Pouch Gift Card Holder

I am continuing my gift card holder examples. Todays gift card holder is made using a simple pocket. This is one of my favourite designs from the absolutely fabulous Angie Juda, from ChicNScratch. Her original video can be found here. This is one of the easiest holders and I have tweaked the measurements, so you can make 4 from 1 piece of A4. I love that you can choose your own decoration and that they can be as simple or complicated as you want to make them. I have decorated all my examples for Christmas, however they can be altered for any occasion by changing the colours and punches.

The measurements are below:

Measurements

Metric

14.8cm by 10.5cm

Score on long side at 4cm turn and score at 4cm

Score on short side at 1cm

Imperial

5 ¾ inches by 4 ¼

Score on long side at 1 ½ inches turn and score at 1 ½ inches

Score on short side at ½ inch

You can add a sentiment or a to/from on a card inside the pouch or attached to the back.

Metric

Option 1 - 9cm x 6cm

Option 2 - 8cm x 5cm

Imperial

Option 1 - 2 1/2 inches x 3 1/2 inches

Option 2 - 3 1/4 inches x 2 inches

Tips and Tricks

Use a strong adhesive to ensure that the pouch stays in place.

Take a smidge off the bottom so that the bottom flap can fold up.

Unfortunately Stampin’ Up! don’t have any clips in the Catalogue, I used some retired clips and some pegs from my stash. Some of the pegs were plain and I coloured them with my Real Red blend, the others were metallic pegs and I think that they look good with the heat embossing. My question is do I need more bling?

Christmas Eve Box Treats - Snowman Seasons

A few years ago I found a gorgeous Christmas Eve box in a local charity shop which I gave to my sister for my nieces. Every year I give little treats to be added to the box. Todays project is one of my favourite items to provide for the Christmas Eve box which is some Snowman Mallow Poles.

I used the Snowman Seasons Stamp set and the Snowman Builder Punch. It is a simple project which uses stamps, inks and card with a bit of bling. I love that you can choose how to decorate the buttons, today I went for simple Matte Black Dots.

I coloured the nose by using the Pumpkin Pie Stampin’ Marker but you could use a Stampin’ blends as no-one will ever see the back as they are stapled together.

Measurements:

Card Strips - CM - 4cm

Card Strips - Inches - 1.5” or 1.75” (both fit the snowman)

The video below shows how simple it is to make.

What I love about this project and the mallow poles is that you can use lots of different stamp sets and punches. I love the cookie cutter punch reindeer. I also think that the bunny looks good for a super cute Easter present (i still need to stamp his face though).

I also used the ice cream punch to create a version which you could use for a birthday item, may be in a party bag,

Which is your favourite?

Last Chance to buy - Still Scenes

One of my favourite Christmas sentiments is part of the Still Scenes stamp set. I love the message for inside the card, I also love the concept of the snow globe and that you can place whatever you like inside. I think that it is super pretty, I have an older snow globe set in my stash with a Ballerina, but this set called out to me due to the gorgeousness of the sentiment and the base which looks amazing if stamped in Versamark and embossing powder added and heated.

The cottage is a perfect stamp to practice colouring on, my video shows the different ways to use watercolour pencils.

My first card uses the cottage and sentiment. The second uses the snow globe, cottage and sentiment. The third uses the sentiment and snow stamp. I have used the inside sentiment on all the cards.

Measurements

Cards 1 and 2 - Cottage Cards

My Metric

10.5 cm x 14.5 cm

Inside Panel  10cm x 14cm

Metric

10.5 cm x 14.8 cm (10.5 by full length scored at 14.8cm)

Inside Panel  10cm x 14.3cm

Imperial

4." x 5.5" (4” by full length scored at 5.5”)

Inside Panel  3.75 x 5.25”

Card 3- Gold Embossing Card

My Metric

10.5 cm x 14.5 cm (10.5 by 29cm scored at 14.5cm)

Gold and Inside white Panel  10cm x 14cm

Navy Panel - 9.5cm x13.5cm

Metric

10.5 cm x 14.8 cm (10.5 by full length scored at 14.8cm)

Gold and Inside white Panel 10cm x 14.3cm

Navy Panel - 9.5cm x13.8cm

Imperial

4." x 5.5" - (4” by full length scored at 5.5”)

Gold and Inside white Panel Inside Panel  3.75 x 5.25

Outside layer – 3.5” x 5”

I am super sad that this set is retiring. It is definitely a set that I shall be keeping in my Stamp Library. What are you planning on keeping?

Simple Ink blended Snowman Seasons cards

I decided that I would doesomething slightly different today and use the Snowman Builder Punch. It is a super cute punch which creates the snowman, a hat, a nose and two arms when punched. It makes quick simple cards and tags really easy and multiple card making a dream.

I have also been inspired by a number of butterfly cards recently which has ink blended backgrounds. I am in love with the new blender brushes. I have a collection, from Amazon to make up brushes and even other companies. The new Stampin’ Up! brushes are super soft and amazing at creating gorgeous backgrounds.

My tips for using a blending brush are keep a brush for each colour family, tap off the excess ink before blending the colour on the card and use a light touch, you can add colour but you can not remove excess.

Card Measurements

My Metric

10.5 cm x 14.5 cm (10.5cm x 29cm scored at 14.5cm)

Inside White Panel – 9.5cm x 13.5cm

Metric

10.5 cm x 14.8 cm (10.5cm x 29.6 scored at 14.8cm)

Inside White Panel – 9.5cm x 13.8 cm

Imperial

4." x 5.5" (4 x 11” scored at 5.5”)

Inside White Panel – 3.5 x 5”

Snow Options

There are a number of ways to add Snowflakes:

1. Using the Stampin’ Chalk Marker

2. Using a Blender Pen and the Uninked Pad with white refill

3. Stamping the snowflakes in the White ink

4. Any white pen/ gel pen.

I love that you can change the look of the Snowperson on every single card. What is your favourite embellishment?

Tranquil Textures Post it holders

I love making Post it note holders. they are perfect for gifts and also for craft fairs. There are so many different sizes but the 2” squares so cute and you can get 6 from one sheet of card stock.

They are really simple to make and can be decorated any way you like and no stamping if you don’t want to. On these smaller sizes I think that a few embellishments finish off the decoration perfectly. There are two videos below, one with the items you will need and one with the instructions. 

Metric

Cardstock - 14.5cm x 6cm

Score on long side at 3.5, 4.5, 10 and 11cm

2 x DSP pieces - 3cm x 5 1/2 

Imperial

Cardstock - 5 3/4" x 2 3/8"

Score on long side at 1 3/8" , 1 3/4", 3 7/8" and 4 1/4"

2 x DSP pieces - 1 1/4" x 2 1/4"

I used the Tranquil Textures DSP for my examples, I love the papers. I hope you do too.