Christmas Boxes

I have made a sweet little box to share today.  I am making several of these boxes decorated for Christmas treats to give to special people in the community.

This box is very simple and easy to make starting with a plain paper box from Walmart for jut $2.  I covered the box with scraps of Graphic 45 12 Days of Christmas (I made and album from this paper last year).

A note about adding ribbon to the lid.  You want to place it deep inside the lid so that the extra adhesive (I used Tombow Fastner Tabs) doesn't get in the way of closing the lid.

I also created one of my special flowers (tutorial here) made from the Flowers pieces of the G45 12 Days of Christmas set.  I layered up the pieces and secured them with a brad.

Then I wet the layers thoroughly and scrunched up all the layers making them very wrinkly.

The last step is to gently peal back the layers into the shape you desire and let it dry completely (over night if possible).  The finished flower is beautifully sculpted and retains it's shape.

The finished box from several sides........

Supplies used:

• Paper box from Walmart
• Graphic 45 12 Days of Christmas paper scraps and flowers
• Tombow Fastner Tabs and Xtreme glue tape
• Really Reasonable Ribbon
• Wild Orchid leaves

Challenges for this project:

• CRAFT - Christmas
• Crafty Ribbons - Christmas

Have a great scrapin day!

NancyD

My First Christmas Project This Year!

Okay, I know Christmas is more than three months away but someone told me today that it is only 14 Fridays!  Oops, better get started on preparations! lol!

Here is my second attempt at the Vertical Paper Bag Mini from Paper Phenomenon.  The first one is here.

Lots of great BoBunny and Simple Stories Christmas paper here!  I used a variety of techniques to make the decorating more interesting and challenging.  I have been mostly using the wonderful designer papers in my mini-album creations, but this time decided to add  "card making" techniques like pressure embossing, glitter heat embossing, paper piecing, and die flower making.

Generous front and back pockets for memorabilia.

I used three kinds of ribbon and several rubber stamps.

Two kinds of dry embossing enhanced with Stickles.

I added Glitter pen to this stamp.

I added Ink Gold - Red to the brick wall embossing.

Stamps, paper piecing, ribbon, and Stickles, oh my!

Two of the 12 tags in this album

This is such a great tutorial and I have really enjoyed making it now for the second time.  It is a super easy way to get a jump on your Christmas gifts this year.

Project Supplies:

• Paper Phenomenon Vertical Paper Bag tutorial
• Paper - BoBunny - Rejoice, Simple Stories - 25 Days of Christmas, Bazzill Black, Red and Green, Kraft
• Ranger black and tan tags
• May Arts Ribbon
• Red Stickles
• Sakura Gold Gel Pen
• Ranger Black Soot Distress Ink
• Sizzix embossing plates
• Tim Holtz on the edge die
• Michael's Celebrate It paper sacks
• Maya Road Let It Snow snowflakes
• Magenta and Great Impressions stamps
• BossKut Poinsettia die

Have a great day!

NancyD

Dear Santa ...

It is getting very close to Christmas and all the little (and big) children are writing their letters to Santa.  Festive Monkey is here to help make sure that your letter gets to the right place.

This is a Shadow Box card and you can find instructions here.  I used the Martha Stewart sprig punch to make lots and lots of branches for my tree and they layered them up with a bit of glue. Then I added Stickles in green, red and gold.

Card Recipe

Images: Digital Delights , Festive Monkey, Christmas Fireplace Set Colored, Winter Fun Sentiments

Paper:  Bazzill Red and Green, Stampin Up Christmas Pack
Markers/Ink: Distress Fired Brick

Embellishments: Stickles, SU Label Punch, La-La-Land Die, MS Sprig punch (lots and lots of them)

Challenges for this card:

• Make it Monday - Always anything goes
• Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything goes
• Crafting for all Seasons - Anything Christmas but a card (shadow box)
• Divas by Design - Anything goes
• Ruby's Rainbow - Christmas
• Sisterhood of Crafters - Christmas Sparkle
• Deep Ocean - Santa is coming!
• Inky Chics - Christmas

Be sure and take a look at what the wonderful Design Team has come up with for your inspiration. And then hop over to the Delightful Challenges site and check out this weeks challenge.

Have a Great Day!

NancyD

Have a Jolly Holiday!

Some of my family members are hunters so I decided to make up this great new image from Digital Delights with camo shirt and pants.

Not all Christmas cards need to be in red and green.  This BoBunny cream and gold paper is stunning and really helps to showcase my color them with this wonderful Digital Delights image.

