For something a little bit different I have made these cute Mini Gift Bags which can hold a couple of sweets or a small piece of jewellery. It uses a piece of 15.2 x 15.2cm (6 x 6″) Designer Series Paper along with cardstock for handles and tag.
I did make this a few years ago using the Stampin’ Up! ® Envelope Punch Board and have a video on my YouTube Chanel HERE. I have remade this video showing how to make the same bag but without the use of a Punch Board. All the Measurements are below for you to print off.
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Our theme for this month is any Christmas Bundle.
This card uses the dies from the Stampin’ Up! ® Frosted Gingerbread Bundle. I wanted to show how you can use a part of the bundle to create something very different from what the bundle was intended for. With the Frosted Gingerbread Bundle you can create Gingerbread cookies and Christmas Peppermints to decorate your projects.
For my card I have used the snowflake cookie shape dies which come in 2 parts, one to cut the shape of the cookie and the other die to cut the decorative top for the cookie shape.
I only used the decorative die from the snow flake to make the snowflakes for my card. Placing Adhesive sheets into the back of the Basic White cardstock and then die cutting allowed me to easily adhere the snowflakes onto the basic white cardstock card front.
After covering the card front with snowflakes I went over the card front with Balmy Blue Stampin’ Pad and Blending Brush creating an ombra effect.
You may be starting here or have come from someone else’s blog – either way there is a list at the end of this post to help you move around all the different blogs and get many amazing ideas. We all have our country listed – so if you are looking for a demonstrator in your country, these demonstrators would love to look after you with your Stampin’ Up! ® shopping or if you would like to join our Stampin’ Up!® teams.
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he projects featured in this bundle are totally EXCLUSIVE, which means they can not be found anywhere else online.
Measurements are in both Imperial/ US Letter size and Metric/ A4.
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Our There this month is – Sketch Challenge and this one was a real challenge…. what do I do, then this morning I was inspired by a card I saw on Instagram by Rochelle Blok. I think it was the black and white theme with the red in Santa, anyway it did the trick and my mental block was over….
So my card has a theme of Basic Black, Basic White and Real Red, with a touch of gold.
The stamp set or stamps I have used are –
Stampin’ Up! Be Jolly from the July – December Mini Catalogue
Stampin’ Up! Perfectly Laid from the annual Catalogue
Measurements and Products Used–
Card Base Basic WhiteThick: 21 x 14.9cm, scored at 10.5cm
Card Mat Real Red; 10 x 14.4cm
Card Front Pattern Party DSP: 9.7 x 14.1cm
Strip Basic Black: 1.8 x 14.4cm
Sentiment Real Red: 2.5 x 7.5cm
Sentiment Basic White: 2.5 x 7cm
Santa Basic White: 7 x 9cm
Gold filament was taken from Gold Fine Art Ribbon: 18cm unraveled/frayed
Card Insert Mat Real Red: 10 x 14.4cm
Card Insert Basic White: 9.7 x 14.1cm
Card Insert strip Pattern Party DSP: 1.2 x 14.1cm
Method-
Cut and score all cardstock
Adhere DSP to Read Red Card Mat
Adhere the Basic Black Strip 2.5cm from bottom of the DSP
Unravel the ribbon, so you are left with just the gold filament. Wrap this around the matted card front, adhering the ends at the back with sticky tape. spread the filament out across the Basic Black.
Card Insert
Adhere the Insert DSP Strip along the bottom edge of the Card Insert Basic White.
Stamp a sentiment onto the Basic White.
Adhere the Basic White insert to the Real Red Insert Mat.
Attach the Card insert into your card.
Embossed Sentiment – The sentiment has been stamped in Real Red Ink and heat embossed by following the steps below.
Ink up your stamp using Versamark ink, then ink it up in the Real Red. Stamp onto the Basic White Sentiment Strip.
Cover with Clear Embossing Powder and heat set.
Using the Banners Pick a Punch cut the ends of both the Basic White and Real Red Sentiment pieces.
Adhere the two sentiment trips on top of each other and with dimensionals attach to the card front.
On a piece of Basic White stamp the Santa in Memento Tuxedo Black and colour in using Stampin’ Blends – See a previous video I did on colouring Santa HERE. Colours used – Real Red, Cherry Cobbler, Basic Black, Daffodil Delight, Smoky Slate, Ivory, Petal Pink
Fussy cut your Santa (this time I have left a edge around. and attach using dimensionals.
You may be starting here or have come from someone else’s blog – either way there is a list at the end of this post to help you move around all the different blogs and get many amazing ideas. We all have our country listed – so if you are looking for a demonstrator in your country, these demonstrators would love to look after you with your Stampin’ Up! ® shopping or if you would like to join our Stampin’ Up!® teams.
Last Friday on my Facebook Live we rolled the dice to see what we were making…and what an interesting live that was. Full of challenges, but in the end we came up with a card.
When the dice was rolled we ended up with Memories & More, Naturals, Sponging, Ribbon and ‘For You’.
Measurements Used…
Card Base Early Espresso: 10.5 x 29.9, score at 14.9cm
Card Front Crumb Cake: 9 x 14.5cm
Hand-penned Memories and More Card
Sentiment Early Espresso: 1 5.5cm
Sentiment Gold & Rose Gold Metallic Specialty Paper: 1 cm 5.8cm
Diamond Weave Ribbon: 9.5cm
Card insert Crumb Cake: 10 x 14.4cm
Thank you for stopping by and reading my Blog. I hope you have enjoyed my projects & that you’re inspired to get crafty!
