Christmas Stockings

I love Christmas stockings, especially when they're filled up :) So, I wanted to do something with stockings on a Christmas card. These little stockings turned out pretty cute. They're made with the small and large oval punches. I really enjoy making things with the punches...if you don't have many supplies, I suggest spending the money on the punches - they're the best! Anyways, the tops are felt cut from the big shot and the snowflake is a felt flurries from the holiday mini (which you have through January 18th to order from). This card is not a quick and simple as my cards usually are so I wouldn't suggest making 50 of them but one or two for a couple of special people in your life will be much appreciated!

I hope you love it as much as I do (my arm is getting tired from patting myself on the back - hahaha)!

Stamp Set- Heard from the Heart

Paper- Real Red, Baja Breeze, Ski Slope DSP

Ink- Whisper White

Miscellaneous- Small and Large Oval Punches, Scallop Edge Punch, Felt Flurries, white felt (from Michaels)

Talk soon!

Question Answered

There have been questions regarding the gift card holder like "How did you do this?" Well, it's very simple...

You will need:

12x12 piece of stock card

glue dots

scallop edge punch

First, trim your paper at 4" so you end up with a piece of 4"x12" cardstock

Second, score at 4", 6", and 8"

Third, fold at the 6" score and then, fold back at the 4" and 8" scores

You should now have what looks like a card from the outside, but with a middle

Place gule dots at the very edge of the back so that the middle section sticks together (you want to do this at the very edge, because if you put glue dots too far down, your gift card will not stick in the holder)

Now, take your scallop edge punch and punch out the middle section leaving a little of both ends untouched (so your gift card won't fall out the sides)

You're done with the assembly...now you just need to decorate :)

These are going to make great Christmas gift card holders...you can even use your Country Living Holiday Collection kit supplies to make your holders beautiful!

Here's some pictures of a birthday gift card holder we made last month in my monthly class...

Ok...I cannot get this picture to post the right way (grrrrrr....)!!!

It's Done....

My Christmas card is designed and finished! Yay! Now all I have to do is make 50 of them! Designing is the hard part not the assembly so that's what I'll be working on these next few days and then my goal is to get a great family picture. My friend is taking our picture this year, outdoors, so I'm very excited about that. We always go to a portrait studio and it seems that everyone I know goes to the same one, so everyone's picture looks the same. Not this year - Ha!


I'm not sure what the technique for this card is called, but it was demonstrated to all of us at the Fall Fest a couple of Saturday's ago and I fell in love with the concept. I'm sorry, I don't know what the woman's name was, I do know she was from Canada, but if anyone out there knows her name, I would love to give her credit for this great technique! Her name is Judi Szyndrowski - Thank you Rhonda :)



Here's the card...





Stamps- Holiday Trinkets, Many Merry Messages

Paper- Baja Breeze, Riding Hood Red, Ski Slope DSP

Ink- Old Olive, Baja Breeze

Miscellaneous- Riding Hood Red grosgrain striped ribbon, silver brad, slit punch, 1 3/4" circle punch, 1 3/8" circle punch, Basket & Blooms Bigz XL die, white gel pen



I love this centerpiece. This came from a card I made at Diana Gibb's 10/10/20 Christmas card class last month. The best thing is that the outer piece comes from the Big Shot!

Well, I did a little tutorial of how to make this card. Hopefully you can figure it out and make one yourself. Let me know if you have any questions...

1. You'll cut a piece of cardstock at 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" and fold in half.


2. With your slit punch, you'll start at one end and start punching. I put the punch so that the outer edge of the punch lines up with the edge of the cardstock (approximately 1/4") and then I did the same thing on the opposite end so that when I start punching accross, I can eyeball where the last punch should be (Does this make sense???)


3. Then, you'll fold in this portion (back towards the inside of the card)4. You'll get a 5 1/2" x 1" piece of cardstock and insert it into this fold and adhere it to the inside of the card
   

Here's what the backside will look like:


5. Lastly, you'll cut a piece of designer series paper at 5 1/2" x 3 1/2" and adhere it to the
back and this will cover up what you've done

I hope that I explained this well enough for you to duplicate. Have fun!

Talk soon.