Challenge -- Freshly Made Sketches #65

Ok I know we are 11 days to Christmas but I am going to bring a little Spring to the season!  I got some new goodies for my birthday this month and I just had to play!  The Challenge was a great opportunity to have a little fun! 

This little pinwheel just looks and feels like Spring doesn't it?  I stayed with some basic colours and style using  Whisper White, Tempting Turquoise and Daffodil Delight.  The ribbon is Daffodil Delight seam binding. I used the Swiss Dots Embossing Folder on the White layer and backed a Tempting Turquoise DSP layer.




I really hope you like the card, for other inspiring ideas check out the Freshly Made Sketches Page.

 

If you are looking for Christmas inspiration check out last Tuesday's Gift Box Tutorial!

Have a great Day!!!

 

Janet Y

 

janetyates@shaw.ca 

Pop-up Gift Card Box -- Tutorial

On of my favourite go to gifts at Christmas is Gift Cards!  Every year I try to design or CASE a gift card holder that is different from last year.   This year I wanted to make a little gift box that pulls the gift card out as you open it.  I played around with a couple of ideas and this is what I came up with.  You only need one sheet of 8.5 x 11 card stock for this box and the insert. 

You will need 

• 1 piece of 8 1/2 x 11  Card Stock 
• Paper Trimmer
• Pen
• Sharp knife or Paper Snips and cutting pad
• Strong Adhesive 
• Ruler

I started by cutting out all of the pieces from my one sheet of paper.  As you can see to the left if you cut correctly you can get it all from one sheet. Dimensions are as follows;

 

Box:  6 1/2 x 7 

         score long side at 1 1/2 and 5 1/2

         score short side at 2 1/2 and 4

 

Lid:  6 1/8 x 3 5/8

        score at 1" on all sides

 

Spring Inside Lid: 1/2  x 8

        score at  2, 2 1/2, 3, 5, 5 1/2, and 6

 

Card Holder: 1 1/4 x 11

        score at 2 1/2, 5 1/4, 7 3/4 and 10 1/2

To the right you see the Card Holder piece. Using a ruler mark your cut spots on the two sections that are 2 1/2" This will hold the card.  I used the card as my reference for the length of the slit.  Below you can see how I used a knife to cut out the slits. 

Once the slits are cut and used my snips to make them only slightly bigger.  I also cut the 1/2" tab at the bottom as shown so it does not get in the way.

 Fold all your pieces along the score lines and for the lid and box be sure to cut out the tabs that you will be adhering together.

 This is the piece that I call the "spring."  This piece will be attached to the top of the card holder and adhered to the inside of the lid. 

 Here are the pieces all put together. I have added DSP to the lid and versa marked the base prior to gluing it together.

This shows the card holder and the spring attached together. 

Use a strong adhesive to glue the top of the spring to the inside of the lid, as shown.   The spring allows the card to sit inside the box when it is closed and to drop down when it is opened so it can be seen and removed from the holder.

 Now you are ready to slide the Gift Card into the slits and put the lid on the box!

 Ta Da!

 When it is opened the gift card comes out with the lid. 









Below is the complete box with the additions of the embellishments. 

Quick Gift Box -- Scallop Envelope Die

I found the tutorial for this lovely little gift box on Pinterest.  It is from Jenni at Paulines Papier.  She has been nice enough to translate the tutorial to English also.   It is very simple and quick!

 

This box holds a lot of fun Christmas Goodies and for mine I am adding an Epicure Selections Dip Mix and Starbuck Gift Card for my daughters Pre-School Teacher.

 

Check out Jenni's Blog for details.

 

 

 

Have a great day

Janet Y

janetyates@shaw.ca 

 

Limited Time -- Ornamental Elegance Kit

Stampin' Up heard so many nice comments about the ornament on the cover of the holiday catalogue, they decided to make into a kit for you! The Ornamental Elegance Kit will help you make ten of these beauties! The kits are limited time and limited quantities, so get yours ordered today.

 

All you need (in addition to the kit) is a glue gun, adhesive glue stick, and scissors.

Makes 10 heirloom ornaments.

Kit includes: Die-Cut Cardstock Elements; Cherry Cobbler 3-1/2" Scalloped Tulle Ribbon; Natural Linen Thread; Vintage Faceted Designer Buttons; Large Pearl Basic Jewels.

Order now so you will have plenty of time to make them for Christmas gifting—or for your family tree!

Price is $17.95 CAD and is only available while supplies last.

Instructions can be found at: http://204.228.150.61/holiday2012/ornamental_elegance_kit_instructions.pdf

 

 

Please email me by the end of the week if you would like to order this kit. 

 

 

Have a great day

Janet Y

janetyates@shaw.ca 

Challenge -- Freshly Made Sketches #63

I know we still have 24 days until Christmas and I totally seem like an overachiever to be making Valentines cards but I have made a LOAD of Christmas cards and wanted to try something new!
So here is my newest challenge.

I used a Crumb Cake base and a Very Vanilla layer.  The seam binding ribbon is Cherry Cobbler and Crumb Cake.  I used the Hearts Framelits to create the hearts and embossed them an embossing folder (I do not know the name of the one I used, it is not SU) similar to the Vintage Wallpaper Folder. The "Love" stamp is from a retired set called "  and of course I added shimmer!

To see all of the wonderful cards go to Freshly Made Sketches.

 

 

 

Have a great day

Janet Y

janetyates@shaw.ca