Merry Christmas Eve! I wanted to pop in here quickly today and announce the winners from my Handmade Holiday 2017 Series and to thank each and every one of you for your kind comments and wishes for a happy holiday. I deeply appreciate each and every one of you.
G I V E A W A Y W I N N E R S
The winner of the $25 Ellen Hutson Gift Certificate is: Brandy Elliott
The winner of the $30 Lawn Fawn Gift Certificate is: Susie Sonnier
The winners of the two $50 Simon Says Stamp Gift Certificates are: Natalie Winterstein & Larissa Heskett
The winner of the $50 Honey Bee Stamps Gift Card is: Stacey Kowbel
The winner of the $25 Mama Elephant Gift Certificate is: Sandy White
Winners have been notified via email.
I N R E V I E W
I hope you all enjoyed the Handmade Holiday 2017 projects as much as I enjoyed sharing them with you! I've compiled all five projects here today. Links to the original blog posts below the each photo.
(Click HERE for the Snowman Holiday Coffee Cup Gift Card Holder Shaped Cards.)
Welcome to Day 5 of my last minute Handmade Holiday 2017 Series!
I'm back with my fourth year of last minute handmade ideas! Even with the craziness of the season I like to be able to add handmade touches to gifts for our friends and family. Over the next couple of weeks I'll be sharing mostly quick (an hour or less) Handmade Holiday ideas for cards, tags and gift wrapping sure to add that handmade touch we all love. Most ideas will include multiples (today I created eight interactive shaker tags)!
Each Handmade Holiday project blog post will feature a brand new, never before seen project(s) plus an incredible giveaway from a generous sponsor!
SPARKLE SNOWFLAKE ORNAMENT SHAKER TAGS
It's no surprise that the Honey Bee Stamps Ornament Shaker Tags and Cards dies are some of my favorites from this year! Today I wanted to show a fun die cutting project combining the Ornament Shaker Tag dies with Simon Says Stamp snowflake dies to create glittery snowflake shaker tags perfect for tying to packaging and then using as ornaments after the gift giving is done!
A window for each shaker was die cut from embossable plastic using the solid ornament shape. A backer for each shaker was also die cut from smooth white cardstock. The frame shape was also die cut from Fun Foam.
The ornament toppers were die cut from a contrasting color of glitter paper, two per tag.
Each glitter frame was adhered to plastic and the snowflakes were layered and adhered to the window as shown. Each snowflake was adorned with Honey Bee Stamps Rainbow Rhinestones. I used Glossy Accents and a Jewel Picker to adhere the rhinestones to the snowflakes. I love the sparkle they add to the design plus the iridescent quality of the rhinestones makes them pick up whatever color you put them next to!
Each tag was finished by gluing the ornament topper pieces on the front and back and threading some silver or gold twine through the top of the tag.
V I D E O T U T O R I A L
To watch the creation of these interactive shaker tags from start to finish, click HERE or watch below:
S U P P L I E S
Below you will find links to the supplies used to create this project. Click the icon for the store underneath the thumbnails to start shopping. Where available I use compensated affiliate links at no extra cost to you. Your support helps me to keep bringing you new projects and videos. Thank you!
Welcome to Day 4 of my last minute Handmade Holiday 2017 Series!
I'm back with my fourth year of last minute handmade ideas! Even with the craziness of the season I like to be able to add handmade touches to gifts for our friends and family. Over the next couple of weeks I'll be sharing mostly quick (an hour or less) Handmade Holiday ideas for cards, tags and gift wrapping sure to add that handmade touch we all love. Most ideas will include multiples (today I created two interactive spinner tags)!
Each Handmade Holiday project blog post will feature a brand new, never before seen project(s) plus an incredible giveaway from a generous sponsor!
POLAR BEAR INTERACTIVE SPINNER TAGS
Christmas spinner tags have been one of the most popular posts on my blog the last couple of years. To see the reindeer spinner tags from 2015, click HERE, and for the 2016 sheep spinner tags, click HERE. This year I created some polar bear spinner tags with the awesome Beary Happy Holidays Stamp Set.
