Cheers

I love this week's Pals Paper Arts sketch.    Love the stripes.      I love that with a couple pieces of card stock, you get an amazing look.    I just got the Here's to Cheers stamp set.    With the holiday season coming upon us it is never too early to start on making holiday projects.    One of the things my family is always looking for is ways to dress up wine bottles.     That is why I know I needed to get the Here's to Cheers stamp set.  

With a couple strips of card stock and the Here's to Cheers stamp set, I get a totally great modern and fresh holiday wine tag.

Ingredients to make the wine tag:
Stamp Sets:   Here's to Cheers
Ink:    Cherry Cobbler
Paper:   Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler, Pear Pizzazz
Accessories:   Silver Thread, Rhinestones, Home for Christmas Enamel Dots
Tools:  Circle Framelits, 2" Circle Framelits, Holly Berry Punch

Celebrate the Everyday

Today's project started with two inspirations in mind, this week's Unity tag challenge and Paper Players sweet challenge. 

So with those two in mind I started coloring the beautiful cupcake and using my favorite plaid paper from Lawn Fawn.

Before you know it I wanted to give my tag a little more fun elements so thank you Taylored Expressions for sketch to kick up my tag a couple of notches.

Ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Sets;  stamp set from Unity
Ink:   Basic Black, Pretty in Pink, Daffodil Delight and Soft Sky Markers
Paper:   Whisper White, Pretty in Pink, Lawn Fawn Designer Series Paper
Accessories:   Subtles Candy Dots and Buttons, Flirty Ribbon, Baker's Twine from a local craft store
Tools:   Scallop Tag Punch, 3/4" Circle Punch, Triple Banner Punch, Project Life Corner Rounder

Welcome Little.Man

Here is this month's Sugar Pea Designs Mix it Up challenge.      I decided to change it up a little and make it a gift tag for a baby gift basket.

Love the pastel plaid and the fox combination.

Ingredients to make the gift tag:
Stamp sets from online store
Ink:  Basic Black, Marina Mist, Pumpkin Pie
Paper;   Whisper White, Pumpkin Pie and Designer Series Paper from a local craft store
Accessories:   Subtles Candy Dots, Twine and Clothspin from a local craft store
Tools:  Paper Piercer, Bow Builder Punch

Happy Winter Fox Tag

So I just love the cute little fox from the Thankful Forest Friends stamp set.    He is just too cute to box him into making just fall cards.   Add a tree and a little flannel and viola he is now a great addition to your winter collection.

Here are two different tags with two different looks.

Ingredients to make the tags:
Stamp Sets:   Happy Scenes, Thankful Forest Friends
Ink:  Mossy Meadow, Cajun Craze, Versamark
Paper:   Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Mossy Meadow, English Garden Designer Series Paper, In Color Patterns Designer Series Paper
Accessories:   White Perfect Accents, White Baker's Twine, Linen Thread
Tools:  Crop-a-dile, Triple Banner Punch, Circle Punch, 3/4" Square Punch

Lots of Holiday Inspiration

So if you are like me Christmas week makes for a busy week of creating for the upcoming holiday.    I am busy making tags for gift bags and then little gifts to give to crafty friends.

I even had some leftover poinsettias that I stamped that I made a sympathy card to add to my card stash.   Thank you As You See It for the sketch challenge to inspire my creativity.

The Holiday stocking gift tag is made mostly with products I had in my crafty stash.    The only things that are Stampin' Up! products are the card stock, the Cheerful Tags stamp set and the Note Tag Punch.

The Ingredients to make the Sympathy card are:
Stamp Sets:   Reason for the Season, Brighter Tomorrow
Ink:   Basic Black, Real Red, Cucumber Crush
Paper:   Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Merry Moments Designer Series Paper
Accessories:   Basic Black Baker's Twine, Neutral Buttons, White Perfect colored in with a black Sharpie
Tools:   Trio Curvy Punch, Project Life Corner Rounder

Lastly, I had some paper crafters over for our annual Christmas crop.   As always it was very productive lots of creativity was occurring.   My busy little crafty elves were catching up on last minute projects to mail and to deliver.

