Happy 1/2 Way to Christmas!

Good morning! I hope everyone is having a great week- I know I am! Nothing planned or anything, but a good week, nonetheless! I did receive the best compliment from a customer about yesterday's invitations, which has left a huge smile on my face, though, so I guess that's always good!
Anyway, today's project is celebrating the fact that today is indeed 6 months till Christmas! (but who's counting?! Oh, wait, I am!!) To start my holiday planning, I designed a few treat bags for the upcoming holiday season:

How cute are these two?! I've been trying to come up with some more gingerbread-themed projects for this year. Maybe some cookies in these? We'll see! I'm just hoping that I get everything done in time this year! The next two pictures are of each of the bags up close:

I added a little glitter to each of the bags as their "frosting". I was contemplating adding some to the white outline, but I didn't want to ruin them, since it was already placed on the bags. Next time! And a little more sparkle, on their bows!
Thanks for stopping by! Have a great day and here's to hoping everything gets done in the next six months! Come back tomorrow for  (hopefully) a new project I was asked to work on!

You're Invited to A Holiday Soiree!

Good morning! We hope everyone had a nice, relaxing weekend. Today’s post is going to be considerably shorter than yesterdays. After a little lull, we spent some time over few days working on some new projects for our shop, including these invitations:

We wanted to get a “head start” on the holidays. Funny story- we’ve had “Start Christmas so it’s done on time” on our to-do list since August (no lie) and we finally did so. (Maybe we’ll get our July birthday gift done now… ) We made invitations for a few themes, including the ever-popular “Ugly Sweater” party, a “Nutcracker Sweet” party, and a penguin-themed invitation.  Hopefully we’ll be able to add a few new invitations and matching items over the next few days. Or the next few weeks. The way we see it, you can’t have a party without invitations, so they're the best place to start!

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Merry Christmas!

As you might be able to tell, we've been quite sporadic with our posting. Between the last few weeks of school, Christmas crafting, and working on orders, we haven't had very much time to make new projects. However, we wanted to take a few minutes to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas! We hope your holidays are filled with time spent with loved ones. We will be spending some time Skype-ing with the family tonight. Hopefully they don't start karaokeing while we're talking. We shall see what tomorrow brings. All we have planned is to make our cinnamon roll tree in the morning and talking to our parents and brothers.

We wanted to share some holiday lights with our readers. Here's a little picture of our cute little tree in the corner. The picture doesn't quite do it justice, but as you might be able to tell, it's a gingerbread theme. We made a bunch of gingerbread cookie ornaments and hung them up on the tree. Every once in a while it smells so good! We also made some adorable matching garlands and wreaths for the mantle and windows. Maybe we'll get around to post pictures of them. 

As we said before, happy holidays from us to you! We hope everyone has a very (pleasantly) memorable holiday. Have a great day!

Merry Christmouse!!

Good morning! We hope everyone is having a superb week. And that everyone back home is trying to stay warm. We hear it's supposed to be quite cold there. Anyway, it's been a few days since we've posted a new project up. We've been keeping uber busy, trying to get all of our holiday gifts done.Hopefully they'll be done in time to get them out on time.
So, on to today's project. This is a gift made for a teacher friend who absolutely loves Mickey Mouse:

This adorable set was so fun to create! It includes two wine glasses and four coasters. One glass is full of Mickey Mouse's silhouette. The other is a "gauge" of the day. It has three lines to describe the school day- "Oh boy!", "Aw, Phooey!", and the one for the hardest of days, "Up to My Ears", with Mickey ears. Here are some pictures of the side-step card that went along with it:

There's quite a bit going on in the card, including some glitter and rhinestones, although those are a bit hard to see. And, of course, there's also Rudolph on the roof, with his nose so bright! And the greeting says, "Merry Christmouse", which pops up off the card. The picture below is of the set all spread out, which shows each of the coaster designs (hope she doesn't mind us using her picture!)

