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Thanks For the Smile

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I love using stamps and paper in a way that creates a new vision.  This background paper comes from a lovely set of paper called Falling in Love.  This particular sheet is actually an artistic view of glitter.  When paired with this amazing dragon fly stamp, from Dragonfly Dreams, is looks like a shimmery pond and sunset.  Wonderful.

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The dragonfly was stamped three times on the front and once on the inside.  That is it.  I used basic black archival ink to give this strong, rich look.  Awesome!  The same ink was used on velum cardstock for the sentiment.  I used the triple banner punch to make this layered tag and wrapped it with some of the free ribbon I earned from my last Sale-a-bration purchase.  Love that stuff!  I hid my adhesive on the ribbon.  I used glue dots, small, strong and easy to hide.  And there you go!

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Have a creative day!

Moana

Flameless Candle Favors

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Two days off in a row?  What is up with that I would like to know.  Well, these little babies are to blame.  Well, these are the ones left over from the original 150 I made.  Yes, there were 150.

Flameless Candle Favors

Our church youth group decided to go Christmas caroling to a few nursing homes in our area and well, the final decisions came a bit late.  We normally would have collected fuzzy grippy bottom stockings, or made knitted hats or something along those lines.  I live in a small town and couldn’t gather up enough of those kinds of things this late in the holiday season.  So, it ended up being a paper crafting moment, or two, or more.

Flameless Candle Favors

My Saturday was spent making these little treasures.  If you weren’t making a ton it would be a super quick craft.  I cut 6″ squares, scallop trimmed the tops, punched two snowflakes on opposite sides and tucked in a candle at the bottom.  The candles got a little extra grip from glue dots to make sure they stayed put.  It is a tight fit, but just in case.  They are tubes so you can turn the candle on and off without taking it out.  Pretty simple, but very nice.

As we sang the kids passed out lit favors to the nursing home guests.  It really was a lovely experience for everyone.  Christmas is about giving after all.

Flameless Candle Favors

Have a creative day!

Moana