Grinch ornament/treat

Hi all
Here is a nifty little ornament/treat that has been popping up all over the internet. 

Again it is a project that is made from punches: curly label, pennant, circle, lil flower.  So cute.  Of course, I used our skinny treat bags to hold the piece of licorice.  Wish I could make these for my 150 coworkers, but it just too labor intensive!!  I'll have to find a simpler project.
Come back tomorrow to see one more project from the ornament class.
Peggy

Elf ornament

Hi all
Today I had a surprise opportunity.  I was working with my students this morning and I looked up to find Dr. Dance, the Superintendent of Baltimore County Public Schools, standing there watching us.  I took a moment to shake his hand ...he and I went to the same college and his mom was an occupational therapist.  He has a nice firm handshake and an interested demeanor.  It was a treat for me to meet him.

Today I have a cute elf ornament to show you which I found on several different blogs - not sure who started it!

Can you tell that he was made using several different punched elements?  I just love the way his arms and legs are made from the candy canes.  Clever!  Just two more ornament projects to share ...come back to see one of them tomorrow.
Peggy

Countdown to xmas

Hi all
Today  I am interrupting the ornament show to post pictures of a countdown to Christmas I made for my roommates at work.

One nice thing about this project is, it is temporary; I can take it apart and reuse the box for another project.  I made the simple countdown numbers in alternating colors and clipped each to a drawer with a circular paper clip.  I bought the set of boxes at a big craft store with a coupon.  Unfortunately, the drawers fit quite tightly so covering them with designer paper is unlikely to work.  I love countdowns to Christmas although not too many of my gals seem interested in them.   Some folks think it is a kid thing but let's face it, anyone enjoys a little surprise treat!!  I didn't feel like I could take on making four different sets for my four roommates, which is why I am rotating who gets the treat from Monday to Thursday.  Everyone gets a treat on Fridays.  I think they are enjoying the treats - especially since I have been mixing up what each person gets...mostly candy.  Hope it inspires you to do something nice for a friend or co-worker.
Peggy

ornament class - medallion

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Today was a really great, but loooong, day.  It began early, so we could get to the volunteer fire station for Breakfast with Santa ...a family tradition for sooo long, I don't recall when we began ...but it is way more than 23 years now.  Love getting to see my friend and her family, even though half of our kids are not teenagers any more.  We didn't linger long this year; it turned out to be a very well attended breakfast so we gave up our seats to those who came after us.  Also, I had promised my friend/co-worker, Amy, that I would run a craft activity at her church, so I dropped the guys home and zoomed to the church.  It wasn't a huge group of ladies, but about half of them chose to make the star folded ornament (posted on 12-4-12).  Lovely group of ladies and I discovered that the pastor's wife is an occupational therapist (like me!) and even attended the same university that I did.  Funny!  Thank you, ladies, for the opportunity to play with you!

Today I want to share another project from the ornament class.  One of my ladies (Hi Patti!) wanted to get the special medallion kit that Stampin' Up! was selling, but it has now sold out!!!.. Tonight, I was talking with her about how she could create a version of the medallion with what she has or what she wants to order.  Here is my version....

The bottom layer was made by using the Holiday Ornaments framelits and the Big Shot and some retired, flocked designer series paper.   Because they used the precut DSP, the ladies in the class didn't have to wait for an opportunity to die cut a stamped image.  I thought that would really jam up the progress of the task!   The artichoke layer is made from 12 punched always artichoke ornaments and 6 stamped ornaments which were then punched out.  Each ornament was folded in half and then glued together to form a three part segment.  The white layer was made using the Rosette die (but you can hand score the cardstock to create a rosette too).  Finally, we used the faceted crystal buttons and a dahlia to compete the set.  The button and dahlia were attached with hot glue (I am definitely NOT a hot glue fan - makes me think of spider webs!  If you would like to try to make this ornament, tackle the task one layer at a time.  If you do not have the ornament framelit, think what you might use instead.  Just work thought the layers trying to make each layer a bit smaller than the one below.   By the way, the ladies attached each element to one of the nifty sticky circles from Stampin' Up!  That really made the task easier, I thought.
Here are the medallions some of the ladies made...

If you need more of an explanation of this project, don't hesitate to contact me. 
I will be holding a tag and gift card holder class next Sunday, please register early...I have several "extra- curricular' activities this week, so it would help me if I can make your packets early.
Peggy

Hi all
Sorry I missed posting  last night....got caught up in an activity and didn't get back to the computer. 
Today I have a fun ornament/pin for you...so fitting for the upcoming season....and easy to make too!

Several  punches went into this project:  scallop circle(backing), wide oval (hat), 1 3/4" circle (face), oval
(brim of hat).  And yes!! his nose is lit up!!!  How cute is that?!?!  There is a hole in the scallop circle backing so the on/of switch of the candle light is accessible.  You can add a pin back to wear it on your clothes or a piece of baker's twine to hang it as an ornament.  There are rhinestones for the eyes and mouth.  I had some left over black ones from a previous Stampin' Up! mini catalog but you can also use a black sharpie on clear rhinestones to make them black too.  Tie on a scarf of ribbon and you are good to go!!
Peggy

Hi all
Today I want to share with you a three dimensional star ornament - the gals really seemed to enjoy this project. 

 

I like it because it can be made any size which makes it useful in many different ways.  We used five  3" square pieces of designer paper which were each folded vertically and horizontally (the folds forming a + on the paper) and then you turn the paper over and fold just once on the diagonal.  You adhere the five pieces in a stack (glue the outside of the first folded paper to the outside of the second folded paper, etc.) Then you add a piece of solid colored cardstock to the top and bottom of the stack - we also stamped on a piece of vanilla cardstock and layered it on the colored cardstock square.  The ribbon is sandwiched between the solid cardstock and the stamped piece.
When you open the star up, here is how it looks....

Imagine that you made the item from several full sheets of designer paper.  Then you would have a large enough surface on which to scrapbook.  Experiment with different papers to see what you create!!
Peggy

Hi all
Today I have a cute angel ornament for you. 

 

The gals got to make two of these from two different sizes of scallop circles.  Some folks use part of the scallop circles for the angel wings but I think some of those angles look a bit more like a 747 about to take off.   I wanted a softer look, so we used a die cut butterfly for the wings instead.  When the gals made their angels, I had run their wings through a textured embossing folder to dry emboss them ...it gave them a real elegant look.  We used dazzling details around the angels wings on both the front and the back sides.  Hope you enjoyed seeing this project. 
Did you know that Stampin Up! is offering a special kit to make 10 medallion ornaments/gift embellishments.  Check out my Stampin' Up! website for details.
Peggy