Front Fold Up Gifts of Joy

This is for today's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 556, Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 546 - Rich Cucumber Twist, Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 549 - Front Fold Up Card, and Monday's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 340 - Christmas/Holiday Gifts. I just had to make another Christmas gift card that was for a little boy, he will love the green in the gift section as well as his sister. I used some basic gray dp Eskimo Kisses today and orange ribbon today.

I cut and created my Christmas stocking from Quickutz using cucumber crisp and white cs. I punched some rich razzleberry cs with my crop-a-dile largest hole for faux brads. I stamped the sentiment on the side of the front of the card and the back of the envelope.  Hope you like it.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Gifts of Joy 
Paper: white, cucumber crisp, tangerine tango, rich razzleberry, Basic Gray Eskimo Kisses dp
Ink: momento tuxedo black, cucumber crisp 
Accessories: ribbon, quickutz, hole punch 
Techniques: front fold up card, copic coloring

Snowman Christmas Gift Holder

This is for today's COLOR CHALLENGE # 546 - Rich Cucumber Twist, Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 549 - Front Fold Up Card and Monday's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 340 - Christmas holiday gifts. Well these front fold up cards are so quick and easy to make, Anne I am loving them. I have a granddaughter that thinks purple is the only true color so I made this with her in mind today. I think I will slip a folded bill in the gift section. I used a new to me set from Inky Antics - Decorated Snownman and stamped in black then colored with copics V04, V06, YG09, YR07. Stamped the sentiment above the hand and cut and matted on cucumber crush for the top part of the front. I used some coordinating dp for the folded sections except on the 2nd panel where I created a gift section.

I stamped the envelope and colored them with copics as well. Hope you like it and I know she will if I put some green in with that purple. LOL.
RECIPE:
Stamps: IA - Decorated Snowman 
Paper: white, cucumber crush, rich razzleberry
Ink: Cucumber Crush 
Accessories: circle punch, ribbon, hole punch 
Techniques: front fold up card, copic coloring

Snoopy's Fancy Special Delivery

This is for today's FREE 4 ALL CHALLENGE # 108 - One Track Mind and I do have that. My mind set is adding to each day's challenge. Well Dawn through a monkey wrench in my track but I had to play anyway I just used one of this weeks colors as I could not think of anyway to use all 3 and it still fit the F4A for today :(
I have tremendously enjoyed my week last week reigning as Queen for the day and now it is time to hand the crown on to Melina for today's QUEEN FOR THE DAY CHALLENGE # 104 - mepylant. I hope everyone will be lavish her with sweet compliments as I received last week. I chose to CASE her RAZZLE DAZZLE MEDALLION card. I stamped using stazon then heat embossed with white EP followed by pool party ink sponging for my base layer.
My image is a digi one and sorry I am not sure where I got it but it is for Thursday's WAYS TO USE IT CHALLENGE # 366 - Who Let The Dogs Out?.
My layout is from Wednesday's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 376.
I made another gift set using different measurements again as I wanted a shorter bag for Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 378 - Box In A Bag. My dp is from a stack from My Minds Eye.
I used copics to color and shade my focal image. My sentiment is from Fancy Flexible Phrases and stamped in pool party on white then cut and layered using SU oval punches.
Well this will be it for me until Monday as we are headed to the woods for Jessie to play Confederate Soldier and me the dutiful southern belle this weekend. Hope everyone has a fabulous weekend. Is south GA the only area that has skipped Spring season and went right into Summer. We are in the top 80's again today of 88. Got a bad feeling about July already
RECIPE:
Stamps: Fancy Flexible Phrases, Medallion
Paper: white, pool party, MME dp
Ink: pool party
Accessories: copics, ribbon, button, dimensionals, digi image, white embossing powder, sponges
Techniques: sponging, 3D, copic coloring, gift set, box in a bag, heat embossing

Purfectly Ruff Day

This is for today's WAYS TO USE IT CHALLENGE # 366 - Who Let The Dogs Out?, Wednesday's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 376, Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 366 - Daffodil Party Parade and Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 368 - Box in a Bag.
I love these darling gift bag and so I had to make one to go with my card today. I will fill it with tissue paper and include a gift card inside for my dh for either Father's day or birthday one. Not sure yet.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Purfect Friend & Ruff Day - SNSS
Paper: white, poppy parade, pool party, daffodil delight, dp?
Ink: momento tuxedo black, poppy parade,
Accessories: Nesties Invered Scallop Circle, dimensionals, ribbon, SU large oval punch
Techniques: paper piecing, box in a bag

