Can you believe it's hump day?

Wednesday already?  Honestly where does the time go? 

Yesterday Betty stopped by and we did not really do anything major.  She made a few cards and I used some of her punches that I asked her to bring over.  Not really much getting done but that's fine.  It's nice to just sit and chat every now and then.  It's not like we have to do stuff all the time, although it's fun.

I wanted to show you a couple more of the CD holders that I made.  These are really fun to make.  Last night I had to go to the store and I found a huge pack of hot chocolate and I'm going to be filling these with that and some other "snowman soup" kind of goodies.  You don't have to use that, you can use anything ~ really the possibilities are almost endless. 

The base is Chocolate Chip that I layered with Bashful Blue, Tangerine Tango and some Frosty  Day DP from SU last year.  I stamped the sentiment from The Angel Company in Pumpkin Pie ink and punched it out with my SU wide oval punch and layered it on to a piece of Bashful Blue that I punched out with my Super Scallop Oval punch.  I took my paper piercer and my white gel pen and did up the scallops a bit.  I adhered that and added the felt flower and foam snowflake with a crystal brad in the top corner and I was complete.

For this holder I used a green base and layered it with some Real Red, Dark Green and Dashing DP card stocks.  I stamped the sentiment from The Angel Company in Real Red ink and punched it out with my SU wide oval punch and layered it on to a piece of Dark Green cs that I punched out with my Super Scalloped Oval punch.  I took the white gel pen and paper piercer to the Dark Green layer to give it a little more pop before adhering it to the box.  I added a red felt flower to the lower left corner and a green felt flower and foam snowflake to the upper right corner and I was complete.

Over the next week or so I may or may not be here.  I have some family medical issues to deal with so I might be a little sporadic.  I hope that you all understand.  I hope that you all try this CD box out ~ they are really fun and they would be a fun gift to give a co-worker or friend.

Have a super great day!!

Good Monday Morning!

Howdy everyone, I hope that today finds you well and that you had a wonderful weekend.  The weather was great here.  Typical Fall weekend.

As I sit here and type poor Dixie is sleeping on the bed and she just rolled over and fell off.  Poor girl.  I think that it scared me just as much as it did her.

Let's get down to it ~ let's show some stuff...  Ready?  Of course!

Last year I made these boxes, we actually they are more like CD cases - they are from Lauren Meader and they are her Music Makeover boxes.  I made one for Danielle's bus driver and he loved it.  I put a hot cocoa pouch, marshmallows, candy kisses and a candy cane in them.  It's a neat little gift idea.  Well, I'm making them again and I've got a few to show you.  But for today you'll have to be happy with just two of them.

For this I used Pink Pirouette as a base and I layered on Riding Hood Red and some DP that I had from Heidi Grace called Jolly and Bright.  I used my SU wide oval punch and my super scallop oval punches for the sentiment that I stamped in Close to Cocoa ink on white cs.  I used my white gel pen and my paper piercer for the Riding Hood Red oval.  I added a felt flower from American Crafts and a prima with a crystal brad and I was done.  Cute huh?  I'd love to receive something like this!!

 

For this CD holder I used a Bashful Blue base that I layered with some Real Red cs, some textured Old Olive cs and some DP from SU! Ski Slope (last year I believe) collection. I just used my super scalloped oval punch to punch out the sentiment from The Angel Company's purchase with purchase stamp that I stamped off with Real Red ink.  I used my green gel pen on the scallops and my paper piercer also.  I had some foam snowflakes from a purchase at Walmart (years ago) and added a felt flower from American Crafts with a crystal brad and I was complete.

Do you like these?  I think that they are perfect for little gift items.  You can use them for hot cocoa, drink mixes, teas, CD's ~ anything small enough that you want to jazz up the packaging with.  I'm sorry that I can't post the directions - I purchased them last year from Papertrey Ink.  Lauren has lots and lots of templates there you can check out, take a peek. 

I hope you enjoyed today's post.  I will have a few more for you tomorrow!  Thanks for stopping by and have a super great day!!