Christmas Gift Cards

The current Color Throwdown challenge has some very Christmassy colours.

I decided to make a series of gift cards and store them in this gorgeous mini tartan tin.

I had three tartan papers so made four cards with each (but the tin will fit more), adding two or three items of Christmas ephemera. Each one has a gold cord tie and splatters of gold paint. They measure 2 1/4" x 2 1/2" closed.

Lots of fun to make and so useful for when I get around to wrapping gifts!

Materials used:

• card - basic black (SU), Christmas backdrops (Tim Holtz)
• ephemera - Christmas botanicals, Christmas ephemera (both Tim Holtz)
• other Tim Holtz products - festive tin, tarnished brass distress paint, black soot oxide ink, splat box, Christmas design tape
• other - crop-o-dile, gold cord, gold pearls, vintage gold wax (Finnabair), sponge dauber, paintbrush

Thanks for calling in.

Cheers

Kerry

Bandaid Project

No folks, I'm not about to have a rock concert for charity nor have I scraped a knee or elbow and need a sticky plaster - the bandaid relates to today's project.

I saw this little bandaid tin at my LSS and thought it was the cutest thing I'd seen in a while, so of course it had to end up in my bag of goodies and find its way to my craft table. Mini cards is what I had in mind and that is exactly what I have done with it. I've covered it with designer paper and made 6 gift cards to pop inside. It is not very big; the cards are only 8.5 cm high by 6.5 cm wide, and the tin is only a fraction bigger than that, so don't let the photos fool you!

Here's the tin:

And here are the cards, all using the same design and sentiment:

Ain't they stinkin' cute???!!!

Materials used (all SU):

• papers - Tea Party
• cardstock - certainly celery, pretty in pink, almost amethyst
• stamps - Vintage Labels (Sale-a-bration set)
• ribbon - so saffron, pretty in pink, certainly celery
• punches - scallop circle, wide oval
• inks - almost amethyst, certainly celery, regal rose

Thanks for stopping by. Hope you're having a nice relaxing Sunday.

Cheers

Kez