The front of each tag was stamped with a Simon Says Stamp Gingham Background Stamp and Versafine Onyx Black Ink. The "cling" side of the Stamp Platform made it so easy to add the buffalo check pattern to each tag! Using a large background stamp instead of small images makes adding a decorative touch fast and easy. The goal of these tags was to make something cute and fun in less than an hour!
Banners were die cut from vellum using a Fancy Folded Banner Die. A greeting from the Beary Happy Holidays Stamp Set was stamped on the vellum banner with Versamark Ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder. Each banner was folded on the score lines and adhered to the front of each tag.
The front and back of the polar bear from the Beary Happy Holidays Stamp Set were stamped on smooth white cardstock using Jet Black Ink, colored in with Copic Markers, and die cut with the coordinating dies.
The images were run through a Xyron Sticker Maker to add adhesive to the entire back of each image. Gold embroidery floss was sandwiched between the front of back of the polar bear and then centered in the cut out circle and sandwiched between the front and back of the tags.
Small heart tags were die cut from Chili Pepper Cardstock using a Tiny Tag and then stamped with a "to/from" greeting from the Tiny Tag Sayings Stamp Set using Versamark Ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder. The tag were attached with black twine to finish the gift tags.
V I D E O T U T O R I A L
To watch the creation of these interactive spinner tags from start to finish, click HERE or watch below:
S U P P L I E S
Below you will find links to the supplies used to create this project. Click the icon for the store underneath the thumbnails to start shopping. Where available I use compensated affiliate links at no extra cost to you. Your support helps me to keep bringing you new projects and videos. Thank you!
Welcome to Day 3 of my last minute Handmade Holiday 2017 Series!
I'm back with my fourth year of last minute handmade ideas! Even with the craziness of the season I like to be able to add handmade touches to gifts for our friends and family. Over the next couple of weeks I'll be sharing mostly quick (an hour or less) Handmade Holiday ideas for cards, tags and gift wrapping sure to add that handmade touch we all love. Most ideas will include multiples (today I created two gift card holder cards)!
Each Handmade Holiday project blog post will feature a brand new, never before seen project(s) plus an incredible giveaway from a generous sponsor!
To watch the creation of these picture book gift card holders from start to finish, click HERE or watch below:
S U P P L I E S
Below you will find links to the supplies used to create this project. Click the icon for the store underneath the thumbnails to start shopping. Where available I use compensated affiliate links at no extra cost to you. Your support helps me to keep bringing you new projects and videos. Thank you!
Welcome to Day 2 of my last minute Handmade Holiday 2017 Series!
I'm back with my fourth year of last minute handmade ideas! Even with the craziness of the season I like to be able to add handmade touches to gifts for our friends and family. Over the next couple of weeks I'll be sharing mostly quick (an hour or less) Handmade Holiday ideas for cards, tags and gift wrapping sure to add that handmade touch we all love. Most ideas will include multiples (today I created two vellum favor bags)!
Each Handmade Holiday project blog post will feature a brand new, never before seen project(s) plus an incredible giveaway from a generous sponsor!
Greetings from the Sentiments From Yeti was stamped below the Peek-A-Boo opening using Versamark Ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder. The Peek-A-Boo was opened up, the yeti adhered to appear to be bursting forth from the opening and then the banner and hat were glued in place. The panel was secured to the front of each favor bag.
Mini tags were die cut from smooth white cardstock using a Favor Bag Die. Greetings from the Mini Messages Stamp Set were stamped on each tag. Ribbon and twine secured the mini tag to the top of each favor bag.
V I D E O T U T O R I A L
To watch the creation of these vellum yeti favor bags from start to finish, click HERE or watch below:
S U P P L I E S
Below you will find links to the supplies used to create this project. Click the icon for the store underneath the thumbnails to start shopping. Where available I use compensated affiliate links at no extra cost to you. Your support helps me to keep bringing you new projects and videos. Thank you!
