Washi tape tags class

Oh my goodness I absolutely LOVE washi tape!  This is really the first big project I have made with it.  I have added some here and there on other things but I was seriously giddy making the projects for this class.  It is seriously fun, easy, and addicting! 

 

If you would like to make these projects with me, my class is on Wednesday, November 13th at 7:00 ($13)

 

Ok well first off this is the super cute box.  Wouldn't this box be so fun to receive a gift in?  I know I would love it.  Well in my box I don't have a gift but Christmas Tags! 

 

You can see a sneak peak of the cards through the window sheet circle.  The red piece of washi tape is on the card in the box. 

 



 

I put 15 cards and envelopes in this box.  They fit great since they are flat!

I basically pulled out all the holiday themed greetings from my current stamp sets and got to work stamping. 

 



 

Can you spot the Christmas Trees?  Which tag is your favorite?

 

 

Thank you cards are a must at Christmas time right?  These tags are perfect, just a little thank you note.

 

These are the envelopes!  I wrapped the washi tape around the back so there is a bit on the back as well. 

 

If you haven't tried washi tape, you seriously are missing out!  Check out the other washi tape you can get in my online shop here and in the Holiday Catalog.

Hanging the Stockings with Care

Yes, Christmas is over but I still wanted to share these projects with you. 

Love these pages, the closepins, jingle bells, and that awesome lolly... Love the Simply Scored tool!  (oh did you hear that we are getting a diagonal plate for the simply scored tool?  AWESOME!)

I used the Doily dies as snowflakes!

Seasons Greetings Pages

Yes, I am still playing catch-up but I am almost done :) Obviously these were December's club pages.

I was going for a subtle snow theme, with snowflakes and a snowy landscape. I also for the first time ever cut out images from the DSP packs. Can't believe I haven't done that before!

Of course we had to use an embossing folder somewhere :) This one is called Northern Flurry, love those snowflakes.

This fun scallop was cut with the Big Shot and the tasteful trim die. Come back tomorrow to see something made with the fabric that shares this same image as this paper.

Gratitude Journal

Sticking with the Christmas theme... I was asked to create a cover for a Christmas gratitude journal. This is bigger than the average card, it uses a whole sheet of 8 1/2 x 11 cardstock (folded in half). I don't know what I like better, the tasteful trim ribbon (that was sewn on the card) or the scalloped border from the tasteful trim die.

After we finished the front, they bound it to the inside sheets by sewing it together with a sewing machine (sorry I don't have a picture). It was pretty thick, with 10 or so sheets inside. The trick was to slice the raw edge after to create the finished look. (or all the pages inside would stick out farther than the brown card stock in varying lengths)

Definitely a fun project, I am glad I had help making all 75 of them!

Lots of Tags

Ok so obviously these are way out of season now, but I still want to post all my creations on here. And of course they can be changed to fit your season/theme. This tag below was inspired by a card from our downline group shoebox swap that my talented friend Becky Cowley designed! I rarely use the color River Rock but she opened my eyes!This tag below is a self adhesive tag. I just stuck a sheet of white cardstock on top of the Multipurpose Adhesive Sheets, stamped and punched it out. The adhesive sheets have a backing that you can peel off to stick to your project. You can also use this adhesive with fabric!In my last post, I mentioned how easy it was to package something with a celo bag and a tag, it makes things so much cuter! I'm not sure if you can call this a tag, but a bag topper is close right?

Poppy Christmas

This card just makes me smile. I am not sure if it is the ruffles, ribbon, bling, or scallops.

The ruffle is actually made from Old Olive cardstock. I first crumpled the strip of cardstock in my hand and then layed it out in ruffles.

I am also loving the Poppy Parade color. It is one of the in-colors, I even just bought a shirt in the same color. So fun! This DSP comes from the hostess paper stack that you can get for free.

As you can see, I sponged the greeting with poppy ink and I also sponged the edge of the white oval that was cut out with the ovals die and the big shot.

I still can't believe I am already making Christmas Cards!!!

Wedding Table Favors

I was stamping crazy last week. My friend's son is getting married and she asked me to design and make 120 boxes. She wanted the boxes to also be a place card, so each one needed a name on it. Also the colors were black, silver, Pretty in Pink, and Melon Mambo. (I am SO glad Stampin' Up! sells the Brushed Silver cardstock - it is awesome!)

My friend didn't know what she wanted them to look like, so I made up a few samples using the Big Shot. I wanted them all to be very different. Which one do you like?

