Christmas Totes A Plenty!

Today I woke up to SNOW!  Yeah, I am so happy.  It is just the thing I needed to add to my already happy mood.  Last  night we went to IKEA for the first time.  We had such fun.  My daughter wanted to "get lost" in there.  Well, we did.  We went to look for ideas for a new bedroom remodel for her.  She is entering the preteen years (sniff, sniff) and Tinkerbell just isn't her idea of her style anymore.  I was also happy to get some organizational stuff for my craft room.  I will show some pictures once I get things up and in place.  My husband has been so amazing at doing things to make my craft area better.  He also spent the entire day helping me pop and bag corn for our school just so he could spend the day with me.  He said he may even help me again.

Ok, enough babble.  Here is a picture of the totes I made using Lauren's My Timeless Templates called Around the Town Tote.  Lauren has recently branched out to start her own company.  You should go check out some of the free things you can download by signing up for her newsletter.  My Time Made Easy is the company and you can find it HERE.  Warning: Due to high volume traffic the site is quite slow right now.  They are working to amend this.

 

This tote is unbelievably BIG.  I was able to put a bag of the Buttered Toffee Popcorn from yesterday's post in here along with a trial sized trio of Mary Kay's Satin Hands and a full size MK lip balm.  The totes were really fun to make.  I did learn along the way though to READ THE DIRECTIONS on how to put them together.  I'm not much for doing that sometimes.  If you don't, I guarantee you will be a bit baffled as to why it doesn't fit together correctly. Hmm?

I used some pretty PTI spring rain ribbon and their set called Holiday Tree again.  Those rhinestones are just extra gems from my kids crafting area.  I also just used some leftover rub ons for the sentiment.  Each teacher's was different.  They really liked the totes.  I think more than the actual gift.

Here is a pick of all of them. 
However, you can only see the 2 in front.

I still have just a bit more holiday shopping to do.  Yeah for me! How about you?

Today is the best kind of day.  My kids are being kind to each other ( yes, it is still early, but I have hope), they are playing nicely and I am spending the entire day crafting with and without them.  We have no plans to go ANYWHERE.  It may be a PJ day!  Love that! I hope you have a relaxing day doing what you love.

Check back tomorrow for a Stamptacular Sunday!

What's In It?

Stamps: Holiday Tree PTI

Ink: Wild Wasabi

Paper: MME Penny Lane Pink Stripes, Wild Wasabi, Spring Rain, White

Other: Cuttlebug EF, Oval nesties, dimensionals, Holiday rub ons, Janome sew mini, PTI ribbon, oval punch

Spooky or Just Plain Freaky

Spooky...

.....or just plain FREAKY....you decide.

In the words of my son, " Whoa! That freaked me out!"

Do you need a close up of the eyes to decide?:)

I hope you can join us this week at Stamptacular Sunday Challenge where we are looking for SPOOKTACULAR Projects.

This week we have TWO sponsors!

Our first sponsor this week is: Digital Stamp Oasis

The Prize is 5 digital images of winner's choice.

Our second sponsor this week is Simon Says Stamp
The Prize is....

I hope that you'll play along! Check out some really cute ideas from the Design Team and leave them some love.

My project uses Lauren's My Timeless Template called Around Town Tote. I used the mini version for my little treat bag. My little "skully" was created by stamping the skull twice and cutting out the eyes on one. I just added the googlie eyes after drawing in the bloodshot appearance. I then create a piece that could slide in between the 2 skulls. I put dimensionals where I wanted my little pull to start and stop. The paper is just colored with Copics to resemble the glow of the inside of a pumpkin. I then layered each skull on top of the other. Those aren't the greatest directions. Maybe I'll work on a mini tutorial to show what I mean at a later date.

NOW..... WHAT YOU HAVE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR....

The winner of the MAKE A CHILD SMILE Challenge is.....

PATTI J!!!


The winner of the HUGE BLOG CANDY is....

CHRISTINE SERA who left this comment:

I hope you raise more money than your goal! I have sent a donation.

Well Christine, I DID raise more than my goal thanks to so many wonderful people. I have decided to leave the donate button up until the end of the month in case someone wanted to donate and didn't get a chance.

Congrats to the lucky winners. I will be contacting you for some information soon!

Have a great Sunday!