I'm thrilled to be offering a giveaway from Mama Elephant!
Please leave a comment on this post by December 20 23, 2017, 11:59 pm CST for a chance to win a $25 gift certificate to the Mama Elephant Online Store!
Winners for the 2017 series will all be notified via email and posted on the blog on December 24, 2017.
A huge thank you to Mama Elephant for sponsoring the giveaway today!
M O R E H A N D M A D E H O L I D A Y P R O J E C T S
Welcome to Day 1 of my last minute Handmade Holiday 2017 Series!
I'm back with my fourth year of last minute handmade ideas! Even with the craziness of the season I like to be able to add handmade touches to gifts for our friends and family. Over the next couple of weeks I'll be sharing mostly quick (an hour or less) Handmade Holiday ideas for cards, tags and gift wrapping sure to add that handmade touch we all love. Most ideas will include multiples (today I created six gift card holder cards)!
Each Handmade Holiday project blog post will feature a brand new, never before seen project(s) plus an incredible giveaway from a generous sponsor!
SNOWMAN HOLIDAY COFFEE CUP GIFT CARD HOLDER SHAPED CARDS
First, I have to say that the Honey Bee Stamps Coffee Card Gift Holder Dies is one of my favorite dies sets released this year! Not only does it make exceptional holiday gift card holders but you can create coffee cup gift card holders for any season or occasion just by changing up what you use to decorate the front and the switch up the greetings! I can't get enough of these! I did create some additional holiday-themed ones HERE and I will also be sharing more ideas going forward in the new year for other occasions!
To start, I die cut all the coffee card bases from Lawn Fawn Knit Picky Collection Pack using the Spellbinders Platinum 8.5" Platform Machine. You guys..... it cuts like butter! So amazing! And the larger platform size just makes it so easy! The coffee cup band was die cut from vellum and secured with 1/8" Scor Tape. The band is what holds the gift card inside the card without adhesive! Ingenious!
The lids of each cup were cut from Neenah Heavyweight Cardstock (I cut 12 total, 1 for the front, 1 for the back of each card). On the front of each I used the Tim Holtz Stamp Platform to perfectly stamp the greeting from the My Favorite Things Coffee Break Stamp Set on each cup lid with Versafine Onyx Black Ink.
On the inside of each card I stamped and embossed with white embossing powder or stamped with black ink (depending on the color of patterned paper inside) a greeting from the Essentials By Ellen Holly Jolly Stamp Set.
I assembled each snowman on the each coffee cup band, making sure no adhesive was on the backs of anything hanging over the edges of the band (that would stick to the card and make removing the band difficult).
Glossy Accents was added to the eyes and berries of the snowmen to complete the design!
You just pop a gift card into each, sign your name, and done!
V I D E O T U T O R I A L
To watch the creation of these gift card holder cards from start to finish, click HERE or watch below:
S U P P L I E S
Below you will find links to the supplies used to create this project. Click the icon for the store underneath the thumbnails to start shopping. Where available I use compensated affiliate links at no extra cost to you. Your support helps me to keep bringing you new projects and videos. Thank you!
I'm thrilled to be offering a giveaway from Ellen Hutson today and a shopping discount code for 10% off any order!
Please leave a comment on this post by December 20 23, 2017, 11:59 pm CST for a chance to win a $25 gift certificate to the Ellen Hutson Online Store!
Also, Ellen Hutson is offering a one-time use code for 10% off everything in the Ellen Hutson Online Store. Please use code NicholHHH2017in the coupon code box and select "apply".
(Valid on in-stock merchandise only. Excludes BCRF Fundraiser stamp & die set and Mama Elephant releases within the last 90 days. Not valid on previous purchases and cannot be combined with other offers.)
Offer is good until December 7th, 2017, 11:59 Pacific Time.
Winners for the 2017 series will all be notified via email and posted on the blog on December 24, 2017.
A huge thank you to Ellen Hutson for sponsoring the giveaway today!