I put together a three pack of crafty embellishments to give to my croppers.    I topped the gifts off with a cute little tag.

Ingredients to make the gift tag:
Stamp Sets:  Project Life Seasonal Snapshot 2015
Ink:   Old Olive
Paper:   Whisper White, Old Olive, Merry Moments Designer Series Paper
Accessories:  Pearls, Old Olive Striped Ribbon
Tools:   Merry Minis Punch Pack, 1" Circle Punch, Triple Banner Punch, Crop-a-dile

Happy Winter Sled Tag

So here are two tags made with the beautiful Winter Wishes stamp set.   The two tags is a perfect example of how you turn a simple tag and make it a wow!

Ingredients to make the gift tags:
Stamp Sets:   Winter Wishes, Happy Scenes
Ink:  Mossy Meadow, Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Smoky Slate
Paper:   Crumb Cake, Mossy Meadow,  English Garden Designer Series Paper
Accessories:  Linen Thread, Silver Brads, Neutral Candy Dots and Buttons
Tools:   Triple Banner Punch, Circle Framelits, Bow Builder Punch, 3/4" Square Punch

Thank you Santa

This week's there is two great challenges I incorporated into today's project.   On the As You See It Challenge blog the theme is Santa and how great is this week's Freshly Made Sketch, so versatile!

So I saw the Yay Presents sentiment in the new Party Wishes from the Occasions Mini, I knew I wanted to find a way to incorporate into for the holidays.  So here I printed Thank you Santa and then added some embellishments and viola here is my gift tag.    I even found a way to add the Real Red Popcorn Trim!

Ingredients to make the tag:
Stamp Sets:   Party Wishes
Ink:  Basic Black, Real Red, Old Olive
Paper:   Whisper White, Real Red, Old Olive, Merry Moments Designer Series Paper, Home for the Christmas Designer Series Paper, Nordic Noel Designer Series Paper
Accessories:  Real Red Popcorn Trim, Home for Christmas Enamel Dots, Cherry Cobbler Baker's Twine
Tools:  Triple Banner Punch, Trio Curvy Punch, 1" Square Punch, Crop-a-dile, Holly Punch from a local craft store
Font:   Lemondrop Size 24, Channel Size 20

Caseing the Catty Let's Kit Together

We are now blog hopping at Caseing the Catty.   So hop with us from one design team member to the next. I hope you can join us in the hop and enjoy all the beautiful creations that we case (copied and steal everything) from the Holiday Mini.   This week we are challenge everyone to case a project from the fabulous kits that are in the Holiday Mini.   So Let's Kit Together.    

I was inspired by one of the tags in the Oh What Fun Tag Project Kit.    I don't usually do a lot tags and when I do.   I usually find one design really easy and it has a to and from on it.    It doesn't have much detail since I know for sure that it will end up in the pile of Christmas paper wrapping!

So I took the tag and made it into a tag to put on a wine bottle.      I scored the top and punched a hole to be able to put the bottle through it.

The jingle bells were attached by two holes made with a Crop-a-dile.   I strung the jingle bells on baker's twine and then thread them through the holes.   The satin ribbon was placed underneath and was secured with the baker's twine.

If you have been following the hop, you just came from Rebecca Benson and the next stop in the hop is Rachel Palmieri.

Ingredients to make the tag:

Stamp Sets:   Cheerful Tags

Ink:  Real Red

Paper:   Home for Christmas Designer Series Paper, Whisper White

Accessories:   Real Red Satin Ribbon, Home for Christmas Enamel Dots, Whisper White Baker's Twine, Jingle Bells from a local craft store

Tools:  1 3/8" Circle Punch, Triple Banner Punch, Crop-a-dile

Valentine Fun

Here are some tags I made for my niece and nephew for Valentine's Day.    I decided to personalize the gift tags for each of their gifts.    So we have a princess and Lego maniac.    I actually have to say I love the way these gift tags came out.

