A Card a Day in December--Day #20

Hey friends! Today I decided to take a break from cards and show you some cute little stocking stuffers I made for my kids and hubby. We are some serious hot chocolate and chocolate lovers over here so I dressed up some fun treats Stampin’ style!

Thank you for visiting my blog today, my 20th share this month!

The mini acetate boxes fit a Keurig pod perfectly and I was able to find some hot chocolate ones..the best part is the color coordinates perfectly with the Heartwarming Hugs suite! It is the little things!

This suite is one of my favorites and one that I will keep around for future projects. I just love how the Warm Wraps dies have so many layering combinations.

The Warm Hugs stamp set is perfect for all of your latte, coffee and hot chocolate giving needs.

And really, what is cuter than a mini coffee cup?

If you do not have the Press On stamp set—add it to your shopping cart! It is the perfect accompaniment to this suite!

The Rectangular Tins are the perfect size to hold some chocolates! I added the Heartwarming Hugs Designer Series paper to the inside and outside of the tin and was able to round the edges with the Detailed Trio Punch.

I tied it shut with a little bit of Real Red Braided Linen Trim.

The Warm Hugs stamp set has a variety of sentiments and works fantastically with its partner stamp set Wrapped in Christmas.

I really enjoyed making these fun little treats to add to my families stockings!

A Card a Day in December--Day #17

Happy Thursday! I am so excited to share this fun combo project with you today! It is a cute decorated pizza box with a mini card and a gift card all inside! Talk about a small package packing a big punch! This is my 18th share in my A Card a Day in December, I hope you are enjoying everything I have shared so far.

I started by decorating the mini pizza box with a piece of designer series paper from the Heart Warming Hugs collection. I added a belly band of Mossy Meadow card stock with the cute little mini cups from the Warm Hugs stamp set stamped in the same ink color. When making a belly band you want it to be snug enough to stay on but loose enough to slip off and on (it would be sad if the recipient had to rip it off to get at what is inside).

I punched a 2 1/4 inch circle in Pear Pizzaz card stock and ran it through the Wrapped in Texture Embossing folder.

The little cup is from the Press On stamp set and is hand cut. I added a little decorative detail to the cup with a piece of DSP and some light coloring with the light Smoky Slate Stampin’ Blend marker.

The sentiment is stamped in Soft Suede ink on Crumb Cake card stock from the Warm Hugs stamp set.

On the inside I made a cute little 3x3 card with matching envelope. It has a Crumb Cake layer that is also embossed with the Wrapped in Texture embossing folder and another strip of DSP.

The to go cup is also from the Press On stamp set and looks cute with a little DSP coffee cozy on it. I added “I Like You a Latte” on Crumb Cake with a bit of marker spritz.

The 3x3 mini envelope is dressed up with a trio of little coffee cups!

The card is designed to fit in the bottle of the pizza box and the top of the lid has a gift card—a coffee one of course!

If you are looking for a last minute gift for a teacher, neighbor, or coworker I think this would be an easy yet adorable gift left on someone’s door step or mailbox.

Thank you so much for checking out my projects so far this month!

Create with Connie and Mary--Christmas Favor

Hello friends! I really love the holiday season as its such a fun opportunity to share little gifts and treats with everyone. I know this season looks very different for many of us, but I was still able to make a few fun things to give away!

One of my favorite things in the Handmade for You catalogue are the mini coffee cups and little carrier! I have used them for so many things. The possibilities are just endless!

I just knew I had to dress one of these carriers up using a combo of the Heartwarming Hugs Suite (one of my favorite of all time!) and the Sweetest Time Bundle. I just love a good candy cane image!

I started in covering the carrier on all four sides with a pattern from the Heartwarming Hugs Designer Series paper. I loved the stripe pattern as it allowed me to use both reds and greens in my design.

I embellished the left side with “Eat Drink and be Cozy” and layered it using the Warm Wraps Dies. I just loved all the possible combinations with this die set. I think it will be a keeper for me! The Real Red Sheer ribbon was a great addition to this layer because it is still light and airy with a wonderful texture to the ribbon.

I added in some stamped and die cut candy canes and some leaves, both stamped and some just die cut. I just love how it all came together.

One of the great features of these coffee carriers is that they are sturdy enough to hold a mini bottle of champagne! Whoo Hoo! On one side of my project I have a decorated champagne bottle and on the other I have a mini coffee cup full of Baileys Irish Creme chocolate (you know, for your ‘coffee and baileys’ ).

I wrapped some of the Mossy Meadow Diagonal Stripe ribbon around the bottle neck and added “A Little Something for You” which I embossed with White Craft Ink and embossing powder on Real Red card stock. It is also cut using the Warm Wraps dies.

