1st day of Christmas - Hot Chocolate Mug

You are probably thinking what is she crazy, thinking of Christmas in October! Well in the crafting world it is never too early to start thinking of homemade goodies you want to make for family, friends, co-workers, teachers and neighbors.

So for the next 7 weeks, on Thursday and Friday I will posting Holiday projects! So by November 15th, you will have 12 amazing holiday cards and gift ideas!

Like the gift idea, but you have no time to make them?   Email me today and I can make the project for you.   I am happy to do custom orders for your holiday gifts.

We can also turn a couple of these holiday projects into a class where you and your friends can learn how to make the projects and go home with completed projects at the end of the day.   So gather up 5 or more friends and we can have a party!   

So let's get started with the fun!

1st day of Christmas - Hot Chocolate Mug

Ingredients to make the mug:
Stamp Sets:
131781 Festive Flurry (clear) $29.95
131778 Festive Flurry (wood) 39.95

Ink:
131171 Bermuda Bay $5.95

Paper:
122924 Soft Sky Card Stock (24 sheets) $6.95
100730 Whisper White Card Stock (40 sheets) $8.50
132341 Winter Frost Specialty Designer Series Paper (12 sheets assorted) $12.95

Accessories:
117273 Antique Brads (20 brads) $5.95
114319 Whisper White Organza Ribbon (15 yards) $5.95

Tools:
119855 Large Oval Punch $15.95
126189 Paper-Piercing Tool $3.95

Adhesives:
104294 Sticky Strip (10 yards) $6.95
103683 Glue Dots (300 dots) $4.95

Tips & Tricks to make the project:
Template for the mug can be found at this link.
Instead of trying to cut out the mug handle, use the large oval punch.
Adhere sticky strip to the left, right and bottom of the mug. This will allow for your contents to stay securely inside the pouch without falling out.
Use your paper-piercing tool to make a hole to put your brad through.
To attach the ribbon, use your glue dots. Before attaching the brad to the center of the ribbon. Use wire cutters or your craft scissors to remove the back of the brads. Attach the brad to the ribbon with glue dots

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10th day of Christmas - Coffee Mug Gift Card Holder

What is more perfect than a gift card to your favorite coffee shop along with a new coffee mug! Perfect gift to give to friends, co-workers and teachers! Make a few and have a few on hand when you need a quick go to gift.

Ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Sets:
131823 Tags 4 You (clear) $15.95
131820 Tags 4 You (wood) $19.95
131392 Perfect Blend (clear) $10.95
130745 Perfect Blend (wood) $13.95
131781 Festive Flurry (clear) $29.95
131778 Festive Flurry (wood) $39.95

Ink:
126966 Cherry Cobbler $5.95

Paper:
100730 Whisper White Card Stock (40 sheets) $8.50
120953 Crumb Cake Card Stock (24 sheets) $6.95
132340 Season of Style Designer Series Paper (12 sheets) $10.95

Accessories:

119247 Pearls (150 total) $4.95
129327 Very Vintage Designer Buttons (24 buttons) $5.95
130012 Cherry Cobbler Chevron Ribbon (10 yards) $8.95
123125 Cherry Cobbler Baker's Twine (25 yards) $2.95

Tools:
122334 Simply Scored Scoring Tool $29.95
132153 Label Bracket Punch $15.95
119871 3/16" Corner Rounder $6.95

Adhesives:
104294 Sticky Strip (10 yards) $6.95
104430 Stampin' Dimensionals (300 dots) $3.95

Velcro Dots
Hole Punch or Crop-a-dile
Hot Glue Gun

Tips & Tricks to make the project:
Start with a piece of cardstock 6" x 5 1/2". Score the bottom 1 1/2" from the bottom. The left hand side of the gift card holder snip off the scored piece. The right hand side secure the sides with sticky strip. Attach velcro dots so the project can be secured and then opened. Punch hole in the top of the gift card with a hole punch or Crop-a-dile. Tie baker's twine around the mug to secure the gift card to the mug. Tie bow with chevron ribbon and attach to the front of the gift card with hot glue gun.  Stamp smallest snowflake and cut only the center of the card. 

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Update 11/9/2013 - My blog post was updated to add an additional screen print that may help in visualizing the step in between the completed project.    There was a comment left on this post stating that additional steps or clarification was needed to make the project.    As always if there is something missing or unclear, please feel free to reach out to me directly.    If a comment is left, I have no way of reaching out to assist.    Please email me at ssloma@optonline.net with any questions.   Thank you.   I hope the additional screen print helps in assembling your holiday gift card holder.

Mug Life

I love all the wonderful sentiments in the Mug Life stamp set from The Ink Road Stamps.     I decided to go with three of them on the card.    Some of the mugs were fussy cut from the Coffee Break designer series paper.   The biggest mug was stamped and colored in with Stampin' Blends.    A strip of designer series paper and linen thread complete the card. 

