Gift Card Holder

Caardvarks has a new challenge and a new sponsor too. Check out their blog here to get all of the details and the inspiration. The DT was asked to create a gift card holder.



Just untie the bow and the doors will open up to a gift card. Isn't this girl the cutest. I replaced the  sheet of paper she was holding with a long gift list. The best paper to use is copy paper because it's thin and rolls easily.   More card details at the bottom of the post.


These vintage buttons are were perfect to wrap twine around for the closure.



If you want to draw fishnet tights I will list the perfect pen for fine detail work in the supply list.

The full reveal.


Here is another adorable image from MFT. For some reason I wanted to put her bedroom outside like she's in a dream. Lots of white pen action in this card.


I "googled" "photos of childrens books" and dragged the image into word, sized and printed it to make the book.


Have you seen this "Scor.it.All"? I love it!  This mini  board is the perfect size for card makers. Not only is it compact, scores a perfect line and the non skid platform is second to none. I used to score my card stock with my paper trimmer but, the paper would always move and I wouldn't get a good clean edge. You can the Scor it All here. 
Sorry I got sidetracked :) Cut your card stock to 7x4 3/4. Start at each end and score each side 2 3/4 from the outside edges.

 Cut the inside paper to 4 1/2 x 5 1/4 and another to a similar size. Punch a half circle.



Cut your panels and add stitching if you like.


 Assemble your layers and add pop dots to the girl and her head. Here is the link to "My Favorite Things"  and their blog here.
Thanks for all of your warm comments yesterday. If you are visiting for the first time you might want to put your name on this list.
Have a wonderful weekend! Hugs, Kathy

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JustRite 12 Weeks of Christmas Blog Hop 7

Welcome to JustRite Stampers’ newest Wednesday feature, 12 Weeks of Christmas Blog Hops 7!   Every Wednesday until Thanksgiving many of your favorite designers will be joining some of the JustRite design team for a series of Christmas blog hops, showcasing JustRite’s stamps and sentiments.  You can find their new collection of cling stamps HERE.  This week, the designers joining us are most of the Spellbinders and Caardvarks design teams!  So mark your calendars for Wednesdays at 9am Central for great Christmas gift, card & project ideas, starting at the JustRite Inspiration blog!




The sentiment you will find here and this beautiful cardinal click here.


This is built up as much as a McDonald's big mac! I ran out of my scrap dots so I kept applying Glossy Accents to the back of the center ribbon that I cut out and wanted to layer. For the rest of the layers I used pop dots.

I couldn't stop at one card so here is an everyday card I designed with the bird set from JustRite .
This card only has one cut image so it's was super fast. I guess I would relate this to a McDonald's pancake.

Other supplies will be listed at the very bottom of this post.

Thank You so much for literally hopping here and I know your time is valuable.I Hope to see you soon. NOW it's time to visit these designers’ blogs to see what fabulous JustRite Christmas inspiration they have for you on the hop:)

Here is the blog hop list.

JustRite Inspiration Blog
Spellbinders Blog
Debbie Olson
Kimberly Crawford
Sharon Harnist
Beth Pingry
Amy Crockett
Kellie Fortin
Latisha Yoast
Becca Feeken
Lucy Abrams
Sankari Wegman
AJ Otto 
Beate Johns
Heidi Van Laar
Kazan Clark
Julie Overby
Peet Roeven
Michele Kovack
Judy Hayes
Kathy Racoosin ( You are here )
Stephanie Kraft
Terre Fry
Angela Barkhouse
Holly Simoni
Heidi Blankenship

Other Misc. Supplies: Click on the thumbnail. Click here for my blog candy.

I am thrilled to say I am now a part of the Caardvarks Design Team ........... pinch me please

The design team at Caardvarks is a group of women who are so talented and they always been a big source of inspiration for me!! It was always a dream of mine to be on this team and to be included among these amazing ladies. Today my dream has come true and I just can't tell you how excited I am!!

Caardvarks is sponsored by Tiffany Doodles for this challenge in combination with two sketches by Heidi Van Laar. For my cards I used this digi "stamp" here .You can't beat the price and the versatility of these digi images.

 To begin with the first flower I re-sized the width and height of the image and colored with Copic markers.( you will find the  colors below this post.)

I printed the image again without changing the size. You can see I cut the large flower out from above and I will add it to the bouquet below to give one of the flowers more impact.  Did you notice the wide vase above...therefore the one flower I colored is much wider than the one below that are colored in the vase.
 

 I love how the super large flower looks on the smaller vase. After coloring the vase I covered the entire vase with Glossy Accents so it resembles glass.
To create the yellow background I used Mustard Seed distress ink on white paper and stamped with the same ink using a small stamp to create the pattern. It was easy and quick. For the "wood table" distress a white piece of paper in walnut,  then use  Tim Holtz's embossing folder and distressed the paper AGAIN with the walnut to add extra dimension to the embossed parts. Behind the yellow stamped paper is some blue stamped paper. I used Tumbled Glass to add  color to the paper, then stamped with Penny Black's text background in the same color. (my new go to background...love the vintage petite font!)
Color two of the unused flower petals for leaves. I ended up cutting out entire vase with the flowers. I love how you can see the wall paper behind the vase. Layer your papers and pop dot large flower and you are finished.

I love Heidi Van Lear's sketches so I based my second card on her sketch.  The white paper is embossed with Tim Holtz damask by Sizzix. The blue paper started out being white and I used Tumbled Glass to color it and used PB's letter background to give it some pizzaz with a bit of Broken China and Antique Linen. Add some stitching and stamp your sentiment. I used a scrap strip of white paper and colored it with Mustard Seed (stamped with the letter background...again) and used the NEW EK punch that is amazing!! Love the big scallop. To add some white highlighting I used a white marker by Galazy and smeared immediately after coloring on the edges of the petals. Then added some of my white dots with a white gel pen. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks so much for visiting my blog. Hugs, Kathy

COPIC colors card 1. BG000, BG01,BG05, BG07 (blues) G00, G02, YG03, YG63 (greens)
COPIC colors card 2. Y04, Y08,Y17,(yellows) YR04, YR09, (oranges) R17 (red)