Top Note Bag

Last minute details in preparation for Christmas have begun. I have a few small gifts that needed just the right packaging. I've seen these cute bags floating around on different blogs (sorry don't recall whose) and thought I had to play with my new Big Shot. This was so quick and simple and oh so very cute! I took my Top Note die and 2 pieces of Riding Hood Red and ran it through my machine - voila, instant front and back to my bag. Inked up some snowflakes, from Snow Burst, in white Stazon and randomly stamped them on both die cute pieces. Then I took some Riding Hood Red ink and sponged it around the edges. The bag takes its form from paper sacks that I picked up at Michaels, measuring 3-1/2" x 2" x 6-3/4".
I cut mine to 3in and then adhered my decorative front. Took the Large Oval punch to punch a handle through the top of one side (part of your bag will be punched as well and that is ok). Then adhere the other Top Note to the back of the bag, realign your Large Oval Punch with the front and punch out another 'handle' on the back side. So simple! Then I took the adorable Little Felt Flurries (Holiday Mini #113697) and attached them with a Circle Ice Rhinestone Brad. All this cuteness in under 15 minutes!! :)

Enjoy your Christmas Eve!!!!

Kim

Wine Gift Bag

I have my coasters, and my wine glass charms, now I needed the bottle of wine. So I kreated a wine bag/box to finish of the kreative trio. The box/bag was kreated out of cardstock and DSP and a piece of cardboard, for the base (the one SU sends with the Big Shot Dies). Makeesha from Inkspirations has a step by step picture tutorial for this fun gift bag. Thanks Keesh!! She's an Aussie :) so her measurements are in cm's, so after kreating the box I was on my own with the DSP and altered my dimensions a bit. The cardboard is cut to 4-3/4in x 4-3/4in and then scored at 3/4in all around. Snip the corners to adhere and kreate a box. This is the base of your wine box. The 'box'(Old Olive) is 7-1/8in x 12in and scored at 3-1/4in and 6-1/2in and you need 2 of these and then adhere them together around your base. TIP: You will want to adhere with the tough stuff, STICKY STRIP!!!! (Or any other strong double sided bond) I decorated with Holiday Treasures DSP and Choc Chip Grosgrain Ribbon. Four Pewter Eyelets were placed at the top using my Crop-a-dile and Riding Hood Red Striped Grosgrain threaded through for the handles. The handles are more for the decorative look - I would definitely support your wine bottle at the base and not carry it by the handles!! Season of Cheer Rub-Ons provided the perfect Choc Chip sentiment to finish off the bag. Cute, Cute, Cute!!! Gotta go finish my baking!!!! Any questions, feel free to contact me!

For now, go kreate
Kim


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Happy Birthday Samantha

What a weekend! LOTS of last minute shopping, LOTS of SNOW and my littlest turned 2! I feel for all you December babies out there! Never-the-less, she knows no different right now and loved her cupcake, presents and all the attention on her! I had a busy weekend, so no time to stamp, no time to post. But here is a photo to share of the birthday girl and her older sister in their 'party' dresses! And one of Samantha diving into her cupcake :) Mmmm, Mmmmm Good!


















Be back tomorrow with a new kreation!
For now, go kreate - or finish your Christmas shopping :)
Kim

Holiday Tradition

Holidays bring many a tradition. One in particular is certain foods that we always seem to have. This tradition I'd like to pass down to my girls when they cook/bake for their family holidays. So in the years to come I will compile some of their favorites foods and sweets in this cute recipe book! Which hopefully they will treasure and be able to hand down to their children. This little book starts with SU 5x5 Chipboard Journal and is covered with some ribbons. The chef from the Voila set was inked in Basic Black and his clothes and hat highlighted using blender pens and ink. TIP: Take a closed SU ink pad and squeeze the center of the pad. Upon opening you will kreate a small pool of ink in which you can pick up a little color with your blender pen and begin to 'color' your image.
The chef was snipped out and placed on dimensionals to finish off the cover - pretty simple but I think way cute!

