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

Christmas Cash Gift Card

Hello fabulous Bloggers!  I hope you all had a wonderful holiday time surrounded by loved ones!  Tutorial Time!  I did this project for Christmas 2011, but by the time I wrote the tutorial, it was long after the holidays, so it was saved for this year!  I know it is now after Christmas, but this tutorial can be used with any paper theme!

This cash holder starts out as 12" w x 7" h double-sided patterned card stock. If you edge punch the top of the card, as in this example, make it 7.5" h

1. All pieces were inked with Ranger Festive Berries Distress Ink prior to assembly. 
2. Score the card stock at 4 and 8 inches from the left side.
3. Crease and fold so that the card front is facing you.
4. Open card and make a light pencil mark about 2 1/2 inches from the BOTTOM of the right edge.
5. From the pencil mark to the 8" score line, cut away the paper to make the angle for the cash pocket. Do not glue, yet!
6. For the lattice trim, punch a 12" strip of paper or card stock, layer with a stripe, then a solid.
7. Begin layering onto the card at the inside of the pocket, wrap around the back to the front and then inside, gluing as you are wrapping.
8. Glue the short edge and bottom only to secure the pocket.  
9. Cut a tag, layer, stamp a sentiment and add a knotted ribbon.
10. Foam tape the tag over the end of the lattice trim.
11. Add a layered sentiment and a bow onto the front with foam tape.
12. Stamp and layer a sentiment to the inside, left.
13. Make an envelope box to fit the card. This one was made with The Enveloper from Crafter's Companion.  There is a downloadable chart here to make over 100 sizes of envelopes.
14. Punch a 12" strip with the lattice punch and layer onto a second 12 " strip.
15. Wrap the layered band around the envelope and secure the ends to each other, not to the envelope, you want the band to slip off to open the envelope!
16. Layer Poinsettia Silk Flowers (mine are from Paper Wishes) and silk leaves.  Attach to the seam on the band.
17. For the envelope tag, an EK Success slim square bracket punch was cut from cream card stock and stamped with To and From stamps in Red Stazon.

Inside Pocket

Quick Quotes Christmas Cards

Hey fabulous bloggers!  Quick Quotes had (past tense, sorry!) this Holiday & Events Card Kit last year and I made all the cards and failed to share!  Some are made per the kit directions, some were my own design, but all were fun!  The beautiful paper line in the kit was Julie je'taime, which apparently is past tense, also, as I could not find a link for it.  Not to worry, though!  They have a NEW Christmas Card kit with some of their beautiful Cracklin' Rose paper!  See it here.

There were acutally about 16 cards in the kit.  These are the ones I haven't used yet!

Enjoy!  Jules

Crate Paper Acorn Avenue Card

Hi everyone! Welcome to the blog today to see a card made from the Acorn Avenue line for The Scrapbooking Studio.

For the front, a journal card was layered onto card stock, burlap ribbon was inked, a random strip of paper from the line was layered over the burlap and a border sticker was layered over the strip.  Some adhesive backed chipboard from the line was layered over the horizontal strip.







The card was made from a piece of the card stock and folded so that the inside would hold a gift card.

A little inside detail: Burlap ribbon was inked, then stamped with Black Stazon.

Stop by the Studio today to stock up on Crate Paper!

Be Inspired!

Jules

Crate Paper Acorn Avenue Layouts

Hello bloggers!  Up today on the blog are layouts made for my DT gig at The Scrapbooking Studio in Bloomington, IL.

Acorn Avenue, by the title appears to be a fall paper line, but it truly is not!  There may be one side of one of the papers that is fall themed, but the remainder is very random and could be used for just about everything!

For the first LO, I went with a fall theme, due to the great fall photo I had to work with! Stitched squares, red frame, gold matting and title were also cut with the Cricut.  The gold frame was a little much for the layout, so it was stamped with Tim Holtz stamps (fabulous flourishes, curiosities and haberdashery) to tone it down a bit.

