Daily Archives: October 14, 2013

Trio of Holiday Gift Card Holders

PreviewGroupShotI AM BACK!!!!  Sorry about that yesterday…of ALL days for them to decide to HACK my site!.  Anyway…I am keeping my BLOG CANDY OPEN THROUGH TUESDAY!!!  So stop by and leave a comment!

WOOOO HOOOO!!!!  And it has begun…PREVIEW WEEK for Create with Connie and Mary Winter Collection 2013!  And let me say…it is beginning and to look a lot like Christmas!

Yesterday we announced our Guest Designers for this collection and we are so excited they will be joining us!  And today…I’m sharing the first Preview Week Project!  (oh…and some BLOG CANDY TOO!!!)

I LOVE designing and making gift card holders.  With giving more and more gift cards I want to package them up with a little something that I made.  I had decided that I was going to make a set a gift card holders for you all for Preview Week and started creating.  And then I just got stuck!  My deadline was looming and one partial one was just sitting their and going nowhere fast!  So what do you do when you are stuck on ideas?  Well for me it’s off to Pinterest and Google Images!  First came the stocking cap.  The front panel flips down and is tucked behind the HO3.  I just couldn’t resist making a Christmas Tree/Snowman combo to go with our Winter Collection logo!  Where’s the gift card?  Well lift up on the tree trunk and it is in a little holder behind it.  My husband’s favorite is Santa.  This is a new take on an old classic.  Pull up on his hat and the gift card is there.

Here’s some individual shots of the gift card holders…

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DSC00769So…would you like the step-by-step directions for making each of these?  Then head on over to Create with Connie and Mary and you find a tutorial for each of these!

Oh…I mentioned BLOG CANDY didn’t I?  Yep…it is true!  I will be giving away a FREE subscription to Create with Connie and Mary Holiday Collection 2013!  Leave me a comment today MONDAY, 10/14/13 and your name is entered into my drawing!  We are giving away a lot of FREE Subscriptions this week so stop back EVERY DAY!

WinterBadgePreview Week has begun and we have some cool projects for you!  During Preview Week you can a taste of what we are all about including several opportunities for BLOG CANDY!!!  So you want to stop back daily!  This is the LAST WEEK for Early Bird signups for our Create with Connie and Mary Winter Collection 2013.  You don’t want to miss it!  It’s all about Christmas and Winter projects!  It’s not too early to start planning those gifts and decorating and we have lots of GREAT ideas to help you!  See more information over on Create with Connie and Mary!

Until next time…HAPPY STAMPIN’!

SiggyFall

Festive Flurry

TSSC284Happy Monday everyone!  Before I get started…this is a big day for us on Create with Connie and Mary Winter Collection 2013…today is the first of our Preview Projects and guess who is offering it?  ME!!!  Click here to see the very ADORABLE Trio of Holiday Gift Cards I made!  You don’t want to miss it…lots of good stuff!

Today is Monday and it is Technostamper Monday Lunchtime Sketch Challenge.  Mary Jo has a GREAT sketch for you this week and this is what I came up with.

The base of the card is Pool Party and I stamped Merry Christmas in Versamark and embossed in silver.  I cut strips of the a print from the Winter Frost dsp, layered onto Island Indigo then added to the card front  I took another strip of Island Indigo, cut into a banner and added to the card front using dimensionals.  I stamped the smallest snowflake in versamark on Pool Party, white embossed and cut with the smallest Festive Flurry Framelit.  I also did another one in the Silver Foil.  I layered these using dimensionals, added a Frosted Finishes Embellishment (also with a dimensional) and added to the card front using dimensionals.  Finally I added some basic rhinestones to finish it off.

TSSC284See…isn’t this just a GREAT sketch?  We’d love to have you play along!  Don’t forget to check out the other members of the team and remember go to the Technostamper blog to play along!

Mary Jo Price-Williams – Technostamper
Sue Root – Stampin’ with Sue
Nicole Tegrul – Be Creative with Nicole
Robbie Rubula – Inked X2
Eileen LeFevre – Eileen’s “Stampin’ Fever” Blog
Tanya Bell – Stamping T!
Carolyn Bennett – Carolyn’s Paper Fantasies
Jonia Smith – Stampin For Me

WinterBadgePreview Week has begun and I have such a cool project for you!  Connie and I are starting the Early Bird signups for our Create with Connie and Mary Winter Collection 2013.  It’s all about Christmas and Winter projects!  It’s not too early to start planning those gifts and decorating and we have lots of GREAT ideas to help you!  See more information over on Create with Connie and Mary!

Set(s): Festive Flurry, More Merry Messages
Paper: Pool Party, Island Indigo, Winter Frost dsp
Ink: Versamark
Other: White Embossing Powder, Silver Embossing Powder, Frosted Finishes Embellishments, Festive Flurry Framelits, Basic Rhinestones, Dimensionals

Until next time…HAPPY STAMPIN’!

SiggyFall