N is for Night Before Christmas

October 14, 2019 ~ Jeanie Stark ~ 11 Comments

Welcome to my ABC Holiday 2019 Series! Throughout this series I will be sharing all kinds of cards, gifts, and ideas to help make your holidays as easy as ABC! Today I am showcasing the Night Before Christmas Suite. Check out what Santa is up to in this fun video…

The Night Before Christmas Suite is showcased on pages 24-26 in the Holiday Catalog. You can use the Night Before Christmas Memories & More Cards & Envelopes with the Night Before Christmas Memories & More Card Pack and have instant Christmas Cards! Talk about quick & easy! Today I’m sharing how I used the Night Before Christmas 6 x 6 Designer Series Paper to make some fun little Christmas treats.

Stampin' Up! Night Before Christmas Designer Series Paper sweet treat gift ideas - Jeanie Stark StampinUp

Take a look at all the different fun patterns in this short video!

This candy cane treat is quick & easy! The DSP makes a nice presentation for a sweet little holiday treat. (You could even put it on a gift as a tag!)

Stampin' Up! Tiny Keepsakes Bundle sweet candy cane treat idea- Jeanie Stark StampinUp

The DSP measures 2 x 6 and is adhered to a Real Red 2 x 7 layer. I use a hole punch to punch two tiny holes on either side of the candy cane to thread the ribbon through and tie a bow. I added a couple of glue dots to secure the candy cane in place. The tag is from the Tiny Keepsakes Bundle. I stamped the sentiment in Pretty Peacock and cut it out with the Mini Curvy Keepsakes Box Dies. I used White Bakers Twine to thread a jingle bell and tag and tied it around the candy cane. Quick & easy!

For my next project I made a fold over box.

Stampin' Up! Making Christmas Bright fold over box gift idea for friends - Jeanie Stark StampinUp

The sentiment I used is from the stamp set, Making Christmas Bright (in the annual catalog). I got the dimensions for the box from Sam Donald (Pootles.com). The light bulbs pattern from the Night Before Christmas DSP was perfect to go with what I put inside the box.

Stampin' Up! Making Christmas Bright fold over box gift idea for friends - Jeanie Stark StampinUp

I host a cookie exchange with my friends every year and these will be perfect for their table favors. I got the bulbs from Hobby Lobby and filled them with mini M&M’s for a little treat or ornament to hang on their tree as a reminder of our special friendship!

Stampin' Up! Making Christmas Bright fold over box gift idea for friends - Jeanie Stark StampinUp

Here’s the measurements to make the box:

Very Vanilla or Crumb Cake cardstock: 7 x 6 1/4, score ont he long side at 1 1/2, 3, 4 1/2, 6. Score on the short side at 1 1/2 and 4 3/4.
DSP Panels: (2) 3 x 1 1/4, (2) 3/4 x 1 1/4, (1) 3/4 x 3
Very Vanilla: 1 x 2 3/4 to stamp sentiment in Delicata Golden Glitz
Scraps of Real Red, Old Olive, and Early Espresso to punch bulbs with Christmas Bulb Builder Punch

Fold and burnish the score lines. Cut, notch, and trim as shown below.

Stampin' Up! fold over box template - Jeanie Stark StampinUp

Add adhesive to the notched pieces on each end and in the middle on both sides and assemble the box. (You can view the video from Pootles.com to see how to put the box together HERE. *She put tealights in the box.)

I can’t decide which color box I like better, Very Vanilla or Crumb Cake? I need to make 10 more. Leave me a comment and let me know which color you think I should make for the rest of them.

Stampin' Up! Making Christmas Bright fold over box gift idea for friends - Jeanie Stark StampinUp

So what do you do the Night Before Christmas? Every year our family gets together at my sister’s (~24 people ) for dinner on Christmas Eve. (I love making the table favors for everyone!) After dinner we play “Yankee Swap”. Everyone brings a wrapped gift (~$25) and we draw numbers to see who goes first and so on. The first person opens a gift and then the next person can choose to take their gift or open a different one and it continues on so you never know what gift you will end up with til the very end. It is always so much fun and every year there seems to be a “hot gift” that everyone wants. As our family has grown it is a fun way to have a little gift exchange without breaking the bank! The best gift of all is just being together as a family and remembering the reason for the season!

