Category Archives: Gift tags & wrapping

Star Wars stormtrooper gift bag 

07 Sunday Feb 2016

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Today I wanted to show you something silly I made for my Star Wars obsessed brother’s birthday. Instead of wrapping his gift, I made a silly gift bag – with a stormtrooper dressed for a birthday party!

Complete with silly party hat and bow tie!

  
I made the gift boy with my new We R Memory Keepers 1-2-3 punch board.  Stampin’ Up! also has a similar bow punch board.  

There’s something about the idea of a scary stormtrooper with a silly bow tie that really appealed to me!

And him – he loved it!!!

Thanks for reading. 

Caro 

Card gift set (made from upcycled salad container)

28 Thursday Jan 2016

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Today I want to show you an idea I had for making a gift boxed set of cards using a plastic container that some salad leaves came in.   

  

When I was getting my rocket leaves out of the fridge a few days ago, I thought that the container would be just right to hold some square cards. 

  

I thought while I was in the upcycling/recycling mood, I should also use up some of my spare paper stash.  So I grabbed some old Bravo Burgundy (Stampin’ Up!) card stock and matching designer series paper, some punches and a pile of paper doilies I had in my “random craft stuff” box, and here’s what I came up with:

  

It was a layering job of DSP and card stock. I used my 2 3/8 inch scallop circle punch and the 1 3/4 and 1 3/8 inch circle punches.   The “For You” sentiment is from the Chalk Talk stamp set.  

   
   

I then decorated the plastic container to match the cards. 

   
  

 A quick tag using the scallop tag topper punch, some matching ribbon and voila!  

   

I made this for someone very special to me who is forever sending cards to other people, so hopefully she enjoyed receiving some cards of her own.  

Thanks for reading. 

Caro x 

Cute kids card

25 Sunday Oct 2015

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Another day, another kids birthday present to wrap/card to make. 

I found some spotty paper and alphabet colours in my scrap paper stash and voila:

  
All those colours make my eyes hurt, but hopefully Aston likes a card with his name on it.  

I hope you’re enjoying your weekend!

Caro 

Star Wars gift bag

24 Saturday Oct 2015

Posted by in 1 3/4 circle, Gift bags, Gift tags & wrapping, Jewellery tag, Kids craft ideas, Kids party, Word Window

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Hello! 

Yesterday I showed you some quick Star Wars themed kids cards I made.  Today I want to show you a simple Star Wars themed gift bag for that little Jedi in your life!

I decorated up a gift bag from the $2 shop:    

   
The picture of the Death Star is sized to fit my 1 3/4 circle punch. The lightsabers are made from the word window and jewellery tag punches.  

I’m a little bit in love with this one!!! 

Caro x

Using up my stash – gift card holders made from envelopes

02 Wednesday Sep 2015

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If you’ve been reading my blog the past week you’ll know I’ve been working my way through my pile of spare card stock and designer series paper to make some cards using my scraps and offcuts.  

I came across some pretty strips of paper and some envelopes – perfect for making my favourite quick and easy gift card holders!

  
I did a post a while ago showing you how to make these in detail.  But these are seriously the quickest and cutest idea for gift giving ever!

Take any size envelope, fold it in half, cut the flap in half, stick down one side, decorate and you’re done!

   
    
   
A card, present and wrapping all in one cute little package!

Thanks for reading. 

Caro x

Concert tickets gift card folder 

05 Wednesday Aug 2015

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I have bought some concert tickets for an upcoming birthday present. But the tickets are those ugly print at home ones, which are hard to get excited about! So I picked up a brochure for the event and decided to make a kind of gift card holder for the brochure. 

  
I made it from scratch and figured it out as I went along so didn’t take any measurements. I did take photos at each step though so I’d remember what I did for next time!

The first step was to roughly figure out the dimensions to make the flap that holds the brochure, and the fold for the cover:

  
  
Doing this on top of a scorer if you have one makes it even easier. If you don’t, just fold and smooth along the creases. 

Next step was to cut off the excess so the gift folder wasn’t too wide:

  
(In retrospect it would be better to do this step first so you’re not cutting folded paper!)

Then I put some sticky strip along the sides of the “holder” part: 

 

Then fold up to make the folder:

 

I then used the extra strip I cut off to decorate the front of the folder:

  

Then I decided that wasn’t pretty enough, so I added some ribbon:

  

Then I decided that STILL wasn’t pretty enough, so I needed a gift tag!

  

And voila!

  

This same technique can be used for smaller gift cards, vouchers etc – just adjust the folds and cuts. A great way to use up those scraps of paper you’ve been saving for a rainy day!

Now I just have to be patient because I can’t give this gift for another 2 weeks!

Thanks for reading.

Caro x 

Ninjago birthday card

01 Wednesday Jul 2015

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Today I want to share with you the card I made for my son’s birthday.  We’ve had Ninjago invitations, Ninjago cupcakes, and Ninjago party stuff – so there’s no way I was going to get away without a Ninjago birthday card!   

