Decembers Not So Secret Sister Gift

I told you a couple of months back that several of us scrapbooking friends decided to do a "Not So Secret Sister Gift" exchange and if you remember I made each of the girls a memo board and a Halloween wall hanging well the other day I came home to find a package from my friend Tammy and in it was my "Not So Secret Sister" gifts! OMG these are sooooooooooo stinkin cute!!! Look what she made!

Isn't that just the cutest thing you have ever seen? She said she found this on Pinterest and the snowman is made from a pillow! This photo just does not do this snowman justice as he is sooooooooo much cutter and cuddlier in person!!!

She also made this very cute cupcake ornament and added that to my box! I am sure she got this idea from Pinterest too and I know that she used CTMH's Cricut Artiste cartridge to make the holder for the cupcake. This ornament is way too cute to just have hanging on my tree so when the holidays are over I am going to be hanging this in my scraproom where I can enjoy it all year long!!!

Thanks Tammy for the wonderful surprise!!!!

File Folder Notebook Holder

Wow this is my second post for the day can you believe it? Make sure you scroll down to see the other great project that I have been working on!

Check out this great File Folder Notebook Holder, isn't this just the cutest thing and it is so very easy to make. When I first came across this I used regular manila file folders and used B&T paper to decorate it them but then when I was wondering around at Michaels I found these folders in the $1 section and just couldn't resist trying it with them. It is much easier and faster using the file folders that are already decorated for you.

This is a view of the folder with out the table it in. I used the cut off pieces to decorate the top of the tablet to match the outside of the holder.

The left hand side that folds over the note book has a pocket so you can put receipts, travel mementos just about anything that you would have that you didn't want to loose.

Here's one that I have started to decorate the outside with some ribbon but I haven't decided what else to put on the outside but the sky's the limit, you can put anything you want and wouldn't this make a great gift?

If you would like to make one of these for yourself, just click here and Tammy has made a great new video showing you just how easy it is to make one of these!

Hope you have as much fun making these as we did and check back soon for more fun things to come!

Look What I Got!!!

After coming home from a miserable day at work I found a package at my door! To my surprise it was a package filled with goodies made by my friend Lorraine who lives in Utah. Lorraine is a sister CTMH consultant and a GREAT artist! Check out what she made:

This 2 page layout and cards are made with the paper packet Veranda, isn't it georgeous? I think so!

This 2 page layout and cards were made using the paper packet Topstich

The last card is a monochromatic card using the new stamp set Enjoy Every Moment!

Thank you so much Lorraine for sending me these great day brighteners! Doesn't this just want to make you get out all of your stamping and scraping stuff and start creating? I know I want to do that!

Ready for Christmas?

Whew, I think that I am all ready for Christmas!! Here's a picture of what I did with all the Chex mixes that I made. I found these little ornament dishes at Michaels for $1 and put the bagged mix into the dish. I made the tags, I actually copied the idea from my friend Tammy Hellstern's blog http://www.scrappingwithtammy.blogspot.com/ I thought that they were so cute that I would use them on my goodies! I tied the baggies at the top with some of my cranberry grossgrain ribbon and viola this is what they looked like!!

I packaged it all up for all the girls that I work with and delivered them on Monday. They were a HUGE hit but now I am getting request for more mix since half of the girls husbands ate their goodies!! Men huh, can't live with them and can't live with out them!!!!

We are doing some final grocery shopping today as we are expecting 16 plus inches of snow in the next three days! Yes that is not a typo it is 16 plus inches of snow, at least that what they are saying on the news this am. I guess we will have to wait and see what we actually get, either way most of us dream of a white Christmas anyway and we for sure will get that!

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you all! I hope you were all good so Santa brings you everything on your list!!!