Christmas Card and Gift Card Holder

Yesterday Judy and I did a couple of projects - one was a card and the other was a gift card holder.  We did two of each.

I had previously posted photo of the card - it was one of the ones I did with my sister when we got together for our birthdays. 

Supplies
Stamp Set - Tree Trimmings; Christmas Greetings
Card Stock - Always Artichoke; Early Espresso; Crumb Cake; Very Vanilla; Deck the Halls DSP
Ink - Early Espresso; Cherry Cobbler; Old Olive
Other - Two Tags Die for the Big Shot; Very Vanilla 1/2" Seam Binding; Scallop Border Punch; Basic Rhinestones; Dimensionals; Mini Glue Dots

The second project we did is a gift card holder that Heather Summers showed on her blog HERE.  We made it exactly the same as Heather's but it could be changed up very easily using any colour card stock and coordinating DSP.  There are so many of the Stampin' Up! punches with coordinating stamps that could be used to suit any occasion.

This is the gift card holder closed

And here is the inside with the little slot to hold the gift card.

Supplies -
Stamp Set - Tags til Christmas; Teeny Tiny Wishes
Card Stock - Crumb Cake; Very Vanilla; Deck the Halls DSP
Ink - Cherry Cobbler
Other - Ornament Punch; Word Window Punch; Basic Pearls; Chantilly Crochet Trim

Contempo Christmas meets Deck the Halls

Although I have lots of plans, I still haven't made many Christmas cards this year.  I guess the time has come to stop planning and get to it.

A while back I had seen a card on Diana Gibbs' blog and made a note of it thinking it would be a great card to CASE.  For this card I copied her card using the Deck the Halls DSP.  I do plan to make some using the Candy Cane Christmas DSP - like I said lots of plans.

You can visit Diana's blog HERE to get the details for this card.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

Northern Flurries

This card features the Northern Flurry embossing folder as well as the Northern Frost Decorative Strip Die.  Both are available in the Holiday Mini and I am hoping they will be carried over to the main catalogue.

I CASEd (copied) this card from Kim Assaly's blog HERE.  Rather than using the linen thread to "hang" the snowflakes I adhered the to the card with dimensionals.  Don't you just love the crochet lace trim and the pearls?

Two months from today and it will be Christmas Day.  Where is the time going?

Holiday Hoopla - Final Make and Take

The last of the six make and takes from the Holiday Hoopla event is a Christmas Banner.   As with the previous projects, most of the supplies are from the Christmas Cheer Simply Scrappin' kit.   This project uses the 1 1/4" Marina Mist striped ribbon and features a couple of the Big Designer buttons from the Candy Cane Christmas package.

The scallop squares and the letters were cut out using the big shot.

Holiday Hoopla 3

Today I am sharing two more of the projects from the Holiday Hoopla event Judy and I attended last Saturday. 

The first one is a packet of three 4 x 4 tags.  The packet is made using the Top Note die.  As with the chocolate bar holder I shared yesterday, the DSP was folded in half and placed on the die so that the folded edge was not on the cutting line.  We tied the ribbon around and embellished it with elements from the Simply Scrappin' kit.  I added one of the self stick rhinestones to the snowflake.  The cards were cut, scored and then embellished with some of the DSP, card stock and die cuts from the kit.

The second project I am sharing today is a mini album.  Although the inserts use materials from the Simply Scrappin' kit, the "album" itself is made from one of the Elegant Notes and envelope.  The flap of the envelope was tucked inside and then the note card was adhered to the envelope.  A piece of DSP was adhered to the note so that it would peek through the design.  We decorated three squares of card stock and tucked them into the envelope.  The little tabs extend so that they can be pulled out easily.  This could be used as a mini photo album or by changing up the stamp set it could even be used for a small recipe booklet.

Holiday Hoopla 2

Yesterday when Judy and I got together we made two cards and two tags.  They were all projects I had done with my sister in September and have been posted previously.  We did the first of the two tags featured in THIS post as well as the card featured HERE. 

Today's post features two of the make and takes Judy and I made at the Holiday Hoopla event we attended on October 23.

This first one is a chocolate bar holder made with the Top Note die for the Big Shot.  We folded the DSP in half and ensuring that the fold was above the bottom cut line of the Top Note die we ran it through the big shot.  The ribbon was tied around it creating a little pouch to hold the chocolate bar.  The embellishment is from the Christmas Cheer Simply Scrappin' kit.  Very quick, but very cute!

