Snow Flurry Garland

 I saw this garland on Bekka Prideaux's blog and just had to recreate it. It uses the new Snow Flurry Bigz Big Shot die (127813) from the Holiday catalogue and the Glimmer paper.

I did two versions.....

.......one with the new Champagne color (127885) and Gold Brads (119741)

And one with the Silver Glimmer  paper(124005) and Silver brads (119741)

They are joined with brads to make a single garland or you can also create patterns by joining them in different places.
This is a very simple but effective project!
Thanks, Bekka!

I hope your holiday projects are coming along well.

Thanks for stopping by.

Sharri

Triple Time Snowflakes

  Once again SnowFlake Soiree(w-127922 or c-127925) is the stamp set.
I cased this card from Selene Kempton, a fellow demo.

I used two color combos here.

Blue Inks: Midnight Muse(126860), Island Indigo(126986) and Illuminate Glimmer Watermark pad(126857)

Blue Papers: Midnight Muse(126843), SIlver Glimmer Paper( and Whisper White(100730)

Brown Inks: Early Espresso(126974), Soft Suede(126978) and Illuminate Glimmer Watermark pad(126857)

Brown Papers: Early Espresso (119686), Very Vanilla(101650) and Champagne Glimmer Paper (127885)

Accessories: Midnight Muse 3/8" Stitched Satin Ribbon(126847), Early Espresso 1/4" Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon(126871), Blossom Punch (125603), Big Shot(113439), Apothecary Accents Framelits(127003)

So simple but so pretty!

I hope we can keep the real thing away until December but I have my doubts.

Happy Stamping! Sharri

Blue Christmas!

 I stamped and cut out this ornament at the same time as I did the other ones posted previously, but I only got so far and then wasn't sure what I wanted to do to finish it. I finally decided to make it simple and this is the result!
I love it!! (Click on the picture for a larger view.)

Stamp Set: Ornamental Keepsakes(w-128048 or c-128051)

Ink: Midnight Muse(126860)
 

Paper: Crumb Cake(120953), Midnight Muse(126843), Silver Glimmer Paper (124005)

Accessories: 1 3/8" Circle Punch(119860), Dazzling Diamonds(102023), 2-Way Glue Pen(100425), Vintage Faceted Designer Buttons(127555), Rhinestone Basic Jewels(119246), Big Shot(113439), Holiday Ornaments Framelits dies(127816), Snow Flurry Bigz Die(127813), Crumb Cake 3 1/2" Scalloped Tulle Ribbon(127840)


It is very vintage, I don't usually do vintage but I do like this!

Have a great weekend!

Sharri

Gift Card Holders

 I made several gift card holders. This one is using Cherry Cobbler (119685) and Lucky Limeade (122926) cardstocks, the Letters to Santa DSP (122349),  Scallop Oval (119859) and Large Oval (119855) , Large (11987)  and Extra Large(119866) Tag and the Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border (119275) punches. The stamp is from Dear Santa (123832/123834) set in the Holiday Mini. I used Lucky Limeade (119801) and Cherry Cobbler (119681) Stampin'Write markers to ink the stamp.

 The tag was tied onto the package with some Linen Thread(10199)

 Here, I used Real Red (102482) cardstock as a base and the Holly Berry Bouquet Specialty DSP (124004)
I punched a ribbon with the Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch (119275) and added a Real Red 5/8 " Satin ribbon (117286) bow.

 The tag is actually from the Two Tags Bigz Die (115954) with some Real Red (102482) cardstock I used  Holly Berry Bouquet Specialty DSP (124004) and punched a Scallop Circle (119854). A Very Vanilla (101650) layer was created with the 3/16" Corner Rounder (119871) punch

I attached a gift card/ticket holder to the front of this package; it was created by folding a piece of Real Red (102482) cardstock with 3 scores, creating a flap at the top. I used the Letters to Santa DSP (122349) to decorate the base and to create the Rosette. I used my Simply Scored scoring tool (122334) to score two 12 x 2 inch strips of  Cherry Cobbler and two 12 x1 3/4" strips DSP every 1/8th inch. I used a 2 3/8" scallop Circle punch(118874) to glue the center down and put some of the Dazzling Details (124117) all over this scallop circle. I topped this with a Doily Triple Layer punch (122465) from Silver (120005) glimmer paper and a Whisper White Snowflake punch (119852) and a Silver Brad (104336). I used the other Real Red (102482) tag from the Two Tags Bigz Die (115954) and attached some Doily Triple Layer (122465) punches in both Red (121790) and Silver (120005) glimmer papers with a Silver Glimmer Brad from the Basics collection(121003).
This one was so pretty when I got done with it!

One word of caution though....... you have to remember to indicate somewhere or somehow that the recipient needs to open the giftcard/ticket holder on the package. It was almost 3 days later that my Aunt realized that there was something in the embellishment on the front of the package.

I think I am at the end of my gift wrapping etc from Christmas. I hope you haven't been too bored with them. I had fun with it all and did not buy one bit of wrapping paper this year.

