Hello Creative Friends,
Today’s share is another way to make your Sunday School and church Christmas trees to have a little more meaning by making the names of God mentioned in Isaiah 9:6 to place on a tree or to just use as decorations.   You can also make them for your home trees but I made them a little large with church decorations in mind:)

Isaiah 9:6 is one of my favorite verses at Christmastime.
“For unto us a child is born , unto us a son is given : and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor , The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.”

There is a pdf file of the names for you to print out.   Mine were printed out on white card stock and I cut them out just around the square edge.  Then I sponged the edges with Creamy Caramel ink and I also sponged the ink directly over the entire name to give it kind of an aged look.

To begin with I made a base of Chocolate Chip card stock (6 x 3 1/2).  The next layer is Old Olive card stock (5 1/2 x 3) on which I stamped one of the snowflake images on from the Stampin’ Up! Snow Swirled stamp set, Item #111690 in the catalog on page 36.  This is a very pretty stamp set and I’ll be sharing some projects with it later in the week.

I used the Creamy Caramel ink to sponge around the edges of the Old Olive card stock as well.   Ribbon, brads, and photo corners (from Photo Corners Punch) were added to finish the name cards off.   I didn’t add any type of hanger but only placed them on the branches of the tree but you could add ribbon or string if you wanted.

Tips:

• Spell out Isaiah 9: 6 on a church bulletin board and make the name cards to add to it.
• Make the name cards and string across your fireplace.
• This is a great way to Keep “Christ” in your Christmas!

By the way, I spelled “counsellor” on the pdf with two l’s as it is in the KJV.

Have a creative day,


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Hello Creative Friends,
My oldest daughter, Kayla, and I hosted a baby shower for a friend over the weekend so I wanted to share the favors with you.  They are simple candy tent cards.

These are made by cutting card stock to 2 3/4 inches by 8 1/2 , scoring on the 8 1/2 side at 3 1/2 inches in and then 5 inches to make the fold lines for the bottom.  This is my favorite size of candy tent because you can get four out of an 8 1/2 x 11 sheet of card stock.

I used the Scallop Circle Punch on the front and slid in a cello bag of candy, punching holes in the top corners of the card stock and running ribbon through.  I slid on some little plastic rattles that I found.  I wanted some pastel candies to use but had a terrible time finding any so I ended up stacking 4 fruit flavored Tootsie Rolls in each cello bag.  They just fit.

I made a diaper cake for a centerpiece for the shower.  It was my first attempt at making one.  It was my younger daughter (my 11 year old) Tara’s  idea to stand up the teether for the topper.   I thought she had a great idea:)

Related Pages:
Baby Shower Devotional

Have a creative day,


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Hello Creative Friends,
Awhile back I shared a gable box by altering the Sizzix Box #2 Die for the Big Shot Die Cutting Machine just a little.  Basically, I added a second lid/flap and adhered it to make both the front and back of the box match.  

Today I’m sharing another box done the same way.  Actually this was the first one that I did.  I just have had it set aside for awhile till it got closer to Christmas.  I used the Stampin’ Up! punches to turn this into a gingerbread house. 

Punches Used:
Scallop Circle Punch (Bushes)
1 Inch Circle (Roof)
Wide Oval (Door)
1/8 Handheld (Lights Across Roof-line)
1/8 Handheld & 1/2 Inch Circle (Wreath–Punch center out first with smaller punch)

The windows are 3/4 inch squares.  I sponged the edges of all the pieces with White Craft Ink and the little “lights” along the roof have Crystal Effects over top of them to give them a shinny look.  The details on everything are just drawn on with a white gel pen (uniball Signo).

You can see I decorated all the way around the box.  Below you can tell how I just wrapped the bushes on around the little house by overlapping them.  I used approximately 48 punch cut-outs for the roof.  It all depends though how much you overlap the rows and how close each row is.  I found that mine weren’t exact.  If you end up with roof ”shingles” hanging over the sides, just cut them off with scissors.

I used Jumbo Eyelets on each flap to put my ribbon through.    This  makes a great little box to hide a gingerbread treat inside.

See more Sizzix Box #2 Die Cut Projects.
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Have a creative day,


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