Another swap I did through alilscrapofheaven is one for a Father's Day Tag. I knew that I wanted to put burlap on it somewhere but really was not sure what to do about the rest. So I went to Pinterest for help. I found a project someone had done that used burlap and they placed an image on top. But as I was going through my stash to figure out if I had anything to use, I found some wooden deer heads which was perfect.
I had a stamp set that had meadow and field-type backgrounds so I used it at the bottom. I also made a little pocket on the back with a piece of cardstock so a note can be written on it. The background paper came from a Paper Studio (Hobby Lobby) stack called Etc. which has a bunch of textures in it...like wood, metal, peeling paint and that sort. I also did a video which is below so you can see it better and maybe get more details regarding the tag. If you are viewing this in an email, the video may not show up. You can click here to go to the video.
Let me know what you think. Thanks for stopping by! Hugs!
I signed up for a few swaps with alilscrapofheaven and the first one was the flower swap. We had to make 12 handmade flowers to send to your partner. I had the most fun making these. I think they turned out really nice. And my partner really liked them. So glad!
Here is a video so you can see them up close. I explain a little bit about them. I tried to make them all different. On a few were similar.
MayMay Made It had a Christmas Tag Swap in which you had to make a tag holder out of a file folder and fill it with Christmas tags. I had a great time working on this. It was a lot of fun. Here are a few pictures of the one I did for my partner. I hope she likes it. I also did a video showing each tag so check that out also (below).
Here is the video showing all the tags in better detail.
Here is another swap I participated in that was a lot of fun. Tmika at Scrapdaworld does a ton of swaps and I have always wanted to do one but just got a little intimidated I guess.
We had to make and send 3 sets of 5 (items) and a 3x3 note card with envelope. The note card had to have at least 2 embellishments. The items could be themed or not - but all 5 things must be different. At first I did not want to do a themed item and was going to find stuff in my stash but I could not find enough of everything to do it. So I went with the Christmas theme. But then what to get....just a variety of stuff? No, I wanted the person to be able to make something out of the stuff they got. I walked around Michaels and came upon the ornament idea. So I got things that were not expensive (around $1 or $1.50 or so) that you could use to make them.
Here is the video showing all the stuff. I hope the ladies enjoy it.
Hey there! My name is Karen Sue. I have been married to a wonderful man for 36 years. We have two boys (32 and 29) and our doggiepoo Zoe. My only hobby used to be watching movies. But since I started scrapbooking/crafting, that has become my favy thing to do. I love it! It is very relaxing. I scrapbooked for my kids when they were growing up in school, making albums on specific trips and it was such a blast putting them together. My oldest son is married and has two sons (our first grandchildren). Our youngest just got married in Oct 2022. I hope you enjoy my blog and can get some inspiration from it!