How cute is that gift?! Who wouldn't want to get this set? It was so fun to make and we're already planning  sets for ourselves!
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Twas the Night Before Christmas, Part 1

So I should totally be doing some work, getting ready for this week, but with just two weeks left before break, well, I don't really want to right now...

We've had the same stuff up on our walls since we moved in, and it was definitely time for a change, at least for the holidays. A couple of weeks ago, when canvases were on sail at Michael's, we picked a couple up for this project. along with paint and vinyl. Our color-scheme/decor is pink and green gingerbread (very fun). We painted two of them bright green, and with Design Studio, cut out part of the poem "Twas the Night Before Christmas." I think these are going to look great when they're up on the wall together!

Back to school work, now, I guess. Part 2 of this project will be up tomorrow, and hopefully the last one on Tuesday!

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Ugly Christmas Sweater

So today's post isn't a Cupcake Saturday post, and is definitely deceiving, but I couldn't help but wanting to share it with you. When you hear "Ugly Sweater Party," you might think that it really is supposed to be ugly. Well, I don't do ugly, I do cute. And special effects.

So, I took a plain red sweater, some light brown felt, a white boa, a light up nose, a reindeer headband, and some battery operated lights. Everything, except the lights, were hot glued onto the sweater. The lights were poked through the bottom of the sweater.

The reindeer nose has a string that you pull to light it up. And of course there needed to be a little bootie on the back.

Updated: Needless to say, I got lots of compliments and won the competition! I already have ideas for next year!

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Happy Saturday!!

We hope everyone has had a wonderful holiday weekend so far. We hope everyone has gotten all the best Black Friday deals and all their holiday shopping done. We have not. We prefer to "celebrate" Small Business Saturday. It pretty much means that we make all of our holiday gifts. However, as small "shop" owners, who could blame us?! ((Holiday cards, anyone?) So, instead of having a Cupcake Saturday post, we have an adorable little holiday card to share with you today:

How stinkin' cute is she?! She has been adorned with her googly eyes, along with some little white pom-poms on her hat and shoes. Santa's little helper is holding a mighty large present, all wrapped up with ribbon. It is actually a gift card holder.

Who wouldn't want to get to get this little card?! It's such a cute little way to package a gift card! And to add a little more character to the inside of the card, we created some accents using the same paper:

This card is just too cute! We can't get enough of it! There will be a little boy to go along with her soon enough. Gift cards (and cookies) for everyone this year!
Thank you so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful day and remember to support the little guys in the neighborhood today!

Santa's Coming?!

Happy hump day! We hope everyone is having a super day so far. Luckily, it's already Wednesday and a few days closer to another weekend. We have never been guilty of rushing anything. The weekend, the holidays. Nope, not us! So, while taking a few minutes out of our orders, (and a need for change), we made a quick banner.

This banner matches the bags we made yesterday. It reads "Happy Holidays". The banner is pretty basic, with a few embellishments. We were fortunate enough to find the perfect paper to use in our scrap stash. It probably wouldn't have been used for anything else. Below are pictures of the letters, with some glitter on each, the Santa in the middle, that matches the bags, and the poinsettia on the ends, that match yesterday's tags.

 Santa has his googly eyes and spakley white trim, which is a bit hard to see. The poinsettia on the two ends have rhinestones in the center.
The plan is to create a few new matching items. Hopefully they'll be done before the holidays!
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Hey, Santa!

Good morning! We hope everyone had a great, long weekend and took some time to thank any veterans. We spent the entire day working on a ton of party favors, and after all this time, I think we have finally gotten everything down in order to bust them out. However, it's never too early to think about the holidays. (OK, maybe that depends on who you ask.) We took a break this weekend to make these little cuties: 

Our sister wanted us to make these gift baggies for her holiday gift list. We wanted to add a little holiday sparkle to Santa. We also used some rhinestones on the holly and poinsettia plants. And, of course, he has little googly eyes! We kept the tags nice and simple, since the bags are a bit more embellished.

