New Year's celebration bottle

This is one of the projects from my last stampin session - an appropriate project for New Year's.

I am fortunate to have a special die cutting machine and a big die that cuts the bottle shape.  It is able to cut not only paper and card stock but metal as well.  The "Cheer" is a segment from a Big Shot strip die.  The seal at the neck is made using copper embossing powder - several layers of it. The new year number is also done using copper embossing powder.  The ribbon is attached to the back of the neck of the bottle die and is meant to use to hang the tag on the neck of a bottle.
Hope you like it!
Peggy

Happy New Year's Eve!!

Hi all
Hope everyone is enjoying their holiday.  My family and I are not into taking on the crazies on New Year's Eve, we prefer to be home and so I am here enjoying some new DVD's ..later we will jump onto the TV and catch the ball dropping at midnight. 

This picture I am sharing is actually a variation on a theme from a project from earlier in the season.  As Christmas presents for my sister and my MIL, I made shadow boxes like I had done earlier in the season with my coworkers from one of my schools.  But the boxes were slightly different from the original ones so I changed up the bottom row a bit and included a manger and an angel.  They were very nicely recieved by my family.  The manger was made from rectangles of cardstock and the head is two layered half circles.  The angel is made from a pennant punch, a circle punch and a heart punch.  cute!
Peggy

Holiday Tags and Gift Card Holders 12-11, part 8

Hi all
Where we are almost there!! Christmas Eve!
Today I want to show you one of the last (second to last?) tags from the class. We used a tag board CD folder.  This would be great to hold a gift card as well as some literature about the place where the gift card can be redeemed or a photograph.

The cover has a ribbon tied on the side to keep the folder closed.  The white medallion was made from two scalloped circles, scored, folded and joined together.   The center is a corduroy button.  Here's the inside....

Hope you have all your Christmas preparations done so you can enjoy time with your friends and family.
Warm wishes!
I'll still be posting through the holidays so pop back when you get a moment.  Also, I'll be stamping on Thursday,  I'd be happy to have you join us.
Peggy

happy hanukkah!!

Hi holiday crafters!!
In honor of the beginning of Hanukkah, I wanted to make a simple but special project that I saw on the internet at the Parents.com site.  I thought this was such a cute idea for a child so I decided to make two of them for my friend whose daughter had twins about three years ago.  Take a look....

First I painted each of the little spools (pale blue and medium blue)) and a stick (white) about a foot long.  Then I hot glued each spool to the stick. (It is easiest to get them aligned if you attach the center one first. I used glue dots to add the little snowflakes to the front of the spools.  You could also number each spool.  Now what you can't see in the picture is the colorful (and glittery) pencils (unsharpened).  You put the pencils in the spools and each day you "light" the candle by adding an arrowhead pencil eraser to the top (ie fake flames - mine were yellow and orange).  My friend's kids are in a family of multiple religious associations so it seemed like a simple way to introduce some of the Jewish traditions to the girls.  To my delight, my girlfriend really seemed happy with the gift and said she will overnight the menorrahs to her daughter - I thought she might want to wait til next year when the girls are a bit older but she seems eager to send them right away.  It is such fun to make a gift and have it well received.  I was delighted too.
Soon I will get back to the gift tags and I also have some holiday treats and a special calendar for you as well.   As I said yesterday...busy times!!!
If you are feeling a bit overwrought and tired, consider coming to my fun stampin session next Thursday.  I have scheduled both a day and an evening session so you can pick the one that fits your schedule. Be sure to make your reservation by Tuesday of next week.
Remember the big discounts are still available in the store on my Stampin Up website:   http://peggyouten.stampinup.net
Peggy

Holiday Tags and Gift Card Holders 12-11, part 7

Hi all
Sorry I'm a bit late tonight - lots to do ...cookies for swaps...treats for staff....gifts for friends!!

Here is a wonderful gift card holder - sometimes these are made from envelopes.  I didn't have any kraft envelopes so I just made if from cardstock.

This cute little guy is from the Kidoodles set - the one that benefits the Ronald McDonald house.  Won;t you consider adding it to your collection to help RMcD too?
I love that yo'al visit my blog ...if you enjoy seeing my work, how about leaving a comment?  Admittedly it is sometimes hard for me to stay motivated to post every day when I so rarely get to enjoy a comment from my visitors.  If you are coming back over and over there must be something you like!!!!
Peggy

holiday treat

Hi all
I am interrupting the presentation of my holiday tags and gift cards to show you a little project I put together for the students at one of my schools.  Last week they had a fund raiser at a local branch of a book store.   I offered to prepare a craft project and had 75 kids make the project in two hours.   Man were we busy!  It isn't a very involved project but the kids really enjoyed making it.

Some of the kids assumed the tag said "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" but in fact it said, "Rudolph,the Red-Nosed Reader"...gotta encourage the kids to read, read, read!!!
Fun, huh?
Peggy

Holiday Tags and Gift Card Holders 12-11, part 7

Hi all
I am nuts about my Sizzix/Stampin' Up! dies and Big Shot.....so I used them again!!
This stocking is a tag and gift card holder in one.  Lots of times we give a simple little gift and attach a related gift card.....maybe give a friend an oven mitt  and then attach a gift card for a kitchen store.  This stocking would be perfect for that.

On the back is a scallop envelope which would hold the gift card.  I sure have gotten a lot of use of my stocking die.
Peggy