to the rest of the amazing gals for a chance to WIN! 

• THE PIT CREW (DT)
• Teri Anderson
• Emily Branch
• Kelley Eubanks
• Ashley Harris
• Cristal (Pinky) **That's me** Hobbs
• Emily Leiphart
• Julie Masse
• Becky Oehlers
• AJ Otto
• Vera Yates
• Latisha Yoasts
• Avocado Arts Blog

~.10 Cent Home Decor Project!~

Good morning crafters!

I totally scored a couple months ago at Hobby Lobby, I bought this damaged 

wall hanging for .10 cents...LITERALLY! :) 

See it is here ⇓⇓⇓

It had a big chip off the corner.

So I decided to take it home and make it mine...all mine! haha

I took a wire brush and hammer and knocked off all the edges. 

Then I used Enamel Embossing Powder to distress the edges

and make the DREAM pop up. 

I LOVE it now, isn't she beautiful? 

Products Used:

Piccolo Enamel Powder Adhesive

Piccolo Enamel Powder (Vintage Copper)

Glastique