Pink Persimmon

Christmas Card & Altered Gift Bag

Nancy Grant made this card with the Holly & Mistletoe stamp set.  Look at the detail she added to the card with her beautiful coloring using copic markers. 

INK: Palette Ink Noir Black, VersaMagic Gingerbread, Hint of Pesto, Midnight Black
PAPER: Blank Cream Notecard, Basic Grey Wassail Designer Papers
COPIC MARKERS: G99, BG93, B60, R37, R59, Y28, W7, E71
EMBELLISHMENTS: Miscellaneous Lace and Pom-pom Ribbon

Nancy also altered a simple paper bag with paper, tags, and embelishments. 

STAMPS: Pink Persimmon "Santa's Sleigh"
INK: Palette Ink Grey, TAC Luscious Lips& Riverstone, VersaMagic Jumbo Java and Gingerbread
PAPER: Paperbag Lunch Sack, Cosmo Cricket Lena & Hans and Flip for Fun
EMBELLISHMENTS: Shapeabilities Parisian Accents and Nestabilities Poinsetta, May Arts Silk Ribbon, Miscellaneous Ribbon and Twine, Making Memories Antique Copper Brad, Xmas Red Stickles, 3-D Scribbles Winter White Paint

A Simple Christmas Tag

Melisa Waldorf made this beautiful (and simply elegant) gift tag with the Merry Christmas Tree stamp set.

Notice how she also stamped on the ribbon with gold ink using the swirls from this same stamp set.  Very pretty.

Halloween Gift Box

An adorable gift box created by Andrea Budjack is perfect to hold a special gift for the little goblins in your house or around your neighborhood. 

Andrea used the You're a Jewel stamp set to create the paper band, and then some of the paper rosettes from the Big Banner stamp set. There's a little chipboard bat inserted into the rosettes, which makes it perfect for Halloween, but a different little embellishment and this would be perfect for any holiday. 

Do you "boo" the other houses in your neighborhood?  This would be a perfect gift box to leave on someone's doorstep as their Boo Gift.  Don't know how to "boo" your neighbors?  Kierste over at Brown Paper Packages has a post that explains the process, along with some fun links to free boo printables that she found at various blogs. 

Happy Halloween!

Halloween Treat Bags and Teacher Card

These are extra special treat bags created by Kristii Lockart.  There is some serious fussy cutting to create all these adorable little girls for the treat bags.

Kristii used the girl from Little Red Wagon, but instead of pulling the wagon, she is holding her own pumpkin suitcase!

Kristii stamped the girl first, then stamped her on the black patterned paper.  Cut out the dress from the patterned paper and adhere to the girl after coloring her skin and socks. 

Don't forget to make a special card for teacher!  Kristii combined the image with several pre-made halloween embellishments for a very cute arrangement. 

Who are you sending "Best Witches" to this Halloween? 

Message in a Bottle

Andrea Budjack combined her recycling and her creativity to create this adorable gift that includes a special message inside the bottle. 



Andrea says "Why write your message when you can stamp it on fabric to keep and treasure forever?" Andrea cut two strips of fabric, stitched them together, and stamped the top layer with a message. (You can't see the full message, but it says "Live each day knowing you are loved".)  She then applied beads, stitching, buttons and glimmer mist.  Fold up the message and insert inside the bottle, then decorate the outside of the bottle with paper, ribbon and stamps. 

My daughter would love to have something like this sitting on her nightstand that she could pull out and look at on occassion.  What a fun gift to send to a new college student, or an old friend that lives far away. What kind of message would you send in the bottle? 

Supplies:
Pink Persimmon Stamps:  You're A Jewel, Swirl Journal, Flower Greetings, Carnival Alpha (large), Soda Pop Small, Flower Garden
Spice Jar (cleaned)
Webster's Pages paper
Bazzill Cardstock
Really Reasonable Ribbon - satin ribbon and lace trim
Maya Road Stick Pin
Fabric
glass pearl beads
buttons
ink
sewing machine
thread
glimmer mist

Back to School Week - Day 1

It's almost time for Back to School (all moms are secretly giving a big cheer!) and we thought we would celebrate with some school inspired projects and gifts for teacher. 

Nancy Grant starts our week off with a Pencil Holder made with the Little Red Wagon stamp set. 

What a nice "welcome back to school" gift for any teacher. 

Nancy used copics to color most of the girl image, but also did a little paper piecing for the patterned skirt. 

Supplies Used:

STAMPS: Pink Persimmon Little Red Wagon & Mini Banner Greetings
PAPERS: Basic Grey Two Scoops & CTMH Cream CS
INK: Palette Ink Noir Black, VersaMagic Chalk Ink Pixie Dust, Jumbo Java, Midnight Black
COPIC: Y00, Y21, YR61, YR00, E51, E50, E31, RV29, R17, RV000
ACCESSORIES: TechLiner Alvin Marker Black, Sakura Souffle Pen White, Kaiser Craft Pearls

Flower Greetings Box

Cindy Coutts created this sweet and simple set of cards.  A perfect gift for the hostess, teacher, or a friend's birthday.

