Cupcake Wrappers

Good day all,

I made another video.  Yeah me.  LOL  Now if I just knew how to edit and splice and all that fun stuff all you pros know how to do.  I don't have alot of time to create my videos, but I will learn slowly.  If anyone out there has any good tutorials and can tell me what editing programs you like I'd very much appreciate it.

On to my project...Bella, my granddaughter is turning 1 on December 31st.  What a great birthday, huh?  I want to make her first birthday very special, so I am making cupcake wrappers.  Our theme for her birthday is Princess and Frogs.  Frogs you might ask?  Well, all of my kids had a special theme as they were growing up and you always received something of that theme for each birthday, christmas or special occassion.  My daughter picked tree frogs for Bella.  I know you might think that's kinda weird, but really there are a lot of frogs that are super duper cute.  I am really loving it.  Anyway, this post has nothing to do with frogs.  Hehehe.

I used SCAL and a plain cupcake wrapper to dress up her cupcakes.  I welded Bella's name onto the cupcake wrapper and then I used my new Cri-Kits (green glitter pen) that I won over at Joy's Life to write Princess on the wrapper.  I used the font Fiolix Girls with my SCAL.  This is probably one of my favorite fonts.  The pens really work great.  Then I cut Bella's name out in the DCWV All Dressed Up Glitter Stack in green and adhered them to her name.  SO stinking cute, if I do say so myself.  Anyway, I hope you enjoy my video and please leave a comment to help me better myself with my video making.  I appreciate all comments and take them very seriously.  If you can give me and hints or tips please do so.

As always, have a great day and god bless.

My First Video and Tummy Talk Wordbook

Hello friends,

Today I want to share a Word Book I created for my daughter.  When she announced she was going to have a baby, I wanted to create something for her so she could remember the 9 months leading up to Motherhood.  In SCAL I created the wordbook.  It was my first attempt and I am pretty proud of the way it turned out.  If you would like the SCAL file for the wordbook (TUMMYTALK), please leave your email addy in the comments section like so buffrau @ aol dot com and I will send you the file as soon as possible.

For Christmas I received a Flip camera and I can now make videos.  This is my first attempt and I hope you enjoy my first video.

As always, have a great day and god bless.

Treat Bags

Hello fellow bloggers,

I wanted to make something special for my son's class this year for their Winter Party.  I love making treat bags so here is my version.

I bought treat bags with snowflakes at the Dollar Tree.  Have I mentioned that's my favorite store?  Anyway, I also bought pencils, erasers and suckers there.  You can get a lot of stuff for $10. 

I made pencil toppers for the pencils.  Instructions are as follows.  I cut circles in SCAL with slits in them.  Then I cut just plain cirlces.  I also cut snowflakes and made the snowflakes (shadow blackout rounded).  I cut the background in blue, the snowflakes out of white glitter stack and the circles in red.  These are so easy to make.  I also glued a little bit of bling in the center.  I put the circle with the slits on the pencils and ran my ATG tape over the other circle.  I then adhered them together and viola.  A cute pencil topper.

I made bookmarks for each of the kids also.  I cut their names in SCAL out of vinyl and adhered them to red and blue cardstock.  Blue for the boys and red for the girls.  I wanted to laminate them and started to.  I RAN OUT OF LAMINATE after 6 bookmarks and had 21 to go.  Ugh.  LIGHTBULB...I used clear contact paper and "wrapped them".  My daughter helped with this...maybe she has some crafting abilities yet.  Honestly, you can't tell which ones were laminated and which ones we used the contact paper on.  Awesome and so cheap.  I then hole punched the bookmarks and added some ribbon to them.  Again, red for girls and blue for boys.  They turned out so cute.  Here is a picture of everything that went into the treat bags.

Here is a picture of the treat bags.

and another

I really don't like the way the staples show up so I think I might add some snowflakes over the top of them. 

Now here is the coolest thing also.  See that stamped greeting?  Well, I won that over at Courts Crafts. I have never used any of the Pink Stamper stampsets.  WOW, I love them.  This is the Winter Punnies collection.  Go check them out at My Pink Stamper. They are so clean and detailed.  I have a new love. 

