Holiday Gift Card Holders

Hi everyone!  Hope you are having a great weekend!  I've been enjoying it myself.  I made these gift card holders since my husband and I usually buy quite a few gift cards for Christmas presents.  The design came from a fellow CTMH team member,  Hillary Harris.  They could easily be adapted to fit any occasion.  I used the Sparkle & Shine paper pack from the Holiday Gift Guide. You could use just about any stamp/sentiment in your desired shape for the label.

The base is cut 3 1/2 inches x 8 1/2 inches.  Score it 2 inches from one end and 2 1/2 inches from the other end.  Use a corner rounder on the shorter end.  Glue the sides of the larger end to the inside to form the pocket for the gift card.  The paper cuts are cut at 1 3/4 x 3 1/4 inches, 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches, and 3 3/4 x 3 1/4 (this piece is for the back of the card holder).  

Damask Divas Huntington Blog Hop

Hello everyone!  Welcome to the Damask Divas Blog Hop featuring the Huntington paper pack!  If you came from Amie's blog then you are in the right place.  If you are here by chance be sure to check out the full list of blog participants on the Damask Divas Blog.

This pack is beautiful, featuring fall colors and is perfect for your cards, layouts or whatever your heart desires!  I made a one-page layout (12x12) and a card.

The card also uses the November Stamp of the Month "Illuminate" and is available for only $5 when you place a $50 qualifying order.  This stamp has been very popular and many people have been waiting patiently for November to arrive so they can get their hands on it!

For the scrapbook page above I used the Huntington paper packet and I also used a piece of Olive cardstock (which is not included in the paper packet). The sentiment was stamped on the Barn Red banner using Barn Red ink.  The Swirl on the Olive cardstock was stamped in Olive ink. The large swirl was stamped in Slate Ink.  The letters and numbers were stamped in Barn Red ink and then I used Copic markers in 2 shades of brown to color the letters. 

I used pieces of the Huntington paper to make the base on Cocoa cardstock.  The lamp post is stamped in Champagne ink on the same color cardstock and the sentiment is stamped in Barn Red.  After matting it with Barn Red cardstock, I attached it to the card front with foam tape.


The following CTMH products were used to make both projects:

Huntington Paper Pack
Olive cardstock
Swirls Around Stamp Set
Always Grateful Stamp Set
Framework Alphabet Stamp Set
Illuminate Stamp Set (Nov Stamp of the Month)
Barn Red Exclusive Ink
Champagne Exclusive Ink
Slate Exclusive Ink
Olive Exclusive Ink
Mini-Medley Asst in Rosewood
Huntington Assortment
Sarita Assortment
Bronze Shimmer Trim
Foam Tape
Opaques Adhesive Gems in Mocha
Copic Markers (E25, E47)

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Jamie

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Sparkle & Shine Blog Hop

 Hi everyone!!  Welcome to the Damask Divas Sparkle & Shine Blog Hop!  If you came here from Cydney's blog then you are in the right place! If you hopped here by chance, be sure to see the full list of blog participants on the Damask Divas Sparkle and Shine Blog Hop

I was so excited when my Sparkle & Shine paper packet arrived!!!  You will love it!! The colors are just beautiful.   I made two Christmas cards:

 

Both cards were made with products from our new Holidays From the Heart Gift Guide.

The first card used Kraft paper for the card base and front panel.  I placed the new Sparkle & Shine Washi Tape on the left of the card base.  I used a black marker to draw a line/dot border around the card panel.  The ornaments are cut with the Art Philosophy Cartridge and stamped in slate, ruby, and juniper inks.  The sentiment is from the Frosted WOTG Cardmaking Kit.  After adhering the ornaments to the panel, I drew "strings" and then added a bitty sparkle.  The panel is attached to the card front with foam tape.

The second card uses paper and cardstock from the paper packet.  The card base is white. The trees were cut using Art Philosophy Cartridge and stamped in Juniper ink. I attached washi tape to the Kraft panel then attached the trees with adhesive.  I stamped the star in Slate ink and added a bitty sparkle, then added Sparkle Holiday shapes to the other two trees. Mat the panel with a piece of patterned paper from the packet (mine matches the banner pattern).  Adhere panel to the card with foam tape. Notch the ends of Ruby Chevron Ribbon and a scrap from the paper packet for the two banners and adhere in place. The sentiment is stamped in black using "A Holiday" stamp set (from past idea catalog) and a bitty sparkle dots the "i."   

