Carolina's Creative Pad

Sour Cream Container and a Note Card Hybrid Gift!

Hello and happy Wednesday! Are you as excited as I am about the Christmas? I'm counting down the days with my nephew on the Advent Calendar I made for him and it's just so fun to see his excitement build as we get closer...I guess it rubbed off on me. Anyway, I do have two projects to share with you today so let's get to it.

The first is for the Anything But a Card Challenge (STVABCCB03) I'm hosting over at StampTV. Here are all the details:

1. Make your own Christmas themed designer paper
2. Using your newly created masterpiece make a Sour Cream Container
3. Make sure to add a tag!

Now if you're wondering what a Sour Cream Container is or perhps have been wanting to make one fut don't know how - now worries, I put  a PDF tutorial for you to follow (see below). Here's what I came up with.

 

I used Pure Luxury Rocket Red Textured card stock and embossed the snowflakes from StampTV's Holiday Cheer Kit. I also added some rhinestones for some added bling. The sentiment is also from the same kit and that I stamped with Vivid Brick Red ink on Pure Luxury White card stock and finished it off with a pearl in the middle.

Sour Cream Container Tutorial

Hope you'll be able to participate in the challenge and be entered into a random drawing to win a Gina K stamp set valued at at $24.95 - just make sure to upload your card over at StampTV and leave a comment in the challenge thread HERE!

Stamps: Gina K Stamps: StampTV Holiday Cheer Kit

Paper: Rocket Red and White Pure Luxury card stock

Ink: Vivid Brick Red Ink

Accessories: Halfback Pearls; White Satin Ribbon; Rhinestones; Double-Sided Tape; Scallop Edge Punch; White Embossing Powder; Heat Gun; Crop-a-Dile

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My next project I want to share with you is a Hybrid project. I thought it might be fun to put some craft kits together for some of my stamper friends. Here's what the entire set looks like.

 

The idea here is to give these boxes along with a stamp set and some ink...what paper crafter wouldn't want them - right? 

Here's a close up of the Note Card and Envelope holder using Kelleigh's Cookie Wraps template.

 

Next, is the ribbon holder I put together using Kelleigh's Fancy Bag template for this one along with a page from Viva Artistry's Ecology Paper Pack.

You can find the rhinestones accents such as this one I used on the front of the box and other like it, HERE, at Hope Stamps Eternal.

The final box is a button holder and I put together using Kelleigh's Candy Dispenser template for this one along with a page from Kellie Mize's Little Black Dress No. 2.

You can find more details and photos on how I put these boxes together over at the Hybrid Chick's blog - HERE!

Digi Templates: Kelleigh Ratzlaff Designs: Cookie Wraps, Candy Dispenser, and Fancy Bag Templates

Digi Paper: Little Black Dress No. 2 by Kellie Mize, Ecology Paper Pack by Viva Artistry

Accessories: Button, Ribbon, Velcro, Wooden Head Dolls, Exacto/Utility Knife, Decorative Punches, Double Sided Tape, Dimensionals 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Hope you have a cupcakelicious day,

What's New?

Hope Stamps Eternal's Sweetie Christmas Hop - HERE

AND

H{ippty} Hop - An Aletered Notebook -  HERE

AND

Seasonal Saturdays: Gingerbread Gal Gift Card Holder with BLOG CANDY - HERE

H{ippity} Hop - An Altered Notebook

Happy Monday! Welcome to the second H{ippity} Hop! Every Monday there will be a blog hop that features {ippity} stamps. You can see a list of all participating HERE.

The {ippity} project I'm about to share with you is one that popped into my head as soon as I saw the flowers from Because of You set. I knew I wanted to see it in a black, blue, and white color combo and so I decided to alter a notebook. I started with this.

 

I covered the front with some Ocean Mistcard stock and added some faux stitching to the sides. I then went ahead and started to decorate it. Here's the finished project and then I'll go into more specifics.

I tied some ribbon to the wires and along the bottom. The main image, the flower, is actually three layers. Here's a close up of that.

 

I stamped it four times - once on the notebook, twice on a scrap piece of white card stock and once on a scrap piece of Ocean Mist card stock. I then cut out the complete flowers from the white card stock and just the center from the Ocean Mist card stock. I curled the petal up and added some pearls to each flourish and some glitter to the center.

The sentiment is from the Simply Home set which I stamped on Ocean Mist card stock and punched it out with the window word punch and layered it onto a designer label. I added some dashes and then adhered it all to the front of the notebook, just below the flower.

I used the same flower I used on the notebook on shrink plastic to create this fun charm.

After I stamped it and shrunk it, I added a jump ring so I could hang it from this pearl clip. I think it's something that can be used as a bookmark or perhaps on scissors...really just something fun to add to it.

I kept the notebook clean and simple because I thought it went well with the Life is Simple sentiment. Hope you're having fun visiting all the {ippity} projects. Be on the look out for these sets on sale here on my blog at the beginning of next year...so excited to share with you all the fun changes I have in store for the new year!!!

Stamps: {ippity}: Simply Home and Because of You

Paper: Ocean Mist and White Pure Luxury card stock

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Accessories: Halfback Pearls; Gingham Ribbon; Glitter, Chipboard cover notebook; Window Word Punch; Designer Label Punch; Shrink Plastic, Charm holder; Black Pen

 

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Before I go, I wanted to share with you another fun Beanie Gift Card Holder I put together for this week's Try a New a Technique Challenge (TLC251) over at Splitcoast. For this one I'm using the adorable snowflake from {ippity}'s Kissmas & Mistletoe set.

 

Stamps: {ippity}: Kissmas & Mistletoe

Paper: White Pure Luxury card stock; Merry Moments DSP by Stampin' Up!

Ink: VersaMark Ink

Accessories: Halfback Pearls; Red Satin Ribbon; White Organza Ribbon; Rhinestone Brad; Eyelet; Circle Punch; Double-Sided Tape; Scallop Edge Punch; White Embossing Powder; Heat Gun; Crop-a-Dile; Imaginesce iTop Punch

If you'd like to make one of your own, make sure to check out my video tutorial HERE. 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Hope you have a cupcakelicious day,