Giving thanks~~

I showed you the gifts received from my October tea swap partners. Here is what I made for them. The theme for October's tea swap was Halloween or Thanksgiving. The colors were orange and black.

I thought I would stick with the Thanksgiving theme and used my Stampin up Owl punch as a start.

This is my handmade card.

My candy box topper

Schedule

...and my tea bags topper.

Thank you for stopping by!

Tea Swap with Dori

My other tea swap partner is Dori.

She made lots of goodies for me!!

First of all a goodie bag with a spider filled with candy and a washi tape.

A picture of her handmade card.

The inside of the card.

A Cute fall box

Filled with these tea bags. BTW, the tea was delicious!

Halloween gifts

My last class of the year was lots of fun!! In addition to class, two of my students created these adorable Halloween favors:

Here is Cassie with her Frankinstein goodie bag.

and Cherise and Maude.  Maude created the adorable goodies in the first picture. 

Tea Time

One of my partners for October's Tea swap, Mary, sent me this adorable Halloween card.  She placed a cloth that reminded me of cheese cloth around a tag that held two ghosts.  So cool!! 

Three tea bags and a halloween tea stamp. Thanks for being a great partner, Mary!!

Halloween Treat Bag #2

Ready for Halloween? How about another easy treat bag?

Using a lunch package...Inked up Darcie Witch Boot embossing folder. Roll thru embossing machine. Distressed tag with Tim Holtz ink; stamped with various $1 Halloween stamps from Michaels. Add eyelet and bakers twine. Tie up package with a nice tulle bow (don't forget to add treats!). Tie tag.

Have a very Safe & Happy Halloween!
BOO!

Holiday cards - A Class

Please note date change for the next and last class of 2014!

WOW, the Holidays are upon us!!  It's also a great time to start creating gifts for gift giving (if you haven't started already).

We will make these cute holiday cards and tag using both paperpiecing and punchart techniques. Besides these, we will also make a card holder, perfect for gift giving.

Class: Saturday, October 25, 2014 from 1:30p to 3:30p at A Place In Time.
Cost: $23

Supplies to bring: Scissors, Adhesive (tape and glue), Cropadile (if you have), white ink pen or acrylic white paint (if you have), dimensional tape, crafters chaulk (we will use a light pink or red), scoring tool

To reserve your spot, please call Bill at 261-2882 or drop me an email.

Hope to see you there!!

Color blocking

Here's a sympathy card I made while playing around.  It uses blue ombre, a die cut (Cherry Lynn Designs) halfway into the cardstock, and a Peace diecut (PTI) over the top.  The finishing touch are butterfly punchies (MS).

Maude -- Handmade with love

These adorable little tea holders were made as Thank You gifts from Maude.  Maude is a student of mine.  She likes to say that she is "teacher's pet".  LOL!!  {wink}

Remember the 3x3 holder I made for the Hip to Be Square class?  Well, Maude made it into a tea holder with Tazo tea bags.

On another occasion, she created this tea bag holder.
Love the flower she used that has some Sticker glitter on it.

Perfect gift for tea for two.

Thank you so much, Maude!! I LOVE IT!! 
PS, the Vanilla tea was very delicious!! :o)

Tea pal - Colleen

My tea pal, Colleen, was also my August Tea Swap partner. Remember the coloring image theme? Well, here is her package to me.

Handmade tea card, tea bag holder, double stick tape and two "washi" pen sets.

The card and tea bag holder.  At first I thought it was Minnie Mouse and friend having tea (Colleen loves Disneyland).  But she was they were bees (LOLOL!!).   She said it was us having tea together (note the beauty mark on the pink "bee").  LOL!! 

Here's also a thank you card she created.  Love the texture on the hair!!

As usual, I had a wonderful package in the mail.  Thank you so much, Colleen!!! 

August's tea swap was fun.  I saw how others colored images and created their cards.

If you want to join our little tea swap, drop me a line!  Open call is going out now.  The theme for October's tea swap is Halloween or Thanksgiving.

Have a great day!

Carol, tea swap partner

Carol was my partner for August. My how time flies! That is the swap in which we were doing colored images. Here is her cute card and all the goodies she sent to me. She said it is a digi image. Love the tea themed!!!

I also love the quote stamp she used for this card. Very inspiring!

L-O-V-E it!!! Thank you Carol for a lovely card and for the gifts!!!

Added by Carol:   The stamp that was in my card is from a company out of California called "Of the Heart". The stamp is called Patsy's Poem.  The TEA POT stamp is from House Mouse Stamps.