Spring Fever Box in a Bag

This is for today's COLOR CHALLENGE # 366 - Daffodil Party Parade. WOW Mary I put these colors together and my SPRING FEVER went wild. I have it bad right now.
I just had to make another one of these darling gift bags for Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 368 - Box In A Bag. If you have not tried this yet you really are missing out on a fabulous gift idea even if your gift is a gift card stuff this full of tissue paper with the gift card in the center of all of it.
I walked upstairs and this sheet of Urban Window Collection dp was stairing at me, literally so I went with it. I used pool party for the box base. Poppy parade was used for the tag punch and daffodil delight for the bottom border after using Fiskars sunburst border punch. I was going in a western direction until my Fiskars rope border broke trying to punch some poppy parade :(
Am I the only one this happens too bc it seems to happen a lot with SU cardstock and only with SU cs.
Oh well I decided to defer decorations on the front until I decide what I am going to fill the bag with.
Now off to work I go.
RECIPE:
Stamps: none
Paper: daffodil delight, pool party, poppy parade
Ink: none
Accessories: tag punch, crop-o-dile, ribbon, Fiskars Sunburst border punch
Techniques: Box In A Bag

Baby Boy In My Thoughts

This is for today's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 368 - Box in a Bag. What a fun way to give a gift. I just found out that a cousin is having her 1st baby boy so today's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 161 - White with Shades of Blue went together just perfect for me. I will fill this beauty with socks, wash cloths and boy toys too.
I used some dp that I have had since I 1st started this hobby I think. The borders and box were made using brocade blue.
I stamped the sentiment in brocade blue on white then punched with an oval scallop punch.
The bag is tied together with white and light blue ribbon.
I hope she likes it.
RECIPE:
Stamps: In My Thoughts
Paper: white, brocade blue, dp?
Ink: brocade blue
Accessories: MS Diamond border punch, Marvy scallop oval punch
Techniques: Box In A Bag

Poinsetta Gift Bag

This is for today's COLOR CHALLENGE # 353 - Cobbler Cake Always.
I made another TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 355 - Decorative Bags to help with gifts for next week **eeek** I can not believe it is just around the corner.

I cut embossed vanilla cs with the poinsetta dies and then sponged the inside with always artichoke.

I did 2 leaves in always artichoke then sponged them as well. I cut and embossed Nesties Label 15 in crumb cake cs. The Nesties Grommet Tag was cut and embossed and secured to the crumb cake panel with red brads. The sentiment is from Michaels dolllar bin from yrs ago.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Michaels dollar bin
Paper: vanilla, crumb cake, always artichoke
Ink: always artichoke

Accessories: Nesties Label 15, Nestie Poinsetta, brad

Techniques: Gift Bag

A Snowman Gift Bag

This is for today's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 355 - Decorative Bags.
This is also for today's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 148 - "Chill Out" Theme. My first thought was "snowmen & snowflakes".
I missed out on honoring last weeks star so this is also for Sunday's FEATURED STAMPER # 253 - Pegmac71 finding my inspiration in Peggy's HOLIDAY HUGS. I changed from a card to a gift bag, I used some dp with snowmen on it and changed the colors. I just did not want to miss out on Peggy's special honor. Congrats to you girl.
RECIPE:
Stamps: none
Paper: WalMart Holiday dp
Ink: none
Accessories: Martha Stewart snowflake punch, gift bag
Techniques: Decorative Gift Bag

Recycled Wild Rose Birthday Bookmark

This is for today's WAYS TO USE IT CHALLENGE # 337 - Recycling. I just was NOT happy with the finished product from Wednesday but had to get to work so had to settle until today. I love today's WT challenge. I used some ribbons from something made over a year ago as well. I addeda layer to the top of the daffodil delight panel that was stamped like the background panel, punched a slot and made a bookmark which is what I wanted to do yesturday. The bookmark is temporarily attached by 2 sided removable tape.
So this is also for Wednesday's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 347.
My color combo is from Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 337 - Real Night Delight.
This is also for Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 339 - In CASE You Forgot where we were to CASE the 1st card favorited. Well I did that Monday so I had to move to the next 1st card ;) in my favorites today and that would be Cammie's WILD ROSE HAPPY BIRTHDAY. I changed up the colors, used only the small rose and leaves and changed the layout. I just told Shannon I have not 2 step stamped in so long I almost forgot how to. LOL. I had so much fun making this. I stamped off in real red with the solid rose image then stamped the overlay image on top for both the roses and leaves. I stamped the HB from "BIRTHDAY GREETING" sentiment in night of navy and the Script Background image also in night of navy.
My oldest dd (Shannon aka e3stamper) is a bookworm and her bd is in Oct. Guess who is getting this gifted to them in Oct? YEP! She will LOVE it or at least I hope she does.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Wild Rose, Birthday Greetings - SU, Script BG - ?
Paper: white, real red, daffodil delight, night of navy
Ink: real red, night of navy, lucky lemonade
Accessories: ribbon, stickles, copic, dimensionals. slot punch
Techniques: Bookmark, 3D

Because I Care

This is for today's FEATURED STAMPER # 191 - alimarbles. Congratulations Alison. I chose to CASE her GLIMMERRING HYDRANGEA. I changed the layout, colors, and left off the ribbon.
I just had to have this set as soon as I started seeing uploads with it and when I got it I wore it out. It was collecting some dust so I brought it back out again for some luvin'. I stamped the image in Momento Tuxedo Black on white cs then colored with copics, adhered some tissue paper, cut and embossed using Nesties Label 10 and then stamped the sentiment on top of the tissue in basic gray. I then used some glitter spray on the entire panel for some shimmer. I tried again to use my color spritzer and I am convinced I am tool challenged. I just can not get an even flow like I want with it. I made a matching candle to go along with my card for Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 292 - Stamping on Tissue just because I love to make these candles and have not made one in a while.
My layout is from Wednesday's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 300. I used a strip of rose red and daffodil delight after running it through the cuttlebug machine with swiss dots embossing folder.
My color combo is from Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 290 - Basic Rose Delight with old olive as my dessert option. I hope all my cyber friends have a fabulous Sunday.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Because I Care - SU
Paper: Momento Tuxedo Black, Old Olive, Daffodil Delight, Rose Red, Basic Gray
Ink: white, daffodil delight, rose red
Accessories: Swiss Dots EF, Nesties Label 10, Copics, Tissue, Candle, Glitter spray,
Techniques: Stamping on Tissue, Stamping on Candles, Copic Coloring, Dry Embossing

Strawberry Ice Cream Matchbook

This is for today's TREEHOUSE THURSDAY CHALLENGE # 050 - Color combo (Pink, Sky Blue, Brown, Cream). Well I had a hard time with this color combo but am happy with the end result. I just wished that Strawberry Ice Cream was real. As hot as it is I would eat it.
I made a matchbook this time as I needed a break from the traditional card creation. I used one of the digital images from ASHELY'S DOODLES, a digital set from TREEHOUSE STAMPS. I used my new large scallop oval Nestie to cut and emboss my focal panel. I colored a 2nd image and cut out the ice cream portion and popped it up on dimensionals. My sky blue is the shading around the image and the brads.
Now it is your turn to show me what you can do with this color combo. Just be sure to include THT050 in your keywords when you upload so that we can see what you make. Also provide us with a link on the TREEHOUSE BLOG.

Shelled Birthday Bookmark

This is for today's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 276. For my color combo I used Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 266 - Blushing Coral Rubies which I had the pleasure of helping Betty out with. When I 1st saw the sketch this morning the 1st thing I thought of was how perfect panel # 3 would be holding panel # 2 in place which would be an added treat, a bookmark, so this is also for Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE - Save the Page. I tried again to tie a really pretty bow for Saturday's OUR CREATIVE CORNER CHALLENGE - Bows. I distressed panel 3 which is cameo coral with cameo coral ink using sponges for ALL THAT SCRAPS WEEKLY WEDNESDAY CHALLENGE - Distressing, and my words of encouragement to have a snappy bday are for FOR FUN CHALLENGE - Encouragement. This darling image is from the digital line of images called "SHELLED FRIENDS" from TREEHOUSE STAMPS and I love this little crab. He is just too cute. My popped up focal image layer was colored with copics B0000, B00, E000, E00, E30, R20, R21, R22, R24 & R27 then matted with ruby red cs. My bookmark is made with blush blossom cs and ginger blossom dp. My card base is creamy caramel dessert for the color challenge. Cameo Coral cs topped with caramel ribbon holding the bookmark
RECIPE:
Stamps: Shelled Friends - THS Digital
Paper: white, cameo coral, ruby red, blush blossom, creamy caramel, ginger blossom
Ink: cameo coral
Accessories: groumet, ribbon, sponges, dimensionals
Techniques: sponge distressing, bookmark

