October Paper Pumpkin kit

I received my Paper Pumpkin kit for October and it is so cute. They put a card making kit together and it's right on trend with the unique shaker aspect. It was so fun to make! The pictures really don't do it justice. The colors are rich and the sequins are so pretty.

This was the card I made using the kit as it was intended. I did add a decorative paper strip to the top and orange twine instead of the green that comes with the kit. The other elements are directly from the kit.

I had to come up with some other ideas on other ways to use the kit because I knew I wouldn't have use for so many cards.  I keep a stash of boxes and such for gift giving and I found some plastic boxes I thought would work perfectly with the kit. I wrapped a box with decorative paper and embellished with the kit. I used the leaf cut outs and lined them with coordinating Fall papers. I really love how it turned out.

One thing stood out about the kit while I was making the card and that was how many leaf cut outs will be left after making cards or other projects. I used one leaf to embellish the top of the box but then I was trying to think of other ways to use them up. I immediately thought about placecards for Thanksgiving and I cut the little cards out, but then it turned into a little hello card instead. 

I still have placecards in mind, so stay tuned because I will be working on those soon. 

Thanks for stopping by!

-Janelle

Mother's Day Card

I I wanted to make something different for my mom than the gifts I make for Hello Gifts so I did some looking for new card techniques. I found this cute multi slot one paper folded card tutorial. 

So you can see the slots that hold a regular small greeting card and a seen tag that will hold a giftcard. 

I used the mom, stitched circle, and daisy die from Reverse Confetti's Flowers for Mom confetti cuts set. I also used the banner from the same set on the card. 

The tag is the stitched tag die from Papertrey Ink.

Thanks for looking!

-Janelle

Reverse Confetti SFYTT

I have never done an official Sketch For You To Try (SFYTT) from Reverse confetti, nor any other company. I decided to give it a try this month as its their 3 year anniversary. I happen to love everything RC releases and have many of their confetti cuts and die sets. This month they have this sketch:

Now most people are thinking summer time and fun in the sun themes and although I love summer because I am a teacher and get summers off, I live in the desert and summers are sweltering. So I decided to throw everyone for a loop and do a fall theme.

Here is my take on the sketch:

Hope you like it! Have a wonderful day!

-Janelle

New Gift Bags

I found some of these cute little bags that I thought would be the perfect size for a gift card and small treat. 

I used an embossing plate on the entire bag and ran it through my big shot.  It left a blank spot on the bottom of the bag that was perfect for embellishing. 

As you can see, I made a topper with a strip of paper that I glued together. I punched two holes and threaded some string to tie a cute bow.  I also die cut a small Apple from my cricut and glued it to a clothes pin. 

The topper slides over the folded top of the bag and then you can clip the apple on top to seal it all together.

I love how it turned out! Thanks for stopping by!

-Janelle

Christmas swap set #3

I wanted to do a shaker style card, but not make it too thick. I decided to pick up some vellum since it was on sale for 7/$1 at Micheals this week. 

I used my sewing machine again for this set to seal in the glitter and sequins. I love how they turned out.

I used some stickers to add some bling to the snowflake paper.

Thanks for stopping by!

Janelle

Christmas Swap 2nd set

Apparently I cannot stop working on these cards for my Christmas swap. I finished my second set for my partners and I die cut the next two sets of cards from my cricut too. 

Here was my sneak peek in Instagram as to not give anything away to my partners.

Here is the entire set. One of these will go to one of my five partners.

So far I love each of my sets equally. I hope my partners love them just as much.

I've cut out the next two sets of cards so they will be ready to decorate on a whim. Can you see the sneak peek?

Thanks for stopping by, more to come soon.

Janelle

Christmas Swap

I am hosting a Christmas swap in one of my crafting Facebook groups. There are 46 of us doing a 25 cards swap. We have to make 3x4 cards with the numbers 1-25 on them. We are swapping with 5 different partners so that we get a variety of different styles. Everyone is planning on using the cards in different ways. Some are using them in a Rolodex or Heidi Swapp tray, some are using them in their December daily, and some are using a box or tray of some sort. 

This is the tray I am planning on using. I found it at Goodwill for a dollar. I think I will paint it, but I will wait until I receive all of my cards.

Today I started prepping for my first set of 5 cards.

I posted this sneak peek picture on my Instagram and on the facebook group. I didn't want to give too much away, since some of my partners follow me on IG. 

I couldn't resist making a few of my cards

I am going to have so much fun making each set a different style. First up is a vintage style.

Stay tuned...

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