Christmas present for my sister

One of the things I forgot to bring to Las Cruces was wrapping paper, duh! Anyway, if you know me I'm too cheap to go buy more when I have a ton at home. Oh yeah, I didn't have a box either. So, I got to thinking that I had bought this big Christmas paper pack and thought I could make a box out of paper and cardstock. And if you know me, you know I LOVE two-fers! I even made the bow out of the scraps! My husband was suitably impressed.

I can't tell you what's inside because it's a gift and I don't know if my sister reads my blog. Also, after Christmas I can't show you because I was so excited about the box, I forgot to take a picture of what's inside. I also made cute little gift boxes for my brother in law and nephews but didn't even take pictures of them. Darn it!

the last of the baby shower gifts

Sick of baby gifts yet? I kind of am. he he he. Vicki, yet another CTMH sister saw Jen's Daydream album and made one in Stardust. I also loved that one and was inspired to do one in Stardust also.

Part of the boy gift

Life would be so much easier if Andrea would just find out what the baby's gender is. Here's the box Memory Box. As with the girl one, as soon as there's a name, it will go on the bottom.

Supplies used: CTMH Stardust, mini sparkles, Summer and Autumn Craft Buttons, Rusty Pickle chipboard

more baby shower gifts

Here's the second part of the girl gift. A fellow CTMH sister, Jen made one for her friend and I really loved the way it turned out. So much that I even bought the Daydream paper pack! Stay tuned tomorrow for the boy set!

One of the baby shower gifts

Here's one of the baby shower gifts I was working on last week. It's another Memory Box. Not much to say about it except that once I have a name to go with it, the name will go across the bottom. Since my friend (who had her baby shower last Sat) isn't finding out what she's having, I had to make 2 sets of gifts. Oh brother! But, never fear, if she has a boy, I have a friend that's having a girl in May. If she has a girl, I'll have to make another girl set and keep the boy one for me!

Close up of the flowers and buttons

Supplies used: CTMH Daydream Paper, Winter buttons and mini sparkles, and misc flowers

Another Memory Box

My wonderful friend, Chris, just had a baby in January. She was another one of those annoying people that wouldn't find out the baby's gender in advance, so I had to wait for Robbie to be born before I could make him a Memory Box. (Again, this is my new go-to gift for babies, so if you're my friend and ever have a baby, this is what you're getting.) Chris just emailed me today to let me know she got it, so I can finally post pictures of it. I again didn't want to put too much "stuff" on it because I wanted it to be able to be stored on a shelf or someplace easy. I also didn't want to make it to "babyish" so Robbie can use it when he's older.

Supplies used: CTMH memory box, Stardust Level 2, Stardust Stickease, Extreme Alpha.

Chipboard: Rusty Pickle, Glimmer Mist to make the chipboard and star sparkly.

yet another Christmas gift

Are you all sick of them yet??? Because I certainly am. Man it was a lot of work making all these gifts. Can I let you in on a little secret???? I bought something for my husband. I made him something too, but I actually bought him some books he's been wanting. I'm safe telling you guys because he doesn't look at my blog. AND I didn't tell you which books I bought!
Enough with all that gabber, onto the handmade gift. This is for my "other" best friend's daughter, Addison (see previous post). I actually had run out of the chipboard wall hangings so I had to come up with something else. I thought about it some and saw that I had, ahem, found some chipboard coasters and voila! Let's spell her name with those suckers. Yeah, I should have picked a kid with a shorter name. ha ha ha.
It was kind of hard to photograph close up because it's so long, so you're going to actually get some "detail" shots too. Please ignore the spot on my couch, it's Baby Magic Baby Wash, really it is. And don't tell Addison, but she got the scraps from the Basic Grey Sugared Collection that I used on Brooke's wall hanging.

Here's the closeup. See how the letters shimmer? Love that Glimmer Mist.

More, more, more

These two wall hanging are for one of my best friend's kids. I'm really into these things for kids. I think they're going to have a lot of fun putting pictures on them. I made sure that the chipboard embellishments aren't adhered to the photo mats, so the pictures can slide right on under there.

This is Brooke's. She's going to be 3 in Jan and it just about the cutest little 3 year old out there. (I have to preface with her age because tomorrow I'll be posting the Christmas gift for my other one of my best friend's daughter who's almost 18 months) Brooke's wall hanging is made pretty much all with Basic Grey's Sugared Collection. I think the photo mats are CTMH Amethyst Textured Cardstock. Oh and the sparkly stuff on both are Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist.
This one is for Bryce who just turned 5. He is one of my 3 year old son's best friends. It's kind of cool to have 2 generations of best friends. Bryce's is made with a cornacopia of items the only of which I really remember is the chipboard stars are from Rusty Pickle.

One more set of Christmas gifts

Again, I can't say who these are going to because one never knows if they'll look at my blog. These are the CTMH Acrylic Albums and are too cute. The family pictures yet to be taken will gointo these albums. Again, I shamelessly was inspired by another CTMH sister. Why reinvent the wheel I ask you???

Supplies used: Notebook Level 2 Paper Pack, rubons, holyhock ribbon

I know who these are for!!!!

These are the Close to my Heart Display albums that eventually will become desk calendars for certain people (I made 2). Said people have never visited my blog but they both have the address and well, you just never know if they'll get inspired to pop in and check things out. Anyway, these were shamelessly cased from Kelly English-Triggs, a fellow CTMH sister, although instead of these cute pictures of my kids (why ever wouldn't she want pictures of MY kids on her stuff???) she made calendars. I was waiting for my January Stamp of the Month (little hint here, it's the cutest calendar stamp) but now that it's arrived, I see that it's too small for what I had in mind, still pretty cute though.

The album closed

Leo in Pismo Beach

Aaron in Tenaya Lake

Supplies used: My Creations Display Album, Magic Moments Level 2 Paper, Moments to Treasure stamp, holyhock ribbon, cocoa ribbon, sparkles and craft buttons.

More gifts!!!!!!

Whoohoo! 2 days in a row! (I won't tell you my little secret, I discovered how to post date posts, shhhh don't tell). Anyway, I came across these little beauties and had to make some. They're stationary boxes and have a spot for greeting cards, note cards, gift tags, a little address/note book, postage stamp holder and pen holder. In all total, I've made 6 of them. These are for my husband's aunts and maybe a few other people. The cards were inspired by many people and sketches. The Smile card was totally cased from Lisa Stenz. The link to the tutorial can be found here Have fun making these and if you do, link back so I can see them.

Supplies used: Perfect Day Level 2, cocoa ribbon, Treasure Life, Life's Creation, Chocolate alpha (small) and that sentiment stamp that I'm too lazy to look up the name of. :)

Another gift

Here's another quick gift I made yesterday. It's a wine container and the lucky recipient will not only get this beautiful container, but a bottle of yummy wine too! Actually, this isn't even a Christmas gift, but a thank you one. A friend (who is a wonderful amateur photographer) offered to take the family pictures I finally talked my husband into doing. Not only do we not have to go to Olin Mills, but he didn't want to charge us. What a guy!

The first of many Christmas gifts

I made a resolution to make everyone's Christmas gifts this year. Some people are much easier than others to make stuff for. The Grandmas???? No problem. But, what do you make for a 6 year old boy???? I wound up making my nephew Cain (and since my sister doesn't look at my blog, I'm safe posting a picture) a wall hanging with his name and some spots for him to put pictures on. He's way into dirtbikes and I'm sure would love to put some photos of him and his dirtbike on it. I really hope he likes it.