I also had a little fun and made some tags to add to some Sweet Valentine treats.  

Tags are so easy to make and they make any gift look homemade.

Ingredients to make the Princess tag:
Stamps:  Topsy Turvy Celebration and stamp sets from a local craft store
Ink:   Primrose Petals, Wisteria Wonder
Paper:  Whisper White, Primrose Petals Patterns Designer Series Paper
Accessories:   Whisper White Satin Ribbon, Dazzling Dazzling Details, Rhinestones and Sequins from a local craft store
Tools:   Hearts Framelits, Coluzzle Cutting System

Ingredients to make the Lego tag:
Stamp Sets:  Gorgeous Grunge, Show & Tell and stamp sets from a local craft store
Ink:   Real Red
Paper:   Whisper White, Real Red, Designer Series Paper
Accessories:   Real Red Brads and Baker's Twine from a local craft store
Tools:   Heart to Heart Punch, Circle Punch, Crop-a-dile, Paper Piercer

Ingredients to make the Sweet Valentine tag:
Stamp Sets:   Gorgeous Grunge, Work of Art, Geometrical, Kind & Cozy, Something to Celebrate
Ink:   Real Red, Blushing Bride
Paper:   Whisper White
Accessories:  In Color Sequins, Rhinestones, Cherry Cobbler Chevron Ribbon
Tools:  Angled Tag Topper Punch, Project Life Corner Rounder

Halloween is on it's way

Halloween is on it's way.   So here are two super simple tags you can make!   This is why I love the Tasteful Trim Sizzex.   Stampin' Up! please bring it back or make another trim Sizzex board!    The best part of the Sizzex was that because of the big die you could lay 3 strip of 12 inch strips and then die cut.    That gave you borders for at least 9 cards.   So here I used it make a chevron border for my tags.

Stay tuned tomorrow for more spooky fun.

Ingredients to make the tags:
Stamp Sets:   Halloween Hello, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink:   Basic Black, Versamark
Paper:   Whisper White, Basic Black, Calypso Coral
Accessories:  Pearls, Hemp Twine
Tools:   Tasteful Trim Sizzex, Bitty Banners Framelits, Big Shot, 3/4" Square Punch, Crop-a-dile, Heat Gun, Embossing Buddy, 1 3/4" Circle Punch, Hexagon Hive Thinlits
Misc:  Black Sharpie, Gift Bag and Crinkle Paper

 

Stampin' Royalty Color Challenge

This week Stampin' Royalty brings us a color challenge.   The colors are beautiful spring colors, Peach Parfait, Strawberry Slush, Wisteria Wonder and So Saffron.   They just screamed out to me to make an Easter creation. 

Here is my gift tag all ready to be put on Easter goodies.     Since I wanted to get the right size for the sentiment on the tag and none of my stamps felt right, I printed the sentiment on my computer.

The challenge will be open 3:00pm (PST) April 7th. Hope you can join us!

Ingredients to make the tag:
Paper:  Whisper White, Peach Parfait, So Saffron, Strawberry Slush, Peach Parfait Prints Designer Series Paper,   Tall Tales Designer Series Paper, Strawberry Slush and Wisteria Wonder Patterns Designer Series Paper
Accessories:  Rose Red Grosgrain Ribbon, Baker's Twine, Whisper White Brads, Brights Candy Dots
Tools:  Chevron Border Punch, 1 3/4" Circle Punch, Crop-a-dile, Itty Bitty Punch Pack, Tasteful Trim Sizzex, Big Shot, Trio Flower Punch, Large Oval Punch

Holiday Gift Tags

So I just got some really, really cool things from the Holiday mini and I just could not wait to start creating with them.     What perfect timing Paper Crafts Moxie Fab World is celebrating their Holiday edition and I just knew I wanted to create something in celebration of the week.   It also never hurts to get started creating for the holidays!    My favorite is the Festive Flurry Stamp Set and Framelits!        I love the snowflakes!     They come in 4 sizes and they are just so beautiful!     