Of course I had to decorate the lid of the Coffee Cup and I made a custom coffee cozy using the Festive Felt (what a fun product offering) and the Warm Wraps dies.

On the lid I wanted to keep things traditional red and white, candy cane colors, and I added little candy cane stamps to the top. So cute!

I was easily able to cut the Festive Felt with the dies and assemble everything together using a hot glue gun. I think this custom coffee cozy is the best!

I know the other gals have created some amazing projects as well! You can go BACK to see what Melissa has created or you can go NEXT to see what Connie has designed. Please feel free to leave comment! I love getting your feedback!

Create with Connie and Mary--Christmas Gift Card Holder

This week we are sharing “GIFT CARDS” which is one of my favorite holiday items to make. For several years, I have been married for 20 so I have honestly lost count of when I started this tradition, I have been doing ‘12 Days of Gift Cards’ for my husband. He was hard to buy for so this was a fun solution. And of course, each gift card has to have its own gift card holder! So needless to say, I was really excited to share this idea with you!

I am really loving the Warm and Toasty stamp set in the Handmade for You catalogue and I couldn’t resist adding this happy polar bear to a project.

This is a bit of unique gift card holder because it really could double as a gift card holder AND just a regular slider card. I usually add my gift card with a Glue Dot and I like that I can also write a message.

Full disclosure though—for my hubby’s gift card holders, I write nothing as I steal them back right after he has removed his gift card :). I actually have quite the sentimental gift card holder collection. Is that weird?

It is actually quite easy to create this fun gift card/slider card combo. Esentially you want to create a ‘wrap’ to go around your gift card base. The base is 4 x 5 and I cut mine from Sahara Sand card stock and layered a piece of Whisper White on top.

I created an easy pull tab with the wide green Shaded Spruce ribbon from the Wonder of the Season combo pack. I stapled it to my base and hid a snowflake cut from the Blue Glimmer Paper and the So Many Snowflakes dies.

To create the ‘wrap’ you will need to cut a piece of card stock to 4 1/4 x 8 1/2. Score at 2 1/4 and 6 3/8. I then used a 2 1/4 circle punch to snip a half circle out of the middle panel.

You can create a front layer piece by cutting a different color of card stock, I used Just Jade, to a 4 x 4 square and then stamp as desired in coordinating ink.

I added a strip of DSP from the Feels Like Frost collection and another strip of the Blue Glimmer paper to look like ice for my cute polar bear to skate on. You will have to hand cut this cutie as there is no coordinating die.

I hope you enjoy the rest of the great gift card holder ideas on the blog hop today! You can go BACK to see what Melissa has designed or NEXT to see what Connie has created!

A Card a Day in December--Holiday Style!

Hello friends! It’s December, which means we have finally made it to the last month of 2020. We did it, we are surviving a pandemic, we are managing a thousand things at once—our families, households, jobs, our stamping and hobbies, our pets, our Netflix addiction and the list goes on and on! Which is why, I want to be fully present in this holiday season. Somehow, it means just a little bit more. Gone are many of the things we have been able to enjoy in the past. However, I am blessed to still be creating and loving what I do.

So today is Day 1 of my A Card a Day in December—Holiday Style Event. I am going to share 25 holiday cards or projects and end the month with a week of New Years Cards! So I hope you are ready for your daily dose of inspiration!

Don’t you just love coordinating projects? I do! they are so fun to give as a little gift and I don’t think anyone will mind getting a cute little hand sanitizer project this season!

My first project I want to share is this fun holiday card and matching hand sanitizer project! I decided to use a traditional color palette of Real Red, Whisper White and Old Olive!

I used the Little Treats Bundle as the starting point of my card and hand sanitizer holder. I stamped the little candy stamps around the phrase in Real Red. I cut a strip of Real Red card stock that I embossed with the Wrapped in Texture embossing folder. I added a polka dot strip of DSP from the Trimming the Town Designer Paper on top.

The sentiment is from the Little Treats stamp set and is stamped in Old Olive ink on Pear Pizzazz card stock. I added some ribbon from the Ornate Garden Ribbon combo pack and the silver cord is from a past Paper Pumpkin kit.

I added a few embellishments from the All the Trimmings collection and a classic Jewelled Rhinestone.

This card is simple but cute and easily reproducible!

This little project is one of my favorites! I was so happy when I realized that a mini hand sanitizer could fit inside!

The Little Treat Box dies are so easy to use and assemble and I love that you can get two out of one piece of 8 1/2 x 11 card stock.

The candy canes are from the Sweetest Time Bundle which has been a well used stamp set in my craft room this season!

The stitched scallop circle is included in the Little Treat Box dies too!

I hope you have enjoyed my first card in A Card a Day in December—Holiday Style!