Merry Christmas for our Doggies and Kitties!

I try to come up with new treats for my kitty Emmie and my grand kitties and grand doggies.  My DIL is a Veterinarian.  They have 3 kitties and 4 doggies.  So I have a bunch of Christmas presents to make and give.  Thank goodness for Simply Crafty SVGs.  Sandy has the purrrfect stocking box just for the animals in our life.  Here is some pics of the finished boxes.  4 Cat and 4 Dog stockings.

Here is a pic of all the stocking boxes I made.  The boxes are made out of
NeeNah solid color cardstock and the sides are Co'Ordinations.

These two have paper from the Jolly Stack by American Crafts, bones are
made from scraps.  Next I cut some tinsel and used curling ribbon to make
each box unique.

I think you can see the names on the small bones at the top of each stocking box.
The paper used here is from Graphic 45 '12 days of Christmas'.  The paper
name is Joyeux Noel.  

Now on to the cats.  The girls have picked names from the greek gods for their
fur babies.  Paper for these two are, on the left Sweater Weather 'snow friends'
by American Crafts.  The right is another G45.

I named our fur baby to match the Wizard of Oz.  We have had Munchkin
Forrest, Spooky Forrest and currently Emerald Forrest (Emmie for short).

These two stocking boxes are the same as the ones above.

This project went together very quickly once I got started.  Christmas/Yule season is always a race

to get everything done and ready.  I don't take down decorations until Twelfth Night.  I do love all my lights and shinys.  

I wish each of you a bright and glorious Christmas (however you celebrate).  I will see you the 1st Monday of January 2020. 

Happy Gnome-giving!

Hello everyone and welcome to my November post for Simply Crafty SVG's.  This post I am using the amazing gnome that Sandy designed last Christmas.  I have made him a Gnome Pilgrim.  Come with me and let's take a look.

Here I am.  Dressed up for Thanksgiving.  

The hat to the gnome comes off and you can put something inside.

Now for the papers.  These are from DCWV 2013 Halloween/Autumn big book.
The solid cardstock is American Crafts.  I made the sign out of a pop cycle Stick
and some craft card.  Printed the sign with Make The Cut, using the settings for
Print and Cut.  The gold buckles are mirror paper from a dollar store.  Dotted
paper is some I bought from Joanns probably at least 5 years ago.

Here is the hat buckle.

Here are the buckles on the shoes.  I wanted to edge the beard with ink but,
well the time got away from me.  Next one I will.

So again here is the finished gnome.

Thank you so much for visiting today.  I wish you a Happy Thanksgiving.  See you the first Monday in December.  

Bright Blessings,

Creepy Coffin Treat Boxes

Hello everyone!  Time for another creation using the fantastic files from Simply Crafty SVGs. I chose the Creepy Coffin Treat Boxes for this months post.  I continue to be amazed with the creative files that Sandy comes up with.  This file is so easy to use.  I enlarged it to almost 6" tall.  Putting them together was a breeze!  Here they are...

I learned my lesson.  If something is black, don't photograph it on black.

I cut out a simple bat shape and put names on each.  I had to come up with
a way to make a Creepy Coffin Box for a girl.  I think I nailed it.

On each of the long sides I picked out some paper that kinda matched the front.

And here is the beauty shot.  I had to get some candy.  So I chose Reeces
Peanut Butter Cups (they are the bob's favorite)  {my chocolate stash is hidden}.

So I hope you have a wonderful not to spooky Halloween.  I hope this year to give out lots of candy.  My neighborhood has a lot of new young families.  So we shall see!

Bright Blessings,