Lighted Box Ornaments

Hello crafting friends!  Today's crafty share are these darling box ornaments.

 

 

 

You may recall that I've made several of these in past posts.  They're so fun to make and you don't need any special supplies to make them. 

I used a Spellbinders Label die to make the front and back of the box, cutting the center using an oval die.  I simply covered the inside and front of the box with patterned papers

 

and filled them with printed die cuts from Pretty Little Studio.  I also added some die cuts from Prima Marketing Candy Cane Lane collection.

 

 

This year, to spice them up, I added some fairy lights to the inside of the ornaments by punching a hole in the back of the ornament and adhering the power button onto the back side of the ornaments.  

 

These went to my two little sweeties so they could hang them on their Christmas trees.

 

 

This little elf went to this little elf

 

Our sweet Mr. "C" turned two years old in September. 
 

and this jolly old fella with pink candy canes went to our Sweet "P".

 

She just turned two this month.  Hubby and I flew out to celebrate her special day.

 

Oh how I love being a Mimi to them!  

 I hope you enjoyed today's project. 

I'll be entering one of these into the following challenges:

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge ~ Gifts

Krafty Chicks Challenge ~ Christmas 

The Sisterhood of Crafters ~ Christmas

Christmas Kickstart Challenge ~ If It's Christmassy, Link It Up!

Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

 

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Cheeky Monkey!

Hello friends!  I was playing around cleaning in my craft room one day and found this unopened packet of a-dorable die cuts from Pretty Little Studio and just had to make a card. 

Is this not the cutest little cheeky monkey you've ever seen? This card gave me the opportunity to find printed papers in my scrap box to use up.  I found this scrap of polka dotted paper that almost matched his little cap perfectly!

I've mounted this little guy onto a fun stitched Plaid Tag from Impression Obsession, from my days with DRU.  I don't know if it's still available, but it's a favorite of mine.  

I colored a piece of white seam binding and once dried, tied it up into a crinkly bow. I do love it when a card just falls together so easily.

I'll be entering this card into The Sisterhood of Crafters challenge, using polka dots and also Word Art Wednesday, where anything goes.  

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I just discovered that Cut It Up Challenge is also dots & or stripes, so I'm entering this card into that challenge as well.  

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Valentine Ornament Box

Hello friends.  Valentine's Day is on the horizon, so I thought I'd share another box ornament with you.  

I hope you don't mind seeing more of these boxes.  They're just so much fun to make!

I used an image from Pretty Little Studio for this little darling.  

Look closely and you'll see that I added some silver garland to the inside edges of the box.  I used various dies from my arsenal that are ages old.

The millinery flowers are from Really Reasonable Ribbon.  They have an amazing selection of flowers in every size and color.

While I had my supplies out I made another box ornament, as I'm trying to use up some supplies.  And, why not?

I don't even remember who made these die cuts or where they came from, but the colors matched these paper scraps perfectly and I love watching the birds at our feeders.  

Making these ornament boxes makes me happy, so I'll be entering one of these into the Cut It Up Challenge, where the theme is "This Makes Me Happy".

Do you feel like sticking around?  Here's a few more pictures of the Valentine decorations I've put up.  I cut a bunch of paper hearts from paper scraps and made this little garland to string across our mantel.

Close ups of the decor from left to right.

I made a smaller garland to add to this arched frame.

Did you notice this darling little snapshots book in the picture above?  I found it at Goodwill many years ago and it had never been used.  It has the old paper pages that you had to use photo mounting corners to add pictures.  I just love the image on the cover and it still looks brand new.

Some old apothecary jars filled with heart fillers and paper shred.

If you've stuck with me this long, I thank you so much!  I know this was a picture heavy post.  

Do you send out Valentine's Day cards?  I've got a post planned soon for some vintage style Valentine cards that I made.  I do hope you'll come back to see them.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

A Little Retro Valentine Fun

Hello friends.  Is it too early to start rolling out the Valentine crafts??

Once Christmas and New Year's is over, I look forward to changing out the holiday decorations for Valentines.  I never used to decorate for Valentine's day, but since February 14th is also my daughter's birthday, over the years I've made a few things that I still decorate with today.  

Each year I add a decoration or two.  Just little things, like this darling little retro dog ornament I recently made.  The cutie plaid pup is from Pretty Little Studio.

He sits on a feather boa on top of an old wooden spool.  I covered the spool with ribbon and added a polka dot ribbon and lace trim.

I made a red pinwheel and added a paper doily behind it.   I added a cutie little flower to his bow and glittered him up in various places.

 He's popped up with foam tape to give a little dimension. 

I think he turned out super cute!

Let me know if you'd like to see more of these types of projects.  I'll be sharing some photo's of my Valentine's day decorating soon.

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Retro Christmas Tags

Good morning friends~ I'm popping in today with some retro style Christmas tags I made using basic supplies from my stash.

The tag die is an old one from My Favorite Things, called Stitched Tag Stax.

Each tag is adorned with Stitched Banners from Elizabeth Craft Designs and a button card that I made using Papertrey Ink's Button Boutique.  A set that will never go out of style in my opinion.

The Santa and elf images are from Pretty Little Studio.  They have the most beautiful vintage and retro images there!

I cut the holly leaves out of printed scrapbooking paper and added little pre-made flowers to finish them off.

These tags turned out so fun!  I challenge you to dig into your stash and use what you have.

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