Staying Warm?

Staying warm? Here in Woodinville, WA (near Seattle) we are getting a ton of snow. School was cancelled for today, so I let the girls have friends stay over night. They have been busy playing out in the snow. I have been busy crafting inside. I was inspired by the snow for my project. 

I am totally into making pockets out of the new cute bags
from My Craft Spot. Simple,fast, and oh so cute! I fold the
bags up from the bottom and sew the sides together with
my sewing machine. The stamped sentiment is from
the *White Christmas* stamp set. I used pretzel bags, the ones
from the craft store for chocolate dipped pretzels, filled
the bags up 1/3 of the way up with marshmallows, and tied
the top closed with strawberry cupcake twine.  

I tucked a little chocolate treat in the back. I think
Sammy's teacher needs this little treatster when
we go back to school. :)

My Craft Spot Challenge #41 -Snow Much Fun

Brrrrrrr, it's cold outside! I love it, and so do my girls. Perfect for today's challenge at My Craft Spot. This weeks challenge is *snow much fun*. Be sure to make a card/project and link it HERE for a chance to win the *Winter Wonderland* stamp set by My Craft Spot. Here is my project...

I LOVE the new bags now offered at My Craft Spot. I folded the
bag up from the bottom and then stitched the sides together with
my sewing machine to form a pocket for my card and a chocolate treat.
 I used chocolate truffle twine for my bow. 

The snowman is from the winter frolic cartridge cut at 3" .
The *Frosty Kisses* phrase was cut at 1 1/4". The scarf is
navy seam binding. The stamp I used for the face is the
*snow cuties* set from Peachy Keen stamps. I use the *snow
cuties* set the most!

The sentiment is from the *winter wonderland* set by
My Craft Spot. I think making this card worked because
it started snowing right after I made this card, and we
got a ton of it! 

Have a great week, and stay warm!

Happy New Year

My Craft Spot Challenge #39 -Winter Wonderland

Hi everyone! Hopefully everyone had a wonderful time with family and friends this holiday season. Hey,Happy New Year!


Have you seen all of the goodies being released over on the My Craft Spot blog?!?! Two new darling stamp sets, perfect for Valentine's Day. The goodie bags are so cute! 

Today is Monday, and that means it's challenge time over at the My Craft Spot blog. This weeks challenge is *winter wonderland*. Think glitter!

This whole card sparkles! I used glitter paper for the white layer and the igloo. Red Stickles on her scarf, and glossy accents on the heart. I used silver foiled paper for the shadow layer on the snowflake. The *Snowed Inn* sentiment is from the *Winter Wonderland* stamp set by My Craft Spot.The cute little couple and igloo are from the Create A Critter cartridge. The snowflake tag is from the Winter Lace cartridge. I did use my Gyspy to *hide* some of the details in the snowflake so I would have room for stamping. The maraschino twine is also from My Craft Spot.

Sewing machine stitching around the border. *Cold hands Warm hearts* sentiment is also from the *Winter Wonderland* stamp set.

Ok...run, don't stop, and check out all of the new goodies at My Craft Spot. Also, be sure to enter this weeks challenge--I'm excited to see what you all make!

Tiny Reindeer

*SECOND POST TODAY* 

I have a couple minutes of *free* time, so I thought I would post another cute little crafty treat. I got the idea from Kerry's paper crafts blog. She used a Silhouette to cut her antlers-you can check hers out HERE.

These are snack sized chocolate bars--I found mine at Target.
I cut the antlers from the reindeer on page 126 of
the Doodlecharms cartridge. Since there isn't just an antler
cut, you'll have to use your gypsy to move the reindeer
off the edge of the mat-- so you won't waste your paper.

I sized the reindeer at 3 1/2 with my Gypsy and linedfour along one edge. I used chocolate chip colored paper
from SU for the antlers. The reindeers are made out of
the smooth textured, kraft lt colored, Coredinations paper.
 The red sparkle paper is a scrap of something I had on hand.
 I cut a circle for the nose at a 1/2 inch.

This is what it looks like after you cut it out with your
Cricut. You will still have to use your scissors to cut out the actual
antlers from the rest of the head. You should get
20 sets of antlers from one piece of 12X12 paper.

Cute idea for plates at holiday dinners,
craft fairs, attached to a holiday card, for kids to give their friends,
even on a gift. I love them. I've already made about
100 of these this year.

Snow Cute!

Hi everyone! I feel like time to get things done before Christmas is going quickly! I have a quick share today. 

Aren't they *snow cute*! I wrapped a full sized
chocolate bar with white wrapping paper and
then stamped the largest Peachy Keen *Snow Cutie* face,
from the assortment set, with black Momento ink. I
chalked the cheeks and added little white highlights with
a gel pen. For the earmuffs I used a black pipe cleaner
and  pom poms. TIP: use a cool melt glue gun for glueing.
I just bought mine and it works great without burning
my fingers! The cute *Merriest Wishes* stamp is from
the Jingle All The Way set by My Craft Spot.

If you don't want to use buttons--I've
used black puffy paint and it looks just
as cute! 

Another really cute things about these little
cuties is they go well with the snowman from the
Winter Frolic cartridge--the one with the earmuffs.
Fun to coordinate a card with one of these treats.

Hopefully, I can post a couple more ideas later today!

My Craft Spot Challenge #37 -Christmas Shaped Cards

Hi everyone! It feels so good to be back to blogging. The cold and flu season has already struck the Egaas household. I've just recovered from the flu and a sinus infection. I was super bummed about being sick for the black friday sales, especially with my sister visiting and our big shopping plans. I guess we'll have to wait and plan on next year.  I hope all of you were able to score some good deals and something special for yourselves (like that new cricut cartridge you've been hoping for). :) 


Enough about shopping--let's talk about crafting! Today's Monday Challenge at My Craft Spot is to create a Christmas shaped card. Since I am behind on my holiday crafting, I thought I would make a present shaped card that I could use as a gift card holder.

I started with the *present* cut on page 109 of Doodlecharms.
I wanted my card to still fit in an A2 sized envelope,so I cut the
layers at 4 1/2 ". The *Merriest Wishes* is from the
Jingle All The Way stamp set by My Craft Spot.

I welded the *shadow* feature with my Gypsy
to make a card. 

I cut an extra shadow layer, cut the top section off,
and then sewed around the edge to make a pocket.
The stamped *To From* is from the *Merry Christmas*
stamp set by My Craft Spot. I ran a piece of sticky
strip and then added some maraschino twine.

Since I was on a roll I made a couple more cards.
I used scarlet red, snow white, and bubble gum hand dyed crinkle ribbon. 

The scarlet red ribbon makes such a beautiful bow.

Be sure to make a Christmas shaped card and link it up to this weeks Monday challenge. I have lots to share this week, so I'll see you all tomorrow. :)