Birthday Party

This weekend my son attended the 10th Birthday Party of one of his friends.

When asked about the card, my son of course wanted me to make it!

I knew just the perfect stamp greeting for this card:

The front.

The inside.

The front of the card, and the card are made from the May 2014 Simon Says Stamp Card Kit I purchased just because it was fun "boy" greetings and papers.

The "Happy Birthday" on the inside is from the May 2014 Paper Pumpkin Kit.  

A gift card and Voila!  Card and Gift completed.

Hope he liked it.

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Finally Completed

I started this card a while ago, but did not know what to do with it, so I left it.

The concept behind it was that it would be a card/gift card holder, but hmmmmmm....

The band to hold the card closed has a scrunched up flower on the front of it.  

The card base is Real Red, Summer Smooches Designer Series Paper, and Real Red Designer Series Paper.

The instructions for the flower are from the March 2012 issue of CardMaker.  

As I was looking at my stamps for a card idea last night I noticed my Carry On Stamp Set and Decided that the "Shop On" caption would be perfect for a gift card, so I got this card out and finished it!  Easy Peasy now.

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

 

Kathy

Cupcake Gift Card

I needed a quick gift card today, and so I made my quick stand by gift card, the CUPCAKE.

You all know how I love cupcakes.

The top card I made about a year ago, and today I did a quicker version and used my Stampin Up cupcake stamp set for the sprinkles, and the Mouthwatering Stamp Set for the Cherry on Top.

Colors for the sprinkles and Cherry are from the new In Colors, and the card base is Chocolate Chip and Whisper White.

I will post dimensions next time I make this but right now I am supposed to be in the truck on the way to Banff (shhhhhh).

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Felt Gift Card Holders

I made these felt gift card holders for Christmas for the few gift card presents I had to give out. 

For this gift card I used a white piece of felt cut 2 3/4" wide by 7" long, folded in half, and used a blanket stitch around the edges, using 2 strands of White Baker's Twine.  The felt wreath sewn on is from the Winter Wishes Stitched Felt in the Stampin Up Holiday Mini Catalogue.  

This gift card holder was probably the easiest as I used the Winter Wishes Mittens string as the string for the gift card holder to hang from!  Again, stitching along the edge is with 2 strands of White Baker's Twine.  By now, my son was wanting to help, so he has now started to practice the blanket stitch.

The last gift card holder, has the most work put into it.  For this one I used green felt and my Stocking Accents die and ran it through my Cuttlebug (shhhhh..... this thing has not disappointed me and has cut what ever I managed to shove into it).  I used my Husquvarna sewing machine to stitch the tree down (again an awesome machine - no cleaning in 3 years + and sews what ever I decide to feed through it too - I like to experiment).  Then because the tree looked blah, I decided to put on beads which I did.  Finally, used 2 strands White Baker's Twine to blanket stitch around the edges and create a hanger.  Seven year old child helped with sewing again. 

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy