Gift Jar

I love saving glass jars to decorate and use as gifts.  I washed out this artichoke jar and wrapped some Sweet Always DSP and chocolate chip grosgrain ribbon around it.  I added some more ribbon around the lid and topped the lid with a scallop circle cut with a sizzix die and some more layers of Sweet Always, a scallop and the flower from the Always stamp set.  To complete the gift, I filled it with some yummy chocolate!  So, start saving those glass jars!

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Top Note Purse Box

Here is the project that we made last night at my first stamp club meeting.  A Top Note Purse!  The idea for this purse came from Kimberly and the directions are here on her blog.  I added a little ribbon strap to the top to make it into a purse.

We used the Always stamp set with the Always in Bloom wheel and Sweet Always DSP.  I cut out all the tags from the Lots of Tags Sizzlits.  I love how the tag on the card on the left perfectly coordinates with the Wide Oval punch.  We layered another one of the tags on top and stamped "Everything" on it.  The middle card also uses the Oval tag with the Wide Oval punch and the small long tag as well.  For the third card, we stamped the "a" on some whisper white and mounted it to the chocolate chip "bubble" tag.  Then we added a build a brad to the middle of the "a."  It makes a fun little card holder or gift bag!