Card Recipe

Images: Digital Delights Donnie and Slippy, Winter Fun Sentiments

Paper:  Bazzill Brown, BoBunny Silver and Gold Collection papers
Markers/Ink: Distress Tea Dye

Embellishments: Stickles, Prima Pearls, Really Reasonable Ribbon

Challenges for this card:

• Make it Monday - Always anything goes
• Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything goes
• Crafting by Designs - Anything goes/Penguins
• Creative Craft Challenges - Non-traditional Christmas colors
• Holly Jolly Christmas - Christmas
• Papertake Weekly - Anything goes
• Cards for Men - Anything goes
• Created with Love - Anything goes

Be sure and take a look at what the wonderful Design Team has come up with for your inspiration. And then hop over to the Delightful Challenges site and check out this weeks challenge.

Have a Great Day!

NancyD

There's Snow Friend Like You!

Penguin's and Snowmen go together like peanut butter and chocolate!  These two cutie's are from the new Digital Delights Christmas images.

Card Recipe

Images: Digital Delights Slippy and Snowman, Winter Fun Sentiments

Paper:  SU Specialty Paper and Old Olive, 
Markers/Ink: Distress Fired Brick

Embellishments: Spellbinders, Stickles, SU label punch, Prima Gems, Craft Ribbon

Challenges for this card:

• Make it Monday - Always anything goes
• Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything goes
• Crafting by Designs - Christmas
• Crafty Sentiments - Anything goes
• Party Time Tuesdays - Anything goes
• Crafty Bloggers Network - Anything goes
• Lexi's Creations - Christmas
• My Craft Creations - Anything goes
• Paper Playtime - Anything goes

Be sure and take a look at what the wonderful Design Team has come up with for your inspiration. And then hop over to the Delightful Challenges site and check out this weeks challenge.
Have a Great Day!

NancyD

A Christmas Hostess!

This week I am the Monday Hostess over at Digital Delights.  For my project this week I made this cute little box that I found here. I made a few adjustments to make it work for inches and added my Christmas Digital Delights images to finish it off.

Believe it or not, this box lays flat and fits into a regular size envelope.

Side view

 I used Snowball Andie and the House from the Snowball Sarah and Andie set, as well as Snowie Lola and Winder Fun Sentiments.

Start by making the box:

• Cut a piece of card stock 5 1/2 by 10 1/2 inches
• Score at 2 1/2, 5, 7 1/2 and 10 inches
• Turn 90 degrees and score at 2 1/2 inches (on the long side)
• Cut the 4 box sides and cut out the little extra on the top of the tab
• Fold on the score lines and glue the little tab over to form the box.

What you have now is a box (with no bottom) with open flaps at the top.  The base of the box is 3 inches and the top flaps are 2 1/2 inch squares.

Cut your designer paper:

• 3 pieces of 2 3/8 square
• 3 pieces of 2 3/8 by 2 7/8
• The back of the box has one longer strip of neutral paper to add your note. Cut a strip 2 3/8 by 5 3/8

Cut two little strips to attach to the box on the inside.  These will hold your images up.  The strips at 3 1/2 by 1 inch.  Score at each edge at 1/2 inch.  Fold them like a Z and glue inside the box close to the top edge.

Now glue in your images and your done!  Have fun making your own Christmas box cards.

Card Recipe

Images: Digital Delights,  Snowball Sarah and Andie set, Snowie Lola, and Winter Fun sentiments

Paper:  Cherry Cobbler, Season of Style dp
Markers/Ink: Copics, Distress Tea Fired Brick

Embellishments: Stickles, SU label punch, BossKut Pointsettia die, Glossy Accents on the Christmas lights

Challenges for this card:

• Make it Monday - Always anything goes
• Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything goes
• Crafting by Designs - Anything goes
• Come and Get it Challenges - Anything goes
• Creative Inspirations Paint - Anything goes
• Glitter and Sparkle - Show us the snow
• Scribble and Scrap - Anything goes
• Color Me Creative - Anything goes

Have a Great Day!

NancyD

Have Yours-ELF a Merry Christmas

This step card is made with a pre-colored image from Digital Delights.  Using the pre-colored images is a quick and easy way to make up a card.

I decided this little fellow was trying to get to Santa so I put him in front of his house flying away to the workshop.

I used a bit of Old Olive card stock in the Sizzix embossing folder to make the raised brick impression and then rubbed a bit of Distress Fired Brick over it.