Anyway, thanks for looking and if you would like some of these pencils with toppers I have 6 left over.  I will give them away to anyone who becomes a FOLLOWER and leaves a comment. 

As always, have a great day and god bless.

Ornament Winner

Good day all,

I am so sorry for not posting this on Sunday like I said I would, but I had a dart tournament this past weekend and didn't even think about blogging.  I am really sorry.  Then yesterday I worked and had dart league night.  So here I am today ready to announce the winner. 

I don't do alot of giveaways and I don't really find the need for Random.org yet, so I had my daughter draw the winning number.  She didn't even realize what she was doing this for and it's kinda ironic which number she chose.  She chose #5....

The WINNER IS

Melanie said:

I have a son that will be celebrating his first Christmas. He was also born on New Year's Eve. What a great way to bring in new life. Beautiful ornament, thanks for sharing.

So, Melanie, please email me at buffrau@aol.com and tell me your son's name or whether you just want "baby" on the ornament and your addy so I can get this out to you ASAP

I will have another posting up soon, so I will see you all in a little bit again.

As always, have a great day and god bless.

Pocket calendar

Good day all,

I've really enjoyed making presents this year.  I have a few coworkers that have really helped me out this year and I wanted to give them each something for their individual personalities.  One of my coworkers is a "float" which means she takes over when someone needs a vacation day or is sick.  She sometimes comes in early for me if I have something personal to take care of.  She used to carry this huge calendar with her because she is never in one location and needs to keep track of where is she will be on a certain day.  I made her her own pocket sized calendar.  SHE LOVED IT.  I just bought a cheap daily planner at the Dollar Tree.  It was black and so I just cut a piece of vinyl to fit for the front and then I cut her name in SCAL out of black vinly.  I cut two red hearts and two black hearts and attached them to a paper clip.  SO cute and simple.  Now she can just move her paperclip to the pertaining week and she will never be lost again.  LOL

Advent Calendar and Tray

Hi guys,

I have a bit of computer time today, so I am trying to get as many postings up today as possible.  LOL  Might be a little overwhelming.

I was over at Joy's Life the other day for the advent hop and she had made this cute tray with gingerbread men.  Anyway, I took a little spin off of it and made this.  Let me know what you think.  The gingerbread men were cut from SCAL and are all magnetic and the little oven mit was also cut from SCAL and it is also a magnet, so it can be moved to each day.  I used puffy paint to decorate the gingerbread men and I cut each day out in green and red vinyl and adhered them. I glue dotted the mints around the cookie pan and tied a simple bow as a hanger.  I used my crop a dial to punch the hole in the tin and it worked real well.  I gave this to one of my best friends.  She really seemed to like it.

I then kinda took another spin off and made this for a fellow coworker.  She likes apples and her entire kitchen is decorated with them.  So I bought this tray at the local Family Dollar store and cut these cute apples from A Child's Year.  First I cut them in red with the letters cut out and then I cut them in green and glued them together.  The red is glitter paper and it gives it such a cool effect.

As always, have a great day and god bless.

1st Christmas Ornament and giveaway

Hello fellow bloggers and crafters,

I just cant seem to find any time to blog.  I am crafting almost daily, but I just don't get much computer time.  I've been busy making a lot of holiday gifts and such, but most of it has already been given away and some things I forgot to take pictures of...I am sooooo bad.  I also haven't updated my 30 days of me.  Ugh. 

I did want to share this ornament I made for my granddaughter.  This will be her first Christmas as she was born on New Year's Eve last year.  I found these block looking ornaments at a discount store last year.  They came in a set of 6.  There was only 1 package left so I snagged them up.  I haven't seen any of this kind since.  Anyway, I thought they were so darn cute.  I used the glitter effect using the wax and glitter.  I made a bunch of them last year and again this year for my husband's staff, (just the plain round ones).  They all were excited about getting new ones with this year's date on them. 

