Howdy, crafty friends. Recently, my son celebrated his birthday and I decorated some bubbles to create some simple party favors for his classmates… I started by die-cutting some patterned papers using THIS banner die. I also die-cut some star tags that I stamped a party hat image from THIS stamp set as well as the sentiment. I tied both of the tags around the bubbles. Super simple. This is a great alternative to treats...
Hi, crafty friends. Today is Day 4 of Card Kit Week. I just love THIS kit and have so much to share using it. In case you missed it… Click HERE for Day One Click HERE for Day Two Click HERE for Day Three For today’s project, I made a few St. Patrick’s Day tags… I die-cut THIS die from the patterned paper in the kit. I also cut it from THIS gold glitter...
Howdy, crafty friends. I’n back with day three of March Card Kit Week and I have an interactive card to share using THIS kit… I die-cut THIS die from a piece of white card stock. I swiped the green ink from the kit on to a piece of 3×4 card stock and adhered it to the opening flap. I also added a strip of THIS card stock along the bottom. I stamped, colored, and...
Howdy, crafty friends. I’m back today with a fun Valentine’s Day treat… I’ve made lip balm valentine tags in the past. You can see them HERE. They were such a hit so I made another for a helper at my son’s school. I started by die-cutting THIS die in the center of a tag. I did some ink blending using THIS and THIS ink. I stamped THIS background stamp on top. I stamped, colored,...
Hi, crafty friends. Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and I wanted to share what I made for a few staff members at my son’s school… These are decorated letter sized envelopes. I’ve had these in my stash for some time but you could even use a regular white envelope. The size is good to hold a XL candy bar. To decorate the envelopes, I used THIS stencil and applied THIS and THIS...
Hello, crafty friends. I have a last minute gift idea that is perfect for teachers and neighbors… I’ve seen a similar idea on the internet where you give a roll of tape and a roll of gift wrap, but I wanted to make a gift wrap kit for Aiden’s teacher as part of her Christmas gift. The items I put inside the kit were… 10 handmade Christmas tags 1 pair of retractable scissors 2...
Hi there, crafty friends. I’m back today to share a Christmas tag that holds a gift card… I die-cut THIS tag twice and die-cut the center with THIS rectangle die (from the coordinating die set). I backed it with another solid tag and white heat embossed a sentiment from THIS stamp set. From that same stamp set, I stamped, colored, and cut out the images. I adhered them to a blue piece of card...
Hello, crafty friends. I’m over on the Picket Fence Studios Blog today sharing how to create stamped Christmas gift wrap… You can find out all of the information HERE. LINKS TO SUPPLIES USED:...
Hello there, crafty friends. I’m back today with a fun way to give a gift card for the holidays… I started by inking up THIS and THIS stencil to create some backgrounds. I die-cut THIS window from the cards and added a black frame around the window. I added THIS gift card pouch in the opening with the gift card inside. I die-cut THIS sweet puppy and paper pieced him together to resemble the...
Happy Diecember, crafty friends! I’m excited to be part of a blog hop celebrating the Diecember release from Simon Says Stamp, which you can find HERE. I’m a big fan of the picture book dies so I’m sharing 5 ways to use the Big Picture Book Dies for the Holidays… I love that you can tuck things in the critter’s paws. Here are 5 ideas of what to put in them… #1: Add a...
