Tidings & Trimmings Gift Tag

It’s another Christmas in July project! Today’s project features a gift tag using the Tidings & Trimmings Bundle in the Annual Catalog.  You’ll notice it’s a large gift tag.  This allows you to use the tag on a variety of packages from a small package such as the Ombre Bags to much larger packages.  For the tag base, use the Scalloped Contours Dies.  This is another of those quick projects.  If you’re like me, there’s always some last minute packaging needing tags.  So let’s get prepared and make some of these tags to have handy when the need arises. As with my other Christmas in July projects, the materials and assembly video are located below. 

Tidings & Trimmings

Tidings & Trimmings Gift Tag Materials:
  • Tidings & Trimmings Bundle
  • Scalloped Contours Dies (use the three largest sizes)
  • Tidings of Christmas Designer Series Paper (DSP):3-1/4″ x 4-1/2″  note: on sale through August 2!
  • Evening Evergreen Cardstock (or select desired color to coordinate with the DSP print selected): 5-1/2″ x 4″, plus scrap for holly leaves
  • Cherry Cobbler Cardstock: 2-1/2″ x 3-1/2″ 
  • Basic White Cardstock: 1-1/2″ x 2-1/2″, scrap for sentiment
  • Evening Evergreen Classic Ink Pad & Evening Evergreen Stampin’ Blends (light)
  • Cherry Cobbler Classic Ink Pad
  • Red Rhinestone Jewels
  • Stampin’ Seal Adhesive
  • Glue Dots
  • Stampin’ Dimensionals
  • Cut & Emboss Die Cutting Machine
Assembly Video Tutorial…

Reminders & Other Announcements 

Click here to check out the select Designer Series Papers on Sale!  (and best of all, the Tidings of Christmas DSP from this project is on sale!)

Margaret’s Customer Loyalty Program Download the form (Customer Loyalty Form) for program details and start tracking your orders.  Remember for orders over $150, you’ll also receive rewards from Stampin’ Up!  You can order by clicking this link: Margaret’s Online Store.  Thank you for selecting to place your order with me. I truly appreciate your orders. 

Check back next Wednesday for another Christmas in July project with a video tutorial.  Projects will post around noon EST.  

Enjoy your weekend!

 Thanks for stopping by and happy crafting…

Project Materials:

The current host code is: FB7TWQ63.  Please use this code if your order is $150 or less (before shipping & taxes). Remember, if your order is over $150, you will receive the host rewards.

Christmas in July 2021-Snowman Season Gift Tags

Keeping with this week’s gift tag theme for Christmas in July, I am featuring Snowman Gift Tags.  A recent purchase of snowman notepads became the inspiration for the snowman gift tags.  Since I’ll be “giving a little something” to folks throughout the holiday season, it’s only appropriate to make the presentation special. Right?!  Even better, the notepads fit perfectly into the Ombre Gift Bags. And with coordinating snowman gift tags, the “little something” is ready to present later this year.  The Snowman Season Stamp Set and the Tailor Made Tags Dies in the 2021-2022 Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog are perfect for making the gift tags.  Best of all, the tags are quick and easy to make!  

Snowman Gift Tags

Snowman Gift Card Project Materials:
  • Snowman Season Photopolymer Stamp Set
  • Tailor Made Tags Dies 
  • Basic White Thick Cardstock (4″ x 2-1/2″ for each tag)
  • Memento Tuxedo Black Ink
  • Stampin’ Blends:
    • Pumpkin Pie (light)
    • Highland Heather (both light & dark)
    • Pool Party (light)
  • Soft Succulent Classic Stampin’ Pad
  • Highland Heather Classic Stampin’ Pad
  • Clear Wink of Stella
  • Holly Jolly Wishes Stamp Set (#156362; available for ordering on August 3, 2021)
  • Penguin Playmates Designer Series Paper (Sale-A-Bration, FREE with $50 order starting August 3, 2021)
Assembly video…

 

Reminders & Other Announcements 

Click here to check out the select Designer Series Papers on Sale!  

