Celebrate today - Happy birthday gift card holder

Hello again!

My boy's birthday (he will be turning 9!) is coming up and he requested a BIG Itunes voucher as a gift! You cannot get easier than that!  I wanted to dress it up at least - even though he is a boy! This is what I came up with!

My product list:

For the pocket

137547 Mini Treat Bag Thinlits (p 9, OC - fantastic value for money!)

137783 Birthday Bash DSP (p 12, OC)

130514 Gorgeous Grunge Wooden stamp set ( background on 'washi')

137138 Celebrate Today Photopolymer stamp set (p11, OC)

137362 Balloon Framelits Dies (p 11, OC)

131173 Crushed Curry Classic Stampin' Pad

126970 Night of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad

131175 Coastal Cabana Classic Stampin' Pad (background on the 'washi')

126983 Calypso Coral Classic Stampin' Pad

102283 VersaMark ink (to heat emboss over the balloon)

109130 Clear Stampin' Embossing powder A4 cardstock

121717 Shimmery White

127885 Champagne Glimmer Paper

For the gift card holder (cardstock measuring 11" x 3 1/2", folded in half)

106577 Night of Navy A4 cardstock

137783 Birthday Bash DSP

131286 Bermuda Bay A4 cardstock (layering of sentiment)

121717 Shimmery White A4 cardstock

127885 Champagne Glimmer Paper

137159 B.Y.O.P (p 33, OC - the best stamp ever if you love gift cards for presents!)

126970 Night of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad

126983 Calypso Coral Classic Stampin' Pad 

134571 Night of Navy Seam Binding Ribbon

132983 Gold Sequin Trim

I love this! If you haven't had a chance to look through Stampin'Up!'s Occasions Catalogue 2015, do yourself a favour! It is amazing!!! You can shop online or let me know and I will mail you a hard copy or if you are in my area (Port Kennedy, Western Australia) I will even drop it off in your mailbox!

Take care! 

Mel

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Hello Love - For Valentine's Day

Hello again!

And so starts the 2015 school year! I missed sharing on my blog!

With Valentine's Day just around the corner ( this coming Saturday to be precise!!),  my first project for the year had to include a heart!

For the heart card topper I used about 4 layers from the Stacked with Love DSP (p 5, OC, 137779) and one layer Typeset DSP (p 184, AC, 133704).  These two DSP's go like Peanut butter and Jelly! I used the heart shaped die from the BRAND NEW Mini Treat Bag Thinlits Die set (p 9, OC, 137547) to cut through the DSP layers and used my limited sewing skills to sew through the middle of the heart. I adore this heart shape, it is a beautiful round heart! It cut quite easily through all 5 layers, but I wouldn't add more layers. 

My product list

121688 Basic Black A4 cardstock (card base)

106578 Real Red A4 cardstock

121717 Shimmery White (this really gave a WOW! effect)

137167 Perpetual Birthday Calendar Photopolymer stamp set ( for the background)

133928 Hello Love (Hostess set, sentiment)

126976 Sahara Sand Classic Stampin' Pad (for the backround)

126949 Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad (for the sentiment)

Finish of with a read rhinestone! Very easy! 

I loved the end product and hope you do too!

Take care!

Mel 

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Merry Everything - a bit more than a gift card holder

Hello!

Having a son with Autism makes me appreciate teachers and their helpers (Educational Assistants) even more! Not to mention that my Mother-in-law is a teacher and I know that teaching is not a 9-3 job with 3 or 4 holidays in a year - it is HARD WORK being a teacher. That is why I love to thank them in a special way at the end of the school year. This year I made up a little gift card holder that included a 100g Lindt Chocolate bar. 

These are the products I used:

135825 Under the Tree DSP ( see photos for instructions) HC, p5

133704 Typeset DSP, AC, p184

135839 Cherry Cobbler 1" Sheer linen Ribbon, HC, p7

135071 Merry Everything Clear stamps set, HC, p13

135860 Note Tag Punch, HC, p13

106549 Whisper White A4 cardstock, AC, p183

121681 Cherry Cobbler A4 cardstock, AC, p182

126973 Garden Green Classic Stampin' Pad, AC, p182

Instructions:

This is the chocolate I used. I removed the wrapper to make a new wrapper with the DSP.

Cut the DSP to 8 1/4" x 7 5/8"

With the long side to the top  of your Simply Scored Scoring Tool (122334), AC, p214 score at 5/8", 1", 7 1/4", 7 5/8"

On the short side score at 1", 1 3/8", 4 3/8", 4 6/8"

Enforce folds.

Cut as follows. I used my 1"Square punch (124094) to take a 2 "nicks" from the thin flap.

Round corners with Project Life Corner Rounder (135346), AC, p222

Place the chocolate bar inside and adhere the box. I used temorary adhesive, 2-way Glue pen (100425) is temporary when you let it dry for a bit.

Cut Typeset DSP to 7 1/2 x 7 1/2" and with the bottom of the writing on your left hand side on your score board score at 1 1/2"and 3 1/2".

Fold as follows and wrap around and decorate with the ribbon and tags. Insert your gift card into the pocket!

I think this will make a nice gift for the pickiest of persons! 

