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Showing posts with label Christmas Countdown. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christmas Countdown. Show all posts
Sunday, December 4, 2016
Debi Ryan: Silent Night gift set
Gosh, the time is just flying by, here we are already just 3 weeks from Christmas.
Today, I'm sharing with you a little gift set of cards, tags and gift box made with the lovley more traditional Christmas Kaisercraft Silent Night Collection.
These tags were created using the die cuts, and trinkets and jazzed up with some left over lace and foil washy tape.
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So easy to create cards and tags with Kaisercraft collections. Heaps of traditional goodness in the Silent Night collection.
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Have a great rest of your weekend, Debi x
Wednesday, December 16, 2015
Simple Tags - Melissa
Hello! It's Melissa here, I hope you're getting some crafting in during the build up to Christmas! It's like a winters day here in Queenstown today, all thats missing is snow! Today I have three simple tags to share with you that I made with Shimelle's Christmas Magic collection.
I cut all of the tags by hand from papers in the collection that have small repeating patterns. The first tag is made from a cut apart card layered with a fussy cut wreath. All embellishments are from the pack that Liz gave us all. I used foam tape to provide dimension on each of the layers.
For the second tag I fussy cut some of the presents, and then adhered them in two layers with foam tape. I tucked in a Christmas Tree and the heart.
For the final tag I used a cut file from The Cut Shoppe and cut it on my Silhouette Cameo. I added the die cut "Joy", a peg and a gem and some stars.
These tags could be used to dress up gift wrapping, and I'm really happy with how simple they were to make!
You can purchase the Christmas Magic Collection here.
Bless you
Melissa
Friday, December 14, 2012
Teresa - Merry & Bright bag and tag set
Hi all! Teresa here with a cute little matching bag and tag set using KaiserCraft's Merry and Bright range.
This was so easy to put together! You'll need bits and pieces of your favourite range of Christmas papers (and there's a nice selection here!), plus a plain brown gift bag and some scraps of co-ordinating cardstock.
KaiserCraft make things almost too easy with their die cut Collectables packs. A little foam mount tape makes them a simple feature on any project:
The tag was literally made with scraps left over from decorating the bag:
Right - in less than an hour, the packaging for my Kris Kringle gift is done! These sets would be great for end of year teacher gifts too.
Hope you're enjoying our Wrapping and Gift Tags week of the Christmas Countdown. Not long now until the big day, says she who is too scared to look at a calendar ;)
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Nichole - This & That Christmas Tag
Echo Park has once again released a collection that is cheerful, bright, and just ever so slightly retro using classic colours, fun imagery, and whimsy!
I take a No 8 sized, regular manila shipping tag and cover it with Echo Park's This and That Paper Ornaments B-side, a lovely rich woodgrain pattern. I then cut a doily in half and adhered each side to opposite edges.
Detailed shot of the layered chipboard piece. Chipboard piece was edged with Scotch Quick Dry adhesive and Twinklets Diamond Dust. Diamond dust gives any piece a vintage glittery look - almost like ice crystals. Chipboard piece is adhered with hot glue for stability.
Love this classic icons and bright colours!
This bright red organza ribbon is the perfect red to compliment the vintage green hues in this collection. Ribbon was cut and sealed using the Imagicut Ribbon Cutter and Sealer - cuts and seals ribbons in one easy step! Such a breeze with organza ribbon - no frays/
Ribbon was double-bowed using a bow template and adhered using hot glue.
This tag is studded with bling! I used the i-Rock tool and Hot Rocks Compact to give this tag some sparkle and cheer.
Mini button detail from this collection is so cute, I couldn't pass it up.
Hope your holiday season is filled with Magical Delight too!
Be sure to check out the Echo Park This and That Christmas collection in the Artfull Crafts store now! A Christmas classic filled with vintage imagery and holiday magic.
Sunday, December 2, 2012
Teresa - Fabric Christmas Tree Decorations with Spellbinder dies
Hiya! Teresa here showing you a fun little decoration you can make with your Spellbinders dies. I have used the star dies here, but just about any shape could be used.
I chose a couple of fabrics with small patterns on them and some denim for the backing. I cut the patterned fabrics into little squares which I then roughly patchworked (don't look too closely Miss Betsy!). I then used the largest star die to cut a star from the patchwork and one from the denim. Obviously fabric is thicker than paper, so I ran the sandwich through the Cuttlebug back and forth a few times to make sure it cut. There were still a few areas that just wouldn't cut through, so I used my scissors to get a straight edge.
Once the shapes were cut, I sewed all the way around leaving a small gap to be able to stuff it with some hobby fill. When the stars were puffy enough, I squeezed the opening back under the sewing machine and stitched it shut.
To finish them off, I threaded some beads onto a couple of pearl head pins and glued a little white flower in place.
I chose a couple of fabrics with small patterns on them and some denim for the backing. I cut the patterned fabrics into little squares which I then roughly patchworked (don't look too closely Miss Betsy!). I then used the largest star die to cut a star from the patchwork and one from the denim. Obviously fabric is thicker than paper, so I ran the sandwich through the Cuttlebug back and forth a few times to make sure it cut. There were still a few areas that just wouldn't cut through, so I used my scissors to get a straight edge.
