Christmas Ornament Card

A simple Christmas card made even easier with the coordinating Holiday Ornaments Framelits and Ornament Keepsakes stamp set.  I add some Cherry Cobbler ink around the edges and popped all the ornaments up on dimensionals.  Christmas card making is in full swing!

Supplies:
Ornament Keepsakes and Greetings of the Season stamp sets
Very Vanilla, Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler Card Stock
Cherry Cobbler ink
Holiday Ornaments Framelits
Duo Ticket Builder Punch
Top Note Die
Petals-a-Plenty Embossing Folder
Baker's Twine



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Top Note Stitched Stockings Christmas Card

I just can't get enough of the Stitched Stocking stamp set and coordinating Stocking Building punch!! I am having so much fun making all kinds of Christmas cards! I used the Top Note die, Scallop Circle die, and 3" Circle die to create a place to hang my stockings! I embossed the circle with the Snow Burst embossing folder to add some texture and added a little bow to my stockings!

Supplies Used:

Stamp Sets: Stitched Stockings

Cardstock: Real Red, Pear Pizzaz, Whisper White

Holly Berry DSP

Ink: Real Red, Pear Pizzaz

Ribbon: 1/8" taffeta real red

Snow Burst Embossing Folder

Scallop Circle, Top Note & 3" Circle Dies

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In Color Ribbon Sample Pack

Here is a great little gift idea: a ribbon sampler pack! I cut some mat board and wound some In Color ribbon around it fastened with a small pin in the back. I added a top note die and used the Four Frames and Great Friend stamp set with the decorative label punch.

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Pressed Fun Flowers Card

I saw some pressed flower cards and decided to try making one and I love the result! This is the make-n-take card from my previous workshop. I cut out the flower from the new Fun Flower Sizzix die from the Occasions mini catalog as well as the little leaves, scallop oval, and top note dies.

We adhered the flower and leaves to the oval and put them in the Finial Press embossing folder. Then we layered it on the so saffron top note die and added Happy Birthday from the Perfect Punches stamp set layered on some Riding Hood Red punched out with the Designer Label Punch. We added some old olive ribbon around the top note die to finish the card. So fun!

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Top Note Gift Card Holder

Need a cute way to give a gift card? Look no further than this cute Top Note Gift Card holder. I used one of my favorite Christmas stamp sets, Winter Post for this project. I used dimensionals on the front top note die to create a pocket for the gift card. Here is the tutorial from Sandi that I followed to make it.

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Christmas Top Note Quilt Card

I love making these top note quilt cards. I used the Holly Jolly DSP with the Contempo Christmas stamp set (which is currently on sale for 20% off). I simply cut out 1" squares and pasted them on a scrap piece of cardstock and cut it out with the top note die and then embossed it with the poinsettia embossing folder. I stamped Merry Christmas in Cherry Cobbler and then punched it out with the designer label punch and trimmed off the top and bottom and added another piece of Cherry Cobbler underneath.
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Black Magic Flower Card

My friend Donna told me to check out a new technique called Black Magic. I saw some samples and immediately wanted to try it! I decided to try chocolate chip instead of black and I like the result! I used the top note die and then stamped the grass and flowers from the Inspired by Nature stamp set with Whisper White Craft ink. Then I heat set them with my heat gun. Starting with the lightest color, I used my pure color pencils (you can use watercolor pencils instead) to color in the stamps.

I ran some River Rock through the Big Shot with the Square Lattice embossing folder and placed it on some Bravo Burgundy. I added some Daffodil Delight ribbon around the top note and the sentiment from the Afterthoughts Hostess set.

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Bunny Box

We made these cute Bunny Boxes at our last demonstrator meeting. Donna showed us how to use punches to create it! You could add a handle and make it a cute basket for Easter treats!

Supplies:

Paper: Whisper White, Pretty in Pink

Dies: Top Note Die, Leaves from Build a Flower Set #2

Punches: Wide Oval, Circle, Small Heart

Ribbon: Pretty in Pink satin

Treat Bag

I love making treat bags and when I saw one on the cover of the Stampin' Success Magazine, I decided to try to make one of my own!  I started with a 4" x 12" sheet of pacific point cardstock and scored it at 5 1/4" and 6 3/4" lengthwise for a 1 1/2" base.

For the little box inside, I used a 2" x 10" piece of so saffron and scored it lengthwise at 1 1/2",  4 3/4", 6 1/4" and 9 1/2" which leaves a 1/2" tab to put it together.

I used a 4" x 2" pice of textured kiwi kiss and scalloped the edge.  Then I wrapped some of the so saffron poly twill around the bag and added a top note cut out of Good Morning Sunshine with two holes punched in the top to pull the ribbon through and tie.  I added some textured chocolate chip cardstock as "buttons" to add some interest to the front of the bag.

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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!

Top Note Card

I've been wanting to try a Top Note Card.  It was super easy!  I cut a piece of cardstock to 4" x 10 and folded it in half and placed it partway on the die so the top of the die was showing.  I added some Raspberry Tart DSP and some flowers from Petal Pizzaz with some leaves from the exclusive SU Birds and Blooms die.  I think these make really cute cards!  Tonight is our monthly meeting, so I'm excited to see what projects we will be doing!  I will share them with you next week!

Top Note Chipboard Ring Album

We had a rough week last week. I started feeling sick and came down with the flu, my kids were next and now we're all finally feeling better. I wanted to share this cute and simple (my fav!) Top Note Chipboard Ring Album. It's super quick to make.

Did you know Stampin' Up! sells chipboard that you can use in your Big Shot? It's so cool! I cut 6 chipboard Top Notes with my Big Shot and then cut some of the Ski Slope DSP from the Holiday mini catalog to perfectly cover the chipboard. No extra cutting or trimming needed!

Do you see the possibilities? My second favorite (Top Note is my favorite) die is my Serif Letters dies. Now I can cut the letter and DSP at the same time! Then I just glue the perfectly cut DSP to the chipboard and that's it! No more trying to cut out DSP to match my chipboard letters! I love it!

I used the crop-a-dile to punch through the chipboard and used a ring to hold the chipboard peices together.

Now I'm going to add some pictures of the kids and give it to Grandma for Christmas.

Top Note Treat Box

Isn't this Halloween top note treat box cute? I saw the idea for this box on Angie's blog. It reminds me of a coffin. To decorate the box I stamped the hat from Eat, Drink and Be Scary and colored some chunky white glitter with some tangerine tango ink by pouring some glitter on a plate and sitrring the ink in with a toothpick. Then I used crystal effects to stick the glitter on. Next I mounted the hat on some Ghostly Greetings DSP and tied some kiwi kiss striped grograin around the box.

I lined the coffin with some hershey kisses. And now it is ready to give away! Halloween is only 4 days away! Stay tuned for my next post with one more quick and cute Halloween treat idea!

Top Note Treat

I'm having soo much fun with the top note die. Here is one of the Halloween projects I created using my top note die. I used the Ghostly Greetings DSP for the front and back and Eat Drink, and Be Scary to stamp the tag and front of the treat holder. I punched some slots with the slot punch one and a half times for the kiwi kiss striped grosgrain ribbon on the top and wrapped some ribbon around the middle to keep the treats inside.

Stay tuned for my next Halloween project using the top note die, you're going to love it!