This project is a gift card holder.  We created a sleeve using textured card stock.  This was then stamped using the Contempo wheel and then punched using the Decorative Label punch from the Holiday Mini catalogue.  The "To/From" label is a stamp from the Tags til Christmas stamp set and it coordinates perfectly with the punch.

This is the insert for the gift card holder.  It has been decorated with the punched out piece from the sleeve and one of the die cuts from the Simply Scrappin' kit.

Holiday Hoopla

Last week I didn't post the card Judy and I made because I had posted it previously - it was one of the cards I had made with my sister.  You can see that card HERE.  We each made two of this card.

The projects I am featuring today (and for the rest of this week) are from a Holiday Hoopla stamping event that Judy and I attended this past Saturday.  The event was hosted by Marlayne Hardy a local Stampin' Up! demonstrator.  You can check out Marlayne's blog HERE.  All of the projects were Christmas themed but could be easily adapted to any occasion.  Marlayne had six make and takes prepped and ready for each participant and there were five "demo booths" set up around the room where other demonstrators showed various projects and gave quick instructions on how to complete them.  In addition to Marlayne's presentation we were treated to a presentation from fellow demonstrator Cindy Major from Quebec City.  Click HERE if you want to visit Cindy's blog.  There were also several display boards around the room - all of the displays continued the Christmas theme.  There were so many of them it was quite overwhelming!

The make and takes were all made with the Christmas Cheer Simply Scrappin' Kit along with some ribbon and buttons not included in the package.  We each received half of a package with plenty of supplies to make our projects with lots left over.  We made a box (measuring about 6" x 6"); a mini album; a gift card holder; a candy bar holder; a set of note cards with holder and a Christmas banner. 

This is the box we made - it is amazing what a bit of paper, a few scored lines and sticky strip can do!  Look at that luscious ribbon!   It is the 1 1/4" striped ribbon in Marina Mist.  The box is decorated with a few of the self-adhesive die cuts included in the Simply Scrappin' kit.

I had a gift that had to be wrapped and had been planning on using DSP.  I changed my mind and made a custom box - I love that I was able to create a box specifically sized for the gift inside.  I decided not to embellish this box as the DSP is pretty busy.  The DSP is from the Love Letters package.  The box bottom is Very Vanilla textured card stock and I used Very Vanilla 5/8" Satin ribbon.

Holiday Stamp Camp 4

I have now completed the fourth of the twelve projects from the Holiday Stamp Camp hosted by Sherida Giddings and Trina St. Michael.  This one is a gift card holder.

This photo shows the gift card holder closed - there is a tab on the red panel that slides under a modern label punch secured to the card holder with brads.

This photo displays the gift card holder with the front flap opened.  You can see the tab on the left created with a circle punch and the modern label punch is a little more visible in this photo.

The holder is fully opened in this photo.  On the right you can see the pocket to insert a gift card and the middle section allows lots of space for a note.

Rattle Me Bones

Today two of my sisters and some of their friends are participating in the Rattle Me Bones run to raise money for arthritis.  There are also two children in their group (an eight year old girl and one year old boy).  My sisters asked if I could make cards and medals for the children.  I think this is probably the first time I have ever CASEd myself.  You can click HERE to see the card I made for my grandniece a few weeks ago.

The Rattle Me Bones run has a Halloween theme so I decided to incorporate that into the cards and medals.  As I did with my original card I sponged the background - Garden Green for the ground and mostly Bashful Blue for the sky.  This time instead of using a scallop circle punch I used the scallop oval while sponging the sky.  I found the banner on the Rattle Me Bones website - I just printed it to the size I wanted.  Take a peek at the shoelaces - I used the SU fantastic 1/8" taffeta ribbon.

As before the medals were created in My Digital Studio.  I found a downloadable font that was perfect for the Halloween theme.  If you look closely you will see that the tops of the letters are a little pointy like bat's ears.

Holiday Stamp Camp 3

This is the second set of three tags I made using the kit from the Holiday Stamp Camp.  As with the tags posted yesterday this set features the Tags 'til Christmas stamp set.

Holiday Stamp Camp 2

There were 12 different projects included with the Holiday Stamp Camp.  Two of the projects were sets of three tags.  All stamped images in this first set of three are from the Tags 'til Christmas stamp set.

My posts featuring the projects from the Holiday Stamp Camp will be brief.  As this was an event hosted by others and there was a fee I will not be sharing many of the details.

Holiday Stamp Camp

In September I participated in a Holiday Stamp Camp hosted by two local SU demonstrators - Sherida Giddings and Trina St. Michael.   I was not able to attend the event but signed on for a "Kit to Go.  The instructions were emailed to me and I received all of the materials in the mail.  I got distracted and have only just started making the projects. 

