Stocking and Befana for Epiphany

Hi Everyone! This is Anna.

”La Befana“ is the name of the witch who ancient legend says bears gifts to children on January 6th, the Day of the Magi, also known as the Feast of the Epiphany. It is a belief upheld until this day in Italy, and La Befana is embraced in the hearts and minds of Italian children and their families.

On the eve of Jan. 6, La Befana flies down chimneys or through keyholes throughout Italy. While she looks like an old witch, she is actually kind and only punishes bad boys and girls by leaving coal in their stockings. For kids who have been good, she fills up their stockings with candy, fruit, nuts and small gifts.

I made this stocking card for Befana day... This is fun and easy to create!

 

 

 
Items used:

Sizzix Big Shot Machine Only (Powder Blue & Teal) (657900)

Sizzix Bigz XL Die - Stocking Gift Holder (658744)

white cardstock
patterned papers
glitter paper
distress ink
white thin felt
rustic twine
lace trim
snowflake embellishment
glue, hot glue
 

How to make:

1. Cut different parts of the Stocking Gift Holder by Brenda Walton from different materials.Cut out the different shapes to make the rosette .

2. Attach the front of stocking above the back and lightly ink the edges. Assemble the felt topper of stocking and add the lace trim. Glue toe and heel. Attach the rosette above the topper of stocking.

3. Print or stamp the sentiment in the white cardstock and adhere. Apply a snowflake embellishment and insert a tag into the stocking gift holder.

4. Lastly make a loop with a piece of rustic twine so you can hang the stocking.

 

“La Befana” has always held a special place in my heart as well as my cultural history. And how cool is it to have a Christmas witch?!

For the next La Befana celebration, make sure to keep these stocking cards hung by the chimney in hopes that La Befana will soon be there! ;)

Well, I hope you enjoyed it!!

Thanks for stopping by! I will be back Friday with another project!

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Per le amiche italiane! :)

Ciao! Ecco il primo appuntamento con Anna del Nuovo Anno.

Si avvicina il giorno della Befana, la strega che un'antica leggenda dice porti doni ai bambini la notte del 6 gennaio, giorno dei Re Magi. Una tradizione tutta italiana, come saprete! La Befana vola giù dai camini o attraverso i buchi della serratura... e tutti i bambini sperano di non ricevere il carbone ;)

Per festeggiare il giorno dell'Epifania ho fatto alcune di queste calze di carta da regalare, non solo ai bambini... Un piccolo pensiero o segnaposto per la giornata "che tutte le feste porta via"!
Mi sono divertita molto a realizzarle ed ho infilato dentro piccoli torroncini o dolcetti. Se vi ricordate, avevo già realizzato delle calze in pile con questa fustella, le trovate qui.

La Befana ha sempre avuto un posto speciale nel mio cuore di bambina e mi piace che si continui a festeggiarla.

 

Materiali:

Sizzix Big Shot Machine Only (Powder Blue & Teal) (657900)

Sizzix Bigz XL Die - Stocking Gift Holder (658744)

cartoncino bianco
patterned papers
carta glitter
inchiostro distress
feltro bianco sottile
spago
pizzo
fiocco di neve per abbellimento
colla, colla a caldo
 

Procedimento:

1. Tagliare le diverse parti della fustella Stocking Gift Holder by Brenda Walton da diversi materiali. Tagliare anche le diverse forme per realizzare la coccardina.

2. Incollare il fronte della calza sopra il retro, sporcare leggermente i bordi con l'inchiostro. Montare la parte superiore della calza (che io ho tagliato usando il feltro) e aggiungere il pizzo tutt'intorno. Incollare punta e tallone e disegnare le cuciture con un pennarello. Fissare la coccarda nella parte superiore della calza.

3. Stampare o timbrare il “sentiment” sul cartoncino bianco e incollare la striscia sotto la coccarda. Aggiungere un fiocco di neve metallico o altro abbellimento. Inserire una gift card o un mini regalino nella calza.

4. Infine piegare a metà un pezzo di spago e incollarlo, in modo da poter appendere la calza.

 

Per la prossima festa della Befana, quindi appendete alla porta una di queste calze non si sa mai che vi lasci qualcosina ;)

Buon divertimento con la vostra Big Shot!

Grazie per essere passati di qui e vi auguro di passare una meravigliosa Epifania!

House Gift Card Folder

Hi everyone! I hope your holiday preparations are moving along. I don't know if it's like this where you live, but we give a lot of gift cards. Our family and friends are spread out all over the country and it's so much easier to mail a small gift card than an actual present. Giving the gift card in an pretty folder like this adds the just right personal touch.