I will be giving one ornament away to a fellow FOLLOWER.  If you have a new grandchild or know of someone who you would like to give this to, leave me a comment, follow me and tell me about your favorite ornament.  I will pick one winner on Sunday, December 12th.  I have a choice of pink or blue.  I can either put the child's name on it or just "baby's" First Christmas 2010.  That is totally up to you.

As always, have a great day and god bless.

All About Me in 30 Days



Ever wonder who your blogger friends really are? Wonder no more! We've put our own spin on the "All About Me in 30 Days" blogging memes floating around to share a little bit of ourselves with our friends.


This 30 day challenge began on Tuesday November 23rd and ends on December 24th.... if you miss a few days, just play catch up! I have a few days to catch up also.  No pressure :) Be sure to grab the button so we know you are participating - post it anywhere on your blog or in each daily post!

Day 1 – a recent photo of you

Day 2 – your favorite song

Day 3 – your favorite movie

Day 4 – a photo of you as a child

Day 5 – your favorite television program

Day 6 – your favorite book

Day 7 – a picture of you and the person you have been closest with the longest

Day 8 – your favorite quote

Day 9 – your dream house (description or photo!)

Day 10 – a photo that makes you happy

Day 11 – a photo that makes you angry/sad

Day 12 – something you are OCD about

Day 13 – a description of what's currently in your handbag/purse/diaper bag!

Day 14 – a photo of a person you’d love to trade places with for a day

Day 15 – a photo of yourself and a new friend you met this year

Day 16 – a song that makes you cry

Day 17 – your favorite website

Day 18 – a photo of your favorite memory

Day19 – a picture of somewhere you’d like to travel

Day 20 – a talent of yours

Day 21 – a hobby of yours

Day 22 – a photo of your wedding/future wedding plans

Day 23 – a photo of something that has made a huge impact on your life recently

Day 24 – a recipe

Day 25 – your worst habit

Day 26 – a photo of where you live

Day 27 – a photo of someone you could never imagine your life without

Day 28 – your hopes, dreams, plans for the next 365 days

Day 29 – a picture of something you want to do before you die

Day 30 – it's Christmas Eve! post a photo of what's under your tree this year!

You can follow and play along at Marine Parents.

1st day:

I hardly have any pictures of myself since I am always the one with the camera in my hand, but this was taken in June at my daughter's wedding.

2nd Day

  My favorite song is Independence Day by Martini McBride

3rd Day

 My favorite movie is Home Movies of my Family

4th Day

Oh my, I look like a war orphan.  LOL  I don't have very many pictures of me as a child.

Check in tomorrow to see the next postings.

 

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving to all of you bloggers,

I didn't think I was going to blog today, but here I am....

I normally do not decorate for Thanksgiving and really I am not today either, but I did make something this year. I was channel surfing the other day at work (yes I have a very boring job). I ran across a Martha Stewart Thanksgiving show and stopped on it for awhile. She was making coloring books for the children that would be coming to Thanksgiving dinner to keep them occupied. I was intriqued. Our youngest child this year is my granddaughter, Bella, and she is only 11 months old, so she won't be coloring. LOL My youngest son in 10 and I suppose he is still coloring age, but I didn't think he'd want to. So I decided to make it into a "I am grateful for..." booklet.



I found a clipart of a turkey silhouette on the web and imported into my SCAL. I cut it out two times in black and four times in white. I glued one white page to each black page creating the cover. Then I glued one white page halfway to the "cover" two times and then glueing the back "cover" half way to the rest, creating a little booklet. I then scored it so it will be able to open and close nicely. I have a lot of alphabet stickers and I just stuck them to the front and back of the booklet. I could have made it prettier but this is what it is. I know in my mind this makes sense...I hope it does to you. Now when we sit down to eat Thanksgiving dinner I will have everyone write something they are grateful for in the booklet and when I get my pictures from dinner developed I will make a scrapbook page and use my Turkey booklet as the focal point.


Here are a few pictures of it.

As always, have a great day and god bless.

Oh My...Rambling and Blog Award

Hello all my blogger friends...


