More Magnet Frame decor

The most recent one is for Christmas.  A mix of paper and paint was used.

The first one I made was soccer-themed, for the Prince of Sweetness. That link is here

Halloween was next. 

Thanksgiving was third.

The Thanksgiving group shows how the sections look outside of the frame. A magnet is on the back of each piece, two on the long narrow top element.

Thanksgiving Favors

Thanksgiving was at a niece's home again this year. I made these favors that each held a Ghiradelli chocolate square.

Birthday Cards

This card was for a girl friend's birthday. The stamp set is from Art Impressions. It reminded me of our Shipshewana Trip when she "surfed" the hallway on an upside ironing board. It was so unlike her, it was hilarious. 

This card was for a dear friend's birthday. The style is called a buckle card, the stamps are from Riley & Company.

Using up yarn

I don't have a problem donating yarn but when I found a hat pattern that uses two strands of sock weight yarn, I decided to see how quickly it would work up and whether or not I liked it. It was a few night's of knitting while watching TV and the hat feels great. My younger son claimed this and another one in black and beige. 

This one is a slightly different rib with a few cables thrown in. I think the color more than the cables make it seem more feminine. I'll either find someone who can use it or will start a donation of knitted hats. This style doesn't look good on me.

Candy Cane Door Decor

Yesterday was Veteran's Day. Leaves were still on many trees but that didn't stop 7 inches of snow from falling.  My son came after the kids were done with school and cleared snow. The Princess of Joy wanted to go out but her snow pants were in the truck. I didn't know if my son had left them there intentionally so I told her she would have to wait for daddy to come in. She knocked on every window, calling him, not believing that he couldn't hear her over the noise of the snowblower. She told me that she really, really, really, REALLY wanted to go out in the snow, adding she has never been outside.

She was much happier when daddy said yes and handed the snowpants off to me.

I stayed inside with Prince of Sweetness who was doing his homework. Never mind that I would have stayed inside even if he wasn't doing homework!

After they left and I had dinner, I made a dollar store craft. $7 for these items created a door decoration that will fit nicely between the front door and the storm door. I have one set of silver bells and a lot of ribbon left.

Combined Birthday and Anniversary Card

One friend celebrates her birthday and anniversary on the same date.  The die set that creates this 3-D bicycle is from Spellbinders. The sentiments on the sides of the baskets are from Spellbinders also. 

This photo shows that it folds flat for mailing. After testing this, I kept thinking about "birthday" and "anniversary" and wondering how I could work them into this project.

I remembered that I have this dog punch from Stampin' Up. I cut two of them as chocolate Labs to look like her dog Sassy. It wasn't until after I mailed this that I realize I used Happy Birthday on both sides of the banner and accidentally threw away the Happy Anniversary greeting.

More changeable, seasonal decorations

My last post was about wooden letters that spelled HOME with interchangeable images for the letter O.  While searching for them, I found a square shadowbox frame with a metal backing. It is divided to hold 5 images and a heading across the top. Many themes are available or you can use blank pieces to create your own. Here is a link to the products at Foundations Decor. There may be other sources but I haven't searched for them.

The first set I completed was Soccer, done with my grandson (the Prince of Sweetness) in mind. In the past few days, I have finished Halloween and Giving Thanks. They are done so I can now return to other projects on my to-do list. With the exception of paint or Sharpie marker on some small areas, each part is covered with paper from my scrapbooking and card making stash.

The last set isn't shown in the frame only because I mistakenly deleted that photo and saved this one which doesn't have the magnets attached to the backs yet. Each image has at least two layers to it and looks very nice in person. 

The "Home" Project

I bought the word HOME, sold as unfinished wooden letters and painted them black to go on a shelf in my living room. I ordered alternate "O"s from two different sources to cover most holidays. The O substitutes are each done with paper scraps. Occasionally, a bit of shimmer pen was added, the ladybug's eyes are dimensional embellishments and the beachball has a thick coat of gloss to make it look shiny. 

I think I'm done, mainly because I'm running out of room to store the alternate O pieces! I've had fun and considering the news is never fun these days, projects like this are soothing. 

Cards for teachers and a principal

These cards were made using dies from Spellbinders, both were from August's die of the month clubs (large die club being the clipboard, small die club is the backpack). As cute as the paper pieces are, they're a little fragile for a 4-year-old to handle so they aren't going to my granddaughter. Her teacher, my grandson's teacher and his principal will each get a card. 

The clip is three dimensional, the scissor blades move and the paper clip is made from paper. 

The green background paper is the green seen in the first photo. The grayish and bluish tones are photographic mistakes but I don't know what caused them.

The eyeglass frames have a double layer to the frames and have clear plastic lenses. Even the lenses in the image below took on a funny color. 

I bet it seems like I'll do anything to avoid housework. If I were you, I'd take that bet!