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Bunny Gift bags for Easter

I found the directions to make gift bags on Sara Andrews' blog and decided to use them to create the candy bags for my grown kids and two grandchildren.  They were easy to make and fast too!  I will definitely be making more whenever I need them.  The cute little bunny is from the Cricut Baby Steps cartridge.  I never even noticed that cut until I saw an adorable card made by Glora Crafts.  The face for the bunny is the Cute and Cuddly assortment set by Peachy Keen.  I was so excited at how quickly I received these stamps and that I got them in time to make my bunny faces for Easter.  The border on top of the bag was made using a Martha Stewart border punch.

Target mailboxes for Valentines Day

I  always seem to be running behind these days.  Here it is two days before Valentines Day and I am just now trying to get something cute made for my grandkids.  Last night I decorated their little Target mailboxes using Create a Critter and Art Philosophy.  Tonight will be part two as I decide how to package them with the candy and other things we bought to give them as their Valentines treats.  Havent decided whether to use my craft bags and decorate them to match the mailboxes or use a clear plastic bag with a cute matching tag and lots of ribbons.  Hopefully I will post again tonight or tomorrow with Part Two!

Happy Birthday Gift Bag

I just love making my own gift bags.  Tomorrow is my mom's 77th birthday.  I got out my Gypsy and cut some flowers from the Art Philosophy cartridge and then added the Happy Birthday phrase from Paper Lace.  The tag is also from Art Philosophy.  I kind of customized the sizes to fit my bag.  The flowers were cut at 3.50 (for the tag) and 4 inches.  The scalloped oval and the tag and the phrase were customized sizes.  I hope Mom has a wonderful day.  It very well may be our last to share with her so it will be bittersweet for us.  As I have posted before, Mom is in the end stages of breast cancer.  We spend our days working and caring for her.  I love the time I have gotten to spend with her.  I just wish she had been able to get out and go more so she could have enjoyed her remaining time.  She loves being outdoors but now it is so cold.  She loves shopping (mainly just going and looking around) but I am so afraid to take her with all the flu going around.  So basically we just sit and watch TV together.  Her gift from us is an MP3 player because she loves music too and I thought that might be something to help her fight the boredom of being housebound.

Thanks for stopping by to visit.  I dont post often now as I have very little time to create.  Everyone please hug your moms if you are still fortunate enough to have them.  Most important of all.....encourage every woman in your life that you love to have their yearly exams and get their mammograms!!

Until next time......Tracy

Christmas Nugget Tins

This year I made some nugget tins to give as gifts.  The tins were part of a share with a Facebook group.  The papers came from Hobby Lobby and I just love the polka dotted patterns.  The Santa was cut using the Doodlecharms cartridge and by adding a Peachy Keen face.  I pop dotted the mustache and added some Glossy Accents to the nose.  The tag is the XL die and the Stitched XL die from My Creative Time.  I also used my Cuttlebug to emboss the beard and mustache with the Dotted Swiss embossing folder and another Cuttlebug folder (cant remember the name of that one) was used on the white parts of the hat.  I tied the tag to the tin using some green and red tulle.

Hope you all had a Merry Christmas.  Be safe in your celebrations tonight for New Year's Eve and Happy New Year to you all!!

Tracy

I am posting late but here is the Halloween treat containers I made!

I barely had time to get something made for the grandkids for Halloween.  I made these quick and easy popcorn boxes from Tags Bags Boxes.  The ghost was cut from Smiley Cards and the pumpkin I think from Hello Kitty.  I hid the faces though and used my Peachy Keen stamps.  It was the PK-550 Pumpkin Faces and the cute little sentiment is from MCT's All Around Halloween. 

Inspired from Pinterest

I found this cute fall hurricane vase while looking at Pinterest and decided to try it too.  I found the vase at Joann's and bought my dried peas, beans and unpopped popcorn and had this together in less than a half an hour.  It looks great on the mantle with my fall decorations!

I just finished a little cross stitch project too and I will share it later tonight or tomorrow!