Happy New Year!!!

Aloha everyone. Just wanted to wish everyone a safe and happy new year. Sorry for not posting for awhile. I hope that I can craft & post better in 2010.  I am so thankful to have met such wonderful friends via blogland.

Lots of love to you all,
Janis

Christmas favors

I went to Stamps & Memories for a Christmas favors class over this weekend. We learned about 9 new favors and cards.  Here are some samples:

A legal notepad cut in half with a cover. We used a Dandelion Design stamp to create the front cover.

Here's the inside of the cover:

We used a new Sizzix embossing folder and die for the flower stem. The 6 petal Sakura from Quikutz. They were aware of the error of the 6 petal and are working to get the 5 petal. I thought that it was still pretty so I got myself one.  We made a cute fold in the back of the card so that it can prop up into a calendar. What a nifty idea!

Here's a small gift holder. It holds a cocoa packet inside. We used the Sizzix embossing folder again.

Here's my favorite post-it holder.  I've been using this as one of my favorite gift options for many years now. This time it's done with a cute Dandelion Design on the cover.

Finally, some cute favor boxes done with Accucut.

Thank you for visiting. Please take care of yourself and I will be posting again soon.

Box in a bag

Here are the wonderful Box in a Bag that some local blogger ladies helped put together. Joy helped me cut down the measurements so that the base was a 3 1/4" square, using the SU Whisper White. We used 3" by 10" dsp paper to wrap around and the SU Round tab punch (Thanks Teri!) using the SU Brushed Silver for the handles.

We did a total of 20 of the bags that I will be using for one of the many retirement parties that we are having this month.  I think it's something like 8 people retiring by the end of the month. Wow! Thanks for visiting my blog & to the many ladies that helped me.  I'll be posting again this week.

 

Christmas party favors

My office is having a Christmas party and the chosen party favor as a Box in a bag. We just wanted to have some candies inside so the size had to be cut down several times. We used the SU! Thoroughly Modern dsp and dsp Holiday Lounge with the tab punch for the handles. One of my co-workers designed this and decorated it beautifully.

Some of the local crafters had originally helped me with the favors but it turned out to be too big so I'm saving those favors for another event. Thanks again to those ladies that helped.  It's always nice to have people to assist.  Sorry that my pictures came out a little blurry.  Up for my next post is my OCS.  Thanks for visiting and have a beautiful day.