 The title has hidden journaling attached to it and tucks into a pocket at the top of the frame.

 Embellishing the layout are Prima bling, paper flowers cut from the patterned paper, and an edge punched strip.

A little more detail on the stamping.  The red mat is also stamped, but the camera did not pick it up well.















OK. Next LO ~ Don't laugh......I mean it!

 

 The paper used to cut the squares on the first LO was used as the background for this page.

The picures used for this LO have been stashed in a photo box for many years and this paper line was just what they needed!

 Each little square was layered up with patterned paper and topped with a title letter.  The leftover space received a chipboard squirrel!

the right side of the LO has layers of patterned paper and border stickers, along with some random chipboard circles, journaling sticker and paper flower, all from the Acorn Avenue line.

Stop by the Studio to get your Crate Paper supplies today....

and.........Be Randomly Inspired!

Jules

Paper Wishes Color Me...

Un-colored!  Hey, everyone! Another wedding card up for viewing on the blog today!

The base is purple card stock with a layer of plain vellum,  printed heart vellum and an Ebony Color Me Lace card topper.  You gotta try these card toppers from Paper Wishes!  Click the link to see more. You can use any kind of color you want to achieve your look (as I did a few posts back), although for this, one I decided not to color it at all!

The center of the card topper was cut out with an exacto-knife so there would be a "window."  A Spellbinders Fancy Tags 2, cut with the Big Shot,  and adorned with matching pearl bling, created the focal.

A triple loop purple satin bow, adorned with Jenni Bowlin and Maya Road Pins and a double heart charm, trimmed the right side of the card front.

The card inside was vellum layers and cardstock, cut with Spellbinders Labels Eight and another Fancy Tags 2.  The Congratulations banner was part of the Ebony Color Me set.

A little pocket for some cash...EK Success Edger Scroll & Hearts punch made the pretty trim.

This is what the card looks like when opened...

The card was a little thick with the bow on front, so I made an envelo-box with a Martha Stewart Scoreboard, added a belly band using EK Success Rose Bush Large Slim Punch, Anna Griffin flower and punched labels.

The inside of the envelope was lined with lavender glimmer paper and purple card stock.

Thanks for peeking in today!

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!

It's time to share a card

Hello everyone!  Thanks for stopping by today!

Today's post is a "re-do"  of  a  Personal Shopper Cardmaker kit from Paper Wishes.  This card comes from the July 2012 kit -click here to see what the original design looked like.

Now, here is my take on the project; the orientation was changed and the inside was turned into a birthday greeting.  A little resin rosette (Paper Studio-Hobby Lobby) was added to the center of the bow.

The inside papers mimic the outside.  How about this cute stamp!  I picked it up at CKC in Collinsville this summer.  It is from Rubbernecker.com here.

Thanks for peeking in today!

Be Inspired!

Jules

Wedding Table Decor...

...Done  with a week to spare!  Looks like a bunch of tents stacked on top of each other, huh?

Okay, this is what they really look like.....twenty-five table numbers and two each of the cupcake flavors ~ Wedding Cake and Peanut Butter Cups ~ YUM!

Close up of the table numbers...

Close up of the cupcake flavors...

They needed a little bling from Recollections and Martha Stewart.

To make these the Tie the Knot Cartridge, Cricut Expression and Gypsy were used.  First, the numbers and their shadows were laid out on four mats on the Gypsy.  After figuring out the sizes for the mats under the numbers, a shape was found and altered to the exact size needed by unlinking the aspect ratio.  The same was done with a card shape for the "tents."  Glue it all up and bring on the bling!

The font used for the cupcake flavors is CK Renaissance.  This project really did not take all that long to set up...maybe 1-1/2 hours total; then two hours or so gluing everything together.

All the colored card stock was inked with Distress Inks in Dusty Concord, Shaded Lilac, Barn Door, Mustard Seed, Rusty Hinge, Peeled Paint, Pine Needles and Forest Moss.

This is the newest version of the Cricut Expression: