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Homemade Holiday Project 7 (and 8)

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Well, much to everyone’s relief this may be my last project from the Homemade Holidays Kit (unless my fiendish little mind dreams something else up – I still have supplies left, so look out).

I decided I wanted to use the chipboard snowflakes included in the kit to make little Christmas Ornaments.  I plan to use them in place of bows on a package, so they become part of the gift too.

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Holly Ornament

Supplies from Kit:
  • Holly Sprig Stamp
  • Chipboard snowflake
  • Maraschino and Announcement Cream cardstock scraps
Other Supplies:

webhollyornaminprogress2 Stamp the holly sprigs in a circle with the stems pointing inward. The way I do this is to lay the line template from the kit on a light box and place the cream cardstock over it. Use the lines on the template to position the stamp evenly. If you have a block with grid lines, you can position the stamp on the grid and match the block grid lines with the lines in the template to keep positions even. If you can tell in the photo, I positioned my Holly Sprig stamp on the block so the tip is right on the intersection of the grid lines and a grid line runs through the center. 

 

 

webhollyornaminprogress3Now I know I can position the cross of the grid lines right where I want the tip of the holly.  If you do not have a light box, place the template and cardstock on a window and lightly pencil in the lines. Erase the lines after the stamp ink dries.  You could also use a stamp positioner – but I’m not always so good with those.

 

 

 

webhollyornaminprogress4 Create 2 stamped images (one for each side) and cut out with a punch, die or circle cutter.  When I cut out an image with Nestibility dies, I’ll often tape the die in place with painter’s tape – just in case I might shift something when cutting.  I put the tape on the portion I don’t intend to use.

Color the image with Copics. Matte with a circle or scalloped circle. Put Ruby Slippers Stickles on the berries and set aside to dry.

 

 

webhollyornaminprogress Coat one side of the chipboard snowflake with Cloud White ink and emboss with white embossing powder. Coat it again and emboss it with Holographic powder. This will give it a very white, sparkly finish.

Repeat the inking and embossing on the other side, but hold the snowflake up away from the embossing surface with tweezers (to make sure the first side does not melt and stick).

Use the paper pierce to put a hole in the snowflake for the hanging thread. Adhere the Holly medallion to both sides.

 

 

 

Cardinal Ornament

webbirdornam Supplies from Kit:

  • Charles Cardinal Stamp
  • chipboard snowflake
  • Let it Snow paper
  • Maraschino, Leapfrog and Announcement Cream cardstock scraps

Other Supplies:

Stamp the cardinal twice and color as desired. Cut both out with a punch, die or circle cutter.

Press the colored surface onto the Versamark pad. Coat with Holographic powder and emboss. Matte with a circle or scalloped circle.

webbirdornaminprogress Fold a piece of Let It Snow paper in half, right sides in. Trace the snowflake onto the wrong side of the folded paper. Cut it out just inside the traced line. To help keep the papers together while cutting, you can adhere the papers together outside the traced lines.

Adhere the paper to the chipboard and trim or sand off any excess paper if necessary. Repeat on the other side.

Use the paper pierce to put a hole in the snowflake for the hanging thread.

Adhere the cardinal medallions to the center of the snowflake. Make sure the cardinal is upright from the hanging hole you created.

 

So there are my snowflakes. 

I’m plotting a fun contest over here………  With a juicy prize you just might want to win.  So stay tuned!

Also – there are a bunch of new blingy things in the store  – including

Distress Stickles!

  If you want to take a peek at what’s new, just click HERE.

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Home Made Holidays Project 6 – Gift Card Holder

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Yes, I’m still at it.  The Homemade Holidays kit is really big – so its easy to make a bunch of projects.

webgiftcardholder Project number 6 is a Gift Card Holder made with one of the 4 clear pillow boxes included in the kit. This holder makes the gift a little more significant than just placing the gift card inside a greeting card.

The insert in the pillow box holds the gift card on one side and the greeting and to/from information on the other side.  The picture mounted on the front of the box hides the gift card until the box is opened.

