PIN IT FRIDAY FAVS and the Very Best of Christmas Pins

Becky Roberts' Elves are the perfect paper crafts to make for the holidays:

Original Pin HERE

I made a whole bunch of them for my PJ Party last week. They have small clothespins (1 3/4" size from Michaels) on the back which makes them useful in a variety of different ways. I'm using them for hand delivered cards to dress up the envelopes a bit...and who doesn't appreciate a little Ghirardelli holiday treat?!

The photos below show the two variations of attaching the clothespins to the chocolates with landscape and portrait orientations:

...and here are some pics from my PJ Party last week:

Meat Tray from Rina

Oh! What fun it is to have friends like these!

Happy Holidays!

I'll be back posting again in January 2016 ^_^

PIN IT FRIDAY FAVS: Christmas Crafting and the Very Best of Pinterest Pins

LOVE this idea with York Peppermint Patties!

Original Pin HERE

I used Nesties to make a large one, and I bought a package of mints at Walgreens to make a smaller version:

The larger York patties are individually packaged inside the bag, but they are no longer covered tightly in foil and have air in the silver cellophane packaging. See the mint in the foreground in the pic below:

SU Stamp Set: Endless Wishes

...so I poked a small hole with a pin in the packaging on each one to release the air, then I taped the flaps to the center so the ends wouldn't stick out beyond the dark blue scalloped circles.

Here are some more York patty craft ideas on Pinterest:

Original Pin HERE

Original Pin HERE

Original Pin HERE

...and this one made me smile BIG time:

Original Pin HERE

It's the most wonderful time of the year

to bring smiles (via our

paper crafting skills) to those we hold

 close to our hearts!

Happy holiday crafting!

PIN IT FRIDAY FAVS: Star Wars Cards and the Very Best of Pinterst Pins

My son had his 30th birthday recently and I wanted to make a special card for him. I saw this card on Pinterst and decided my Star Wars fan would love one like it!

Original Pin HERE

I thought a Yoda sentiment would be perfect for this card:

I made one more card and rounded the edges at the top:

Here are my favorite Star Wars pins from last week:

Original Pin HERE

Original Pin HERE

Original Pin HERE

PIN IT FRIDAY FAVS: Birthday Bling and the Very Best of Pinterest Pins

Original Pin HERE

When I saw this card, it made me instantly happy! I tried a version with lines drawn using a Micro pen, but the lines turned out poorly and I nearly gave up on trying a version of this card. Last week, this card came up again...and I knew I had to give it one more try! This time, I used my computer to make the lines and at last...I was happy with this version:

...and version #2:

Here are a few more pins with bling that make me happy!

Original Pin HERE

Original Pin HERE

I have loads of trees stamps...I must experiment with gray ink plus a red border on white!

Original Pin HERE

Original Pin HERE

Lastly, here's a pin I saw for a lovely Thanksgiving card:



...and my version using SU's Branch Out set:

The added banner was the result of a happy little mistake/opportunity. The font I originally used on the base layer was too bold, so I just printed up a second more delicate version, cut it into a banner and covered the original sentiment with the new improved sentiment. I think it enhanced the card with the raised banner. I love it when near lemons turn into lemonade during the card making process!