I Love Snow Blog Hop

Welcome to the I Love Snow blog hop!  You should have arrived from Melissa's blog.

To start at the beginning, head to Lisa's Blog.

For today's hop, I made another Snowman Wreath.  This time it's a gift for a co-worker, who LOVES snowmen.

The wreath is made of felt squares.  I used my Cricut to create my snowmen and snowflakes.

I inked the edges of the snowflakes in blue and used my white gel pen to add dashes.  I also dabbed some rock candy stickles on with a paintbrush.

 I used Peachy Keen snowman face stamps.  Also added more rock candy stickles to the brown arm branches.

Up next is Dawn!

If you would like to see a tutorial on making a felt wreath, check out my blog post here.

Thank you for hopping with me.  I wish each  of you a very Merry Christmas season.

Have an awesome day!
Sheila

Cookies Make Everything Better Blog Hop

Welcome to the Cookies Make Everything Better Blog Hop!  You should have arrived from Christine's blog.  To start at the beginning, go to Lisa's blog.


I *love* to bake!  Here is one of my more favorite batches of cookies to make.  I admit though, it's been years since I last made this cookie.

These are Butterscotch Pecan Crisp cookies.  The recipe actually calls for Walnuts, but I'm on a total Pecan kick so I substituted.  =)

I am starting my own home bakery business in the very near future.  My plan is to package up a few of these cookies and give away as holiday gifts PLUS a little promoting of my baking skills.

The recipe came from this cookie book.  

The stamp is from a paper pizazz set.  

Do you think pecans are the new Walnut??  Hope you enjoyed my cookie project!


Up next is Vanessa!  I can't wait to see what she has baked up!

Have an awesome day and eat a cookie!

Sheila

12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop - Day 12

Welcome to the 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop! 

You should have arrived from Theresa's blog.  You can start the hop from the beginning at Lisa's blog.

 It's day 12 of 12 days of fabulous Holiday projects!  I sure hope you enjoyed the past 11 days, I sure have!  I loved seeing all the different projects people came up with, as well as developing my own.

For my last project, I made more treat holders.

These are lollipop holders from My Favorite Things.  The Joy stamp is from The Stamps of Life.

I did use tootsie pops in this project, but you could also use cake pops!

Up next is Jillian!  

Thank you so much for spending the past 12 days hoping with me!  I loved making all of these fabulous holiday projects.   Have an awesome day and a very festive holiday season.
Sheila

12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop - Day 11

Welcome to the 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop! 

You should have arrived from Theresa's blog.  You can start the hop from the beginning at Lisa's blog.

 It's day 11 of 12 days of fabulous Holiday projects!  This year I'll be giving loaves of banana bread as gifts for some.  Today's project, I made two tags to go on my bread.

 This tag is a small wooden clipboard.  I covered it with pattern paper, stamped Merry Christmas along the bottom.  The image is from A Muse, and happens to be one that cracks me up!

This tag was made from a craft inventory type tag.  I inked the edges, added a bit of pattern paper and cut out a Unity Stamp Co snowman.  I stamped 'tis the season on the bottom.

I added this to the back of both tags!  I used twine to wrap around my bread and attach the tag.

Up next is Jillian!  

See you tomorrow with the last Holiday 2012 project!  Have an awesome day.
Sheila

12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop - Day 10

Welcome to the 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop! 

You should have arrived from Theresa's blog.  You can start the hop from the beginning at Lisa's blog.

 It's day 10 of 12 days of fabulous Holiday projects!  For today's project, I made a quick and easy gift bag.

I used a plain white gift bag.  I added pattern paper to one side.  The mitten was created using my Cricut.  I stamped the chevron using Lawn Fawn stamp, then heat embossed.

I doodled around the bottom of the mitten with a white gel pen.

Up next is Jillian!  

See you tomorrow with another new Holiday 2012 project!  Have an awesome day.
Sheila

12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop - Day 9

Welcome to the 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop! 

You should have arrived from Theresa's blog.  You can start the hop from the beginning at Lisa's blog.

