Friday - Home Decor

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Morning to all! Did everyone survive? LOL!! I'm thankful for all of that good food but good gosh....I hate that feeling after I've stuffed myself with a whole plate and half full plus dessert. I'm glad it only comes around once a year!!

Today is the last day of me sharing some Christmas inspiration and I've got the cutest, sweetest little snow woman to share with you! I bought the paper mache snowman from Hobby Lobby a couple of years ago. The first thing I did was use some brown acrylic paint and painted around all of the edges. Once again, I brought out my Crate Paper Peppermint collection to make her pretty! It really was very easy to make her snow and clothing.....just a lot of tracing and cutting. Plus adding some Modge Podge matt finish to make sure this little gal is gonna hold up through the years.


For her scraf, I used this ribbon trim that I bought at Walmart last year. I really hope they have some more because I'm finding a lot of great uses for it!



For her nose, I took a small piece of orange pop pom trim, folded it in half, and then glued it on. The eyes are Kaisercraft black gems and her mouth is a small piece cut off of a Prima Say It In Crystals. Eyelashes were just drawn in with a pen.


This part of her hat was a little more difficult....well, not difficult just a little more time consuming. The bottom layer of the "flower" was made from one of the new EK Success. I used the punch on a strip of 1 1/2" x 12" pattern paper. Scored and fan folded the same way you do for a fan flower. Second layer was made the same way except I used a different border punch. The snowflake is a Maya Road chipboard snowflake which I painted white and then added some Stickles. Glue all of those layers together with either a glue gun or I like to use Beacon's 3-in-1. And she's all done! What d'ya think of her?

I really hope I've inspired this week! If anyone has been, I'd LOVE to see what you've made!! Be sure to post a link!

It's about time that I receive my December Burlap and Buttercups kit.....I CAN'T wait!! There's gonna be a great new addition to the Burlap and Buttercup site and I know it's going to be a great success! I'm one of the lucky ones that gets to have a hand in announcing this new addition and I'm so excited!

Thursday - Thanksgiving Greetings and Christmas wrapping and tags

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!! I truly hope that all are having a wonderful day spent with family and friends. Chad, the kids, and I are spending our Thanksgiving with his family and I'm sure that I am stuffed! With all this good food, I never know when to stop! But I guess it's only one day a year that I can eat like this and feel guilt free! We'll see how I feel about that tomorrow! LOL!!



(I will have to come back Friday and put in how everything was made because it's 1:00am as I'm sitting here writing this blog post. I'm right in the middle of cooking for tomorrow and I have very little energy left, so I promise I'll be back to give you all the details just in case you'd like to make any of this for yourself.)

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Ok, now on with some more Christmas stuff! Today I'm sharing some ideas for gift wrapping and tags. Here's a picture of all the great little goodies I've been working on the past couple of days.

Wednesday - Ornaments

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So today I am going to show you a couple of ornaments that kept me busy and up to my ears in glue for a couple of hours but man....were they fun to make! So much fun that when I get some more time to play I'm going to be making some more ornaments. I'm going to have to find some that are a little bit easier so that I get my baby girl in on the fun! She's a mini me and is already showing signs of have a promising scrapbook career! LOL!!

Here’s a looksy at both of my ornaments:



I LOVE how this first one turned out!! I used the Imaginisce Santa’s Little Helper collection. It was fairly simple to make…all you need are 12 squares of 2” pieces of pattern paper rolled into cones for the outer layer and 12 squares of 1 ½” pieces rolled into cones for the inner layer. Be sure to add 4 pieces of ribbon in between the layers. And then add your center piece! Nothing much to it!



To make this second ornament, I used 13 pieces of pattern paper (2” x 4”), ran them through one of my border punches, glued them to make them into loops, and then glued them all together at the base of each loop to make a circle of loops. Then I added the center and a string to hang! So easy and so much fun! Actually the hardest part of this whole process was photographing it!



That's it for today! Tomorrow I'll be back with some ideas for gift wrapping and tags!! Thanks for stopping by!!

