The second collection from the November/December Close To My Heart Catalog is called Evergreen. This collection brings touches of nature and holiday vibes with its patterns and paper tones. This is perfect for a traditional feel to your holiday crafting projects.
As always Close To My Heart gives some great options for a collection in their catalogs! There are 2 choices for the paper pack - each pack has 6 sheets, 2 each of 3 double-sided designs, you can choose the pack by itself or with a coordinating sticker sheet. In addition to the paper pack there is also a Coordinating Cardstock pack, Die Cuts pack and a Digital Art Collection. If you are also into stamping this collection also offers a scrapbooking stamp set and a cardmaking stamp set.
In addition to the paper packs, stamp sets and embellishments, there are also 2 workshop kits available with this collection. Each workshop kit features exclusive elements that are only available through the kit. Exclusive patterned papers and die cuts in the scrapbooking workshop kit and an exclusive stamp set with coordinating Thin Cuts in the cardmaking kit.
I taught a scrapbook layout class at a recent retreat featuring that collection and will be sharing the layout along with my inspiration with you soon!
You can see and shop this collection on my website today - here!
I realized when I was putting some recent layouts into my albums that I had forgotten to do a Monthly Recap layout for September. I finished this layout during Monday's Scrapbook with me. It worked out great to use up some of the retired Enchanted collection from my stash.
The inspiration for this layout came from this sketch from Sketch Savvy. You can see this sketch along with others here.
I converted this sketch from 12" x 12" to 8 1/2" x 11" since I am working in this format for most of my projects now. The photos were converted from 4" x 6" size down to a 3" x 4" size when printed. I used the paper from the Enchanted collection along with some buttons from my stash. The title was die cut using an alphabet set from my stash. I used some Toffee Exclusive Ink and a dauber to ink the edges of the photo mats, journal block, and title letters.
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The last project from my Silver Bells Gift Card and Money Holder Workshop is a cute gift card box. I taught this workshop during a recent Ready Set Crop weekend retreat. This workshop features the Silver Bells collection from Close To My Heart. This gift card box can also be used as a treat holder.
You will find a link to the downloadable PDF with the full directions for cutting, scoring, stamping, and assembling all 5 projects at the end of this post.
To make the Gift Card Box, score the 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" piece of Charcoal cardstock along the 5 1/2" side at 1" and 4 1/2". Rotate the cardstock 90 degrees and score along the 8 1/2" side at 1", 3 3/4", 4 3/4", and 7 1/2". Fold along the score lines.
With your scissors cut in along the score lines on both 8 1/2" sides to the score lines on the 5 1/2" side to create the tabs. Using strong adhesive on the outside of the box base on the 4 corners fold the corners behind and adhere to create the box.
Adhere the inside bottom patterned paper piece to the inside box base and the sentiment piece to the inside box lid. Mat the lid patterned paper piece on the Mink cardstock piece and adhere to the box top. Adhere a piece of Zip Strip to this. With the box closed adhere the front, back, and side panels to the sides of the box.
Adhere the piece of patterned paper to the Toffee cardstock piece for the "belly band". With the gift box closed wrap the "belly band" around from the back and adhere the ends together using a strong adhesive. It is important to make sure you leave a little "give" when adhering so the band will slip off and on easily. Adhere a stamped ornament with bow image to the band covering the seam.
I added some Platinum Stickles Glitter Glue to the stamped images to add a little bling to the holder.
You can view my process video on my YouTube Channel here:
Click here for the link to the downloadable PDF with the directions for all the projects from this workshop.
I hope you like this gift card holder. Thanks for stopping by!
Project #4 from my Silver Bells Gift Card and Money Holder Workshop is the second money holder. I taught this workshop during a recent Ready Set Crop weekend retreat. This workshop features the Silver Bells collection from Close To My Heart.
You will find a link to the downloadable PDF with the full directions for cutting, scoring, stamping, and assembling all 5 projects at the end of this post.
