Merry Christmas Box

Hey Everyone!! 

Well, I'm running a bit behind on sharing all my Christmas goodies with all of you. I crammed for a craft show two weeks before Christmas, which was a vendor show; Tupperware, Tastefully Simple, etc. So, needless to say that show was a total bust. 

Then, Christmas Day night my youngest son and I came down with the flu. We were in the ER that Friday, sigh. That flu/virus/bronchitis/head cold had us down for almost two weeks! It was horrible! So, that is why I haven't been able to share any of my Christmas creations with all of you. So, I'm slowly getting them posted now. 

Here is a Merry Christmas Box that I whipped up. These boxes from Bella Creations fits the Bath and Body Works mini candles perfectly. This is a great little co-worker gift or a small, fun gift to use for family and friends. 

For this I used the following products 

Timeless Twine - Cherry Red 

Bella Creations - Kraft Pinstripe Boxes

Scraptastical Kreations SVG - Tag 

Jaded Blossom Stamps 

Thanks for stopping by today! I hope you all have a scrap happy day!! 

Hugs, 

Kristy 

25 Days of Christmas - Day 5

It's the 5th day of the 25 Days of Christmas here today and we're sharing ornaments with all of you. How fun, right?!? 

First,  If you've come from Suzelle's Blog, you're in the right spot, but if you just stumbled upon this blog post, be sure to head back to Mandy's blog and hop from the beginning. 

Here is the complete line up
Mandy - www.scrappykins.blogspot.com

Dana - www.danascraftycorner.blogspot.com

Suzelle - www.stylishpartsupplies.blogspot.com
Kristy - You are HERE
Marji - www.fstampaholic.blogspot.com (Next Stop)

Debbie - www.scrapmequickdesigns.com

So, let's take a peek at my ornaments.

I seen both of these on a group I'm in on Facebook. I just LOVED the Jack Skeleton, but I didn't want to do him on a glitter ball, so over Thanksgiving weekend I grabbed some of the matte white ornaments. Perfect!! It's our favorite here. I did the same with the Grinch ornament as well, and put him on a matte finished ornament. I did one with a glitter green ball, which turned out well, but I like him SO much better on the matte finished ornament. 

These were so quick and easy to do and they would make FABULOUS Christmas gifts this year! 

I hope you all have enjoyed the 25 days Blog hop so far. Now, be sure to head on over to Marji's blog and see what ornaments she has to share with all of you! 

Hope you all have a fantastic day!!

Hugs,

Kristy 

Vinyl... Vinyl... and MORE Vinyl

Happy Monday!!

Wow... the weekend just flies by entirely too fast!! And, can you believe that Thanksgiving is THIS week already?!? Wow... this year has really flown by!!

Well... today I'm sharing with you all some of my vinyl projects I have been working on over the last week or so. I finally decided to take the plunge and indulge in vinyl. I was always so intimidated by vinyl, but finally I dove in feet first. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it!! 

So, here are a few of the projects I've done. I just started off slow with a few ornaments. Now, I hope to move on up and do some frames and other fun vinyl projects! 

As you can see, I was having a blast with vinyl! I'm SO addicted now!! Well, that's all for today. Thank you all for stopping by and taking a peek at my vinyl projects. I hope I've inspired you to play with some vinyl too!! 

Hugs, 

Kristy 

12 Days of {handmade} Christmas Day 8

Welcome to day 8!! 

Today I am sharing with all of you my handmade Christmas cards! This year it was my goal to make all of my Christmas cards. Well, I'm half way there. They're not all finished, but I have a handful done. Yay!!

Here are a couple of them. 

Ingredients 

Paper - DCWV (older Christmas stack)

SVG - Scraptastical Kreations

Stamps - Jaded Blossom

Timeless Twine 

Thank you for taking a peek at my day 8 today! I hope to have inspired you in some way!

