Day 13 - Tis the Season Gift Card Folio

TIS THE SEASON GIFT CARD FOLIO

Gift cards...sigh are the hardest things for me to gift. 

I am always trying to find a fun and unique idea in gift giving. 

SO...

When I came across these cut folios from Ranger... 

my creative thoughts started racing.

Cut red card stock using a postage  die or rectangle die. 

Add to front of folio.

Add small folio that has been die cut to fit on previous cut to create a mat and dimension. 

Grab a fun Ephemera Bits and Pieces Kit...

I used Doodle Bug Designs Candy Cane Ephemera Kit. 

Add bits and pieces to front of folio.

Create a small hidden paper clip to match. 

Inside of folio...mimic the outside. 

Add gift card to inside.

 Add small car and sentiment with pop dots. 

I hope you find fun ways to give gift cards throughout the year. 

Pam

Supplies

Doodle Bug Designs Candy Cane Lane Ephemera

Unmarked Postage Dies

Ideology Mini File Folders

Red Card Stock

Day 12 - I Believe in Magic Mixed Media Tag

Believe in the Magic of Christmas Tag

Creating tags are fun and easy to make using a few basic products and left over bits and pieces. 

Photo 1: Paint Chipboard tag with brown paint. Dry

Spatter with white and black paint. Dry

Photo 2: Emboss prepared tag. 

Ink over the top with white ink. 

Photo 3: Add small ephemera pieces to top; attach with small stapler. 

Photo 4: Add paper doily to top of tag. 

Add bits and pieces of ephemera to top.

Add small gold bow to top. 

Along with small sentiment with pop dots.

Add stamped trees to tag front along with ephemera pieces. 

Add rub-on to side of extend tag. 

Enjoy making tags all year long. 

Pam

Supplies

8" Tag

49 and Market Christmas Spectacular Ephemera Bits, Tickets and Rub-Ons

Creative Expression Coffee Stain Embossing Folder

Stacy Parks/Sizzix Cosmopolitan Merry and Light Christmas Stamp and Die

Paper Doily

Gold Ribbon

Ideology Metal Stars

White and Black Paint

White, 2 colors of Green Ink

 

Day 11 - Season's Greeting Repurpose Spiral Album

SEASON'S GREETING SPIRAL ALBUM

Are you like me and hoard mixed media albums waiting for that perfect project!

I found this 4 1/2  x 7" Spiral Album in my stash.

I thought Season's Greetings throughout the Christmas Season. 

Filling the pages with photos and journaling as I go through the Christmas Season. 

I used Tim Holtz Ideology Christmas 2023 Collection along with other Christmas bits and pieces in my stash. 

Begin by covering the front of album with pattern paper. 

Add crochet lace to border. 

Add sentiment plus the poinsettia flowers, tag and button to front. 

Add a small doily under sentiment. 

INSIDE COVER

Add photo frame to inside of cover along with pattern paper. 

FIRST PAGE

Add Ephemera to page. 

Glue poinsettia just on far-right edge in case you want to slide a photo under it. 

BACK OF FIRST PAGE

Add rub-ons on pages along with chipboard pieces and crochet lace. 

Add Glossy Accent to circles to give dimension. 

SECOND PAGE

Decorate photo pages with crochet lace, washi tape and pattern paper. 

Staple lace into place.

BACK OF SECOND PAGE

Add Ephemera pieces to photo pages. 

THIRD PAGE

Add fun borders and Ephemera. 

BACK OF THIRD PAGE

FOURTH PAGE

BACK OF FOURTH PAGE

FIFTH PAGE

There is about 40 pages in this spiral album but I shared 11 page ideas! 

SO....

Look in your stash and see if you have an album to decorate for this Christmas Season. 

DON'T FORGET...

Look for all those matching Ephemera, lace, washi tape, etc. that with go along with your paper selection. 

Enjoy Creating all year long!

Pam

SUPPLIES

Spiral Notebook with Photo Pages

Tim Holtz Ideology Christmas 2023 Collection

Christmas Bits and Pieces

Crochet Lace Trim

Tiny Stapler

Glossy Accent

Day 10 - Set of Vintage Ornaments

VINTAGE ORNAMENTS

Create ornaments using small spools and torn pieces of calico materials along with a few hand painted gingerbread men, washi tape and metal bits and pieces. 

 

VINTAGE CHRISTMAS TREE ORNAMENT

STEP 1: Wrap small spools with torn pieces of calico fabric. 

STEP 2: Hot glue 5 spools together to form bottom of tree. 

STEP 3: Add 4 spools to layered base. 

STEP 4 and 5: Continue to layer spools up to form tree. 

STEP 6: A 1 spool to top of tree. 

STEP 7: Add a larger spool to base of tree to form trunk. 

Add metal star to top of tree. 

Vintage Christmas Wreath Ornament

Die cut Embroidery Hoop from chipboard. 

Cut hoop to form opening. 

Add prepared spools and gingerbreads to top of Embroidery Hoop.

Decorate each gingerbread man.

Use Washi Tape to create sentiments for gingerbread man. 

Add a few stars and Christmas Tree to gingerbread man. 

Create a twine bow, 

Adhere to top of wreath along with metal pinecones. 

Enjoy making ornaments with spools

Pam

SUPPLIES

Small Spools

Bits and Pieces of Cottom Strips

Metal Stars, Pinecones and Small Tree

Sizzix Embroidery Hoop

Washi Tape

Red Twine

Chipboard

Kraft Paper

Painted Wood Gingerbread Men

Glue Gun and Glue Sticks

Glossy Accent

Day 9 - Nostalgic Christmas Globe

NOSTALGIC CHRISTMAS GLOBE

Do you ever buy a craft item thinking this is really cool. 

I am going to make something really pretty with it. 

WELL... 

That is how I felt when I saw Heidi Swapp Globe many, many, many years ago. LOL

I started designing my own paper collections and when I did the Nostalgic Christmas Collection with Emerald Creek Craft Supplies....

 REMEMBERED THE GLOBE!!!

BELIEVE IT OR NOT....

IT IS SUPER EASY TO MAKE! 

Begin by painting the base with white paint. 

Add two small beads to base using hot glue.

(This will help stabilize the Nutcracker Ephemera)

Fussy cut Ephemera from the Nostalgic Christmas Collection. 

Add Nutcracker and Snowman to base. 

Add small dear, trees, wood rings to base. 

Mix paint and gel beads together.

Appy around pieces on base using a palette knife, Dry.

Adhere small band around base along with sentiment. 

Adhere black twine at top edge. 

Glue small beads on to base. 

Add globe to base. 

Create topper using poinsettia, bells, pinecones, knob, small trees around greed tinsel that has been formed into a wreath around a small wood ring. 

Add to top of globe. 

Add another small tree along with twine bow. 

Complete with small metal stars.

Enjoy creating unique and easy home decor this holiday season. 

Pam

Supplies

Emerald Creek Crafts Supplies/Pam Bray Designs Nostalgic Christmas Collection

Heidi Swapp Globe

Ranger Ideology: Pearl Beads, Metal Stars, Mini Trees, Mini Deer, Mini Bells, Mini Trunk Cuts, 

Mini Green Pine Tinsel Garland, Knob, Label Stitches Words

Black and Natural Twine Jute

Small Pinecones and Poinsettias

Golden Glass Beads

Deco Art Titanium White Paint