M O R E H A N D M A D E H O L I D A Y P R O J E C T S
Happy Monday friends! I wanted to pop in here quickly today and announce the winners from my Handmade Holiday 2016 Series and to thank each and every one of you for your kind comments and wishes for a happy holiday. I deeply appreciate each and every one of you.
G I V E A W A Y W I N N E R S
The winner of the $25 Ellen Hutson Gift Certificate is: Mel H
The winner of the $50 Lawn Fawn Gift Certificate is: Angelique Vela
The winners of the two $50 Simon Says Stamp Gift Certificates are: Laurie Brown and Teresa
The winner of the $25 Neat & Tangled $25 Gift Card is: Marianne
The winner of the $25 Mama Elephant Gift Certificate is: Amy Cooley
The winners of the 6 Online Card Classes spots are: Arianna Barbara, Liz Mcallister, Teresa Doyle, May, Lori M, Athena b.
Winners have been notified via email.
I N R E V I E W
I hope you all enjoyed the last seven days of projects as much as I enjoyed sharing them with you! I've compiled all five projects here today. Links to the original blog posts below the photo collage.
Here are links to the original blog posts for the 2016 Handmade Holiday Series projects:
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Welcome to Day 5 (the final day) of my last minute Handmade Holiday 2016 Series!
I'm back with my third year of last minute handmade ideas! Even with the craziness of the season I like to be able to add handmade touches to gifts for our friends and family. Over the next two weeks I'll be sharing mostly quick (an hour or less) Handmade Holiday ideas for cards, tags and gift wrapping sure to add that handmade touch we all love. Most ideas will include multiples (today I created two shaker gift tags)! These tags took a bit longer than an hour, however if you're only creating 1-2 you could easity get them done in an hour!
Each Handmade Holiday project blog post will feature a brand new, never before seen project(s) plus at least one incredible giveaway from a generous sponsor!I
REINDEER SHAKER GIFT TAGS
Shaker tags are one of my go-to gift tag projects when I want to give an interactive gift tag that I know the recipient will enjoy. I've created some other shaker tags in the past showcasing this large Mama Elephant Tags A Lot tag shape (it's the perfect size for shaker gift tags). Click HERE for a penguin shaker tag I made a couple of years ago that inspired this one.
For the shaker tag, I die cut a solid tag from Simon Says Stamp Surf Blue Cardstock for the tag back using the Mama Elephant Tags A Lot tag shape. I die cut another tag for the front using the Mama Elephant Tags A Lot tag shape and the circle die from the All Prettied up Die Collection. I die cut the circle from smooth white cardstock to use as the background of the window inside the shaker. I also die cut another solid tag shape from acetate to use for the window of my shaker.
On the white circle shape I masked off a straight line with post it tape and inked up the upper part of the circle with Tumbled Glass Distress Ink. I removed the masking tape and then adhered the circle to the tag back, using the cut out in the tag front panel to line it up perfectly.
I punched holes in all the tag shapes with the Crop-a-dile.
I adhered the reindeer and candy canes to the inside panel to create the snowy scene.
I backed the frame for the shaker with the die cut acetate tag and then added two layers of foam adhesive to make the "well" for the shaker materials. I used a anti-cling powder tool around the edges of the foam tape and then filled the shaker with tiny, tiny clear beads and Pretty Pink Posh Iridescent Star Confetti before securing the back to the front as shown.
I secured the ornaments hanging out from underneath the edge of the die cut circle frame on the outside of the tag, adhered the little birdie to the back of the tag, added die cut white cardstock hole reinforcements to both the frong and back of all the tags and finished each with twine and jingle bells tied on with white silk ribbon.
V I D E O T U T O R I A L
To watch the creation of these reindeer shaker gift tags from start to finish, click HERE or watch below:
S U P P L I E S
The letters below the thumbnails below link to stores where you can purchase the products shown in this post and video: SSS = to purchase from Simon Says Stamp, EH = to purchase from Ellen Hutson, SB.COM = to purchase from Scrapbook.com. Affiliate links used.