The index page is stamped with a retired alphabet set using the coordinating ink colors as the colors for each tab. From the top - Baja Breeze, Pacific Point, Apricot Appeal, Certainly Celery, Old Olive, and Rose Red. Each tab was punched out with the Round Tab punch to make the perfect little section dividers. On each page with a tab, our little chef revisits holding the dish to be focused on. His hat and tie are also inked in the same colors as the tab, again using the blender pens (I may also go back and highlight some of the foods on the dish and also use my alphabet set to caption each section)

The greatest thing about this little book is with the Spiral punch I can cut some Very Vanilla cardstock, Spiral punch it and add it to the book as needed. Now this isn't meant to be a full blown recipe book - just some of our most favorites and hopefully my girls will be able to add their own recipes one day.
Definitely a cute gift idea too for that cook in your life! Hope you enjoyed!

For now, go kreate
Kim

Wine Charms

Do you recall my tile coasters? If not click here to view them. I had to make something to go with them and I was lucky enough to find this fabulous idea by Laura at Scrapnextras. I've made various images on my tiles and they will all have coordinating wine charms :) My favorite had to be the snowmen that I snipped out - a little time consuming, but definitely worth it! The snowmen is from a retired set called Frosty - thanks Lizzie for letting me borrow him! He was the perfect size for shrink plastic (Shrinky Dinks) to cut out and shrink! My images were inked with various Stazon Inks or Sharpie Markers and stamped onto Shrinky Dink material. Some were punched out with the Scallop Circle punch and others hand snipped. I placed a 1/4" hole at the top of my image and then used my heat tool to watch this fun (and really amazing) transformation. Thanks Laura for the idea. They are so fun to kreate and they are so cute!

For now, go kreate
Kim

Gift Certificates

I'm Back! The craziness of getting ready for my 'Vendor Fair' is finally over! Now its time to make my Christmas cards-OYE! The fair was this weekend at a 55 and older gated community activity center and not open to the public. Unfortunately not worth all my efforts, but I can chalk it up to 'experience' and I can be thankful I did sell some things (some vendors sold nothing :( The HOT items were knock-off brand purses and jewelry. Hmmmm, maybe I should start making jewelry?... NAH!!! I love stamping and all the projects I created, just wasn't the right crowd! I had many say I had a lot of talent, which did make me feel good - I just wish they had bought the talent :) I did have someone want to purchase my bone folder though! LOL! After not doing so well, at the end I was thinkin' - I shoulda sold it to her (I'm still chuckling about it) :) Well, I have ALOT of stuff for the next time around (?????) or maybe I just have a lot of extra Christmas gifts this season :) Thanks for all your wishes on my success at the fair! And a HUGE thank you to my sister in law for sitting with me and people watching :) !!!!!
Anyway, I have a few of these gift cards to be mailed out tomorrow to some lucky recipients :) So if you have a stamper in your life and have no idea what to get them, contact me for a Stampin' Up gift certificate designed and redeemable through me.
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For now, go kreate
Kim

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Mini Photo Album

Isn't this the cutest little photo album? If you have any of SU Clear Envelopes (#102619), they hold 4x6 photos and are perfect for this little book! Two pieces of Baja Breeze cut to 7-1/4x5 sandwich the envelopes/photo sleeves between. Two Jumbo Pewter Eyelets (hidden behind the Baja Breeze Ribbon which is threaded through the eyelets and knotted) bind the book together and then decorate your cover. Cute gift idea!!!
Stamps: Snow Swirled (little snowflake), Jolliest Time of the Year
Paper: Baja Breeze, Not Quite Navy, Whisper White, Urban Garden DSP
Ink: Basic Black, VersaMark, Old Olive, Not Quite Navy
Accessories: SU Clear Envelopes, Iridescent Ice Embossing Powder, Baja Breeze Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon, Jumbo Pewter Eyelets, White Grosgrain Ribbon, Felt Flurries, Silver Brads, Word Flurries Rub-Ons
Tools: Crop-a-dile, Scallop Edge Punch, Corner Rounder, Blender Pens

If you'd like to see how to make this mini album, please leave me a comment and let me know what you think. I have a few tutorials to show you in the near future and I can add this to the list as well.

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For now, go kreate
Kim



ETA: At Mary's request :) I've added a picture of the inside of the album - this particular album will hold 12 photos, but each album you make can be customized to however many photo sleeves/clear envies you'd like! So cool! Fits 4x6 photos perfectly as you can see photos of my 2 girls last winter :)