Tiny Easter Basket

This is for today's FREE 4 ALL # 4 - Colorful Baskets. Sylvia challenged us to create a 3d project or a basket on a card using Perfect Plum, Barely Banana, and Old Olive. I found a tutorial in SCS for this darling TINY TREAT BASKET and went to work. I printed out this cute Easter basket in black, olive, and plum all sized the same then I cut out an egg from the olive & plum colors and paper pieced them in the black basket that was then colored with copics and cut out. I used Perfect Plum pattern paper for my basket and white for the Martha Stewart picket fence border. My ribbon is secured with banana colored brads. The sentiment on the back side (right pic) is matted on barely banana then perfect plum cs. I filled this basket with some speckled Malted milked balls that I just love this time of year.
RECIPE:
Paper: white, perfect plum cs, perfect plum pp, barely banana
Accessories: copics, ribbon, brads, slot punch

Baby Boy Milk Carton of Goodies

This is for today's LIMITED SUPPLY CHALLENGE - Stretching the Limits with 3D. OHH thank you, thank you Dawn. I have been wanting to make one of these for yrs just did not have the courage. I love them. They are just tooo adorable. I have a co-worker who is expecting her 1st child soon and it is a boy so I thought this would be perfect to fill with pacifiers (aka blinkie's), teething tabs, booties and such. I hope she does not mind the ribbon and cord but I felt like it needed something. I love this Paper Studio dp but next I will for sure use CS and trim the dp to fit around it. I may have to make this over and do just that before I give it to her but for now here it is. I even have enough dp to make a gift card to go along with it or maybe a tag. WHoo Hoo wish I did not have to go to work so I could keep playing. Oh well it takes a job to keep up with my addiction. LOL.
RECIPE:
Stamps: none
Paper: Paper Studio dp
Ink: none
Accessories: ribbon and cord
Techniques: Milk Carton, 3D,

Tiny Cupcake Valentine Treats

This is for today's FEATURED STAMPER - jdmommy. WOW another fellow DT member featured. I am so pleased to CASE Anne Harmon one of Treehouse Stamps very own design team members. I chose her KISSES FOR VALENTINE DAY I changed the shape from a square card to a heart shaped card using my brand new Nestie Scallop and straight edged heart dies. I talked myself out of getting these last year but decided then last week decided I had to have them. I left off the border adn paper piercing but you know I had to make it in RED since that is Anne's all tiem fav color. This is also another valentine gift for my grands and is for Friday's LIMITED SUPPLY CHALLENGE - Tiny Treats. My image is the same image just sized different. It is a brand new digital image from TREEHOUSE STAMPS. I colored the images with copic markers then covered the icing part with white liquid applique and heated it from the backside to make it puff up. Then I applied stardust stickles to the hearts. I used my Copic Air Brush System and sprayed the inside of the Nesties dies of the white layers while masking the image on the card layer. The smaller image was cut out and popped up on the tin treat. My white paper, digital images, Nesties, liquid applique, stickles, and copics can all be found at TREEHOUSE STAMPS
RECIPE:
Stamps: Cupcake Wishes Digital Set - Treehouse Stamps
Paper: white, red
Ink: black
Accessories: copics, stickles, liquid applique, ribbon, Nestabilities
Techniques: ABS, copic coloring, treat holder

Chocoholic Tiny Treat

This is for today's LIMITED SUPPLY CHALLENGE - Tiny Treats. I decorated a round clear top tin and filled it with red M&M's and made a round 3in card to go with it. The circles are for Thursday's TREEHOUSE THURSDAY CHALLENGE # 032 - Circle It. I used some digital dp, a sentiment and the hershey's kiss are all digitals just released Thursday from TREEHOUSE STAMPS DIGITAL LINE. I colored with copics and cut out and popped up. Hope you like it.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Chocoholic Digi set-THS
Paper: white, red, digital
Ink: black
Accessories: copics, Nestis Scalloped Circle, SU scallop circle, Fiskars circle punch
Techniques: copic coloring, 3D, digi's

