Beautiful Shapes with Peach Designer Papers

This week I made some pretty cards using the You're a Peach paper pack and Beautiful Shapes cut outs.  For this card I cut out some hexagons from the designer papers and then a cut out hole in the front of the card.  I embossed the saying onto the cardstock and then used dimensionals for the white front to stand up a bit.  I added a butterfly from the Designer tags and a pretty bow.  

Before I got started with the hexagons, I used an embossing folder to give it some texture. I love the simplicity of this card.  I got the idea from Gail Ellis.  

I had a lot of the You're a Peach designer paper left over from last year, so I also made a small clipboard for each of the stampers.  They were surprised at their little gift!

This next card is filled with different sized shapes from the Beautiful Shapes dies.  I love the eclectic look of it.  I added some flower cut outs and leaves from the Penned Flowers Dies.  This card idea is also from Gail Ellis.  To go with the card, I made a gift card holder using the Mini Pocket Envelope die that I just love.  

These little pockets are just the right size to hold a note, a piece of Hershey's chocolate, a magnet or a gift card.  I want to make these to match every project!  LOL

The third card has the hexies shaped like a flower.  I arranged them, glued then down and then added a flower middle with the green paper.  The cut out is from the Penned Flower Dies.  This flower cut out makes any card look better!  Gail Ellis was my inspiration for these three cards today.  :)

Here are the three cards that I made using You're a Peach papers.  You could make these cards with any package of designer papers.  Just change up the cardstock colors and be creative!  

 

Heartwarming Hugs

This week I worked on some cards and projects using the Heartwarming Hugs suite from the mini holiday catalog.  I love the warm red homespun look that it brings.

I started with the coffee mugs holder and made it into a hot cocoa gift set.  The cup has chocolates in it and the little " gift bag" has a hot cocoa mix.  I added some mini marshmallows and love how it all came together.  :)  

Here you can see a little better what I put in it the carrier.  It makes a sweet little gift to give to someone.  :)

For this card I used the set Christmas Cheer and added in a mini marshmallow stamp that I had from an old set.  I like the candy cane cut out and the little greenery in the cup.  I saw the idea for this from Anne Marie Hile on Pinterest.  

This card uses A Merry Hello hostess stamp set.  I got the idea to fold back the designer paper from someone on Facebook.  I can't find her name, but I do love the card idea.  (Let me know if this idea is from you and I will give you the credit.)

And lastly, I made a little gift card holder using an older Label die set.  This is so cute for putting in a gift card or tucking in some money.  I would love to make more of these and put them on the tree!  This idea is from Julie Gilson.  

How is your holiday crafting coming along?  I'd like to make these coffee cup sets in some blue snowflake papers and have them for after Christmas. :)

Best Dressed Suite

There were so many great stamp sets and papers in the spring Mini catalog.  One of my favorites was the Best Dressed Suite.  I made these cards using the Dressed to Impressed stamp set and the Best Dressed papers. 

The first card has some cute purse cut-outs that I snipped right from the paper.  For the Bold as your Lipstick card, I stamped the lipstick and colored it in using the blends.  Then I added a lot of flowers for embellishment.  The gray purse is a gift card holder.

For the shoe cards, I used some designer papers from the Parisian Blossoms papers.  I added the silver edging using a die from the Arts & Crafts die set.  In the first card, I colored the shoes in pink, but then I thought that they needed a brighter color, so I made the second card using colors that are more bold.  To finish it off, I added some tiny rhinestones to the top of the shoes.  The tiny tag in the second card is from an older set.  It almost makes them look like they are still in the shoe store!

I just love this pretty paper that came in the Best Dressed suite.  I think I tend to use pinks and greens a lot in my crafting, so maybe that's why I love this one so much.  I changed the saying to a more generic thank you instead of the lipstick saying.  If I hadn't used up all my paper (I had 3 packages!) I would definitely make more of these!

Elfie

I love using sweet whimsical images for the stamping cards and projects.  For these projects I used a new Christmas stamps set called Elfie.  Isn't he just the cutest?

Sometimes it's fun to make Christmas cards in colors other than red and green.  One day on Pinterest I found this cute card made by Angie Juda on her blog, Chick n Scratch.  For the most part, I copied all of her ideas; they are so sweet and I love the silver and teal colors that she used.  I'll put the link at the bottom so that you can make them, too.

This card is a gate fold card and opens in the middle of the front.  It's fairly easy to make and offers a different way for the card to open.  I colored Elfie with Stamping Blends and added some rhinestones to embellish the card. 

Here is what the card looks like from the inside.

This next "card" is also a gift card holder.  The front is supposed to look like a present.  When you open it, you will find an 3" envelope to hold the gift card.

How cute is that?  You could even put money in the envelope and give as a gift. 

Lastly up I made this cute little favor.  It will only hold a small amount of candy, but sometimes that's all you need.  You can watch Angie's videos here on her youtube.