Tuesday - Cards

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Happy Tuesday everyone!! Today I've got some Christmas cards that I'd like to share with you. This is one of my favorite parts of Christmas....making, sending, and receiving cards! I love to get mail and receiving a card from a loved one absolutely makes my day. So I love returning the favor of letting someone know that I'm thinking of them and sending them some love.

Let's get started! I hope that you get some inspiration from any or all of my cards and that it gets you in the mood to make your own Christmas cards!

Wishing you all the joys of the Season



This card is made from my left over Girl's Paperie Tinsel and Twig collection from last year. Sentiment is Kaisercraft, poinsettia is Making Memories, the center of poinsettia is Jenni Bowlin, lace trim I'm sure I bought at Walmart, border punch is Martha Stewart.

Season's Greetings



This card is made from Imaginisce's Santa's Little Helper which in my opinion is an absolutely adorable Christmas line!! I also used some Martha Stewart gemstones, ribbon....sorry, I don't have a clue who makes this or where I got it from, EK Success border punch, Cuttlebug embossing folder, and some Bazzill cardstock.

Peace On Earth



This card was made from a mixture of papers I still have left over. I believe I used October Afternoon Very Merry, Girl's Paperie Tinsel & Twig, and some College Press. Snowflake is Maya Road with some red Stickles, cream trim is Maya Road, button is Jenni Bowlin, and baker's twine is Jillibean Soup.

Merry Christmas



This card is made with Lily Bee's Christmas Town from last year. I love the not-so-traditional color palette of this card. Everything on this card is Lily Bee with the exception of the embossed cardstock which is Coordinations, pearls are Kaisercraft, and I used my Cricut Cindy Loo cart. for the frame.

And there you have it for the cards! Hope you enjoyed!! Tomorrow I'll be back to give you some ideas for some homemade paper crafted ornaments!

Monday - layout day!

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Good Monday Morning!! Today I am going to be showing you a couple of layouts that I've made. I bought the Crate Paper Peppermint collection and let me tell you, if you are thinking about getting it......GET IT!! You won't regret it! It's a great collection for all of your crafty Christmas needs!

This layout is about my baby girl who LOVES her Christmas tree! It's white and she has the sweetest little ornaments to put on it. So when I saw the ornament punch-outs, I knew I wanted to have them hanging on the layout. I also knew that I had to incorporate some baker's twine because it's my go-to embellishment right now. I know a few of you who feel the same....it's great stuff!


Here you can see a close up of how I used pop dots to lift the ornaments off of the page (as well as some of the tags).

I added some of the Cosmo Cricket tiny type alphas for a long title and regular size alphas for the main part of the title.





And this is my second layout that was also made with the Crate Paper Peppermint collection. I crack up everytime I see these pics! Gracie dressed up in the Santa suit and Josh was her reindeer. It was his clever mind who came up with everything from getting her dressed up, him being the reindeer and using the top lid of the toy box for the sleigh. There is never a dull moment in our house especially around the holidays!


Hope you've enjoyed the layouts!! Tomorrow I'll be back with some Christmas cards!

Thanks for stopping by!!

It's beginning to look a lot like......a GIVEAWAY!!!

I can't tell you all how much I'm already in the spirit of Christmas!! This has been going on since the day after Halloween! To me it is the most wonderful time of year! It's a time of giving which is just what I want to do! I have this gift of stamps, paper, flowers, alphas, and embellishments up for grabs!!




- Unity/Jillibean Snowflakes fall from Heaven stamps

- Jillibean newsprint chipboard alphabeans

- My Mind's Eye signature Christmas 6x6 paper pad

- Studio Calico vintage pattern flowers

- Maya Road velvet point blossoms

- Maya Road Christmas tree stick pins

- and some matching bakers twine and trims


All you have to do to be eligible to win is:

1. Tell me the thing you love most about Christmas

2. Become a follower

You have until Wednesday, November 30 at 12 midnight EST to enter the drawing. I will post the random winner the following day. If you share this with a friend, post it on your blog, Facebook or Twitter, simply leave another comment with the link and I will give you an extra entry in the drawing.