Margaret’s Customer Loyalty Program Download the form (Customer Loyalty Form) for program details and start tracking your orders.  Remember for orders over $150, you’ll also receive rewards from Stampin’ Up!  You can order by clicking this link: Margaret’s Online Store.  Thank you for selecting to place your order with me. I truly appreciate your orders. 

Check back next Wednesday for another Christmas in July project with a video tutorial.  Projects will post at noon EST.  

Enjoy your weekend!

 Thanks for stopping by and happy crafting…

Project Materials:

The current host code is: FB7TWQ63.  Please use this code if your order is $150 or less (before shipping & taxes). Remember, if your order is over $150, you will receive the host rewards.

Christmas in July 2021-Poinsettia Gift Tags

It’s the second week of Christmas in July 2021 and today features Poinsettia Gift Tags.   Last holiday season, I saw Poinsettia Gift tags created by other demonstrators and made a mental note to use the set for gift tags in the future. So this year, I am making Poinsettia gift tags for some of my holiday packages.  The Poinsettia Dies are perfect for creating the poinsettia embellishment for the tags.  The first tag is a poinsettia gift tag design using non-traditional Christmas colors.  The 2021-2023 In Colors are some of my favorite colors and so I selected Polished Pink for the poinsettia.  It will be perfect to for use this Christmas on one of my granddaughter’s gifts.  In addition, I’m sharing another poinsettia gift tag using stamped poinsettia layers which are cut with the coordinating dies.  The color scheme is more subtle (crumb cake on very vanilla cardstock). 

Project Materials:

Poinsettia Gift Tag 

  • Polished Pink Poinsettia Gift Tag:

    • Poinsettia Dies
    • 100 Fluid Watercolor Paper
    • Cardstock:
      • Polished Pink Cardstock (2-3/4″ x 4″)
      • Soft Succulent Cardstock (scraps for leaves)
      • Basic White (1/2″ x 4″ – trim to approximately 3-1/2″ after stamping)
    • Polished Pink Classic Ink Pad
    • (Optional) Polished Pink Stampin’ Blends 
    • Sponge Daubers
    • Spritzer with water
    • Soft Succulent Classic Ink Pad
    • 2021-2023 In-Color Shimmer Vellum
    • Scalloped Contours Dies
    • Frosted Gingerbread Stamp Set #156314 (for sentiment) in the July-Dec 2021 Mini Catalog  – available for ordering August 3
    • Optional – Artificially Inked Stamp Set (for background dots)
    • Basic Rhinestone Jewels
    • 1-1/2″ Metallic Mesh Ribbon
    • Hole Punch
    • Stampin’ Dimensionals
    • Glue Dots

Poinsettia Gift Tag

  • Stamped Poinsettia Gift Tag:

    • Poinsettia Petals Stamp Set
    • Poinsettia Dies
    • Very Vanilla Cardstock
    • Crumb Cake Cardstock (2-1/4″ x 4″)
    • Crumb Cake Classic Ink Pad
    • Tailor Made Tags Dies
    • Banner Year Stamp Set (for to/from)
    • Gold Foil Sheets
    • Gold Fine Art Ribbon
    • Simply Elegant Trim (gold)
    • Metallic Pearls (gold)
    • Stampin’ Dimensionals
    • Glue Dots
Assembly video tutorial…

 

Reminders & Other Announcements 

Click here to check out the select Designer Series Papers on Sale! 

Margaret’s Customer Loyalty Program Download the form (Customer Loyalty Form) for program details and start tracking your orders.  Remember for orders over $150, you’ll also receive rewards from Stampin’ Up!  You can order by clicking this link: Margaret’s Online Store.  Thank you for selecting to place your order with me. I truly appreciate your orders. 

Check back this Friday for another Christmas in July 2021 project with a video tutorial.  Projects will post at noon EST.  

 Thanks for stopping by and happy crafting…

Project Materials:

The current host code is: FB7TWQ63.  Please use this code if your order is $150 or less (before shipping & taxes). Remember, if your order is over $150, you will receive the host rewards.

