Paper Sunshine Project: Christmas

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Sunday, December 16, 2018

Decorated Envelopes

As we are fastly approaching Christmas - only 8 days left!!!! I want to give you some last minute inspiration. I did not buy the coordinating stamps for this Designer Series Paper, but found that the new Incredible Like You stamp set from the 2019 Occasions Catalog had a perfect leaf set to decorate the front and back flaps of the envelopes! I finished it off and found some clustered dots from my stash to add the holly.

~ Enjoy!

This envelope flap was decorated using the Dashing Deer stamp set for the holly and the Wishing You Well stamp set

Stampin' Up! products used:

Incredible Like You Stamp Set
Dashing Deer Stamp Set
Wishing You Well Stamp Set

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Saturday, December 15, 2018

Instructions - Punch Board Gift Card Holder

Her is yet another cute Gift Card Holder made from a 5 x 5 inch of cardstock, super easy & you can decorate the front many different ways!

~Enjoy

Start with a piece of cardstock (plain or printed - but it must be cardstock weight). Using your envelope punch board punch and score at 3", turn paper clockwise, then punch and score at 2", repeat.

Turn your envelope punch board around & use the corner rounder provided & round all corners of your envelope.

Stamp your solid cardstock

Cut a white piece of cardstock for the message box at 2 x 3.5 inches. Decorate the inside of the envelope as desired. Fold the envelope closed.

Using Swirly Snowflakes Thinlits Dies cut 2 white swirls from White Glimmer Paper and one Snowflake from Silver Glimmer Paper. Cut a belly band from a piece of coordinating paper to match your background. The one shown is only decorated with the small star cluster from Still Night. Punch a navy piece of cardstock with the Everyday Label punch.

Fold the band around the folded envelope. Secure the band with a small piece of Tear-n-tape. Make sure to use a sturdy adhesive because this will be an active piece of the card. Only use adhesive on the part where the band touches itself - do not adhere it to the envelope. This is meant to be able to slide on and off.

Add the punched label to the belly ban making sure to only adhere the 2 items together & do not add adhesive where it will touch the envelope. Add the Glimmer paper accents & some rhinestones for extra bling!

Here are some other designs!

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Decorative Envelope Gift Card Holders #2

Need a last minute gift? My family ONLY wants gift cards - so I can tackle 2 problems with one solution - easy gift card holders from Envelopes! See the full set of instructions here!

Here are some ideas for adding the finishing touches - so easy to do - I made all 6 of these in an hour!

~Enjoy

Talk about simple stamping!!! Just a quick stamp with the Spirited Snowmen set, a little coloring of the heart & the rhinestone with the Real Red Blends marker & a Christmas sentiment from Hung With Care stamp set. Finish it off with some Snowflakes from Still night & you have one easy gift card holder!

The Winter Woods set instantly provides a Christmas Tree farm! Add some colored pearls with Blend markers for a little extra holiday spirit! Season of Joy is from Christmas Pines stamp set.

What a cute was to say Merry Christmas with this rustic tree forest on Crumb Cake. Add a few trees a cute rustic sentiment topped off with a darling candy cane striped bow! Add a few rhinestones for some Christmasy glitz!

Look how easy & quick this card is. A piece of green embossed with Swirls & Curls embossing folder, a strip of Designer Series Paper, "Rudolph: cut from the Detailed Deer die set and Silver Glimmer paper with a cute hand Blends colored rhinestone nose. Add some free from snow drifts and the Seasons Greetings from Wishing You Well.

This one is perfect for the coffee enthusiast in your life, a cup of Christmas Cheer and an elf!! Sentiment is retired Merry Cafe, Coffee cup is from Coffee Cups Framelits Dies and the paper is Festive Farmhouse Designer Series Paper & top it off with the cutest elf from the Santa's Workshop DSP or the Signs of Santa stamp set!

Sometime I do not have a printed paper - but they are so easy to make with a few stamps. This one uses the Snowflake Sentiments for the large 2 snowflakes & the small snowflake cluster from Still Night. Add a navy Everyday Label Punch layered with Glimmer white swirls and a Glimmer silver snowflake and top it off with a few rhinestones - how easy is that?!

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Thursday, November 15, 2018

Stampin' Up! Convention Swap #3

After completing 200 cards for Stampin' Up's! 30th Convention - I found I had some extra time so decided to make 100 more simple Thanks cards using the Warm Hearted set - I just LOVE this set!!!

I started out with a black, red and white version, but after a few tries decides to go with Cherry Cobbler, Soft Suede and Very Vanilla. I love the results! The background image is stamped with the star clusters form the set, The red is embossed with my second favorite embossing folder, Swirls & Curls (Corrugated is my favorite) and I roughed up the edges of the red & the sentiment with the edge of my scissors. The banner is popped up in the middle and adhered flat on the edges to give some dimension. The rhinestones were colored with a Soft Suede Blends marker and finished off with a gold metallic-edge ribbon bow.

Don't forget to send out those after Christmas Thank you cards!!!!

~Enjoy

Here are 100 cards in production.

Stampin' Up! products used:

Warm Hearted Stamp Set
Cherry Cobbler Ink
Soft Suede Ink
Cherry Cobbler Cardstock
Soft Suede Cardstock
Very Vanilla Cardstock
Swirls & Curls Embossing Folder
Rhinestones
Soft Suede Blends
Gold Metallic-Edge Ribbon

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Sunday, August 12, 2018

Color Challenge Week #71

This week's inspiration photo:

The Stampin' Up! colors identified were:

Coastal Cabana
Blueberry Bushel
Highland Heather

Here is my submission:

Some alternatives:

Here are the group results as well:

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Saturday, June 30, 2018

Paper Pumpkin Alternatives June 2018

Here are some ideas for the June 2018 Paper Pumpkin. Most were CASEd to some degree but then a little twist thrown in by me at the end.

I was not a fan of the Lovely Lipstick and Lemon Lime Twist together so I avoided making any cards as provided.

~Enjoy

My Favorite!

Other Alternatives

This green and black card was CASED from Maureen Albert

This pink and black card was flat out copied from Kards by Kadie :-)

This card resulted from a color challenge that was happening this week when I was playing with my kit. The colors for the challenge were Lovey Lipstick and Tempting Turquoise.