Water Bottle Holder Part 1

There are some cute water bottle drink holders out there.  I found Crystal Light single pouches drink mixes fit perfectly.  You just hang one of these on a water bottle with a drink mix pouch and it's guaranteed to make someone smile :)

Water Bottle Drink Mix Holders

It's summer... time to unwind. I can't wait to dive into my craft room and share some new ideas with you. Recently I fell in love with the those cute water bottle pouches. Here is my take on it. I also used Splitcoaststampers tutorial on acetate & tissue technique. I used Stampin Up Fish set and blue refill ink. I bet food coloring would work well too!

More ink drops the darker the look, less for a more see through water effect.

Here's the link to Splitcoaststampers wonderful tutorial http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/acetate_tissue/

Hang In There - Candy Airplanes

Another project that the kids LOVED making in class today.  Spotted these on Splitcoaststampers, they were so cute I couldn't wait to try them out. These were a lot of fun to make and easy too!  These would make great party favors or baby shower accessories.


Candy airplanes  - Recipe - 1 stick of gum, 1 Smarties candy, 1 rubber band and 2 Lifesavers.  I used a flower punch for the propeller and pearl button.  As an extra touch we added a cute tail message

 Hang in there! :)

Paper Fortune Cookies

Chinese paper fortune cookies!  I dared to dream the impossible :) lol!  I found a recipe to make paper fortune cookies but I wanted to turn one into a special treat.  A cookie within a cookie!  These little cookies can be used for a variety of things.  To gift money, secret message, or an invite to a birthday party.  We're actually using this same idea to invite my daughter's guest to a Chinese themed birthday later this month.  These are very easy to make.  Use your favorite color of paper cut out a circle, tape, pinch and walla instant cookie!

http://www.ehow.com/video_4790371_make-paper-fortune-cookies.html

Owl Bookmark

In one of our recent classes we made these fun owl bookmarks out of colored paper clips.
The kids had so much fun.  These would make a great gift for any book lover or even party favors.  Supplies used - Stampin Up Owl punch, a variety of scrap paper, google eyes, foam tape, and colorful paper clips.

Valentine Candle Stamping

I love using stamps on a variety of things.  One of my favorite is stamping on candles.  It looks so neat and is sooo easy. :)

1. Stamp on white tissue paper.
2. Color and trim around your image.
3. Place trimmed image on candle.
4. Place wax paper over image and press onto the candle.
5. Use heating tool on wax paper to melt the tissue paper image underneath to candle.
6. Step back oooh and ahhh over your creation :)
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/stamping_on_candles/

Candle Stamping

Strawberry Treat Holders

Strawberries & Basket - so cute they look good enough to eat!  Well actually the strawberry is a candy holder!  I made these from using a strawberry & basket svg cut file, the Sure Cuts A Lot program, and my Cricut. Scallop oval punches are Stampin Up.  Friends stamp was a cheap find at Michael's.
Filled with conversation hearts for a Valentine treat. :)

Bee Mine....

I have a class once of week for elementary students.  My goal is to teach them to be creative and have fun making gifts to share with family and friends.  Here is our latest project.  Lollipop holder with a Stampin Up Scallop Square.

Valentine's Day Treat

For Christmas I purchased the Sure Cuts A Lot program for my Cricut.  The Craftedge blog has some wonderful svg files. One of them being this cute Valentine's Day Mailbox.  You can make them any size you like.  I sized them down to 6 inches because it fit my SweetTart candy perfectly.

http://www.craftedge.com/purchase/purchase.php?rfid=2072843&ref=0adfe1a0d2cc2c8f10bc5b46d377d9da

Christmas Reindeer

I'm running late on Christmas cards this year.  But surfing the web I found an easy cute card on Dawn's website.  I changed mine a bit.  I used the Stampin Up Owl Punch & eyes, snowflake stamp & brad, along with mitten ribbon.  I also bought red glitter buttons (they sparkle and look like candy) for his nose.  Happy Holidays to all! :)

http://www.dawnsstampingthoughts.net/2010/11/-reindeer-christmas-card-.html