Santa's on his way

Didn't do a lot of crafting today, but I used sealing wax and sealed all of my christmas cards and got them off into the mail today. And it's before christmas!! I finished this 3-d paper santa and reindeer from the canon website.
http://cp.c-ij.com/english/3D-papercraft/index.html I've been having a lot of fun making these items. Santa will be residing outside my office at work preparing us for the holidays.

Worked on my christmas cards tonite and finally settled on using a spirelli template. You place the metal template on card stock and using an exacto knife, cut it out. I had some holographic thread and used that to wrap around the points. It's just like spirograph but with thread. I purchased the template from http://www.ecstasycrafts.com/. They have other shapes and sizes and precut cards. This is a great site for paper crafters.
Here is what my finished design looked like. I used a rubber stamp of a snowflake for the inside design and for the outside envelope. This design covers all people on my card list. I finally hit on using 527 multi-purpose cement to attach the elements to the sparkly cards. I think the recipients will enjoy these holiday greetings.
I cast on the correct number of stitches for a men's size sock in the tiger yarn. It met with approval and now it's on to 9 inches of leg to knit.

Sock do-over

Cast on for a new sock today. Have to rip it out and recast on with less stitches. I think I'll cast on the "Tiger" yarn instead on work on those tall ones next.

Working on my christmas cards. One design has bit the dust. I was using a pattern template called"incire" that you cut the paper and fold tabs back and it looks really cool. The paper cutting is going great, but the cards I bought to mount them on are sparkly. I can't get the cut out to stick and stay on the sparkly cards.

They do look cool in the double-sided foil origami paper.

Finished a pair

Finished this pair of socks tonite. They came out really nice using a k2p2 ribbing thoughout. They should wear well for who ever is the lucky recipient.

Worked on my christmas card design today and am rethinking the project. I am almost ready to just purchase them at a store, but my craft vibe says NO, you have plenty of time to make them.

Socks, wonderful socks

Worked on the second sock today, turning the heel and now decreasing down to the foot.
These are giving trees that will be filled with candy and then either hung on a tree or sit on a table. To make these go to www.marthastewart.com/giving-tree and print off on cardstock. I didn't have all the required supplies (1 inch circle punch or silver paper) put I think they turned out okay. I don't think I'll be making more though. I have more socks to knit!!

Socks

Cast on and worked on the 2nd sock today. It is coming along quite nicely. It's mate is waiting for it in the bottom of the sock bag.

Santa's coming

Not a lot of crafting done today. I printed out a paper diaorama from the canon website.
http://cp.c-ij.com/english/3D-papercraft/event/santaclaus_e.html
of santa flying off in his reindeer in his sleigh. I love to cut and paste these together. So far I've cut a lot and pasted a little. It doesn't even look like any thing yet. Tomorrow though it will look great.

The canon website is great if you like to do paper crafts. The instructions are easy to follow pictures and the projects work. You have to be patient, use tiny scissors to cut out the fiddly bits, score all the fold lines with a ruler and stylus and use fast drying paper glue. Print the parts out on card stock and you'll end up with a lasting project. The website is always being updated with new projects.