Holiday Planners

Holiday Planners

(one of several designs; see more below)

I loved this “Holiday Planner” idea when I saw it HERE on Melissa The Stamp Doc’s blog. I thought planners would be useful, fun to make, a great way to use up some of the paper I have piling up in my craft room (I think I’m addicted to buying the stuff!!), and a cute item to offer at the Rolling Green Golf Club Holiday Boutique which is at the beginning of December (the perfect time to start planning for the holidays!). So I decided to make a bunch of them!

The base for each of the planners is a pocket folder which I ordered on Amazon, but you can also get them in office supply stores and where school supplies are sold.

I scored each side of the folder in half vertically and folded them so the pockets were on the inside.

I added score tape to the back of the middle panels so they would stay together and form a tall, skinny book. (Melissa’s opened flat.)

I designed and printed my own inserts for each planner. I included a calendar, “to do” lists, shopping lists, stocking stuffer and gift lists, card lists, and an envelope for receipts. (A link for inserts was provided in Melissa’s blog post, but these are copyrighted and cannot be used in products for sale.) I will include contact information with each planner I sell so the customer can request and print additional/updated sheets for later, if desired.

I added decorative paper and mats to the fronts and inside pocket panels and made a “Holiday Planner” label (computer generated) for the fronts. To finish them off, I tied pens to the planners with raffia. For the sale, each planner will be placed in a plastic sleeve (actually made for license plates) that I found at Bags Unlimited and sealed with clear, circular mailing seals.

I made several different styles. (Click on each photo for a larger view.)

My Mind’s Eye “Holly Berries” from the “Holly Jolly” collection

Recollections card stock (sku 4 0010073676 0)

Jillibean Soup “Folded Flakes” from the “Christmas Cheer Chowder” collection (front and back)

Reminisce “Under the Tree” from the “Santa’s Workshop” collection

Karen Foster Design “Christmas Stamps”

Glitz Design “Joyeux Noes Polka” from the “Joyeux Noel” collection

Gina K Cranberry Tart card stock

Reminisce “Christmas Holly” from the “A Christmas Story” collection

Reminisce “Christmas Joy” from the “A Christmas Story” collection

Gina K Cranberry Tart card stock

Reminisce “Christmas Joy” from the “A Christmas Story” collection

Reminisce “Christmas Holly” from the “A Christmas Story” collection

Gina K Christmas Pine card stock

My Mind’s Eye Unforgettable “Happiness” Delight Paper

TPC Studio “Apple Picking” from the “Rustic Garden” collection

Gina K Charcoal Brown card stock

Karen Foster Design “Signs of Winter”

Melissa Frances “First Snowfall”

Gina K Warm Cocoa card stock

AC Moore Chestnut 12×12 card stock (PPR9010)

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2Oct2015

Golf Ball with Santa Hat

Posted in Cards, Christmas, Holiday Cards by lisababitz

Golf Ball with Santa Hat

What’s black and white and red all over? This card of a golf ball wearing a Santa hat, of course! This is the second design in the series of golf-related holiday cards I made for the Rolling Green Golf Club’s Holiday Boutique and Luncheon.

The greeting stamp is from the “Winter Cheer” set by Gina K Designs. The image stamps are called “Smile Ball” and “Santa Hat” from Cracker Box Palace. (I masked the face and a portion of the top of the golf ball to add the hat.)

(original stamp designs)

I purchased these stamps unmounted so I could use my MISTI for placement and to make it easier to make more than one card. The images were stamped and colored with Memento tuxedo black ink and Copic Marker R59 on white card stock, mounted on Recollections black and then on a white card base.

The inside sentiment was computer generated and says, “and a happy new year.”

These clean and simple cards were designed to be made and packaged as boxed sets.

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1Oct2015

Golf Ball Snowman Holiday Card

Posted in Cards, Christmas, Holiday Cards by lisababitz

Golf Ball Snowman Holiday Card

Three stamps called “Golf Ball Snowman,” “Sand Snow Water Lines,” and “Vertical Happy Holidays” by DRS Designs were used to create this holiday card that I made for the Rolling Green Golf Club’s Holiday Boutique and Luncheon (that I mentioned in my last post).

I used my MISTI for placement and to make it easier to make more than one card. The images were stamped and colored with Memento tuxedo black ink and Copic Markers (R59, C2, and C4) on white card stock, mounted on Recollections black and then on a white card base.

