Tartan Foil Specialty DSP for New at SU

 
Welcome to our November NEW AT SU! Blog Hop! We love to share creative ideas from Stampin' Up! with you. Today we have projects featuring a ways to dress up Gift Cards and Gift Certificates for the holidays. I'm planning on using the Tartan Foil Specialty DSP from the Online Exclusives Collection and the Joy of Noel bundle from the 2023 Sept./Dec. Mini Catalogue.

I'm old school, I guess. I just feel so wrong giving a naked, lonely gift card. It seems like I didn't put any effort into the gift at all. I know it may be the best option in a lot of cases, but it doesn't sit well with me for some reason. That's why I like to add a little something to the gift when I give someone a gift card. I think it eases my guilt!

The Tartan Foil Specialty Designer Series Paper comes in Copper Clay, Lost Lagoon, and Pebbled Path with two designs of each colour. I used the Copper Clay and Lost Lagoon designs. What you see here is a box with four drawers. Each drawer has enough room for 4 Ferrero Rochers and on top, if you lift the flap of the card, there is room to hold a gift card. See the photo below:

• First off, I got directions for the box, (which I think is genius) from Jo Blackman, a UK demonstrator. Thanks, Jo, for your great directions. Because we are showcasing ideas for Gift Card upgrades, I added the gift card holder idea on top.
• The top and bottom of the box have chip board pieces covered with both the Copper Clay and the Lost Lagoon, solid colour tartan designs. I made those first.
• I made the 4 double walled drawers next from Lost Lagoon cardstock. You can get the instructions from Jo's tutorial video.
• Each drawer has a wrap made from Copper Clay cardstock, which is a nice snug casing that goes around the four sides, and has a finished edge on the front.
• With the four drawers in the wraps, they are oriented on the bottom base so that each side has one of the drawers opening on that side. Making sure that they are located equidistant from the edges, they are adhered to the bottom base. Then the top cover is glued on over them.
• I added DSP and gold foil to the non-opening drawer end on each side, alternating the colours Copper Clay and Lost Lagoon, and using the design with more white in the plaid. The gold foil acts as a matte.

• The directions for the top cover decor and gift card holder are my added design. The first layer of gold foil is s 5" square and the layer of Copper Clay Tartan Foil DSP is a 4 3/4" square. Then comes a 4 1/4" Gold Foil square.
• After that you want to cut a piece of Basic White Thick card stock 4" x 8" and score it at 4". Fold it on the score line and center the folded card base on the gold foil and adhere it. Then take a piece of Lost Lagoon Tartan Foil DSP (the white tartan design) that is 4" square and adhere it to the top.
• Inside, attach a piece of the other design of Lost Lagoon tartan that measures 4" x 1 3/4" at the bottom of the inside as shown, running either adhesive or Tear 'n Tape along the sides and bottom only. Before adhering, use the 3/4" Circle Punch to punch out a half circle finger grip along the top of the paper.
• I used the Christmas Classics dies to die cut the label and some of the foliage you see. I stamped the Noel from the Joy of Noel bundle in Versamark ink and embossed it in gold embossing powder. I die cut the word using the inside label piece from the Christmas Classics dies and adhered it with dimensionals.
• The Gold Simply Elegant trim was doubled before tying a bow which is attached with Glue Dots.

I hope you enjoyed this project made with the Joy of Christmas bundle available in the 2023 Sept/Dec Stampin' Up! Mini Catalogue, pages 28 - 31 and the Tartan Foil Specialty Designer Series Paper, found online with the Online Exclusive products.

Please take a moment to comment at the bottom of this post and let me know how you liked my project or ask me a question about the technique used. Don’t forget to scroll back up and keep hoppin’ with us! – Thank you!

Keep Creating!

Heather Cooper

Please contact your Stampin’ Up! demonstrator if you have any questions or to make a product purchase. If you do not have a demonstrator, I would be happy to answer any questions about products, or the techniques shown here. 

