Hello friends! I'm so very excited about my project share today. Last year I created THESE winter woodland critter huggers shaped gift card holders and they were one of my favorite projects of 2018. With a few tweaks, different accessories, and Valentines sentiments, these cuties work as Valentines cards, too! In addition to the shaped gift card holder cards, these critters are holding their matching Tiny Gift Boxes adorned with the Tiny Gift Box Fox and Raccoon Add Ons!
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Watch the creation of these critter huggers shaped Valentines cards and matching tiny gift boxes from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:
Each card was created by scoring and folding a 2.5" x 11 piece of cardstock in half and die cutting the Woodland Critter Hugger off the top of the card. By making sure the ears didn't cut all the way through the card, you create a critter shaped card base. I trimmed the arms off each critter.
Hair bows were die cut from patterned paper using the bow from the Tiny Gift Box and assembled before being adhered to the top of each head. Honey Bee Stamps Acrylic Ice hearts were adhered to the center of each bow.
Glossy Accents was added to the noses and eyes of the critters for gloss and shine.
Tiny Gift Boxes and the Tiny Gift Box Fox and Raccoon Add Ons were die cut from cardstock and assembled as shown. Bows from the add on set were die cut from patterned paper and adhered to both ears on the gift box critters!
The gift box was secured to the front of each critter shaped card. Tuck some treats inside the box and a gift card inside the card! Two gifts in one!
The pocket from the Stitched Gift Card Pocket was die cut from the same cardstock color as the card base and adhered to the inside of each card. A sentiment from the How You Bean Conversation Heart Add On was stamped inside each card on the pocket. Hearts from the Heart Treat Box Dies were die cut from both patterned paper and cardstock and adhered below the stamped and embossed greeting. This is where you'll tuck a gift card!
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I can't get enough of Valentines-themed projects. If you've followed me for awhile y'all probably know this about me already! Today I'm sharing a some quick and easy coffee-themed gift card holders that are made simple with patterned papers, lots of awesome Honey Bee Stamps dies and some quick stamping. If you are giving a Starbucks or local coffee/tea shop gift card this Valentine's Day, these shaped cards add that special touch that the recipient will fall in love with!
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Watch the creation of these valentines coffee shaped cards gift card holders from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:
I used various Doodlebug patterned papers from my stash for my projects today. Most of these have been in my stash for years. I've linked to similar Doodlebug patterned papers in the supply list below or use whatever you have on hand. Patterned papers make this project so fast and easy!
The vellum pocket for the Frappe Card was created with the Gift Card Pocket and vellum.
These sweet cards are all ready for some gift cards! Looking for more shaped coffee-themed card ideas?
---------> Click HERE for my birthday-themed Frappe Gift Card Holder Cards.
---------> Click HERE for Snowman Christmas-themed Coffee Cup Gift Card Holder Cards.
---------> Click HERE for Polar Bear friendship-themed Coffee Cup Gift Card Holder Cards.
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Welcome to Day 2 of my last minute Handmade Holiday 2018 Series!
I'm back with my fifth year of last minute handmade ideas! Five years, you guys. Wow. Thank you so much for your support of this series. I have been overwhelmed and almost considered not doing the series this year but I kept getting emails and comments asking for it so I sat down to make a list of projects I could do and I got really excited. So this series is for you crafting friends. I appreciate each and every one of you and y'all make this possible. Much love to everyone.
The goal of this series is adding handmade touches to gifts for our friends and family. Even with the craziness of the season I like to be able to personalize the gifts under our tree. Over the next couple of weeks I'll be sharing mostly quick (an hour or less) Handmade Holiday ideas for cards, tags and gift wrapping sure to add that handmade touch we all love. Most ideas will include multiples (today I created 3 stenciled gift bags with monogram tags)!
Each Handmade Holiday project blog post will feature a brand new, never before seen project(s) plus an incredible giveaway from a generous sponsor!
