Christmas Eve gift giving

Good Morning my crafty friends!  This afternoon we will head over to some friends of ours to play horseshoes in the snow!!!  So much fun!  You have to play partners with your spouse (I did better than my hubby last year & I never play horseshoes....let alone in the shoe!)  So for all of my girlfriends hubby's I decided to make these.  I saw these on pinterest & went to Life of a Modern Mom's blog.  She originally posted this November 29, 2010... check out her blog pretty neat!  www.lifeofamodernmom.blogspot.com   Anyhow..this is how mine turned out!

 For those of you who do not know this is Kid Rocks beer that is brewed here in Detroit Michigan...(bet he never thought his beer would look like this )

 All the guys got a big kick out of these =)

Ornaments I made for customers

Well I can finally showcase the work I did for others this holiday season.  I am loving the fact that I can make personalized items for people!!!  Here are some of the items I made....Enjoy =)

 Seattle Marniers bulbs

 This was actually done as a shower gift the beginning of December

I am from the great state of Michigan & our Detroit Tigers did VERY well this year.....so these were a HOT item!

Our local school is Swan Valley Vikings & I made this for a friend's son.

Gift Giving =)

Happy Crafting.....

Well that BIG day is almost here!!!  I am finally getting caught up....I made these today for some pretty special people in my life!  I sure hope they love love love them like I do.  I got the idea for these from Pinterest (my new obsession)...anyone who knows me, knows I am VINYL OBSESSED!!!  I purchase all of my vinyl from www.expressionsvinyl.com they have great products & super fast shipping!

Merry Christmas to you & yours from the Crafty Queen household!

 (that is the baby dog in the background Ruger, he is a 21/2 yr old English Yellow Lab, closing his eyes while Mom is taking the photo...did not notice til I uploaded...too funny!)

Hard to tell in this photo but the Red vinyl is actually metallic

 Put some bling in the background of this one!

 Bling in the background of this one too!!!  The snowflakes are actually pop dotted!

 For My Mommie<3

 This is the metallic red vinyl close up.

MIA

Hello my crafty friends......sorry I've been MIA....on December 12th we lost my Father in Law.  Even though we were prepared you truly are never prepared.  He lived a long beautiful life!  He was 86yrs old a World War II vet who will be missed dearly by us all.

Crafty Queen

Erica's 25 daily projects for the 25 days of December

Hello All...today's theme is Sports.  I am #23 ornament.
I am from the great state of Michigan.  We have some great college football teams but the 2 that stand out the most are University of Michigan & Michigan State University being a fan of these teams can pit families against eachother (I live in a divided household myself 2 U of M fans, 2 MSU fans I am a BIG MSU fan).  Our Detroit Tigers had a really good season this year also.......let's take a look =)

 Supplies:

For the Michigan & Michigan state bulbs I used Plantin Schoolbook, & for the words Tiger also.  
Blackletter cart was used for the old english D on the Tiger bulbs
glass bulbs
martha stewart glitter
vinyl from www.expressionsvinyl.com
ribbon


Happy Crafting =)

25 days of December 25 projects a day Ericas Craft room

Hello today's theme is Snowplay...so why not have something made with a snowman.  I am #25 a gift.  I think these would be perfect for your neighbor, co-worker, secret Santa.  I saw the idea for this on Pinterest & another crafting friend made these too.  I sold quite a few of these at a recent craftshow.

Supply list:

Cricut carts Hat is from Paperdolls dress up, carrot nose is from Just because cards (I cut off the top), smile is a circle frame cut in half from lyrical letters.
Bag of microwave pop corn is the base for this project
SU c/s whisper white 12x12 cut in half (you can make 2 out of one sheet), basic black, tangerine tango.
Ribbon from Michaels
SU punch 1" circle for the eyes
Timeless Twine-Christmas Twine
Popping by poem I printed on my computer using garden green SU c/s.

