Mini Stocking Gift Bag

Small "gift bag" I made using the stocking die

from Stampin' Up!

Stamped tissue paper,

die cut snowflakes that I added glitter to,

rhinestones, stamped and cut out letters,

crochet trim for hanging finish off the stocking.

I made these to give gift cards and Magic

playing cards to my nephews in. 

Stocking die, Cherry Cobbler textured card stock and 

Whisper White card stock from Stampin' Up!

You will need a 15" x 1 1/2" strip

of card stock to create the sides.

Score 1/4" in on each long side

then snip in to the score line every 1/4"

or so along that long scored edge. 

Fold in to create tabs for adhering

to the inside of the stocking.

Use a strong double stick tape to adhere.

Punch a small hole in the back

side to attach ribbon for hanging

if you'd like to hang it from a tree.

Thanks for looking =) 

Ornament Keepsakes Ornament

There will be a photo here

My crafting can be like my fashion sense, far behind the current trends! With that being said, here is my very first attempt at making an ornament from the coordinating ornament stamps and die set that Stampin' Up! sold last year.

These ornaments were everywhere on the internet, but I never broke down and bought the set / dies last year . As much as I liked the project, I really did not need another ornament set (I do have the stamp set with matching punch from several years ago already) . Plus, the project looked quite time consuming. In the end, I caved and bought them (I really need to work on my willpower!).

As soon as they arrived, I made this ornament  - and haven't touched the set since !!!!!!!!! It was indeed far too time consuming and would have taken much too long to make a half dozen of them to give out as gifts to my aunts and uncles as I planned. It was just as well that I did not invest all of that time as I didn't make it to our family party due to inclement weather anyway.

I would love to make one for my sister and mother, but am afraid as much as they would like them they wouldn't really want them. They, like myself, have cut back on holiday decorating.

I am not going to go into detail on how to make these since there are surely hundreds of tutorials online already.

I chose Wisteria Wonder and Vintage Violet inks from Stampin' Up! to stamp with.

I used scraps of lace from my old sewing supplies stash rather than tulle that was shown on the sample on the front of the old Holiday catalog.

I applied clear drying liquid glue to all the edges of the ornaments then sprinkled them with glitter.

The metal snowflake brad , silver ribbon and polka dot purple card stock are from my craft supply stash.



Thanks for looking =)

Festive Flurry Swing Spinner Card

I finally broke down and bought the swing card thinlits dies

from Stampin' Up! last week (Happy Birthday to me !) 

and immediately put one to use.

All supplies used were from Stampin' Up!

Festive Flurry stamp set was stamped with Cherry Cobbler ink

onto Naturals card stock then cut with coordinating dies.

Nesting circle dies were used to create the metallic gold card stock frames. 

I also used one to cut out the middle of the circle to suspend the snowflake.

The Circle Thinlits die cuts a solid circle swinging piece. 

It's a handy die, cutting and scoring the complete swing card at one time !

A scallop circle punched piece of metallic gold card stock

was scored and folded, layered between the snowflakes die cuts.

The card base is made from textured Cherry Cobbler card stock.

I lightly brushed gold metallic ink along the edges.

The snowflakes are suspended with fishing line.

I sandwiched the ends of the line between the gold frames

that were die cut with the circle dies.

A 1/4" circle punch was used to make the center gold dot

( I would have rather used gold brads, but I wanted it to be 

a mail friendly card).

Thanks for looking =) 

Shimmery Navy Snowflakes Holiday Card

I’m not too pleased with how this turned out at first, it was an experiment.
I dry embossed snowflakes onto Night of Navy card stock. I then tried to carefully apply Versamark ink and shimmering embossing powder to the raised areas. It got messy and didn’t quite work as I had hoped. Sooooooo, I sprayed on a lot of home made shimmer spray and attached a super shimmery premade chipboard frame found at a local discount store. I stamped the greeting from Stampin’ Up! onto Whisper White card stock then glued the frame over it. In the end it worked well enough although I wish it had worked the way I envisioned it.
Thanks for looking =)

Christmas At Heart Digital Kit

All three of the above digital projects were created using two kits

from Loni at Grace Blossoms 4 U:

Christmas At Heart and

Thankful At Heart

The first is a scrapbook page and

the other two are greeting cards.

I made another scrapbook page 

and posted it several days ago here.

The Rudolph card was made using

punches in the My Digital Studio program

by Stampin' Up!

If you like using digital kits in your crafting,

be sure to stop by her store now through December 31st

as she is having a sale in celebration of

being the guest designer at Scraps-N-Pieces.com !

She is also offering coupons to her store,

details in the graphic below.

Thanks for looking =)

Handmade Christmas Cards I've Received

What a fun surprise in yesterdays mail :

not one but two handmade holiday cards ! 

The first was made by a blogging friend,

Margaret from Black Shadow Creations.

It uses all sorts of lovely Stampin' Up! products. 

It is difficult to see in the photo, 

but there are touches of glitter glue in the centers of the 

hand colored flowers as well as ink sponged along

the edges of the decorative paper.

The second is from a long time "pen pal".

Don't you just love the snowflake eyes on her

 Santa ? I think it looks like his eyes are twinkling ;) 

That holly embossed white paper is awesome, too !

Holiday Woodcuts Santa Card

This card was made using a piece from an old holiday project from years ago when I ran the Christmas Bazaar at the elementary school. I made a hanging tag (the large layered middle piece with Santa on it) for a basket that we kept candy canes in. I kept that hanging tag knowing some day, granted it was a half dozen years later, I would reuse it .

I made faux brads to cover the four holes that were punched in the original tag for hanging with ribbon.
I stamped the background of the card front with an old background stamp (Country Plaid ?) and Bravo Burgundy ink from Stampin’ Up!

Santa's beard was created with a dimensional paper paint that was sold years and years ago, I believe the Tulip company sold them. I loved using that white paint for creating fur on projects !
Thanks for looking =)

Festive Flurry Ornament Card

Finally, a card using a current stamp set from Stampin’ Up! 
Festive Flurry stamp set and coordinating dies as well as a holiday greetings stamp set, Whisper White and Metallic Silver card stocks, rhinestones, Encore Silver Metallic ink, scrap of ribbon were all used to create this card that features a removable ornament.
I scored and creased a couple of the die cuts to give the ornament a little more dimension.
The back of the ornament has a die cut circle stamped with a greeting that is adhered over the ends of the ribbon.
It does require extra postage to mail a card like this, but I think it is a fun surprise for the recipient.
Thanks for looking =)

A Holiday Hello Card

Here is another old stamp set being put to use this year.
This is a set of smaller country cute images. I used the trees on this card. There are also a snowman, santa and angel images.
All supplies used were from Stampin’ Up! , though most are retired.
Thanks for looking =)

Pretty Poinsettia Card

As much as I like the new poinsettia stamp set in the Stampin’ Up! holiday catalog (and the sample made with it), I knew I should not buy it since I already have a barely used poinsettia stamp set. It inspired me to dig it out and make a card with it this year.
I stamped the images with Versamark ink onto colored card stock then heat embossed with gold embossing powder. I carefully trimmed out with scissors then glued the layers together to create the poinsettia.
An old shadow background stamp square (remember when those were so popular years ago?) was stamped with Gold Encore ink onto Whisper White card stock then run through and embossing folder in the Big Shot machine.
This was layered onto gold metallic and Real Red textured card stocks.
The finished card is 4.25” x 4.25” square.

Thanks for looking =)