Have a wonderful day!

Just Stampin’

Jeanie

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Making Christmas Bright Photopolymer Stamp Set [148046] $21.00	Night Before Christmas 6″ X 6″ (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [150437] $11.50	Very Vanilla 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [101650] $9.75	Crumb Cake 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [120953] $8.75
Old Olive 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [100702] $8.75	Real Red 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [102482] $8.75	Early Espresso 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [119686] $8.75	Golden Glitz Delicata Metallic Ink Pad [150711] $11.00
Christmas Bulb Builder Punch [148013] $18.00	Simply Scored [122334] $30.00	Real Red 3/8″ (1 Cm) Cotton Ribbon [146925] $7.00	Metallic Pearls [146282] $7.00
Snail Adhesive [104332] $7.00	Tear & Tape Adhesive [138995] $7.00	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $5.25	Stampin’ Dimensionals [104430] $4.00

Product List for Candy Cane Treats

Tiny Keepsakes Bundle (En) [152390] $48.50	Tiny Keepsakes Cling Stamp Set (En) [150460] $20.00	Mini Curvy Keepsakes Box Dies [150644] $34.00	Night Before Christmas 6″ X 6″ (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [150437] $11.50
Real Red 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [102482] $8.75	Shimmery White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [101910] $10.00	Pretty Peacock Classic Stampin’ Pad [150083] $7.50	Real Red 3/8″ (1 Cm) Cotton Ribbon [146925] $7.00
Whisper White Solid Baker’s Twine [124262] $3.50	Jingle Bells [149598] $5.00	Snail Adhesive [104332] $7.00	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $5.25

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CASE the Catty for the PALS Blog Hop

February 8, 2017February 8, 2017 ~ Jeanie Stark ~ 28 Comments

Welcome to the Pals Blog Hop for February 2017. We are thankful you stopped by to take a look at our 2017 Blog Hop monthly themes. This month we are CASE’ing (Copy And Share with Everyone) a project shown in a current Stampin’ Up! catalog. After all, with the Annual, Occasions and Sale-a-Bration catalogs available right now, there is much inspiration from which to choose. We hope you enjoy our creations.

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I CASE’d the box found on page 40 in the Occasions catalog which uses the Celebrations Duo Textured Impressions Embossing Folders and Happy Celebrations Stamp Set. I had someone ask about this box after I featured some cards I made using this set (H is for Happy Celebrations). I had no idea how this box was made so I called Stampin’ Up! We have the most awesome demonstrator support team! I owe a big thanks to Ben who reached out to the designer and emailed me a photo with dimensions. I was able to take it from there to make these boxes to share with you today. Here’s the photos Ben sent me.

I have a few tips and lots of photos to share with you. I always look for ways to cut my paper to get the most from each piece and this project uses just 1 sheet of cardstock to make each box. First I cut my cardstock at 6 1/4 x 11. I like to save steps so before I cut again, I scored this piece with the short end across the top at 1 1/4 on each end.

Next, I rotated my cardstock and cut 4 pieces at 2 1/4 x 6 1/4. I used the strip that was left from my initial cut (2 1/4 x 11) and cut it at 2 1/4 x 6 1/4 so I had 5 pieces. (The last piece needed to be scored at 1 1/4 on each end like the others.) Then I scored all 5 pieces at 1/2″.

I cut the ends off the 1/2″ pieces and notched the middle piece on each. I stamped 4 pieces using the Happy stamp from Happy Celebrations using Pacific Point ink for a tone on tone look. *Make sure you stamp 2 pieces with the flap at the bottom and 2 pieces with the flap at the top so the words will be facing the right way when you assemble the box.

Next step is to emboss. *I used washi tape so my emobssing folder wouldn’t move from where I placed it over the stamped letters. I used Tear & Tape to adhere the pieces together.

