Hello, crafty friends. I’ve been sharing teacher appreciation cards all week on my blog. Today is day four… To create this card, I stamped the layers of THIS stamp set with different shades of purple on a panel cut with THIS scalloped die. I stamped the sentiment from the same stamp set and adhered it to a purple cardstock mat and then to a side folding card base. I also stamped the flap of...
Happy Easter, crafty friends. Today’s share is the gift bags I created for my son’s teachers for Easter… To create this treat bag, I started by cutting two of the bottom piece of THIS die from kraft cardstock. I adhered them together to form the base of the gift bag. Next, I die cut THESE dies from white cardstock. I also cut the basket handles three more times from kraft cardstock. I inked up...
Hi, crafty friends. I’m back with more inspiration from THIS new release… To create this card, I stamped snowflakes from THIS stamp set on a piece of gray cardstock. Next, I applied ink through THESE stencils and used THESE dies to cut them out. I applied THIS to the hot cocoa part. For the marshmallows, I applied THIS through the stencil once the ink was dry to give them some dimension. I applied THIS...
Hello again, crafty friends. Today’s cards hold a gift card. I had so much fun creating these cards with some new Concord & 9th products. These will be going to my son’s teachers this year for the Holidays… To create these cards. I started by applying ink through THIS stripe stencil. After applying the ink through one side of the stencil, I flipped it over and applied ink through the other side to create...
Hello, crafty friends. Today’s card features THIS STAMPtember collaboration stamp set from Art Impressions… To create this card, I started by applying ink through THIS stencil on a piece of A2 purple cardstock. I used an older die (Sliding Window from Sunny Studios) to die cut the window and the pull tab opening. I cut a piece of cardstock to adhere to the bottom of the sliding piece on the back side. I adhered...
Hi, crafty friends. Today’s card features products from THIS card kit… To create this card, I started by trimming down a piece of the kit’s patterned paper and die cut THIS die from the center to create a pocket to place a gift card in. I adhered it down to a top folding note card (that had a piece of the same patterned paper adhered to it so you would see a continuous pattern...
Hi, crafty friends. I have something a bit different to share today. Last month, I went on a craft retreat with friends and wanted to bring a little something for everyone… I found these notebooks that has a cross-stitch front and I thought my crafty friends would love them… I wanted to create tags to go on the gift bags that would match the theme of sewing so I stamped the images from THIS...
Hello there, crafty friends. Today’s card kit features THIS Card Kit. Instead of creating a card, I used the products to create a small gift bag… I cut THIS die from white cardstock. I cut the handle and the front piece from the kit’s patterned paper. I die cut THIS rectangle die from the patterned paper and white front piece. I stamped a butterfly image on the vellum with the black archival ink. I...
Howdy, crafty friends. Easter will be here soon so I wanted to share the Easter tags I created to go on teacher gifts… To create these tags, I cut a tag die from patterned papers. I also cut the tag shape from white cardstock to adhere behind the patterned paper tag to add stability. I stamped the bunny from THIS stamp set and used THESE coordinating die to cut them out. I die cut...
Hi, crafty friends. I recently shared THIS St. Patrick’s Day gift idea. I wanted to share another gift idea but this time it’s all abouttstamping on a gift bag… To create this bag, I started with a plain white gift bag. It didn’t fit in my MISTI and even if it did, I couldn’t stamp on it evenly because the handles add too much dimension. So, I decided to stamp the clovers from THIS...