Welcome to Day 4 of my last minute Handmade Holiday 2016 Series!
I'm back with my third year of last minute handmade ideas! Even with the craziness of the season I like to be able to add handmade touches to gifts for our friends and family. Over the next two weeks I'll be sharing mostly quick (an hour or less) Handmade Holiday ideas for cards, tags and gift wrapping sure to add that handmade touch we all love. Most ideas will include multiples (today I created seven folded gift tags)! These tags took a bit longer than an hour, however if you're only creating 1-2 you could easity get them done in an hour!
Each Handmade Holiday project blog post will feature a brand new, never before seen project(s) plus at least one incredible giveaway from a generous sponsor!I
FOLDED GIFT TAGS
A folded tag is a great way to include an additional message, almost like giving a card! It's easy to die cut a folded tag shape by simply die cutting a tag (or other shape) slightly off the fold of cardstock or patterned paper. Add an additional tag on the front, decorate, and you're ready to add festive tags to any treat or package! I made a set of seven of these folded gift tags to tie to the treat bags we are giving our neighbors this year!
I stamped the falling snow image from the Neat & Tangled Santa's Wonderland Stamp Set along the top of each tag with Versamark Ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder. I masked off the snow border on each tag and applied Tumbled Glass Distress Ink to each for the sky.
I stamped the penguin and snowman from the Neat & Tangled Santa's Wonderland Stamp Set on smooth white cardstock and colored in the images with Copic Markers before die cutting with the coordinating Santa's Wonderland Dies. I added detail to the eyes with a black glaze pen and added the Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Brush Pen to areas on the images as well. I attached the penguins and snowmen to the tag fronts as shown.
I glued the tag fronts to the folded tag bases and finished each with some red and white twine tied through the top. I even stamped my custom greeting on the back of each folded tag, just like I do with my cards!
V I D E O T U T O R I A L
To watch the creation of these folded gift tags from start to finish, click HERE or watch below:
S U P P L I E S
The letters below the thumbnails below link to stores where you can purchase the products shown in this post and video: SSS = to purchase from Simon Says Stamp, EH = to purchase from Ellen Hutson, SB.COM = to purchase from Scrapbook.com. Affiliate links used.
Welcome to Day 3 of my last minute Handmade Holiday 2016 Series!
I'm back with my third year of last minute handmade ideas! Even with the craziness of the season I like to be able to add handmade touches to gifts for our friends and family. Over the next two weeks I'll be sharing mostly quick (an hour or less) Handmade Holiday ideas for cards, tags and gift wrapping sure to add that handmade touch we all love. Most ideas will include multiples (today I created five felt plush gift tags/ornaments)! The ornaments all together took longer than an hour but you could easily create one in under an hour, maybe even two if you're a quick stitcher! ;)
Each Handmade Holiday project blog post will feature a brand new, never before seen project(s) plus at least one incredible giveaway from a generous sponsor!I
FELT PLUSH CRITTER ORNAMENTS/GIFT TAGS
Not only are these felt plush ornament tags a great way to adorn a gift package but the "tag" itself is an ornament the recipient can use for years to come! Almost any of the plush dies can be made into a "holiday" ornament by adding holiday accents or colors!
I created a the greenery for a holly bundle to adhere to some of the ornaments from the Plush Carrot Bunny Die Set. I used red pearl gemstones for the berries.
I made sure to decorate both sides of the plush ornaments for cute, complete ornaments. Doodlebug black Sprinkles were used for the eyes of the critters.
V I D E O T U T O R I A L
To watch the creation of these felt plush ornaments from start to finish, click HERE or watch below:
S U P P L I E S
The letters below the thumbnails below link to stores where you can purchase the products shown in this post and video: SSS = to purchase from Simon Says Stamp, EH = to purchase from Ellen Hutson, SB.COM = to purchase from Scrapbook.com. Affiliate links used.