There are lots of other ways to use this die though... If you are not a fan of gift cards, use it to make a fun interactive card- make one for a child and put a special surprise under the door opening. Another way to use it is as a photo frame. I have also cut off the door from matboard to make a nice thick tag.

Supplies:
657378 House Gift Card Folder
656491 Little Sizzles Mat Board, cream
Craffiti Direct Barn Wood stamp by Eileen Hull
Big Shot
XL Cutting Pads

sheet music, seam binding, resin key and lock, snowflake punch, silver and white pens, spray adhesive, Velcro Brand® fastener, brown, aqua, yellow and green ink, hemp

1. Use spray adhesive to cover matboard with vintage sheet music on front and back. Die cut House Gift Card Folder.
2. Stamp Barn Wood in brown on front and back of folder, but do not stamp on door. Blend yellow, aqua and green inks on door and ink edges with brown.
3. Add mini-rickrack to roofline with glue. Die cut or punch 3 silver glitter snowflakes and adhere to point of roof.
4. Glue resin door handle to door.
5. Stamp the letter B with leaf stamp and fill in with markers and white and silver pen. Tie B to seam binding using fine hemp. 
6. Add Velcro closure to inside folder at point of roof. 
7. Add gift card and give!

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Thanks for stopping by- see you next time!

Washi Tape Gift Card Folder

It's getting to be that time of year when the graduation announcements, wedding and shower invitations are rolling in. Because our family is spread out all over the country, we often choose to send gift cards to celebrate happy events. I like to make them special by making fun gift card folders to personalize them.  I used washi tape and the new Sizzix ScoreBoard Gift Card Folder to create this project. 

Sizzix Supplies:

658054  Gift Card Folder and Label- ScoreBoard

657723  Labels & Buttons

657119  Leaves

657720  Sweet Treats for You

657382  Birthday, Congrats & Thanks set

655491  6" x 13" Little Sizzles Matboard Pack, cream

Other Supplies:

washi tape, Clearsnap Chalk Inks, twine, ribbon, letter and number stamps, Scotch ATG gun 

 opening....

ta-dah!

First, cover a sheet of matboard with washi tape striped on a diagonal leaving a little room in between each piece. Then die cut a Gift Card Folder from that matboard, making sure to lay the tape side facing the die.

First, cover a sheet of matboard with washi tape striped on a diagonal leaving a little room in between each piece. Then die cut a Gift Card Folder from that matboard, making sure to lay the tape side facing the die. 

Die cut a Gift Card Folder from that matboard, making sure to lay the tape side facing the die. 

Fold die up on score lines into folder shape.

Smear inks randomly on the inside of the folder. Blend with a sponge.

Emboss a coupon envelope with the word Congratulations. Adhere to folder.

 Ink lightly to bring out the words. Slip gift card inside.

I wound up inking the edges and open areas that did not have 

tape on them in brown at the last minute.

Add embellishments to folder.

Stamp 4 U on the label and tie firmly around folder. To open it, 

just slip the label down to the bottom and open the flap!

Love your garden? Next time I will have samples from my brand new Picket Fence collection! So excited that they will finally be in stores. Have a great weekend... Eileen

Gift Card Wallet

Here's a project using my new Gift Card Folder die. It is a ScoreBoard die so it's designed to cut and score thick material like matboard. But I thought I would experiment a little with a piece of vinyl I found in the remnant bin at a fabric store- a beautiful turquoise color. It was fairly thick but not rigid, so I backed the vinyl with some heavy cardstock to stabilize it.

This would hold a gift card, notepad, business cards or credit cards. Even if there is nothing in it, it makes a nice gift. This is a quick and inexpensive project that looks like a million bucks!

Supplies:

Sizzix Big Shot (655268)
Sizzix ScoreBoards L Die- Gift Card Folder & Label (658054)
Cutting Pad, Extended (655267)
vinyl

cardstock- Jillibean Soup 
sewing machine
spray adhesive

Instructions:

1. Trim vinyl material and a piece of card stock to size- about 5" x 7". Adhere wrong sides together using spray adhesive.
2. Place vinyl facing die and run through Big Shot. You should see a faint impression of the scoring lines on the vinyl- fold over on score lines.
3. Fold the flap over centering the label piece on the bottom front of the folder. Mark two holes on either side. Punch two small holes and insert brads into the labels and secure to the folder.   
4. Sew the seams up the sides of the folder on the sewing machine. (I used white thread because it was in the machine but didn't like how it came out. Luckily, I had a Copic marker that matched the turquoise so I just ran the marker over the thread and it blended right in!)
5. Embellish as desired. I left mine plain because I am going to carry it in my purse, but you could add ribbon, buttons, flowers, etc. to personalize.

 Thanks for stopping by!