Today's Good Mood

 

Sometimes a card stays with you.   Shelly Kurth created this beauty many years ago.  When I say this Mug Life sentiment Today's good mood sponsored by coffee I thought it would be perfect with a mug and a little sunshine.       The sunshine was diecut from the Sizzex You & Me.    The little smile comes from the Lawn Fawn Love you a Latte stamp set.    The mug was die cut from the Cups & Kettles framelits.     The designer series paper is retired Tasty Treats.     The coffee beans come from the Coffee Cafe.

Hug in a Mug

So how great are these little mugs in the Hug in a Mug stamp set.   I love that there is a stamp set that helps you stamp the inside of the mug so you don't have to color it in.   Ilove that there is little embellishments to stamp for all the mugs, spoons, straws, marshmellows and the list goes on.    The enjoy comes from the Mini Treat Bag framelits.   I am so happy to have discovered while going through my framelits.   This is the second time I have used the enjoy in the last couple of months!    Twine, candy dots and the Merry Little Christmas designer series paper finish the card. 

You Are Tea-riffic

So I was completely inspired by this project I found on Pinterest.   I just got a great coffee mug for my best friend and this was a perfect way to give the mug and to showcase the A Nice Cuppa stamp set.   This week at Stampin' Royalty we asking everyone to have fun and submit anything!   The theme is Anything Goes.   So if you have never submitted to a challenge, why not do it this week!    We would love to see your creations.  

I also decided to do another creation with last month's color challenge:   Tip Top Taupe, Sahara Sand and Watermelon Wonder!

Ingredients to make the mug holder:
Stamp Sets:   A Nice Cuppa
Ink:  Tip Top Taupe
Paper:  Whisper White, Sahara Sand, Watermelon Wonder, Tip Top Taupe, Neutral Patterns Designer Series Paper
Accessories:   Neutral Candy Dots and Buttons, Linen Thread, Natural Chevron Ribbon
Tools:   Simply Scored, Cups & Kettle Framelits, Owl Punch, Oval, Medium Oval Punch

Coffee Treats for Co-Workers

I saw this very cute mug punch at the local craft store and I just knew it would be great for my coffee treats for my co-workers.   

Ingredients to make the project #1:
Paper for Project:   Frostwood Lodge Designer Series Paper, Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White
Accessories:  Whisper White Tafetta Ribbon, Cherry Cobbler Button, Pearls
Tools: Perfect Pennants Sizzex, Big Shot, Coffee Mug and Snowflake Punch

Ingredients to make the project #2:
Paper for Project:   Holly Berry Bouquet Designer Series Paper, Real Red, Very Vanilla
Accessories:  Very Vanilla Tafetta Ribbon, Real Red Button, Pearls
Tools: Perfect Pennants Sizzex, Big Shot, Coffee Mug and Snowflake Punch

Happy Father's Day!

Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there!!!    Hope everyone has a great day and gets treated like kings!

Here is my father's day card and the ingredients to make it:
Stamp Sets:   Just Baseball, Sporting, Something to Celebrate
Ink:   Cherry Cobbler, Early Espresso, Night of Navy
Paper:   Whisper White, Early Espresso, Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake Patterns Designer Series Paper, Kraft Patterns Pack, Good Morning Sunshine Patterns Designer Series Paper, Night of Navy Patterns Pack
Accessories:   Silver Brads
Tools:  Tasteful Trim Sizzex, Scallop Trim Border Punch, Star Punch, Circle Cutting System, 3/4" Circle Punch

Here is a quick and easy gift idea for Father's Day.     I scrapped a travel mug for my brother.   How quick and easy is this.   I paired down on the layers and embellishments so they can fit inside the travel mug. 

Ingredients to make the project:
Paper: Basic Black, Travel Journal Designer Series Paper
Accessories: Rubons from a local craft store

Ho Ho Ho

  

How cute is this this whole project.     The mug is my absolute favorite found it in the treasures at TJ Maxx.    Don't you love that store.    I had to make a tag that coordinated with the mug.    Santa comes from a stamp set in my craft stash from Inkadinkado.    Is that company even around anymore.     The set is called Christmas Characters.     The sentiment was heat embossed.    It comes from the Joann's dollar bin stamp set.     The striped paper is from Let it Snow.    The tag was made with my tag builder punch. 

Death Before Decaf

  

I really think everyone should come with a warning label saying Death before Decaf.    It was make mornings so much easier.     It is one of my favorite sentiments from The Mug Life from Ink Road Stamps.     I decided to make my background with my Dylusions Spray Ink and Paint in Rose Quartz.    The designer series paper comes from the Pebbles 31 paper pack as well as a strip from The Paper Studio.     The mug was made with the top from the Merry Cafe stamp set.    The cup was die cut from My Favorite Things Coffee Cup.    Enamel dots complete the card. 

Hug in a Mug

  

So how great is Hug in a Mug stamp set.  I am really sorry to hear that it was not carried over.    It has so many fun elements.   Mugs that you can make any color.  I decided to make a great scrapbook page to showcase my tree and my favorite treat.    Another thing is that I am sorry to see retiring is the Merry Little Christmas designer series paper.      Ink that was used was Real Red, Basic Black, Old Olive and Tranquil Tide.    Sequins and rhinestones complete the card.

