Christmas Cottage Magic Gift Card Holder

and another tutorial!

Hey all you bloggers out there!  Get a head start on next year's Christmas projects with this tutorial!

Using cream 'my favorite memory' journal card with red lace border, brown 'the magic of the season' phrase and red/white 'Merry Christmas' tag from the die-cut sheet.  Suggested ink: Festive Berries, Vintage Photo, Antique Linen

Doily: Spray with glimmer mist/ink with Antique Linen.  Dry and cut into 4 pieces
Flower:  Cover a1-1/2'' circle with double stick tape.  Have some glue dots handy.  Alternatively, add 1/4" wonder tape to the 12" strip of pleated ribbon.  Remove tape liner.  Using 12" piece of pleated red satin ribbon, begin adhering at the outside edge of the circle, working toward the center, adding glue dots if needed.  Glue dot a large pearl in the center.

Card Base:

• Using the 5-1/2 x 12'' white snowflakes/red damask: score at 4'', 6'' amd 8''.  
• Fold mountain, valley, mountain, leaving a 2'' center section.
• Open card flat.  Mark the center line 1.5'' from each of the top and bottom edges.  Cut a slit between the two marks.  Erase the pencil marks.
• Re-fold the card so that the center flap faces the inside front of the card.  
• Turn over the card to the back side.  Add strong adhesive to the back short edges of the flap and near the center fold to form the pocket. 
• Turn the card over again; then add adhesive only to the top and bottom of the LEFT SIDE of the short flap and adhere to inside front of the card.

Front:

• Wrap 22'' of twine around journal card and tie into a bow, just below the title.  Trim ends.
• Foam tape 'the magic of the season" phrase over the words 'my favorite memory.'
• adhere 2 doily pieces to the back of the top and bottom of the journal card.  Attach to the card front using foam tape.
• Glue ribbon flower onto journal card.

Inside:

• Add red snowflake matting piece 1-3/4 x 5-1/4'' to the gift card flap
• Ink snowflakes and adhere to make 3 two-layered pieces ( Cut from Cricut Tie the Knot at 1-1/2'')
• Foam tape Merry Christmas ticket onto red snowflake ticket.  Wrap and knot 11'' of twine around the piece
• Add 2 remaining doily pieces to the back, top and bottom of the red snowflake ticket piece.  Adhere piece to right side.
• Add foam tape to the backs of the snowflakes.  Place one at the bottom right corner of the ticket piece.  Place the other two on the gift card flap.

I hope you enjoyed all the card tutorials this season.  Have a Happy New Year, everyone!

Be Inspired!  

Jules

Carta Bella Winter Fun!

Hello sweet blog friends!  This is my second post today!
Design team projects from The Scrapbooking Studio will be shared!  This is a LONG post, so get your favorite blogging drink and enjoy!

First up, a card:  The card front was embossed with Tim Holtz snowflake embossing folder, then sanded with a sanding grip and inked with Faded Jeans Distress Ink.  For the focal, a large image from Just Rite Clear Christmas Vintage Labels One was stamped onto kraft card stock with Coffee Archival Ink, then embossed with clear embossing powder.  The image was then cut and dry embossed with Spellbinders Vintage Label and Banner dies.  A fancy tag was cut with a Spellbinders Fancy Tags Two die and red cardstock and layered onto the craft label.  The sticker from the sticker sheet was layered onto another die cut piece.

The pleated ribbon brings a nice pop of red to the card, layered with stickers to cover the stitching.  A flower was made from more pleated ribbon and topped with a Teresa Collins jewel.

The card is an easel.  To hold it up, an embellished Maya Road snowflake was glued to the inside.

A close-up of the snowflake.  To achieve this look, the naked chipboard was covered with embossing ink and sprinkled with snowflake tinsel embossing powder and heated.  When cool, the piece was covered with glue and blue glitter.  A Teresa Collins jewel covered the center.

Layouts

 The title "SNOW" and a large snowflake were cut on the Cricut.  The hexagon shapes are Maya Road Chipboard covered  with paper from the line and letter stickers.  Border stickers from the sticker sheet were used on the top and bottom of the title mat.  

For the coordinating page,  the negative of the snowflake was glued to another patterned paper from  the line.  The snow man was cut on the Cricut - love that he has a red heart!  A layered journaling piece and a Maya Road snowflake, embossed with snowflake tinsel embossing powder and topped with a Teresa Collins jewel.  See close-ups below.

My altered project this month was made with one sheet of 12 x 12 paper for the base, folded and cut to form a book.  The first page was punched with a Mini-8  Vine punch to make the shaped edge.  Rayon ribbon was colored with Faded Jeans Distress Stain, crumpled into a ball to dry and then tied onto the project in a double bow.

 This page corner was also punched with the Mini 8 Vine punch.

Thanks for peeking at The Scrapbooking Studio December projects!  All supplies used may be purchased as the Studio, so come get yours today!!

Be Inspired!  

