I’d like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
I’d also like to take a moment to thank you all for taking the time to visit my blog and for all your support and encouragement this past year. I really appreciate it!
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Santa Belly Gift Box
This cute guy was designed (by Lori Whitlock) as a “belly lantern” (with cut out panels backed with vellum for the belly), but I changed it up a bit with solid panels to make it a gift box.
Santa is 9 inches tall, with a 3 inch sphere (inside) for his belly. The panels that create the round “belly” are attached with tabs (and not glued) so they are easily removed. (As I mentioned, I made this to hold a small gift, but a battery operated tea light would go inside if it were made as a lantern.)
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If all of the panels and circular pieces are removed, it folds flat for storage (or mailing if the recipient would like to reassemble him!).
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I cut all the pieces with my Silhouette, but an svg file is also available for purchase.
There is an assembly tutorial that shows how to create the belly portion of this project. I used the photo to see how the rest of the pieces went together. (There are several designs, but assembling the belly portion is the same for all of them.) Besides the card stock, I used the “Dainty Diamonds” embossing folder from Stampin’ Up to add texture to his belly, and I created the belt and fur on the embossed panel myself as these were not included in the file.
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Lots of Dots Christmas Tree
(inside: Wishing You A Very Merry Christmas And A Happy New Year)
This card is kind of “a blast from the past” in that I had used this tree idea for a tag project back in 2014. At that time, I thought I’d create a pile of these trees and make them into more “mail friendly” cards. I got as far as stamping all the circles and attaching the gems on the triangles, and then I misplaced/forgot about them. After searching high and low, I found them last year, (misplaced them again, eventually found them!) and finally finished the cards. Why am I telling you this? Because, with all the the time that passed, I forgot/didn’t realize I had used an off-white card stock for the trees until AFTER I hand scored and stamped all the background panels and card bases on white and began to assemble all the cards! Sigh…
I used one of the polka dotted circle stamps from the Gina K Designs “Fabulous Holiday Fillers” stamp set (retired) and Gina K Christmas Pine ink to create the circles on the triangle panel. I colored self-sticking, clear rhinestones with Copic marker R89 and adhered them in the spaces between the stamped circles. The layered star and trunk were cut with punches. The embossed/debossed lines on the background panel were added with my Scor board. The greeting is from the Patterned Pines stamp set from Stampin’ Up (retired), and the inside sentiment is from a Hero Arts set (CL359). Gina K Cherry Red and Christmas pine card stock was used along with Recollections Dove White (I think?) and white.
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Ghosting is a technique using water to remove color from an inked or water colored panel. There are several ways to do this technique. For my sample here, I used a stencil to apply the water to remove the ink.
First, I generously applied Vintage Photo Distress ink to water color paper. Then, I spritzed water on the back of my stencil and placed or “stamped” it on my inked panel. Finally, I lifted the stencil, waited a few seconds, and blotted the panel with a paper towel to remove excess water. The water lifted the ink where the wet stencil touched the panel. The effect intensifies as the water/panel dries.
The nativity die is unbranded. The greeting is part of the Penny Black “Wonder Collection” stamp set that was a free gift with the Papercraft Essentials Magazine (issue 113) from September 2014.
I had inked up a few panels and used the extra panels to create two more samples.
This one was made with all the same supplies.
And I used a stamp from the “Tropical Getaway” set by Fiskars on this last one.
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Holiday Handbag Gift Bag and Wallet
Happy New Year! December sure flew by quickly!! My husband and I were away for a week (we extended our stay in Florida for our niece’s wedding) and then had a houseful during the last two weeks of the year when our kids came home for Christmas. Fun times, but I’m just now getting back into my quiet routine!
I made several of these hand bags with wallets. I didn’t want to post them before I gifted them, and then time got away from me – lol!
This gift bag was made with my Silhouette and a file from the “Luxury Handbag SVG Kit” from SVGCuts. It’s a FREE kit and contains files to create 5 different hand bags and a card! (Mary is offering this file as part of her FREE lesson called “SVGCuts’ Cricut Design Space Guide” but could be used with any cutting machine.)
The 2-sided card stock I used is by American Crafts #368494 (no name given). Two brads were added to the handle.
I created a wallet for holding a monetary gift:
I used the “Money Wallet with Flap” file (#50423) by Jamie Lane Designs that I purchased from the Silhouette Store to create the wallet. The base was made with Core’dinations Chocolate Mousse card stock, and the decorative panels were made with “Christmas Swirls Red” (CB-003) by Reminisce. I added magnets to keep the wallet closed.
The wallet was placed inside the handbag along with other small purse-themed gifts (like a small hand mirror, tissue pack with zipper pouch, and a purse hook to name a few…)
Change up the paper, and this project works for any holiday or occasion!!
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I Played With Paper Today! 