STENCILED GIFT BAGS WITH MONOGRAM TAGS
Today I'm sharing some stenciled and embellished gift bags with monogrammed tags created by mixing and matching dies from several sets for these simple, yet elegant gift bags. These bags would be perfect for giving a gift card or other small, flat gift. Monograms are one of my favorite ways to customize a tag!
Today's post is in conjunction with Honey Bee Stamps 12 Days of Christmas Event where you will get to see daily inspiration from twelve designers, receive daily discounts on the products that they used & HBS will do a drawing from the comments on their blog for a winner of one stamp set that the designer used. (I have a giveaway on my blog, too!) Lots of chances to win and save today!
Be sure to click HERE for this project and post on the HBS blog!
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To watch the creation of these stenciled gift bags with monogram tags from start to finish, click HERE or watch below:
The Gift Bag Card die was used to die cut red cardstock for each bag. I cut two panels for each bag. The bags were stenciled with one of the Plaid Background Stencils and Black Soot Distress Oxide Ink. Once each side of the bag was inked, adhesive was applied to the tabs on one side of the bag and the gift bag was adhered together as shown.
Labels for the front of each bag were die cut from both black cardstock and white glitter cardstock using the Truly Great Friends Die. On the inside black cardstock rectangle sentiments from the Fa La La Stamp Set were stamped with clear embossing ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder. The "ho ho ho" sentiment from the Fa La La Dies was die cut from white glitter cardstock adhered to Fun Foam with Stick It Adhesive and adhered above the stamped and embossed sentiment.
The label was adhered to the front of the bag and both the black cardstock scallop frame and white glitter cardstock frame were adhered around the rectangle to finish the label.
The circle tag from the Gift Bag Card Dies was die cut from smooth white cardstock. Monograms were die cut from red glitter cardstock using the Bee Bold Alphabet Dies and adhered to each tag as shown. Holly leaves from the Threshold Card Dies were die cut from green cardstock and adhered to each tag. Red sequins finish the holly and berries next to each monogram.
Ribbon handles were added to each bag and the tags were tied to the handles with crochet thread. Each bag was finished with a "tissue paper" insert created by die cutting the Gift Bag Card die using woodgrain vellum.
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Hello friends! Building a background that ties a scene card all together is almost more important than the focal point of a design. For this set of six cards today, I switched up the greeting (two different styles) and only added two adorable stamped, colored, and die cut images from the Under the Sea Animals Stamp Set for my cards. Even though the images are a minimal, the backgrounds are the real scene stealers here because they showcase the adorable fish perfectly!
I made these cards for the four senior swimmers on my daughter's high school swim team and for the two coaches. The girls on the team signed the cards for the seniors and coaches and presented them to them with a gift at the end of season swim team banquet.
For the backgrounds, I stenciled Blueprint Sketch and Salty Ocean Distress Oxide Inks through the Simon Says Stamp Waves Stencil directly onto smooth white cardstock. After lifting the stencil, I took the ink blending tools and without re-inking, I went over the stenciled design lightly to completely cover the "ocean". I spritzed the backgrounds with water from a Distress Sprayer and let the oxidation create the illusion of bubbles! So easy and so effective for an ocean scene card!
The backgrounds were die cut with a Mama Elephant Dotted Detail Frame Die to remove a thin frame from each background. A new thin frame was die cut from smooth white cardstock to replace the frame for an inlay style background. This is one of my favorite ways to create an instant frame and not lose the look and feel of the background.
Images from the Under the Sea Animals Stamp Set were stamped on smooth white cardstock with Jet Black Ink, colored in with Copic Markers, and die cut with the coordinating dies before being adhered to each scene card as shown.
Black and white gel pens were used to add detail to the eyes on the fish.
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Watch the creation of these under the sea animals scene cards from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:
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Welcome to Day 3 of my last minute Handmade Holiday 2017 Series!
I'm back with my fourth year of last minute handmade ideas! Even with the craziness of the season I like to be able to add handmade touches to gifts for our friends and family. Over the next couple of weeks I'll be sharing mostly quick (an hour or less) Handmade Holiday ideas for cards, tags and gift wrapping sure to add that handmade touch we all love. Most ideas will include multiples (today I created two gift card holder cards)!