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Product List

Joy Of Noel Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [161959] $33.00	Joy Of Noel Bundle (English) [161967] $66.50	Tartan Foil 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper [162332] $13.75	Gold Foil Sheets [132622] $7.00	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock [159229] $12.25	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276] $14.50
Lost Lagoon 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [133679] $13.75	Copper Clay 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [161721] $13.75	Moody Mauve 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [161723] $13.75	Pretty Peacock 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [150880] $13.75	Versamark Pad [102283] $13.00	Simply Elegant Trim [155766] $10.25
Paper Trimmer [152392] $36.00	Simply Scored [122334] $49.00	Paper Snips [103579] $15.00	Bone Folder [102300] $9.75	3/4" (1.9 Cm) Circle Punch [119873] $18.00	Christmas Classics Dies [161976] $51.00
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $175.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.50	Stampin' Seal+ [149699] $16.50	Tear & Tape Adhesive [138995] $9.50	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $8.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $6.00

New Year's Card for Pals Paper Arts

Pals Paper Arts Challenge #185 has been out for a while, and as I was looking around for inspiration today, I found their sketch, and decided to make a New Year's card with it:


                                               
  It's a mixture of new and old products, but definitely on the glitzy side:

• I don't know if I'm breaking a cardinal rule of the Arts, but I'm mixing my metallics!  This card features gold and silver embossing powder, gold foil sheets, silver glimmer paper and gold sequins. I like the way it looks so, if it looks good, break all the rules!!!
• I decided New Year's was a good celebration to use up some of my Modern Medley designs that I tend to overlook.  Here I mixed a mosaic design with some variable width stripes.  I'm such a rebel today!

• Everyone watches the clock for midnight New Year's Eve, so I used the Clockworks stamp set for that great pocket watch.  I had to use the Stamp-a-ma-jig to center the clock face, but I had SUCH a hard time with it.  Part of the problem is that my Clockworks set is clear mount and that can pose a problem with two-step stamping, especially if you have to clean the stamp in between stamping the acetate of the Stamp-a-ma-jig and inking up in Versamark so you can add embossing powder.  The cleaning of the stamp moves it slightly on the clear mount block.  If I had it to do over, I would definitely get this set in wood mount, and that goes for any two-step stamping set.
• The sentiment is half of one of the Christmas Messages set stamps.  I carefully inked it up in Versamark ink as well and embossed it with gold embossing powder.  Don't forget to use your embossing buddy for these kinds of projects, so you don't get embossing powder where you don't want it.
• I used an old neglected friend, the Curly Label punch, for the sentiment and it was just the right look! Yay for old friends:  "Should Auld Acquaintance be forgot...."

What are your plans on New Year's Eve?  We are going with two other couples to see the Hobbit Part 2 and I am so excited about that.  Have I mentioned that I am a huge Tolkien fan?  And that the Lord of the Rings Trilogy is my favourite movie series ever?

 

Click on any of these products for a direct link to my Stampin' Up! On-Line Store!

• Clockworks Clear-Mount Stamp Set
• Clockworks
• Christmas Messages Wood-Mount Stamp Set
• Christmas Messages Clear-Mount Stamp Set
• Modern Medley Designer Series Paper
• Gold Foil Sheets
• Silver Glimmer Paper
• Basic Black 8-1/2X11 Card Stock
• Versamark Pad
• Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder
• Silver Stampin' Emboss Powder
• Embossing Buddy
• Stamp-A-Ma-Jig
• Heat Tool
• Curly Label Punch
• Gold Sequin Trim*

*Available starting Jan. 3, 2014 from the Occasions Catalogue.

My Favourite Stamp Set from AYSI Challenges 013

Well, hey!  Welcome to Black Friday!  But even more significant than that, it's As You See It Challenges 013!  And this time Amanda has challenged us, the Design Team to come up with two projects using our current favourite stamp set!

Well, my current favourite set is Joyful Christmas, with that gorgeous poinsettia, and so I came up with a card and an 8 x 8 scrapbook page using this set.