Once the shapes were cut, I sewed all the way around leaving a small gap to be able to stuff it with some hobby fill. When the stars were puffy enough, I squeezed the opening back under the sewing machine and stitched it shut.
To finish them off, I threaded some beads onto a couple of pearl head pins and glued a little white flower in place.
These are so much fun to make, and look amazing on the tree! A set of these would make a fantastic gift for someone special, and you could easily whip a dozen of these up in an afternoon.
I hope you're enjoying the Christmas Countdown as much as I am - the design team are sharing lots of great ideas.
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Nichole - Merry & Bright Card
Hi Everyone! Nichole here with a Christmas Card using the new Merry and Bright collection from Kaisercraft! This richly earth toned palette was a challenge to work with as it's outside of my normal color schemes - but it seems that the entire team have risen to the challenge well.
My favorite part of the collection was the foiled ornaments that are repeated throughout the line both in the die cuts and the paper themselves. I wanted to highlight these ornament embellishments in my work.
Here I use some of the die cuts and hand cut ornaments from the paper to create a card.
A brown ribbon sets a deeper tone against the gold glitter. Gold glitter strips were created by using tacky tape and covering with loose glitter. The glitter was then burnished using a bone folder.
Merry Christmas greeting is stamped on to a die cut from the collection using Hero Arts Christmas Greetings in Royal Red ink.
Tiny raw twine bows accent the top of these ornaments, held in place with Tombow Mono Multi. Edges were accented with faux stitching using a copper toned metallic gel pen.
Ornaments are adhered with foam adhesive to pop off of the front of the card.
This chocolate satin ribbon is the perfect accent to the rich earth tones and to add texture and a smooth finish. Edges were squared with a We R Memory Keepers Angle Cut Corner Chomper.
Thanks for reading.
Be sure to check out Kaisercraft's Merry and Bright Collection - currently on sale for 10% off! Or head to the Christmas Store to view what Santa has in store for you!
I Hope everyone is enjoying the Christmas Countdown and getting plenty of ideas to get started celebrating the season! I can't wait for the Holidays to begin.
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Teresa - Mint Twist Christmas Organiser
Hiya! Teresa here with a cute little Christmas organiser that's so easy to whip up, you could make several to give away to a group of friends.
It's essentially a little concertina book, with pockets added to hold lists and receipts. The one I made ends up being just slightly larger than a playing card, so it can fit easily inside a handbag. I used one sheet of Mint Twist jingle paper, and a couple of sheets of white A4 cardstock.
Here's the front of it, all tied up with a couple of different ribbons:
It's essentially a little concertina book, with pockets added to hold lists and receipts. The one I made ends up being just slightly larger than a playing card, so it can fit easily inside a handbag. I used one sheet of Mint Twist jingle paper, and a couple of sheets of white A4 cardstock.
Here's the front of it, all tied up with a couple of different ribbons:
The little elf on the front is a StampIt image, and has been coloured with Copic markers to match the papers.
Here's a look at the inside:
Each panel of the concertina book is decorated with a panel from the Jingle paper. I used a contrasting pattern for the front of the pockets - it was all so easy using the one sheet of paper.
Here's how it looks with receipts and lists tucked into the pockets:
This would look awesome in any of the five Christmas ranges KaiserCraft have provided this year. Just look for the sheets with the 12 panels on them.
Don't forget to join in this week's challenge to be in the draw to win great prizes! Submit your Homemade Gift to the Gallery by the 1st December (max 3 projects per person please!). And remember that you've got until Saturday the 24th to submit your Layout/Photo Gift for last week's challenge.
Thanks for stopping by!
Thursday, November 8, 2012
Teresa - Just Believe Card Set
Hi there!
Hope you're enjoying the first week of our Christmas Countdown. I have a set of cards to share with you today using KaiserCraft's Just Believe range of papers. I wanted to bring you some ideas that can easily be mass-produced. I have used Spellbinder dies for the shapes and borders, but you could use punches or whatever other dies you can get your hands on.
This card shows the nested bauble dies being used to make a frame. The frame is then filled with circles that have been folded in half and glued together to make a 3-D embellishment. This embellishment folds flat for posting. The ribbon at the top is seam binding, and the button has been coloured with Copic markers to match the papers.
We'd love for you to join in the fun - why not participate in our weekly challenges? Great prizes to be won - you can read all the details here.
Hope you're enjoying the first week of our Christmas Countdown. I have a set of cards to share with you today using KaiserCraft's Just Believe range of papers. I wanted to bring you some ideas that can easily be mass-produced. I have used Spellbinder dies for the shapes and borders, but you could use punches or whatever other dies you can get your hands on.
This card shows the nested bauble dies being used to make a frame. The frame is then filled with circles that have been folded in half and glued together to make a 3-D embellishment. This embellishment folds flat for posting. The ribbon at the top is seam binding, and the button has been coloured with Copic markers to match the papers.
The centre of the bauble frame in the card above can be used on other cards. Here are two baubles hanging from a decorative border from really thin silver string:
Here I've used triangles as stylised Christmas trees. A bit of foam mounting tape to create different layers makes the card a little more interesting. The words came from the back of the KaiserCraft pad (love this little addition to the KaiserCraft pads!), but you could easily make your own with a stamp and a decorative die cut shape.
We'd love for you to join in the fun - why not participate in our weekly challenges? Great prizes to be won - you can read all the details here.
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