Hello again, crafty friends. Today’s blog post is a bit different than my normal card making posts. Summer is almost here and school is winding down so I have been working on a gift idea for my son’s teachers for the end of the school year. I decided to create Summer Travel Kits and wanted to share the process to hopefully inspire you to create one as a gift too. VIDEO You can watch...
Happy Friday, crafty friends. Reverse Confetti has a new release HERE and today’s cards feature some of the new products… I give a lot of gift cards for birthdays and the holidays and I’m always looking for a way to dress them up to make them feel a bit more personal. Today’s card examples also have a hidden sentiment that is revealed when the recipient removes the gift card for something fun and unexpected....
Hi, crafty friends. The Ink Blot Shop has a new release HERE and today’s project feature their new envelopes… THESE and THESE envelopes are so fun and I wanted to showcase them in a different way so I made treat sacks from them. For the first example… I sealed up the Painted Sunset envelope and trimmed just a bit off the top. I die-cut a circle from the center and stamped the smile sentiment...
Hello there, crafty friends. I’m excited to be part of THIS blog hop and have some fun treat bags to share that I made for my son’s teachers… VIDEO You can watch the video on how I created these treat bags HERE or click on the video below… To create these bags, I started by cutting the scalloped die from the Scalloped Bag & Tags Creator Confetti Cuts from blue cardstock. You will need a...
Hello, crafty friends. I love to spoil my son’s teachers and made up a few St. Patrick’s Day gift bags for them. Let’s start with the gift tags I created to tie on the bags… To create the tags, I cut one of the tags from the Large Tags die set from white Cardstock. I stenciled on three rays of the rainbow from the Build a Rainbow stencil towards the bottom of each tag....
Hi, crafty friends. I’m excited to be part of THISblog hop celebrating THIS new Reverse Confetti release. I have some Valentine’s Treat Boxes to share today… VIDEO I’m excited to bring more video content in 2022. You can watch the video on how I created these boxes HERE or click on the video below… To create these boxes, I filled the Clear Treat Boxes with candy and a gift card. I also filled it with...
Hello, crafty friends. I’m always looking for ways to make gift cards more special. Today, I have four gatefold cards to share that also hold gift cards…For the main die-cuts, I used the November My Monthly Hero Card Kit. It sold out fast but you could substitute those for another die-cut image or even a stamped piece. Today’s focus is more about the design. To create these cards, I created four gate fold card...
Hi there, crafty friends. Today’s card share features a hidden gift card holder… I started by embossing a piece of green cardstock using the Magnetic Embossing Folder. I added a mat behind the piece and adhered it to a top folding white note card. I die-cut the Stitched Arches die from white card stock and stamped the tree image and sentiment from the Heart of Christmas stamp set. I applied ink through the coordinating...
Hi there, crafty friends. Today’s card share features THIS new release from Gina K. Designs. I used a few of the new goodies to create this card… I started by die-cutting the Snowflake Cover Plate Die ( from the Winter Whimsy card kit)from white card stock. I removed all the positive pieces and adhered the negative pieces on top of glitter cardstock. I die-cut the Hello die three times and adhered the layers together...
Hi, crafty friends. It’s time for another STAMPtember collaboration stamp set… How cute is this stamp set from Art Impressions!? I used it to create an interactive card… I started by stamping the ladies from the Hug in the Mug stamp set towards the bottom of a white panel. I colored the image with Copic Markers. I stamped snowflakes from the Feline Like Christmas Spinners stamp set around the image and die-cut the slit...
