Front Porch Thank You Card with Picture Frame Hang Tag

This time of year always makes me feel especially thankful, so why not use that feeling to build up my thank you note stash? Today I have a very fast Front Porch Thank You Card.  It's especially fast, because instead of cutting more paper layers, I used a Picture Frame Hang Tag to frame the focal point of my card.

Everything on this card is from Pebbles Front Porch collection. I love those sweet little Hang Tags. They have so many great uses in cards, layouts, and even mini albums.

I hope you had a wonderful week!

I Love You Layout

I've been wanting to scrap with Pink Paislee's Hey Kid for a while.  I finally got around to it (and I finally had just the right photo). Here's my I Love You Layout.

These two have such big personalities, and I love how this picture seems to capture them perfectly.

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Quick Christmas Boxes

Sometimes it's a lot easier to add some washi tape and die cut pieces to a cute box then to create something from scratch...enter these Quick Christmas Boxes.

This is how my kid's teachers received their Christmas gifts this year.  I took some store bought boxes that I had on hand, wrapped some washi tape around them (because everything is better with washi tape).

 Added a sticker or die cut piece (I used pieces from Crate Paper's Bundled Up and Echo Park's Tis the Season)

 and hung a die cut shape from some twine to use as a gift tag.

Simple, fast, and pretty cute!

Party Cracker Gift Boxes

I needed a few small gift boxes for some hand made presents my boys made for a few of our family members.  I didn't have any small boxes, so I decided to make my own using some leftover papers from the Gift Card Envelopes that I made and my We R Memory Keepers Envelope Punch Board.  Here are my Party Cracker Gift Boxes.

The box design is not my own. Just Google "We R Memory Keeper's Party Crackers Envelope Punch" and you'll get lots of different instructions on how to make these.  I tweeked the measurements a bit to make the small enough for my needs.  These are actually small enough that you could get 4 boxes from 1 sheet of paper. 

I used a mixture of papers and embellishments from Imaginice's Colors of Christmas collection and Crate Paper's  Bundled Up. 

To be honest, I really don't like wrapping gifts - but making custom packaging for gifts? I can totally get on board with that!

Chirstmas Card Photo Shoot

Back in October I borrowed my neighbor's back yard and took a bunch of photos, hoping to have at least one suitable photo for this year's Christmas card.  Being a scrapbooker, I couldn't just leave all those fun photos for the card, though.

I couldn't wait to use Echo Park's Tis the Season to do a little holiday scrapping.  It's full of deep rich greens, classic Christmas red, and pops of black and silver.

 I used the same collection for my second layout, but decided to add a little sparkle by matting the photo with Pow! glitter paper.

 

Wishing you a very merry Christmas!

Wonderful Sequins

Sometimes you just feel like making a card.  I took a quick break from holiday scrapping to
make a bright little card using Pebbles From Me to You Collection. 

Have I mentioned how much I love sequins?  This is a trend I can whole heartedly get behind!

Thanks for stopping by.  Now I'm headed back to the Christmas scrapping.

Cookie Cutter Ornaments

One of my favorite things to do at Christmas time is to make Christmas ornaments.  This year I decided to make Cookie Cutter Ornaments using Crate Paper's Bundled Up.

There's not much to say about creating these.  I just took some metal Christmas Cookie Cutters and cut patterned paper to fit.  Then I layered up a few die cut papers.  Add some twine for hanging, and you're all set.
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