Top Note Gift Card Holder

This is another CASE of Linda Heller. I get so much inspiration from her Stamping School website. I treat myself to a subscription every year. This gift card holder is easy than it looks and uses the Big Shot Top Note die. You just have to make a zig zag fold in a large piece of cardstock and then align that folder edge inside the Top Note so that you aren't cutting that edge. Then you use the Word Window punch to make the slit for the gift card before gluing that fold together.
I've used the On Point Impressions Embossing Folder on the front of the cut Top Note piece only and more All is Calm Designer Series Paper, Glimmer Paper and Frosted Sequin Snowflakes to decorate the card. And even though it doesn't look like it the middle photo is the same card. My camera battery was getting very low! LOL

Tri-Fold Gift Card Holder

I've been making this design of gift card holder almost as long as I've been stamping. I used the retired slot punch to make the tabs to hold the gift card but you could either use an Exacto knife or a small circle framelit by positioning it at the edge of the platforms.
The sentiment comes from the Mingle All the Way stamp set. I'm still using the All is Calm Designer Series Paper and I got the idea for the tree from Linda Heller. I covered a rectangular piece of white cardstock that was slightly larger than the tree punch with All is Calm washi tape and layered that under the punched tree. I wrapped a little baker's twine around the bottom and topped it with a Vintage Faceted button. Usually I use a small piece of self stick velcro to make the closure for these tri-folds but I have a few of the little clips still in my stash so used one of them instead.

One Sheet Wonder

This I'm sharing 15 cards I made using just one sheet of the Color Me Autumn Designer Series Paper. I got the template to cut the DSP from Linda Heller's Stamping School. Some of the cards are CASE from her site and some are my own design using the sizes of DSP from her template. Basically you cut a 2X12 strip, 4X12 strip and 2 strips that are 3X12 inches. Then those strips are cut into smaller pieces.

These two cards both use a piece of DSP that measures 1-1/2" by 4".
I've used some retired stamps on the Happy Thanksgiving card. The other card uses a stamp from the Mingle All the Way stamp set in the holiday catalog. Cute sentiment!

Mingle All the Way

This is one of several cards I made using the Mingle All the Way stamp set (135773 c, 135770 w). I've already used this set a lot and still haven't used the cute Thanksgiving sentiment included. But that will happen. I just haven't gotten to making my Thanksgiving cards yet.
The Soft Sky card stock is embossed using my Big Shot and the Northern Flurry embossing folder (120902) and layered on Lost Lagoon card stock. Then I added some bling using the Frosted Sequins  (135835) and Rhinestone Basic Jewels (119246) and 1/8" Silver Ribbon. The expression is stamped using the Silver Encore Metallic pad (132142)  and cut using the 2-1/2" Circle Punch (120906).
If you're looking for a quick and easy holiday card, this could be it!
More Mingle All the Way cards tomorrow!

Vellum Ghosts

As promised, today's card has some vellum ghosts popping out of the expressions box. Again I've used the Mingle All the Way (135773 c, 135770 w) and Holiday Home (photopolymer 135095) stamp sets from the Holiday catalog. I'm really enjoying the Holiday Home photopolymer set. It's so easy to line up your images with these photopolymer stamps!
The background of the card was made with a Gold Foil Sheet (132622) embossed with the new Lucky Stars embossing folder (135817) also from the Holiday catalog. This year's Holiday catalog is packed with wonderful products!
The ribbon is some Raven 1/2 lace trim currently available in the Stampin' Up! Clearance Rack. Great price, check it out.
I used Daffodil Delight and Calypso Coral Blendabilities to color the embossed stars. For more on this technique click here .

Thinking ahead to Halloween!

This card is a CASE from Linda Heller at Stamping School. I changed it up just a bit by adding the stamped and punched Hello Honey moon. After I took the photo I realized I forgot to add the little ghost I stamped on vellum. Oh, well... I'll share some vellum ghosts in tomorrow's post.
The stamp sets here are  Mingle All the Way (135773 c, 135770 w) and Holiday Home (photopolymer 135095) from the Holiday catalog. I used the coordinating Homemade Holiday framelits (135857) and the 2-1/2" circle punch (120906). The house was colored using Blendabilities Daffodil Delight Assortment (130998) and Smokey Slate Assortment (131005). To stamp the pumpkin I used the Tangelo Twist and Mossy Meadow markers from the 2014-2016 set (133654). The card stock is Hello Honey, Mossy Meadow, Lost Lagoon, Basic Black and Whisper White.