Category: Christmas

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12/3/2023

This time of year I need a lot of gift card holders. I don't like to simply hand someone a gift card. I like to make it special! I've got four fun ways for you to gift someone a gift card this holiday season.

The first uses the fun Classic Gift Card Envelopes. These are retiring with the mini catalog and are on sale. Be sure to stock up! You can add a little color to them with blending brushes, simply tie ribbon around them or add them to the inside of a card. So many uses.

The Mini Pocket Envelope die is the perfect size for creating gift card holders. With this die you can use any of your favorite papers and create an adorable project in minutes.

Tip: I always use Tear Tape for gift card holders and envelopes I make. It's a much stronger adhesive than Seal and helps hold up when you are slipping something in and out of the envelope.

mini envelope gift card holder with stockings by EMK Creations

This design is one of my favorites! The best way to make them is with Memories and More cards. It's a rather simple design in the end:

-Base is 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches (a quarter of a piece of card stock)
-Layer on top of it a 4 x 5 1/4 inches piece of Designer Series Paper or trim 3/4 of an inch off of a Memories and More card
-The middle is a piece of card stock cut to 9 3/4 x 4 1/4 inches and scored at 3 1/4 and 6 1/2
-Use your Memories and More 3 x4 cards to decorate

This design fits in a traditional card envelope making it the perfect Gift Card Card!

gift card card design with beary christmas memories and more by emk creations

I hope you haven't overlooked the Scalloped Gift Card Boxes in the annual catalog. These are perfect for gifting your gift cards! Easily decorate with your favorite Designer Series Papers, some tags and ribbon. The inside has a great little pop up holder to slip the gift card in.

Scalloped gift card holder box with merry bold and bright green with red trees paper by EMK Creations

Which is your favorite?

Be sure to hop to the end to see all the great projects being shared this week. I love seeing everyone's creativity. Hit next to see Wendy's creation and back to see Elizabeth's.

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Mini Pocket Envelope Dies

[159167]

$29.00

Traditions Of St. Nick 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[162355]

$12.50

Real Red & Burlap Ribbon Combo Pack

[160386]

$9.00

Classic Gift Card Envelopes

[162116]

$6.00

Real Red & Gold 3/8" (1 Cm) Dotted Ribbon

[162353]

$9.00

Gold & Silver 1/8" (3.2 Mm) Trim Combo Pack

[161633]

$9.00

Merry & Bright Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[161946]

$20.00

Sending Cheer Dies

[162052]

$35.00

Sending Cheer Bundle (English)

[162053]

$53.00

Blending Brushes

[153611]

$13.00

Scalloped Gift Card Boxes

[161751]

$7.00

Merry Bold & Bright 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[161945]

$12.50

Beary Christmas Memories & More Card Pack

[162027]

$10.00

Tear & Tape Adhesive

[154031]

$7.00

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Stampin' Up! October 2022 Ho Ho Ho Paper Pumpkin Kit Alternatives

11/5/2022

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Here are some of my alternatives with the Ho Ho Ho Paper Pumpkin kit from October. As usual St! created a wonderful kit. Originally designed to create nine cards but I chose to make alternatives.

I love when they include a die cut that works as a stencil. This snowflake design was perfect! Grab your Blending Brush and a ink of choice and you can create this background too. I chose the back side of the piece to apply color to so that I could still use the intended side on a card when I was done.

Here is a closer look.

The Real Red Pearlized Enamel Effects were a great addition to the middle of the snowflakes.

This Santa stamp is so cute. I stamped him and fussy cut him out. I paired him with a piece from the Celebrate Everything Host DSP pack.

If you've seen my designs in the past you know I like to cut up the printed envelopes as well. This card was one I created with pieces of some of the envelopes after I had cut them.

This is another card using part of the envelope as well as a leftover piece of the card bases I cut down. I cut apart the hohoho die to create three separate pieces as well.

This is one of my favorites and it's such a simple design! I adore the fonts in the new Framed & Festive stamp set.

One final alternative.

If you are not a subscriber you can sign up here. The November kit is tags that coordinate with this kit!

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Ho Ho Ho Paper Pumpkin Refill

[161931]

$11.00

Pearlized Enamel Effects Basics

[156310]

$15.00

Framed & Festive Cling Stamp Set (English)

[160888]

$23.00

Adhesive Backed Seasonal Sequins

[159964]

$7.00

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Holiday Cards for 2021

11/10/2021

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Every year I try to hold at least one "fancier" holiday card class. One where we use techniques, fun folds and lots of products. Here are this year's cards.