Thanks for stopping by! Have a wonderful day!

A Sunny Christmas Wish!

Hello! We hope everyone is having a fantastic Thursday! Today has been a perfect day to work on projects. Mother Nature must know school is starting soon and started fall. The last few, and next few, are supposed to be rainy. We can't complain though, because we have a ton of work to do, trying to decorate a classroom in time for the first day of school. A new project seems to pop up every few hours. Anyway, I took some time out to create this card. It's a super cute southern Christmas card:

How cute is he?! It looks like Santa has been having a relaxing summer vacation, too, before getting back to work! I guess he didn't use very much of his SPF 50 suntan lotion...

This is a closer view of him. I kind of went pop-dot happy on a few of the pieces, as you can see the shadow around him. There is also some added glitter in a few spots to add another fun touch! The last picture is the inside of the card. The only fitting sentiment we could agree on was "May your Christmas be Warm and Bright":

And we added one more touch with the holiday-inspired beach ball on the inside. 

We are entering this card into a few challenges. We used a variety of cartridges, including both paper doll ones and Doodlecharms.

Fantabulous Cricut Challenge: Challenge 175- Heat Wave 

Bitten by the Bug 2- Let's Get Wet! 

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Tea Bag Ornament Card

Good morning! It is, sadly, the last week of summer vacation. Where did the time go?! But we have an awesome Christmas card to share with you today. Here's the front of the card. It's a pretty simple card, but the ornament is the star of the card.

And here's the ornament, taken off of the card. It's a "tea bag fold" ornament, which looks impressive, but was really easy to put together with lots of folds. Santa is glittered, but next time, I would do a different image, since this didn't work quite as well as I had hoped. Oh well.

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Reindeer Family Card

Good Friday morning! I hope everyone had a great week and has some fun weekend plans. Today's project is a really simple Chrstmas card I whipped up in less than 5 minutes, which makes it one that you can send out to everyone, not just the Christmas card A-List. And the kiddos get to help out on this one!

The reindeer faces are simply brown ink thumbprints, with the ears and horns drawn in with marker. The eyes could also be drawn in, but I just love googly eyes and think they make everything 1000 times cuter. Then the noses are just red jewel embellishments and a rub-on sentiment. The nose could be drawn in too, but again, cards look better with a little bling, right? And to make it even quicker to make, the sentiment can be printed out, right to the card. The inside of the card says, "From Our Family to Yours." I love that it can be so customizable and that the kids can make their own reindeer.

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Simple Snowflake Christmas Card

Today we have a very simple Christmas card to share with you. It's a 5x5 square, with each smaller square measuring 1.5 inches. The snowflakes are some brads we've had, waiting for something to put them on! Even though it took less than 10 minutes to put together, it packs a pretty punch.

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"Celebrate" Christmas Card

Hey There! Happy Friday! Today's project is a really simple, but elegant, Christmas card. I love the white-on-white look for cards, especially for Christmas.

 I had to add just a little color, because I really liked the ornament embellishment. Not only does it look fancy, but it has the sentiment right there! Doesn't really get any easier than this. The white layer is embossed with the Christmas Countdown folder. And I wanted to use my sparkly pens, so I colored in one holly. Next time, I think I'll keep to the white and just print a sentiment on the strip.

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Washi Christmas Cards

Good morning everyone! I hope this week is going well . Today's project are some really quick Christmas cards we whipped together.

These are 5x7 cards, with a 4.5" gingerbread and ornament cut out. We found the ridiculously adorable Washi tape (on sale) at Michael's, and just had to use it. This was my first time using the tape on a project, so it's not the absolute best, but it still looks pretty good. The bright colors aren't your traditional colors for Christmas, but they work for me!

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Merry Chipmas!

Good afternoon! Before we begin, we'd like to apologize for the fact that today is not a Cupcake Saturday post. We'd make up some excuse, like we forgot that it was Saturday, but in actuality, we just didn't want to go to the store...So hopefully tomorrow will be Cupcake Sunday...
Instead, we have a card to share with you today. It is one of our first Christmas cards of the season.

