Our local library director recently contacted me for help with making some Volunteer Appreciation gifts for the event they hosted this month. I created this notebook & pen gift set for their volunteers, using the Thankful Tablescape Kit from the Holiday catalog.
The kit includes nearly everything for the notebook decor -- it's a
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Holly Jolly Christmas: Tags 4 You Clean & Simple Card
Here's a fun and simple Christmas card idea! Here's what you need:
Season of Style Designer Washi Tape (132155)
Tags 4 You Bundle (133294) with the stamp set and punch
a package of Note Cards & Envelopes (131527)
Add a Cherry Cobbler ink pad and a twinge of Champagne Glimmer Paper for each card, and you're set! Thanks to
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Calm Christmas: Everyone’s Favorite Dove
True! This stamp set has been so popular. There have been some gorgeous dove stamp sets over the years, but this Calm Christmas stamp set tops the list. What do you think? Leave me a comment!
This is one of the cards we made in October at my Christmas Card Stamp A Stack. Want to join us? You still have one chance - Thursday,
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Fan Fold Gift Bags – Blast from the Past
I know! It's so easy! It was a white lunch sack, and now it's a sweet gift bag. Magic? I don't think so... more like a simple Video Tutorial on making these Fan Fold Gift Bags, along with supplies from the Merry Little Christmas Simply Created Card Kit (132158) and my Stamps in the Mail Club Kit.
Fan Fold Gift Bags: Video
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Video Tutorial: Bag ‘o Tags Christmas Gift
It's that time of year -- we're all starting to think about simple gifts for teachers, bus drivers, neighbors and friends. Here's a fun one that will keep on giving throughout the year! Make up a set of Gift Tags and present them as your gift (with fun packaging, of course!).
The tags & Designer Series Paper for this project come
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Too Kind: 2-Step Stamping Video Tutorial
Want to learn to use supplies from the Merry Little Christmas Simply Created Card Kit (132158) to add the foundation for this fun card? Good news! I've got a Video Tutorial for that!
2 Step Stamping Technique
The 2-Step Stamping Technique is actually the very first technique I ever fell in love with as a rubber stamper. Aww....so many
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Video Tutorial: Christmas Shaker Card Technique
Did you overlook the Merry Little Christmas Simply Created Card Kit (132158) the first time you looked at the Holiday Catalog? I know!! Me too!! But you better believe that I'm loving it now!!
This is a terrific card kit - only $9.95 to make 8 cards, plus you can get it as a bundle with the coordinating Merry Little Christmas stamp set
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Christmas Star: Elegant Eggplant & Gold
Really? Purple and gold?? For sure! This card in Elegant Eggplant with Champagne Glimmer Paper (127885) was one of the favorites from my Christmas Card Stamp A Stack this week.
Interested in coming to my next Stamp A Stack event? You'll make 16 cards for $24 (or $28 with envelopes included). Details & reserve your seat online!
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Thankful Journal Project: Video Tutorial
Here is the last of my Thankful Tablescape Kit projects from my September Stamps in the Mail Club kit. This project was presented on stage at the Stampin' Up! Convention this past summer and I loved it!
The idea is to make a pocket page for the special things in your life -- family, friends, memories... The chalkboard die cuts from the
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Fall Pop N Cuts Birthday Card – Thankful Tablescape Kit
Here's another Thankful Tablescape Kit project from my September Stamps in the Mail Club kit. I love the Pop N Cuts Card Base Die (130099) for the Big Shot -- it has a fabulous shape for a card base (the outer shape) and with the Label Pop N Cuts (130160) it creates a fun pop-up in the center.
Isn't that fun?? I added a couple of
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You’ll Flip for This Circle Card Thinlits Project
Did you see the Circle Card Thinlits project I shared last week? With the little video clip showing how these fun cards move? Well here's another project using Thinlits Card Dies, complete with a step-by-step video tutorial on how to put one together.
Even better, it's a video tutorial for one of my September 2013 Stamps in the Mail
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Thankful Tablescape Gift Bag: think out of the box! (or bag)
Have you been playing with the Thankful Tablescape Simply Created Kit (113463)? You're going to fall in love with it when you see all the possibilities! It's definitely NOT just for table decor, though if you do decorate your holiday table, you can't beat this fabulous kit for making breathtaking 10 place settings.
My Thankful
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