Happy Scrappin' 

Kristy 

12 Days of {handmade} Christmas Day 4

Welcome to day 4 of my 12 Days of {handmade} Christmas!! Today I am sharing with all of you my ribbon tree! I loved this when I seen in on Pinterest, and I couldn't wait to make my own!! It was SO easy and SO cheap to make too!!! 

For this tree I purchased all of my supplies at Michael's on the Thanksgiving Day sale. Yes, my mom and I went crafty shopping that night! LOVE our time like that together! So, I bought 4 rolls of ribbon, which were $1.99 each with 60% off, so that made them .79 cents a roll. Then I purchased the styrofoam cone for $4.99, and on my total purchase I used the 30% off entire order. So, I ended up paying around $7 for the entire project. Yes, I LOVE cheap and easy Christmas decor.

So, what I did for this was cut all of my ribbon into 2 inch strips. I then hot glued the ends together, and then I hot glued each ribbon onto the cone. You will want to stagger the rows. If you look closely (yes, I'm giving away my mistakes so that yours turns out better!) you can tell I didn't stagger mine until I reached the top portion of the tree. I should have started that at the bottom and it would have laid much nicer from the top to the bottom. However, I still LOVE it and I have plans to make another one!

Thanks again, for taking a peek at my project today. As always, I hope I've sent some Christmas spirit your way to create some holiday projects this season! 

Happy Scrappin' 

Kristy 

12 Days of {handmade} Christmas Day 3

Welcome to day 3 of my "12 Days of {handmade} Christmas". Today I am sharing my deco mesh garland. WOW... is that stuff a little difficult to work with. If I would have had a long table to work off of, it would have been much easier; the mesh stuck to the carpet the whole time! Overall, though, I am pleased with the way that it came out for it being my very first one, and the very first time I ever worked with this stuff. I'm all about decorating my home with handmade Christmas items this year. I didn't have very many decor items, so now I'll have lots to years for many years to come. And, to top it off this only costed me around $10.00. 

Here is what you'll need 

Here is my version of the garland. 

It was really hard to get a good photo with the ceiling fan right there. 

Here are the details

I purchased the deco mesh from Michael's on the Black Friday weekend for $5.19. It was 60% off (originally $12.99 - great deal!), and I also purchased the pipe cleaners there as well for .99 cents. I then went to the Dollar Tree and purchased 3 tubes of ornaments, so that came to $3, and my mom had the gold wire in her stash. I even have some of the deco mesh left to make something else too! 

If you would like to try your own, the tutorial I followed is on Miss Kopy Kat's blog HERE

Thank you so much for taking a peek at my {handmade} Christmas project today! As always, I hope I have inspired you to make some {handmade} Christmas decor this year. 

Happy Scrappin' 

Kristy 

12 Days of {handmade} Christmas Day 1 & 2 & Free SVG

This year I am really, really, REALLY into creating my own handmade Christmas decorations , and I thought it would super fun to share with all of you my creations. I'll also be sharing a few scrappy things to, like some layouts and cards. Almost ALL of my crafts are Pinterest inspired. YES, that website is ADDICTING! I want to create EVERYTHING I seen on there!! And, I'm trying to do just that! 

First I am going to share this UBBER cute shadow box with all of you. The original one I seen said "Jingle All the Way", which I was going to do but when I went shopping for the supplies I seen these totally awesome bells in shades of blue - they match my blue and white tree! So, I decided to go with the blue and silver theme for this, and used the "Dashing Through the Snow" title, which you can find as a free SVG below. 

I really wanted to have a tutorial for all of you as well, but -- it has been crazy madness the last 3 weeks here, so I wasn't able to get to it for this one. I'm hoping for the next one's I'll be able to! 