• I previously used this stamp set to create a silver and black card, so I wanted to try it with gold and black.  
• I love the Brushed Gold cardstock from Stampin' Up and decided to combine it with one of the Gold Foil sheets to give a matte/shiny contrast.
• I stamped the image in StazOn Jet Black ink, but another alternative would have been to emboss it with black or gold embossing powder, like I did with the sentiment.

• The center of the poinsettia was embossed with Gold Stampin' Emboss powder.  To accomplish this, I used a cotton swab to put a dot of VersaMark ink for each stamen in the middle.  I then covered it with the embossing powder and heat set it.  I added a little black Sharpie maker around each one to increase the contrast. (Our Stampin' Write markers are water based and wouldn't stick to the embossed surface without smudging off.)
• The Cherry Cobbler seam binding ribbon adds a splash of colour without taking away from the golden overall appearance.

• Joyful Christmas Wood-Mount Stamp Set
• Joyful Christmas Clear-Mount Stamp Set
• Brushed Gold 8-1/2X11 Card Stock
• Gold Foil Sheets
• Basic Black 8-1/2X11 Card Stock
• Jet Black StazOn Pad
• Versamark Pad
• Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder
• Cherry Cobbler 1/2 Inch Seam Binding Ribbon
• Mini Glue Dots
• Stampin' Dimensionals
• Paper Snips
• Heat Tool

This is my second project, an 8" x8" scrapbook page.  Now that I've tackled a couple, I may do them more often.  I like the 8" x 8" format.  You can fit more on it than on a standard sized card, but it's not as overwhelming trying to fill up the space as a 12" x12" format.

• It's a photo of my daughter, many years ago, dancing her dream role of Clara in the Nutcracker.  It was such an exciting year for her and for us.  I used the Season of Style DSP as a background on Early Espresso paper.  I picked up the Old Olive and the Cherry Cobbler in the background for my images.
• I stamped the poinsettia on some Whisper White and cropped a square with the largest Square Collection Framelit die; the one with the scalloped edges.  I then cut out some of the petals of the poinsettia, using my Paper Snips with the sharp point to start inside the square rather than cut away any of the  Whisper White.  I also stamped and fussy cut the three leaves on the bottom right and adhered them together and on to an Antique Brad.
• The Joy to the World sentiment is from the stamp set of the same name and it fits this style perfectly.  I cropped it using the Chalk Talk Framelits.

• The bottom seemed the perfect spot for some more of that Burlap Ribbon, layered with some Cherry Cobbler 1/2" Seam Binding Ribbon.

So there you have the two projects and I hope you will enter your favourite creation with your favourite stamp set in our Challenge this week at As You See It Challenges!

• Joyful Christmas Wood-Mount Stamp Set
• Joyful Christmas Clear-Mount Stamp Set
• Joy To The World Wood-Mount Stamp Set
• Joy To The World Clear-Mount Stamp Set
• Season Of Style Designer Series Paper
• Early Espresso 8-1/2X11 Card Stock
• Old Olive 8-1/2X11 Card Stock
• Whisper White 8-1/2X11 Card Stock
• Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad
• Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin' Pad
• 1-1/4" Burlap Ribbon
• Cherry Cobbler 1/2 Inch Seam Binding Ribbon
• Neutrals Candy Dots
• Antique Brads
• Squares Collection Framelits Dies
• Paper Snips
• Chalk Talk Framelits Dies
• Mini Glue Dots

And it's BLACK FRIDAY today!  Have you started your Christmas shopping yet??  Why not let me be your source for all the crafting supplies you want to give and get?  I gift wrap!  December 10 is a good date to aim for to get your orders in so they will be on time for Christmas!  Here's the link to my On-Line Store.

Talk with you again soon!

Twelve Weeks of Christmas and a Mojo Design

It's time for another sneak peek at the second in a series of 12 projects designed to help you with your Christmas preparations.  The tutorial for the first design was emailed out today and I will get the second tutorial out tomorrow.  Then I'll be ahead of the game! Woot!

This card is based on the Mojo Monday Challenge #314 sketch this week:

I wanted a simple design that makes it easy to put together a quantity at a time.  Here's what I came up with;

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