Christmas in July – Fun Fold Card

Time for another Christmas in July project.  This Christmas in July project features a fun fold card.  Like the first project, the card uses the Tidings & Trimmings Bundle and the Tidings of Christmas Designer Series Paper.  These products are located in the Stampin’ Up! 2021-2022 Annual Catalog.   The bundle offers lots of versatility and for today’s fun fold card, I am highlighting the star elements from the bundle.  I am not sure if this card fold has a specific name but regardless, it’s a great change-up from a traditional card fold.  Card details and the video tutorial for assembly are below the card’s photo.

Christmas in July-Fun Fold Card

Card Materials:
  • Tidings & Trimmings Bundle
  • Cherry Cobbler cardstock:
    • Card base: 4-1/4″ x 11″, score at 4-1/4″ & 5-1/2″ 
    • 3″ x 3″ (for large star) 
    • 1-1/2″ x 1-1/2″ for design on white star (optional: add Adhesive Sheet to the back of the cardstock BEFORE cutting the shape with the die)
  • Basic White cardstock:
    • 4″ x 4″ (cut 2 – one for card front & one for card interior)
    • 2-1/2″ x 1-1/2″ (for sentiment – cut with Hippo & Friends die)
  • Gold Foil:
    • 3″ x 3″ (for ease in layering onto large red star, use Adhesive Sheet)
    • scraps to cut 2 of the small stars using the Christmas Trimmings Dies
  • Tidings of Christmas Designer Series Paper: 
    • Strip for folded left side panel: 1″ x4″
    • Coordinating piece:  3-3/4″ x 3-3/4″ 
  • Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin’ Pad
  • Simply Elegant Trim (Gold)
  • Versamark Ink Pad 
  • Clear Embossing Powder
  • Stamparatus
  • Heat Tool
  • Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine
  • Adhesive
  • Stampin’ Dimensionals
  • Basic White Envelope

Assembly video tutorial…

 

This is a fun fold to use for a variety of card themes so be sure to add it to your list of card designs.

Reminders & Other Announcements 

Click here to check out the select Designer Series Papers on Sale!  (and yes, it includes the Tidings of Christmas Designer Series Paper from this project)

Margaret’s Customer Loyalty Program Download the form (Customer Loyalty Form) for program details and start tracking your orders.  Remember for orders over $150, you’ll also receive rewards from Stampin’ Up!  You can order by clicking this link: Margaret’s Online Store.  Thank you for selecting to place your order with me. I truly appreciate your orders. 

Check back next Wednesday for another Christmas in July project with a video tutorial.  Projects will post at noon EST.  

Enjoy your weekend, relax and maybe watch a Hallmark Christmas in July movie! 

 Thanks for stopping by and happy crafting…

Project Materials:

The current host code is: FB7TWQ63.  Please use this code if your order is $150 or less (before shipping & taxes). Remember, if your order is over $150, you will receive the host rewards.

Christmas in July -Tidings of Christmas

Today, I am excited to kick-off my Christmas in July event by highlighting elements from the Tidings of Christmas product suite.  Though we are still in the heat of summer, it’s not to early to start thinking about Christmas.  I will be posting holiday themed projects each Wednesday and Friday in July.  And if you enjoy Hallmark Channel holiday movies, the channel starts their Christmas in July movies this upcoming weekend.  I can’t wait!!! Yes, the movies are predictable but fun to watch.  What better way to spend a hot, muggy day than to stay indoors, get cozy and watch Christmas-winter themed movies?!  Now to stop digressing and get back to the card featured today. (LOL)

For this first Christmas in July project, the Tidings and Trimmings Bundle and the Tidings of Christmas Designer Series Paper blend to create a traditional Christmas card.  For the card layout, I opted to use one of my favorite layouts with angled layers of designer series paper. The Tidings of Christmas product suite is from the 2021-2022 Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog (pages 88-89).   You’ll find a list of card materials and the video directions below.  