Since I've been in the spirit, I've been crafting away like crazy!! All this week I will be sharing some Christmas layouts, cards, ornaments, gift bags/tags, and home decor items to help get you in the spirit if you're not already!! So be sure to check back this coming Monday thru Friday for lots of inspiration.

My Burlap and Buttercups November kit projects

Hi!!! Hope everyone is having a great weekend!! I'm so excited to get to share with you my layouts, card, and project that I made with the OH SO FABULOUS Burlap and Buttercups November kit!! I'm thinking that I'm going to make this a quicky post because I think we're getting ready to go take the kids to see Puss in Boots. I've heard it's really good. So anyway....back to the kit. I'll show you what I've made but you can also go to the gallery to see the fabulous projects the other DT girls made!!

One more thing......be sure to come back tomorrow because I'm having a giveaway!! And also, this coming week I'll be sharing some Holiday inspiration. I'm dedicating 5 days (Monday thru Friday) to layouts, cards, ornaments, gift tags, and home decor....all of the things that are fun to make at Christmas. So be sure to come back and see what I've got cooking for the Holidays!!

I love spending every day with you





I will love you forever and a day (based on Mary Pat's sketch)






Top 5 reasons you love fall





you & me....today, tomorrow, & forever





It's a beautiful day card



And this fun little project that I really had a lot of fun with!!

Thanksgiving table name card and napkin wrap

November B&B kit sneak peaks

How true the saying "When one door closes, God opens a window!" He's so amazing that way!! He keeps blessing me with my passion (scrapbooking) and the latest blessing is being added to the DT at Burlap and Buttercups. I just finished up on my projects and I have had so much fun designing with the November kit!! So now I get to show you a few little sneak peaks at what I've done. The gallery goes live this coming Tuesday and I'm so excited to see what everyone else has created! Be sure to check it out!!







I'll be back Tuesday to show you the full reveal. Also, be on the lookout here on my blog within the next week for some Christmas inspiration and a giveaway!!

My last reveal from The Scrapping Spot :(

It is with a heavy heart that I have to say that this will be my last reveal from The Scrapping Spot. The owners Jill and Cathy have decided to close the doors.

"When we first started The Scrapping Spot we hoped it would become not just a kit club, but a real community. A place where we could scrap with our friends, challenge each other, share scrappy inspiration as well as personal joys and troubles. The members of this message board have truly become family to us and we have you all to thank for it.

But while our message board has been an unqualified success, the kit club has been less so. The sinking economy, along with rising costs for both scrap goods and postage have made keeping our small business afloat more trouble that it is worth. With great regret we will be closing down the kit club side of The Scrapping Spot. November is our last kit.

We do not want to lose our Scrapping Spot family, however, so we are going to set up a new (less expensive) message board where we can continue to share our lives and our scrappy goodness. Please stay with us! We will share with you the details regarding the new message board site soon.

We will be having some great sales to clear out the inventory of TSS, so keep checking the store. We plan to keep it open until December."


I am so grateful for the time I had there!! I have met some truly wonderful ladies who I consider family now and we plan to keep in touch through another message board which makes me happy! But at the same time I'm sad because I won't get any more of the fabulous kits to play with. So with all that being said.....here are the last 2 layouts and a card that I have to share from the November kit.









Be sure to head over the store! They have some great sales going on!

November Reveal!

It's reveal time at Burlap and Buttercups and take a look at this beauty!! This kit contains a gorgeous assortment of Authentique, My Mind's Eye, Pink Paislee, BasicGrey, 7Gypsies, and MORE!! Let me tell you this picture does NOT do this kit justice!!


Add-on kit


There are so many wonderful papers and embellishments, and the various shades of teal, grey, blue, brown, gold, and yellow offer so many possibilities for breath-taking layouts. So keep your eye out for our November Idea Gallery in just a couple of weeks!