Stampin’ Up! products used in today’s Project
All products used are listed below and are linked to my On-Line Store
I love this card…it took a bit of work and it turned out so well!
I made this card using the Be Jolly Stamps found in the July- December 2021 Mini Catalogue by Stampin’ Up!®
In 2016 I made a card for Global Design Project- Hey, Chick using the same layout. But instead of a chick stamped on an oval, Santa is fussy cut and sitting on a rectangle of vellum.
Below are all the cutting measurements plus the video showing how I Stamped, coloured and cut this card.
Measurements Used…
Card Base Garden Green – 10.5 x 29.9cm, score at 14.9cm
Card Front Mat Real Red- 10 x 14.4cm
Card Front crumb Cake- 10 x 14.9cm
Vellum Scrap- cut with Stitched Rectangle Die measured approx 3.5 x 8.7cm
Basic White Scrap to stamp Santa
Basic Black Scrap- smallest Taylor Made Tag Die
Card Insert Basic White- 10 x 14.4cm
Thank you for stopping by and reading my Blog. I hope you have enjoyed my projects & that you’re inspired to get crafty!
Stampin’ Up! products used in today’s Project
All products used are listed below and are linked to my On-Line Store
Back in August I took part in Kylie and Bruno’s 2021 Australia Wide Card Swap. My card I made for this uses the Delicate Dahlias from the Stampin’ Up!® July -Septerber 2021 Sale-A-Bration (SAB) Catalogue.
There is only a few days left in the SAB as it finishes on the 30 September..see the SAB Catalogue HERE
Spend $90 or $180 from our other two catalogues and choose a product/s from the SAB for FREE…Shop HERE
The technique I used in this card is the same as the card I did back in July – Delicate Dahlias. This time I cut the Basic White cardstock into 7cm squares.
Below I have added the video by Kylie & Bruno showing all the swaps done by Australian Demo’s.
Thank you for stopping by and reading my Blog. I hope you have enjoyed my projects & that you’re inspired to get crafty!
This week on my Facebook Live I made this fun Angled Tri-Fold card using the Whimsy and Wonder suite by Stampin’ Up! ®. The decoration for this card is all on the belly band. Below you will find all the measurements I used in both metric/A4 and Imperial/letter size cardstock.
Welcome to Creativity Abounds Blog Hop. We are a group of very keen Stampin’ Up!® Demonstrators from all around the world that are coming together to share our creative ideas with you. We are happy that you can join us and hope that we can Inspire you to make creations of your own.
Creativity Abounds Blog Hop Theme this month is Whimsy and Wonder by Stampin’ Up!® and is found in the Jul – Dec 2021 Mini Catalogue
I am a traditional Christmas girl but this suite is just stunning….It is soft and whimsical. I love all the different style trees from the traditional Christmas tree to the Folk Art trees and they work so well together.
This card is a fun and simple project to create and when you open it up there is a pocket to hold a Gift Card for giving at Christmas.
You may be starting here or have come from someone else’s blog – either way there is a list at the end of this post to help you move around all the different blogs and get many amazing ideas. We all have our country listed – so if you are looking for a demonstrator in your country, these demonstrators would love to look after you with your Stampin’ Up! ® shopping or if you would like to join our Stampin’ Up!® teams.
Follow the Hop here..
For More Inspiration we have our new Tutorial Bundle
he projects featured in this bundle are totally EXCLUSIVE, which means they can not be found anywhere else online.
Measurements are in both Imperial/ US Letter size and Metric/ A4.
There are a couple of different ways to get this tutorial…
Thank you for joining us for our Stampin’ Up!® Demonstrator Monthly Blog Hop! As you follow the hop I hope you find lots of ideas and inspiration. We are a group of Stampin’ Up!® Demonstrators from around the world taking part in a training program helping us to build a successful Stampin’ Up!® Business and reach some of our goals. Thank you, we really appreciate your support.
Harvest Meadow
You know when you go to bed at night and you try to clear your mind of everything that has happened during the day…Do you find that’s when the best ideas happen? Then you have to hold onto them until the morning so you can make it reality. Well that’s what happened to me the other night.
Harvest Meadow Suite is probably the one suite that I have really enjoyed playing with from the Stampin’ Up! ® 2021 Jul- Dec Mini Catalogue. I love the silhouette dies- Harvest Dies and the Harvest Meadow Designer Series Paper. I love the colours and how beautifully they work together.
Here I have tried to create a them of ‘Harvest – Country life’… I grew up in the southern region of NSW called the Riverina- MIA (Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area) in a little town called Leeton. This is a rice & fruit growing area and relies heavily on Irrigation. So the different layers in my card is the fields, distant hills and sun setting over the rice.
I love how this card has come together just like I imagined.
Thank you for coming by today! We have an amazing line up of Stampin’ Up!® demonstrators and we know you are going to love all the amazing projects that you are going to see today.So you don’t miss out on anyone’s page you are currently on my page – Michele Jutrisa. The next page to visit is listed below my name on the list below. (If I am the last on the list then, jump up the top and continue from there) Enjoy the hop!