Overlap the flaps to close the box then adhere the top of the box together. I added some silver ribbon and attached the stamped the sentiment with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

Here’s the box featured in the catalog along with mine.

I couldn’t stop with just one box when there’s 2 embossing folders in the pack! I changed it up for the Celebrate box.

For the Happy box I stamped first then embossed. For this box I embossed the panels first then stamped. I love this look and it was quick & easy to do. I just embossed 2 of the panels and used designer series paper on 2 of the panels. The DSP is from the Regals Paper Stack and measures 3 3/4 x 1 3/4. The colors I used to stamp over the debossed impression are Smoky Slate, Pool Party, and Night of Navy. I created a banner with a 1″ strip of Pool Party cardstock and punched it with the Triple Banner Punch. The heart is from the Gift Card Envelope & Trims Thinlits. The sentiment from Endless Birthday Wishes is stamped in Night of Navy ink. I attached the banner to the box with Stampin’ Dimensionals. I added Whisper White Mini Pompom Trim along with some silver ribbon and Rhinestone Basic Jewels.

I hope you liked today’s project. Subscribe to my blog for more card and gift giving inspiration. Come back after you finish the hop and check out this video from Stampin’ Up! to see some of the different ways to combine these stamps to make cards for so many different occasions.

Thanks for visiting. To continue with the hop, please refer to the Blog Hop Line-up below. We hope to see you on next month’s Pals Blog Hop!

Have a wonderful day!

Just Stampin’

Jeanie

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Tuesday Tip…Gift Box for Cards

August 23, 2016 ~ Jeanie Stark ~ 7 Comments

Yesterday I shared with you a set of thank you cards. You can see that post HERE if you missed it. Today I am going to share 2 ways to present your cards for gift giving. I put yesterday’s cards in a clear stamp case as I wanted to put a little chocolate in there too. Chocolate is like stamping vitamins right? Here’s the case and directions for the insert.

To make the insert for the stamp case start with a piece of cardstock measuring 5 x 8 1/2. Score at 5 3/4, 6 1/2, 7 1/4. Fold as shown in the photo.

The inset for the stamp case holds your cards and envelopes in place. The extra section is perfect for a little candy. I started out with these Hershey Nuggets wrapped in 1 x 3 In Color Designer Series Paper but changed my mind and went with the kisses to go with the contest theme.

Not only can you wrap the nuggets with DSP but you can also stamp the Avery address labels and just stick them over the wrappers (I use this idea a lot!). Here’s a set I stamped with the Perpetual Birthday Calendar Stamp Set.

You can also decorate the stamp case for gift giving. Cut a piece of Designer Series Paper 7 x 11 1/4. Score it at 5 and 6 1/4. Slip the DSP in the sleeve on the stamp case and you have a gift wrapped box! I made a belly band and decorated it with flowers and die cut leaves for my daughter and put some monogrammed notecards inside. Can you tell her favorite color?

Did you know you can purchase these empty stamp cases? You can find them on page 183 in the annual catalog. I could do another whole post on ways to use these cases! They are great for markers, reinkers, gift tags, etc. You get 4 wide cases (like these that I’ve shown) for $7 and they are so nice and sturdy. I’m sure you’ll find many uses for them.

I promised you 2 card holder ideas today so let’s get to the second one. I use this idea a lot to display card sets in my craft area as well as for gift giving. The box can hold 5 -6 cards and envelopes depending on how many layers or embellishments you add.

Start with a piece of 7 1/2 x 11 cardstock. With the short side along the top, score at 1 1/2 and 6. Score the other side at 3 3/4 and 5 1/4. Fold along the score lines and cut as shown.

Add tear & tape adhesive and stick the sides together. Decorate the front as desired. I usually decorate it match my cards. You can cut the sides at an angle if you prefer (like I shared previously with the business card holders). So many possibilities! Quick & Easy!

I hope you enjoyed these ideas. If you make one send me a photo! I would love to see your creations!

Have a wonderful day!

Just Stampin’

Jeanie