Martha Stewart sent a goodie package to one of my neighbors so she threw crafting party last night.  We had a blast trying to figure out how to use some of the tools. To an extent, we felt like fools reading the instructions for a paper cutter that cut the design into the sides, a glue stick, and other things that weren't completely obvious to use.

Martha Stewart sent three different kits. One was a card making kit, one was an ornament kit, and one was a box kit.

My Card was the guinea pig card as I was the first to try to figure out how to use the paper edging, through trial and error as you can see... definitely not "perfect" by any means.  But it was still fun. The foil embossing for the "Happy Birthday" was tricky, but turned out cool.

My ornament also didn't turn out the greatest.  Note to self, decide what you want on it before you start!  Also, it probably would have made more sense to start with the background, and then written "Alyssa" on top of that... I tried it the other way around...

Some of the other ornaments that others made turned out good...

  

I think I made the best box!  Again, I used the paper edger, but this time, I had figured it out and it came out perfect on both sides.  I even stuck two cupcake stickers on it instead of just one.  It's called a "Cupcake Box", but it's currently holding my glitter ornament.

As I mentioned, these came as kits, so you don't have to go to the store and try to coordinate anything.  The kit comes with matching colors and accessories, like the zinnia flower on the card and the cupcake for the box. I'm not sure if they're exclusive, but they were pushing Michaels Arts and Crafts pretty heavily, and also gave 50% off coupons to buy anything from Martha Stewart's collection.

Not really sure crafting like this is something I could do all the time, mainly because I don't have the patience for it, but thanks to Martha Stewart, we had a great Mom's Night In last night and it was a lot of fun!

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