2022 Comes to an End!

Here is my first batch of Christmas cards I made to send out this year. The tree is made from my Cricut and the paper collection is from Graphic 45's Warm Wishes which is so pretty! It is an upright Z fold style card. I made a total of 45 Christmas cards but I did do a second style card which I have pictured below. I say this every year, I need to start earlier!!

December started out warm but then got cold and now it is warm again. We went with friends to see Christmas lights at Nyte Walk in Lebanon Maine and they were beautiful! It was the first year for this venue! The owner said that they were inspired by Sandy Hill which is located in Eliot, Maine. Here are some pictures of us having fun!

Lastly, the last birthday card I made for 2022 was for my brother in law. His birthday was on the 18th and he loves coffee! I am again so proud of myself that I used my cricut for his card. The hand holding the coffee cup was the image I made on cricut. Happy Birthday Russ!

Birthday Double Concertina Card

Birthday Card for Mark

Double Panel

This was a fun card to make. I didn't have the die to make the window so I just measured the opening and used my xacto-knife.  The paper collection is Graphic 45's World's Fair.  My husband's birthday isn't until January 20th and I can't wait to give it to him.  He will be amazed.  I love "Mixed up Crafts" tutorials and she does a wonderful job explaining this.  The link to make this card is below so be sure to check it out.  I put the sentiment on the back of the card but you can always put it on the one of the panels.  If you live in the northeast, stay safe we are headed for another snowstorm tonight.  It sounds like it will be the same as Thursday's storm 4-8 inches depending on  where you are.  We are definitely getting a lot of birds in our feeders with these storms. 

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Back of card 

Thanksgiving Fun!

Place Holders

Last Saturday, I had a little craft day with my friend's granddaughter, Chloe.  I will show you at the end of this post what we made.  We had a lot of fun but my friends, Anna and Lynne both contracted me to make them these place  holders for their Thanksgiving dinner.  The total was 26 for both of their families and I just finished them this morning!  It is a box with a card which I will post the video instructions below.  I showed them this birthday box in a card and they were thrilled that I would make them.  I used different paper collections for these cards and I used dies from Lawn Fawn and Impression Obsession. The leaves from Lawn Fawn are stitched leaves which are so lovely.  The pine cones I got at Michaels which were the perfect size for these boxes.

The box is measured 2x2 which is plenty of room for a small gift or candy like Hersey's kisses.  I actually counted 14 Hersey's kisses would fit.  The instructions are below but I made a platform for the box - so instead of cutting out the 2x4 rectangle I cut it so that it made a little stand for the box.  I did it just so the card stood up a little better.  My only suggestion is to make sure you use thick cardstock for the base.

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Here are some more pictures of the Gift box in a card - I took them a little bit closer for viewing.

Sentiment is from SU

Closer look at the top of the box

Love the little pinecones

On Craft Day, we made little turkey favors out of toilet paper holders and pinwheels using We R Memory Keepers punch board.  The turkeys were made with a series of triangle cuts starting with the head. It was a success for all!!  Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Plain turkey

Decorated turkeys

Chloe's Pinwheel

Christmas Pinwheel

Halloween Box Cards

 Here is the last of my Halloween cards. These are shadow box cards which fold flat to mail.  It is also the last of the Echo Park "Happy Halloween" paper collection.  I pretty much used all of it with all the Halloween cards and treat cards I made!  Love the colors in this collection!  The tutorial for this type of card is below. Give it a try it is fun to make!!

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Here is a picture of the inside of both of these cards with a little Halloween joke to put a smile on your face.

Inside of the card on the right

Inside of the card on the left

Another Halloween type is a screen card which I think is a type of accordion card.  There is no right side of the card because I decorated both sides of this screen card. These type of cards are fun to decorate - check out the pictures below.

One side of the card

A closer look

The other side of the card