Unique Birthday Gift Card Holder

Today I am sharing with you a gift card holder that I purchased at a local grocery store which I converted into a card/gift/money holder!

I tied the finished product in a green ribbon.
This is what it looks like when you first open the container. All papers are from the Colorbok Bright Punch-out pack, patterned ribbons are from American crafts, blue and green chipboard alphas by K&Co., flowers by Prima and Petaloo.

This card doubles as a wall hanging, making it a unique gift! It is double sided so you can hang it 2 different ways. Cupcake stamp by Inkadinkado.

Heart gem brad by Oriental Trading.

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So Thankful!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!! There is so much to be thankful in each and every one of our lives. I am thankful you are here reading my blog, and I am most definitely thankful for being able to craft, and having the talent to do it!!!

Patterned papers by The paper loft, and Little Yellow Bicycle, leaf die-cuts by Accu-cut, iridescent papers, buttons, twine and ribbons.

All cards were made using the Card Maker KOTM (Kit of the month)

Patterned paper by Paper Loft and Little Yellow Bicycle, iridescent paper, alpha stamps by Hero Arts, wood grain stamp by Hampton Art, bronze brads by Creative Impressions, brown in by Color Box, misc. fiber, leaf die cuts by Accu-Cut.

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Birthday Card Bonanza!!!

Paper from DCWV The Stack 6, flowers from Creative Impressions, stamps by Hampton Art , yellow brad by Oriental Trading.

Paper from DCWV The Stack 6, border punch by Martha Stewart Crafts, misc. red ribbon, stamp by Inkadinkado, holographic embossing powder by Ranger, red stars from confetti pack.

Paper from DCWV The Stack 6, border punch by Martha Stewart Crafts, misc. red ribbon, stamp by Inkadinkado, holographic embossing powder by Ranger, red stars from confetti pack.

I made the bookmark by adhering a Rev3 brochure to a piece of coordinating paper scrap!

Paper from DCWV The Stack 6, flowers by Prima, clear acrylic sheet from misc. saved sticker backing, green glitter, scalloped frame traced from clothing tag, stamp by Imaginisce, green pompom by Berwick, green brad by Oriental Trading.

Littlest Pet Shop Birthday Card for my youngest daughter!! I used a bunch of scrap papers, American Crafts ribbon, colored staples, and cut out a Littlest Pet Shop dog from her invitation cards I purchased.

To make the dog have a bobble head, I pulled the wire out of a wired piece of ribbon, coiled it into a spring and adhered with a 3D Pop Dot!

Paper by Provo Craft Super Slab 10, pink foam, pinking scissors, flowers by Prima, stamp by Autumn Leaves, border punch by Martha Stewart Crafts.

Patterned paper by Provo Craft Super Slab 10, green Magic Mesh, flowers and yellow gem by Petaloo, blue suede rickrack by American Crafts, deco scissors by Provo craft and Fiskars, border punch by Martha Stewart Crafts, stamp by Card Maker KOTM.

I hot glued the Petaloo flowers to a hair clip, cut a slit in the card and inserted the clip inside.

Here is one of my girls wearing the flower clip in her hair!

Paper from Provo Craft Super Slab 10, border punch by Martha Stewart Crafts, Happy Birthday and stitching stamp by Card Maker KOTM, holographic and white ultra thick embossing powder by Ranger, swirl stamp by Autumn Leaves, flowers by Prima, gems.

Happy Birthday to YOU!!!

I believe cardmaking has taken priority of scrapbooking lately! I just enjoy making handmade cards so much, it is instant satisfaction to watch someone enjoy my creations! Best of all, cardmaking is a great way to use up scrap papers! Scallop and cupcake punch my Martha Stewart, birthday ribbon by American Crafts, Happy Birthday stamp by Inkadinkado, sheer leafs by Creative Impressions, heart gem by Oriental Trading Co.

Happy Birthday stamp by Inkadinkado, scallop edge punch by Martha Stewart Crafts, DAD stamped letters by Clear Impressions, bracket stamp by My Minds Eye, staples, black bungee ribbon.

This card is perforated in the center so that the bottom half can be removed and used as a bookmark! The letter stickers on top of the checkered circles are actually gold, but do not show up in this scan. Scallop circle punch by Martha Stewart Crafts, letter stickers by Making Memories.

This card also is perforated in the bottom 1/3 of the card to make a bookmark. Letter stickers by Making Memories, Happy Birthday stamp by Inkadinkado, chipboard by Maya Road.

There are many many more Birthday cards to come!

Birthdays, oh, birthdays!!

This first card was made with the Card Maker birthday kit. I love having materials on hand to make a 10 minute card, most of my other cards take me a minimum of 3o minutes to design and create. Some take up to an hour, but I don't fret about the time, it's totally worth it to me (and hopefully the recipient)!This card was for a Broncos fan, so I folded a piece of brown cardstock and cut it to a football shape, then I sanded the folded edges, marked the "threads" with a white marker and added two strips of white paper.