 It's day 9 of 12 days of fabulous Holiday projects!


Today's project was a true labor of love.  I've been saving pickle jars for well over a year with the intention of making them into a craft project.  What I didn't really count on was having to get the pickle smell out of a pickle jar before using them.  It was quite the adventure with a lot of trial, error and a curse word or two thrown in just because I could, but finally they were pickle smell free!  I repurposed my pickle jars into homemade dog treat jars!!  At the time I took these pictures, I hadn't made my dog treats yet.  I filled one of the jars with store bought treats and left the rest of the jars empty.  I ended up with 14 of these!  Good thing I know a lot of dog owners.

I used Create A Critter 2 to create my holiday dog.  He's cut at 3.5 inches, I hid the face cuts and used PK dog faces stamp.

I used paw print ribbon to wrap around the lid...mostly to hide the expiration date of the pickles. LOL

Overall I used three different PK doggie face stamps.  I used a white gel pen on the eyes and a red gel pen on the tongue.  

Personally, I like this doggie face stamp the best!  

 A paw print border punch was used on the red cardstock.

I heat embossed the lid with a stamp I got in the $1 bin at Michaels.  The dog bone is also from Create A Critter 2.


Up next is Jillian!  

See you tomorrow with another new Holiday 2012 project!  Have an awesome day.
Sheila

12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop - Day 8

Welcome to the 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop! 

You should have arrived from Theresa's blog.  You can start the hop from the beginning at Lisa's blog.


Welcome to day 8 of 12 days of fabulous Holiday projects!  For my project, I made a Holiday Wreath, another gift for my Grandma.

I used 2 inch squares of red and white felt.  I hot glued green glitter balls into the center some of the squares.

Up next is Jillian!  

I did do a tutorial over the summer on how to easily make one of these wreaths for yourself.  See my blog post HERE.

See you tomorrow with another Holiday 2012 project!  Have an awesome day.
Sheila

12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop - Day 7

Welcome to the 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop! 

You should have arrived from Theresa's blog.  You can start the hop from the beginning at Lisa's blog.

It's day 7 of 12 days of fabulous holiday projects!  Today I made another quick and easy gift giving idea.  I made a pouch of cardstock to put a package of hot chocolate and a candy cane.

The stamp is from Hero Arts.  The label was created on my Cricut machine.

I used a scoring board to make the bottom of the pouch.  I used brads to hold the pouch in place.

I used a decorative punch to get the scallop edge.  Not including the green cardstock base, all the other papers were scraps!  Woo hoo!!  Gotta love a project that doesn't create scraps. :)

Up next is Jillian!  

See you tomorrow with another new Holiday 2012 project!  Have an awesome day.
Sheila

12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop- Day 6

Welcome to the 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop! 

You should have arrived from Theresa's blog.  You can start the hop from the beginning at Lisa's blog.


It's day 6 of 12 days of Holiday projects.  Today I made a Christmas tree.

I used a foam cone, green and white felt squares, stick pins, red glitter balls and hot glue. 

Up next is Jillian!  


See you tomorrow with another new Holiday 2012 project!  Have an awesome day.
Sheila

12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop - Day 5

Welcome to the 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop! 

You should have arrived from Theresa's blog.  You can start the hop from the beginning at Lisa's blog.

 It's day 5 of 12 days of fabulous Holiday projects!  I made treat boxes!  This time of year, there's are so many people you can give a simple treat to as a way of saying Happy Holidays.  These candy boxes were made with A|Muse Studio candy box die.  The snowman and tree cut outs are separate dies that are included with the candy box set.

No, you are not imagining anything....those are two different polka dot patters!  (just checking to see if you are paying attention here!)

A view of the top of the candy box.

I cut a piece of clear overhead projector paper to cover the holes.  I filled the boxes with skittles!  A little plain, yes, but truly CAS!  :)

Up next is Jillian!  

See you tomorrow with another new Holiday 2012 project!  Have an awesome day.
Sheila