School Pics

This is a small project that I made for my neice and newphew... I used acrylic and metal panels from Kits2Remember. I have to say - I really LOVE their acrylic!! It is the best. This project was made with a 4x4" acrylic and a 4x4" metal sheet. Of course, some pretty scrapbook paper... I found some cool buttons at Michaels, so I used them on the metal panel, so it kind of frames the picture. I made one for each kid, so they can put up their own picture... or maybe their friend from school. It was a fun project to do!!

Busy Bee!

I have been so busy lately!! I bet each and every one of us could say that - especially at this time of the year!! I feel like every spare minute has been filled with something! Between the normal work, family, home, homework, I was also in 2 craft shows. Whew! I have to say I am really looking forward to the time off over the Christmas holidays! Here are just a few things that I have made lately...
The above are the giant wooden paper clips. They are about 6" tall, 1/5" wide. They are very fun - and of course super easy to decorate!

I made some recipe boxes as well as some "Gift Organizers". I personally love the gift organizers. I use the same tin box and decorated it with really pretty paper, rick-rack and big bazzill flowers! Inside you have dividers that you put a name on. Then every time you get that person something you write it down. You can even write down things they got you so that you don't forget!!

And of course we have metal! This is a little picture "frame" I made. You can change the picture when ever you want since it is just help on with matching magnets! What fun!!

Are you making any gifts? What kinds of things are you making?

Until next time....

Dad's To Do list - metal project

Thought I would share a really quick metal project... I made this with a 5x7" metal panel. The paper is by Karen Foster. Just adhere the paper to the metal panel. The title is created using a CK font called "Tools". The screws are really brads! Tie some ribbon or rope so it can hang on the wall. I punched out 3/4" circle from the paper scraps. Glued it to a magnet with zipdry. Then glued a "flat" marble on top of that! A super fast project. It would be a great project to do with the kids and they could give it to dad for Christmas!

Countdown to Christmas!

I know... I know... it is a little scary, isn't it? I can't believe that Christmas is not all that far away!! And yes, it really is only 79 days until Christmas!

This is a project that I made this weekend. I used two 5x7 metal panels that I got from Kits2Remember. The fun thing about working with metal panels is, of course, you can use magnets!! I also found this really pretty paper from SEI (Holly Lane). I tend to go for cute, snowflakes, etc. But something about this paper... Then I found these very cool crystals by Say It In Crystals that matched the paper perfectly! And of course, that is how it all begins! I used chip board letters and covered them in paper from the same SEI line. The letters were cut on the Cricut using the Stone Script font cartridge. I hope you like it!