Thrifty Gift Ideas

All these gifts are made using one sheet of 12" x 12" cardstock and one sheet DSP, plus a scrap of cobweb paper (non SU)             

Gift Box made with left overs from above projects.

 Gift giving doesn't have to cost the earth to show how much you care. These handmade gifts look amazing but are really inexpensive to make, a few things you will need : note pad,post it note book,jumbo paperclip,craft magnet,ribbon, hair tie, mini gel pen,brads and  hot glue gun, if your like me you already have a stash of all the above  just waiting to be turned into works of art.

Supplies Used

• Card stock-soft sky (retired),baja breeze, crumb cake
• DSP-elegant lines (retired Sept 2011)
• Accessories-vintage brads, fun flowers die, big shot,scallop trim border & corner punch, circle #2 die, crop-o-dile, rhinestone jewels & ribbon.

Secret Sister Swaps at Crafters Anonymous

These are the swaps i made for my secret sister over @ Crafters Anonymous.

Below are the swaps i received. A big Thank You to my Secret Sister( Angie Jones) for all my lovely pressies and all that yummy chocolate!!

So need that new lace ribbon border punch now, thanks Angie :)

All my lovely goodies, minus some yummy cherry ripes that might have been eaten before i got the camera out.

 

 

Love letter note pad holders

Note pad holder

Note pad holder

post it note holder

The note pad holders are made using 74mm x 197mm note pads which i bought and i made the holder to fit them. My holders measure 16.5cm x 20cm scored @ 8cm  turn card stock 180 degrees score @ 8cm again, there will be .5cm between score lines.The designer series paper was cut at 7cm x 19cm. To hold it closed i used the decorative label punch folded in half with a valcro dot on front & glued on back.

supplies used
card stock-basic black, elegant eggplant,very vanilla
dsp-love letter
stamp sets-tiny tags (4You) Apple blossoms (just a little note) bliss(swirls)
Punches-word window,5 petal flower, boho blossoms,1/2" circle,decorative label
Acc-brad, velcro dots,note pad,pop dots

The post it note holder is made using a 3" x 3" post it note book. To make the holder you need a piece of cardstock 21cm x 8.5cm. Scored @ 4 cm,5cm 13cm & 14cm. fold all score lines, i decorated mine with dsp cut at 7.5cm x 7.5cm (back),7.5cm x 6.5cm (front bottom) & 7.5cm x 3.5cm(front top). I used a brad to attach the flower then put a valcro dot over the top to keep the book closed.

Bliss post it note holders

Marina Mist

Perfect Plum

So Saffron, Basic Black,Perfect Plum & Marina Mist Post it note book with pen

I'm just loving this stamp set "Bliss", it's one of the  free sets on offer  during sale-a-bration when you spend $100 (for more info see previous post.) To see a  video tutorial on how to make this project click here to watch  with Dawn from dawnsstampinthoughts, just love her work. 

Supplies Used

• Bliss stamp set
• Elements of style stamp set ( for You)
• cardstock & Ink- marina mist, basic black,very vanilla, so saffron, perfect plum, crumb cake
• sponge for inking the edges

Post it Note books

These match the bind it all books i made and i also made matching cards to go with them.