create a smile stamps - october release (almost there!)

only ONE more day, and all of the NEW stencils and stamps will be released in the Create a Smile Stamps store!!
it's SO exciting!
this is an incredible release, people!! LOOOOVE!

today i have another card on the Create a Smile Stamps blog! 

LOVE!!
it's a shaped, gift card holder card! oh yeah - i'm so busy, even my CARD is multitasking! ha ha! :)

i cut the shape out from my silhouette! and then i stamped the SUPER ADORABLE snowflakes from the Smiling Snowflakes onto the card! (i also stamped them onto white cardstock to copic color the centers and then fussy cut them out and attached to the card).

The coffee cozy was covered in mustard seed and barn door distress paint and then popped up! and i used lots and lots of WOW white embossing powder to completly cover the top and sentiment! :) i created the sentiment by combining Penguin Party and Cool buddies! 

i LOOOOOOOVED coloring the snowflakes in reds and oranges!! totally unexpected and FUN! :)

so that's my card!
and believe me when i say that you are going to want to pop over to the Create a Smile Stamps blog for an awesome giveaway! yes! 

enjoy!

tis the season

the challenge over at moxie fab (one of the christmas related challenges that is) is to create a paper crafted gift for the Season's Giftings Challenge in the Moxie Fab World. how fun is that? i decided to go with making a gift card holder.

i started with an old cd tin [remember in the early 2000's when aol would send 100 to your house filled with their 'demo' cd or whatever?, well i still have some (*whistle*)]. anyway, i covered the tin in some christmas-like paper - it's actually not christmas paper, but i thought if fit and was fun, so i used it! then i used some vellum and white ribbon on the top of the tin. over that i layed down a white tree vinyl rub-on (from ead designs) and then topped that tree off with a red bow and red heart-shaped button. the stamp 'very merry' is simple and sweet! which is why i chose it!

the back of the tin is just covered in paper - no embellishments here, it has to lay flat somehow! :)

inside is cardboard cut to fit into the case and then covered with paper. there is a double sided ribbon tab under the gift card for easy access to the gift card! and i used some fun scrap tape with red and light teal birds for an accent below (along with a few more red heart buttons up top).

i LOVE the color combination for this, these are the colors i decorate in when it's christmas time. love love love!

enjoy!

challenge 32 - gift card holder

well, i was finally able to create the gift card holder for the 'christmas in july' challenge at pixie dust studio. whew.

my first attempt, (as you may know), was a flop and i ended up tossing it into the land of misfit scraps. this attempt came out better. i believe. at least it's done! :)

and i can never resist using a gnome! this one is just too cute!

here is the front (with the gift card pulled out):

here is the back:

i used a toilet paper roll as the holder for the gift card, and wrapped it in 2 different ribbons.

i printed out the gnome on 5 different colors of cardstock. then i cut out each different color and then glued them all together on one - it adds a tiny more dimension that way, i think. i also glittered the little hat. :)

i hope you enjoyed my 'christmas in july' gift card holder. :)