Christmas in July

Card Materials:
  • Tidings & Trimmings Bundle
  • Evening Evergreen cardstock:
    • Card base: 4-1/4″ x 11″, score at 5-1/2″ 
    • 2-1/2″ x 3-1/2″ (optional: texture emboss using the Evergreen Forest 3D Embossing Folder)
    • scraps for die cutting holly leaves
  • Basic White cardstock:
    • 4″ x 5-1/2″ (cut 2 – one for card front & one for card interior)
    • 2-3/4″ x 2-3/4″ (for sentiment – cut with circle die)
  • Cherry Cobbler Cardstock: 3″ x 3″ (cut with scalloped circle die)
  • Tidings of Christmas Designer Series Paper: 
    • Red Stripe: 3-7/8″ x 5-1/8″
    • Evergreen Trees: 2-1/2″ x 3-1/2″ (for card front)
    • Evergreen Trees: 2-3/8″ x 6″ (for envelope flap)
  • Layering Circle Dies – use the 2-3/4″ scallop circle die & the 2-5/8″ circle die
  • Soft Succulent Classic Stampin’ Pad
  • Red Rhinestone Jewels
  • Evening Evergreen Open Weave Ribbon
  • Adhesive
  • Stampin’ Dimensionals
  • Basic White Envelope

Here’s the video tutorial for assembly…(btw, the tutorial starts at the beginning of assembly but YouTube has selected this as the portion to show as a photo)

Reminders & Other Announcements

Click here to check out the select Designer Series Papers on Sale!  (and yes, it includes the Tidings of Christmas Designer Series Paper from this project)

Margaret’s Customer Loyalty Program Download the form (Customer Loyalty Form) for program details and start tracking your orders.  Remember for orders over $150, you’ll also receive rewards from Stampin’ Up!  You can order by clicking this link: Margaret’s Online Store.  Thank you for selecting to place your order with me. I truly appreciate your orders. 

Be sure to check back on Friday…

I’m posting another Christmas in July project.

 Thanks for stopping by and happy crafting! 

Project Materials:

The current host code is: FB7TWQ63.  Please use this code if your order is $150 or less (before shipping & taxes). Remember, if your order is over $150, you will receive the host rewards.

Pansy Patch Fun Fold & Video Tutorial

Today’s card features the Patch Patch Bundle and uses a fun fold. It was one of the four cards from last month’s kit-to-go class.  In each of the kit-to-go classes, registrants receive the pre-cut materials to make the cards plus a video tutorial.  So for June, the Pansy Patch bundle was used.  Great news! I am sharing the video tutorial for the Pansy Patch Fancy Fold in this post.  The fold for the card is a favorite of mine and you’ll be seeing it used on additional card designs.  In addition to the Pansy Patch bundle, the Pansy Petals Designer Series Paper is highlighted.

Also,  be sure to check out the “what’s coming” announcement at the end of this post!

Pansy Patch Bundle

Pansy Patch Fun Fold Material Dimensions:
  • Card Base: Soft Succulent 7-1/2” x 5-1/2”, score & fold @ 4-1/4”; sentiment strip: 3/4”x 4”
  • Bumblebee Cardstock (CS): 3”x 5-1/4”; 4” x 5-1/4”
  • Pansy Petals DSP: 2-7/8” x5-1/8”; 1-1/8” x 5-1/8”; cut small pansy and leaves using coordinating Pansy Dies,
  • Basic White: 2-5/8” x 5-1/8”; 1/2”x 4”

 

http://https://youtu.be/S-D9q4QiiVo

Hope you enjoy using this fun fold card design!  

What’s coming?

Woohoo!  Starting next week on July 7th, I will be posting the first of my Christmas in July projects.  In addition to the blog post, each will include a video tutorial to guide you through the steps for each of the projects.   As you now, we are now halfway through the year so it’s time to start preparing for the upcoming holidays (LOL)!   Be sure to mark the date on your calendar!

Click here to check out the select Designer Series Papers on Sale!  (and yes, it includes the Pansy Petals from this project)

Margaret’s Customer Loyalty Program Download the form (Customer Loyalty Form) for program details and start tracking your orders.  Remember for orders over $150, you’ll also receive rewards from Stampin’ Up!  Thank you for placing your order with me.  You can order by clicking this link: Margaret’s Online Store. I sincerely appreciate your orders. 

 Thanks for stopping by and happy crafting! 

Project Materials:

The current host code is: FB7TWQ63.  Please use this code if your order is $150 or less (before shipping & taxes). Remember, if your order is over $150, you will receive the host rewards.