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Mailable Handmade Cards

Jul

Have you ever made a beautiful homemade card for a friend living states away only to discover that when you went to mail it, it was a little too bulky for the envelope and the postage would cost an arm and a leg? Well, Laurel Seabrook understands that all too well and has found the perfect solution.

Hi everyone, Laurel here with you today. I don’t know about you but the cost of mailing a handmade card almost (well not really, hehehe) has me not wanting to send any. So today I decided to create a simple, less bulky ‘mailable’ card. I send out a lot of thank you cards so I need to build up my stash of simple ones.

For this card I used the Front Porch collection. Super simple paper layering and adding one of the library cards made this a very quick and easy card that is still quite pretty.

Supplies:
Front Porch Cardstock Stickers
Front Porch Library Pockets with Cards
Front Porch – Porch Swing
Front Porch 6×6 Paper Pad

Holiday Gift Boxes and Tags

Dec

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We love the beautiful touch Marjan Pel applies to all of her projects. Today she’s sharing a lovely set of holiday gift boxes and tags that you will not want to miss!

I love to make decoration and gifts for Christmas and the Front Porch collection by Pebbles is just perfect for this. The color scheme I used is red, grey and silver.

For this project I made cute pillow boxes and embellished them with photo frame hang tags.

Instead of using photos I put small pieces of different patterned paper in each tag. I used the 1.5″ create-a-sticker by Xyron to adhere the small strips of punched stars and small snowflakes to the paper.

I adhered the big snowflakes with the help of the 2.5″ create-a-sticker by Xyron.

I finished off the tags with typical christmas words like joy, peace and merry and some cute clothes pins. Here and there I adhered some glitter and crystal dots.

The big star is really decorative with all the small festive pillow boxes. I filled the boxes with chocolate and sweets. My family will love this!

Supplies:
Front Porch Patterned Paper Lazy 732317
Front Porch Patterned Paper Cottage 732318
Front Porch Patterned Paper Barefoot 732321
Front Porch Patterned Paper Home 732326
Front Porch Thickers Cherish/Gray Dot 732332
Front Porch Photo Frame Hang Tags 732331
From Me To You Patterned Paper Greetings PFMP-32264
From Me To You Clothes Pins 732279
Basics Mini Clothes Pins 747205
American Crafts Peppermint Express
Value Pack Premium Ribbon 366117
American Crafts Value Pack Baker´s Twine 366303

Personalizing Your Gift Wrap

Dec

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Looking for gift wrap ideas? We love Patricia Kumfer’s take on traditional kraft paper. Come learn more about personalizing your gift wrap!

My favorite time of the year and my most favorite part of crafting … WRAPPING !!!

Why not incorporate some of your amazing scrap supplies for a perfect wrapped present.

For these presents I used some kraft wrapping paper, some scraps from the Pebbles Front Porch Collection, Xyron Adhesives, and some other crafting odds/ends.

I a strip of my favorite papers and used Xryon Tape Runner and Adhesive dots to keep it attached to my
wrapping paper. I then added fun tags, washi tape, and fun christmas accents.

Simple and PERFECT !!!

Supplies:

Front Porch Pattern Paper | Cottage | 732318
Front Porch Pattern Paper | Breezy | 732316

Holiday Gift Tags

Dec

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The time spent wrapping a gift and getting it ready to go under the tree can be almost as important as the time spent shopping for it. This week, we’ll be showcasing a variety of holiday gift tags to inspire your gift wrapping this season.

Becky Williams is kicking off the week with a variety of specially designed gift tags.

For me this really is the “most wonderful time of the year” and I really enjoy getting to put together little gifts for friends, neighbors and family.

I used a basic tag shape in kraft and white cardstock as the backdrop for my tags and then decorated them with ribbons, twine, diecut shapes and stickers. Some I kept more simple and others I jazzed up with spray mists to make each one unique.

I also made some treat bags with a Silhouette cut file by Lori Whitlock and used an assortment of Xyron products for these projects.

Supplies:

Front Porch Barefoot Paper (732321)

Front Porch Cottage Paper (732318)

Front Porch Welcome Paper (732315)

Basics 12×12 Paper Pad (751433)

Basics Bakers Twine (89423)

Basics Decorative Tape in Black (747206)

Glitter Candy Dots in Red (744247)

Glitter Candy Dots in Green (744248)

Glitter Candy Dots in Black (744244)

American Crafts Aqua Ink (59504)

American Crafts Jinglemint Dimensional Stars (366110)

American Crafts Elegant Medium Glitter Brads (853545)

American Crafts Knock Outs Border Punch- Mini Stars (63056)

American Crafts 12×12 White Cardstock (71259)

American Crafts 12×12 Kraft Cardstock (71464)

Xyron adhesive products:

Creative Station Permanent Adhesive

Mega Runner with permanent dot adhesive

Holiday Magnetic Paper Doll Set

Dec

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We’re rounding out our handmade holiday gifts week with a couple of great posts. Up first? An amazing set of holiday magnetic paper dolls created by Samantha Taylor.

This year we have lots of kids in our neighborhood, so I got to thinking about fun handmade Christmas gifts for kids (whether it’s neighbor kids, cousins, friends’ kids, or the like). I decided to use the beautiful patterned paper from Pebbles with the 5” Xyron Creative Station to make Magnetic Paper Dolls.

I used my Silhouette to cut out a paper doll and clothes. If you don’t have a Silhouette you print paper doll templates directly onto patterned paper and cut them out that way. It was so much fun to choose different colors and patterns from the Pebbles paper collections to turn into clothes. If you’d rather cater this project to the boys in your life, you could make paper super heroes.

Once the pieces were cut out, ran them through the Xyron Creative station with the laminate/magnet cartridge in. This step not only adds a magnet to the back of the paper doll pieces, but adds laminate to the top, protecting the paper from the abuse of play. If the pieces get sticky or dirty, you can just wipe them off!

After you run your pieces through the Xyron, you will have to cut each piece out from the magnet/laminate sheet (I was able to cut everything out by hand for this set while sitting and watching 1 episode of Grays Anatomy, so it doesn’t take very much time).

Once they pieces are cut out, they’re ready to be played with on a metal cookie sheet. I picked up a brand new one for $3.

To keep track of pieces that aren’t being played with (the sheet can be a bit crowded if you try to fit all of the clothes on it at once), I also made a large envelope from Pebbles Basics paper.

I can’t wait to give this gift away!

Supplies:
Pebbles Basics Paper Pad
Pebbles Front Porch Book Club
Pebbles Front Porch Lazy
Pebbles Front Porch Barefoot
Pebbles Front Porch Snuggle
Pebbles Front Porch Knock Knock
Pebbles From Me to You Written
American Crafts Card Stock Neutrals Pack
American Crafts Pow! Paper Silver
Xyron 5” Creative Station
Xyron 5” Laminate/Magnet Cartridge
Silhouette Cameo