Sparkled Tags

Happy Thursday My Blogger Friends!

My blog post for today is Tag Thursday.  Today, I will feature a tag I created and show you how easy it is to use minimal supplies to create a SUPER PRETTY TAG.  Now that you have the details for my Tag Thursday creation for this week ........ Let's jump right in with my tag share for today........

My set of tags for today starts off with a piece of Cherry Cobbler cardstock that is 2-1/2" x 4".  

I added to the top of my base tag a panel of White cardstock that was 2-1/4" x 3-3/4".

A piece of the 'Joy of Christmas Designer Series Paper' was added to the bottom of my tag.  That piece of DSP measures 2-1/4" x 1-1/2".

I wanted to create a joining seam to the center of my tag ..... So, I added a 1/4" x 2-1/4" piece of Cherry Cobbler cardtock right above that DSP panel.

My sentiment was stamped from the 'Very Best Occasions' set and directly onto the top portion of that White cardstock piece.

And there you have it friends......

Attached to any gift this holiday season will

make these tags so FESTIVE and FUN!!!

Thanks for joining me today!  I'll be back tomorrow to share a Fun Fold Friday creation with you ........ Hope you can make plans to stop back and join me for that share.  Keep Living Your Dream!

Merry & Bright

Happy Wednesday My Blogger Friends!

My blog post for today is Wine-Down Wednesday.  My middle of the week card feature for today will hopefully offer you some inspiration and provide you with some motivation to keep you moving through your busy week.  Let's jump right in with my card share for today........

My base card for today starts off with a 4-1/4" x 11" piece of Early Espresso cardstock.  That piece is scored at 5-1/2".

I added a panel of White cardstock that was 3-1/2" x 5-1/4" to the front of my card.

Next, I added a 3-1/4" x 5" panel of Cherry Cobbler cardstock to the front.  Before I adhered that panel down ..... I wrapped some 'White Baker's Twine' around the center and tied it up into a PRETTY bow in the center of that panel.  Then I adhered my four White 1-1/4" x 2-1/4" panel to the front of my card.

I added three holiday trees from the 'Reindeer Dies' to the White squares.  And saved the last White squre to add my sentiment.  That was from the 'Merry & Bright' set.

And there you have it friends......

Hope you liked my card share for today.

Thanks for joining me today!  I'll be back tomorrow to share a Tag Thursday creation with you ........ Hope you can make plans to stop back and join me for that share.  Keep Living Your Dream!

Holiday Designer Bag

Happy Tuesday My Blogger Friends!

My blog post for today is '3D TUESDAY'.  That means today I have a fun little 3-D project that I created and want to share with you.  This project was SO FUN to create .... and I want to jump right in and share that project with you now.

Looking for a quick little Hot Cocoa packaging idea ...... How about creating a sweet designer bag for a WOW FACTOR presentation.

This designer bag was created with a 6" x 12" piece of 'Merry Bold & Bright Designer Series Paper'.  

It is scored at 1-1/2", 5-1/2", 7" and 11".  I then turned my DSP 90 degrees and scored at 1" and 5".  I ended up cutting away the 1" corner square and folded my DSP up to create my designer bag.

The front of my designer bag was created with the 'Scallop Contours Dies'.  I used the FESTIVE Santa from the 'Gift of Giving' set and just colored him in.

I wrapped some 'Real Red 3/8" Ribbon' around the top and tied it off into a pretty bow.

All that was left to do was add hot cocoa fixings for TWO.....

And this little bag was DONE!!!

What do you think my friends!!!!

Thanks for joining me today!  I'll be back tomorrow to share a Wine Down Wednesday card with you ........ Hope you can make plans to stop back and join me for that share.  Keep Living Your Dream!

Tis The Season Upgrade

Happy Monday My Blogger Friends! 

Today is Mix-It-UP! Monday, and I have an upgraded version of the card I shared with you yesterday.  I used the exact same product that was used to create yesterday's card ..... But I changed things up to bring this card up to the next stamping level.

Here's my Spotlight Sunday card from yesterday on the TOP.....

And my Mix-It-UP! Monday upgraded card for today on the BOTTOM.....

The first upgrade I made to my card for today was changing up the orientation from a portrait style card to a landscape style card.  I also changed my base card up to a 4-1/4" x 5-1/2" Real Red base.  

I added a White panel to the front of my card ..... and then designed a flip up section (that adheres directly onto the White panel).  That flip up section is a Real Red cardstock piece that is 8-1/2" x 3-1/4".  It is scored at 4-1/4.  I did add a 2-3/4" x 3-3/4" panel of the 'Shining Christmas DSP' to the front of my card.

Here is how the flip-up section folds up to reveal the inside of my card.

I did add a White panel to the inside of that flip up piece ..... and also added a panel of the 'Shining Christmas DSP' at the bottom.

My sentiment is from the 'So Very Merry' set ..... And that was layered onto a 'Scallop Contour Dies' piece.

The finishing touch was adding more of that 'Garden Green 3/8" Ribbon' to the fornt of my upgraded card ..... And a few 'Iridescent Discs' that were colored with my Real Red Blends.

So, what do you think my friends....

Do you have a favorite???

Thanks for joining me today!  I'll be back tomorrow to share a 3D Tuesday creation with you ........ Hope you can make plans to stop back and join me for that share.  Keep Living Your Dream!

Tis The Season

Happy Sunday My Blogger Friends

Today is Spotlight Sunday ....... And I have a card I created using product from the 2023 Stampin' UP! Mini Catalog.  This card uses several products from that new catalog ........ And I'm thrilled with the way it turned out.  Let's jump right in with my card share for today..........

