Stretch Your Stamps - Day 6

I'm back with another card for the Stretch Your Stamps 2 class. If you've been following, you'll notice that I skipped a few lessons and jumped from day 2 to day 6.  Tee hee!  There's no reprimand from the teachers for doing that! Donna's lesson using Distress Inks and water caught my eye so I thought I would give that one a whirl.

The flower image was white embossed and Distress Inks were used on the background and I used water to remove some of the colour from the flower petals.  It's very subtle but great for CAS cards.



The sentiment was gold embossed and I splattered some Heidi Swap Gold Color Shine over the piece. This was attached to the card front which was white embossed with Hero Arts Tiny Flags stamp.

Off to make another project.  I wonder what day will be next?  Stay tuned!

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Dear Santa Christmas Quickies

It's the last week for our Dear Santa Event at A Blog Named Hero and today it's all about making things in 10 minutes or less.

I've made these cute Triangle Treat Boxes that are quick and simple to put together. You can put chocolates, candy or other goodies inside.

They would be great for a holiday table with a box at each persons table setting and you can customize the box with everyone's initials.

You could also use them to make advent calendars with the date on the front of each box.

These can be made with patterned paper or you can stamp your own design.

Isn't this die cut tree cute?  I covered it with Flower Soft for some texture.

You can decide how complicated or simple you want the boxes to be.

And it's not just for Christmas, they would be great for birthday party favours or as a birthday crafting project with the kids.

Here's a video to show you how to assemble the box.

And here's the template:  Triangle Box Template

I hope you'll give these a try!

Thanks for joining us all month long for our Santa Event and thanks to all the fab companies who full-filled our wish lists:  Hero Arts, Simon Says Stamp, Kelly Purkey, Lawn Fawn, CAS-ual Fridays, Avery Elle, American Crafts Amy Tangerine and Neat & Tangled.  You're the best!

Make sure to stop by A Blog Named Hero to see what the Design Team and Guest Designers have created!

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Calendar Christmas Gift with ABNH

Welcome to the 2nd week of our Holiday Festivities with A Blog Named Hero.

This week we are making gifts with the goodies that Santa left us from the following companies: Hero Arts, Simon Says Stamp, Kelly Purkey, Lawn Fawn, CAS-ual Fridays, Avery Elle, American Crafts Amy Tangerine and Neat & Tangled.  Thank you so much!

I decided to make a 2014 Desk Calendar.  The calendar is 3.5" x 5.25" and sits on a small wooden easel that I picked up at the dollar store.  I created the calendar portion in MS Word, so it's quick to make and print out and then you can stamp away in the blank portion.

I really wanted this to be made using simple stamping with no layering.  November was the most involved because the snowflakes are embossed but even that was quick to do.

Close-up of the sparkly snowflakes.

Here it is all packaged up.

I hope you'll feel inspired to make a calendar for someone special.  For even more inspiration please visit A Blog Named Hero to see what the Design Team and Guest Designers have created.

See you next week for Home Decor ideas.

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