I feel so bad that I haven't posted in almost a month.  It's not that I haven't been creative, it's just that time is not my friend anymore.  I have been really busy with work and by the time I get home at night after 10 hours, I have no desire to do anything but put my feet up and veg out.  I have been creating though.  I made a bunch of stuff for a craft fair I had 2 weeks ago.  It went pretty good, sold things that I didn't really think would go and the stuff I made especially for the show didn't.  Weird economy...I have about 68 ornaments left over.  I guess all my family and friends are getting ornaments again this year.  Ha, ha, ha  I promise I will post some photos this coming weekend.  I've changed shifts slightly at work and now I have Sundays off...yeah.


On to another subject...As most of you know my daughter and her family live in Colorado...ok, let me rephrase that...THEY HAVE MOVED TO SOUTH DAKOTA.  LOL  Sorry, I am just so excited that they moved back.  Now I get to see my granddaughter grow up in real life and not via webcam or photos.  She is sooooo cute.  They have been here for almost two weeks now and it's been awesome.  So that's what's been keeping me from posting too.  I just haven't had much "me" time.  My DD got a job already and Bella is attending daycare.  She seems to be adjusting well.  My SIL will be moving here in the middle of December and we will all be able to enjoy Bella's first Christmas and birthday together.

OK, one more thing to post:  Tonight I received a posting from my bestie blogger friend, Kristal over at Kandrewdesigns  She gave me an award.  Boy do I feel special right now.  

To accept this award I have to do the following:

1). Thank and link back to the person who awarded me

      

2). Share 8 things about myself

3). Pay it forward to 8 bloggers that I have recently discovered

4). Contact those bloggers and tell them about their awards


Well, I am wholeheartedly thanking Kristal.  She has been such an inspiration to me.  I have learned so much from her and hope to meet her one day soon.  Florida is too far from me and California will be just as far, but one never knows when fate will step in.  Thank you so very, very much Kristal!!!


My eight things...hmmmm


1.  I was born in Wiesbaden, Germany and lived there until I was 16.  I miss my family and the culture, but America has become my home.


2.  I have been married for almost 16 years to my best friend.  It's indescribable how I feel about him.  He has been my rock when I was swimming in quick sand, wow, that sounds like he is drowning me.  what i mean is he has been very supportive.  it was late when i wrote this and when i reread it today i realized how bad that sounded..  


3.  I have 3 beautiful children whom I love and adore very much.


4.  I have 2 gorgeous grandchildren.  Bella will be 1 on December 31st and Draven is  
3 1/2.  He will be moving to Hawaii in December with his mom and stepdad, but he will come here during the summer months


5.  I love crafting in many different mediums.  I have worked and continue to work with jewelry making, mosaics, cross-stitch, scrapbooking, and cardmaking.  I am sure there are other things I've done, but I could go on forever.


6.  I am a crime book buff.  I love to read James Patterson and John Grisham.  They are for sure my favorite authors.  


7.  I definitely believe you should do onto others as you would want them to do to you because Karma will bite you in the butt.  LOL  I hope you see the humor in that last part.


8.  I love Reality TV.  How sad is that?  But I am addicted to both Survivor and The Amazing Race.  I have recently started watching Undercover Boss and I think I would love my boss to do my job sometime.  bwwwwwwwaaaaaaaa


Ok, so now I have to pick 8 blogs to pass this award onto.  That's the toughest part of accepting this award.  It's just because I love so many of you and also I am afraid that I will pass this onto someone who already has received it.  But I guess that's okay, because Kristal got this award 4 times.  WOOT WOOT  You go girl!!!

Joy at Joy's Life 

Ali at Found in the Ali 

Michelle at Michellesdigitalcreations

Neighen at Scrappin3rdeeschik 

Angie at Angiespaperpassion

Terri at Terrisproul

Courtney at Courtscrafts

Star at Starspaperpassion

Okay, I hope you all didn't get bored with all my rambling, but that's what happens when you finally get some computer time and have a desire to ramble.  LOL

As always, have a great day and god bless.

oo