The inside sentiment was computer generated and says “and a wonderful new year.”

This card was designed to be made and packaged as boxed sets.

Thanks for checking out my card project.

21Aug2015

Spring Blossoms Mother’s Day Box Card

Posted in Cards, Creative Folds, Mother's Day by lisababitz

Spring Blossoms Mother’s Day Box Card

I have another holiday project to share in honor of the “Your Favourite Holiday” challenge over at Die Cut Divas where they have monthly challenges where all cards/projects must be made using at least one die cut or embossing folder. (Click HERE to see all the challenge rules.) I created this box card for Mother’s Day.

One of my favorite sites for svg files is svgcuts.com. Leo and Mary create such beautiful project files with amazing samples and tutorials for assembling the projects. This beautiful box card is from the “Spring Blossoms SVG Kit” which you can see HERE. The kit contains several Asian-inspired projects for Spring or any time of year. Projects include a paper lantern which has a reinforced hole in the back for plug-in lights or a battery operated tea light, a beautiful tiered pagoda that could be used as a very fancy gift box or centerpiece (for a spring wedding perhaps!), and several card designs. They provide the svg files that you can cut with your electronic die cutting machine, and you choose the papers and embellishments. Once all the pieces are cut out, you assemble them into beautiful projects. The tutorial VIDEO makes assembly a breeze!

I loved the colors in the sample and used similar colors for my card. The card stock I used was Core’dinations April Lovely and Nutmeg. The printed paper was Sandy Lion Pink Flowers. The greeting was heat embossed with versamark ink and and Tsukineko silver embossing powder. (I can’t seem to locate the stamp I used but will keep looking and will include it here when it turns up!) Recollections adhesive rhinestones and a Creative Memories Precious Elements (silver) Pen were used to add a touch of sparkle to the centers of the blossoms.

When open, the card stands like a box, but it closes flat for easy mailing. There is room on the back of the box to add a panel of plain paper with a sentiment and signatures.

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19Aug2015

Spinning Santa

Posted in Cards, Christmas, Holiday Cards, Interactive by lisababitz

Spinning Santa

This adorable Santa stamp called “Santa Falling Off Roof” is by Uptown Rubber Stamps. It just seemed to me like he needed to be “tumbling” so I created a penny slider/spinner card to allow him to “tumble” freely!

A penny slider or spinner card (I’ve seen them called both) has an element on the card that spins as it travels across the card. It’s called a penny slider or spinner card because the spinning element is mounted on a “sandwich” of two pennies with a pop dot in the center which rolls across the card in a slot or channel that you create on the front of your card.

Click HERE to see a tutorial on how to create a penny slider or spinner card.

After I stamped and colored my image, I used two dies (the 7th and 8th from the outside) from the We R Memory Keepers Nesting Dies “Circles” set to cut out the image and the mat. I used the smaller of the two long, skinny dies from the Spellbinders “A2 Matting Basics B” set to cut the channel or slot across the middle of my card. (It made a beautiful, clean looking cut, but it was slightly wider than I would have liked so I ended up using quarters instead of pennies to insure that the spinning element didn’t fall out. I discovered later that using larger pop dots would also have fixed the problem.) What I really like about this design is that with such a large spinning element, it is possible to display the card with the channel completely hidden from view when you are not “playing” with it. (I created another penny slider card HERE where the channel is always visible.)

I colored the image with Copic Markers (R59, G29, E21, E04, W1, and Y17) . The striped designer paper is called “Christmas Stripe” from the “A Christmas Story” line by Reminisce. I mounted this panel on a piece of heavy weight card stock (before cutting the channel) to make it sturdier. The strip of patterned paper that says “Merry Christmas” is actually the back of the bar code/label strip of a piece of paper called “Christmas Holly” from the same Reminisce line. The mats are Gina K Christmas Pine. Recollections heavy weight white was used for the card base. I adhered the striped piece (that was removed to create the channel) to the card base directly behind the channel to make the channel less noticeable. A piece of red raffia ribbon was added to finish it off.

This card is one of the cards being featured over at Die Cut Divas this month where I was invited to be a guest designer. They have monthly challenges where all cards/projects must be made using at least one die cut or embossing folder, and this month’s challenge is Your Favourite Holiday. (Click HERE to see all the challenge rules.) Pop on over to Die Cut Divas and share your holiday projects. I can’t wait to see what you create!

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