Day #10 by.....ME (Karon)!

Remember the photo I posted earlier of all my wrapped gifts? Well here is what I created for everyone. I sent "treats" for my December 22 (Day #10) gift for everyone. How about a cute little "chapstick purse" and a fun way to present a box of tic-tacs? I hope everyone enjoyed their treats....they were fun to make! Thanks to Kathy who helped me with some troubleshooting on the chapstick purse design....I'm getting there, I think!
Karon

Day #9 by Pam

On Monday, Dec 21, we all opened up this adorable frame from Pam! It was Day #9 of our 12 Days of Christmas swap and nobody was disappointed with this one! What a neat way to put vinyl to use...thanks Pam!

Karon

Day #8 by mjpsew

Mary Jo surprised us all with some adorable Santa tags on Day #8 (Sunday, Dec 20) of the 12 Days of Christmas Swap! I love the way she layered these....now do I use them on gifts or do I keep them for myself to use in my scrapbook? Tough decision!

Karon

Day #7 by Lisa

Movielady really outdid herself with this really cute trivet/coaster! I just love how Lisa used this phrase in such a functional way! It will look fabulous on my scrap table all year long. Thanks Lisa! I opened this one on Saturday, Dec 19 which was Day #7 of the 12 Days of Christmas Swap.....

Karon

Reindeer Poop!

Ewww you say? Well this is what we put in the surprise stockings project for Austin's 3rd Grade class. We even made up a few extra to send to school with Ashlynn to share with her Kinder-Prep class. Fun stuff! What is it really? I dare you to try one...........hahaha! Just kidding....it's really Whoppers! I was fortunately able to be in Austin's room when the kids opened their stockings and one little boy gave the most hilarious look when he saw this in his stocking. Too bad the camera wasn't handy!

Here's the phrase for you in case you can't see it well enough in the photo:

Santa checked his list, he even checked it twice

He found out that you haven't been very nice.

Since coal is expensive, here is the scoop

Santa filled your stocking with reindeer poop!

Karon

Day #6 by Mary

The gift we opened on Fri, Dec 18...which was Day #6 of the 12 Days of Christmas swap.... is one thing I think I've always said I needed....a Christmas planner! I love the creative way that Mary put this together and it looks so fun to use! Mary even e-mailed us the file so that we can print out the lists again for future years. Now that makes the gift even MORE functional! Thanks Mary!!!

Karon

Day #5 by mjhuntsman

We all just love our personalized handsoap bottles from Mary Jo! I am posting a couple of photos to see if the true detail shows up for all to see (sorry they are so dark). Thanks for the adorable rubons as well! We are all hoping she gives us the directions for this project because I know of several people I'd love to give this to next year! This gift was opened on Thurs, Dec 17 which was Day 5 of the 12 Days of Christmas Swap.

Karon

Day #4 by Chris

I have a confession to make on this one. I've been friends with Chris for long enough to know she had mentioned at one time quite awhile ago wanting to try this technique. So when I held the wrapped package, I knew instantly. That didn't spoil my surprise though! It turned out so adorable! I can always use a coaster in my scraproom and this one really fits the bill! This coaster was opened on Wed, Dec 16, which was Day #4 of the 12 Days of Christmas Swap.

Karon

Day #3 by Char

I think Char said it took 72 sheets of paper to make 12 of these albums! Isn't that amazing? She did a FABULOUS job on it...I just love the detail! This one was opened on Tues, Dec 15, which was day #3 of the 12 Days of Christmas Swap.

Karon

#2 by Theresa

Check out this personalized travel mug that Theresa made for me for the 12 Days of Christmas swap! I opened this one on Monday, December 14 for Day #2 of the swap. Thanks Theresa, I love it!

Karon

WINNER ~ Baking Cookies

We have a winner on my Baking Cookies blog post! Congratulations to Debbie B. who made it to the top of my list! There will be more contests such as this in the future so please stay tuned! Thank you again for all of your wonderful comments!

Debbie, I have your address on file so I'll get this sent out to you within the week. Enjoy!

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Karon

Ohh check out this contest!!

Win a cricut! Christmas Giveaway!

Here's #1 by Hailey!

The 12 Days of Christmas officially started yesterday (Sunday). To give everyone a full day to open their surprises, I will delay posting these by at least one day. Thanks Hailey for a darling set of snowman earrings and the dotlets embellishments!

12 Days of Xmas fun

This was so much fun, I just loved getting all these packages in the mail!

