The Creative Stamper Spot

30 Days of Gift Making Blog Hop

Hello again! What an exciting season we are getting into! My husband actually thought it would be a good idea to put our Christmas decorations up last weekend! I said let's wait just a little longer... I mean, I love Christmas time but I thought that was a wee bit early:-).

Anyway, here is my project for the 30 days of gift making hop, if you are just finding me the hop is ongoing all month with a project each day. If you want to see all the projects check out the Scrapoholic's post on Nov 1st as that's where it all began and she can help you hop along.

A while ago I watched a crafting show on decorating a wooden box and I thought it would be a great idea to decorate a box with paper and use it to give as a gift. I asked my husband to go to the cigar store and see if they have any left over cigar boxes they were willing to give away, the owner said he would give my husband two. How perfect is that? free is always good! Well once I started working on my box for this blog hop my daughter decided that the box would PERFECT for her to hold her special things in and she took over in the design process. She picked out the paper and said she wanted butterflies and her name on it. Here is what we came up with. Hope you like it!

This was my first time cutting chipboard with my cricut. I cut the crown using the Disney Happily Ever After cartridge on chipboard then again with the silver glitter paper. I used Storybook for the letters and stickles to decorate it.

I used my Stampin UP! butterfly punch for the butterflies

This is the "before" of the box

My daughter with the inside of it (this is after she decided the box should be her box)

How would you like some blog candy? I am giving away a calendar page of your choosing from my site Simple as ABCraft. Just leave a comment on this post and become a follower;-). Super simple! I will pick a winner this Friday morning so have your comment in by Thursday the 18th. Have a great day everyone!

Be Thankful Blog Hop Winner

Hi everyone! I had so much fun participating in this blog hop, looking at all the fun projects from the other bloggers, and most of all reading all the comments from you!! I love that part the best:-)! Anyway, on to the winner. I used random.org to pick my winner and the lucky number was 148 which was... A Scrap Above!! Congratulations Bonnie! I will be emailing you shortly to get your address and send you your calendar page.

A Scrap Above said...

AWWW, I love your project, this is such a wonderful idea,just too cute!

I am already a follower and love your blog.

TFS and a chance to win

Bonnie C

http://ascrapabove.blogspot.com

Be Thankful Blog Hop

Welcome everyone! I am so excited to be bringing you my project for the Be Thankful Blog Hop, hopefully you are hopping along and just arrived here from Little Paper Sprinkles, if not and you want to start from the beginning you will need to start with Sarah over at Pink Cricut. Here is a list of the blogs if you get lost along the way.

http://www.pinkcricut.com/
http://217creations.blogspot.com/
http://www.blueyecicle.blogspot.com/
http://www.craftjunkietoo.com/
http://scrapguy.blogspot.com/
http://www.littlepapersprinkles.blogspot.com/>
http://www.crazyaboutcricut.blogspot.com/
http://thecreativestamperspot.blogspot.com/
http://www.backporchcreations.blogspot.com/
http://luvmybabygirl.blogspot.com/
http://gilbyscraftster.blogspot.com/

Since we are nearing Thanksgiving time here in the US I'd like to mention a few things that I am thankful for. First and foremost, my family. They are what drive everything I do on a daily basis and I am thankful for them. My husband is the love of my life and my kids are just so much fun. I am thankful for my friends, especially all my Mom friends. I love to be able to connect with women who go through the same daily struggles I do. I am also thankful for this wonderful crafting community we have out here. I just love being able to go to other blogs or facebook and get inspired every day. It is so fun! This week my daughter had to bring in a photo of something she was thankful for to preschool. At first she wanted to bring in a photo of her friends which I thought was so sweet. Then she changed her mind and decided to bring in a photo of Jesus instead. She inspires me every day and I am thankful for Him as well.

On to my project...I decided to make a calendar page for November. Each month I make a different one and hang it up on my fridge in the kitchen. It keeps us as a family organized and I love popping it in my scrapbook when I'm done with it. This way when I (finally) get around to scrapbooking that month I can remember when everything happened!

Now onto to some blog candy. I will be giving away this page as part of the hop this weekend. In order to qualify please become a follower and leave a comment on this post with an email so I can get in touch with you. Super easy! I will be drawing the winner on Tuesday using random.org so leave your post by Monday at midnight (cst). If you would like to order one of these pages for yourself or maybe one of the upcoming months, check out this website that my friend Nancy, just put together, Simple As ABCraft.

Love You Much layout

Lately, I have decided that I need to focus on what I love, scrapbooking, so I can get some stuff done. If you scrapbook you probably deal with the same feeling I do of always being behind, however, I feel like I keep getting more and more behind lately! It's time for me to buckle down and get to it! Anyway, here is one of the layouts I did this week. This is based on a layout that my friend Nancy over at Fancy with Nancy designed. I tweaked it a little but it's pretty similar to her original design. I am in love with this stamp set now from Stampin UP! and I love how the colors go so well together.