Get well

A break from Christmas ideas today...

One of my friends has just had an operation, so I made him a little card to wish him well.

It's made from a Whisper White base cut to A6 and then I've added a section of brights DSP in the 'striped' design to the left had side.  I've then punched a border using the Scallop Trim border punch in Basic Black and adhered this over the join.

The image is the cute little bird from the Every Little Bit stampset inked with Marina Mist onto Whisper White cardstock and then the bird has been coloured with a So Saffron marker pen.  I've then punched this out with the Curly punch and punched 2 pieces of Marina Mist card with the same punch and mounted these onto the card and then raised up the bird image with dimensional sticky pads.

Another box

I expect you have bought some presents for Christmas that are just crying out for a little gift box?  Here is another box idea that I have adapted from a tissue box project that I shared with you sometime ago.

Someone said to me the other day when they picked one up and opened it that it was a little disappointing to find a packet of tissues inside such a lovely box!  There is a compliment in there somewhere I am sure - but it lead me to make some for other things instead :).

These boxes seem to be ideal for jewellery, sweets/chocolates and pretty much anything else that you want to put in them.  And they can be personalised too...

I've used the Just Believe stampset and inked the 'leafy' image in Marina Mist before stamping the sleeve (cut from Crumbcake cardstock).  The box inside is made with Marina Mist cardstock to match and I have kept this plain.  The label stamp works perfectly on the front, stamped on Whisper White in Marina Mist with the flowers inked in Rich Rassleberry, leaving just enough space to personalise.

Punched santa card

The ribbon lace border punch in the New catalogue is great for embellishing cards for any occasion.  Here is an idea created by Amy which uses this perfectly in the background of a punch art card.  You can also use this punch as a border as the patterns line up on the corners ... check back for more on this soon.

Post it gifts

Today I have post it note holder to share with you.  These make great gifts and you can make 3 from an A4 sheet of cardstock.  I made a whole pile of these the other evening in a variety of colours... got a little production line going, which I generally hate to do...but varied the designs a little to make it more enjoyable.

Full details of dimensions can be found here.

For this version I have used Basic Black cardstock for the base, to match the wine bottle tag from yesterday's post.

The 'leafy' image from the Just Believe stampset has been inked in Marina Mist and stamped 3 times along the base of a Whisper White square and then mounted on a square of DSP.  The sentiment is also from the Just Believe set, but I've only inked the 'for you' part.

Here are a few more ideas using different stampsets:

Stampset: Every Little Bit

Bottle tags

Tick tock... Christmas is nearly here! I'm planning to put my tree up for just a few days before I depart for my holiday... although I'm not celebrating this year. I have to see it in all it's glory in my house as it will be the first year that I have been here, now that the building works are all complete and it only seems right :).

Anyway, now for some gift related ideas...

I've posted a couple of ideas for bottle tags before, but these are so easy to make and there are so many ways to decorate them using Stampin' Up! products. 

As the festive period is fast approaching there will be plenty of occasions when one of these lovely tags can be used to decorate a bottle of vino for a friend or relative...

The dimensions are as follows:

Cardstock measuring 7.5 x 21cm

Score at 7.5cm's

I have used Basic Black cardstock for this tag and then cut a piece of brights DSP and mounted a panel of Whisper White stamped with the 'large flower' image from the Just Believe stampset in Old Olive.  Note that I have stamped the flowers on a scrap of Whisper White in Tempting Turquoise and then cut these out and raised them with a dimensional sticky pad.

Before fixing the panel to the tag I have punched out the corners of the DSP with the Boho Blossoms punch (middle sized flower) with one of the petals, I love this technique and use it all the time.  To finish a few Basic Rhinestones in the gaps created by the punch and a sentiment (also from the Just Believe stampset) inked in Old Olive.