holiday ideas: Impress Rubber Stamps

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Sweet Holidays!

Look how easy it is to make a sweet holiday greeting. The new peppermint candy punch is 1 inch across. First we punched it out on white paper, then we backed it with a 1" red circle. The paper candy was wrapped in clear paper to look just like the real thing.

Items used:
EK Circle Punches	$9.00
Hot Chocolate and Peppermint Punches	$12.99
Sweet Holiday Wishes (1124d)	$7.00

Snowflake Punch

You need two punches to create this snowflake edge around a square or rectangle. One to do the corners and one to do the edges. Directions are included with the punches.

Square Frame

We've been using the Savvy damask a lot for the holidays. It makes such a great background. Another stamp we're loving is the new square frame. It's great for photo cards. Slate grey was used for the damask. The frame was stamped using chocolate brown.

Items used:
Lg Damask (1118l)	$10.00
5104D - 2 1/4 inch frame	$7.75

Stamping on Wood

Think about using bags instead of gift wrap for gifts. That way the recipient can repurpose the sack. On this bag, we removed the twine that it comes with and added a beautiful ribbon tie. We carry two sizes if these burlap sacks in our store. The maple tag was the perfect accent for the packaging. We used Fresh Ink chocolate brown to stamp our to from stamp with. In the sack, we included a hand stamped set of stationary.

Items used:
Maple Cards	$3.00
Fineliner Pen Set	$23.50
5084D - to:from:	$7.75

Beaded Flourish

We love using our beaded flourish stamp. When multiple stamped, it makes a great background. Notice the gray and brown color combination. It's one we're using a lot this holiday season. The base card for this photo card is a fabriano card. They come folded but if you want just a flat, you can easily tear it on the fold like and make two cards from one.

Items used:
Fabriano Cards	$7.75
Fabriano Cards and Envelopes (small)	$68.50
Fabriano Cards and Envelopes (large)	$89.00
3170B - peace on earth	$5.75
5090E - beaded flourish	$8.75

Caramel Package

It's so fun to make small packages of goodies for friends and co workers for the holidays. Wouldn't someone like to find this on their desk when they arrived at work? Make this clever folded package by starting with a square piece of paper. With one point toward you, fold in the two sides so they evenly overlap and then fold down the top flap. We printed the words on our computer and then punched them out using the fancy square punch. When making projects like this, we love to use the paper lined double stick tape.

Items used:
Pro Art Double Stick Tape	$6.00
McGill Large Fancy Square Punch	$16.50

Label Card

Items used:
Instant Eyelet Setter	$25.00
Slot Punch Tool Set	$12.00
Rectangular Label Punch	$16.50
Pine Sprig	$0.00

Snowflake Wreath

Adding a wreath around a photo is always a fun design to do. Here we used a snowflake punch. Note the simple knotted velvet ribbon at the top of the wreath. We glued the ribbon to the card so it lays nice and flat. When gluing ribbon to a card like this, we use crafter's glue.

Items used:
Crafter's Glue	$4.75
Merry Christmas (1109d)	$7.00
Standing Holiday Punches	$9.95

Swirly Frame

This whimsical frame from Savvy is the perfect frame for this fun photo. The greeting can either be printed using your home computer and printer (if you do this, don't forget to print in a color and fun font) or you can have a custom stamp made.

Items used:
Custom Wood-Block Stamp (3/4 x 2)	$9.00
Custom Wood-Block Stamp (3 x 4)	$17.50
Flourish Frame (1103h)	$9.75

Decorate that Envelope

Don't go to all that trouble to make a wonderful handmade card and then send it in a plain envelope! Here's a few ideas of things you can do to an envelope to make a great first impression for the person who picks up the mail. Add envelope label wraps, rub ons, large monogram stamps and stamped images. Don't forget to use fun fonts and color. If you're writing on a dark colored envelope, you'll want a white, silver or gold pen.

Items used:
White Pen	$4.00

Holiday Pop Up

Pop up cards always get attention from the recipient!

Items used:
5096D - happy holidays frame	$7.75
Folding Ideas	$29.95

Folding Ideas

Items used:
Folding Ideas	$29.95

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