Here are the supplies I used:

Shadow Box - Michaels' - $5.99 

Ribbon - Michael's - under a $2.00 (it was 70% off) 

Jingle Bells - Michael's - $6.00 

Paper - Doodlebug Designs 

Black Vinyl 

Cameo 

Dashing through the Snow SVG 

Download the free SVG HERE

Here is my 2nd project of my 12 Days of {handmade} Christmas. It is a scrapbooking layout, as I've also been trying to make a dent in my photos, and I had SO many Christmas photos for previous years to scrap still, that I figured there wasn't a better time to do it than now! I have such a hard time putting more than a few photos on a two page layout, but I forced myself on this one, as I take too many photos on Christmas morning!! 

SVG - Scraptastical Kreations

Paper - Coredinations & Doodelbug 

White gel pen 

Thank yo for looking at my projects today. Be sure to check back tomorrow for another, and I hope I have inspired you all to make yourself a {handmade} Christmas project, or to get busy on those photos that need to be scrapped this year!

Happy Scrappin' 

Kristy 

Handmade Christmas Tags

Good Morning and Happy Wednesday to you all!! 

I made it a goal to post one project (or two or three) on my blog everyday this week. I'm making good on that goal, and I sure hope to be able to keep it up. Sometimes life just takes a hold and the blog lacks some serious TLC! But, I'm doing great this week! I'm SO proud of myself!! : ) 

Today I am sharing  these really cute gift tags with all of you. They were so simple to make and will add that perfect handmade touch to all my gift giving this year. 

Ingredients: 

Paper: Echo Park - Merry Christmas

SVG: Scraptastical Kreations - Sophisticated Scallops & Label It, Tag It, Frame It

Stamps: Jaded Blossom - Reindeer Magic 

Twine: Trendy Twine 

Thanks for taking at today's project. As always, I hope I've inspired in you in some crafty way! 

Happy Scrappin', 

Kristy 

Reindeer Poop, Anyone?

I have another project to share with all of you today! 

I've been in my happy place just playing with paper. I {LOVE} playing with paper!! Especially during difficult times, as it takes me away from the everyday worries of all that is going on and is my true therapy.

Anyhoo.... I seen a fellow scrappin' sister post a "Give Thanks" sour cream container in the Jaded Blossom Facebook Group, and it inspired me to create one of my own. So, here is this super cute and super easy sour cream container filled with Whoppers for the "Reindeer Poop".

For the paper - I used the reindeer head from the Jaded Blossom - Reindeer Magic set and stamped it all over my cardstock and colored in just the noses of the reindeer. 

For the container - cut a piece of cardstock 4.25 x 5.5. Once you get your piece cut, in the middle of your piece use your circle punch to punch to peek hole. The, you'll want to put adhesive along the two short edges and along the one long edge. Be sure to only add adhesive to the 3 sides and not all 4 sides. Fold over the two small ends and adhere just the edge of one side to the other. You want it to over lap just enough to adhere together. Adhere the bottom together - leave the top open to put in your goodies. Once you have put in your goodies, seal the top. To crinkle the bottom, most people use a paper crimper. Well, I do not own one, so I had to improvise. I grabbed my scoring board and lined up the bottom of the container, where it just starts to pop out, and scored three lines to give the impression of the crinkle. 

For the tag -  I stamped the saying on plain Kraft cardstock and cut it out (no specific size), rounded the corners, and then cut the same out of red cardstock, just a bit bigger with rounded corners, and then adhered them together. I punched the hole with a regular hole punch and then put through my Divine Twine and wrapped it around the top of the container.

Easy Peasy and SO cute! 

Here is the stamp set I used on this one - Jaded Blossom stamp set - Reindeer Magic 

Thank you all for taking a peek at my project today. As always, I hope I have inspired in your some crafty way! 

Happy Scrappin'

Kristy 

Reindeer Food

I was SO excited to get my Jaded Blossom stamps today! I have SO many ideas for this stamp set, and I cannot wait to share them with all of you! 

So, with that said -- my first project I want to share with all of you is this super fun and super cute ornament. My boys are both too old for the "Reindeer Food" tradition, but they LOVED going out and sprinkling it on the lawn for Rudolph and his crew to find. I thought it would be really cute to make this tradition into an ornament for them to hang on the tree this Christmas instead. 

