Gift Card Set

It was a pleasant surprise when I received several requests this past Christmas for handmade card gift sets. I made several and just absolutely love how this set turned out so though I'd share it.

You may have guessed it, I recycled a tissue box again. This woodland scene box is a Royale box (you can see it on their website here) and has been tucked away in my stash for some time just waiting for the right project.

Believe it or not, all eight cards were made from the one box, and it's not a very big one. I did use every square inch of it though.

Most of the cards are fairly straight forward so I won't be listing full instructions for these, but there are supply list under each image. Also, I used some Diamond Sparkles by PSX on most of them. Usually on the trees, sometimes on the bird image. It doesn't show up as well as I had hoped in the photo's but you can see a little copper/gold shimmer here and there.

 

Supplies used:

Cardstock: Bazzill (white card base, ivory, dark brown, burnt orange)

Stamp: Itty Bitty Banners - SU

Ink: Early Espresso - SU

Punch: Banner - SU

Die: Bitty Banners - SU

Misc.:  PSX Diamond Sparkles, 5/8" orange organza ribbon, 3 x 1/4" rhinestones, foam squares (for the greeting)

 

Supplies used:

Cardstock: Bazzill (white card base, ivory, dark brown, burnt orange)

Stamp: Perfect Punches - SU

Ink: Early Espresso - SU

Punch: scallop oval - SU

Misc.: PSX Diamond Sparkles, 5/8" orange organza ribbon, 3 x 1/4" rhinestones, foam squares (for the greeting)

 

Supplies used:

Cardstock: Bazzill (white card base, burnt orange)

Stamp: Bloom with Hope - SU

Ink: Early Espresso - SU

Punch: 1 1/4" square - SU (to make banner tails), Lace Ribbon Border - SU

Die: Bitty Banners - SU

Misc.: PSX Diamond Sparkles, foam squares (for the banner)

 

 

Supplies used:

Cardstock: Bazzill (white card base, ivory, burnt orange)

Stamp: Feeling Sentimental - SU

Ink: Early Espresso - SU

Punch: 1 3/4" scallop circle - SU, 1/38" circle - SU

Die: Adorning Accents - Edgelit - SU

Misc.: PSX Diamond Sparkles, 3 x 1/4" rhinestones, foam squares (for scallop circle)

 

 

Supplies used:

Cardstock: Bazzill (white card base, ivory, apple green, dark brown)

Stamp: Six-Sided Sampler - SU

Ink: Early Espresso - SU

Punch:  1/38" circle - SU

Die: Adorning Accents - Edgelit - SU

Misc.: PSX Diamond Sparkles, 3 x 1/4" rhinestones, 5/8" orange organza ribbon, foam squares (for birds/squares)

 

 

Supplies used:

Cardstock: Bazzill (white card base, ivory, apple green, burnt orange)

Stamp: Vintage Frames - SU

Ink: Early Espresso - SU

Punch:  hexagon - Emagination, Artisan Label - SU, Jewelry Tag - SU

Die: Adorning Accents - Edgelit - SU

Embossing folder: Branches - Sizzix

Misc.: PSX Diamond Sparkles, 3 x 1/4" rhinestones, 5/8" orange organza ribbon, foam squares (for bird)

 

These last two are my favourites in the set.

 

Supplies used:

Cardstock: Bazzill (white card base, ivory, burnt orange)

Stamp: Itty Bitty Banners - SU

Ink: Early Espresso - SU

Die: Bitty Banners - SU, Door/Window - Impression Obsession

Embossing folder: Bricks - Tim Holtz - Sizzix

Misc.: 2 x 1/8" aged brads, foam squares (for greeting)

 

 

Supplies used:

Cardstock: Bazzill (white card base), Silver foil

Stamp: Perfect Punches - SU, Versamark pen

Ink: Early Espresso - SU, Cherry Cobbler - SU

Punches: 1 3/4" scallop circle - SU, 1 3/8" circle - SU

Embossing folder: Northern Flurry - SU

Misc.:  Red Embossing powder, Whisper White Stampin' Flock - SU, Heat & Stick - SU, foam squares (for greeting)

Note: I embossed the birds in red to make them look like cardinals for a more Christmassy feeling.

 

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Curvy Keepsake Party Favours

A Happy New Year to everyone!
I hope everybody had a great holiday. Best wishes for the new year!