Enjoy looking at all the FAB projects.  I will be back on the 6th for the Sport Themed day =)

Guest Designer for Erica's craft room 25 days of December

Today is the first day of Erica's 25 days of December...25 daily projects using the cricut.  The theme for today is "Christmas" I picked #18 make something with Pink Stamper Stamps I used her Christmas Wishes stamp set:

The cricut cart I used for this project is a Solutions cart called Winter Lace.  I got the inspiration for this card from a Christmas card I received from my Stampin Up upline Dawn Rapsas .

Supplies used for this:
Cricut cart Winterlace Solutions 
Pink Stamper Christmas Wishes
SU c/s Crumb cake, cherry cobbler, whisper white
SU ink garden green, cherry cobbler
SU punches oval & oval scallop
Sparkly paper cor e dinations (purchased at JoAnn's) for snowflake
Background paper by cloud nine design- seasonal stack
Cuddlebug folder- Snowflake
Timeless Twine-Christmas twine.


These will also be my Christmas card this year...I will have another post for tomorrow's theme Snow Play...Merry Christmas to All!  I would love some comments  =)

A Princess of a Gift

Hello all if you are coming from Jill Thee Scrapoholic Christmas blog hop you are in the right place.  This is my 2nd project this month & I am super excited that I was asked to participate.  I found these cute Pink boxes clearanced out at my local Michaels this Summer and I knew from that moment what exactly what I envisioned for this...I saw some bling & an ornament holder all in the same.  So of course I held on to these until Christmas time and came up with this..

So I took some bling placed it in the crown holes on the block, wrapped some double sided wire ribbon around the brim of the box....

Use my gypsy to cut out the word Princess from the Winter woodland cart ( Love this cart...thanks Emma!) Used transfer tape to place it on the box.  The box is done...but that was not the only part of my vision on had for this....

Took the flat glass bulbs filled with glitter, cut out a crown (cannot remember the name of the cart for that =( sorry ).  Put some Bling on the crown, add some feathers to the top, placed some tissue in the box & done!!  I just love this packaged item for a Christmas gift for the Little Princess in your life.

Merry Christmas to you all~
Crafty Queen
aka Cindy B

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Christmas card

Hello my crafty friends.....it is that time of year again...Time to make those Christmas cards to send out to your loved ones...or sell to others.  I got the inspiration for this card from Pinterest. (my new obsession!!!) and this is what I came up with....

 The cardstock is Stampin Up, old olive & basic black ink, the background stamp is from Fiskar's the set called Hello friend.  The sentiment on the front is from My Creative Time set gift card sentiments ( if you want to purchase these go over to www.creativetimeforme.com ) the ornament is from the cricut cart Christmas solution.

 side view of the card....it is pop dotted up...I also used doodle twine Christmas which I purchased thru 2 peas in a bucket.

The inside of the card is another My Creative time stamp from the set Mixed Holiday sentiments.
Happy Crafting =)
Crafty Queen

30 days of gift giving day 6

Hello Thank you so much Jill for asking me to participate in your 30 days of gift giving blog....if you came from
www.thescrapoholic.blogspot.com/ you are at the right place...I am day 6...

I have recently become addicted to Pinterest.....man oh man there are so many great gift giving, home decor ideas.  So my project I copied from....
www.adiamondinthestuff.blogspot.com/2011/08/fridge-picture-gallery-winner.html
To me this was such an awesome idea & would make a wonderful gift....who would not love a perpetual calendar??

So off to the resale store I went to see if I could get some cheap frames, then I purchased some spray paint, ordered my calendar from Snapfish to my local Meijer to pick up the next day....

 I had to play around with different magnets...I bought these at Menards they are heavy duty....I also had to play around with the glass in the frame...the original glass that I bought with this frame was heavy...so I went to the dollar store bought another 11x14 frame & switched out the glass.  My refrigerator has a texture on the front of it (fingerprint free) and it took a little playing around but I finally got it to work.  When you go to A diamond in the stuff blog you will find a link that will take you to the person who created the calendar & she has different background colors to choose from.  I know that I will be making these for some special people in my life.

Thank you for stopping bye...would love it if you became a new follower!  I will be returning on the 29th of November with another gift!  Have a great day =)

Crafty Queen