Ingredients to make the tag #1:
I used the stencil from the Build a Banner Simply Created Kit and sponged on some ink.
Stamp Sets:   Festive Flurry, Joy to the World
Ink:   Metallic Gold
Paper:  Whisper White, Blushing Bride, Metallic Gold
Accessories:   Gold Cord, Organza Ribbon, Antique Brads
Tools:   Iridescent Ice Embossing Powder, Heat Gun, Embossing Buddy, Build a Banner Simply Created Kit, Sponges, Coluzzle Cutting System, Festive Flurry Framelits, Big Shot

Ingredients to make the tag #2:
Stamp Sets: Festive Flurry, Joy to the World
Ink: Crumb Cake
Paper: Whisper White, Season of Style Designer Series Paper
Accessories: Gold Brads and Cord, Organza Ribbon, Dazzling Details
Tools:   Northern Flurry Textured Embossing Folder, Big Shot,  Crop-a-dile, Coluzzle Cutting System, Festive Flurry Framelits

Spectrum Stamping

So we all purchased the spectrum pads when they were added to the catalog years ago.  I just could not bear to part with them in the off chance I may want to play with them one day in the future.  Well the one day finally came.   I thought they would work so well with my chevron stamp sets I purchased.   They almost fit perfectly when lining up the chevrons on the stamp with the spectrum pad!
Ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Sets:  from a local craft store and Summer Solstice
Ink: Celebrations Spectrum Pad
Paper:  Whisper White, Concord Crush
Accessories:  Whisper White Satin Ribbon, Linen Thread and Pearls
Tools:  1/2" Square Punch, Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack, Crop-a-dile, Corner Rounder from a local craft store

Dressing up Gift Bags

So I know you are rushing to get ready for Easter.   Here is a quick and easy to dress up an ordinary gift bag and make it festive!    Just a quick stamp, some paper and embellishments and there you go, festive Easter tag!    Happy Easter Everyone!!!

Most of the products are not SU, but the ones that are the Labels Collection Framelits and the card stock.

Hippity Hoppity Easter is on it's Way

 

Here is a few gift bags I made gift tags for to dress them up!   How great are these chevron bags.   I got them at a local craft store and I just had to pick them up.

The flower was just so easy to make I used the Triple Blossom punch and punched out 5 flowers.   Then I used my paper piercer and put a hole through the center of all of them.  Next, I used my bone folder to break up the fibers in the flowers so they would be easy to work with.   Next, I put a silver brad through the center.  I then scrunched up the flowers towards the middle.  Once all five layers were scrunched than I played with them and made them more life like.

Since the gift bags came in a pack with three colors, I had to make 3 different versions of the tags.
Ingredients to make the tags:
Stamp set from a local craft store
Ink:  Pink Passion, YoYo Yellow, Pretty in Pink
Paper:  Whisper White, Pink Passion, YoYo Yellow, Pretty in Pink, Old Olive, Pretty in Pink Designer Series Paper, Rainbow Sherbet  Designer Series Paper
Accessories:  Decorative Tape from a local craft store, Pearls, Melon Mambo Polka Dot Ribbon, Crushed Curry Polka Dot Ribbon, Pretty in Pink Ribbon, Silver Brad, Pearls
Tools:  Labels Collection Framelits, Big Shot, Crop-a-dile, Triple Blossom Layer Punch, Blossom Petals Builder Punch

Butterfly Tag Card

So I was completely inspired by this butterfly tag card.   I am sure the card used framelit butterfly dies, but since I do not have them I decided to work with what I have.    I die cut the Beautiful Butterflies and used the butterfly as a pattern and cut the butterfly by hand.   That was the hardest part of the project.   The curve in the tag was done with my Coluzzle.

Ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Sets:  Thank You Kindly
Ink: Basic Gray
Paper:  Whisper White, Going Gray, Daffodil Delight Patterns Designer Series Paper
Accessories:  Pearls, So Saffron Grosgrain Ribbon, Linen Thread, Buttons from a local craft store
Tools:  Beautiful Butterflies Sizzex, Big Shot, Elegant Bouquet Textured Embossing Folder, Coluzzle Cutting System, Crop-a-dile.

Halloween Tags

This week Stamping Royalty brings a theme challenge.   This month's theme is Halloween!   Here are cute little gift tags I made to put on containers that I am going to put Halloween goodies for my nieces and nephew. 

I love the Apothecary Accents Framelits.    They are perfect for gift tags!!

The challenge will be open until 3:00pm (PST) October 29th. Hope you can join us!

Ingredients to make the gift tags:
Stamp Sets:   Fangtastic
Ink:  Basic Black, Gumball Green, Concord Crush, Blush Blossom
Paper:  Whisper White, Basic Black, Frightful Sight Designer Series Paper
Accessories:   Gumball Green Stitched Satin Ribbon, Antique Brads, Rhinestones
Tools:  Apothecary Accents Framelits, Big Shot, Coluzzle Cutting Systems

Blue Ribbon for a Simple Floral Tag

I was so excited to get have a reason to break open and play with my new Blue Ribbon stamp set.   Here are flowers that were given to my niece for her receital.   With a quick stamp and die cut.   It made a cute and quick tag to put on the flowers!

Ingredients to make the tag:
Stamp Sets:   Blue Ribbon
Ink:   Raspberry Ripple
Paper:  Raspberry Ripple, Whisper White, Primrose Petals Patterns Designer Series Paper
Accessories:  Pretty in Pink Satin Ribbon, Rose Red Button
Tools:   Labels Collection Framelits, Big Shot, 1 3/8" Circle Punch

Spring Disney Tags

Here are some fun and easy gift tags to put on your gift tags with a Disney theme.    What can I say I am a Disney nut.   Here is a gift tag I made for my niece to put on her gift bag.

Ingredients to make the tag:
Alphabet and Disney stamp set I got from a local craft store, Flower Fest
Ink:   Versamark, Tangerine Tango, Basic Black, Daffodil Delight, Pretty in Pink
Paper:  Whisper White, Basic Black, Tangerine Tango
Accessories:   Basic Black Satin Ribbon, Black Button, Orange Pearls, Basic Black Embossing Powder

Tools:   Word Window Punch, Extra Large Scallop Circle Punch, Heat Gun

The second tag was a cute little Disney ears on an Easter egg.

Ingredients to make the tag:
Stamp Sets:  A Good Egg
Ink:  Cherry Cobbler
Paper from a local craft store, Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler
Accessories:   Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding
Tools:   Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch, Crop-a-dile, Oval Sizzex, Big Shot

Gift Cards and Tags

Can you believe we are only days away until Christmas?
Here is two Christmas tags/cards for the holiday season.
Ingredients to make the tag:
Paper:   Garden Green, Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler, Blush Blossom, Frostwood Lodge Designer Series Paper
Accessories:  Garden Green Button, Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding
Tools:  Large Scallop Circle Punch, Heart Punch, Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack, Perfect Pennants Sizzex, Big Shot, Word Window Punch, Circle Cutting System, Small Star Punch, Die Cutting Machine and Cartridge from a local craft store

Ingredients to make the gift tag:
Stamp Set from a local craft store
Ink:  Real Red
Paper:  Real Red, Very Vanilla, Real Red Prints Designer Series Paper
Accessories:  Very Vanilla Taffeta Ribbon, Pearls, Red Button from a local craft store
Tools:  Oval Sizzex, Big Shot, Mug and Snowflake Punch from a local craft store