o holy night

o holy night

a new stamp set from the 2013 seasonal catalogue

a stamp with loads of words on it

and i like it :>

 have tried and gone with a vintage look with it and combine it with a bit of a chalkboard look as well...

vintage chalkboard...

that works..

right??!!

  

 sparkley glittery leaves made with just plain whisper white and glitter not the glitter card which would also work-i just don't like using it on those small fiddley little dies

 matching tags

some suede flowers and seam binding ribbon

total package of card + gift box + tags

doing it as a christmas class if interested

i have a special deal going if you ahve friends lololol

contact me at clare@crafty-cow.com

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teacher thank you gifts

my kids started at a new school this year and after a shakey first week they are loving the new place and have made some fabulous friends and have some neat teachers who 'get' my kids

we got their mid-year reports before the holidays and i was pleased with the comments and effort my kids are putting in. i wanted to say thanks to the teachers by giving them a small gift to show our appreciation of their hard work and how fantastically they have accepted our kids into their classrooms and made them welcome.

i used the tag a bag accessory kit ($13.95) and some kraft gift boxes (4 for $4.95)as decoration. 

inside were 6 delicious shortbread biscuits stamped with a demo only thank you stamp from the sweet pressed cookie range. 

easy cheap gift from the heart :>

to order these sets try online ordering or contact me :>

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spice up your scrapbooking

the best way to spice up your scrapbooking is to use new stuff lol

here's the latest offering from stampin up from the new summer mini

it is a lovely dsp called spice cake and has matching fabric , stamp set, button and ribbon-how cool is that?

 here i have used the lace border punch for some detail at the bottom.

i used the square punch which i inked around for the middle and i added a strip of crumb cake seam binding ribbon with some buttons

 for the photos i used the large tag from the two tags die for the smaller photo with a flower for an accent. the larger photo i cut some suede card and added some pumpkin pie card with some baja seam binding ribbon for an accent

 another accent was made from fabric put through the circles die and a button sewn onto them...you could do the same thing with paper if you like but the fabric is kinda cool isn't it?

nothing like spicing up your scrapbooking page with a mixture of textures :>

quick and easy xmas tags

xmas tags are easy

especially when you have the tag punch and ornament punch like i do :>

it's juts a simple punch and stamp and punch and stamp and punch and.....

you get the picture huh? lol

 the tags fit perfectly in a re-vamped mint container :>

the ornament ones fit nicely in a re-vamped storage container

i used the xmas accents to help em make these little cuties-very easy and quick!

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a few wee things i have been making....

i have been busy creating some stuff for st peter's school spring fair my friend lisa and i had a stall there in the hopes of many oodles of cash (to spend entirely on new products from the new catalogue of course!) and a multitude of new customers to get addicted to stampin up lol well i think we did both...just got to call them all now:> hi!! if you are visitng from getting a business card from the st peter's fair-please say hi back :> anyways here's a few goodies i had on my table

a little $2 shop box (you get 4 for $2!!) decorated with the cutest baby bundle stamp and little thank you cards inside yes...i did use only orange because it is my favourite colour.... :>

same gift box but with xmas tags inside on crumb cake (aka kraft lol)

then this little handbag (with matching cards)using the new dsp and artistic etchings stamp set cheers ears

tag.......... you're it!!

I am part of a Christmas tag swap and have been having some fun making these little cuties. So easy and so much fun. I started off with the traditional colours but then branched out to pink...well being a girl and all...gotta have some pink...oh and some bling too :> cheers ears There's something about getting up at 5 a.m., feeding the stock and chickens, and milking a couple of cows before breakfast that gives you a lifelong respect for the price of butter and eggs. ~Bill Vaughan