Snowman Gift Tag

Dec

Looking for a cheerful holiday gift tag? Join us as Design Team Member Candace Zentner shares a fun snowman gift tag.

Everyone loves a special, handmade touch on a gift they receive!

I started my gift with a small tag cut using a die from a piece of beautiful POW! glitter paper. To make sure my blag layer stayed adhered to the glittery paper I used some double sided High Tack Tape from Xyron.

A couple of foam squares on the back of my snowman (cut with my Cameo using AC cardstock) made him really stand out on my tag.

I really wanted to use a fun black and white bag from the Thirty One Collection to wrap my gift. Coloring in a few of the white dots with a red marker gave the bag more of a Christmas feel.

Supplies:
Thirty One Printed Bags
Pebbles Candy Dots
American Crafts Silver POW! Glitter Paper
American Crafts Cardstock

Handmade Christmas Cards

Nov

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There are few traditions that we’ve held onto as well as that of sending Christmas cards. Though things have changed over the years and many send Christmas letters or photo postcards, we’re still in love with a beautiful handmade card.

All week, the Pebbles design team will be sharing some of their favorite handmade Christmas card designs.

Today, Design Team Member Eva Pizzaro is sharing a set of matching cards made from everyday papers perfect for wishing anyone a happy holiday season.

Handmade Christmas Cards

I love to make Christmas cards, but most of the time I don’t have a Christmas collection in my paper stash. An easy way to solve this problem is to use a Christmas color combo and recreate an object, like an ornament, or in my case a tree.

To make these cards I cut a background with my cameo and embellished the tree with some papers and little candy dots.

Supplies:

FROM ME TO YOU CARDMAKING PAD 5.5″X8.5″ 36/SHEETS 18 DESIGNS; FOLD INTO CARDS
FROM ME TO YOU DOUBLE-SIDED CARDSTOCK 12″X12″ PARCEL
FROM ME TO YOU DOUBLE-SIDED CARDSTOCK 12″X12″ WRITTEN
FRONT PORCH DOUBLE-SIDED CARDSTOCK 12″X12″ WELCOME
THIRTY-ONE CARDSTOCK STICKERS 6″X12″ 2/SHEETS PHRASE & ACCENT
BASICS FOAM THICKERS ALPHA STICKERS 5.5″X11″ 2/SHEETS HONEYCOMB GLITTER
BASICS FOAM THICKERS ALPHA STICKERS 5.5″X11″ 2/SHEETS ASH GLITTER
CANDY DOTS CRYSTALS SELF-ADHESIVE FACETED GEMS 24/PKG
CANDY DOTS CRYSTALS SELF-ADHESIVE FACETED GEMS 24/PKG

Pumpkin Pie Favor Box

Nov

Pumpkin Pie Favor Box Tutorial

You can make these pie slices as party favors for your holiday guests or as a hostess gift. It looks adorable, fun, and has a sweet surprise inside! You can fill it with just about anything: popcorn for the kids, a gift card for a holiday birthday, or a wonderful thank you note.

No fancy tools needed for this project. I started by making my own template for the paper pie slice. You can make your template any size that you prefer.

This template is used for both the top and bottom slices of the pie. So, once you have made your template, you’ll need to cut out two pieces from either cardstock or pattern paper. I’m using white cardstock as the base for my pie slice and then I’ll wrap it with the pattern paper I chose. I did it this way because I wanted to use a pattern paper from the Thirty-One line and did not want the skulls on the reverse side to show inside the pie.

I added the adhesive on the flaps that I folded in and put it all together.

Now I have a top and a bottom that fit perfectly together.

I wrapped the bottom piece of the pie using the orange chevron pattern as my pumpkin filling. I wrapped the top piece of the pie using the book pattern as my whipped topping.

I cut out some leaves from a variety of pattern papers. Then, I striped, dotted, and painted the leaves using Zazz! Glitter Glue for some pretty sparkle.

I attached a Mini Clothes Pin and an “I’m thankful” sentiment banner along with the leaves to the top of the pie. I tied it all up with some Glitter Ribbon.