(the Melon Mambo box that is open is sprayed with shimmer spray and the Upsy Daisy box is embossed Silver on Silver)

We ended up mixing 2 of them (She liked the black box on the front left for the base and the flower on the black box on the back right). This is the box we made. Here is the top view,

and here is the view from the front with the name tag.
The top of the box is embossed with the new Lattice embossing folder! LOVE this thing.

I learned that the best way to keep the box together is to use a glue stick and a bone folder - the glue stick worked better than sticky strip on this project (crazy I know) and the bone folder was wonderful!

The flowers were made using the scallop circle punch and the leaves were punched out of the silver cardstock with one of my favorite punches... the Two-Step Bird!

What do 120 boxes look like? well this isn't even half of them. Here are all the pieces...

and this is a few finished ones! I didn't bother closing them, since she was filling them with chocolate mints and putting on the names. (I gave her some sheets of Pretty in Pink cardstock, she printed the names on the computer, punched them out with the word window punch and attached them.)

I really enjoyed making these and my kids loved helping me with the flowers. My 4 year old helped me to crimp them so I could rip them apart, and my 6 year old sprayed them with a squirt bottle and piled them on top of each other so I could attach the brad and shape them!

I wish I had a picture of them on the table at the luncheon, but the day was so crazy they didn't think to take one until it was too late... totally understandable.

I am linking this up with Shelli Gardner's May Creative Challenge and crossing my fingers :)

EDIT: quite a few people have asked me how we made these flowers. I have no idea who came up with it first, I have seen a few tutorials floating out in blog land but I will grab my boys and make another one to show you soon!

Christmas Gifts

I know, I know, more Christmas stuff in January but seriously this one you can create for any occasion. These are the gifts that my kids gave to their school teachers. I learned how to make this altered file folder from my upline who learned from Patty Bennett. Here is the outside, it has a velcro closure under the flap. These are the 2 cards I put inside. I LOVE how the paper matches the file folder! The butterflies are cut out with the new embosslit in the occasions mini catalog. It is COOL! it cuts out and embosses FIVE butterflies at the same time. LOVE this.

This is a picture of the inside, unfortunately the picture is blurry SORRY! The cards and the notepad are tucked inside the pockets and the pen is attached with velcro dots.

This is the tag I put on the outside, I just made a loop in the linen thread and placed it around the velcro dot so it falls off when opened.

I also made one for my step-mother-in-law. These are the cards I made for her.

These cards are made using the hostess set Country Morning.

My favorite Christmas card

I received only one stamped Christmas card this year.... gasp I know. This card was from my awesome upline. Isn't it cool. (I don't know why my camera doesn't like red. if you have any suggestions please send them my way)

Santa and Reindeer

These are 2 of the cards we made at my sweet treats class last fall. If you have any questions as to how I made these just let me know!

December Club Pages

I just realized that I never shared last month's club pages. We focused on the Shimmer Paints and we used them 3 different ways on the pages. The Title was stamped using shimmer paint, we just inked up the stamp with a sponge dauber.

This ornament square was sprayed with the shimmer spray.

Santa's beard shines with shimmer paint also, we just dabbed the dauber directly onto the paper.

The shimmer paints aren't in a current catalog but we can still order them anytime!

New Years Resolutions

One of my goals for next year is to participate in the so Shelli creative challenge every month and what better way to start a goal then to start it early right? Well this month the challenge was to share neighbor gift ideas and here are some gifts that I gave this year.

This first project is an altered notepad with a pen attached. My best friend wanted to make some of these for neighbor gifts and I had so much fun making them with her I decided to make some to give away.

We started with a 5 x 8 inch pad of paper, cut it in half length wise and decorated it. We used some of my favorite retired paper, along with a flower we made using the baskets and blooms bigshot die. The big flower is made out of chipboard and the smaller flower is cut out of felt and attached with a pop-up glue dot. (sorry the picture is so dark, I am still learning how to use my new camera)

I have learned that when covering a notebook with paper you want to use sticky strip to make sure it stays put. Here is a picture of the back, you can see the magnet. (I love having a notepad on my fridge)

This is how I attached the pen. Just loop the ribbon around a pen and put a piece of sticky strip between the ribbon ends, then use another piece to attach it to your notepad.

My mom was so surprised that I found pens to match...... I think she was more surprised when I told her I just slipped a small piece of DSP inside the pen and decorated it myself :)

Here is how I packaged it, just a celo bag and a cute tag. This tag was running sprints this christmas season, I used it a lot! I love giving gifts to my kids teachers and this is the gift they gave their primary teachers at church. I can't take credit for this gift either, my mom came over with the pistacios all ready for me to help her make them look pretty for her neighbors :) Happy New Year everyone!