To make Money Holder #1 you will first need to score the 7" x 9 1/4" piece of Charcoal cardstock along the 9 1/4" side at 3" and then at 6 1/4". Fold along the score lines folding both inward.
Make marks 1" down from the 6 1/4" score line on the left side of the piece and 1" in from the bottom right corner. Align the marks on your trimmer and cut away this portion.
Using strong adhesive, place a piece on the right side only of the bottom panel. Fold this up and adhere to the middle panel to create the pocket. With this pocket the left side will remain open.
Adhere the sentiment piece to the inside top panel. Make marks on the front side of your bottom panel patterned paper piece 3/4" up from the bottom and 3/4" in from the top right corner. Align the marks on your trimmer and cut away this portion. Adhere this to the front of the pocket. Adhere a stamped ornament with bow image to the pocket.
Mat the top patterned paper piece on the Mink cardstock and adhere this to the front panel of the money holder. Using the two pieces of Zip Strip set aside for this project, adhere these to the front patterned paper piece aligned together. Adhere a stamped bell image to Zip Strips, covering the seam.
I added some Platinum Stickles Glitter Glue to the stamped images to add a little bling to the holder.
You can view my process video on my YouTube Channel here:
Click here for the link to the downloadable PDF with the directions for all the projects from this workshop.
I hope you like this gift card holder. Thanks for stopping by!
This is project #3 from my Silver Bells Gift Card and Money Holder Workshop I did during a recent Ready Set Crop weekend retreat. This workshop features the Silver Bells collection from Close To My Heart.
You will find a link to the downloadable PDF with the full directions for cutting, scoring, stamping, and assembling all 5 projects at the end of this post.
To make Money Holder #1 you will first need to score the 7" x 7 1/2" piece of Toffee cardstock along the 7 1/2" side at 2 1/4" and then at 5 1/4". Fold along the score lines folding both inward.
Mat the first piece of patterned paper on a Mink cardstock piece and adhere this to the bottom panel. Using a 1 1/4" punch, create a notch in this panel that will be used for the pocket. Placing a strong adhesive tape on the back sides of this panel fold this up and adhere this to the middle panel. Make sure to leave a little "give" when adhering the pocket so the money will be able to slide in and out.
Adhere the sentiment piece to the inside top panel. Adhere the second piece of patterned paper to the remaining Mink cardstock piece and adhere this to the front top panel.
Adhere the piece of Zip Strip to the Charcoal piece for the "belly band". With the money holder closed wrap the "belly band" around from the back and adhere the ends together using a strong adhesive. It is important to make sure you leave a little "give" when adhering so the band will slip off and on easily. Adhere a stamped bell image to the band covering the seam.
I added some Platinum Stickles Glitter Glue to the stamped images to add a little bling to the holder.
You can view my process video on my YouTube Channel here:
Click here for the link to the downloadable PDF with the directions for all the projects from this workshop.
I hope you like this gift card holder. Thanks for stopping by!
With this post I am sharing the 2nd Gift Card Holder from my Silver Bells Gift Card and Money Holder Workshop. I did this workshop during a recent Ready Set Crop weekend retreat. The workshop features the Silver Bells collection from Close To My Heart.
You will find a link to the downloadable PDF with the full directions for cutting, scoring, stamping, and assembling all 5 projects at the end of this post. You will also find a link to the process video for this project on my YouTube Channel at the end of this post.
To make Gift Card holder #2 you will first need to score the Toffee 4" x 9 3/4" piece using the following diagram. Score along the 9 3/4" side at 3 1/4" and 6 1/2". Fold along the score lines with the 3 1/4" score being folded back and the 6 1/2" fold being folded forward.
Using a 1 1/4" punch, create a notch in the patterned paper to be used for the pocket. Placing a strong adhesive tape on the sides and bottom of the pocket cardstock adhere this to the bottom panel. Make sure to leave a little "give" when adhering the pocket so the gift card will be able to slide in and out. Adhere the stamped sentiment piece to the middle panel.
Mat the next patterned piece on the Mink cardstock piece and adhere to the top panel. Add a piece of Zip Strip along with a bell stamped piece and sentiment block to embellish the top panel.
