Fabulous Friends Friday: Christmas Gift Card Holder Swap

Happy Friday!  Hope your weekend is off to a great start!  Mine is -- I'm having fun attending a virtual stamping retreat starting today!   I also have another set of amazing projects to share with you from my SUper Friends team of demonstrators.  These are from our November swap, when we exchanged Christmas cards that could hold gift cards.  I loved seeing the different approaches everyone took to this challenge, and I am certain you will enjoy these, too!  

Judy-Ann's marvelous creation features the Sweetest Time Bundle:

Check out this fun-fold card open -- there's even a pocket with a sweet bookmark on the side:

And, tucked behind is a pocket for the gift card:

Here's the bookmark:

For her stunning card, Connie M. chose the Poinsettia Place Suite:

And, her card opens up to reveal a clever pop-up bag as the gift card holder:

For her elegant card, Nancy also took a creative approach to her gift card holder, folding back part of the card front to create a built-in gift card pocket:

 

Agnes's beautifully cool and sparkly creation features elements from the Snowflake Splendor Suite:

Her gift card holder is attached inside the card, and coordinates perfectly with the card front:

Cathy's captivating card shows off the Stitched Circles dies, a bit of texture, and some fun sparkle with one tree cut from Gold Glimmer paper, which coordinates nicely with the gold edging on the ribbon:

The inside of Cathy's card coordinates beautifully with the front, and she cleverly die cut, sponged and added ribbon to create and accentuate her gift card holder:

For her creation, Kallien designed this eye-catchingly lovely square card, which shows off the poinsettia design from the Flowers for Every Season Designer Series Paper as well as the new Curvy Dies:

When opened, a pop up card holder appears in the center of Kallien's card, for a fun surprise:

My card is a Fold Out Gift Card Holder (I followed these instructions from Patty Bennett for making this style of card), decorated with Trimming the Town Designer Paper and stamped images from the Warm & Toasty, Freezin' Fun, and Press On Stamp Sets:

The gift card holder pocket is in the center of the fold out:

Margery's magnificent card combines the Camouflage Background stamp, Word Wishes die cuts, and Winter Woods stamp set/In the Woods Dies on the front:

Pull the ribbon, and this awesome surprise gift card holder, with images from Game On pops out:

Jana's gorgeously rustic card features the Merry Moose stamp set and punch with the Buffalo Check background stamp:

And, her top panel of this fun fold opens to reveal a fabulous slider-gift-card holder:

I love how Jana added hand-drawn stitching accents as well! 

Hope you enjoyed and are as inspired by these amazing ideas as much as I am!  These gift card ideas and techniques can easily be adapted for birthday, anniversary, graduation, and other occasions as well!

Thanks so much for visiting my blog!  

Happy stamping!

Michelle

Beary Comforting Thank You Card

 Hi!  Happy Wednesday!  A quick post today to share one of the first cards I have made with the Beary Comforting (December 2020) Paper Pumpkin kit!   I love the colors, designer paper, and sweet bear images in this kit!  I put this card together following the kit instructions, though I did make it a thank you card with a sentiment from the Massive Thanks stamp set:

I'm looking forward to making more of these sweet and cheery cards!  Also looking forward to seeing what's in the January kit soon!  (I love the adorable Add-On for the January kit, and checking right now, it looks like it is still available for subscribers to order . . . please click here to see it in the online store, while supplies last).

Have a great day!  Thanks for visiting my blog!

- Michelle

P.S.   For Paper Pumpkin subscribers, there are refills available while supplies last in the online store.  Please click here  or contact me to see if they are still available.  

SUper Friends Saturday: Fall/Halloween and Thanksgiving Swaps

Happy Saturday!  I have a wonderful assortment of cards to share with you today -- at long last!!!  I've actually had these cards for a couple months, from our SUper Friends September and October swaps!  However, it has taken me a while to learn how to use a new device and some new watermarking software, which is why I have been a bit quiet on my blog the past few months.   Anyway, these cards are so amazing, I think you'll agree with me, that it is better late than never to share them!!!   Also, because I am still learning my new device and haven't quite figured out how to rearrange pictures, I apologize because there isn't a whole lot of rhyme or reason to the order in which I am sharing these!   

Cathy joined us for the first time for our Thanksgiving swap, and here is her beautiful fall card, created with the Gather Together stamp set:

Shawna chose the Harvest Hello stamp set, Apple Builder Punch, and Perfectly Plaid designer series paper for her fabulously country chic card:

Jana artfully watercolored a fall scene for her stunning gatefold card, which also features birch images from the Winter Woods stamp set and the Buffalo Check Background stamp:

For the Halloween swap, Margery created this awesome window card using the Garden Gateway Dies, Stacked Stone Background and Have a Hoot Bundle:

For the Thanksgiving swap, Margery chose the Rooted in Nature stamp set and Nature Roots Dies to create her elegant card (look closely at the card front, and you will see leaves embossed in the Very Vanilla layer, as well as the gleam from the foil layer under it):

Judy-Ann's Halloween card artfully showcases elements from the Hallows Night Magic Bundle on a slimline card (hard to capture in a photo, but this card has a lot of magical shimmer in real life -- the bats are cut from Black Foil, the "lace" is cut from Black Glitter Paper, there are beautiful Iridescent Pearls, and there is a layer of the gorgeous Metallic Mesh Ribbon behind the elements):

For her Thanksgiving card, Judy-Ann created this beauty with the Recessed Panel Technique, Love of Leaves Bundle, and Perfectly Plaid Designer Series Paper:

For her Thanksgiving card, Kallien created this gorgeous slimline card using the Celebrate Sunflowers Bundle and Old World Paper 3D embossing folder:

Kallien created her terrific Halloween Card with the Double Triangle Fold technique, and I like how she used the spider web embossing folder on one side, and for the other, made her own designer paper by repeatedly stamping spiders in coordinating colors on Whisper White Cardstock:

For the September fall/Halloween swap, I created this double gate fold card, featuring the Love of Leaves Bundle and Gilded Autumn Specialty Designer Series Paper:

For the interior panel, I stamped images from the Life Is Beautiful stamp set (I used the "thumping" technique of inking up the stamp and then tapping different colors of Stampin' Write Markers onto the stamp before applying it to paper):

 

Nancy cleverly used vellum to layer the two parts of her card's greeting on top of each other:

Lifting the vellum layer more fully reveals the beautiful watercoloring on the "FALL" part of the card:

For her other card, Nancy created a chic slimline card, featuring three beautiful flowers created with the Daisy punch:

For my Thanksgiving card, I again used the Gilded Autumn Specialty Designer Series Paper, but this time, paired it with the Arrange a Wreath Bundle:

For her Thanksgiving card, Shawna created this elegant trifold slimline card, featuring the Vintage Leaves stamps:
 

For one of our swaps, Judy-Ann made these fabulous treat boxes using elements from the Hello Pumpkin Paper Pumpkin kit and the Little Treats Box dies:

For her Thanksgiving swap card, Agnes created this lovely card using elements from the Layered Leaves Paper Pumpkin kit:

Thanks so much to the SUper Friends for these gorgeous cards and projects!!!  I have another set of swap cards to share with you from out December swap . . . so please stay tuned for that.  We're also looking forward to swapping again soon!  Always so fun and inspiring to see the designs everyone creates!  

Would you like to join us?  If so, please contact me for more information.

Thanks so much for visiting my blog!

- Michelle