Can Not Talk to Any More of Them

  

Where the last card was all Loralei Gilmore this card is a Rory card.    I can so hear her saying this and then running off to her bedroom or the book store and reading one of her many novels.  

The sentiment and books come from the Stars Hollow stamp set.    The mug comes from Mug Life.    The images were colored in with my Copic markers.     The designer series paper is from an old Richard Garay Noteworthy set. 

End of 2020-21 School Year

  This has been a school year for the record books.    We knew going in it was going to be a challenge especially after getting a sneak peak of three months, but nothing could have prepared us or the kids for the challenges they faced and had to get through.     I had the privilege of helping my niece, 3rd grader, and my nephew, 1st grader through this challenging time.     I was there to fill in the blanks where things got dropped and help them connect and make sure they should up on time and focused all while playing short order cook for them.     I am so proud of the two of them.    They have amazed me how much they have grown as individuals, their determination and quick learners they were.    The norm was thrown out.   They had to learn computer skills, not see their friends and do so many things on their own.    With all that they got great grades and worked together and helped one another out.    I am so happy I was there to see them light up when they had their ahh now I get it moments or go away I got this Stasia I don't need you.    They are rockstars! 

The mug was a must have.    We literally survived the past year.       The gift card holder for the teacher's was made with retired stamp sets, BYOP for the sentiment and Elementary Essentials for the pencil and ruler.    The DSP is True Love.

I made a card for my two little rock stars.   I used a lot of sentiments from old sets:  Geometrical Marquee Messages, Here's to Strong Woman and Perfect Pairings.    The triangle border comes from the Stitched Triangles.    The stars are from the Here's to Strong Woman.    The colors used were:   Flirty Flamingo, Pool Party, So Saffron and Granny Apple Green.

 

Hello Sweet Friend

 So how super cute is this week's Retro Sketch of the week.   I love the mugs and the swirl!   I was cleaning out my retired stamp sets and I saw the cute little mug in the Patterned Occasions and knew it was a perfect for the challenge.

The swirl was made with the Tasteful Trim just trimmed.

How great are this year's InColors.   They were perfect for the coffee mugs.

Ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Sets:   Patterned Occasions, Six Sided Sampler
Ink:   Delightful Dijon, Tip Top Taupe
Paper:   Whisper White, Cherry on Top Designer Series Paper
Accessories:  More Mustard Button, Whisper White Baker's Twine
Tools:   Tasteful Trim Sizzex

Yahoo!

Very Exciting!!!   My Coffee Mug Gift Card Holder was featured in the Weekly Scrapper website.

I am honored that my work has been showcased by Scrapbook Expo.   So many talented designers!   Make sure to check out their site for more amazing projects!    

Click here to see the project on their site.

Papercraft Star Thank You Theme

I have to say I enjoyed doing this week's Papercraft Star challenge. It is a recipe challenge. It gives you a list of things to do and then you create your project.

This was the list of things:

Thank You Themed Project
Use Dry Embossing on your project.
Use Cricut Cartridge Cut or Other Die Cut.
Use Metal on your project.
Add anything else you desire

So I decided to make another hot chocolate mug holder. Click here to get the template. Click here to see two other ideas made with the template.

Here's my project and the ingredients to make it:

Stamp Sets: So Very, Tiny Teacup

Ink: Real Red, Blushing Bride

Paper: Blushing Bride, Real Red, Whisper White, Candy Cane Christmas Specialty Designer Series Paper

Accessories: Real Red Satin Ribbon, Rhinestones, Circle Aluminum Tag

Tools: Northern Flurry Textured Embossing Folder, Tasteful Trim Sizzex, Big Shot, Heart to Heart Punch, Large Oval Punch

More Blues and Orange

If you can believe it, I actually created this card first and the coffee mug from last week's Stamping Royalty came after.   I was pinning away on Pinterest and saw the cool colors of Coastal Cabana and Pumpkin Pie and thought they would make a great coffee themed card.   Then I poked around saw that the Sycamore Street designer series paper was perfect for the card.

Most of the products are not SU except for the designer series paper, card stock and ink, but  I just knew I wanted to share this cool color combo to inspire others.

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

Warm Thoughts

  

Here is another card made with the fabulous Buffalo Check background stamp.    Again it was black ink on red paper.     I used a strip of Farmhouse Elements designer series paper and black card stock.    The mugs and sentiment come from the retired Hug in a Mug stamp set.    I die cut the circle with the Stitched Shapes.    The fun elements come from the Santa's Workshop and baker's twine. 

Coffee Neutral Inspiration

This week at Stampin' Royalty we are challenging everyone to beautiful picture inspiration.  I love, love, love the rich and beautiful rich tones in the photos.    LOVE!

I was drawn to the coffee photos.   I have an old paper pumpkin that had a coffee mug and it fit perfectly for the picture inspiration.

Ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Sets:  Paper Pumpkin, Feather Together
Ink:   Versamark, Early Espresso, Copic Markers
Paper:   Crumb Cake, Early Espresso and Whisper White
Accessories:   White Embossing Powder, Neutral Candy Dots
Tools:  Heat Gun and Embossing Buddy