Mat the 5 1/4" x 4" patterned piece to the Charcoal piece. Using strong adhesive on the back of the bottom panel, adhere the fold out piece to the base.
I added some Platinum Stickles Glitter Glue to the stamped images to add a little bling to the holder.
This gift card holder works great for mailing a gift card as it fits perfectly inside a standard envelope. I do recommend using the "non-machinable" stamp when mailing this due to the thickness of the finished piece.
You can view my process video on my YouTube Channel here:
Click here for the link to the downloadable PDF with the directions for all the projects from this workshop.
I hope you like this gift card holder. Thanks for stopping by!
At a recent Ready Set Crop retreat where I was a vendor I taught a workshop featuring the Silver Bells collection from Close To My Heart to make 2 gift card holders, 2 money holders, and 1 gift card box. I got inspiration for these from various sources on Pinterest and pulled them together into the workshop to make 1 each of these 5 projects.
I provided the workshop participants with a PDF of the directions so they can recreate these on their own. In this post and the next 4 posts I will be showing you each of the projects from the workshop. You will find a link to the downloadable PDF with the full directions for cutting, scoring, stamping, and assembling all 5 projects at the end of this post.
For this post I am focusing on Project #1 - Gift Card Holder #1. You will find a link to the process video on my YouTube Channel at the end of this post.
Once you have cut all of the pieces for the projects using the cutting diagrams in the PDF of directions, make sure to place them in piles according to each project so there is no confusion with what pieces go to what projects.
To make Gift Card holder #1 you will first need to score the Toffee 6 1/4" x 8 1/2" piece using the following diagram. Score along the 8 1/2" side at 4 1/4" and then along the 6 1/4" side at 3 1/8". Fold along the score lines then cut away the top left panel - cut slightly below the 3 1/8" score line when doing this. Trim down the piece you cut away to 4" x 2 7/8" for the pocket.
Using a 1 1/4" punch, create a notch in the cardstock to be used for the pocket. Placing a strong adhesive tape on the sides and bottom of the pocket cardstock adhere this to the bottom left inside panel. Make sure to leave a little "give" when adhering the pocket so the gift card will be able to slide in and out.
Embellish this with a piece of Zip Strip and a stamped sentiment block. Adhere the stamped sentiment piece to the bottom right inside panel and the patterned paper piece to the top right inside panel.
Fold the bottom left panel in and adhere the patterned paper piece to the front side. Embellish this with a stamped ornament with leaves piece.
Fold the top panel down over the bottom panels. Mat the last patterned paper piece on the Mink cardstock piece and adhere to the top panel. Wrap the Charcoal cardstock strip for the "belly band" around the closed holder from the back and adhere the ends together using a strong adhesive. It is important to make sure you leave a little "give" when adhering so the band will slip off and on easily. Adhere a stamped bell image to the band covering the seam.
I added some Platinum Stickles Glitter Glue to the stamped images to add a little bling to the holder.
You can view my process video on my YouTube Channel here:
Click here for the link to the downloadable PDF with the directions for all the projects from this workshop.
I hope you like this gift card holder. Thanks for stopping by!
With my kids both being grown up and not into Halloween and trick or treating anymore I usually don't have many photos from the holiday. Luckily for me where Meghan and I both work really gets into the spirit of Halloween. Most everyone there dresses up for Halloween and brings in LOTS of food to eat! I was glad to be able to use some of the I Want Candy collection for this layout from our work celebration.
The inspiration for this layout came from this sketch from Serendipity Sketches I found on Scrapbook.com. You can see this sketch along with others here.
I converted this sketch from 12" x 12" to 8 1/2" x 11" and modified the photo sizes to work with this format. I changed one of the photos out for a journaling box on the right hand page. I used White Daisy for the base pages and added some splatters to it using Royal Exclusive Inks and a Waterbrush. The page is embellished using stickers from the collection.
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I hope you like these layout. Thanks for stopping by!
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