I am creating right along until Christmas! Today, I have a gift card holder that’s an all time favorite for a lot of us – coffee! I made one of those nifty Diagonal Double Pocket Cards! It starts with a, 8 1/2 x 11 piece of Designer Series Paper. Scored in half on each side,… [Read More]
12 Days of Gift Card Holders – Day 6
Happy Monday! Hopefully, you are done with your holiday purchases! I know I’m not – I’m too busy creating stuff to shop! It’s way less stressful! Today I have an adorable share for Day 6! And, the inside is just as adorable – Right??? Directions – Designer Series Paper 5 1/2 x 12 (here, because of… [Read More]
12 Days of Gift Card Holders – Day 5
It’s Sunday. I’m moving slowly today! But, got a double share of sorts today! This is a classic style gift card holder that I’m sharing today. And, the inside – You’ve probably made a slew of these over time, but might have forgotten about them. The gift card ‘pops’ up! As I created this and… [Read More]
12 Days of Gift Card Holders – Day 4
Happy Saturday! Did you see my post for Create with Connie and Mary earlier? You are not seeing double and it’s not a repeat post! I created a pop up gift card holder using the same card idea that I created earlier, but its reversed – Cute, huh? Look at it opened – Nice, nice,… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Winter
Happy Create with Connie and Mary Saturday! And, welcome to our blog hop! Our theme this week features anything winter! I loved the images of the snowmen on the Santa’s Workshop Designer Series Paper! And, of course, I took my scissor to the images to create this – Adorable, right? Simple card design at this time of the… [Read More]
12 Days of Gift Card Holders – Day 3
I got to use one of my nifty card holders yesterday! Wahoo! Have you made any of these so far? Perhaps this one might catch your eye – This was a modified design from my annual Christmas Card Class. It sure caught the eye of my stampers! They loved this design. This one, however, is… [Read More]
12 Days of Gift Card Holders – Day 2
Is the countdown on yet? Have you chosen that perfect gift card from your stash for that last minute gift? Now, how about the perfect gift card holder for that gift! How about one from Santa – This is a narrow card when finished. So cute, right?? When you take off the belly band /… [Read More]
You Sweet Thing
It’s Thursday, you know what that means! Time for a new Create with Connie and Mary challenge! This layout will be a two week challenge – Fabulous, go to sketch! I decided to create a birthday card, Christmas style, using new products! Light, fresh colors here! I used the Santa’s Workshop Specialty Designer Series Paper as my… [Read More]
12 Days of Gift Card Holders – Day 1
As we approach Christmas and the gift giving season, many of us give gift cards as that perfect gift. So, why not dress up that perfect gift with a handmade gift card holder? I’ve created 12 different styles of gift card holders to share with you over the next few days. Let’s start with this… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Winter Flowers
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features a winter flower. My favorite winter flower is a poinsettia. Naturally, I’ll make a card using one of those! Isn’t this gorgeous? The Buffalo Check is so popular these days! It made a great starting point. The beautiful poinsettias came from… [Read More]
Special Birthday Celebration
Second post today because this is very near and dear to me. It is my daughters birthday – Can you guess how old? Lol! I played around with a new bundle that will be available in January, the Piece of Cake Bundle. It’s a stamp set and coordinating punch. I stamped everything in Balmy Blue…. [Read More]
December Blogging Friends Blog Hop : Ring in the New Year
Happy Friday! Time for a blog hop with – Although we are in full swing for the Christmas season, it’s never to early to thing about the New Year! And, so that is our theme today! I created a treat bag for holding sparklers, poppers and all sorts of festive goodies to ring in the… [Read More]
Gift of Friendship
Welcome to our weekly Create with Connie and Mary Thursday challenge! Here is our newest color challenge – Beautiful Christmas colors, especially when paired with Very Vanilla – I stamped the wreath in the upper portion of the Very Vanilla panel in Mossy Meadow. I colored the berries with the Light Cherry Cobbler Blends. The Grey… [Read More]
We Create Christmas Blog Hop
Another inspirational post from me today! Yay!! This one is for – Our theme is, of course, Christmas! Christmas fills me with joy. And, so that’s that I went with – Simply sweet isn’t it?? I used the Dashing Along Designer Series Paper, along with an embossed panel of Cherry Cobbler in the Swirls &… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Christmas Favor
It’s that time again! Time for our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features a Christmas favor or small gift. I went with a favor – At a recent team meeting, we created this neat triangle box! It folds up rather quickly! And, it holds lots of chocolates. Here, I filled mine… [Read More]
Santa’s List
Welcome to our weekly inspirational Create with Connie and Mary Thursday challenge! Our newest challenge is a layout – Quite a fun layout! I created a Christmas card with this layout – Simply a fun card!! Colored with Blends and Stampin’ Write markers, then cut out with framelits. Easy to make several of these in one… [Read More]
Christmas Tags – Create with Connie And Mary Saturday Blog Hop
Welcome to our weekly Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features Christmas Tags! Now that Thanksgiving has passed, we can go full speed into Christmas! If you purchased anything during the sales this weekend, you might want to go ahead and wrap them. How about lovely tags to top your packages?… [Read More]
Stampin’ Up! Online Extravaganza
For the next few days, Stampin’ Up! most everything is 10% off! If you click on the image, it’ll take you right to my online store to shop! LOTS of great buys! And, if you place a$35 online order, I’ll send you a card kit for you to complete!
