Author: mmmstampintime

One of my goals, for the new Stampin’ Up!® year, is to participate regualrly in blog hops and design challenges.

This post is of a card I made for #GDP268. The design team is made up of 10 very talented demonstrators from around the world.

This week’s project is a CASE challenge – CASE = Copy And Selectively Edit.

I decided to focus on the card’s layout and make it my own.

This is a weekly challenge and finishes on Sunday. I hope that you pop over to the Global Design Project page to see what the Design Team has created, as well as the entries from those participating. You may even want to play along yourself.

So, here is the card I made.

I knew that I wanted to use the DANDELIONS 3D EMBOSSING FOLDER and the SWEET SILHOUETTE DIES for this card.

The Misty Moonlight and Silver were inspired by the twine from the FLOWERS FOR EVERY SEASON RIBBON COMBO PACK. THen I chose the Seaside Spray for a lighter shade of blue.

Rather than using one of my GOLD HOOP EMBELLISHMENTS, I wrapped the twine three times to create a circle.

The banner’s texture comes from the TASTEFUL TEXTILE 3D EMBOSSING FOLDER.

Creating the raised FOREVER sentiment is so easy when you use the ADHESIVE SHEETS.The silver dandelions were also layered and two extra flower heads were ‘scrunched’ and adhered into place.

The finIShing touch, on the card front, called for a few RHINESTONE BASIC JEWELS.

A silver Forever was adhered to the card insert and two more silver dandelions to the envelope front.

I’m looking forward to participating each week.

I hope you like my card!

THanks for popping by … happy stamping.

These are the products I used to make this card. If you live in Australia, I can help you order them.

Sweet Silhouettes Dies [149541] $61.00	Dandelions 3D Embossing Folder [152953] $17.50	Tasteful Textile 3D Embossing Folder [152718] $15.75	Misty Moonlight A4 Cardstock [153086] $15.25	Seaside Spray A4 Cardstock [150889] $15.25
Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $17.00	Silver Foil Sheets [132178] $8.75	Flowers For Every Season Ribbon Combo Pack [153620] $17.50	Adhesive Sheets [152334] $17.50	Rhinestone Basic Jewels [144220] $8.75
Whisper White C6 Envelopes [106588] $13.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.00	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $8.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $6.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $209.00
Paper Snips [103579] $17.00	Paper Trimmer [152392] $44.00

Last Wednesday, I watched a Facebook Live from Ronda Wade. She showed how to make her style of gift bag.

She used two 12″x 12″ sheets of DESIGNER SERIES PAPER. Both pieces are scored the same way – 1″ on one side and 3″ on the other three.

I found that if I moved the three sides just slightly away from the SIMPLY SCORED SCORING TOOL edge, this piece would slip just over the top of the other half of the gift bag. This gives a snug fit and makes it sit well when adhered.

The 1″ edge is folded so that the reverse side of the DSP shows. This is then adhered in place.

The three sides were then burnished with a bone folder. On the lower edge (opposite the edge with the 1″ folded down edge), the two 3″ crease lines that run upwards then need to be cut.

I decided to use the STAMPIN’ SEAL + because it is such a strong adhesive.

I used the GLEAMING BRIGHTLY SPECIALTY DSP for these gift bags.

I made four gift bags in the same size.

I made a coordinating gift card for each and stamped Christmas Wishes from the BANNER YEAR STAMP SET.

The sides are pressed in firmly at the top and gently folded in down the length of each side.

After these bags, I decided to start experimenting with measurements.

This slender gift box used just one sheet of DSP cut in half. The pieces were scored at 1″ on one narrow edge of each piece. The remaining sides are scored at 2″. The bag measures 2″ in both width and depth. It is 11.75″ in height.

This bag also uses just one sheet of DSP. The 1″ top edge is scored and the sides are scored at 1″. The bag measures 4″ in width, 1″ in depth and 11.75″ in height.

I’m so pleased that I caught Ronda’s Live presentation. These are going to be my go to gift bags!

The bulldog clips are not from Stampin’ Up!®. They were from a stationery store.

I’m sure that whoever buys these, at my market stall in two weeks, will find lots of perfect goodies to fill them.

Thanks for popping by … happy stamping.

These are the products I used to make these gift bags. If you live in Australia, you can order any of them through me.

Banner Year Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [153464] $30.00	Brightly Gleaming Specialty Designer Series Paper [150429] $26.00	Simply Scored [122334] $50.00	Stampin' Seal+ [149699] $21.00	Paper Snips [103579] $17.00
Paper Trimmer [152392] $44.00	Mossy Meadow A4 Cardstock [133683] $15.25	Pretty Peacock A4 Cardstock [150886] $15.25	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $17.00	Basket Weave & Metallic Ribbon Combo Pack [153553] $14.00

I spent the weekend working on Christmas goodies for my upcoming market stall – gift tags and bags, mainly.

It is amazing how much card stock and designer series paper I used!

Today I want to show you the gift tags I made to pop around the neck of a bottle of wine or spirits, for the grown ups on your Christmas list.

I used a full length of A4 card stock and cut them into 3″ panels. Each panel is scored at 3″ from the top and I used the wheel die from the SMOOTH SAILING DIES set. It makes a perfect hole that can open out to match most bottles.

The Christmas greeting and to/from come from the TAG BUFFET PHOTOPOLYMER STAMP SET. The BANNERS PICK A PUNCH makes the perfect banner ends.

The trees were cut out using the MOST WONDERFUL TIMES DIES.

I have made almost 20 of these so far, using the HEARTWARMING HUGS and BRIGHTLY GLEAMING SPECIALTY DESIGNER SERIES PAPER.

The finishing touch was topping each tree with STAR DESIGNER ELEMENTS.

Now I need to find a creative way to use all of the ship wheels that were cut out.

I hope these are popular at the market – DOCKSIDE MARKETS in Kangaroo Point, December 5th and 6th (from 7am until 1pm). If you live in Brisbane, I hope you have a chance to pop by and say hello.

Thanks for popping by … happy stamping.

These are the products I used to make these gift tags. If you live in Australia, you can order any of them through me.

Tag Buffet Photopolymer Stamp Set [153612] $31.00	Most Wonderful Time Product Medley (En) [150705] $122.00	Brightly Gleaming Specialty Designer Series Paper [150429] $26.00	Heartwarming Hugs Designer Series Paper [153492] $20.00	Banners Pick A Punch [153608] $40.00
Smooth Sailing Dies [149576] $56.00	Star Designer Elements [150430] $15.75	Mossy Meadow A4 Cardstock [133683] $15.25	Pretty Peacock A4 Cardstock [150886] $15.25	Card Stock A4 Pear Pizzazz [131290] $15.25
Real Red A4 Card Stock [106578] $15.25	Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad [147104] $13.00	Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad [147084] $13.00	Bone Folder [102300] $12.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.00
Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $6.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $209.00	Paper Snips [103579] $17.00	Paper Trimmer [152392] $44.00