The first one I decided to do is an "altoid tin".  The kit included the silver tin and all of the embellishments.  It uses some of the fabric featured in the current SU Holiday Mini Catalogue (for the flower on top and the decoration on the side of the tin).  For both of those the fabric was already cut using the Big Shot and SU dies.  The fabric for the side of the tin had been adhered to an adhesive sheet before cutting so it made it very easy to apply to the tin.  Although a little bit tight a gift card will fit in the tin.  I was thinking it would look great to use some silver cording to create a loop to hang the tin on a Christmas Tree.  It is also the perfect size to hold several of the gift tags I will be featuring in the next couple of days.

Christmas Cards and Tags 5

The day I got together with my sister for our birthdays we made two tags in addition to the cards I have previously posted.  Both of the tags are 3 x 3 cards and could be used as a gift enclosure or as a gift tag.  We chose to use them as tags so punched a hole in one corner and threaded in some of the SU gold elastic cord (retired). 

The first one is from Heather Summers' Contempo Christmas class. 

Although not a CASE of any specific project, this second tag combines elements from different cards I have seen while browsing various blogs and other stamping resources.

Christmas Cards and Tags 4

The final card I made with my sister is one from a class planner I purchased from Angela McKay - North Shore Stamper.  You can link to her blog post HERE for more information.

This one features the Jolly Holiday Designer Series Paper and the Contempo Christmas stamp set.

Christmas Cards and Tags 3

The third card we made when my sister and I got together for our birthdays was also CASEd from Jen Picard.  Click HERE to see Jen's cards.

Supplies
Stamps - Tree Trimmings, Christmas Greetings
Card Stock - Always Artichoke, Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Early Espresso, Deck the Halls DSP
Ink - Real Red, Old Olive, Early Espresso
Other - Very Vanilla Seam Binding, Two Tags Die, Basic Rhinestones, Scallop Border Punch, Dimensionals

Christmas Cards and Tags 2

This is another one of the cards I made with my sister.  I saw this one on Jen Picard's blog HERE.

Supplies
Stamp Set - Dasher, All Holidays, Snow Swirled
Card Stock - Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Deck the Halls DSP
Ink - Early Espresso, Cherry Cobbler
Other - Two Tags die, Scallop Trim Border punch, dimensionals, Clear Rhinestone brad, Chocolate Chip Wide Striped ribbon (retired), Linen Thread

Christmas Cards and Tags

Can you believe how quickly the time has been ticking away!  I am a little behind in getting my Christmas cards made, but at least I have a plan.  I have my designs ready.

Last month I celebrated by birthday.  One of my sisters celebrates hers a few days later and although there is always a family gathering, we try to get together at some point near our birthdays.  This year we were a late making a plan, but we finally decided to do a card making afternoon.  I would provide the materials and she would provide lunch and a little birthday cake.  Worked for me.  We made 4 cards and 2 tags each.

This is the first card we made.  I first saw it on Glenda Mollet's blog HERE and knew that I would need to copy it.  I love the Dasher stamp and the Deck the Halls DSP. 

Supplies
Stamp Set - Dasher, Best yet (retired)
Card Stock - Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler, Early Espresso, Very Vanilla, Deck the Halls DSP
Ink - Early Espresso
Other - Scallop Trim Border Punch, Dimensionals

Final Day - Simply My Digital Studio 2

On the last day of the online class Heather's project was a 2 page collage of family photos for 2010.  The entire two pages were filled with small photo boxes (64 on each page).  I decided that I would fill my photo boxes with pictures of various cards, papercrafts and My Digital Studio projects I have made.

Day 19 - Simply MDS2

I was so surprised how quickly the days were passing on Heather's online class.  I had made a commitment to myself at the beginning of the class that I would complete each and every project on they day they were presented.  I will say that I succeeded in that goal. 

The layout for day 19 used bright fun colours.  I did use pretty much the same colour palette and background layout as Heather but changed the photo layout to suit the pictures I had.  While creating the page for Day 18 I found photos of my husband that were taken at Walt Disney World and decided to do a page dedicated to him.  As we were planning that trip he kept insisting that he had to have his photo taken at the Dumbo ride and that he was going to ride the carousel.   As you will see on the page he did all of that and we even got him to try on a Goofy hat and get his picture taken with it on. 

The great thing about MDS is that you can quickly change the background colours, accents, text quickly and easily.