My oldest daughter LOVES monkeys and I found this super cute digi-kit at http://www.designerdigitals.com/ called Monkey Do by Mindy Terasawa. I used both the kit and the stickers to make this fun monkey birthday invitation!
Acrylic, or acetate, cards are so much fun too!! It is hard to see the acrylic piece, but if you look closely you can see the outline of it. Remember this acrylic card I did? The blue mesh at the top of the card was cut from body poof material, this one happened to come as a liner in a gift basket, but you could cut up a regular poof just the same!

I attached the smaller white card that came with the acrylic card by punching holes in the fold of both cards and tying a soft fiber through them.

Thanks for coming by today!!! I hope your having a wonderful summer!

CREATE

I'm always in the process of trying to liven up my craft room. I've seen wooden words of inspiration in many crafters' rooms and enjoyed the feeling it made! So I grabbed me some wooden letters, some Tim Holtz crackle paint and created my "CREATE"!!! lol :P
Up close you can see I did not paint them solid, I wanted a shabby feel to the letters.The inside of the letters I left white. These pictures really don't show the crackle texture very well. I just zoomed in with my camera and snapped these close-ups. Opposed to standing on the counter top to take a better pic.I certainly have made WAY more cards lately than anything. I haven't actually scrapbooked in a very long time...it sort of saddens me, where does my time go??? REALLY? This card is full of lace, vintage trims, stitches and frilly goodness!! It is so hard to loose a loved one and I wanted a card that was comforting to touch and filled with lots of Love. The rose is a remnant of the arched lace at the top of the card and I bundled it and hand stitched it to a sheer leaf by Creative Impressions. The yellow paper lace trim at the bottom was from one of the super cute packages that Shelly wrapped my purchase in. She always puts lots of love and care into her customers packages!! You should check her out...I squealed when I saw her cute alphabet soup kit, I didn't win the giveaway...harrumph, and when I went to her shop to purchase one...they were already sold out, that Chicky is one HOT commodity!!To mimic the cute yellow trim on the front of the card, I used a Fiskars lace border punch on a piece of yellow paper on the inside of the card.

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Many Thanks....and the winner is!!!!

Wow, school is out already...it's almost hard to believe. In appreciation for how much my girls' teachers have done for them (and all their students), I created a few handmade items for them! First up we have some cards, not only for their teachers, but the secretaries and also their bus driver!

Pencil holders were a must!!!

Then I thought, clipboards are such a cool idea!! Clipped to the board is a patterned paper notepad.

But I went even further than that! I added a piece of acrylic to the back and attached them by ribbons at the top and Velcro closures at the bottom. That way they can open it up and add papers and pictures underneath....as an extra bonus, acrylic makes a great dry-erase surface!!! How cool is that???

Then I used up lots of scraps from the cool patterned paper and shaped brads I purchased to make some super easy bookmarks!!!

To top it off I decorated some over sized wooden clips and added a picture!

I hope they feel super appreciated.....cause they are!!!!

So are you ready to see who won my huge blogaversary giveaway??? The odds were pretty good for those that left comments in the last week. I wrote the 4 names down on papers, sat them in front of Shaylie.....and let her pick one!

and the winner is.......Congratulations PaperTree Designs!!!!

Just send me your addy and it will be on its way to your home!!!

Would you like to see what I put together for you????

oh yeah!!! I told you it would be good! You walk away with all these goodies:

1 package Autumn Leaves flourish acrylic stamps

31 types of fibers, each 5 ft. long (by the way this looks super cute as a scarf!)

a huge stack of mat stacks, mostly DCWV

a stack of DCWV vellum quotes from the sports, baby and girl packs

1 pack of black rub-ons "thanks" themed

1 pack of embellished tags

1 pack of Colorbok chipboard shapes, elements, quotes, and alphas

1 pack of Maya Road chipboard swirls

1 pack of buttons in tons of shapes and colors...including a few super cool metal buttons!

1 pack of eyelets in lots of colors in round, heart and flower shapes

1 pack of Prima paper flowers in tons of colors

1 pack with 2 silver and 2 gold "2007" brads

1 pack of adhesive backed bling in pink, blue, green, and white

1 pack of purple daisy flower punches

1 pack of baby confetti

1 pack of Easter confetti

1 pack of Wedding confetti

1 pack of Patriotic confetti

and 1 pack of Christmas confetti

WOW, I HOPE YOU CAN FIND LOTS OF CLEVER USES FOR ALL THIS STUFF!!!
Thanks to everyone who left comments...and keep coming back...you never know when I might decide to do another giveaway....this destashing thing is kind of liberating!! I get to go through stacks of things I forgot about, get the creative juices flowing...and share some of my "overstocked" supplies!!!! It's a Win-Win scenario!!!

Until next time!!!