Each Handmade Holiday project blog post will feature a brand new, never before seen project(s) plus an incredible giveaway from a generous sponsor!
To watch the creation of these picture book gift card holders from start to finish, click HERE or watch below:
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Below you will find links to the supplies used to create this project. Click the icon for the store underneath the thumbnails to start shopping. Where available I use compensated affiliate links at no extra cost to you. Your support helps me to keep bringing you new projects and videos. Thank you!
Welcome to Day 2 of my last minute Handmade Holiday 2017 Series!
I'm back with my fourth year of last minute handmade ideas! Even with the craziness of the season I like to be able to add handmade touches to gifts for our friends and family. Over the next couple of weeks I'll be sharing mostly quick (an hour or less) Handmade Holiday ideas for cards, tags and gift wrapping sure to add that handmade touch we all love. Most ideas will include multiples (today I created two vellum favor bags)!
Each Handmade Holiday project blog post will feature a brand new, never before seen project(s) plus an incredible giveaway from a generous sponsor!
Greetings from the Sentiments From Yeti was stamped below the Peek-A-Boo opening using Versamark Ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder. The Peek-A-Boo was opened up, the yeti adhered to appear to be bursting forth from the opening and then the banner and hat were glued in place. The panel was secured to the front of each favor bag.
Mini tags were die cut from smooth white cardstock using a Favor Bag Die. Greetings from the Mini Messages Stamp Set were stamped on each tag. Ribbon and twine secured the mini tag to the top of each favor bag.
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To watch the creation of these vellum yeti favor bags from start to finish, click HERE or watch below:
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Below you will find links to the supplies used to create this project. Click the icon for the store underneath the thumbnails to start shopping. Where available I use compensated affiliate links at no extra cost to you. Your support helps me to keep bringing you new projects and videos. Thank you!
I'm thrilled to be offering a giveaway from Mama Elephant!
Please leave a comment on this post by December 20 23, 2017, 11:59 pm CST for a chance to win a $25 gift certificate to the Mama Elephant Online Store!
Winners for the 2017 series will all be notified via email and posted on the blog on December 24, 2017.
A huge thank you to Mama Elephant for sponsoring the giveaway today!
M O R E H A N D M A D E H O L I D A Y P R O J E C T S
Hello friends! Coffee gift cards are always an easy gift whether it be for a birthday, Christmas, or any day! Today I'm sharing a couple of Coffee Card Gift Holders using the awesome shaped Honey Bee Crafts dies. The adorable polar bear from the Flakey Friends Stamp Set makes for the perfect accent to these cute gift card holders.
On the red card base, I stamped snowflakes from the Flakey Friends Stamp Set using Versamark Ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder. On the aqua card base, I stamped coffee cups from the Flakey Friends Stamp Set with Versamark Ink only, for the watermark look.
The polar bear, scarves, coffee cups (how cute is it that they match the cup die?!!!!), and the hat from the Flakey Friends Stamp Set were stamped on smooth white cardstock using Jet Black Ink, colored in with Copic Markers, and die cut with the coordinating dies.
The images were adhered to the coffee bands, being sure to keep the adhesive only to the areas where the bear connects to the coffee band. A black glaze pen was used to add detail to the bear and Glossy Accents was applied to the band on the coffee cup the polar bear is holding. I absolutely love that the bear die cuts out the arms and makes tucking the coffee cup in the bear's arms so easy!
Greetings and paw prints from the Flakey Friends Stamp Set were stamped inside the card for a fun surprise inside the card.
A gift card will securely stay in place without adhesive when you fold up the card and slip the band around the coffee cup! Isn't it just the cutest?!!! I want to make these for everyone for Christmas!
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To watch the creation of these coffee card gift holders from start to finish, click HERE or watch below:
S U P P L I E S
Below you will find links to the supplies used to create this project. Click the icon for the store underneath the thumbnails to start shopping. Where available I use compensated affiliate links at no extra cost to you. Your support helps me to keep bringing you new projects and videos. Thank you!
