Entries Tagged as ‘holiday’

December 4, 2009

December 4th – Paper Snow Flake Tutorial – Crafting with Kids

These are a fun project with kids, or just to do by yourself.  You can use sheet music, patterned paper, copier paper, or even magazine pages.
Supplies:

paper
scissors

How  To:

Step One: Start with a rectagle of paper (pretty much any size works as long as it’s not too small to fold.

Step Two: Fold top right corner down [...]

December 3, 2009

December 3rd – Quick Christmas “Art”

This is one of the quickest and easiest Christmas decorations, but it still makes quite a statement.  There are so many beautiful scrapbooking papers available in gorgeous christmas patterns.  Why not decorate with them?  Just find some favorites and frame them!
I have a lot of large frames on a long narrow shelf over our couch.  [...]

December 2, 2009

December 2nd – Altered Letter Tutorial

Today’s project is altered letters!  These make great Christmas gifts.  While Christmas-themed words are great, you can also do monograms or other words in non-Christmas papers for gifts or decorations to be used all year round!  Like the look, but don’t have the time?  Check my etsy shop HERE for letters you can purchase.

Supplies:

scrapbooking papers [...]

December 1, 2009

December 1st – Cardboard Christmas Tree Tag Tutorial

For today’s tutorial, I’m going to link you to one I put together for the SavvynSassy blog!  You can find it HERE.
Love the look, but don’t have time to make them?  You can purchase them in my etsy shop HERE.

November 27, 2009

Get Ready….

…for lots of tutorials and Christmas gift ideas coming up soon!

November 25, 2008

Some more recent goodies…

for Scrapbook Dreamer …
I made a set of cards using the Fancy Pants Happy Holidays line

and here’s a peek at a welcome banner I made for my home:

For the full banner and complete set of cards, check out the gallery over at Scrapbook Dreamer

November 6, 2008

more etsy goodies

being uploaded.  lots of good gifts. 
check it out!
smartlilcookie.etsy.com

October 19, 2008

More New Etsy Goodies!

Check them out here: SmartLilCookie
I’ve been on a bit of a banner kick.  Lol!

 

October 17, 2008

Banner Tutorial

check out my new banner tutorail on the SavvynSassy blog! 

Also, be sure to check out the October Ribbon Contest on the forums!

December 23, 2007

Super Simple Gift Tags

my new favorite way to use up scraps of ribbon and paper!

In the past I’ve done a lot more elaborate decorating of my goodie bags for Christmas, but this year I decided it was going to be really really quick and simple or it wasn’t going to be done at all. Oddly enough, the quick [...]