Slot Machine Gift Box

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Slot Machine Gift Box

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This fun gift box was made from a file called “Lucky 7’s Slot Machine” which is part of a set called “Vegas Road Trip SVG Bundle” by Dreaming Tree (3dsvg.com).  A video tutorial is provided which makes assembly a breeze.

The card stock I used is white, Bazzill Plumberry, and the front and back of card stock called Dartboard (item: 12-101) by Kite Tails designs..  The file includes a pdf of the images in the windows which could be printed on plain paper or card stock and hand-cut.  The “arm” is attached with a brad so it can be pulled like on a real slot machine.

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Mod Squad Challenge – “Holiday Dimension” – A Top 3 Winner!

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Mod Squad Challenge – “Holiday Dimension” – A Top 3 Winner!

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(December 7, 2016)

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(The host/hostess picked the “Top 3” which will be featured on PINTEREST.)

Click HERE to see winning announcement.  (Sadly, this site is no longer active.)

Click HERE to see original challenge post.  (Sadly, this site is no longer active.)

Click HERE to see the original blog post for this card project.

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Red and Blue Note Card Collection

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Red and Blue Note Card Collection

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My triplets are seniors in high school and have just finished the college application process.  All three of them were just accepted to their first choice – The University of Pennsylvania.  Hooray Kelly, Kevin and Keith!!

They received letters of recommendation and completed several alumni interviews as part of the application process, and they wanted to send thank you notes.  Since there are three of them, I wanted to come up with three different card designs, and since we needed to send quite a few notes, I wanted to keep the designs simple and easy to recreate.  The MISTI made this easy!  Penn’s colors are red and blue so I stuck with those colors.

(I was having a heck of a time getting good photos of these cards.  The blue card stock and ink are the same – both Gina K “In the Navy” – and are very similar in real life.  The ink always looks lighter and the card stock always looks darker in my photos.)

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For this first card, I used Papertrey Ink Soft Stone ink and card stock along with the two parts of the “Frame and Filler” stamp (retired?) by Gina K Designs to create a tone-on-tone background.   I googled Penn’s logo and hand-made the two parts of the “P” (from red rubber used to make gaskets which I purchased at Home Depot).  The logo was stamped with Gina K Cranberry Tart and In The Navy ink.  I embossed the border with a Spellbinders Matting Basics B die.

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The second card design features stamps from the “Work of Art” set by Stampin’ Up.  The ink used for this one was Papertrey Ink Scarlet Jewel and Gina K In the Navy.

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For the third card design, I created a background with stamps from the “Flower Builder” set by Gina K Designs.  The greeting is from the “Wonderful Words I” set by Stampin’ Up (retired?). Gina K In the Navy and Cranberry Tart ink and card stock was used.

Each of the stamped panels was mounted on a card base made from Gina K In the Navy card stock.  (It looks black in the photos, but it’s really blue!)  A plain white panel was adhered to the inside for the message.

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 Kelly, Kevin, Keith, and their older brother Eric will all be together at Penn next year.  I’m going to have to come up with something to keep me busy when they are away….

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Nativity Coasters

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Nativity Coasters

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These coasters were made with Premier Decor 4×4 Ivory Travertine tiles I purchased at Home Depot.

The Holy Family image (lower left) is by Inkadinkado (stamp #99629), and the Mother and Child and greeting images (upper right) are from the “Christmas Joy” set (retired?) by Gina K Designs.  Stazon Timber Brown ink was used on both designs to stamp the images and ink the edges.  Each set contains 4 tiles.

I cut squares of cork , ran them through my Xyron sticker machine, and adhered them to the bottoms of the tiles so they would not scratch the table when used.

The box with a clear panel in the lid was adapted from a file called “Square Flat Photo Box” from the “Classic Gift Boxes SVG Kit” by SVGCuts.  The pieces were cut from Recollections Kraft card stock and acetate with my Silhouette electronic die cutting machine.

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Nativity Ornament Step Card

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Nativity Ornament Step Card

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The Mod Squad Challenge this week is called “Holiday Dimension” where we are encouraged to use dimension such as layers, popped up elements, or mixed media on our projects .   (Sadly, this site is no longer active.)  I purchased the Nativity Bell die by Tutti Designs back in August but hadn’t done anything with it yet, so I decided to use this die to create the dimension on my project.

This is what the flat die cut looks like:

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I knew I wanted to create a 3D ornament which would somehow hang from the card.  I decided to go with a 5×7 step card design.  The ornament hangs inside the card and is visible through a window cut out of the large panel on the front.

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To create my ornament, I started by cutting  4 of the die cuts from Recollections Bronze shimmer paper and scored and folded each of them in half.  I then matched up the halves back to back and glued the halves together.  (It’s hard to see the bronze shimmer in the photos.)

I attached a piece of gold cording to the top of the ornament and fed it through a small hole in the fold on the top of the card.  The ornament could either be displayed in the card, or it could be removed to hang on a tree.

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I created the step card using this template:

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(click on diagram to enlarge)

The card base was made with a heavy weight ivory card stock and was covered with patterned card stock (Nutmeg “History” Medallions Paper by My Mind’s Eye) and paper (A Christmas Story “Christmas Stripe” by Reminisce) along with the Recollections Bronze shimmer paper and some gold cord.

Because the ornament hangs where the inside sentiment would normally be, I created a mini card on the back.

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The greeting is from a set called “Holly Jolly” by Gina K Designs and was heat embossed with versamark ink and GKD gold fine detail embossing powder.

The ornament and card fold flat and fit in a regular envelope for mailing.

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Here’s a better view of the step card base:

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