Great Impressions–Poinsettia Gift Card Holder

Happy Monday!  Today I have another gift card holder to share with you today.   I created this by using one of the poinsettias from Great Impressions Poinsettias & Berries (K40) stamp.   I stamped the small poinsettia several times on DP, shaded them copics, cut them out and layered them.

 

 

Thank you for stopping by!  Have a great day!

Supplies:

• Stamps:  Poinsettias & Berries (K40) and  To & From (B171) from Great Impressions Stamps
• Inks:  Memento Tuxedo Black
• Papers:  Papertrey kraft CS, coffee filters, Echo Park Season’s Greetings 6x6 paper pad
• Tools:  Big Shot, Papertrey Gift Card Holder & Celebrations Frame dies, Memory Box Bianca Snowflake Die, copic markers
• Embellishments:  Pssst Shimmer Mist, Buttercup liquid pearls

 

Challenges:

• Allsorts - W, 3E - #237 Snowflakes
• Little Claire's - M, 3E, SIO - (Nov/Dec) #39  Christmas
• Brown Sugar – W, E2 - No. 72 – Christmas
• Card Makin' Mamas - M (1st Friday of the month), 2E, cards only – No.77 - December -Christmas & New Year
• Crafty Catz - W, 1E – No.211 - Anything Goes
• Sister Act Card Challenge - W, Cards. - No. 37 - Anything Goes
• Stampin' For The Weekend - 2W, 1E – (W2 of 2) - Use Some Red
• Wags 'n Whiskers - 2W, 2E, SIO - No. 119 - (W1 of 2) – Christmas
• The Stamping Chef - Anything goes
• Make it Monday - W - always Anything Goes

Great Impressions Stamps–St Nicholas Gift Card Holder

Hello! Happy Monday!  Can you believe how quickly Christmas is coming?  It is just over 2 weeks away!  I still have soooo much to do!

 

I did get started on some gift card holders.  This one uses Saint Nicholas (E659) from Great Impressions Stamps.  Here is a look at the side I decorated.

 

 

And a look at the reverse side.  

 

 

I hope to get a few more of these completed soon and will share them with you here.

 

Have a great day!     Thank you for stopping by!

 

 

Supplies:

• Stamps:  Saint Nicholas (E659) from Great Impressions Stamps
• Inks:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Distress Inks Tea Dye
• Paper:  Papertrey Kraft CS, Bazzill Basics CS,  Authentique Wonder 6x6 paper oad
• Tools:  Big Shot,  Papertrey Damask Snowflake, Layerz Mat Stack #1 & Gift Card Holder dies,  Spellbinders Circle dies, Provocraft snowflake embossing folder
• Embellishments:  Psssst! Sparkle Shimmer Spritz, May arts burlap twine, Crinkle Ribbon from My Craft Spot, misc. button

Challenges:

• 613 Avenue Create - W - Challenge #48 Anything Goes
• Anything But A Card Challenge - 2W, no cards - Challenge #30 (2nd Week) Create anything you dream up.
• Dream Valley Challenges - 2W, 3E - (2nd week) Challenge #71 Anything but a card.
• The Corrosive Challenges - 2W, 3E -Challenge #189 (1st week) Anything Goes.
• Drunken Stampers - W – Santa
• Hiding in my Craft Room - W, 1E  - #127  Holiday colors
• Totally Gorjuss - W  #213 Anything with Santa Goes
• Crafty Catz - W, 1E – No.210 - Use 2 or more Dies
• Fun with Shapes - 2W, JFF(must use something cut out) - No.150 - (W1 of 2) Nicolaus (some kind of Santa Claus)
• Sister Act Card Challenge - W, Cards. - No. 36 - Anything Goes
• Totally Papercrafts W, 3E– No. 196 - Anything Christmassy But A Card
• C.R.A.F.T. - W, 5E -#236 Christmas
• Paper Crafting Journey - 2W - (W1 of 2)  It's Christmas Time
• Little Red Wagon - #214 Santa
• Paper Pretties Wednesday Challenge - SIO - #287 Christmas
• The Stamping Chef - Anything goes
• Make it Monday - W - always Anything Goes

Coffee Gift Card Holder

This week I made a gift card holder to give a Starbucks GC to a friend.  I used Coffee Girl by Whimsy & Stars Studio and the Papertrey gift card die. 

 

 

I love the big coffee cup she is holding.  The last few mornings I could have used a coffee cup that big.  The problem is that I don’t drink plain coffee.  I love Café Mocha’s.   I wonder how many Weight Watchers points a mocha that size would be?   I would probably have to live on my treadmill for the rest of the week… 

Did you notice her red hair?    I think I mentioned before that I seem to usually color hair blonde.    I decided to step outside my comfort zone and give a red head a try.    The one you see here is attempt number seven.  Good thing I finally got one that was acceptable because I was running out of crafting time.

