More Gift Box ideas

Yesterday I showed you one of the projects I made using the Gift Box Punch Board.  Today I have a cute little ensemble to show you that I made using the Curvy Keepsake and Gift Card Envleope Thinlits.

Gift Box and Gift Card Holder featuring Under The Tree Specialty DSP and the Christmas Bliss and Letterpress Winter stamp sets.

I can't even begin to tell you how quick and easy these projects were!  The Curvy Keepsakes box goes together in under a minute.  I added a little something extra by punching a window with the Bracket Label punch and covering the opening with a piece of Window Sheet.  I used the Under the Tree Specialty DSP for the box, which is perfect because it is printed on both sides.  The outside is red and the inside of the box is patterned with white on the Kraft background.

To create the tag I used the label I punched out for the window and layered it with Champagne Glimmer paper punched with the 1-3/8" circle.  I layered that with the stamped image from the Letterpress Winter set, stamped in Garden Green and punched with the 1-1/4" circle.  I used a little gold baker's twine to affix the tag to the box.

The Gift Card holder is made from Kraft card stock using the Gift Envelope and Trims Thinlits die.  I used some leftover scrap from making the box above to punch my tree.  The sentiment, from the Christmas Bliss set,  is stamped in Garden Green ink and die cut using one of the pieces from the Gift Envelope and Trims Thinlits.  I added a little champagne glimmer star and a gold baker's twine bow to decorate the tree.

For the inside, I cut a scrap piece of leftover scrap to fit inside, also cutting a slit for the gift card to slide into.  I stamped the To and From, from the Cheerful Tags set, using Early Espresso ink.

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The Crazy Month has Begun!

November is a nutty month every year.  It is Christmas card season, report card season and Holiday Concert season all at the same time!  I honestly don't know whether I'm coming or going most days this month.  Last weekend I had a few minutes to sit down and design the projects for my upcoming techniques class next week.  This one features the Alcohol Marker Marbling technique using Blendabilities...

Christmas card featuring Alcohol Marker Marbling Technique and the Letterpress Winter stamp set with sentiment from the More Merry Messages (retired) stamp set.

I was so excited to learn this technique because it not only uses my beloved Blendabilities, but also results in a really gorgeous background.  Here is a closer look:

Rather than try to explain this technique to you, check out the fabulous tutorial on Splitcoaststampers.  I will say that I used all three of the shades in the Coastal Cabana set and the medium and light shades in the Night of Navy set to achieve the effect I did on my project.  The other thing I did differently is I didn't use glossy card stock, but rather good old Whisper White card stock instead.  To get a sheen I spritzed it with Vanilla Shimmer Smooch after the background has dried.  I really like the effect.  I layered the front panel on some Brushed Silver card stock and then adhered the whole thing to a Marina Mist card base.

I heat embossed the snowflakes using white embossing powder.  The sentiment is heat embossed in silver and die cut using the Chalk Talk framelits.  The snowflake accent is die cut using the Snowflake Card Thinlits die from Dazzling Diamonds glimmer paper.  I added a large rhinestone jewel in the centre for a little extra sparkle.

Inside view with sentiment from More Merry Messages (retired)

On the inside I stamped the sentiment from More Merry Messages (retired) in Smoky Slate ink and added a couple of small snowflakes in Marina Mist.  I love this technique and will definitely be using it again!

Letterpress Winter Greetings

Well, here it is...the most dreaded day of the year for we teachers.  For most people Labour Day simply means a day off to relax with friends and family.  For teachers like me Labour Day spells the end of summer freedom and the beginning of the hectic insanity that is the school year.  *Sigh*
But you aren't here to listen to me complain.  You're here for inspiration, so here is another project I made for my upcoming Holiday Head-start Card Buffet coming up at the end of the month.

Holiday card featuring the Letterpress Winter stamp set with sentiment from the (retired) More Merry Messages set.

I combined new products with retired ones on this one.  I bought a bunch of those Filigree Builder Brads when they were on the Clearance Rack a while back...I love the touch of elegance they give my projects.  I thought it worked really well with the filigree pattern of the snowflakes from the new Letterpress Winter set.  Here, I added some rhinestones that I coloured with the darkest of the Coastal Cabana Blendabilities set.  I think it looks a bit like a vintage brooch.  I stamped the snowflakes on Soft Sky card stock and heat embossed them in white.  I then sponged the centres very lightly with Soft Sky ink. 

The sentiment, from the recently-retired More Merry Messages set is stamped in Basic Gray.  After stamping the sentiment I ran the background panel through the Big Shot with the Perfect Polka Dots TIEF.  The whole thing is mounted on a Lost Lagoon card base.

Inside view with another sentiment from the More Merry Messages set.

On the inside I stamped more snow flakes, this time in Soft Sky ink on white card stock, and added the sen
timent in Basic Gray.  Quick and easy, yet elegant.  Perfect for mass-production at a card buffet!

If you haven't yet registered for the Holiday Head-start Card Buffet, you're running out of time.  Spots are filling up quickly for the Friday session so I've added a second session on Saturday morning.  To get all of the information on this and all of my other upcoming events click HERE.

Enjoy your Labour Day Monday!

Fall Thank You

So?  Are you loving the Holiday Catty as much as I am?  Today I have another project using new products...check it out:

Fall thank you card featuring the Embossing Folder Stamping Technique, with sentiment from Letterpress Winter.

I designed this card for my September techniques class.  It uses the Embossing Folder Stamping Technique.  I love the way the honeycomb image almost looks like it is dripping with honey :)  I used Crushed Curry and Cajun Craze ink to get that look.  I die cut the label using the Apothecary Accents framelits...one of the first sets I ever purchased, but still among my go-to Framelits.  The background layer is Kraft card stock that I embossed using the Woodgrain TIEF and layered on a Mossy Meadow card base.

I stamped the sentiment from the new Letterpress Winter stamp set in Mossy Meadow right over my honeycomb background.  I added a bit of Linen Thread and a little leaf from the Autumn Wooden Elements.  The arrangement of leaves came from the Fun Fall Framelits.  I die cut the leaves in Crushed Curry, Cajun Craze, Soft Suede and Mossy Meadow.  I embossed them using the Decorative Dots TIEF to add some texture and added a single little gold glimmer leaf for some sparkle...because who doesn't love a bit of bling?

Inside view with sentiment from the Merry Everything stamp set.

On the inside I stamped the sentiment from the Merry Everything stamp set and added another little die cut leaf with a wee linen thread bow.

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