Cocoa To Go

So, I made some of these for a few recent craft fairs and today I am having an open house here at home to get rid of the things I didn't sell.  I have 3 of these left, and am hoping I can get rid of them. I used the Scallop Envelope die and then cut some cardstock or the front and back panels and attached them to the envelopes.  I made the tag out of the Snow Much Fun stamps set and stamped a partial snowman onto Crumb Cake cardstock, punched it out with the 1 3/4" circle punch and layered it onto an Old Olive Scallop punch out. I tied it all up with that wonderful(but retired) 1 1/4" striped grosgrain ribbon and then attached the tag with an Early Expresso piece of Baker's Twine. The buttons on the side are the buttons from last year's Holiday Mini and are (were?) on the Clearance Rack at Stampin! Up.
Inside the to go cup is two packets of hot cocoa and the marshmallow stirrers I made also by dipping large marshmallows into melted white chocolate and then rolling into crushed peppermints.

Joy at Christmas

This card was super simple as you can tell. It was an idea I had for a demonstration, make and take, for a workshop, but it just didn't make the cut.  So, I decided to just post it for the sketch idea.  I cut strips of various sizes from the Candlelight Christmas DSP, and made them into banners hanging down, and cut a solid piece of Real Red cardstock the same way and layered it over the top of the DSP. (I wrapped a piece of Early Expresso Bakers Twine around it before I adhered it.) I then stamped twice the Joy at Christmas from the Perfect Punches stamp set, once in Lucky Limeade and then again in Real Red, punched out the LL layer with the Scallop Punch, and the Real Red with the 1 3/8" circle punch and layered it with a Dimensional.  It all sits on two different sizes of Very Vanilla cardstock.

My Paper Angel Choir~

So, I had our Hostess Club Appreciation party last Friday night for the past 6 months of commitment, and I made each one of the girls one of these.  They are so much fun to make, a little time consuming, but fun! I used all DSP from the Candlelight Christmas pack and some Very Vanilla cardstock with the Petals A Plenty embossing folder for their wings.  I used the 1/8th Real Red taffeta ribbon for the bows.  I found the wooden beads at Walmart. And finished off by making their halos from the Champagne Glimmer Paper. Had a blast making them and cannot wait to make some more!

Lovely As a Tree Masculine Birthday

One of my hostesses in November asked me if I would demonstrate a masculine birthday card, because I truly do forget to do that more often.  So, I came up with something from another idea and since I LOVE the Lovely As a Tree stamp set for so many different things, I chose it and went with some subtle colors.  I used Early Expresso, Old Olive, Crumb Cake and Very Vanilla cardstock and Early Expresso ink for the trees and Old Olive for the sentiment.  I used the Adorning Accents dies for the scallop at the bottom and the Finishing Touches embossing folders for the embossed look to the scallops. I wrapped Linen Thread around twice and secured a Glimmer Brad from the Basics pack to finish it off.  (This could be switched out for any occasion!)

Snowflake Soriee

This was another party in a box card.  I used the stamp set Snowflake Soriee, and stamp the snowflakes in Certainly Celery and Not Quite Navy onto Whisper White.  I then stamped one in Celery and punched it out and layered it on NQN one and added a Basic Rhinestone to the center.  I cut out a shape from the Apothecary Framelit set from Brushed Silver cardstock and then stamped the word Merry in Not Quite Navy onto Whisper White and punched it out with the Wide Oval punch and then randomly stamped some more Celery snowflakes behind it, and layered it onto the silver. I added 3 Basic Rhinestones to the bottom of that, and then finished it off with some Shimmer Mist Spray.

Lovely Christmas

I had my first "box party"or "party to go" over Thanksgiving and this is the first card they got to make.  I used Whisper White for the base and layered a piece of Real Red onto that.   I then cut down some Basic Gray cardstock and ran it through the Petals A Plenty embossing folder. I stamped the tree from Lovely As a Tree(did you know this is Stampin' Up's most sold stamp set ever?) in Always Artichoke onto Whisper White and cut it out with the large die from Apothecary Accents framelits.  I also used the bottom part of the die to cut out some Red Glimmer paper to attach to the bottom of the white, and then a teeny tiny strip of Always Artichoke cardstock to divide the two colors.  I then stamped the Merry Christmas from Owl Occasions in Basic Black and attached a Real Red 1/8" taffeta ribbon to the top.  

**(a "box party" or "party to go" is simply however many cards of whatever the hostess chooses for her group -this one was 5 cards for each lady  of 3 Christmas and 2 birthday-, charging whatever you feel is worth it, and then cut the paper and ribbon and stick the stamps and inks in boxes and they do the party without you having to be there-then they simply return the box the next day)

Petite Purse Reindeer Treat Holder

This little cutie was not my original idea, but I made it my own by swittching up some things...I first cut face out using the Petite Purse die using some Early Expresso cardstock, and cut off the front purse flap, the assembled it as I would for the purse, using Real Red brads to hold the handle on. I then cut two "antlers" using the Autumn Accents LEAF die! Isn't that ADORABLE~! Anyway, I then used the Blossom Builder Punch ( I used two shapes from the punch) and punched out his EARS! I then glued them together, and scored a teeny tiny part of the ends to  bend back and glue to the side of the box.  I then punched out his eyes using the 3/4"  and 1/4"  circle punches and white and black cardstock and for the big red nose, some Red Glimmer paper punched from the 1/2" circle punch.  I stamped the To and From in Real Red onto Whisper White (the stamp came from Owl Occasions stamp set) and punched out with the 1" circle and looped some Linen Thread through it and onto the box. Go make some!