3 New Cards

I have 3 new cards to show you today... I have been really busy making 70 Christmas Cards for my 2 little boys to write for their friends at school, plus I am making 30 boxes for Saturday and haven't even started yet.... lol

Patterned paper is from stash, flowers are made using 2 of the Stampin' Up! Punches, 5 Petal Flower and BoHo Blossomes, Cardstock is Night of Navy and Whisper White from Stampin' Up! and the sentiment is from Verve Stamps.

Stampin' Up! Old Olive Cardstock, Summer Sun and Whisper White. Ribbon is Pumpkin Pie Stampin' Up! Ribbon. Isn't it wonderful how it all matches each other.

Stampin' Up! Bravo Burgundy and Whisper White Cardstock. A Tree For All Seasons Stampin' Up! Stamp Set and the sentiment is Computer Generated.

Will post a photo of my 70 Christmas Cards tomorrow, plus have 2 other projects I have been working on that I cannot post yet as I dont want people to see them until they receive them.

My Christmas Shopping that I did on Sunday is starting to turn up today, really pleased as that is another thing out of the way, just need to check now who else I need to buy for and to get on with the making of the gifts that I am making. And bigger bonus, my little boy's birthday present turned up today, was worried it wouldn't arrive in time for Saturday as he will be 7 then... just need to get around to making him a card now...

Have a great evening all, take care xx

12 Gifts of Christmas - Day 2

Today we are going to make a Christmassy Bookmark, this doesn't have to be only for Christmas you can change the pictures to suit whichever occasion you want or for whoever you want.

Bookmark

This is very simple to make, all you need are 4 punched scallop circles, 1 x 1 3/8" brown circle and the same in red. I set of magnets (I got mine from Staples, Basic Grey also make them), and a piece of ribbon 5 1/2" long...


Next stamp 2 images that you would like to show on your bookmark, I picked an image from A Tree For All Seasons and a Snowman Image from a Level 3 Hostess Set and coloured them in, I then stuck them to the green scallop circles. I also glued one brown circle to another scallop circle and a red one to the last scallop circle, I took some of the stickers from the I Wish! set and stuck them on top of the red and brown circles, so they ended up looking like this.

We then need to stick the ribbon and the magnet to the back of one of the image scallop squares, I glued the ribbon in place (making sure your image is the right way up) with Tombow Glue and then glued the magnet (making sure it is the right way round) on top of it like this (sorry about the blurred photo).


Do the same with the other end and the other Scallop Image and then stick the other Scallop Circles on the back so that it looks like this...





Then all you need to do is use it in your book. You take the page you are on and put one of the Scallops either side of the page like this...


And when the book is closed it looks like this..

A nice quick and easy to make bookmark, ideal as a cracker gift if you make your own crackers and you could personalise them with an Initial Monogram if you liked.

Just wanted to show you a little card I made as a thank you for someone, the base of the card is acetate and I used the Level 2 Hostess Set for the Stamped Image.

I will be back tomorrow with Day 3 of The 12 Gifts of Christmas... dont forget to check back then....

Have a good day all xx