Kids' Cards

These Sesame Street character cards are very simple to make, as you only need a few tools.
I used 2 different sizes of circle punches for the eyes for Cookie Monster, Elmo, and Oscar the Grouch. For the others I used an oval punch for the white but a circle for the pupils (black). The Noses are also the oval punch. Hair and mouths are all drawn free hand and cut. Oscar's tongue is a heart punch. See, simple! If you need more exact directions email me...I also can always put these together as a kit for you too. Make a card for your favorite little person and make his or her day!

Storage Ideas

I found these plastic jars in Target's dollar spot....what a great idea to store buttons, scraps of ribbon, etc. I grabbed myself a couple of these for my shelves in my crafting area.

Mummy Can

I know it seems early, but I always like to get a jump on my project for the holidays, whether it be for the fall or Christmas. Once the school schedule starts, I know my schedule gets busy and my stack of "to do" projects gets harder to tackle. This Mummy Can is so cute and very easy to make. I bought the smaller, empty paint can at Home Depot for a few dollars. All I did was wrapped gauze around the can and secured it with glue. I punched out circles for his eyes. I tucked the eyes into the gauze but used glue to adhere them to the gauze to make them secure. To finish him off I sponged some brown ink on the gauze to make him look aged. I like to fill these cans with candy, cookies, or some sort of goodies for neighbors, friends, teachers, etc at Halloween...a simple, cute gift, that even the kids can help make!

Stamping with Katie: address book

I have a few more of these address books kits available for $8.00. The book is pictured below. Let me know if you are interested. Keep posted to my blog as I will be posting projects and ideas for cards and gift for you papercrafters out there! Also...be patient with me too...this is all new to me..this blog is a work in progress!!

address book