Delightful Decorations Gift Card Holder

This gift card holder fits in a standard envelope, and I really like the way it flips open to reveal the gift card. This is one of the gift card holders we're making this weekend in my Christmas Gift Card Holder class (5 different gift card holders for $10.00). There are still spots available if you'd like to come!

Supplies (all SU!): Stamps (Delightful Decorations, Christmas Greetings), Inks (Old Olive), Cardstock (Whisper White, Real Red, Soft Suede), Christmas Cocoa DSP, Clear Crystal Brad, Ornament Punch, Corner Rounder punch, Word Window Punch

Twelve Weeks of Christmas - Week 9

This idea could be used as a gift, or you could use it to decorate your home for the holidays. You can customize the colours to co-ordinate with your home or the colours you use to decorate you tree, and you can get it out year after year. It's quick and easy too, so it's perfect for this time of year!

Supplies:
Small Chocolate Vintage Ornament Decor Elements (item #117966)
Decor Elements Applicator (item #114285)
Stretched and primed canvas from a craft store (mine is 16"x20")
Acrylic paints--you can just use one, or add a few like I did
ribbon (optional)

Instructions:

1. Paint the canvas. I do the bigger areas first... I dribble the paint directly onto the canvas and brush it across the canvas. Between colours, I wash out the brush. While the paint is still wet,  I drip small, random drops of other colours (the dark brown and the dark pink) over the painted stripes, and just brush back and forth until I like the result. I did wavy stripes with this one.
2. Let the canvas dry completely (I wait overnight).
3. Cut apart the ornaments and strings (they all come on one sheet) and figure out approximately where you want to place them.
4. Use the Decor Elements Applicator to rub gently over the ornaments (grid paper up). Gently peel back the adhesive layer (feels like masking tape). The ornament should be on the sticky side. If it's not, gently rub the applicator over the grid paper side again.
5. Place the ornament and sticky paper onto the canvas. I pile two SU! Idea book and catalogues under the canvas (inside the wood frame) so I have something to push against. Starting in the middle, rub the applicator to the edges of the ornament.
6. Slowly peel back the sticky paper. The ornament should now be on the canvas. If it's still sticking to the sticky paper, just press it back down onto the canvas and rub again with the applicator.
7. Repeat for all ornaments and strings.
8. If you'd like, you can use a glue gun to adhere ribbon around the edge of the canvas. You could also paint the edges if the staples are not showing.

I hope you try this... I love my Decor Elements art, and it's so easy. The key is that you don't have to push as hard as you think you do (I was trying too hard at first). A gentle rub is all it takes.

Sketch #77

Surprise, surprise... not only do I have a sketch, but I have a non-Christmas card! Here's the sketch:

and here's my card:

I designed this for a private class I did for some lovely Red Hat Ladies. This was one of my favourite cards from that day...

Supplies:

Stamps: Friends 24-7, Great Friend

Inks: Soft Suede,  Dusty Durango

Stampin' Write Markers: Rose Red, Dusty Durango, Certainly Celery, Mellow Moss, Crushed Curry

Cardstock: Dusty Durango, Very Vanilla, Soft Suede

Autumn Meadows DSP

Tools: Curly Label Punch, Colour Spritzer, Movers & Shapers Curly Label

12 Weeks of Christmas - Week 8

I have another card for this week's project, and I sent out a gift/packaging idea on Monday. If you'd like to receive my Twelve Weeks of Christmas newsletter, you can e-mail me, or use the link in the sidebar to sign up for it. This is another card we'll be making at my Christmas Card Class (5 cards for $5.00) at the Crouch Library on Saturday December 5th. You can sign up by contacting me or the library.

Supplies

Stamps: Sparkly & Bright (item #115346)

Inks: Real Red (item #103133), Chocolate Chip (item #100908), Certainly Celery (item #105217)

Cardstock: Whisper White (item #100730), Kraft (item #102125), Real Red (item #102482)

Punches: Scallop Circle  (item #109043), Jumbo Snowflake (item #116628), 1 3/8" Circle (item #104401)

Other: Small Whisper White Notecard (item #107311), The Write Stuff DSP (item #115674), Stampin' Dimensionals (item #104430)

Instructions:

1. Stamp the reindeer image with Chocolate Chip ink onto Whisper White cardstock and punch out with the 1 3/8" circle punch.

2. Punch a Jumbo Snowflake from Kraft cardstock.

3. Punch a Scallop Circle from Real Red cardstock.

4. Stamp the Whisper White notecard with Certainly Celery ink and the Sparkle stamp.

5. Cut a piece of Kraft cardstock (1 1/2" x 4") and stamp greeting on the left side with Real Red ink.

6. Cut a piece of Old Olive polka dot paper (from The Write Stuff) 1"x4" and tear one long side. Adhere to the bottom 1/3 of the notecard.

7. Adhere the stamped Kraft cardstock just above the polka dot paper.

8. Use Stampin' Dimensionals to adhere the scallop circle to the card and the snowflake to the scallop circle.

9. Use SNAIL to adhere the reindeer to the snowflake.

Wow!!! Stampin' Up! Sale!

I knew this sale was coming, but I had no idea what would be on sale or what the prices would be like, and I have to say I'm super excited!!!

Stampin' Up!'s Online Extravaganza Sale starts today and goes until November 30th. You can see what I'm so excited about by clicking here and clicking Shop Now (see the image below), then Online Extravaganza on the left side. You can shop online, or contact me before November 30th if you'd like me to place your order directly with me.

Merry Patterned Pines

This was my favourite card from my last Stamp-a-Stack... I saw a card that Heather made using different colours, and I just had to try it myself. The other three cards we made at the SAS used more traditional Christmas colours, but I though this combination was fun and still kind of Christmas-y...

I love this Level 1 Hostess set (Patterned Pines) and it's only available until January 4th, so make sure you let me know if you'd like to have a party or private class so you can earn it for free before it's gone!

Supplies: Patterned Pines & All Holidays Stamps; Kraft, Melon Mambo & Whisper White cardstock; Bermuda Bay, Melon Mambo, Certainly Celery and Sahara Sand classic inks; Whisper White craft ink; VersaMark ink; White Stampin' Emboss powder; Paper Piercer and Mat Pack.

Spotlighting Nature

This was the second card we did last weekend for the November Technique Class. We stamped the flower image from Inspired by Nature with Soft Suede ink on Naturals Ivory cardstock. We used Stampin' Write markers (Rose Red, Crushed Curry, Always Artichoke) to colour on the stamp, then stamped it again onto another piece of Naturals Ivory cardstock. We punched out the portions we wanted to use on the card with the  1 1/4" circle punch, and cut 1 3/8" circles from Soft Suede to mount them on. After matching up the images, we used Stampin' Dimensionals to adhere the punched circles to the image.

other supplies: Crushed Curry and Rose Red Cardstock, Modern Label, Curly Label and Word Windo Punches, Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set.