Quilled Snowflakes & Storage Box

A few years ago, my craft of choice was quilling.  At the time, they had classes at our local Michael's and my friend and I decided we would check it out - and we were hooked.  This took up most of my craft time until my Mom passed, and I started scrapbooking all her family pictures and labeling people so future generations would know who all these people were in the black and white pictures!!  I felt it was important to document our family's background.  This of course led me to cardmaking and this blog. 

I made a lot of quilled snowflakes for the family and the girls which they hang on their trees every year.  These are very delicate, and of course I end up gluing them when they take them out of their storage bags.  So I decided to make some pizza boxes to store them in to better protect them.  Here are examples of two different styles that I made. 

I always sprayed them with adhesive and them added some glitter to them.  Here is one of the boxes that I made for them.

There are a lot of videos on Youtube showing how to made these cute boxes.  I decided to make the one that PootlesPapercraft did which was 4" x 4".  I had to make a few of them but hopefully they will be more secure.

I am trying to finish a cute project that I started making for the kids before I got sick, so I can then make some Valentine projects.  I also want to thank everyone for their well wishes as well.  I so appreciate all your comments and emails.

Thanks for stopping by,

Nancy

Sympathy Cards

Wow, I can't believe that almost a month has gone by since my last post!!  Unfortunately, it has not been a very good month at that.  Before Christmas our little Jennifer got sick with pneumonia and then Joe got a sinus infection.  After Christmas my daughters and I all got bronchitis and then my son-in-law, Rachel and Sarah got the flu!  What a mess!  We haven't been that sick in a long time. 

Right before Christmas a close friend of mine passed away suddenly.  It was really a shock to her family and friends.  We grew up together, got pregnant together and had a lot of good memories with our kids and families.  She was a wonderful quilter and loved checking in on my blog to see what goodies I was doing.  She will be missed!  Then two weeks later her sister's husband passed away as well.  As I started feeling better, I decided to make some sympathy cards using my Heartfelt Burst of Spring Collection as she knew how much I loved pansies and made me a beautiful pansy pin years ago which I treasure. 

I also used Heartfelt Creations Royal Frame and Accent Dies for my base cards.  I used SU's Whisper White, Melon Mambo and Highland Heather CS for my base cards.

I colored these pansies in SU's Melon Mambo, Pretty and Pink inks and Old Olive and Lemon Lime Twist inks on my leaves.

For these pansies, I used SU's Highland Heather, Gorgeous Grape inks and the same colors as above for the leaves.  I also put some prills in the centers of all my pansies. 

I used SU's stamp set Heartfelt Blooms for my sentiment on the front of the cards and SU's stamp set Better Together for the inside sentiment.  I was really pleased how they turned out and I know she would have loved them as well.

Thanks for stopping by,

Nancy

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

Ginger Bread Gift Box

We had such a lovely day here with temps in the 50's!!  Tomorrow it is going to be the same so we have a lot of things planned.  This weekend was not so nice so I finished up the gift boxes I made for Jennifer's teachers.  I just loved how they turned out.

I made them using the Heartfelt Candy Cane Cottage Collection again.  I used Craft Paper and stamped them out using Frost White ink and embossed them with some Crystal Clear Glitter.  To accent some thicker snow, I used some dry white glue and sprinkled some glitter for more snow.  I then just die cut plain houses for the back of the Ginger Bread.  For my  gift box, I used, Heartfelt Creations Gift Box and Mini Snow Flakes collection.  I just put the box together and glued on the front and back of the Ginger Bread houses .

I then decorated them with large and small candy canes, Christmas Trees and a Merry Christmas sign.  All my daughter has to do now is put in the goodies, wrap them up in a plastic bag and tie them off with a bow.

I'm so glad they are finished, as I have to start working on the goodies for the Wellness Center.  It seems that once Thanksgiving is over the next month flies by.  Everyone here in the Pansy Patch wishes you and your family a very Happy Thanksgiving.

I entered this post at CardzTV Anything Goes Challenge #103.

Thanks for stopping by,

Nancy

Christmas Shaker Card

I have recently purchased some Heartfelt Creations stamps and dies and I love them.  They have a lot of videos using their products which is so helpful.  One - video - that Andrea did was making this adorable shaker card.  I knew immediately that I wanted to make this card for Jennifer.

I used their Candy Cane Cottage Collection to make this card.  This was the first time I made the poinsettias and I was really pleased how they turned out.  I used their Heart of Joy die so it looks like a shaker snow globe.  The shaker part is made with layers of  the circle/scallop dies with some cute little figures inside having a good time in the snow.

For the inside, I just added a strip of DSP on the bottom and left the rest blank.  I can hardly wait to give it to her.  I'm in the process of making some cute Gingerbread house gift boxes for her to give to her teachers.

Thanks for stopping by,

Nancy