Snowman Soup Gift Set

This is for today's LIMITED SUPPLY CHALLENGE - Silver & Gold. I used silver & gold cording in my ribbon tied on my cup handle, a gold leafing pen around the top and bottom of my cup and silver sharpe on the center of the snowman's hat. This is also for Thursday's WAYS TO USE IT CHALLENGE - Cookin' Up A Challenge where we were to create around a recipe. Well I am not much on cooking but since I still needed something for a co-worker and Snowman Soup is a recipe I went with it. I made another darling cup from Sue Berker's CUP TEMPLATE. My cup is made with brown cs then decorated with so saffron pattern paper. The recipe is matted on melon mambo and I stamped 3 snowmen, colored and cut them out. I popped 1 of each on both sides of the recipe on the cup and used the 3rd one on the 3x3 card I made using Wednesday's SKETCH CHALLENGE. Well you guessed it my color combo is from Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE - Saffron Moss Melons. I used 2 stamp sets Winter and Cup of Cocoa both from CLEAR AND SIMPLE STAMPS. When I got ready to take my pic I realized that one of my grandbabies or my dh must have snitched my candy cane I had upstairs and that was the last one so now I have to go buy some more so I can put one in this cup and I need some to hang on the tree too. TeeHee, gotta luv'em.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Winter, Cup of Cocoa - Clear And Simple Stamps
Paper: brown, vanilla, melon mambo, so saffron pp, white
Ink: black brillance, gold leafing pen, silver sharpe
Accessories: copics, dimensionals. Cup Template, ribbon, gold & silver cording

Seaside Life Gift Bag

This is for today's COLOR CHALLENGE - Certainly Pixie Appeal. OK as MotherMark would say here is my story: Recently my darling daughter has been attempting to dethrown the Queen of Combos by combining multiple challenges from the Dare to Get Dirty Challenge list and then had the gaul to call me up and challenge me to "cowboy up!". Well, how can I not take that dare? LOL. Today I decided to not make a card when I found this darling gift bag creation on FOLLOW YOUR HEART BLOG and just had to make one because of LodiChicks' DTGD - IT'S IN THE BAG CHALLENGE. They are simple and darling as well. In making my bag I decided to use a set I just got from Flourishes, I mean why buy if your not going to use it right? My bag is made with some vanilla textured dp for DeborahLynn's DTGD - TAKEN WITH TEXTURE CHALLENGE. I stamped some of the coral in certainly celery on the bag. Also the bag uses ribbon as handles and Lauraly's DTGD - TIE ONE ON CHALLENGE is to use ribbon on your creation. I punched the word window punch after stamping the sentiment in pixie pink because Becca wanted us to DTGD - CUT IT OUT using punches. I also stamped and cut out several of the seashell images then distressed the edges of the tag with appricot appeal ink and attached it to the sea shell brad and popped it up. I put a tag on because Genie's DTGD - TAG ART CHALLENGE was to use a tag. Well Shannon, now it's your turn again to "cowboy up!". LOL. I filled this bag with some pink grass and hard candy. Hope you like it.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Seaside Life
Paper: Vanilla Textured CS, White, Appricot Appeal,
Ink: Appricot Appeal, Pixie Pink, Certainly Celery
Accessories: Seashell Brad, Pink Eyelets, Ribbon, Dimensionals, Word Window Punch
Techniques: Gift Bag

Hersheys Candy Bar Slider

This is for today's COLOR CHALLENGE - Pink Chocolate Kisses. I needed something quick and simple to make since I did not get to stamp this morning and need to get dinner started too. I am also on a "Anything but a card" kick right now.LOL. I made a Hersheys candy bar slider using pink cs I stamped a sold choc drop set bc I did not want to have to color in all of those drops :( lazy I know but I did say I was in a rush to get this done right? The sentiment is stamped in kiwi kiss and punched out with the large oval punch. I also punched 2 more kiwi kiss ovals and layered them under the sentiment after sponging the edges of the white layer. I applied a tiny clear diamond to the dot above the i for it. Someone very, very special to me is having her 30th Birthday tomorrow and this is one of her gifts. sush about it though, cause she don't want anyone to know she is turning 30. LOL. The choc drop on the sentiment is stamped in choc chip then colored w/prismacolor pencils and blended w/gamsol. The drop is from a set called "Christmas is the Time for Cookies" and these sentiments are from newly release sets from H & M STAMP COMPANY.
RECIPE:
Stamps: All About Birthdays, Christmas is the Time for Cookies - HMStampCo
Paper: Pink, Kiwi Kiss, White
Ink: Kiwi Kiss, chco chip
Accessories: diamond jewel, ribbon, slot punch, large oval punch
Techniques: Candy Bar Slider

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