Tree Trimming Gift Cards for Coffee Loving Cardmakers

It's Monday and time for another edition of Coffee Buzz, over at Coffee Loving Cardmakers!  Today, I'm featuring decorative gift card envelopes with loops for hanging on your Christmas tree.  Hop on over to CLC to get up close photos and details on the making of these fun envies.  Plus, I've got last minute gift ideas for your favorite coffee loving book worm.

(Please note: as an affiliate for various companies in the craft industry, I will receive a small commission for purchases made through my 

convenient affiliate links.  This does not affect your purchase price.)

This project features products from DCWV, Graciellie Design, WRMK, Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L, Really Reasonable Ribbon, Studio L2E and more.  You'll find affiliate product links below, where applicable.

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Merry Christmas from Graciellie Design and Thermoweb

Another Friday has arrived and this particular Friday is special.  After all, it's the second to last Friday before Christmas, and the third day of Hanukkah, for my Jewish friends.   It's also time to share another collaboration project for Graciellie Design and Therm O Web!

(Please note: as an affiliate for various companies in the craft industry, I will receive a small commission for purchases made through my convenient affiliate links.  This does not affect your purchase price.)

Today's project features the holiday release from Graciellie Design, aptly titled Jingle Bells.  In fact, right now, you can scoop up this fabulous digital stamp set for a song....get it?  Song?  Jingle Bells?  Never mind.  

Seriously though, 5 sentiments and one super fun image to color at a price that is easy on the wallet.  Running out of time to make Christmas cards?  Click to purchase, download the file, upload the picture in a Word document and print, color, cut and glue!  Super easy.  Plus, you can resize your image to fit your card needs, as I did.  

P.S.... print on mixed media paper or lightweight watercolor paper too!

 You have to experience the shimmer and shine of foiling for yourself.  It's my new favorite thing.   Therm O Web makes it so easy with the line of products from Gina K Designs.  Santa!!!! I know her!  Sort of, kind of.  We smile and wave at each other in some of our favorite Facebook Groups.  Plus, Miss Gina has an amazing Facebook group of her own.  You should totally check it out, if you haven't already.  Since I'm in such a giving mood today, how about I just share the linky? 

  Gina K Designs & Stamp TV Friends on FB

You'll find a ton of inspiration on foiling.  Of course, Gracie is my favorite expert and as a designer for Therm O Web, you have a front row seat to her many talented creations on her blog.  If you're not already a member of her YouTube channel, you should be.  She is an expert on tutorials!

Today's project features a foiled background using the Sparkling Silver and Radiant Red Fancy Foils, along with the Holiday Cheer sentiments and Ornamental Holiday Background toner adhesive cardstock from the Foil-Mates product line.  Want to know how easy this is?

Let me just lay it out as easy I can...

1.  Open the package and pull out a beautiful piece of toner background cardstock (Foil Mates)

2.  Heat up your heat laminator.

3.  Open  the package of Fancy Foils and lay your foil on top of the Foil Mates background (sparkly side up).  

4.  Place it inside a sandwich.  What's a sandwich?  A large piece of parchment paper folded in half with a piece of cardstock inside to stabilize your foiling.  

5.  Place the folded side of your "sandwich" seam side first into your heated up laminator.  Wait a few seconds while the magic begins.

6.  Open up your sandwich and peel off the plastic foil sheet to reveal shiny, sparkly, yummy stuff! (I like to run mine through twice, just to make sure everything adheres nicely)

7.  Grab your camera and snap a photo of yourself in the mirror to capture that giddy smile!

It's hard to truly capture the shiny sparkles so trust me when I say, this is stunning in person.  If you are ready to up your game when it comes to sending handmade cards, and impress your friends, family and business associates, stop by Therm O Web and take a look at their amazing product line up.  It's not just holiday images; they've got you covered year round.  

Birthdays?  Check.  Florals?  Check.  Tags, labels, dies and more.  If I had to guess, I'm betting Miss Gina is already working on the next release as we speak.  I'm looking forward to adding to my love of this collection and I'm so excited that these amazing products are available for you to try as well!  

Oh, but wait.  There's more.  Did I mention that some of the Therm O Web products that I used today are on sale?  Yup.  Christmas jackpot.  

If you'd like to shop my convenient affiliate links, please scroll to the end of this post or click on any of the links scattered throughout this post.   You can also shop Gracie's entire line of digital stamps at her Etsy shop.

Before I go, let me mention the lovely ribbons that I used today.  They're from the Really Reasonable Ribbon October Kit of the Month.  We are spotlighting these lovely ribbons in our projects in November and December.   Aren't they gorgeous?

Find out more about the Monthly Club here, or shop their year round selection.

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Graciellie Design Blog Hop featuring Thermoweb

Welcome to the Graciellie Design blog hop!  This month we are so excited to be collaborating with Therm O Web  and featuring their amazing products, including the New Gina K Designs Winter 2017 Collection.  Of course, we are merrily still playing with the new holiday collections from Graciellie Design as well, for the perfect pairing.   

(Please note, I've created convenient affiliate links throughout this post, where applicable, for your shopping convenience.)

For my project today, I'm using the Therm O Web Holiday Cheer Foil Mates Sentiments, the Ornamental Holiday Background Foil Mates and the Fancy Foils in Radiant Red and Glittering Green.

For my sentiment, I wanted to do some partial foiling and leave the pre-inked black wording   I'm always up for a challenge and it was a little tricky to cut little sections of red and green foil, and avoid any of it getting on the black wording.  If you're not familiar with how the toner/foiling works, these images are printed with toner ink.  When laying down the foil and running through a heat laminator, the foil adheres to the toner.  It's magic!  There is a process involved and I went straight to a Gina K Designs video to see the process and sandwich technique for foiling with a heat laminator.  You can check that out here:  Thermoweb/Gina K Design Holiday Foil Mates Video  

(You'll spot the sandwich technique around the 8 min, 50 second mark)  

To make it easier, I foiled the red first, then ran it back through and foiled the green.  I love the look!

Of course, I'm also working with Gracie's lovely Christmas Poinsettia digital stamps.   I had already been playing around with this poinsettia, printing two images and watercoloring with my Tombows and a waterbrush, in the style of no-line coloring.  The bottom layer is colored lighter for added dimension and Therm O Web Mounting Squares add an extra layer of depth by popping up the top image, which was also splattered with white acrylic paint.  I love how all the accents compliment one another to create this festive card!

Since I have that big pop of red with the poinsettia, I decided to foil my background with the Glittering Green foils on the Ornamental Holiday background, and foiling the striped background with Radiant Red foil, as well, trimming a section to use as a border.  Don't forget your Therm O Web adhesive runners!  I used the sticky strip runner to tack down my backgrounds.  It gets the job done!

I love, love, love how this card turned out!  I'm new to foiling as well so if I can do it, you can do it!  By the way, all of Gracie's designers are also featuring her new holiday digi stamps and paper release.  You an also find some of Gracie's new holiday stamps available in red rubber, over at Unity Stamps which include Winter Blessings and Cheery Christmas, perfect for the crafter who likes to work with hand stamping.

Gracie has also just introduced a brand new SVG Winter Word Bundle and you can check that out via my links at the bottom of this post.   It's on sale at 50% off for a limited time,  no code needed.   Perfect for users of Cricut,  Silhouette and other die cutting machines! 

Thanks so much to Therm O Web for sharing these amazing products with us today!  I'm your last stop on the hop, so be sure and comment on all the blogs to be entered to win a $20 gc to Gracie's shop.  If you get lost along the way, head back to Gracie's blog.

Also linking to these challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Anything Goes Challenge

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