Cindy created the notecard tote following this tutorial on Splitcoast stampers:  3x3 notecard tote  She made 4 cards with a variety of sentiments to go inside the card tote.  Each card is a 3x3 size and perfect to have on hand for times when you need to send a quick note or attach a card to a gift.  

Stamps: Pink Persimmon Flower Greetings
Card Stock: Papertrey Ink Stamper’s Select White, Stampin' Up! Poppy Parade
Designer Paper: Die Cuts With a View The Green Stack
Ink Pads: Stampin' Up! Calypso Coral, Daffodil Delight, Island Indigo, Kiwi Kiss, Lucky Limeade, Old Olive, Pear Pizzaz, Poppy Parade, Wisteria Wonder
Punches: EK Success Corner Rounder, Stampin' Up! 1-3/8” Circle, 1-1/2” Circle, Scallop Circle
Buttons/Gemstones: Stampin' Up! Ice Cream Parlor
Stickers/Stick Pins: Jillibean Soup Sugar Picks (Orange/Turquoise)
Brads: Stampin' Up! Flower Brights Collection (Daffodil Delight)
Ribbon/Twine: Papertrey Ink Rustic Jute Button Twine, Stampin' Up! Pear Pizzaz Poly Stitched Ribbon, Stampin' Up! Daffodil Delight, Marina Mist, Pretty in Pink, Pumpkin Pie 1/8” Taffeta Ribbon

Halloween Treat Bag

Samantha used the Large Carnival Alpha and stamped directly on to the muslin bags.  Look how cute these turned out.  Super simple to make. 

Sam tried with StazOn ink first and it came out too heavy.  Her next try with Memento ink worked perfectly. 

Cute gift bag for those special trick-or-treaters! 

Mini Card Mania!

Today we are celebrating the mini card!  Small "mini" 3x3 cards are perfect to have on hand as gift cards or quick thank you notes.  A set of cards together in a small gift box makes the perfect gift for a friend.  Kristie Larsen used several of our smaller stamps to create this sweet and simple set of cards.  Kristie used the small mini sentiments from Ric Rac Circle for each card along with a image from another set. 

 

Here are close ups of each card along with the stamp set used.

Cute as a Button Stamp set, along with sentiment "baby" from Ric Rac Circle

Balloons from Vintage Cupcake and sentiment from Ric Rac Circle.  A little Divine Twine adds just the right touch.

Wedding couple from Vintage Cupcake and sentiment from Ric Rac Circle.

Snail from Flower Garden and sentiment from Ric Rac Circle.  

Another by Kristie with a slightly different outline edge using the You're a Jewel stamp set. 

Our last card by Kristie uses the Scottie Dog set along with the circle and sentiment from Ric Rac Circle.

Linda Beeson made this little 3x3 mini card with the Small Banner set. 

This little set is from a previous post here back in Feb 2009.  I used the Oh Dear stamp set to create 4 cards with envelopes and a coordinating gift box for the set.  In that post you'll find a link to the Splitcoast Stampers tutorial for the gift box, and measurements to make the coordinating envelopes. 

Since the end of the school year is fast approaching, I am going to try to make set of cards in a coordinating box for each of my kids teachers as a thank you.  I think they will appreciate a handmade and useful gift.  What other ideas do you have for card sets?  How do you package a little set of cards when you are giving them as a gift?

Valentine's Day Gift Ideas

Three new projects from the Creative Team, just in time for Valentine's Day.  There are still 10 days left! 

 

This kraft gift bag is by Kelly Schirmer.  She fell in love with the Divine Twine that we have been featuring over the last month and decided that a little bow was just not enough.  I sent the team members a large inventory tag with the twine wrapped around it in a rainbow of colors.  Kelly was inspired to use that same look to dress up her letters. 

 

You can click on the image above to see a close-up of her letters.  Kelly used Little Cuties stamp set on the letters and gift tag as well.  

Kristie Larsen made this little candy bag with the Ric Rac Circle stamp (in the background), then used the lined pattern from Ric Rac to add the dotted lines on her hearts.  Top it off with a banner from  Vintage Greetings and Soda Pop Alpha set. (and don't forget to close the bag with some Licorice Divine Twine!). 

 

A beautiful Valentine's card created by Kimberly Crawford.  A great color pallet with the pink and green and finished with some Divine Twine in Green Apple.  Kimberly used our Key to My Heart stamp set for this card.  

We also have a new Valentine's Gift Box Tutorial created by Kelly Schirmer on the website now.  Click here.