Last year my sisters sister-in-law made her a beautiful basket of homemade lotions and potions as well as some gourmet spices. I thought that making the spices would be a great gift so I decided to make some this year.
I made the labels using My Digital Studio. I simply sized the circle punch to 2.5 inches, color filled with opacity set to 40% so that the color would be more muted and the image and writing would really stand out. Then I added a stamped image and text and printed them onto shipping labels. Then, using my large 2.5 inch punch, punched them out and stuck them onto the jars. I think they turned out great! I didn't make the box, because I was feeling overwhelmed with my homemade gifting, and it was 50% off....can't say no to that, but it would be super easy to make with paint and stamps, or even decor elements.
Inside the box my daughter made a nest. It was such a great activity for her, she used my paper trimmer and some old or retired paper that I had, and she set about cutting strips and squishing them up.
I got a lot of use out of my decor elements, including using the adorable cardinal on a glass jar filled with homemade granola as a hostess gift.
Here is another way to package up those spices. I found the BEST instructions on how to make any type of box on Splitcoast. For this one I took a piece of paper, 6" x 7.5", scored at 2" all the way around, folded, trimmed the long edge to where the score lines meet (yes this would best be seen in a photo, you can see a video on Splitcoast) folded and used sticky strip to adhere. Then I used the top note die and the Big Shot and trimmed about 1 inch of the middle out, stuck the outside rounded pieces on both of the long sides and covered the seam in ribbon. Voila - cute!
Finally, as I was making the scrapbooks rather than making calendars for the grandparents, my hubby mentioned how much he enjoyed his calender, so I made him one....again crazy easy using MDS. I used the calender template then saved the pages as jpeg. Then, because I wanted a simple way to print it out at home and I wanted the picture and month on the same page, I started a new project and brought the jpeg images back in as photos, lined up and resized the photo and months, printed them off and trimmed to my desired size. I cut a piece of chipboard, covered it with retired DSP, stamped and embellished, added ribbon to hang both the pages and the project.
We made this cute little box that I chose to use as a votive holder, some of the other girls are going to use it to hold some little Valentine gifts.
This card used the silk technique and has a masculine feel.
And what would Valentines Day be without some candy. I love the new glitter paper and of course the sweet treat cups!
I went to my new fave kit from the Sale-a-bration and quickly made up this cute card. Surprising to me was that I picked up the Peach Parfait again....well it was still on my desk from the card I made a couple of weeks ago....but it does look good with this paper!
Continuing along with my Mojo Month, I created a card for a friend who needs a lift....or chocolate. As soon as I saw this stamp set in the Occasions Mini, I HAD to get it! I am a chocoholic trough and through. I kept the look monochromatic, I find I'm really digging on this look right now. I teamed up chocolate chip, crumb cake and soft suede to achieve this look....and although my 9pm lack of natural light photo looks like I used very vanilla, it is actually whisper white.
Continuing on with my month of Mojo here is the card I created for this week's sketch. I have not used much of the Peach Parfait from the new In Colors and with my sale-a-bration paper in hand I decided to pull it out for this card. I still don't totally love the color but I do like this card and I LOVE the sale-a-bration paper package....yes, a perk of being a demonstrator, early arrival of catalogues and specials!
Now this spinner card is not so much about the card rather than who it's for....my future son-in-law. Yes he's only turning 4, and my daughter is still 3, but she has told me that she is going to marry Max and they are going to have 2 babies. The boy baby is going to be called Fast Runner and the girl baby Leah (well the girl name changes every couple of days, today it's Leah). Max loves Star Wars so I thought a spinner rocket ship might come close enough. Happy Birthday!
They are quite basic, but I love that she picked out all the little details and I had to leave them just as she had designed!
I made the labels using My Digital Studio. I simply sized the circle punch to 2.5 inches, color filled with opacity set to 40% so that the color would be more muted and the image and writing would really stand out. Then I added a stamped image and text and printed them onto shipping labels. Then, using my large 2.5 inch punch, punched them out and stuck them onto the jars. I think they turned out great! I didn't make the box, because I was feeling overwhelmed with my homemade gifting, and it was 50% off....can't say no to that, but it would be super easy to make with paint and stamps, or even decor elements.
Inside the box my daughter made a nest. It was such a great activity for her, she used my paper trimmer and some old or retired paper that I had, and she set about cutting strips and squishing them up.
I got a lot of use out of my decor elements, including using the adorable cardinal on a glass jar filled with homemade granola as a hostess gift.
Here is another way to package up those spices. I found the BEST instructions on how to make any type of box on Splitcoast. For this one I took a piece of paper, 6" x 7.5", scored at 2" all the way around, folded, trimmed the long edge to where the score lines meet (yes this would best be seen in a photo, you can see a video on Splitcoast) folded and used sticky strip to adhere. Then I used the top note die and the Big Shot and trimmed about 1 inch of the middle out, stuck the outside rounded pieces on both of the long sides and covered the seam in ribbon. Voila - cute!
Finally, as I was making the scrapbooks rather than making calendars for the grandparents, my hubby mentioned how much he enjoyed his calender, so I made him one....again crazy easy using MDS. I used the calender template then saved the pages as jpeg. Then, because I wanted a simple way to print it out at home and I wanted the picture and month on the same page, I started a new project and brought the jpeg images back in as photos, lined up and resized the photo and months, printed them off and trimmed to my desired size. I cut a piece of chipboard, covered it with retired DSP, stamped and embellished, added ribbon to hang both the pages and the project.