Little Quick Bowdabra Bow ~Tutorial~

If you are a crafter of any type the Bowdabra is a handy tool and easy to use.  It basically holds your ribbon for you so you can get a pretty bow very quickly.  Even a small one like I used on my box here. The little box is 2.25 inches square.  The ribbon is 1.5 " ribbon.

Here is how easy it is:

Cut the Bowdabra wire (or whatever string you are using) to 30".  Fold the wire in half so it makes a loop and place it in the Bowdabra with the loop on one side.

At this point I like to turn my Bowdabra so I can make sure my loops are even.  Lay the ribbon in the Bowdabra (I used 1.5" Ribbon here).

Fold the ribbon over and go back and forth.  I like to twist the ribbon as I pull it to the next loop.  Here is a side view.

I like to make my loops smaller as I go up so the bow is nice and round on top.

Scrunch the bow down using the Bowdabra Wand  (included with the Bowdabra).  The wand goes in the same way as the wire (not the ribbon).

Pull the loopy side of the wire over the bow and insert the tails through it to make a knot around the bow.  **Make sure you take out your wand before you tie the wire or your wand will be in the bow.** Not that I have done this myself or anything….  :=)

Pull your bow out and fluff it. I like to pull the loops in opposite directions.  

Thats it! Now enjoy your pretty bow.

Whimsy Doodle ~Noel~

Good Morning! I just wanted to pop in today to share this Christmas card I made for Whimsy doodles Celebrating the Holidays challenge.  I love this angel digi image and she was perfect to paper piece her dress and color with copics.  You can get her here at Whimsy Doodles - She Has Wings.  The sentiment is from Spellbinders dies.  Have a great holiday day! 

Whimsie Doodles - Celebrate the Holidays challenge (Jan. 15)

Loves Rubber Stamps Challenges - December Blitz Challenge (Dec. 30)
7 Kids Challenge - December Challenge 115 (Dec. 30)

Winter with The Greeting Farm

Good Morning everyone! Wow! The creative mojo is really strong right now.  Isn't that weird how it comes and goes, sometimes it's easier to create and others you don't know how to start?  

Well today I wanted to make a card for The Greeting Farm's winter challenge.  I didn't have any winter images, so I bought this adorable little winter Ian digi from the Greeting farm website.  Of course, he had to sit on something and I found the perfect winter bench at Make It Crafty.  I colored it up with my trusty rusty Copics.  

I wanted to use my Joy Die from My Favorite Thing, since I hand't used it before and that was fun to pop the letters up.

Thanks for peeking!

Challenges entering:

The Greeting Farm - December Winter Challenge (Dec. 25)

Loves Rubber Stamps Challenges - December Blitz Challenge (Dec. 30)
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes Challenge (Dec. 29)
7 Kids Challenge - December Challenge 115 (Dec. 30)

Thanks so much for peeking! 

Foxy Christmas Card

Good Morning everyone! So today I took a few hours to enjoy the last *sob* few hours without kids before Christmas Break hits.  Which is today at 1:00 (yes, the kids only have half day today).  Sigh….

I did live it up though by making this Christmas card using Chi Chi Designs adorable fox digi stamp.  If  you haven't tried any Chi Chi memories digs yet, you should definitely check them out - they are all so cute.  

I used the challenge layout, which is this one:

Materials used:

ChiChi Memories Digi Stamp

Copics

Spellbinders Circle dies

Merry Christmas die from Memory Box

Christmas Paper from WeRMemory Keepers

Challenges entering:

Chi Chi Memories - December Challenge (Jan. 15)

Loves Rubber Stamps Challenges - December Blitz Challenge (Dec. 30)
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes Challenge (Dec. 29)

Thanks so much for peeking! 

Classroom Lollipop Treat

Good Morning crafty ladies! Today I just wanted to share a quick project I made last night for my son's preschool class.  

These are really easy to make using the Your Next Stamp lollipop die.  I printed the tag on my computer and popped it out with a few circle dies.  Ribbon on the top finished it off.  

I used my Scor Pal to score the die at the 3 green lines so it was easy to fold.  The Scor Pal Anything Goes Challenge can be found at the link.  

Simon Says Stamp - Challenge Anything Goes (Dec. 29)

Hope all your Christmas projects are coming along as well!!

Happy Thanksgiving Friends

I hope all you crafty ladies are having a restful Thanksgiving.  I am hosting the Thanksgiving feast this year for my family so I hope the Turkey turns out great, I haven't made one in ages!

Well before you head off to your feasts, I wanted to share this sweet little Thanksgiving Mug Warmer I made using Doodlebug's Happy Harvest fabric. I think I mentioned in a previous post how much I love it, especially for Fall! 

I found a plain white ceramic mug at Walmart and used the Doodlebug fabric to make it very warm & cozy.  I didn't use a sewing pattern, but it is very simple to make and I can provide a tutorial for it in another post if anyone would like to see it.  

The matching round Mug Rug is made using the World's Easiest Mug Rug Tutorial.  It is a very simple pattern but does use 6 different 10" squares of fabric, so a Layer Cake would be perfect.   You can find an easy Tutorial I did on fabric buttons here.  

I hope you all enjoy this and have fun getting in the Fall & Winter spirit! 

In Everything Give Thanks...

Happy Wednesday everyone! Today's verse over at Word Art Wednesday is from Galations.

I hope you will play along with us - it is very simple "anything goes"... just create an uplifting and positive card and post it at Word Art Wednesday challenges.  You can use this week's verse below, but it is not required.  The challenge this week is sponsored by the Flying Unicorn and Pink Persimmon stamps. You should definitely check it out. 

Diane Noble (Daydream Designs) created the beautiful graphic for today's verse from Thessalonians.  You should definitely take a peek at Daydream Designs because they have tons of adorable new Thanksgiving and Fall images:

To make my card today I simply printed Dian's beautiful word art straight onto some Card Stock.  Then I accented it with a Turkey sticker and some paper both from Doodlebug's the Happy Harvest line.  

Seriously I am so crazy about Doodlebug paper that when I saw they had some matching Doodlebug fabric for sale by Riley Blake I was all over it.  Scrumptious fabric right!

I decided to use the fabric to make a little tissue holder to send along with the card.  I used this tutorial from Fiona at Two Brown Birds.  This is the quickest, easiest tissue holder to sew and super cute with the binding look.  

Thanks so much for stopping by!