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Pistachio Pudding Thank You Card - I cut a piece of Pistachio Pudding card stock to the same size as the card blanks in the kit (so that it would fit in the envelopes provided) Popped on a square of Bermuda Bay, matted with the Spotty base card provided. With the Banner Tag punch I made 2 banners, 1 each in Tangerine Tango and Sahara Sand, embossed these wit the Decorative Dots TIEF and stuck them to the underside of the Thank You die cut banner. Wrapped the right side of the banner with gold thread and floated it on dimensionals!
Envelope for above card - I simply embossed the flap and used a gold liner provided - however, I do cut my liners down as they don't need to be so long inside the envelope, no one sees them, so may as well save for use elsewhere!
Black 'Son' Card - This was the last item I made last, trying to figure out how to use the 'foreign' sentiments in the kit - discovered a little 'cut up' trick..
using the 'TO' and 'OUR' I attached these to an A6 card blank made from Basic Black then used some random sized scrap pieces, by rounding just 2 opposite corners with the Envelope Punch Board, this made for a more 'retro' look favoured by those men folk - so naturally - although I don't have any - I figured it was lending itself to a 'boys' card. I cut SON freehand and matted onto a piece of cut up envelope. Once all my pieces looked happily placed, I added a few banner punched pieces and wrapped some Baker Twine around to 'tie it all together!
using the 'TO' and 'OUR' I attached these to an A6 card blank made from Basic Black then used some random sized scrap pieces, by rounding just 2 opposite corners with the Envelope Punch Board, this made for a more 'retro' look favoured by those men folk - so naturally - although I don't have any - I figured it was lending itself to a 'boys' card. I cut SON freehand and matted onto a piece of cut up envelope. Once all my pieces looked happily placed, I added a few banner punched pieces and wrapped some Baker Twine around to 'tie it all together!
Envelope Gift Bag - I sealed up an envelope and use the score board to turn it into a gift bag (i will have to do a whole separate tutorial on how to do this!) I embossed the top half of the bag and embellished the bottom with a strip of spotty card and a skinny banner. Using an envelope liner I cut the 'flap' off and used this to wrap over and around the top of the gift bag to seal it - punch a small hole and tied twine through to hold the for you banner on! - my neighbour gary came round last night to borrow paracetamol, he looked so poorly :-( but it gave me inspiration that this gift bag would fit them in for a get well soon gift!
Triangle Gift Pouch - I wanted to use the 'French' Sentiment, ideal for my girls French Teacher! So, I cut a spotty card base in half, and stuck the two short edges together to make a tube. Flattened one end and stuck together with sticky strip. Now, as i don't have a paper crimper, i used my score board to score 2 lines over the sealed end, to make it a little prettier. I filled the tube with Chocolate Mini Eggs (and yes, D and I did manage to finish the rest of the packet!) I flattened the open end in the OPPOSITE direction, making the 'triangle' sealed again with Sticky strip. Scored 2 lines as before, wrapped some twine around with the 'merci' banner and a little gold star to finish - tres jolie!
2 Mini 3x3 Notelets - Fabulously easy to make, i cut 2 pieces of 3 x 6 inch card stock, folded at 3 inches, used the banner punch in the bottom right hand corner of each. From scrap strips snipped the bottoms into banner 'inverted V's' and adhered them at differing lengths. To my surprise the Gold pre cut banners were the perfect length to lay horizontally over them! Inside i put a contrasting square of card stock and then stuck the little gold stars on to the inner from the front, using the centre of the banner aperture as my guide - very sweet, could've easily made heaps of these!!
Gift Card Envelope - I cut a card base to a 5x5 inch square and made the smallest envelope as printed on the Envelope punch board, which holds a credit card sized gift card or dinky notelet. As the Spotty card is pre scored to be a card blank I knew I'd have a random score line, so I made sure this would be over the top right of my envelope and covered it with a skinny banner strip provided. On the flap, the banner didn't cover the entire score line so this is where I tied the gold string around and held it it place by a gold punched circle from the spare envelope liner. Finally placed the banner left over from my 'cut up' trick earlier and a gold star to finish!
Even after making all those, we still have spare stash from the kit - so heaps more could be made i'm certain!… maybe if I get a little more spare time I'll see what i can do with the rest!!
Hope you enjoyed!
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