Pre-colored Image

Card Recipe

Images: Digital Delights Elf Up and Away, Christmas Fence, Winter Fun Sentiments

Paper:  Bazzill red, SU Specialty Paper and Old Olive, American Crafts Coper sparkle paper
Markers/Ink: Distress Fired Brick

Embellishments: Stickles, SU label punch, Sizzix embossing folder

Challenges for this card:

• Make it Monday - Always anything goes
• Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything goes
• Crafting by Designs - Anything goes
• Fab n Funky - Anything goes
• Lady Anne's Challenges - More than one layer
• Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge - Anything goes
• Stampavie and More - Christmas

Be sure and take a look at what the wonderful Design Team has come up with for your inspiration. And then hop over to the Delightful Challenges site and check out this weeks challenge.

Have a Great Day!

NancyD

Have a Jolly Holiday!

Angels are good for a card anytime, but at Christmas they are special.  Even Gingerbread cookies want to be angles! I am adding to my Christmas card stash with Natasha Cookie Angel and this sparkly ribbon to go along with her sparkly dress.

Card Recipe

Images: Digital Delights, Natasha Cookie Angel, Christmas Hugs Sentiment Set

Paper:  Stampin Up Season of Style speciality paper
Markers/Ink: Copics, Distress Fired Brick, Sparkle Pen

Embellishments: Prima pearls , Stickles, Spellbinders, Sparkly Craft Ribbon

Challenges for this card:

• Make it Monday - Always anything goes
• Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything goes
• Crafting by Designs - Anything goes
• Holly Jolly Christmas - Traditional colors
• Papertake Weekly - Anything goes
• Card Mania - Anything goes
• Created with Love - Christmas reds and greens

Such lovely lashes!

Be sure and take a look at what the wonderful Design Team has come up with for your inspiration. And then hop over to the Delightful Challenges site and check out this weeks challenge.

Have a Great Day!

NancyD

A Step Toward the Goal!

A couple of weeks ago I set for myself a personal challenge to make the most of a set of Graphic 45 - 12 Days of Christmas papers.  You can see the post here. My goal was to make an 8x8 album and a 3x5 album, as well as at least 10 cards.

Well, I have accomplished the first part of the goal by making the two albums.  The first one is actually 8 1/2 x 6 1/2.  I modeled the style after Clare's album located here. Clare does a wonderful job on her albums and I was inspired by her style of page flaps.

The album is made with black Recollections paper binding chipboard with Clare's special spine.  This cover has pointsettias made from BossKut, Window from from PoppyStamps.com.  I closed the book with a magnet behind the Graphic 45 chipboard piece.

Both the inside and backside covers have pockets with tags. One side of the tag is for the picture and the other is set up for journaling.

My favorite page is this one on the right.  Looks like an envelope.  Open the clasp to find the picture below.

Inside the envelope looking page is a tri-page with side pocket, center pocket with tag and lovely paper strip on the side.

This page is layered with the same paper.  In the center is a tag slipped into a cutout section of the paper underneath.
That paper is actually a flap that opens to find a tag and a bookmark.

The remaining pages - 6 in all, are pretty much the same with varying types of flaps, pockets and belly bands.

A big tag hidden behind a cut apart on the left and a pocket and top flap on the right.

Belly band on the left and fold-out flap on the right.

Well, that was the larger album.  The smaller one is only 5 1/2 by 4 1/2.  Every page has a tag for a picture and journaling as well as a pocket. This album is for the Christmas charity auction at work.

Cover with a little Stickle sparkle added.

Inside first page

All the pages have a tag for journaling and a picture

Typical pages

Well, there is part of my challenge met - two albums.  I will be back in another week or so with the 10 cards (hope there is enough paper!).

Gotta enter a challenge or two:

• Make it Monday - Always anything goes
• Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything goes
• Crafty Girls Challenges - Anything goes
• Charisma Cardz Challenge - Anything but a card
• Paper Crafting Journey - Anything goes
• Stampin Royalty - Anything goes

Have a Great Day!

NancyD

Rejoice - Christmas is Near!

Finally I had time to make a Christmas card and I used an older Digital Delights image from the Angel collection now available on DVD.

Card Recipe

Images: Digital Delights, Trumpet Angel from the new DVD volume IV

Paper:  Stampin Up Teal and Winter Frost speciality paper
Markers/Ink: Copics, Sakura sparkle pens

Embellishments: Prima pearls 

Challenges for this card:

• Make it Monday - Always anything goes
• Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything goes
• Divas by Design - Anything goes
• Crafting by Designs - Anything goes
• Lady Anne's Challenge - Anything goes
• Rhedd and Rosie Challenge - Anything goes
• Creative Craft Challenges - Anything goes
• Artistic Inspirations - Anything goes
• Crafty Bloggers Network - Things with wings

Be sure and take a look at what the wonderful Design Team has come up with for your inspiration. And then hop over to the Delightful Challenges site and check out this weeks challenge.

Have a Great Day!

NancyD