I have been working on some absolutely adorable (if I do say so myself) punch art critters for Valentine's (and Easter). They however have not been turned into finished projects yet and I also still need to create the instructions. I did order a new version of Photoshop and should have it soon. Once installed it should greatly speed up the process as I am not quite getting the hang of GIMP.

Today I have a quick project to share; these cute little favour boxes I made.

 

And here is a close up:

 

 

They are so fast and simple to put together. I filled each with after dinner mints and a little Christmas joke. They were the perfect addition to our table setting; serving as both a place marker and a treat. They were also very well received.

 

Supplies used:

Cardstock: Plum - Bazzill

Ink: Versamark

Stamp: Baroque Motives - SU

Die: Curvy Keepsake Box - SU

Punch: Ticket Due - SU

Misc.: silver embossing powder, 5/8" silver organza ribbon, white/silver baker's twine (names were PC generated)

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Poinsettia Hamburger Box

This was a very last minute decision. Upon receiving my SU order the other day I decided that poinsettias would look really nice as toppers for the hamburger Christmas treat boxes I was making for work.
So the men got the snowflake ones I made earlier, and the women received these poinsettia ones.

 

 

I used coloured vellum and heat embossed in silver. Then hand cut the poinsettia. I made 2 layers that were glued together with foam squares for added dimesnion. These were really simple and surprisingly fast to put together.

 

By the way, these boxes are the perfect size for a cookie sampler (4-5 cookies per box).

I placed a white cupcake liner inside that I flattened a bit to fit into the square shape. Inside that I placed 4 of our Christmas cookies.

 

Supplies used:

Cardstock: White Recollections, burgandy and green vellum, silver foil

Stamps: Joyful Christmas - SU, That's the Ticket - SU, Baroque Motives - SU

Ink: Versamark, Always Artichoke - SU

Punches: Ticket due - SU, large, wide oval - SU, Banner - SU

Misc.:  silver embossing powder, foam squares, pearls

 

Wishing everyone Wonderful Holidays!

 

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A couple more Christmas tags

I have two further Christmas tags to share as well as the requested photo with the finished presents under our tree.

The first tag uses the Season of Peace stamp set.

The tree image was embossed in white, the background was sponged in three shades of purple using a torn paper mask to create the hills. For a touch of sparkle I added some rhinestone decorations. I inked the tag edges with dark purple and matted it on white. The name tag was made to match.

The second tag was made with Baroque Motives and an ornament.

For this one I embossed the flourish stamp in silver then randomly sponged a little purple over  the tag. The ornament was mounted with a little foam suqare and I added a silver ribbon bow and a large rhinestone. The little tag was sponged to match and attached with a small silver brad. I again matted my tag with white cardstock.

Supplies used as follows:
Cardstock: Recollections white
Ink: Perfect Plum, Wisteria Wonder, Elegant Eggplant - all SU
Stamps: Season of Peace, Boroque Motives, Tags Till Christmas - all SU, Rummage Alphabet - MM
Punch: Ornament - SU
Misc.: silver and white embossing powder, 5/8" silver organza ribbon, 1/4" purple satin ribbon, foam mounting squares, rhinestones, 1/4" silver brad.


And here are the promised tree and present photos.

 

 

 

 

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Church Christmas Card

I send many of my Christmas cards to relatives living in Germany. It is very common there to have a church scene on Christmas cards. I do not currently have stamp set with any church images and therefore decided to try and create one with my punches.

It was actually easier than I thought and came together rather quickly. This would look great on a  starry night background, or a snowy scene. The church (or chapel) would also work well for wedding theme, maybe even for a baptism.

 

I tried to add a lot of detail to the church itself. I embossed the shingles on the roof tops, bricks on the building and even attempted a stained glass look on one of the windows. I backed my window frames with vellum that was coloured from the back with markers. The plain windows are just highlighted in yellow to create a lighted look.

Supplies used:
Cardstock: Bazzill
Ink: Early Espresso - SU, Cherry Cobbler - SU, So Saffron - SU
Markers: Various SU
Embossing folders: Adorning Accents (roof) - SU, Brick - Tim Holtz, Lacy brocade - SU
Die: Apothacery Accents Framelits - SU
Punches: Large (wide) oval - SU, Decorative Label - SU
Misc.: 3 x 1/4" rhinestones, 1/2" silver ribbon, foam squares

Full punch art instructions below. Note my Photoshop (old CS) stopped working a little while ago and until I can afford to buy a newer one I'm struggling with Gimp. So please bare with me if the isntructions don't look quite as good as they normally do.

 

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