Thanks for your patience!!

Sharri

Large Rosettes!

 I had these star shaped metal items to wrap so I taped the star legs to a piece of the heavy cardboard that comes in the specialty DSP packs and then I wrapped them in the packing paper from my SU orders. to decorate I used some more packing paper to run throught the Big Shot (113439) with the new Rosette Die (125594) and I then cut it down the center  to create these cute rosettes. This first one uses DSP from Letters to Santa (122349)as the back ground and also Holly Berry Bouquet (124004) to fit on top of the packing paper rosette. I used the Doily Triple (122465)punch to decorate the top with Real Red (102482)card stock and some Silver Glimmer paper (124005) as well a Red Glimmer Brad from the Brights Collection (121006). I used a piece of Linen Thread (104199) to hang it from a Cherry Cobbler (125056) Stripped Grosgrain ribbon bow.

The next was done exactly the same except I used Frostwood Lodge DSP (124002) and Garden Green (102584) cardstock

I really liked them once I got them done. The new Rosette Die is awesome as it cuts and creases the paper. It is very large though and there is a bit of a learning curve to using it. I guess I will have to practice some more!! Oh well!!

Thanks for stopping!

Sharri

One more bag!

I made this gift bag front after seeing this card done by a fellow demo, Jackie Topa. I took a generic kraft gift bag and attached the embellishments to it. The fire place was created using Cherry Cobbler card stock (119685)that I cut into 3/4" strips and then cut these at about 1"-1.5" long and I rounded the corners using the 3/16" Corner Rounder( 119871)and sponged the edges with Early Espresso Ink(119670). I glued these to a piece of Early Espresso card stock (119686) to resemble a fireplace, The mantle is a strip of Sahara Sand card stock(121043) sponged with Crumb Cake ink(121030). This was popped off the fireplace with Stampin' Dimensionals (104430). The Stockings were created with the Stocking Builder punch(124095) and scraps of DSP and card stock from several different paper packs. Letter To Santa( 122349), Frostwood Lodge(124002) and Holly Berry Bouquet(124004). They were attached to the mantle using some Cherry Cobbler(123125) and Early Espresso(123124) Bakers Twine and some silver brads(104336). The fire was created using So Saffron card stock(105118) punched from the Two Step Bird punch (117191), wing, these have been sponged with Tangerine Tango(111834) and Pumpkin Pie(105216) inks. The logs are Soft Suede card stock (115318) punched with the Word Window punch (119857). I used the new Framelit dies ( 125598)from the new Occasions Mini to create the framed wreath over the mantle in Very Vanilla (101650) and Early Espresso (11986) card stock. The Wild Wasabi (109014) wreath comes from the Bright Hopes(122690/122692) stamp set in the Holiday Mini. I punched out several 1/8" holes around the wreath using the Crop-A-Dile (108362) and place a piece of Red Glimmer paper(121790) behind it to give it some bling. A Cherry Cobbler Quilted Ribbon(124105) bow completes the vignette. The banner is stamped from the Pines and Poinsettias stamp set(123762/123764) in Cherry Cobbler ink (11969).

I enjoyed doing this even though it was very time consuming.

I still have a few items from Christmas wrapping to show you so keep checking back. I promise to get to the end of it soon.

Sharri

Fancy Folds Class #1

 I recently held a Fancy Folds class where we created 4 cards and a Gift Card Holder.
It was a fun and interesting class. I will detail the cards we created over the next few posts.

 The first card is an Origami Diamond Fold card found here. We used DSP from the stacks I used the Red Glimmer paper and Whisper White to decorate the tabs

 Organza Whisper White ribbon was tied around the flap and Snowflakes from the Northern Frost strip and Rhinestones are on the mid fold while a Real Red button and 1/8th Taffeta Ribbon on the front.

Inside we stamped snowflakes from the Serene Snowflakes and the sentiment is from the Christmas Greetings set.

It is a card and envelope in one and very fun to do. We used the Simply Scored tool as well.

Keep checking back for the other cards.

Sharri

Christmas Ornaments Class 7

The final project for this class.... the picture does not show off the true glitz of this one, it is so pretty using the Red and Silver glimmer paper.
Using the Big Shot and the Snowflake #2 die I cut one snowflake from the Silver Glimmer paper. I used the 1 3/4" circle punch in the Red Glimmer paper and then the 2 3/8" scallop circle punch to create a frame for the round treat cup this was glued in place with a few dabs of Tombo Mono Multi glue. We stamped the snowman image from the Snow Much Fun set onto a Whisper White 2 3/8" Scallop Circle punch and colored it with Stampin'Write Markers. Mica Flakes were put in the treat cup then the adhesive was exposed and the white scallop circle with the snowman image was placed on top to create a "faux" snowglobe. The whole thing was then glued to the silver snowflake and then a Cherry Cobbler Bakers twine hanger was attached to the top.

Everyone took home 7 tree ornaments that were created in about 3 hours. We had a lot of fun doing these.

Thanks for visiting today!

Sharri