Christmas in July

 Hi everyone, Steph Ackerman here today using some amazing stamps from Blank Page Muse.

Stamps: Penguins On Ice

Need a sweet gift card holder for the holidays?

This easy to create card will have you making them for all holidays.

Cut green cardstock 4 1/4" x 11".

Score at 2 1/4" and 5 1/2" and fold on the scored lines.

Using a circle punch, punch a half circle on the 2 1/4" scored panel.

Place tape along the 2 edges and adhere to the card.

Slip a gift card in the pocket.

Cut cardstock and pattern paper to fit the base of the card.

Add a stamped phrase.

To complete the front of the card, cut red cardstock 3 7/8" x 5 1/4'.

Cut pattern paper slightly smaller.

Adhere to the pocket side of the card.

Add a stamped and matter sentiment.

Thanks for stopping by.

Steph

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Coach Gift Card Holder

 Hi everyone, Steph Ackerman here!

 Today I am using some amazing products from Blank Page Muse.

I Brake for Stamps: Mostly Phrases

The end of the school year means its time to give gifts to special teachers and coaches.

So I decided to create a card for a lacrosse coach.

Create a card using assorted papers.

Add a small paper bag to the card and stamp the phrase.

Add a die cut lacrosse stick across the paper bag and insert a gift card.

The full tutorial can be found on my blog.

Thanks for stopping by.

Steph

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Faux "Wax" Seal Gift Card Holder

Stephanie has a quick idea to share with us!
She always wanted to get a wax seal but all those supplies can get pretty expensive,
So she did some research and found out that you can use embossing powder and rubber stamps
to achieve the same effect!
How awesome is that?!

Faux Wax Seal Gift Card Holder

Blank Page Muse Products:

Dandelion & Ironworks  Stamp Set 

designed by Michelle Frae Cummings

Correspondence, Pens, Ink & Postage 

designed by Katy Leitch

Other products used:

Kraft paper 

Gift Card Envelope Die

Embossing Powder

Ink pad

Scrapbook Glue

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Die cut the kraft paper for the envelope and stamp with text stamp from the Correspondence, Pen, Ink and Postage set. 

She used Antique Linen Distress Ink just to give the paper the illusion of texture.

Add a small puddle of glue to the sealed envelope. Sprinkle embossing powder on the glue puddle. She used Emerald Creek Charred Gold. Heat the embossing powder and while it is still liquid add more powder until you have the desired amount.

 Press the stamp into the molten embossing powder and let cool.
 Lift stamp up and voila you have your wax seal!

She added a little ink to the edge of the envelope to finished the project. If you enjoyed this quick and easy tip just follow the links below for more inspiration.

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More projects by Stephanie

Skully Tea Bag Gift Holders....

Hi Spooky Sin City Fans!!

Today I'm sharing another creation for this month of Halloween!

I've created some fun "tea bag" gift holders - hope you enjoy the process!

 

Supplies:

• Sin City Stamp Set: Dribonez Skulls & Bones Borders
• Collage Labels: Custom Labels used for this project by Art Tea Life@Etsy
• Black Card 10cm x 25.5cm folded into 3
• Black Archival Ink
• Kraft Paper
• Muslin Cloth
• Distress Inks: Brushed Corduroy & Tea Dye (any aged/brown colours will work)
• Cobweb Stencil or your favourite Halloween style stencil
• White Paint or Texture Paste
• General supplies: scissors, glue, double sided tape, spatula, sponge

Instructions:

First step is to cut your base holder to size using the black card. For this tutorial the cut size is 10cm height by 25.5cm width - folded into 3 (each third 8.5cm). As shown in picture below diagonally cut the last panel to make the flap for the tea bag to slip in. Note: you can make any size folder to fit any size teabag or even a gift card!



Next step is to use your stencil and white paint or texture paste and sponge over the facing side of the black card. This cobweb stencil is a Silhouette File cut on a Cameo Silhouette from Acetate. Any style of spooky stencil will have the effect! Set aside to dry. Once dry fold into three and glue the flap over. 

Next stamp your skulls and bones from the "Dribonez Skulls & Bones Border Set" with black Archival Ink onto Kraft paper. Stamp a range of the designs - they all work perfectly with this little project!

Print labels onto Kraft Paper. I was very lucky to have the lovely lady from ArtTeaLife make me some custom labels especially for these creations because I couldn't find the exact wording I wanted on any collage labels!!!

Fussy cut your stamped images and tear the labels from the collage sheet to give an aged worn look.

Use a sponge to "stain" the scraps of muslin cloth to age them and start to arrange the cloth, labels and stamped images on the front of the folded holders.

 Glue everything to the front of the folder and you have some cute spooky and gruesome little gifts!!!

Thanks for joining me again!

Hope you keep popping back each day for more Halloween inspired creativity by the DT!!

Remember to join us at our Facebook Group for more fun and sharing!

