Category: Mini Catalogs

Make It Tall

Big Shot, Big Shot Fancy Favor die, Christmas, Holiday Mini, Holidays, Mini Catalogs, Scentsational Season, Special Projects, Stamp Sets, Sweets for the Sweet
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This is two Fancy Favor bags put together to make it taller.  To make this bag, die cut 2 Fancy Favor bags (I used two different patterns here), cut the bottom flaps off of the one you want to be on the top.  Line up the score marks and attach to the top.  You will want to use glue or sticky strip to make it strong.  That’s it – easy!  I closed mine with a clothespin

Supplies
Stamp set – Scentsational Season, Sweets for the Sweet
card stock – Be of Good Cheer, Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler, Silver Glimmer paper
Ink – Chocolate Chip, Cherry Cobbler, Versamark
Etc – Holiday Framelits, Gumball Green ribbon, Scallop Circle punch, 1 3/4 circle punch, clothespin, rhinestone, Dazzling Details, Sugar and Spice embossing powder

Hugs, Fran

Clothespin Spin

Big Shot, Christmas, Holiday Mini, Holidays, Mini Catalogs, Special Projects
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This is what I made for our team gift exchange.  It’s a fun project that can be altered for any occasion.  Here’s how you do it –

Die cut two pieces of chipboard using the 3″ circle die.  Set aside the circles and die cut around the negative with the 4″ circle die.  This gives you two doughnut shapes.  Glue them together and paint them white.  The clothespins are heavy – I used heavy chipboard for this part. 

Cover approximately 25 clothespins on both sides.  For these clothespins, I cut my paper 3/8″ x about 3″.  Glue them down.  Any clear drying glue will do.  This one is the same on the front and back.  You could make it multi-season by using different paper on each side. 

Tie a long piece of Cherry Cobbler seam binding to your base and start placing your clothespins around the edge.  Once I got it spaced the way I wanted, I glued one side down just where the pins touch the base.  Then I added a banner.

And a cute gift needs a cute box   The finished size of this box is 9 1/2 x 9 1/2 (which give you a better idea of the finished size of the wreath!)

Really?  These clothespins are for laundry?  Hugs, Fran

Santa Purse

Big Shot, Big Shot Petite Purse, Border Banter, Christmas, Holiday Mini, Holidays, Mini Catalogs, Special Projects, Stamp Sets
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Need something to hold a little gift?  Here’s the Petite Purse die dressed up just for Santa.  The band on the front is 3/4″ wide and the buckle is 1″ brushed gold square with a 3/4″ black center.  This was another project from my gift bag class – so easy and cute!

Stamp set – Border Banter
card stock – Real Red, Basic Black, Brushed Gold, Whisper White
Ink – Real Red
Etc – Petite Purse die, 1″ and 3/4″ square punches, velcro

Hint – you could replace the “merry” with the names of your guests and create place settings or guest gifts.

Hugs, Fran

Gingerbread Bag

Big Shot, Christmas, Embossing Folder, Framelit Dies, Holiday Mini, Holidays, Mini Catalogs, Scentsational Season, Special Projects, Stamp Sets, Sweets for the Sweet
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This is one of the gift bags we did in my Gift Bags and Boxes class yesterday.  It’s a Fancy Favor box with a Scentsational Gingerbread Man on the front.  The closure is a decorated clothes pin. 

The candy piece is 5-6 punches with the stamped image on top.  Add Dazzling Detail for some sparkle!  The people at my grocery store have to wonder what I’m doing with all these clothes pins! 

Supplies
Stamp Sets – Scentsational Season, Sweets for the Sweet
card stock – Regals DSP stack, Whisper White, Old Olive
Ink – Chocolate Chip, Versamark, Riding Hood Red
Etc- Fancy Favor die, Dotted embossing folder, Scallop circle punch, 1 3/4 circle punch, clothes pin, 1″ circle punch, rhinestone, Dazzling Details, Sugar and Spice embossing powder, Holiday Framelits


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Tree Tag

Christmas, Holiday Mini, Holidays, Merry Minis, Mini Catalogs, Stamp Sets, Tags
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Isn’t this a cute tag?  It’s inspired by a card that Nicole Picadura made.  I used the main element (the tree!), turned it into a tag and added some bling – okay, lots of bling – and a little tag.  The little jewelry tag punch say “a very” – that was done by just using a marker on a stamp from More Merry Messages and inking only those words.

I think I’ll make a matching bag now  

Supplies
Stamp set – Merry Minis, Greeting of the Season, More Merry Messages
card stock – Raspberry Ripple, Whisper White
Ink -Raspberry Ripple, Gumball Green, Daffodil Delight, Early Espresso
Stampin Write Marker – Early Espresso
Etc – Merry Mini punch pack, rhinestones, Raspberry Ripple ribbon, Jewelry punch

There’s a new special starting today – Holiday Treat Bundles!  Cute packaging ideas for the season.  Hugs, Fran

Christmas Bag

Big Shot, Christmas, Embossing Folder, Framelit Dies, Holiday Mini, Holidays, Mini Catalogs, Ornament Keepsakes, Special Projects, Stamp Sets
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This bag design was originally a card design.  Amy Johnson designed the card – and I loved it so much I turned it into a gift bag.  I just had to “grow” it a bit  Doesn’t this make things easier?  Take any card you love and turn it into a matching bag!
Supplies
Stamp set – Ornament Keepsakes
card stock – Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla, Be of Good Cheer DSP, Gumball Green
Ink – Illuminate pad, Jet Black Stazon, Cherry Cobbler
Etc – Ornament framelit, Northern Flurry embossing folder, Bakers Twine, Gumball Green ribbon
Hugs, Fran

Ornament Keepsakes

Big Shot, Cards, Christmas, Framelit Dies, Holiday Mini, Holidays, Mini Catalogs, Ornament Keepsakes, Stamp Sets
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This card uses all the items from the Ornament Keepsakes Big Bundle that was offered last month.  It always amazes me how much paper piercing adds to a card.
Stamp Set – Ornament Keepsakes, Greeting of the Season
Card stock – Real Red, Very Vanilla, Candlelight DSP, Gumball Green
Ink – Early Espresso, Real Red
Etc – Christmas paper piercing pack, Labels framelits, Large pearl, Very Vanilla seam binding, Ornament Framelits
Wishing you a Happy Thanksgiving.  Hugs, Fran

I Peeked!

Big Shot, Cards, Christmas, Embossing Folder, Holiday Mini, Holidays, Mini Catalogs, No Peeking, Stamp Sets
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We did the penguin card at one of my Christmas Stamp a Stacks – and I just kept going (and going!) 

Supplies
Stamp Set – No Peeking
card stock – Real Red, Old Olive, Whisper White, Old Olive DSP
Ink – Jet Black Stazon, Chocolate Chip
Stampin Write Markers – Real Red, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie
Etc – Old Olive ribbon, 2 3/8 Scallop circle punch, 1 3/4 Circle punch, pearls. sharpie markers, star punch, Dotted embossing folder

Loving this set!  Hugs, Fran