Happy Birthday Princess

We recently attended my niece's 3rd birthday party, and her theme was princesses! I was thrilled because, having two boys, I don't often get to make a princess card. I used Papertrey Ink's set Little Princess, which is on sale right now for a steal! I stamped the castle in Spun Sugar Distress Oxide ink and embossed the details in gold. The castle die cut is popped up with foam tape and mounted to an Essentials: Braided Oval die from Pink Fresh Studio. I really love the detailing of that die!

Behind the castle I blended Rusty Hinge and Fossilized Amber Distress Oxide ink, going deeper with the Rusty Hinge nearer the castle.

The oval die is also popped up with foam tape on a panel of Pink Pirouette card stock cut from one of the dies in the Noted: Scalloped A2 Vertical die collection. I wanted to add some subtle pattern to that layer, so I also blended Spun Sugar ink over the Stencil Basics: Dots to add some interest.

I'm not a big fan of my own handwriting, so to address the envelope I stamped my nieces's name in Versa Mark ink using the Penned Elegance Alphabet set and embossed it in gold. I love that it matches her card!

Here are the card and envelope together.

This last photo does a better job of showing all of the gold embossing details. This was so fun to make!

SUPPLIES:
Stamps: Little Princess, Penned Elegance Alphabet (PTI)
Paper: Stamper's Select White (PTI), Pink Pirouette (SU!)
Ink: Spun Sugar, Fossilized Amber, Rusty Hinge (Distress Oxide), Versa Fine Onyx Black, Versa Mark
Dies: Little Princess, Noted: Scalloped A2 Vertical (PTI), Essentials: Braided Oval (Pink Fresh Studio)
Other: Stencil Bascis: Dots (PTI), Rainbow Garden Assortment Envelopes (MFT), gold embossing powder, foam tape

Paperwhite Neighbor Gifts

This Christmas we gave our neighbors gifts of blooming paperwhites. I thought that was a fun alternative to sweets that probably wouldn't get eaten, and live plants just bring so much beauty, especially in the winter. 

I found the bulbs for sale in glass vases at Trader Joe's. They weren't yet blooming when I bought them, but I picked plants that already had buds forming or that looked to soon bud, and hoped for the best by Christmas!

The gift tags I made for them are actually the Mat Stack #4 die from Papertrey Ink, but I punched a hole in the top to turn it into a tag.

The little house is stamped from PTI's Tinsel & Tag House Additions set. The large "Merry Christmas" sentiment is from Sentiment Staples: Christmas, as well as the smaller "From our home to yours".

SUPPLIES:

Stamps: Tinsel & Tag House Additions, Sentiment Staples: Christmas (PTI)

Ink: Pure Poppy (PTI), Mowed Lawn (Ranger Distress Oxide), Versa Fine Onyx Black

Die: Mat Stack #4 (PTI)

Other: Crop-a-dile, red satin ribbon

Christmas Gifts: Coffee Gift Card Holders

I know we are into January but I had a couple of projects from Christmas that I didn't have a chance to share before the holidays were over. Ever since I bought the Coffee Cup Gift Card Holder from Honey Bee Stamps, I've been itching to use it! I was planning on giving my son's bus driver and one of his teachers Starbucks gift cards for Christmas, so this was the perfect opportunity to try it out. 

I've also been very into buffalo plaid during the holidays lately, so I thought it would be cute to dress the coffee cups up in that pattern. I used Papertrey Ink's Background Builder: Super Gingham set to achieve that look. I stamped the larger gingham stamp in Smokey Shadow ink onto red card stock. It only took me two impressions to cover the front of the cup, and fortunately the cup sleeve covers up any imperfections I may have had in lining them up!

Speaking of the cup sleeve, I thought the sentiment from Cup of Cheer was just perfect for a coffee gift card! The snowflakes and fun little swirls are from Quilted: Winter, and they are all embossed in white.

The lid is die cut from white card stock, and I added the smaller of the two holly leaves from the Holly Jolly die collection. The berries were added with red glitter glue.

Inside I added the gift card and a simple sentiment, also embossed in white. I think they turned out super cute! I hope the recipients liked them!

SUPPLIES:

Stamps: Cup of Cheer, Background Basics: Super Gingham, Quilted: Winter, Sentiment Staples: Christmas (PTI)

Paper: Real Red, Garden Green (SU!), Kraft, Stamper's Select White (PTI)

Ink: Smokey Shadow (PTI), Versa Mark

Dies: Coffee Cup Gift Card Holder (Honey Bee Stamps), Holly Jolly (PTI)

Other: white embossing powder, red glitter glue