Christmas Mini Wreaths

Well, it looks like I am getting the Wellness Center's Christmas goodies done just under the wire!!  I finished them up last night, as I need to get them to my daughter tomorrow.  I saw these on a youtube video during the summer - yes, I waited until now to do them - and thought they were so cute and knew the clients would love them.  There are a lot of videos making different kinds you can check out.  These are made with plastic shower hooks and evergreen stems. 

The ones I made took 4 stems to wrap around the hook using hot glue to secure them.

I ended up making 25 of them.  It took about 10 minutes to wrap one. 

You can decorate them in various ways.  I glued on some gold bows I had in my stash and then some gold beads for some decoration.  I tried gluing some colored beads I had, but I felt they were too small and didn't have any larger ones.  I also tried wrapping some seed beads I had in my stash but didn't like how the string was showing in the back so just went with the gold beads.

Here is one that I made for Jennifer's doll house.  She is decorating it for Christmas and I thought she would like to hang this on the front door.

Here is the tray all ready to go to the Wellness Center.

On a personal note, my daughter Jeannie, Jennifer, Joe and myself were down at Lancaster for the weekend.  This was their Christmas present to us along with tickets to the America Music Theater to see the Christmas program - Joy to the  World.  We had so much fun!  We had never gone to that theater before.  It was so pretty!

On Monday, Jennifer had her Christmas Concert which we didn't get to because of the weather and now she is home with slight pneumonia and on antibiotics for two weeks!!  Hopefully, it won't go through the family like it did one year!  Well, now I have a pile of Christmas presents that need wrapping and the sun is out and it is snowing!!   The days are flying by!

Thanks for stopping by,

Nancy

Christmas Card - Gleeful Wishes

Before I start with my project for today, I wanted to let all those who are members of Splitcoaststampers know hat I was chosen Favorite Stamper of the week.  I was so surprised!  I didn't even know about this feature.  They pick someone and then they go to your gallery and chose one of your cards to CASE.  I was so pleased and loved seeing their cards.  If interested, you can go to their website and under Featured Gallery type FS670 which will take you to their cards.  It was so much fun!

I'm back with another Christmas card.  I am loving Heartfelt Creations collections.  To make this card I used two of their collections - Candy Cane Cottage and Candlelit Christmas.  This is a 7" x 5" card made with thick Whisper White CS.  I used some of the DSP to cover the front and the Intricate Swirl Frames Die in Whisper White as well.  I adhered a pretty panel from my DSP  inside the frame.

I used the stamps and dies for my ginger bread house, candy canes and cute penguin which I popped up with dimensionals.  I used clear white glue and glitter to accent the snow, frame and card.  I made my poinsettia using Real Red and Olive Green for the leaf and added some prills for the center.  The sentiment I used was also from the DSP matted on a piece of Whisper White.

For my inside sentiment, I used SU's Still Scenes stamped on the collections DSP.  I really love making these cards. 

On a sad note, my daughter had to put their dog Willow to sleep.  When her elderly neighbor passed away she took Willow in because she didn't want them to put her in the pound.  Every since that day, she has always repaid her with her love and loyalty.  After Jennifer was born, she never left her side.  I remember when feeding her bottle, Willow was always by my side watching. She never left Jennifer out of her sight.  The night the bear appeared in their yard, she put herself between Jeannie and Jennifer and scared it off.  They did everything they could to save her but did not want to see her suffer.  There was nothing more they could do.  The Vet came to the house so she could pass at home. She was the best dog I have ever seen and will truly be missed.

I have hundreds of pictures of Jennifer and Willow, but I always liked this one.  Jennifer loves to go to the playground and no matter what she was doing Willow was always right by her side.  Rest in peace Willow!!

Thanks for stopping by,

Nancy

Christmas Starry Night Poinsettia Card

I am looking outside my window watching the rain/sleet come down!  Oh, Goodie!!  We are suppose to get snow tonight into tomorrow.  Depending on who one listens to the inches vary!!  Oh, goodie!!  One positive thing is that I will have some time to spend in my craft room.  Over the weekend, I finished a Christmas card I had started using some dies from the Heartfelt Creations.  The card size is 6" x 6" which I hardly ever make.  I decorated it with a piece of DSP from their Candlelight Christmas Collection.  Then I die cut 2 pieces from  their Starry Night Decorative die and layered them over the DSP.  I then sprinkled some glitter in top of the dies.  I love how this die presents itself.

I then added my sentiment from the Blended Seasons stamp set from SU on Whisper White and layered that on  a piece of Old Olive.  I used the Heartfelt Creations Christmas Poinsettia and Holly Stamp set and dies to create several flowers which I mounted on the base of the card.

For my inside, I used another piece of DSP from the same Collection, and the Create Cut Mat 2A from Heartfelt Creations which I stamped my sentiment from SU's stamp set Snow is Glistening.  I am so enjoying making these Christmas cards with these stamps and dies.  I hope everyone that is in the eye of the storm is safe and enjoying some good leftovers from Thanksgiving day.  We were in NJ at my daughter's for the day and had a great time.  On Friday, they went to the grand opening at Seaquest Aquarium in Woodbridge Center and had a wonderful time.  We met up with them yesterday and did some shopping and had a yummy dinner.  Everyone is home now safe and sound waiting for the storm to pass.

Thanks for stopping by,

Nancy