Doesn't it just put a smile on your face?! I feel like holiday cards, no matter what's on them, make you smile. Unless it's just us... This card started off with Mickey Mouse, but one thing led to another, and we settled on Chip. Mostly because he was laying down and fit with the look we were going for.
Anyway... So we made the card into a shaped card. It was a little tough when it came to putting it together on the computer. For some reason, it was just giving us a hard time. Eventually it all came together! So, once everything is said and done, we added some glitter, which adds a nice touch to everything! With that, we are entering the card into a few challenges today:
Fantabulous Cricut: Shaped Cards
Stuck on You Sketches: Disney
BBtB2: Christmas in July
Guess that's it for today. We'll leave you with another picture that'll leave a smile on your face!

Thanks so much for stopping by. Join us tomorrow for another (hopefully) another Cupcake Saturday (on Sunday)!

A Great Pear! Card

I hope everyone is having a terrific Tuesday so far! We have two fun projects to share with you today. The first one is a quick card I made for the FCCB Fruit Salad Challenge here.

This is a perfect little card for any couple. I love the color combination, but I don't know if a guy would necessarily like it :) I used the Serenade cartridge for the very pretty pears, and a fun flowery embossing folder for the back.

The second project is our holiday-themed project for the day. After yesterday's Christmas card, we figured that as a way to get everything done in time for the holidays, we would do one project a day, more or less. So today's holiday post is a glittery wonderland. It's "The Santa Express, {No. 25}

 

There is a lot of glitter going on in this layout. I had planned some more on the trees, but thought this might be good enough. Here's the train, covered in glittery snow. And a close-up of the passenger card.

 

Here's the title and a close-up of the caboose. I love how the wheels came out on this.

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A Few New Cards

I hope everyone had a fantastic weekend. I know we did. It was a fantastically crafty weekend, getting orders done, redoing our crafty area so it's not spread out over the entire apartment, and getting some new cards finished. We have three to share with you today. (I'm sorry in advance for the terrible lighting in the pictures. I guess my phone didn't want to be cooperative today.)

With Royal Baby Fever at an all-time high today, our first two cards are geared towards a younger crowd.
While neither "royal" or "newborn," they are adorable cards for youngsters. These personalized cards would make great birthday cards, with the child's name and age. The little critters and their big buggy eyes are too cute to pass up! (Is it just me, or does everything look better with googly eyes?)

Our third card to share today is a simple Christmas card. (Hey, it's never too early to start, is it? I just got an email with 75 Christmas gifts to make today.) I was looking for different challenges to put our work into, and found some new ones. The links are below. 

Challenges:
CAS on Sunday "Kraft and Twine" here.
Paper Crafting Journey "Christmas in July" here.

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Christmas Thank You Cards

I hope everyone is having a great weekend so far! Why is it that these two days go by so much quicker than any other two-day combination during the week?! Oh well. Here are our "thank you cards" for Christmas. I know, I know. A little late, but late is better than never, right? We used the card sketch from this SOUS sketch. We didn't add quite as many details as the sketch has since they need to be sent out.

I love this collection of paper (Jolly Holidays from Michaels) because it's Christmas-y, but it doesn't have the normal Christmas colors. The bright colors really make it pop.

Now we have to go watch the Seahawks take on the Redskins. Go Seattle!

Don't forget about our Kards for Kiddos project.

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Merry Christmas!

We would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and

I feel like a little kid again, waking up before sunrise on Christmas morning. I guess it's kind of easy to do when sunrise isn't until 8:00. It's been a while since we posted regularly, but figured today would be a good day to start again. It's been pretty busy around here, getting things together, working, etc., so we haven't been able to do much crafting for the blog without giving away some of the presents we gave this year. We will be posting those pictures soon. Anyway, we hope everyone has a wonderful day filled with family and memories!