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Yes, you have read right...candy cone, not candy cane! We're wrapping things up with this week's Stamp Simply Challenge, "All Wrapped Up" --gift wrapping ideas. I decided to present a cone of Christmas candy.
I purchased my cone from Ellen Hutson some time ago. This cone is covered with
SEI "Frosty the Snowflake" glitter paper then edged with white gimp trim purchased from Walmart. Pure Poppy Grosgrain ribbon bows and hanging tab (on back--cannot be seen in photo) from
PaperTrey Ink, along with a crocheted handmade snowflake (edited to add: purchased at a craft fair) add simple touches.
Take a look at the rest of the Stamp Simply DT designs:
Sharon
Janine Orchard
AJ Otto
Tammy Hershberger
Julie Koerber
Barbara Anders
Jenny Gropp
Barb Schram (Barb's here to stay!)
Jennifer Buck (Welcome back Jenn!)
and
Bethany Paull, November's Guest Designer!
If you decide to play along with ssnotime114, please link your creation to Sharon's blog--we would love to see your work!
Have a wonderful weekend!
Look at this beautiful KaiserCraft 6 X 6" Belle Paper--the pointsettias are flocked! The velvet look and feel on this paper is absolutely delicious! I was so excited when I received my order from the Stamp Simply Ribbon Store--I leafed through the new Belle pad and HAD to use this sheet immediately! My design is extremely simple...I really wanted to use as much of the sheet as possible!
The November
Our Daily Bread design's "Christmas Verses" added the perfect Bible Verse (Luke 2:14) for my design...I love how the elegant font is enhanced by the swirl background of the dp.
I stamped my verse onto
PaperTrey Ink's Rustic White cardstock with
Versafine Black Onyx ink, then heat embossed it with Stampin' Up's clear embossing powder.
Spellbinder's Petite Ovals were used to die cut the both the verse and framing panels.
May Art's creamy silk ribbon is fashioned into a beautiful accent bow with a Bow Easy, also available at the
Stamp Simply Ribbon Store. Three tiny Jolee's Jewels Swarovski crystals from Michael's add a touch of bling.
Here's a close up of the flocked flowers and swirls on the Belle paper.
I hope that you like today's simple, yet gorgeously textured, design.
Have a great remainder to your week!
Time once again for the
Stamp Simply Challenge--this week: create a matchbook fold. This is a very simple and quick fold. I made a card this time, but with one extra score at the top, you could create a covering packet for cocoa, tea, or even cough drops!
I'm a big House Mouse fan, and borrowed this stamp from our monthly stamp group leader: JoAnn (Thanks, Lady!). What a sweet scene of House Mouse care!
I was going to pull out my Prisma pencils to color this one, and even started to do so...I am a bit embarrassed to admit that I trashed that idea, and quickly nabbed up my Copics to do the job. I stamped this adorable image with Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto PaperTrey Ink white cardstock. Multiple Copics were used, as well as Spellbinder oval dies to make up the image panel and border.
Stampin' Up Wild Wasabi, along with Basic Grey's Two Scoops design paper, make up the base of this design. My design measures 4.5" X 10," scored at 4.5" and 1.25" with a
Scor-It board.
A Michael's brad and narrow grosgrain ribbon tie this project up!
Take a look-see at the rest of the Stamp Simply DT designs:
Sharon
Janine Orchard
AJ Otto
Tammy Hershberger
Julie Koerber
Barbara Anders
Jenny Gropp
Barb Schram
and
Bethany Paull, November's Guest Designer!
If you play along this week, please link your design to
Sharon's blog so that we may all enjoy it!
Have a wonderful weekend, and STAY WELL!
Have you seen the new Papercraft CD just released from
Flower Soft? What a treasure trove of project ideas and actual pattern downloads! It includes Paper Tole and 3D Stacker designs, many background designs, character and sentiment toppers, inserts, and 100 backing papers: 25 different designs in 4 colorways! The CD also comes with a handy project booklet!
My snow globe shaker gift bag project today is straight from the Snow Globe Project Book & Papercraft CD!
My project base is a simple white gift bag purchased from Walmart. I printed off the blue snowflake background papers from the FS CD, making two layers.
The base layer is securely taped to the plain gift bag, just to cover the very front.
My top layer is the snow globe panel layer. I printed more blue snowflake background paper from the CD, then used an oval Spellbinder to cut the opening for the snow globe. I used the largest oval die so that I would have a white border surrounding the globe. The next size oval down fits the snow globe just perfectly!
Take a look at the dimension and detail that the paper tole affords...as you can see in the picture, my penguin and star are four layers deep!
Just before assembling the snow globe, I added Polar White Flower Soft to create the shaker effect. Polar White FS is also glued to the background...coming all together for a snowy, icy scene!
A bit of Offray ribbon and homemade snowflake finish this gift bag...one that will make for a fun gift presentation for young or old!
A quick note about the snowflake: my husband purchased a bunch of these pretty homemade snowflakes (some angels as well--for a future project!) from an elderly woman at a craft sale. She was charging only 50 cents per flake! What beautiful artwork, for oh so little a cost!
Be sure to keep your eyes open for finds like this--craft sales are abundant before the holidays!
I hope that you've enjoyed this post...it was a lot of fun to put together! Be sure to check out the new CD and snow globes at Flower Soft and at the Flower Soft Blog!
This week's Stamp Simply Challenge is to be thrifty and use either brown postal wrap, or a brown grocery sack. I cut up a grocery sack for this challenge.
I began by stamping my new JustRite Autumn Blessings set, purchased from the Stamp Simply Ribbon Store, with Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto PaperTrey Ink's Rustic White cardstock. What a gorgeous sheath of Indian Corn! I colored the image with multiple Copic markers, then paper pieced the bow with dp from Basic Grey's Boxer 6 x 6" paper pad.
Basic Grey Boxer layers make up the body of the design, along with my paper bag. I ran a layer of grocery sack through my Fiskars paper crimper, then ruffled up the edges to simulate a frilly edged border.
I used a tan Copic marker to add shadows on the panels of decorator paper edges, under the oval edges, and on the paper pieced bow.
I cannot wait to see what the other Stamp Simply design team ladies have come up with! Be sure to check them out!
Sharon
Janine Orchard
AJ Otto
Tammy Hershberger
Julie Koerber
Barbara Anders
Jenny Gropp
Barb Schram (filling in for Jennifer Buck)
and Bethany Paull, November's Guest Designer!
If you decide to play along with us this week, please link back to Sharon's blog so that we may see your design!
Thanks for stopping by!
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Here's a close up of the flocked flowers and swirls on the Belle paper. 
Time once again for the Stamp Simply Challenge--this week: create a matchbook fold. This is a very simple and quick fold. I made a card this time, but with one extra score at the top, you could create a covering packet for cocoa, tea, or even cough drops!
I was going to pull out my Prisma pencils to color this one, and even started to do so...I am a bit embarrassed to admit that I trashed that idea, and quickly nabbed up my Copics to do the job. I stamped this adorable image with Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto PaperTrey Ink white cardstock. Multiple Copics were used, as well as Spellbinder oval dies to make up the image panel and border.