Sharon



Skull Gift Card Holder

Friends, it will soon be time to start thinking about Halloween treats and gifts for those special goblins in your life.  I have designed a gift card holder using Sin City Stamps.

Supplies:  

  Sin City Stamps: DriBonez Skulls and Bones

                            Background Grunge

  Splat stamp

  Embossing Powders: iron and green

  Brown Ink

  Die cut of gift card holder

  Foam tape

  Craft card stock

Step 1:  Die cut gift card holder out of craft card stock.  Emboss skull and bones image using iron colored embossing powder at bottom.

Step 2:  Using the Grunge Background stamp set emboss boarder with green embossing powder.

Step 3:  Emboss the skull with iron embossing powder.

Step 4:  Cut out Skull.

Step 5:  Using splatter stamps, distress entire holder. 

Step 6:  Assemble gift card holder.

Step 7:  Using foam tape, pop up the skull to holder front.

We hope you enjoy making this quick and easy Halloween project.  Please share your creations with us on Sin City Stamps fan group Facebook page.

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Mausoleum Gift Card Holder With Altered Pages

Hello everyone, and welcome back to the second half of our monthly partnership with Altered Pages.  For the next two weeks, both design teams will be creating Halloween themed projects using products from both Sin City Stamps and Altered Pages.  So if you love Halloween, like I do, you won't want to miss all the inspiration from both design teams.

I had a hard time deciding what to make, but then I saw this house-shaped gift card holder die from Eileen Hull.  Instantly, I knew exactly what I wanted to do with it.  So, in keeping with the genre, I turned that house into a mausoleum.   Oooooh, spooky, right?

Supplies used:

Sin City Stamps:  Halloween Takes Flight stamp set; Halloween Bingo stamp set; Art Journaling with Terri Sproul 2 stamp set;

Altered Pages:  AP-562 The Other Side of Halloween collage sheet; Jet Black StazOn ink pad; Niji Oil Pastels; Scor Tape; Glitz Giant Rhinestones (Raven); Faber-Castell Big Brush Pen (Black); Stickles glitter glue

Other:  Eileen Hull/Sizzix Gift Card Holder-House; chipboard; Cuttlebug rose die, Odorless Mineral Spirits; cotton swab; StazOn Orange Zest; Distress markers

Directions:

Die cut house gift card holder from black chipboard or matboard.  Die cut back panel only from orange card stock.  Adhere to inside back panel.

Print "Greetings at Halloween" collage image onto white paper, trim, and adhere to back piece, centering through door opening.

Lay strips of Scor tape around edges of front inside panel, as shown.

Figure 1

Die cut another gift card holder from kraft card stock.  Separate door from front panel and set rest of die cut aside.  Stamp "Oct. 31" from Halloween Bingo stamp set onto card stock with Orange Zest StazOn ink, edging with black Staz On, as shown.  Remember to stamp it so that when the door is opened, the viewer can read it.

Adhere to door panel on the inside, as shown in Figure 1.

Remove adhesive paper from Scor Tape, close chipboard and adhere front panel to back panel.

Cut door section only from orange card stock. Leave some extra length at the bottom of the door to wrap over fold.  Stamp tombstone moon onto center with black ink, color moon with white pencil and the tombstone with gray pencil.

Adhere to front door panel, wrapping extra length over fold at bottom.

Adhere two small strips of the same kraft card stock to cover the fold on either side of the door, as shown.

Stamp brick background with black ink randomly over kraft card stock die cuts, as shown.  Apply yellow and brown oil pastels over brick work, blend with cotton swab dampened with odorless mineral spirits.

Adhere front and back panels, respectively. This will cover those small strips you added earlier.

Front Panel

Back Panel

Die cut one more strip of the orange cardstock to make the roof line on the back panel.

Stamp "Dead Men Tell No Tales" onto orange card stock with black ink, punch with decorative punch, distress edges with black, adhere to front with foam dots.

Die cut 7 roses from black chipboard, adhere to front panel.  Apply Stickles glitter glue in Black Diamond over roses.

Adhere one Glitz rhinestone (bats) onto front.

Stamp skull pot with black ink onto purple scrap cardstock. Fussy cut and adhere to bottom of back panel, as shown.

Stamp flying skeleton onto white card stock, coloring directly onto stamp with Distress ink markers.  Huff before stamping to re-moisten the ink.  Fussy cut and adhere to back panel, as shown.

Stamp small owl with moon onto scrap green card stock with black ink, fussy cut owl only, adhere to back panel, as shown.

Distress ink all edges with Black Soot, and use Big Brush Artist Pen in black around matboard edges.

And here is the complete gift card holder with the front door open.  You can see the beautiful lady inside, waiting to cast a spell on you!

I hope you have enjoyed my project today, and inspired you to get started on your Halloween projects. Both Sin City Stamps and Altered Pages have a wonderful supply of products for all of your creative needs.  I hope you will take a look at their online shops, and please be sure to visit both teams for more fun Halloween projects this month.  

Thanks for stopping by, and have a wonderful, creative weekend!

Barbara