Today's Creatvity

I haven't felt much like doing anything creative since Christmas....my craft room needed a tidy up to put things back into the places where they belong and I have been putting this off .... until last night. Don't know why but thought I would cover my notebook for this year at work. So after tidying up I got started and finished it off this morning.

Usually I have used an A5 sized notebook (which is easy to cover) but last year I fell in love with the A4 sized (Reflex) notebooks. The quality of the paper inside is fantastic - lovely white and heavier gsm than most. So this is my first A4 sized one that I have covered. I used some of my Stampin' Up! designer series paper, ribbon, alphabet stamps, scallop trim boarder and corner punches. The little heart is free swinging and in the photo it is backwards (I didn't notice when I took the photo, sorry) the heart is actually blue with a brown boarder and has 2011 on it. The spots on the butterflies are aslo glittered with kindy glitz.

Here is my other project completed today. I got a little canvas and stand for free at the craft show last year. It is only about 8cm tall. Today I painted it blue, added a little owl made from Stampin' Up! punch and some leaves for him to sit on. I have then stamped the word on the bottom. I am very happy with how it turned out and it will take pride of place on my desk at work.

My Family Christmas

Here is our Family Chrissy Present from my nephew Jaxon and his mum Cassandra. It was delivered to our door just before Christmas. The red and gold baubles are Ferrero Rocher chocolates with red and gold Lindt Choc stars in between. They are all individually wrapped with celophane around a wire to push into the foam wreath.Very Yummy! and easy to grab when you walk past.




Here is my version of the Gingerbread House....it was my first time ever to make and decorate one and I had a ball....it came with the plastic tray, pieces of gingerbread, icing and lollies...good value from Target.

I bought some new bowling balls for my dad off ebay....he picked them out but does not have an ebay or paypal account so I did it for him. When they were posted they were of course addressed to me, so I didn't let him open them. I checked that they had arrived safely and then wrapped them up to go under the Chrissy Tree! it nearly killed my dad having to wait 6 days before getting them, but he is one happy dad now!

After eating a full Christmas lunch dad suggested we watch a DVD cause there was nothing on TV and with all the rain outside it seemed like a good idea. Not long into the movie....dad went to sleep....this often happens to him after lunch but now I have photographic evidence!

Must have been all the excitement of getting his bowling balls!

Hope you all enjoyed your Christmas and have plans to see in the New Year with style.

Owl Bookmark Card

Yesterday was CRAFT time with some friends - thanks Kerri, Kerry and Melissa....(we missed you Leanne and Nicole). Anyway I made some more of my treat box cards to give to special people in my life....just need to buy some more Chocolates to fill them up. I also made some of these owl cards. The paper clip makes the little owl removable and he/she can be used as a bookmark. I just love the stampin' up! owl punch cause these little critters are so cute and very easy to make when you don't have to cut anything out.

Christmas Treat Box Card

I made 3 of these "Treat Box Cards" last night to give to friends in my craft group. The card is made with a folded box on the bottom that holds 7 little chocolates.....a card and gift all in one. I am going to try to make ones that hold chocolate balls in it today. I have also seen them with tealight candles in them. The card can be orientated in any direction....most of the examples I have seen have the treat box on the side. Overall I am very happy with how they turned out.
Hope everyone is enoying the holidays! and making the most of the time with sunshine that appears in between the rain.

What to do with ribbons????

I have started to re-organise my craft room. Stampin Up is releasing new colours in September when the new catalogue begins and some of the old colours are going. They have also organised all of the colours into new families. As a result I decided to rearrange my cardstock. I also have had a challenge of how to sort all of my ribbon spools. For ages I have kept them in a box...it really hasn't worked and it was always difficult to find the colour that I wanted (usually in the bottom of the the box). I thought I would look at some storage ideas on the internet...I found lots of great shelves/racks but didn't really want to spend a lot of money. I went to bunnings to have a look at wood and thought I could build a shelf unit myself. While I was there I saw this plastic storage box with holes that were perfectly sized for 8mm dowel. It could stand up by itself (definitely a bonus), so I decided it was worth taking it home to see if it would work. 10 mins later I now have a fully functional ribbon storage box. Total cost $11....what a bargin!