Here is my ornament 

Here is a closer up photo as well

(I apologize for the glare - no matter what I did... it was there. I didn't even use a flash, lol) 

I just mixed the oatmeal and glitter together and used a funnel to put it inside the ornament. I purchased the ornament from Jo-Ann's and it's a plastic ornament, not glass. I measured the stamp to make sure the exact size to but my SVG tag, and then I stamped the poem on the tag. Once I did that, I  then  wrapped the tag around a pencil and slid the pencil inside the ornament and shook the tag off. I used some long tweezers to get the tag positioned and unfolded. Note: Add your tag to the inside of the ornament before you add the reindeer food - makes it much easier that way. 

Ingredients:

Paper - Echo Park Merry Christmas 

Stamps - Jaded Blossom - Reindeer Magic

SVG - Scraptastical Kreations - Label It, Tag It, Frame It

Divine Twine - Holiday

Thanks so much for taking a peek at my ornament today. I hope I have inspired you to create a fun ornament for your tree this Christmas. 

Happy Scrappin', 

Kristy 

Snowman Poop

We'll be giving thanks this week with our families, but you all know what that means too - Christmas is RIGHT around the corner!  So, I have been getting crafty and making some fun handmade little gifts to give to family and friends. Today I want to share a Pinterest inspired project that is super cute, fun and so simple - Snowman poop! 

Here is what you'll need

1) Scoring board 

2) Bone folder 

3) 1/2 inch circle punch 

4) Corner rounder punch 

5) Score tape (any tape will do) 

6) Your choice of Patterned paper 

7) Your choice of ribbon

8) Box of Tic Tacs

First, you will want to cut a piece of patterned paper and/or cardstock to - 4.75 in long by 2 in wide 

You will then score at 2 in and 2.75 inches. Round the edges (if you choose to) with your corner rounder punch. The, you'll want to adhere your ribbon to the inside using your preferred choice of double sided tape. To punch the circle out, I just judged by the label on the container. I didn't want it to be too high up so the label could be see, so mine is about an 1/8 of an inch from the bottom edge of the paper. Lastly, place the tic tac container inside and tie your ribbon. Viola - simple, easy and SO cute! 

Here is what it looks like all finished 

Ingredients 

Paper: Making Memories 

SVG - Scraptastical Kreations 

Sentiment - Print & Cut feature in the Silhouette Software

Misc - Ribbon and Pearl

Thanks for taking a peek at my creation today. I hope to have inspired you all to create some fun and simple handmade goodies this holiday season. Be sure to check back for more fun handmade Christmas goodies. 

Happy Scrappin', 

Kristy 

CUTE Candle Boxes and Sanitizer Holders

Happy Saturday morning to all of you!! 

How many of you are ready for Thanksgiving? I know I sure am, and as sad as it sounds, and I'm not trying to push the the Thankful Turkey out of the way, but I'm ready to put of some Christmas decor! This year has flown by entirely too fast. I guess it's true, the older you get the faster it goes. 

So, today I wanted to share with all you these super cute mini candle boxes and hand sanitizer holders. The mini candle boxes  are a perfect fit for the mini Bath and Body Works candles. Such a great idea to give as a small grab bag gift, or just add it to another bigger gift this holiday season. 

And, these sanitizer holders are another perfect small gift for the office or family, and better yet - the teachers and students. These give that perfect added touch to the drab outside bottle. 

There are three different sizes in this set. The smallest size fits the Bath and Body Works bottle, the middle size fits the Purell bottle, and the larger size fits the larger mini Dial bottle. They can be jazzed up any way your heart desires. 

You can find both of these Cutting Files at Scraptastical Kreations

Hope you have been inspired by a bit of Christmas Cheer today. : ) 

Happy Scrappin', 

Kristy