Archive for Birthday
Crazy for Cupcakes Gift Card holder
Posted: Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008 | CommentsThis is one of the birthday sets that is 20% off this month for Stampin’ Up!’s birthday sale! I let the DSP Bella Rose determine the color of the stamped images (I had a bunch of scraps left over from cards I was making).
It’s a *very* simple gift card holder to make and it took a VERY small amount of the designer series paper… in fact, I used the wide grosgrain to hide the fact that they don’t quite meet up under the ribbon!
The background (Chocolate Chip) is 4 x 4 1/2 inches and the So Saffron is 3 3/4 x 11 inches scored at 4 1/4 and 8 1/2 inches (folded up and punched with a half circle and held closed with mini silver brads).
The front of this gift holder is only 3 3/4 x 4 inches, so you can literally use scraps for it (as well as the punched elements again are from scraps).
This is easy enough for kids to make for their friends. I let my kids make this type of thing on ‘rainy days’ and use them for parties they go to (and then they are made already!).
Holiday Warning – Don’t let this happen to you…
Posted: Friday, September 5th, 2008 | Comments
The holidays are coming and you don’t want him to make a mistake that can cause holiday unhappiness! Believe me when I tell you that I’m thinking of only your happiness here when I suggest my online Gift Registry. 
Your love one(s) will receive a message from me (handstamped if you give me their mailing address), assuring them of their place as ‘most important’ in your life’ if they are generous with what you would most enjoy as a gift–stamping stuff! I can ship the product anywhere they would like (so you don’t steal the box by accident and hide it from him) keeping it a big wonderful secret! Read More→
Another ‘Gift Keeper’
Posted: Friday, May 30th, 2008 | Comments
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!
Birthday Gift Keeper
Posted: Thursday, May 29th, 2008 | Comments
<– 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!