Thank you to every one that has sent get well wishes to my dog, Summer.   She still isn’t fully recovered by she is doing much better.  She is still having issues with her balance but she is not falling all over the place any more.  

I hope you have a great week!  Thank you for stopping by!

 

 

Supplies:

• Stamps:  Coffee Girl (digital stamp) by Whimsy & Stars Studio
• Inks:  None
• Papers:  Neenah Crest solar white CS, Papertrey kraft CS, October Afternoon Sidewalks DP pad
• Tools:  Big Shot, Papertrey Gift Card Holder & Doily Details dies, Spellbinders Nestabilities, Quickutz Trellis die (used for embossing), Copic markers, Bow Easy
• Embellishments:  Misc. ribbon & button, Papertrey button twine, Sakura white gel pen, Jenni Bowlin Malted Milk paint dauber

Challenges:

• Ooh La La Creations - 2W, SIO - (2nd week) Ribbon or Twine (or Both)
• Make it Monday - always Anything Goes
• Stamp and Create - M, 1E/week - (May) One for the Ladies
• Stamps & Fun = Creativity - JFF - Anything Goes
• Tammy Scrapin Corner – Distressing
• One Stitch At A Time - SIO - Anything Goes
• Robyn`s Fetish - Anything Goes
• Allsorts - 1E - #155 Buttons and Bows
• Colour Me Creative Copic's Challenge -3E, 2W - must use copic's - #43 Anything Goe
• Delicious Doodles - 2W, 1E, SIO - Week 2, Try Something New
• Hotshot Crafts - 3W - Week 2, Die Cuts
• Inspire Me Fridays – Always Anything Goes
• Delightful Challenges - 1E, SIO - Add ribbon
• Little Miss Muffet Challenges - 2W, 1E, SIO - (ends May-30) Anything goes
• Shelly's Images - SIO - Anything goes
• Just Keep on Creating - F, M - #2 anything goes
• Truly Scrumptious - 2W -  anything goes
• Whimsy Inspiration - 3E, SIO - #39 anything goes
• My Heart Pieces Digital Stamp - P1/15 , 2W - Anything Goes
• Oozak - M, P1, 3E - Spring Colours
• Freshly Brewed Monthly Challenge - M, 5E, SIO, P1 - Tic Tac Toe* (die cuts, buttons, ribbon)
• LEJ Designs Challenge – Anything but a card

Meljen’s Designs Use Twine Challenge & a Sale!

Happy Thanksgiving to my readers in the US! Now that Thanksgiving is here, it means that the big push to Christmas is starting. I thought I would share a couple of gift card holders that I made using digital stamps from Meljen’s Designs.

I think a handmade gift card holder is a great way to warm up or personalize a gift card. Using the Gift Card Greetings metal die from Papertrey and a digi stamp from Meljen’s Designs is a a cute and easy way to make a holder for any gift card.

To decorate this gift card holder, I used one of the new images that Melissa is putting into the store today. Since Melissa has really been in the Christmas spirit lately, she has designed a lot of new, fabulous, Christmas themed images. Check all these out!

The new challenge on the Meljen’s Designs blog is “Use Twine or String”. I can’t wait to see what you come up with. To link up your project or see the challenge rules, see the Meljen’s Designs blog.

To help get you in the holiday spirit, Melissa is having a sale on her digital stamps. 50% off – is that awesome or what? (Click on the banner below to go to the store)

Thank you for stopping by! I hope you have a fabulous day!

Supplies:

Mittens Gift Card Holder

• Stamps: Cozy Mittens (digital stamp) by Meljen’s Designs, Snow Wonderful from Verve Stamps, Signature Christmas by Papertrey, Tiny Talk by Stampin’ Up
• Inks: Distress Inks Old Paper, Close To My Heart Garden Green
• Papers: Papertrey kraft CS, Crate Paper Snow Day Collection pad
• Tools: Big Shot, Sewing Machine, Papertrey Gift Card Greetings die
• Embellishments: The Twinery Honeydew bakers twine, misc. button, Martha Stewart doily, Frosted Lace Stickles

Tree Gift Card Holder

• Stamps: Little Wood Star Tree (digital stamp) by Meljen’s Designs, Snow Wonderful from Verve Stamps, Signature Christmas by Papertrey, Tiny Talk by Stampin’ Up
• Inks: Distress Inks Old Paper, Close To My Heart Garden Green
• Papers: Papertrey kraft CS, Crate Paper Snow Day Collection pad
• Tools: Big Shot, Sewing Machine, Papertrey Gift Card Greetings die
• Embellishments: The Twinery Honeydew bakers twine, misc. button

Challenges:

• ABC DT Challenge – Christmas
• Catered Crop – FTR25 (recipe: kraft, Christmas, Distress ink, die cuts)
• Creative Crafts – Free for all
• Daisy Doodles Creative Challenge – Christmas
• Fresh Brewed Challenges – (monthly) anything goes
• Hooked on Crafts – Punches or die cuts
• One Stitch at a Time – Anything goes
• Papertake Weekly – Christmas
• Pile It On – anything with P (paper piecing, pink)
• Ribbon Carousel Challenge – Any holiday
• Sarah Hurley challenge – Buttons
• Sassy Cheryl’s Challenge – Anything goes
• Scrappy Frogs – kraft
• The Kraft Journal – Christmas gifts
• Wags N Whiskers – Christmas
• That’s Krafty Thursday – Kraft
• Deep Ocean Challenge = C as cozy mittens, Christmas, country feel
• Little Red Wagon – Christmas
• Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge Blog – Tie one on
• Scrapbook Sisters – Christmas Time
• Paper Crafting Journey – Anything goes

Monday with Lindsay - The Envelope Please....

