new stuff available in Jan

preview of items in the upcoming mini catalog

heart shaped embosslit

XL bird punch(it punches the bird, wing and branch all at once)

new design for the punch too

this card was super easy to make..

new Christmas projects

Here are a couple of new Christmas projects i have just recently finished...

3 Christmas cards...very simple...and

3 ornaments made out of coasters, they are adged with shimmer paint and sprayed with shimmer spray...

6 X 6 Photocard

I did a holiday/craft bazaar a couple weeks ago

and i had a request for photocards that hold 4 X 6 photos.

This is what i came up with, the photo slides in from either side..

I hand stitched the white thread after i used my piercer to make the holes.

santa's magic keys....

Here is a project i am doing for a local craft bazaar.. I cased it from susan Merrill..

all i have left to do is tie an old house key to the bottom.

I covered it in a cello bag with the opening at the bottom so the key would hang out,

but it would be able to be hung on the outside of the door and not get ruined by weather...

busy day of picture takin and posting....

this is a little wooden box i decorated

It still needs it's finish, but i wanted to show you what i've been workin on

in between movin craft stuff from one room to another.

a little at a time...

Inside of the box

Front of the box

Here are a few necklaces i made out of the vanilla hodgepodge hardware

and a notepad made from the big shot..

Craft room

I am still in the process of bringin my stuff into the room and finding a place for it, but here are a few pics of my new craft room.

this is my computer area and work station

My punches finally where i can see them....

the closet converted to storage....

perpetual cookie sheet calendars

I am sorry i haven't posted anything for a while...I have been in the process of moving my craft room from above the garage into our house..We had a spare room and decided my crafts should be in the house and the exercise equipment could go upstairs to that room..

here are some cookie sheet calendars i have been working on.

All of the numbers and months are on magnets so they stick to the cookie sheet.

Enjoy!

Recipes

Ok.. so i finally made something with current stuff!! YAY me!!..lol

This is a 6 X 6 Recipe Card i did for a swap this month

The stamp sets are out of the current mini catalog

CD desktop calendar

This is a calendar i made at a class at a friends house....

my mom will be getting this one..

she won't show her co workers the next months pics early,

they have to come by each month to see what the new pic is....

last 2 western cards

Here are the last 2 western cards that i made for my friend..she requested them for a gift for her friend....

Western Cards

A friend of mine asked me to make her some western cards for her...she is then going to give them to a friend of hers for a birthday present...this is what i came up with so far... I cased the purple and blue cards from simply simple stamping blog...the other i came up with by myself...

Life happened.....

here are the projects i was going to have posted earlier....

sorry it has taken so long to get them up here

These are altered file folders...

I used up more of my retired paper scraps to

decorate these file folders.

Front

Inside

Front

Inside

Here also is a pic of what i did with some decor elements

in my living room....now for the rest of the curtains....

closer up

I haven't forgotten....

just wanted to let everyone know I have been workin on stuff to post...but between back-to-school, summertime campin and other activities i haven't gotten anything posted... Just know I haven't forgotten and look for somethin new next week..hopefully early in the week...

crafts crafts and more crafts.....

Here are a few pics of things I've been workin on lately....most of them are items i will have for sale at our local holiday craft bazaar and flea market..These first two aren't quite finished, but i wanted to post the pics anyway....i used good old fashioned, learned in grade school paper weaving...I have a lot of leftover, retired stuff and am trying to use some of it up...bear with me and i will post some current stuff as well :)....

Here are some things you can do with some of those extra utensils you don't use but can't throw away because there isn't anything wrong with them..Then hang them on your wall or give them as gifts.....

and last but certainly not least =) here are some ideas for flowers incase you can't make a run to the florist.... these ones last a bit longer..lol...and generally you can make the vase or recycle a pop bottle as i did in the first one...

Hope you have enjoyed all my 'craftiness' so far...have a great day!

birthday flowers for a friend....

I made this flower vase for a friend of mine for her birthday it is in the colors in her kitchen.

denim top note box

Ok here is my first blog post...YAY!!!....This is a Top Note gift box I made using my Bigshot...I glued 2 layers of denim on a piece of tagboard...almost too thick for the machine..I think next time I will use only one layer of denim or a thinner piece of cardstock in the middle...hope you like it...

just starting out

This is my first attempt at a blog so please bear with me as i get it up and running...thanks..Jen