Well this is it for the year from me! I had fun sharing my projects with you and wish you and yours a wonderful, peaceful Christmas Season! My you be Blessed in the New Year!

Mel xx

Santa Stache - Shaker card

Hello again!

For my second last post for this year I would like to share my very first shaker card! It was easier than I thought and the effect is to say the least... DAZZLING!

I am going to list the products that I used and then show the steps in photographs! Enjoy!

106578 Real Red A4 cardstock (card base), AC, p180

106576 Old Olive A4 cardstock (layering), AC, p180

135821 Santa & Co. DSP (some more layering), HC, p29

135035 Santa Stache stamp set ( stamp twice, one to die cut the mustache and one to colour and fussy cut the whole image), HC, p18

106549 Whisper White A4 cardstock (inside and stamping), AC, p183

121688 Basic Black A4 cardstock (frame around circle), AC, p183

132178 Silver Foil sheets (star)

132708 Memento Ink Tuxedo Black ( for image and sentiment) VERY important to use this with Blendabilities)

130995 Cherry Cobbler Assortment Blendabilities (hat) AC, p212

129370 Skin Tone Assortment Blendabilities (face), AC, p212

102283 Versamark ink, AC, p210

101930 Iridescent Ice embossing powder (for hat trimmings, beard and moustache), AC, p213

114323 Window Sheets , AC, p192 Cut two 3 1/2" x 3 1/2" pieces

133723 Star Framelits, AC, p231 

130911 Circle Framelits, AC, p231, I used the 2 3/4" circle and the 3 1/4" ( the bigger one for the black frame)

133741 Mustache Framelit AC, p230

Layer the DSP and Old Olive and cut a circle from the center with circle framelits.

Mark with a pencil on the card base where the circle should be cut (centered on the card base) and the cut.

Cut circle using Circle framelits.

Do not adhere yet! First the shaker must be assembled.

Adhere 1 of the window sheet pieces with  2-Way Glue Pen (100425)on the inside of the layered DSP and Old Olive.

Use Double sided foam tape around the circle on top of the first Window sheet layer.

Add some glitter and Sequins ( any will do) and then adherte the second piece of Window sheet over the glitter and sequins. This piece is adhered to the foam tape.

Add some foam tape to the corners and adhere to your card front.

 Add your Basic Black circle frame and your finished Santa.

 Stamp your sentiment on the inside.

I hope this all makes sense! Let me know!

Thank you for passing by!

Mel xx

All is calm

Hi!

As it goes this time of year... So much to do, so little time!!! I'm officially in panic mode! I still have to finalize teacher gifts and Christmas cards, family and friend cards, etc, etc! Also two birthday cards ( one by Sunday!). I do think, however that I might just have all the cards covered...

Voila! I can easily wrap up 10 or 20 of these in a very short time! I can also easily use this basic recipe for my two birthday cards! I'm feeling better already!

For the card base (folded 4"x 4" card)  I used Pear Pizzazz A4 cardstock (131290). I cut two strips from the All is Calm DSP (p22, HC, 135823) measuring 1" x 6" and positioned it on top of Whisper White A4 cardstock  (p183, AC,106549) measuring 3 3/4"x 3 3/4". Take a look at my photo to get an idea of where to adhere the DSP strips. Next I stamped the medium snowflake from the Endless Wishes Photopolymer stamp set (p32, OC, 136829) underneath the DSP strips and heat embossed Merry Christmas (from the same stamp set) with some Silver Embossing Powder (p213, AC, 109131) and embellished with the lovely Lost Lagoon Silky Taffeta Ribbon (p22, OC, 135841). I first adhered a piece of ribbon between the two DSP strips and then tied a bow with the same ribbon to put on top of it. Also add some bling - never forget the bling!

Take care!

Mel xx

Ns Two more along the same line!

Nature's Peace

Hello again!

Today I'm sharing another Holiday card with you! Christmas is not creeping  up anymore, it is upon us!

For this card (a shaker card) I used the lovely Nature's Peace stamp set (135119 -clear). Although this project features my other hidden talent - cardstock stitching (LOL!) - yes that is as far as it goes, it is still a very quick and fun card to make!

I started by stamping the snowflake image from the same stamp set in Melon Mambo (126948) and some in Daffodil Delight (126944) ink . Then I used the tiny snowflake from the Endless Wishes Photopolymer stamp set (136829) to stamp some snowflakes with Old Olive (126953) and some with Bermuda Bay (131171) ink to fill the spaces in between. I stamped on  water colour paper (any brand will do) for some extra texture. Next I heat embossed the Peace on Earth image with  Pool Party Embossing Powder (129398) - I used VersaMark  ink (102283) with my embossing powder and I stamped on White Vellum Cardstock (106584). I placed about 15 or so sequins ( all colours, shapes and sizes) on top of my snowflake image ( in the middle of the snowflake stamped cardstock) and placed my vellum over this. To keep it all together, I used  strips of painters tape,and stitched it together. Be aware of where the stitching will go and where your strips of painters tape will go - you don't want to stitch over the tape! For my card base I used Naturals Ivory A4 cardstock ( I love this stuff!). I used rhinestones to add a bit of shine to my card.

There you have it! I think it turned out pretty well!

Mel xx