Our theme this week is "The Envelope Please." When I was trying to decide what I wanted to do and I was digging through my stash, I stumbled across this little envelope. I only have one, I have no idea where it came from, but it is the perfect size for a gift card. Now that I made my project, I think I am going to look for some more of these little envies. Or maybe I will even make my own. (Lindsay is offering a free template on her blog so you can create your own envelopes.)

This cute little party hat comes from Lindsay's Birthday Cupcake Wrappers set which contains digital stamps, templates and a SVG file. For just $3 it is a steal. The sentiment comes from All Around Phrases. It just took me a minute to change it from black to brown. She even offers a free add on to this set which contains digital papers and another sentiment.

Last week, I said that I would draw the name of one commenter on my paper piecing tutorial to win the Daisy Doodles digital stamp set from Lindsay's Stamp Stuff. Thank you to every one who took the time to comment. The winner is

Tamara who said...

What a great idea! I love your card, and such a great tutorial!!!

I can't wait to try this! Hopefully I can try it with those

wonderful digi's! Thanks!!!

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Tamara, you included your email address so I will forward it to Lindsay.

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We have another new member on the DT. Please welcome Rhonda Walker. I know she will have some cute stuff to share with you.

Please be sure to stop by the blogs of the rest of the DT to see what they did with this theme.

Cassandra

Jennifer

Jessica

Karin

Kristen

Lindsay

Rhonda

Tanya

Thank you for looking!

Challenges:

• Clearly Inspired - CIC9 Think Green
• Creative Card Crew - Celebrations
• Cupcake Craft Challenge - #82 Going Green
• Cute Card Thursday - #103 Celebrations
• For Fun Challenge - Wearing o' the green
• Fussy & Fancy Friday - #6 Green
• Incy Wincy - #33 Green
• Inky Impressions - #31 Think Green
• Paper Cutz - #32 Anything goes
• Pile It On - #10 Pastel Colors
• The Pixie Cottage - The Color Green
• Raise the Bar - #8 Green
• Simple Doodles - #13 Show a little green
• Stamp Simply - #130 Green & Pink (optional brown)
  

Supplies:

• Images: Birthday Cupcake Wrappers and All Around Phrases from Lindsay's Stamp Stuff on mygrafico.com
• Inks: Stampin' Up Certainly Celery (to die ribbon)
• Papers & CS: All paper are from Stampin' Up - white & Pretty In Pink CS, Certainly Celery DP
• Embellishments & Tools: small envelope, Basic Grey gems, Close to my Heart ribboon, Stampin' Up silver cord, hole punch, Cricut & Plantin Schoolbook cart to cut circles, Sakura clear glitter gelly roll pen , white flower soft , Stampin' Up markers
  
  

MyGraficO Customer Blog Hop - gift card holder

I decided to make a gift card holder using the snowlady image from Lindsay's Stamp Stuff Warm Winter digital stamp set. I love the snow couple from this set. Take a look at my previous post HERE to see how cute they look together.

The inside includes a pocket to hold the gift card and a white section on which I plan to add a personal note to the recipient.

If you just jumped into the blog hop, a complete list of participants can be found HERE on MyGrafico.

If you would like to see some additional Holiday packaging ideas using this cute set, please check back on Monday. Lindsay (of Lindsay's Stamp Stuff) challenged her DT to create some Holiday packaging and I have two additional projects in mind.

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The Lindsay's Stamp Stuff store on MyGraficO has a sale through 12-23. Buy 2 digital stamp sets and you can pick one for free. Please enter the name of the free set in the comments section during check out. (This is only for the Lindsay's Stamp Stuff store on MyGraficO. Other stores may have other promotions.)

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If you are looking to join a group of sister blogging stampers for inspiration and support, check out the Sisterhood of the Blogging Stampers (SBS #29). You can find more information HERE.

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I hope you enjoyed my post and I am off to visit the rest of the hop members!

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Supplies:

Warm Winter from Lindsay Stamp Stuff

Kraft cardstock by Papertrey

My Mind's Eye Signature Christmas designer paper

Spellbinders Nestabilities

Stampin' Up Close to Cocoa

Lace

Snowflake (distressed with StazOn Timber Brown)

Prismacolor Pencils & OMS

Sentiment from Papertrey