Monthly Archives: September 2017

Wine Bottle Gift Bag – Take 2

I was determined to master the wine bottle gift bag today so this was the first project on my agenda.  Applying the things I learned from my first attempt yesterday, today’s project process was much easier and turned out much … Continue reading

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Wine Bottle Gift Bag … Well sort of …

I was asked to make a gift bag for wine bottles as one of Personalized Christmas Gifts.  Should be easy, right?  I looked for videos or samples and all those that I found were extremely over the top (they looked … Continue reading

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Year of Cheer with Snowflake Sentiments

Today’s project was inspired by a YouTube video by Tami White.  She has a Facebook Live video where she demonstrated a wine bottle tag and coordinating card and treat box.  She used the Year of Cheer Specialty Designer Series Paper and … Continue reading

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Paper Pumpkin September 2017 Kit

Today’s post will be short and sweet.  I have had my September Paper Pumpkin kit on my desk for about a week now and it has been calling out to me to open it up and put it together.  I … Continue reading

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Hearts Come Home to Painted Harvest

I thought perhaps you guys may have seen enough Halloween treat bags this week so I am switching back to Christmas themed projects.  Today’s project’s focal point uses a non-conventional Christmas color – black.  The designer series paper I used … Continue reading

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Spooky Cat Mini Milk Cartons in a Wood Crate

I am having so much fun making Halloween treat holders that I thought I would make another for today’s project.  This one was inspired by a UK demonstrator’s YouTube video (hers were much fancier, with heat embossing and more), but … Continue reading

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Spooky Cat Mini Treat Bags – Trick or Treat!

While most people count down the days to Christmas, there are others who count down the days to Halloween.  Depending on how my year has gone will determine which side of the coin I fall on that subject.  This year … Continue reading

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Painted Harvest on a Candle – Part 2

The next step in candle stamping is melting the stamped tissue paper into the candle.  You will need a Heat Tool and regular straight from your pantry wax paper.  Here is the finished project: Here are the next steps to … Continue reading

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Painted Harvest on a Candle – Part 1

Today’s project will be brought to you in two parts.  The project is a stamped candle.  Well, you don’t actually stamp on the candle itself – that would be difficult to do.  The trick is to stamp on tissue paper … Continue reading

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Hearts Come Home for Christmas

Switching back to cards for a bit, but getting a very late start after spending most of my day trying to “organize” my craft space.  Not much progress was made on the organization front, but I did get a card … Continue reading

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