Jules

Christmas Cottage Matchbook Cash Card Tutorial

Christmas Cottage Matchbook Cash Card

Ink Suggestions: Forest Moss, Vintage Photo, Coffee Archival

Base: Score and fold into matchbook.  Staple the center of the narrow flap approximately 1/4'' from the fold.

On the inside, line up the green piece with the bracket square cut-out and adhere so that it is evenly spaced on the card front.

• Cut down and assemble pocket and adhere with the opening facing right.  
• Add green strips to pocket and inside front
• Stamp Merry Christmas with Coffee Archival, so that it is centered inside the 'window'
• Layer green strip over green printed strip and adhere to 'strike plate'
• Wrap 18" green eyelash fiber and tie into a bow at the top right edge of the card.

This can be adapted for any occasion.  

products used:

Teresa Collins Christmas Cottage from TSS

Just Rite Stamps -Christmas Vintage Labels One from The Scrapbooking Studio

Tim Holts Alterations Die - Matchbooks

Green Card stock

Forest Moss Distress Ink

Gypsy design tool

Cricut Cart TBBM -tag pocket/blackout 3.06 w  x 6.29 t

Cricut Expression

Happy Crafting!  Be Inspired!

Jules

Christmas Cottage Countdown Gift Card

Hello Bloggers!  Sharing a little card today.  Teresa Collins' Christmas Cottage Paper Pack was used for this card as well as Spellbinders Spiral Rose die and Cricut (pocket and bracket mats).

Ink : Vintage Photo 

Using 'Christmas Countdown' rectangle, green journaling ticket, green "December", Calendar and 'A Merry Little Christmas' rectangle from the die-cut sheet

Enjoy and Be Inspired!

Jules

Teresa Collins Christmas Cottage Photo Album

Back today with another Teresa Collins project for the Bloomington Scrapbooking Studio!

This is really not a mini-book!  It is a photo album with a few embellishments on each page...It started with a Basic Grey chocolate album from a bargain bin at the Scrapbooking Studio in Moline!  I used five of the ten chipboard pages to create the album.

Each page was covered with patterned paper, then trimmed with a pen knife.

Chipboard and die cuts, Prima bling, a few banners, a rosette and some stickers adorn the cover.  Some of that beautiful red gathered tulle ribbon was tied onto the binding rings.

The inside pages are simply mounted photos with some journaling, gems from TC Fabrications line, die-cut and chipboard phrases and stickers.

and...a little trick I used to make it appear that every other page of the album was dark, light, dark, light:  The back page was the dark red with polka dots, so a piece of cardstock was hand cut as an edge for the back page, so that when the book is closed, there is more symmetry with the colors.  Yeah, I know, I am a little picky...

I hope this album inspires your next project!

Be Inspired!

Jules

Teresa Collins Christmas Cottage Card

Hello Bloggers!  Up today on the blog is a card made with the TC Christmas Cottage line and some POW! glitter paper provided for my crafting pleasure from The Scrapbooking Studio in Bloomington!

It is a matchbook card with a few layers added in...a Fabrications brad topped off the layered die-cut flower from the line.  It was painted with Tattered Angels Glam in purchased during one of the TA classes held at The Studio last summer!  Fun!

The next layer down is the POW paper.  It is very glittery!  The matting layers were reversed for the "strike" area on the matchbook and it was topped with a stamp from "Just Rite" (CR-03820 Christmas Vintage Labels One) and die cut with a matching die from Spellbinders Antique Labels One.

A closer look at the dimension...

The inside is layered with a gift card pocket and more vintage label dies and stamps and some gems from the TC Fabrications line.

I must say, this was a beautiful line of papers and embellishments to work with!  Thanks TSS!

Teresa Collins Christmas Cottage

Hello Bloggers!  It has been a very busy month for this blogger!  I have only had one weekend off in the past six weeks!  Yikes!  But I did manage to get in some crafting because one of my weekends was a girlfriend's getaway!  Yeah!  (Missed you, Nette!)

So, let's get started:  First up, a design team layout project for The Scrapbooking Studio in Bloomington.

 The thought process behind this layout was to create a Christmas gift with the Striped POW! glitter paper as the "ribbon."  The 'bow' is a layered die cut flower from the line which was curled with a dry-embossing stylus.  A TC Fabrications brad finished off the center and on the tag.

The flower and the banners were spritzed with Mr. Huey's mist to give them some sheen.  The sticker and die cut sheets were pieced to make the title on the gift tag, with journaling on the back.

The next layout has stickers, chipboard, die cuts, Prima flowers, pleated ribbon, hidden journaling and lots of layers and Stickles!

The flower grouping...

This flower was handmade from pleated velvet and organza ribbon, centered with a TC jewel from the line.

Some of the die-cuts and chipboard...

Cool hexagon stickers, too!

The Teresa Collins Christmas Cottage line is very popular at The Scrapbooking Studio - stop  by to get yours today!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Be Inspired!  

Jules