Close To My Heart Products Used:

Sparkle & Shine Paper Packet

Kraft cardstock

White and Kraft card bases

Sparkle & Shine Washi Tape 3-pack

Trim the Tree stamp set

Sparkle Holiday Shapes

Frosted WOTG Cardmaking Stamp Set

Bitty Sparkles

Cricut Art Philosophy Cartridge

Ruby Chevron Ribbon

A Holiday stamp set

Ruby, Slate, and Juniper Inks

Items from the Holiday Gift Guide are only available Oct 15-Dec 31

Some of the items are only available while supplies last!!!

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Boy's Birthday Card

I made this card for my nephew's birthday, using the Fast and Furious stamp set.  After stamping the dumptruck, I cut it out by hand and used foam tape to add it to the card.  I cut the "it's all GOOD" piece out by hand as well and matted it with the red patterned paper.  I love the mud tracks in this stamp set!  You can find all the products to make this card on my website http://jamieblades.ctmh.com.

Close To My Heart products used:
Colonial White cardstock
Pro Player paper packet
Fast and Furious stamp set
Outdoor Denim cardstock
Slate Washi Tape
Ruby Exclusives Ink
Black Exclusives Ink
Outdoor Denim Exclusives Ink
Metal Badge Buttons

Card Front

Card Inside

"Life Is Good" card

Here's a card I made using the stamp set "Remarkable Wreath."  I wanted the front to look like a door so I used dimensional elements from the Cricut Art Philosophy bundle for the "panels." I also used the cartridge to cut coordinating pieces from Cocoa cardstock. After gluing them to the dimensional elements, I sanded the edges. The wreath was stamped with 3 different colors: Chocolate, New England Ivy and Hollyhock.  The bow was stamped in Cranberry on a separate piece of cardstock and I cut out.  The banner behind the wreath was cut in Hollyhock cardstock, using the Artiste Cartridge. The door knob and panel swirls are pieces from the Mini-Medley Rosewood pack. 

This stamp set is very versatile for many occasions.

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Life is Good Card

Christmas Cards with Cricut Art Philosophy and Artbooking Cartridges

 

 When you make your own Christmas cards, it's never too early to start!!  Both of these cards are an easy design, making quick work of your cardmaking time.  The "Happy Holiday" card is made using one of the overlays from the new Artbooking cartridge.   It was cut at real dial-size at 6 3/4 inches.  The card base is one of the die cut cards sold by Close To My Heart.  The card flap was covered with paper from the Frosted paper pack. The tag was cut out using the Art Philosophy Cartridge and stamped with it's coordinating stamp from the "Holiday Cheer" stamp set. I inked all of the edges in Cocoa ink.








 This Ho Ho Ho card was so much fun to make...and VERY quick.  I used notecard bases purchased at Michael's, cranberry cardstock and the squares were cut using the Art Philosophy Cartridge...white was 2 inches and black was 2 1/4 inches.  The ho Ho Ho stamp is one of the new mini stamps, stamped in Cranberry ink.  Santa's "belt" is a 1/2 inch strip of black shimmer paper, and a pearl badge button. You could also use a white button as well.   You can find all of these products at Close To My Heart.  Shop with me to find all of these products...and to see what's new!

Damask Divas Blog Hop-Sarita

 

Hi!  If you came from Roberta's blog then you are in the right place!  If you are here by chance, be sure to check out the full list of blog participants at the Damask Divas Blog.

I like to create home decor items so when I saw this frame at the gift shop where I work I had to buy it....I knew I would come up with something!   It's an open back frame and the inner opening is 6x6 inches.  I started by layering some chipboard (4 pieces of 6x6 inch) in the opening so my sentiment wasn't so "deep" into the frame. The sentiment piece and frame around the sentiment was cut at 3 1/2 inches. After I glued the frame to the sentiment, I inked the edges with Gypsy ink. The large flowers were made using the Sarita textiles and adhesive circles (just twist strips of fabric and beginning in the center, coil the strip around onto the adhesive. The smaller flower is made with (4) 1-inch circles that have been quartered and secured to an adhesive dot, then metal accent glued in the middle. The "ribbons" are also Sarita textiles.  I finished it off with black sparkles flourishes and the floral accents. The sentiment was then adhered with foam tape.  It went together pretty quickly!

 

Products used:
Wooden frame (available at most craft & hobby stores)
Sarita paper pack
Sarita textiles
Gypsy Exclusive Ink
Black Exclusive Ink
Stamp Set: Scrapbook Statements-Poets
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge
Sparkles Black Flourishes
Adhesive Dots
Base & Bling Floral Accents
Plain chipboard (found at most craft & hobby stores)

All of these products (except for the frame and the chipboard) can be purchased at CTMH!

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