Snowflake Gift Bags

Hi everyone, here's a quick and simple last minute gift idea for you.

I took Costco chocolates and a plastic gift bag from IKEA to make my gifties.  Aren't they darling?

The snowflakes are cut from Spellbinders Create a Flake die set, there are four dies in this set and I used three of the graduated snowflakes.

Each snowflake has been cut three times and glued together to form a nice sturdy little flake.  I then covered the tops with glue and dipped them in Stampin' Up Dazzling Diamonds dust attached them to the bags with Glue Dots.

To finish them off I cut a swirl from Marianne Designs Creatables Vintage Swirls from Stampin' Up Silver Glitter paper.  Oh my this just finishes them off perfectly.

So here you have it a quick and simple gift that shows you took a little time to kick it up into something sweet and personal.  Merry Christmas everyone!  (and if you don't celebrate Christmas at your house snowflakes are around long after Christmas so fill your bags with New Years treats and surprise someone with this sweet little intro into the New Year.

Supplies:
S5-236: Spellbinders Create a Flake dies
LR0271: Marianne Designs Creatables Anja's Vintage Swirls
SCP-013: Spellbinders Celebra'tions Whirl White Cardstock

Graphic 45 Mon Amour Gift Set

a Cut at Home Desgin Team Project

 

I know, this doesn't look like Graphic 45's Mon Amour collection does it?  I'm really giving you a sneak peek at a post I'll be doing next month.  We get this neat paper bags from a local produce market and I've collected quite a few of them.  When I'd finished my Gift set and card I went in search of one of the bags. Sadly there just wasn't enough of the Mon Amour paper left to decorate one so I hunted and found two sheets of this old Fashionista paper.  Voila a personalized bag.  So check back mid October for a full blown post about this.

Here's what was tucked inside my gift bag.  An altered composition book and password log book and  matching card.  Today's video will give you a walk through with the products I used for both books.

I'll be doing a start to finish on the card so I hope you'll join me on video.  All supplies are linked to the Cut at Home store directly below the video.

Supplies from the Store: 

4501213: Graphic 45 Mon Amour 12x12 Paper Pad 

4501217: Graphic 45 Mon Amour Sticker Sheet  
4501214: Graphic 45 Mon Amour  Tags & Pockets

S2-050: Spellbinders Die-D-Lites Corner Flourish dies 

S5-218: Spellbinders Nestabilities Divine Eloquence dies 

HCD1-764: Heartfelt Creations Blazing Poppy die  

660225: Sizzix Tim Holtz Alterations Thinlits - Friend dies 

ACT1414: Angel Craft Tape 1/4" 

TIM27164: Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Spun Sugar  

SPC-014: Spellbinders Celebra'tions Cardstock - Cuddle Cream

Let's Make a Gift Box Set

Well no matter what you do to try to slow it down times a ticking and shortly we'll all need a few gifts to share with a Mother, Sister, Friend, Neighbor or another crafter perhaps.  How about a boxed set of cards?

I made a simple six inch square box with my Martha Stewart Score Board and added a spritzed up Heartfelt Creations flower to the middle (remember I made all those flowers a while back and now they're coming in handy!).

JustRite Stampers always has the best assortment of sentiment based stamps.  I used this one, Bokeh Time, for my set of eight cards today.  I love these stamps!!  I left all the A2 sized cards blank on the inside so they can be personalized for the occasion when the time is right.

I made one card for each sentiment in the set, eight in total and alternated the base cardstock between white and teal.  I sat and played with Lindy's sprays, Distress Inks, Bo Bunny Stencils and some texture paste. I let all that dry real good and then started assembling my cards and stamping the sentiments.

This is such a fun project and I find so often when I buy stamps sets I purchase them because I like a particular sentiment or script within the group.  More often than not I'll use one or two of my favorite stamps and then file them away.  This is the perfect way to challenge yourself to use the entire stamp collection. So go on!  Go find a stamp set and make cards using every single stamp.  I promise you once you see those cards accumulating it will be harder to stop making them than to continue!

This is just a smattering of what I made, come join me on the video and I'll show you each card and the gift box to give you a little inspiration to make your own gift box of love.

Supplies from Cut at Home

JustRite Stampers Bokeh Time Stamps Bo Bunny Stickable Stencil Lace 12x12 Bo Bunny Stickable Stencil Brocade 12x12 Tim Holtz Distress Ink Peacock Feathers Tim Holtz Distress Ink Picked Raspberry

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Halloween Matchboxes

A Cut at Home Design Team Project using Bo Bunny's Fright Delight and Graphic 45's Steampunk Spells paper lines.

I took apart a matchbox that I had in the kitchen and made a template 

to create these cute little gift boxes for my Grandkids.

The first box was created with Steampunk Spells from Graphic 45.

I covered the outside and the top with the paper and used bits pieces

cut from the paper to adorn the top

The pull is a bottle cap that I added a pop out piece from the collection,

I covered it with Glossy Accents and added an amber colored pearl in the middle

I took 3 cardboard buttons and glued them together, painted them black

and added the finished bottle cap

Inside is a Love Potion bottle I found at Pier 1

The second box was decorated with Bo Bunny's Fright Delight

Paper.  I fussy cut out the little angel 3 times

Popped each layer on top of the other so she looks like she's

rising from the top of the box

Another little guy from Pier 1 sits on a bed of paper shreds.

The shreds, they're purple and black cardstock, run through my crimper

and then through my shredder, works great!

The tops is pieces again from my stash

The last box is also from Bo Bunny's Fright Delight papers

The pull here is one of the little guys cut from the paper and backed by chipboard.

I used Mod Podge to give him some sturdiness and make a great drawer pull

I fussy cut 3 of the characters out of the paper and placed them around

the bow, they're resting on a piece of cheesecloth sprayed with some black mist.

Lying inside is a little Pier 1 Dracula.  

Super cute for my Grandson

Check out my video for a step by step, with measurements on how to make these cute little

boxes for your Halloween ghouls and goblins.

Bo Bunny Fright Delight 12x12 Collection Pack Graphic 45 Steampunk Spells 8x8 Graphic 45 Steampunk Spells12x12 Graphic 45 Steampunk Spells Cardstock Flowers Core'dinations Stickles%u2122 Glitter Glue Scotch Quick Dry Tacky Adhesive 3M Scotch ATG GUN 700

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Origami Gift Boxes

Fast and simple these origami boxes are
made from one sheet of 12x12 double sided paper
folded to make the box base
and pieces of another sheet to make the lid.

I thought they would make great neighbors/friends gifts
with candy treats stuck inside.

Thanks to Bea Original blog for her free
Poinsettia SVG file.  The twigs are
from a Martha Stewart punch.

For the rest of the year...

they would be great as a thank you, happy birthday or just because gift

filled with lovely soaps, a candle, a bag of sachet or of course chocolate!

YouTube's Christiana1716 has a wonderful step-by-step
tutorial on how to make these Gift Boxes.
You can find her video here.  (There are two parts so be sure to see them both)