First up was a simple but gorgeous card using the Happy Holly-days stamp set plus dies and some blending. This did require a little fussy cutting which earned me some dirty looks! I loved the addition of the gold Simply Elegant Trim and the Gilded Gems.

This next fun fold card was created by my friend the Stamp Doc/Melissa Stout. I loved her design and couldn't wait to share with my customers.

When folded on the score line it becomes an easel card!

The Words of Cheer bundle offers so many opportunities for gorgeous cards. In fact, I created a whole class around this suite! Contact me if you'd like more information on purchasing a packet and/or PDF.

For this one I added in some blending on the background using the Blending Brushes and the Adorning Designs Decorative Masks. A little vellum and some silver accents and it's ready. Everyone preferred the fact that this one had a die so no fussy cutting required!

I love creating patterns with the Stitched Triangles. I utilized the beautiful Peaceful Prints Sale a Bration paper we just offered. Although you can't get it any more this card could easily be recreated with any of our wonderful holiday Designer Series Papers.

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Gingerbread & Peppermint 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[156313]

$11.50

Frosted Gingerbread Bundle (English)

[156807]

$48.50

Stitched Triangles Dies

[152710]

$35.00

Stitched So Sweetly Dies

[151690]

$32.00

Gilded Gems

[152478]

$7.00

Simply Elegant Trim

[155766]

$7.50

Blending Brushes

[153611]

$12.00

Adorning Designs Decorative Masks

[156328]

$8.00

Deer Builder Punch

[156390]

$18.00

Happy Holly Days Cling Stamp Set (English)

[156342]

$21.00

Words Of Cheer Bundle

[156389]

$46.75

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Sweet Stockings Suite

8/25/2021

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The Sweet Stockings Suite offers so many options for card making and it's really hard to resist the adorable animal faces! Notice that there are so many ways to incorporate the matching Designer Series Paper (DSP) in this suite too.

The Santa Paws card comes together easily by pairing the stamp set with the matching Designer Series Paper. I stamped the dog in Old Olive ink on Old Olive card stock for my background. A few strips of DSP and some ribbon and it's looking good!

Use the Designer Series Paper to provide a quick and easy patterned stocking. Simply cut out with the largest stocking die. I cut the top and toe pieces with the Jolly Felt to add some dimension. Pairing the Pool Party Striped Grosgrain with the Evening Evergreen Chevron from the Annual Catalog is the perfect addition to the card.

This suite can help you knock out all your holiday cards at once!

Some coloring with the Blends was the perfect touch on these adorable faces. Notice that you can cut out the stockings from the Designer Series Paper with the coordinating dies.

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Sweet Stockings 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[156281]

$11.50

Sweet Little Stockings Bundle (English)

[156798]

$47.50

Pool Party 3/8" (1 Cm) Striped Grosgrain Ribbon

[156290]

$7.00

Evening Evergreen (3/8" 1 Cm) Chevron Weave Ribbon

[155722]

$6.00

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Year End Close Out

12/7/2020

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Don't miss the year end sale! Here is a list of all the items being retired along with the sale prices.

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Here are some of my favorites that are on sale!

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November Paper Pumpkin Alternatives

11/19/2020

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The November Paper Pumpkin kit is adorable. Meant to create gift card holders it can be used for so much more!

With just a few cuts to the house piece you can turn it into a tag, mini card or full size card. The full size card below is made using a Blushing Bride card stock base and a piece of Whisper White card stock cut to 4 x 5.25. From there I used the items included in this month's kit to create the card.

This adorable tag is quick to make using the front piece of one of the houses. Punch a hole at the top and add some twine!

The puff sticker candy pieces might be my favorite part of the whole kit. You can check out all the projects I created below. To subscribe to Paper Pumpkin click here.

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Giftables Class featuring tins

11/15/2020

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I am so excited for this upcoming class where we will be making what I call "giftables". I've done these types of classes around the holidays for a few years. Gift card holders, candy holders, boxed sets of cards and even a magnetic frame one year.

My favorite part of this project would be the leaves. The stitching on these beautiful dies is gorgeous. It's actually quite easy to put together. The color inspiration came from Hershey kisses I found wrapped in this color palette!

Adding a quick tag finishes off the project.

The Plush Poinsettia Paper is the perfect touch to this project. You can see the flocked designs in this photo. There are even parts of the paper that can be die cut with the Poinsettia Dies. I layered Heartwarming Hugs Designer Series Paper underneath, created a quick tag and tied it off with All the Trimmings ribbon.