 

 

 

 

 

webgiftcardholderopen Supplies from Kit:
  • Popcorn Tree and Holly Sprig Stamps
  • Clear pillow box
  • Holly Jolly Stripe paper
  • Maraschino, Leapfrog, Harvest and Announcement Cream cardstock
  • Button
  • Raffia
Other Supplies:
Instructions:

Stamp Popcorn Tree in Rich Cocoa on a 2 3/8” by 3 3/8” piece of cream cardstock and color as desired.   (See THIS post if you are curious about how I colored Popcorn Tree.)  Antique the edges with Vintage Photo Distress ink using a duster brush.

Adhere to a green matte (4” by 2 ¾”). Adhere to a red matte (3” x 4 ¼”). Paper Pierce the bottom of the green matte using the Design Ruler and create “stitches” with the Inkessentials white pen. Thread a piece of raffia through a button and adhere to the upper left corner.

Put a drop of crystal effects on each cranberry to make them round and shiny. Set aside to dry.

To make the insert that holds the gift card, cut Harvest 5 ½” by 3 ¼”. Cut green 2 5/8” by 3 7/8”. Center and adhere to the Harvest cardstock.

Adhere two punched or cut corners on the lower left and lower right of the green – putting Oh So Sticky Tape on the bottom and side only. As above, use the design ruler and white pen to create stitching. The gift card fits inside the corners.

On the back side of the box insert, add a greeting and a to/from. Adhere Stripe paper slightly smaller than the insert. Stamp a greeting and to and from using Sentiment Collection I on a 2 ¼” by 3 ¼” piece of Harvest. Stamp and color Holly Sprigs at the base. Matte on Green and adhere to the back of the insert.

Assemble the pillow box and slide the insert inside. Place foam tape on the sides of the tree image. Adhere the image so it hides the gift card in the box.

And that’s it!  I hope everyone is having a wonderful Friday.  This year the Fall color is just incredible here.  Even driving to the grocery store is a treat.

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Homemade Holiday Project 5 – Holiday Card Set

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On to the fifth project I made with the Homemade Holiday kit (I still have more, hope your not sick of them by now!).

webcardsetup The kit includes a clear card box for making a gift set of cards.  The box easily fits these 4 cards and will hold more.  I made my cards with the same layout, just varying the colors.

Supplies from the kit:
  • Popcorn Tree and Charles Cardinal Stamps
  • Clear Card Box
  • Holly Jolly Stripe and Let It Snow paper
  • Maraschino, Leapfrog, Harvest and Announcement Cream cardstock
  • Snowflake embellishment
Other Supplies

webcardsingle I stamped and colored Popcorn Tree and Charles Cardinal for each card.  For more info on how I colored Popcorn tree, you can go to THIS POST. 

Crop around Popcorn Tree and punch out Charles Cardinal.  Ink the edges with Peeled Paint Distress ink and a Duster brush.  Stamp the “hello” sentiment form Sentiment Collection I.  Matte both images with green.

Create and A2 size card from cream cardstock.  Punch a 1 1/2″ wide, 4 1/4: long strip of green with the snowflake border punch.  Adhere to the card base just slightly above the bottom of the card.  Adhere a piece of patterned paper (4 1/4″ by 4 3/4″) over the top.

Adhere the images as shown using foam tape to pop up the cardinal.  Adhere the snowflake embellishment.

I added Ruby Slippers Stickles to my cranberries.  These new Glitz Stickles are really sparkly!

webcardsetband I created 4 cards for the set (varying the colors).  Then I added a band around the card box.  The band was made with a 2 1/4″ wide strip of cream, then a 2 1/2″ strip of red punched on both sides with the snowflake border punch (the strip is 2″ wide after punching), then a 1″ strip of Stripe paper.  I matted Charles Cardinal on a circle and scalloped circle for the center.  (He’s a little glitzed up with some Stickles there….).

 

 

webcardsetflatSo there is project 5.  Thanks so much for stopping by to my little blog.

I’ve joined Paper Craft Planet and I would *LOVE* to have more friends.  So if you are on there or join please add me as a friend.  (acckk… I feel like I’m in High School).

There is also a Group over there for Paper Garden Projects.  I’m hoping to use it to share ideas, projects and news – so please join – if you’re so inclined.

 

 

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