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Sweet Treats

Cards sent, gifts under the tree, lights up, and cookies baked...right?  Now it's time to get the dies out and make little treat jars for the holidays.  Arrange them on your prettiest cake plate or cupcake tower as a centerpiece - or add guests' names to create placecards and party favors.  A set of them would also be a sweet surprise for a gift exchange.  Co-workers or carpoolers would love them too!

Here are just a few ideas - featuring Memory Box and Poppystamps Dies - with felt, cardstock and printed papers.  I had such a great time designing these - hope you like them!

The dies, left-to-right and top-to-bottom, are:

Poppystamps Tilda Swirl 804, Small Scalloped Circle 98204, Whimsy Circle 98154, Bianca Snowflake 98193, La Rue Flourish 98218, Tivoli Snowflake 98163, Classic Tags 98105, Amana Circle 98215, Poppystamps Small Tilda Swirl 808, Poppystamps Anna Snowflake 811, Simple Buckles 98185, Poppystamps Meadow Leaf 806, Blooming Rosette and Center 98121.  (I just used the rosette center - but rosettes are great jar toppers too!)

Memory Box Supplies in addition to the dies:

• Yuletide and Tinsel 6x6 Sets
• Grass Shimmer Cardstock
• Cranberry Gingham Cardstock
• Cranberry Distressed Dots Cardstock
• Key Lime Distressed Dots Cardstock
• Lagoon Cardstock
• To and From B1826

Other Supplies

• Clearsnap Top Boss Clear Embossing Stamp Pad
• ColorBox Peppermint Scentz Scented Embossing Powder
• Clearsnap Ruby Slippers, Peridot and Twinkling Turquoise Glitter
• Red, White and Baby Blue Felt
• Diecut Machine and Plates
• Sitcker Sheets
• Canning Jars
• 5/8",3/4" and 1-1/4" Circle Punches
• Screw Punch (for tags)
• Ribbons - Lemongrass 1/4", Turquoise 1/4" Featheredge, Red 1/4" Grosgrain, Red 1/3" Sheer, 1/2" wide strip of Baby Blue Felt
• May Arts Gold Cord
• Crafters Pick Ultimate Adhesive
• Candies and Yogurt-covered Pretzels

Basic Directions

• Cut, layer and attach diecuts with Crafters Pick Adhesive
• Attach adhesive paper (sticker or label sheets) to the felt before diecutting the Small Scalloped Circles and Simple Buckles
• Glittered circles - attach Scor-Tape to turquoise, chartreuse and red cardstock and press glitter onto the tape - then punch the circles using 5/8" or 3/4" punches
• Diecut two each of the Whimsy Circle and Tilda Swirl, then offset and layer them
• Attach the ribbons to the jar rims in two or three areas to keep them from slipping

Have fun with these jars - your guests will love them.  Merry Christmas!

Wishes of the Season

 

I love combining simple shapes like the Perfect Gift Card Die 98177 with the elegant Fauntleroy Crest 98222 to add dimension to a card.   This would be a fun card to mass-produce because each pear could be stamped and chalked onto different sections of the Yuletide 6x6" background, creating a unique look each time.

For another idea -  here's a link to Dave's great painted pears video - featuring the same Solid and Shaded Pear stamps and Twinkling H20's.  See him stamping the Shaded Pear perfectly over the Solid Pear without a stamp positioner!                                                                     

We're updating and reconstructing our Memory Box Classes blog and will have our classes posted soon. Here's a link for the details on the classes that Lori Champine, Memory Box Design Editor Theresa Laurent and I have scheduled.  Lori is at Ink About It in Massachusetts and Theresa and I teach at the Impress stores in Tukwila, Bellevue Square and University Village.

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Wish Upon a Snowflake

Before we get started here at InKollage...be sure to visit Dave's blog and view his great Snowglobe video. Add your comments to his blog for a chance to win the expertly-engineered (that's Dave!) Snowglobe Dies with special clear, gridded windows for precise placement.  Winners will be randomly-selected from comments added to Dave's blog by 12:00 midnight Pacific time on October 23, 2011. 

OK - back to today's project - meet Colin Bear (D1831) and his matching die (98233) from the new Polar Bear Studio release,  on a rich red background from the Mistletoe 6x6 Set.  His scarf is stamped on red felt, from Impress, adding toasty-warm texture to this holiday card.  A quick Christmas Ticket (C1782) greeting diecut with Bistro Label (98120) and Diamond Jewel Stickers add the finishing touches.

Hope you like the design - view the Polar Bear Studio release here to see the great new stamps and dies.

Jean

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