A tasty treat bucket…

Posted on December 2, 2010 by Cathy

Another tag, and more Eat Cake Graphics stamps!

I made this from a little bucket I got at the Target dollar spot (I think 2 for a dollar?). I filled it with candy cane Hershey kisses (they are yummy!) in a treat bag.

I decorated the bucket top and bottom with a thin strip of Hippy Girl paper from the Kaisercraft pad (I really like the colors in the paper – some of it is glittery too!). The bucket is tapered, so I had to keep the strips thin to get them to adhere well. Then I added rhinestones to the snowflakes on the bucket.

The tag is made with the Letter to Santa cling set (isn’t Sophie just the cutest?). I colored her with Copics and cut her out with a Spellbinders oval die. Then I mounted the image on a Labels 10 die cut to make the tag. I couldn’t resist adding a little glitter too!

And since I had all the stuff out (on the DISASTER that is my stamping desk ), I decided to make a coordinating card too….

The cute snowman is also from the Letter to Santa set. I also used the Winter Trees cling stamp in the background. I cut the snowman out and popped him up on foam tape to give more dimension.

Just a couple reminders – our “Tag you’re it” challenge is still open until the 6th so share your tag projects with us for a chance to win. More info and the linky in this post.

Also, we’re having a pens and paper sale in the store. Save 25% on Copic sketch markers and patterned paper pads – including the Hippy Girl I used here.

I’m off to finish decorating the house!

Oh – almost forgot. Our Creative Corner has the exact same challenge (same name and everything!). Weird huh? Well, since I made 2 tag projects, I think I’ll enter this one in their challenge *wink*…..

And…. I just discovered a new challenge site (new to me anyway) called Paper Variety. I missed the last challenge (darn it!), but I think the current challenge is very clever. You play Tic-Tac-Toe! Cute – go check it out. So… I’m claiming card, holiday theme, and die cut machine for my challenge.

Oh My! Even More New Eat Cake Graphics!

Posted on December 4, 2009 by Cathy

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I’m so excited over the Eat Cake Graphics images that just came out.

I’ve always LOVED the little winter kids – and now there are even more new playmates! They are all adorable.

But the first new stamp I wanted to play with is this Santa image. All the stamps used for this card are in the new Santa’s Doggie Welcome Cling Set. (Well… I also used the Decorative Tile background stamp with Versamark ink). The image is colored with Copics.

The paper is from the Classic Christmas Prism Cardstock collection and I added accents with the Diamond Elegance Border punch and the Square Steps Corner punch.

Here is the inside – I’m quite tickled with the sentiments in this stamp set! (I just cut out a colored doggie and added it to the inside)

A couple quick reminders….

You still have till midnight tonight (EST) to link up your background stamped projects for a chance to win TWO background stamps. All the details are in this post.

Also – in the Paper Garden Projects Store, all Christmas stamps (including this cute one) are 10% off. Copic Sketch Markers are also 25% off

A Vellum Treat Bag for Mrs. Claus

Posted on November 12, 2009 by Cathy

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I love this cute Mr. And Mrs Claus stamp – and I thought Mr. Claus might like to give Mrs. Claus a little bag of kisses. These mint kisses are really good (had to try one – how can I write an informative post without taste testing?). And I love the little snowflake-y wrappers.

This post contains a tutorial and a template to make the treat bag, and the details for the card.

The Vellum Treat Bag:

The treat bag was made with cover weight vellum. This is much heavier and stiffer than the vellum you usually find.

You can download a PDF template to make the treat bag here: Vellum Treat Bag Template.

This template is very similar to the self locking treat bag template, but I moved the attachment point to the back of the bag since the clear vellum might show the adhesive.

velbagtemplatefolded I would recommend printing the template on paper or cardstock and using it as a guide to cut the vellum. Any printing on the back of the vellum would also show through it. Also, printer ink on vellum takes a while to dry and it can be easy to smear it. I also recommend taking the time to score the fold lines before folding to keep the folds neat.

Fold on the score lines and apply adhesive on the side seam and the bottom flaps (I also put some on the tuck in flap on the bottom).

Vellum can pucker and wrinkle when it is exposed to water – so it you are using a water based glue, use as little as necessary. Non liquid glues (glue runners, doublesided tape and glue dots) work well with vellum ( I love my Adhesive Tape Gun!!). Nearly all glues will show through the vellum – but the seam in the back helps hide the glue.

For my treat bag, I embossed the top flap using the Cuttlebug Holly Ribbon Embossing Folder. To hold the bag closed, I set 2 eyelets in the flap and then used them to to measure where 2 holes should be in the base of the bag. A ribbon threaded through the eyelets and holes in the bag holds the flap closed. Just pull the ribbon out to get at the kisses.

I also added a couple little red strips punched with a snowflake border punch to the flap and the bottom of the bag.

The Mr. and Mrs. Claus Card

I used this week’s Card Positioning System sketch for my card (I think I’m still in time).

The stamps are from the Mr. and Mrs. Claus Cling stamp set with images by Eat Cake Graphics. They are stamped with Memento ink and colored with Copics (the red was really challenging me! Try not to look too close!).

The paper is from the Classic Christmas Cardstock pack. I really like the Kraft paper with the red. I’m seeing kraft, red and white in a lot of places lately and really like it.

To coordinate the card with the little bag, I used the Holly Ribbon Cuttlebug folder on the kraft (and inked it with a little distress ink and a duster brush to bring out the detail).

I also punched a scrap of vellum left over from making the bag with the same snowflake border punch and added that as well. I used the same ribbon too. (the hardest part about this card was fitting the ribbon through the button holes!)

I thought (for a change) I’d do a little something extra to the inside of the card. So I stamped the Mr. and Mrs. Clause in red through a hole punched in Eclipse paper (so I could just get their faces). Then I stamped the sentiment that came with the set (“Merry Everything and Happy Always” – isn’t that sweet?)

So here is my finished inside with Mr. and Mrs. Clause peeking out.

Has anyone else started holiday projects yet? I can’t believe we are well into November already.

Yikes!!

In case you need a few things to finish your projects….

The Paper Garden Projects store is having a “Lucky” Friday the 13th sale.

ALL the stamps in the store are at least 13% off! And the Copics to color them are still 25% off.