Last Minute Card Inpsirations

Hi,
This is Amy. It is crunch time and I have been making some Christmas card using the Basic Grey Eskimo Kiss paper. I didn't use any stamps just the paper and some ribbons. I cut out the images from the paper. Quick and Easy.


I have more cards on my blog as well. I love the Basic Grey paper.

Merry and Bright

Good Morning it's Stephanie here with another simple Christmas card. I have seen alot of cards done with this quilt technique and I thought I would give it a try and I love how it came out. It was a great way to show off This Beautiful Memory Box Paper this paper has some beautiful patterns and I just love the colors.My card is 41/4x41/4 such a great size card I really love making this size .Next I cut another 4x4 piece of kraft paper as my base for all my little squares which are1x1 inches and then I adhered them to my base and for this card as an added extra touch I stitched along the edge of my base. The sentiment is from Unity's Store Kit.

Festive Gift Card Holder

Hello! It's Dana here. We've been talking a lot about last minute holiday gifts this week. I think a lot of people (me included) use gift cards for last minute gifts so I made up a gift card holder. I used this tutorial that I made last year. I altered the dimensions a bit to make a rectangular card instead of a square. My finished card size is 3.25" x 4.25".

{'Tis the Season Gift Card Holder}

Stamps: Signature Christmas (Papertrey Ink)

Card Stock: Pure Poppy (Papertrey Ink), Garden Green (SU)
Patterned Paper: Polar Expressions (Imaginisce)
Ink: Vintage Cream (Papertrey Ink)
Accessories: Red Grosgrain Ribbon (Offray), Foam Dimensionals, Coluzzle

Teacher Gift ~ Altered Paint Can

Hello everyone! Angie here, today I am sharing an altered paint can filled with yummy Lindor Truffles that I made for my DD's teacher. I have been hoarding these paint cans for quite awhile but I believe I bought them at local wholesaler. The DP around the bottom is from the Christmas Past paper pack by Graphic 45 and the ribbon is from the Autumn Make It Yours Kit
I used the JustRite Something Sweet Borders and Centers for my sentiment and cut it out with circle and scallop nestabilities.

Don't forget to check the rest of the amazing DT creations! You are sure to be inspired!

Altered Frame

Happy Tuesday to you!

Hope you are having a great week so far. Are you ready for the holidays? I know I'm not! I haven't finished anything yet! Good thing I still have a couple weeks.

Today I wanted to share an idea for using up the last of your BasicGrey Christmas Card Kit. I've used some scraps and one piece of the Wassail paper from BasicGrey to alter a cheap wooden frame. I think I got this one at the dollar store.

Using some Tombow adhesive, I glued the paper to the frame and then softened the edges with a sanding block. I decided to frame a Christmas poem I found online. I printed it out on card stock and then distressed the edges and sprayed it with glimmer mist. The images were colored using Copics and Spica glitter pens for highlights. I embellished with sticky gems and a felt snowflake and acetate and glitter snowflake.

This was a very easy project and you could use the frame for your annual holiday photo or a child's holiday drawing, anything you can think of. Hope I've inspired you to find some use for those scraps of designer paper. Have a great day!

Happy creating!

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What a wonderful frame idea by Denise! I always forget that you can frame things other than pictures. It makes for a great gift for someone or a holiday decoration for your own home!

This week I, Ann, am sharing with you an altered notebook with a holiday theme. For this project, you have to have a good adhesive. I also love to use the Tombow Mono Permanent Adhesive because once I press down on it, it's very hard to rip off. For this project, I've used papers from the BasicGrey Wassail line, which can be found in the BasicGrey Christmas Card Class Kit. I decorated it with some raffia and, like Denise, added some rhinestone bling around the edges to accent the polka dots that were already on the notebook. The main image, which is actually a chipboard sticker, is from the Warm Wishes Chipboard Stickers set.


There you go, another easy and cost-effect project that you can either keep for yourself or stuff in someone's stocking!

Hope you come back soon to get more last minute gift ideas and to see some glitzy creations this week.

Monday Clean and Simple Inspirations

Good morning! I have an adorable clean and simple card for you today that just takes minutes to make and all with materials that you already probably have in your craft supply. If not, then it's not too late to order them from Paper Maniac. You will have your order within days to start your card.

I started with Bindakote Glossy Pearl paper. My photographs do not do this paper justice whatsoever. It is soft, silky, smooth, and shimmery. I then inked up my new Flourishes Forest of Trees stamp set with Memento Cottage Ivy and Pear Tart ink and stamped my image onto the paper. Usually you do not have to heat set Memento Ink but with the texture and shimmer of this paper, I didn't want to take any chances. I heat set it and let it sit for a moment before I did the dreaded "smear test" on it just to make sure I could run it through the Cuttlebug to dry emboss around the Christmas tree using Nestabilities Labels Eight. After I dry embossed, I added Kaisercraft Snow Pearl accents to my tree as ornaments. For my sentiment, I used Frosty Phrases rub-ons by Imaginisce.

With just a few short steps, you have a lovely clean and simple Christmas card. I hope you enjoyed this and I'll see you next week with some more last minute clean and simple ideas!

Rudolph!

Happy Sunday! Rachel here, today's project is fun for kids of all ages, and makes the created keepsakes archival when you use scrapping supplies. We made reindeer! First trace both hands on dark brown cardstock and cut out. Next trace one foot (shoe on or off, your choice) on a lighter brown cardstock. You can let the kids color them while you are cutting if they are too young to use scissors. Or have them use your paper punches to punch out the eyes and nose. My oldest (3 1/2) just loves to use my paper punches. We used 3/4 inch for the red nose, 1/2 inch for the white of the eye, and 1/4 inch for the pupil.

I decided I wanted to hang mine up in frames normally occupied with family photos, so I cut cardstock down to 8x10 for the frames. In the center frame, I stamped out "Merry Christmas 2009". I added the girls names and "2009" using the Just My Type alphabet by Unity Stamp Company.

Here are my 3 frames hanging up. Bug loves seeing her project up on display.

As an added bonus, a project like this helps me justify my supplies to my hubby as necessary for "preschool". ;)

So what's your challenge this week?
Add some bling to your creations
Optional Challenge:
Add pearls