Ribbon Spools

What a difference 12 hours make! When I left the house this morning it was a balmy 8 celcius, by this afternoon, when I had shopped till I was ready to drop, it was down to below zero.

I will do my best to offer a post each day this week...here it is for today. These are little wooden clothes pins, wrapped with ribbon. I put a piece of cardstock inside a celo bag, tossed in the ribbon spools and added a little topper...simple, cute and a great way to make a little presentation for a couple of special people. I used up some left over ribbon and cardstock from last year's in colour series. I hope my friends like this little gift.
I used the large scallop die, as well as the little snowflake sizzlets and the All Cheer die for the embellishments.
Give it a try. This is a nice presentation for some of Mike's dollar ribbon or bits and pieces you may have laying around. Be sure to link back to me if you give this a try.

A great day...

Yesterday was a bank holiday, in honour of Remembrance Day, and I took advantage of my day and played all day. I have 3 big events next week, so my prep work is well underway. Here are 2 samples for my Tues workshop. I am meeting with 10 ladies from work, who don't stamp, so my projects are pretty basic. In addition to these 2 items, we are also making Frosty..as a card. It will be fun sharing all the tricks with the Big Shot...the bag topper is so simple when using the top note die.

I wish I could play today..but as the old saying goes "I owe, I owe, so off to work I go!"

Top Note Bags

Here is another great use for the top note die and the Big Shot...make up cute litte treat bags. A fellow demo showed us how to make these at our last mega event. The little box inside is a 4 x 4 square, scored at 1" all around..make sure you use sticky strip...if you are making boxes it is the only sure thing to keep them together. Use a little stamp..like this one from Deer Friends, add some layers...and a treat inside and there you go!

The Big Shot can easily cut through multiple layers of paper, in fact I cut all six at once...what time saver. There are over 50 different materials that the Big Shot can cut...WOW.

Hope you are enjoying your weekend. Our oldest daughter is bringing 4 friends home for dinner...I just need to set the table. On the menu..chicken tetrazini, caesar salad, garlic bread and cheesecake for dessert. I am so excited to have them over...so along with Hubby and Kathryn we will have a full house...

Box in a bag set

I will be offering this as a class. The cute "box in a bag" will hold 6 cards and envies...a nice gift for Christmas...or we can make them all occasion. For this sample I used bella rose designer paper, I used the scallop edge punch for the trim on the bottom, and the cute little reindeer is from the level 2 hostess set "deer friends".Choc chip ribbon adds a nice touch and the sentiment is from "Heard from the Heart.I will be running this class in mid to late November. Watch here for details.