My base card starts off with a White cardstock piece.  That measures 5-1/2" x 8-1/2" and is scored at 4-1/4".  I added a 4" x 5-1/4" Real Red cardstock panel to the front of my card ..... And topped it off with a 3-3/4" x 5" 'Shining Christmas Designer Series Paper' panel.

I did add some 'Garden Green 3/8" Ribbon' around the center of my above panel before adhering that panel down to the front of my card.

My sentiement is from the 'So Very Merry' set ..... and I positioned that directly into the center of my card.

I created a DARLING little bow from that Garden Green Ribbon .... And attached that over the top of my sentiment piece.

And there you have it friends.

What do you think????

Thanks for joining me today!  I'll be back tomorrow to share an upgraded version of this very card with you ...... Hope you can make plans to stop back and join me for that share.  Keep Living Your Dream!

Gingerbread House Party

Happy Saturday My Blogger Friends!

Today I have another Saturday Sweet Treat packaging idea to share with you.  This project is a SUPER YUMMY, sweet treat packaging.  Let me jump right in with my share.

Today my family is gathering for our traditional Gingerbread House Building Party in Oregon, Wisconsin.  This is our 22nd year doing this party and each year we bring all the grandkids together to help kick off the holiday season.  When I asked my 24 year old grandson if he still wanted to come to this event ..... He said ...... Of course NaNa ..... It's tradition.  So, to kick-off our party ..... This year I have made this little gingerbread man cookie box to give to everyone who will be joining in on the FUN!!!!!

It starts off with a Real Red base box.  That is a 4" x 4-3/4" piece of cardtock and it is scored on the 4-3/4" side at 2" and 2-3/4" ..... And on the 4" side it is scored at 3/4" on both ends.  The White wrap piece is 2" x 3-3/8" and I added two pieces of 'Bright DSP' to the front and back ..... And those pieces measure 3-1/8" x 1-7/8".

The star of the show is this DARLING Gingerbread House image.  It is from the 'So Very Merry' set and it is stamped onto a 2-3/8" Circle.

And here is what is tucked inside each little box.

Just doesn't get any EASIER.

Hope you have fun making these!!!

Thanks for joining me today!  I'll be back tomorrow to share a Spotlight Sunday creation with you ........ Hope you can make plans to stop back and join me for that share.  Keep Living Your Dream!

Joy To My Heart

Happy Friday My Blogger Friends!

Today is Fun Fold Friday and that means I have a special little Fun Fold Card to share with you. Let's kick off this Fun Fold Friday share right now.........

I started my card for today with a Very Vanilla base that was 4-1/4" x 7-1/2".  It is scored at 5-1/2".  To create the split portion of my card ...... I joined a Very Vanilla cardstock piece to be the bottom portion of my card ..... And Added a Pecan Pie and Very Vanilla cardtock panel to the center of my card front.  I added adhesive to the top and bottom portions of that panel.

Here is how the card looks when the card front is opend.

The top portion of my card front has a 'Glorious Gingham DSP' panel that is 4" x  1-3/4".....

And the bottom portion has a 4" x 2" 'Glorious Gingham DSP panel.

The center split is a piece of Pecn Pie cardstock that is 2-1/4" x 4" ..... And a piece of Very Vanilla cardstock is added to that piece.  I used the 'Season of Chic' stamp set for my sentiment ..... And the coorinating dies to crop out three pretty leaves.

Just doesn't get any EASIER.

Hope you have fun making these!!!

Thanks for joining me today!  I'll be back tomorrow to begin sharing a special new Sweet Treat Saturday release with you ........Hope you can make plans to stop back and join me for that share.  Keep Living Your Dream!

Happy Thanksgiving

                   Happy Turkey Day 

                 My Blogger Friends!

I would like to start off my blog posting for today with a special Thanksgiving Day wish to you'all.  I'm back in Wisconsin CELEBRATING this Thanksgiving Holiday with my kiddo's ...... And feel SO BLESSED that my family is surrounded with GOOD health and PLENTY of HAPPINESS.  

Today, I share a special Thanksgiving Day wish with you.  I started off with a Very Vanilla base and added two cropped panels to both sides of my card front.

Those panels were embossed with the 'Leaf Fall Embossing Folder' and then adhered to the front of my card with Stampin' Dimensionals.

I added five leaves down the center opening and those were created with the help of the 'Aspen Trees Dies'.

And my sentiment is from the 'Painted Pheasant' set.

And there you have it friends......

Hope your day is filled with plenty of

JOY.....LOVE and LAUGHTER.

Thanks for joining me today!  I'll be back tomorrow to share a Fun Fold Friday creation with you ........ Hope you can make plans to stop back and join me for that share.  Keep Living Your Dream!

I'm Thankful

Happy Wednesday My Blogger Friends!

My blog post for today is Wine-Down Wednesday.  My middle of the week card feature for today will hopefully offer you some inspiration and provide you with some motivation to keep you moving through your busy week.  Let's jump right in with my card share for today........

My card for today starts off with an Early Espresso 4-1/4" x 11" base and that is scored at 5-1/2".

I added a Very Vanilla 3-1/2" x 5" panel to the center of my card.  I used the 'Timber Embossing Folder' to add some texture before adhering it down.  Next, I added a small 1-3/4" x 4" Early Espresso panel to the center of that Very Vanilla panel.

My focal image is a trio of pretty fall leaves ...... Those were created with the 'Autumn Leaves Dies' and arranged at the top of this focal panel.  I stamped my sentiment at the bottom of this panel with the 'Autumn Leaves' stamp set.

And the finishing touch was adding three 'Solid Gems' around the front of my card .... And a pretty 'Linen Thread' bow to my cluster of leaves.

And there you have it friends.

What do you think????

Thanks for joining me today!  I'll be back tomorrow to share a special Thanksgiving Day card with you ........ Hope you can make plans to stop back and join me for that share.  Keep Living Your Dream!