Halloween Treat Bags

Wow, Halloween is around the corner (almost)! Made a few of these treat bags.
There are so many different styles & sizes out in Google land!

The green/black treat bag decorated with punched scallop circles and the orange/black treat bag decorated with punched starburst; adhered spider (store bought!). Tie closure with radiant raffia.

Happy Halloween!

My tea partner, Gail

The talented Gail from San Francisco was my partner this month.
You should see all the beautiful things she made with the Bird Song Graphic 45 line:

First of all, here is a picture of everything!

In this picture, we have a package of Earl Grey and Jasmine tea bags from Buckingham Palace, a little notebook of notecards, and . . .

a folder that holds these metal Scrapyard embellishments!!

Next we have a bookholder and a holder for two tea bags.  Mmmm, the tea bags are from Mighty Leaf Tea; can't wait to try them!

Lastly, we have this beautiful Screen Divider Card. I believe I saw the instructions at Splitcoast some time ago.

I am going to have to create one of my own! Isn't it beautiful!!

Thank you, Gail, for being a great tea partner and for sharing your talent with me!!

Tea for Gail

I think by now, Gail, my September Tea Swap partner would have received her card. The theme was color blocking and here's my card to her. I used SU Owl Punch and cuttlebug letter diecuts. Cute and fun to make! I went out and used colors that I would not have put together. I also sent her two Tazo tea bags and some NOH Portuguese sausage mix, which I know she loves.

If you want to join our monthly tea swap, drop me a line and I'll send you more information!

Tea Cards past --

I found some pictures of cards that my tea partner from various months had sent to me but I have never posted them so here they are:

I had two partners for April's Tea Swap, Theme:  Ribbon and Lace.  This is from Josie is Canada.   I love her romantic looking card, the blue ribbon and lace, duck stickers and Canadian tea!

Second card was created by Mary B., another partner, for the April Tea Swap.  This gorgous card is made by Mary B.  Did I saw Mary is 80 years young???!!!

She also gave me lots of things, some of which is shown here:  lady bug stencil, Jolies stickers, etc.   As Mary's partner, I was definitely spoiled!!

This is the inside of the card.  So cute!!!

Mary's daughter Jayne is also in our swap.  She was my partner in June.  The theme was Summer.  Are you ready to see this beautiful card?  First of all, here is her handmade envelope.

 Here is her card, closed.  

Ok, are you ready to see the insides of this card:

Ta-Da!!!  

Oh my, how amazing this card is!  Look at all the details she put in just to make this beautiful card!!!  L-o-v-e it!!!

August's Tea Swap - Colored Images

Here's my card for August's Tea Swap.  The theme was colored images.  I busted out my Bella Teacup Girl stamps for this swap.  I had two partners this month and here are the cards:

 One for Carol.  This is Scarlett

and Clementine for Colleen.

Tags for AUW

We have an AUW (Aloha United Way) fundraiser at work.  Tomorrow is bake/craft sale.  I'm donating these Christmas tags as well as a couple of the Japanese doll frames I made last season for the sale:

The tags came about pretty easy once I got the idea.  The stickers are from NRN, I believe.  Border punch by Martha Stewart.  The clear plastic pillow box was from Heiko on sale, I picked up a while ago.

Recipe box

The recipe box class is scheduled for today. Here is the sample we will be doing today!

A picture of the inside:

I've been having so much fun decorating it.

Those who signed up for this class are going to have lots of fun!!

A Recipe Box - a class

Time has flown by!  I haven't had time to actually sit down on my personal computer for a while!!

Last minute post on the upcoming class scheduled this Saturday called A Recipe Box.

Note that just making the box and cover will take the whole class period!!  Here is the sample, we will be concentrating on just creating the box and cover:

Take off the cover, and it looks like this:

The box fits 3 x 5 index cards.  I'll show you my prototype using scraps I have lying around.

Oops!  I just noticed the words are crooked.  I can fix that real quick. The inside of my prototype:

The box is real study, being made from chipboard.  Class is scheduled Saturday, September 27 from 1:30p to 4:30p at A Place in Time in Kailua.  Cost is $23.  Please bring the following supplies to class:

Paper Trimmer, scoring tool, bone folder, scissors, pencil or pen; adhesive of your choice, Tacky glue,
embossing tool (the ball tip type), ruler, 6 office supply clamps or clips to hold your project ends while the glue sets); ADDED:  Black ink pad, Distress Ink in Vintage Photo and Walnut Stain.

(Please note that this project may be a little difficult for beginners)

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A special baby shower was held yesterday.  I was in charge of the favors and here they are:

 

And a closer shot:

Thank you for stopping by!