Now here they are all out of their mailing packages

Advent Calendar boxes

These were a lot of fun to make. We did these as a family. Now the trick was to find candies small enough to fit the boxes. The mini candy bars were about all that fit nice. We did smash up some candy canes and put in some..
What do you think?
I made mine for my best buddy! Karon
:O)

Death- a poem by Nathaneil

My son is 11. I couldn't believe this poem he wrote. I asked him what made him think about this. He talked of his grandpa who died in 2006. I just recently went to a friends funeral, I suppose that is what made him get on this subject. Anyway..here is his poem:

Death by Nathaniel TwoBears
Death is something that clings onto your entire life. It's something that you can't get rid of. It's something that will happen to everyone. Once if you hear or see a relative die, you can't forget it. You want to go back in and change it all so it won't happen, but you know you can't. You don't know if it is gonna happen to you, your dad or someone else. It comes unexpectedly. Sometimes you wish you could die but you don't want to and you don't realize it either. Death. It'll happen to everyone but you don't know when it will happen. For now just go out and live. The end

I am just speechless over this poem..lol

Baking Cookies

Every month we have a cut file swap on the TSI Forum. I thought of one thing we do around Christmas time at our house that we take pictures of ......that needs a special embellishment to complete a layout. We always bake during this time and Ashlynn just loves to help. Austin always seems to show up in time to lick the spoon but that's ok! Here's what I cut for this round and I cut plenty before the swap sign-up deadline commenced so I have a few extra. For every person that comments on this post I will enter your name in a drawing for a set that will be mailed to you. To be eligible, all comments must be posted by Tuesday, December 15. Why not enjoy them in your scrapbook too?

Karon

Updated Tealight Luminary file

Hi, if anyone downloaded the tealight luminary, Please download the updated file. I must have uploaded one in progress. It is missing a part.
Also, keep looking, I will have it converted into other formats and I also made 2 variations for the file. One with a scallop edge and one that is very detailed.
Hopefully I will have those up by the end of tomorrow.
Thanks!
Kathy

Advent Calendars

There are so many fabulous advent calendars out there that you can make! I found this project idea on the Family Fun website and it was a real hit with my kids, nieces, & nephew. I cut out all of the basic Christmas-themed shapes on my KNK and we had them ready to go with tape. We also fastened together 4 strips of paper and attached a jumbo eyelet at the top where the ribbon is tied on for the hanger. You can imagine the excitement when the kids all returned from the park to get to work on this. They fastened the shapes to the front side and numbered each shape from 1 to 25. On the back of each number, they got to tape a piece of candy which will be their daily treat as Christmas creeps closer. My daughter shocked me by immediately asking for a pen to "doodle" on the shapes. For a 5-year old I think I may have a crafter on my hands! My kids think of this calendar the moment they wake up every morning. It helps put the time frame for Christmas into perspective for them. My only regret is that this is the first year I've done an advent calendar with my kids. From now on it's a new tradition!

Karon

Tealight Luminary II

Here is my take on the tealight luminary file that Kathy made. I made this for my Mom for part of her Christmas gift. It cut out beautifully; I just wish I had better paper to choose from when I made it. I heat embossed on the vellum and it worked much better than I expected. Thanks Kathy for making those special adjustments to your original file for me!

Karon

Tealight Luminary

I made this a few years ago and thought you all might need a quick gift to give! I would LOVE to see what you all come up with. Feel free to modify it any way you want! If you do, I would love to see them!

 

Another in the 12 days Christmas swap

This was so fun to do! I just loved the paper I found at the dollar store. I JUST had to make a matching tag..LOL
I will be posting one for you all to grab in the next couple days.

SWAPS!

What have I been up to lately (or shall I say most of November)? A LOT of crafting! I have completed a Christmas-themed cut file swap, a Christmas card swap, a birthday perpetual calendar (for ME!) and most recently a 12-days of Christmas swap. I can only reveal one of these projects for now....and it's still a mystery. As the swaps are all received, I will share photos with you. For now though, I will share with you a sample of what I sent out in today's mail for our forum's 12-Days of Christmas swap. For now this is all I can share. My gift is #10 and it will be opened by all of the swap members on December 22. I can't wait to start opening the daily gifts....it will be here before we know it!

Karon

TearBears

I played around and made a tearbear last night. I have made them in the past but this time I viewed a cd on how Olivia makes hers. Sherri sells that at Thatsscrapinc. I love the added fluffiness I got after learning her technique. Also this one is so much sturdier than the ones I made before. I got a little heavy on the chalking..lol
Also the white parts of the hat are treated with liquid applique. I just need to heat it up yet.
What do you think?