 

After being a bit “Ninjago’d out”, I wanted to step it up a notch for the birthday card, and I’m pretty happy with how it turned out. 
It took me a little while to figure out how I was going to get the peek-a-boo effect so I’ll show you how I did it. 

I used a normal C6 card base and cut a 9 x 13cm piece of yellow for the inside. 

 
I was thinking about just drawing / using circle punches for the eyes on the inside of the card, but had some printable eyes left over from the party (web address in the photo)

 

First I cut out an eye mask, then traced around the shape onto the front of the card  (I recommend you cut two – one to trace around and one that will still be neat to use inside the card) 

 

I then needed to be able to cut out the shape. I thought I would use my big shot with a small die just to cut a hole in the centre of the traced area to be able to start cutting out neatly.   

 

Then inspiration struck! The curvy image from the Banner framelits set worked perfectly to get a “tie” at the edge of the face mask area! So instead of just cutting out some space for starting off my cutting, I shifted it off to the side to get this shape: 

 

Cutting out the rest and voila! 

 

The next step was to grab a Sharpie and trace around the edges to neaten them up  – but also to colour in the area marked by the impression of the edge of the die (you can see the faint impression in this next picture)

 
And the end result!

  
   
And of course, no little Ninjago fan’s birthday present could be complete without Ninjago wrapping on his present!

 
(I dropped the glued eyes on the present, so they are not straight, but I’m pretty sure he won’t mind!)

I think it will be a while before I feel like making Ninjago themed anything again, but the little guy has absolutely loved everything,  so it’s all been worth it. I can’t wait to give him his card tomorrow on his actual birthday!

Thanks for reading. 

Caro x

Scallop tag topper punch wine bottle tag

08 Tuesday Apr 2014

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Hello

Today I wanted to show you a wine bottle tag I made to give to a good friend for his birthday.

Scallop tag topper wine bottle gift tag

I used an off-cut of Not Quite Navy card stock I had lying in a scrap pile, and cut the end with the scallop tag topper punch.   I used my 1 3/4 inch circle punch to make a hole for the bottle neck to go through, then scored to make the fold for the wine bottle cover.

Scallop tag topper wine bottle gift tag

The card stock was too wide to fit in the slot in the tag topper punch so I slid it over the plastic part of the punch, and then under the metal cutting part to make it work – leave me a comment below if that doesn’t make sense and I’ll try and explain better!   I then just cut diagonally from the edge of the scallop to the edge of the card stock to make the pointed shape.   This picture may give you a better idea:

Scallop tag topper wine bottle gift tag

And isn’t it perfect how one of the smaller dies from the labels framelits fits so perfectly inside the scallop topper tag punch?

Labels framelits inside the scallop tag topper punch

The image here is from the Simply Sketched stamp set (a 2013-14 Stampin’ Up! hostess gift)

This gift coordinated nicely with one of the cards I made and showed you a few months ago:

Simply Sketched simple bird cardNow that I know how easy it is to make a wine topper using the scallop tag punch, I think there may be a few more gifts like this in my future!

Thanks for reading.

Caro

 

Sweet Sorbet and Scallop Tag Topper punch gift wrapping

18 Tuesday Mar 2014

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Hello

Yesterday I showed you a card I made for my Mum’s birthday using the Circle Thinlits die and the Sweet Sorbet Designer Series Paper (DSP).

Sweet Sorbet Circle Thinlits 'flip' cardToday I want to show you how I wrapped her gift.    I first wrapped it in ordinary brown paper, then stuck a leftover piece of Sweet Sorbet DSP on the top.

Sweet Sorbet DSP gift wrappingI made a gift tag from the Stampin’ Up! Scallop Tag Topper punch (Pistachio Pudding) – using the same Mixed Bunch embellishment as the birthday card.

Scallop Tag Topper punch, Mixed Bunch flower, with Blossom and 1" circle punch

(Looking at that now, I think next time I’d round the two bottom corners?)

A little Crisp Cantaloupe ribbon and the present was done!

Sweet Sorbet gift wrapping with Scallop Tag Topper gift tag

The gift and card looked really beautiful together 🙂

Sweet Sorbet card and matching gift wrap and gift tag

I hope Mum enjoys her present even half as much as I enjoyed wrapping it!

Thanks for reading

Caro x

Blossom punch gift cards

09 Sunday Mar 2014

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Hi

The other day I had an idea for a gift card set which is just a little bit genius (if I do say so myself!!!).   I’ll show you that idea tomorrow.

But first I needed some gift cards …  so, it was off to my craft desk to make some!    I have been wanting to use my pack of Garden Party DSP from the current Stampin’ UP! catalogue for months so I started with that for inspiration.   I pulled out my Blossom Punch and some buttons, and voila!!  Here are some of the cards I made:

Blossom punch Garden Party gift cardBlossom punch Garden Party gift cardBlossom punch Garden Party gift cardBlossom punch Garden Party gift cardThey looked so cute all lined up together!

Blossom Punch gift card setBlossom Punch gift card setCome back tomorrow and I’ll show you my clever idea for packaging them up 🙂

Thanks for reading

Caro x