5 minute easy, quick gift tags with Xyron

As I was wrapping presents tonight, I realized I was out of gift tags.  What to do?  Well as any good crafter does, we run to our stash and figure something out.  In this case, I grabbed some scrap Christmas paper I had on hand, my 2" circle punch,

some ink, stamps and my Xyron 2.5" sticker machine.

I had these $1.00 Christmas stamps that I picked up from Michael's hobby store last year.  I stamped the circles in black ink and white ink (for the black cardstock) before running through my Xyron.

After running the stamped circles through the machine, I added some sticker bling from my stash.  Some Jolees Boutique candy canes and some Hallmark peelies that I've had awhile.  All done, in about 5 minutes.  Easy, quick and cute!  Just stick them on the presents!

Additional supplies: Ranger black ink, white gel pen, scrap cardstock from K & Company, 

Martha Stewart and The Paper Studio, Recollections white pigment ink

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Gold Rush card

When Kinnari Zaveri, owner of Pinkfresh Studio says she wants you to make a gold project, what do you do?  You go make a gold card! 

  

We met and had a lovely chat at the Craft and Hobby Association's Paper Arts trade show in July 2014.  She is a super sweet lady and makes really cool, trendy embellishments.  I thought I would join in the fun so I started out with this beautiful piece of handmade paper, all the way from Nepal.  I purchased this while I was at the trade show and this was the perfect opportunity to put it to use. 

In fact, the TCW stencil and the Crafter's Essential products that I'll be using also came from the Paper Arts show. 
So first....I used the Crafter's Essential Easy See tape to hold down my stencil.

 

Next, I punched several 3/4" circles and placed randomly over some stencil holes.  You'll see why in a minute.

I had a little trouble getting my gold sequins out of the box, so for the first time, I tried out the Easy Grip and it worked great!  Just a little dab on my finger was all it took.

 

 

 

I've got this great sentiment kit from Unity Stamps called, "All About You".  I lined up several random words from the kit to stamp over the stencil.  I'm going to stamp all over the stenciled paper with the entire block of words, saving those circles.....

 

 

Now, those white circles that I used to block out over the stencil?  I used those circles as additional embellishment, raising some with foam dots.  I inked them with Martha Stewart gold ink, painted with Clearsnap Goldrush Smooch Glitz and added some extra gold glitter.  Isn't it pretty?

 

The added embellishments are the May Arts Ribbon natural twine and the neon drop sticker from Pinkfresh Studio, sequins are Pretty Pink Posh and Maggie Holmes for Crate Paper.   I'm entering this card into the gold challenge at Pinkfresh Studio and Unity Friends with Flair.

 

Kinnari, how'd I do?  #grin

 

 

**Unity Stamp Co, May Arts Ribbon, Tombow and Clearsnap are proud sponsors of  Mountain Plains Crafters.  If you'd like to be a sponsor, please contact Attn: Terri, mountainplainscrafters at gmail dot com (I'm still looking for a "bling" sponsor!)

 

 Supplies: Unity Stamp Co All About you sentiment kit, Pinkfresh Studio neon drop stickers, Pretty Pink Posh lemon drop sequins, Maggie Holmes Crate Paper gold sequins, Yellow Stickles glitter glue, Crafter's Essentials Easy Grip and See Thru tape, My Minds Eye designer paper, TCW stencil, Tombow Xtreme adhesive runner, Clearsnap Goldrush Smooch Glitz, Tim Holtz Brushed Corduroy distress ink

 

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Joyful tidings card

Here's another card I made with a sentiment from the Unity stamp Co.
It was pretty simple to make,  starting with
a kraft card,  layering some designer paper and embellishing with ribbon and glittery stars.
 
I stamped the verse on cream colored cardstock and did a little watercolor on the paper and raised it over a 4x4'' doily with pop dots.   Speaking of the doily,  I edged it with beige Colorbox ink and added some yellow Stickles glitter glue.

A joyful and sweet Christmas card!  

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Leaves and owls Thinking of you card

I had to come up with a quick card for a sweet lady in my church who broke her leg.   Ouch!   I had previously run some paper through my Cuttlebug and had several cards prepared with this leafy embossed design but nothing else.

So I had this great stamp from  the  Unity Stamp Co    and made a cute tag for the card with some washi tape,  button and string.   I love owls and didn't have time for anything fancy so these are just some cute stickers.   I had also punched the edge of the paper with a Knock Out edge punch and added some green Stickles glitter glue,  dotting the holes.   Hope this makes my friend feel better.....

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Sympathy card with butterflies

This card was made with a sentiment from the Unity Stamp Co.    If my memory serves me right,  the butterfly came from a Pink Paislee clear acrylic stamp set.


I layered a white card with a piece of striped designer paper and centered a piece of beige paper that I punched with the mini 8 We R Memory Keepers Flourish punch.   The butterflies were stamped using Tim Holtz distress ink and I used a white gel pin over the looping trails of the butterflies.   I finished it with a tiny butterfly at the top corner and added some Stickles glitter glue,  then tied a piece of burlap twine.  

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Scripture card...The Lord is my Strength and my Song

This card was made with a stamp from the Unity Stamp Co.  I started out by cutting a piece of jute cord and unraveling it.  Next I stamped red ink on it and pressed it around the edges of a 6x6 card and the centerpiece.

I layered the card with a cut piece of musical scrapbook paper and placed the inked jute cord under the centerpiece which by the way, was embellished with the mini 8 We R Memory Keepers Flourish punch.  I also used some musical stamps from Inkadinkadoo on the side.  Love how it turned out.  Fits in with my musical self as I'm a singer and church musician (Shout out to Heflin Baptist!)
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Birthday Present card - EASY!

Today I have a simple card which has the elements of a wrapped gift and can be for a girl or boy.  I've used the Fiskars everywhere punch window system scalloped tool.  I love that you can punch anywhere on your page.   I started with a blue card and then cut a piece of designer paper to layer.


Next I centered my ds paper over the Fiskars tool and punched the scalloped image, creating a ''window''.  Before adhering the paper, I centered it and stamped my birthday wish in white ink.  Then I used pop dots to raise the paper and give it that 3-D look.  Finally, add some ribbon and you are done.  I used the Hero Arts ''With love from'' stamp for the back of the card and signed my name.My Pinterest - click here