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May
30
Another ‘Gift Keeper’
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I found it! I love this sample, but i mysteriously disappeared… I found it and it was only ‘missing’ the Hershey bar, but thankfully the kids didn’t damage the sample! Ah, the dangers of trying to keep chocolate in the house with 4 kids (three of them teenage girls)– a very bad thing! My previous post has the dimensions to this type of gift holder.
I love the ‘Big Birthday Candle’ set… the design inspiration for this gift holder is from a card I did last month (below). I didn’t love the card at first because it was too simple, but the up-side of simple is that I made a bunch of them to have on hand for birthdays!
May
29
Birthday Gift Keeper
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<– Click on the graphic (left) to download the directions for this easy gift holder that you can get three of from one piece of 8 1/2 x 11 paper! I made some matching lollipop covers and made a flower from Smarties the same way I made the focal flower on the gift keeper.
This simple ‘gift keeper’ was made with the beautiful new set "Kind Thoughts" (which punches out a lovely flower with the scalloped circle punch), Baroque Motifs (an ‘old friend’ of mine) and Circle of Friendship. The color scheme is Ballet Blue, Rose Romance, Pretty in Pink & Certainly Celery… a great color combination. Download the step-by-step to making these.
I made a birthday one as well, however I think that the kids got to it because I left the mini-Hershey bar in it… my fault I guess!
I will upload the one I made with "Big Birthday Candle" when it surfaces, I really liked that one even better!
Let me know what you think!
May
26
Great Grads–another take!
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The greeting is from Great Grads–it’s an unusual size greeting–very long and in reverse type… it was a challenge to work with. I think that this would also be an excellent birthday card for a teenager. I don’t think that the glitter showed up well in this photo.
The color scheme is Night of Navy & Bordering Blue cardstock stamped in Night of Navy (roller wheel also Night of Navy ink). The 3Dstars are the small star punch "punched out" over by the large star punch–the two Stampin’ Up! star punches coordinate very well.
May
25
Great Grad Money Holder
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This easy money holder was made with Stampin’ Up!’s new ‘Great Grads’ stamp set.
<— I have included the directions sheet for creating this ‘money holder’ which fits in our ’small open-end envelopes’. (Just click on the thumbnail).
This is a totally simple card that holds shut with just the slit punch. There is nothing fancy inside (no pocket or anything) because, face it–they are just going to shake the money out and probably not even read your note.
May
20
Spring Song & I’ve Moved!
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I LOVE birds! When I saw this set in the new catalog, I had to have it! You know it is spring when the birds wake you up in the morning. It has been a personally stressful the last few weeks and a half and it has been chillier and rainier than usual it seems.
So, to the details: the bird is colored in with Creamy Caramel and Bashful Blue markers (with a lot of ‘white space’ to suggest highlights). The outside of the bird is gently outlined with Sahara Sand marker. I love Sahara Sand, it is quite remarkable how it blends so nicely in with whatever color it is put with. On this palette it appears to be a lighter shade of moss, but with blue, it will pick up that color. The Sahara Sand marker is not in the color families but is a ‘Neutral’ color. If you don’t have one, you really need it but it can only be bough separately (not in with a family of markers).
The ‘branch’ I added over the stamped branch is twigs from my broomstick (yes, I have a real witches broomstick) wrapped together with a bit of raffia that I dyed brown with a dauber.
Below is a side view to help you see the details as well:
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