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JustRite Papercraft Amazing Paper Grace September Release Sets

Today over on the JustRite Blog we are introducing two new sets in our Amazing Paper Grace Stamp Collection designed by Becca Feeken. 

 

For my project I stamped my the Filgree Leaves Background Cling Stamp image with Black India Ink and used my Pitt Brush Markers to color in the leaves and then I used my gelatos as watercolors to watercolor wash the background.

Here is a look at the stamp sets.  Filgree Leaves Background Cling Stamp

 

What I Like About You

Here is a close up of my card. To frame my sentiment from What I Like About You Clear I used the tag element from Becca's A2 Filigree Delight which I them rubbed with the Champagne and Brown Gelatos to give the outer design of the die a metal looking finish. For the next layer I die cut a frame element from Samantha Walker's Botanical Swirls and Accents using Awesome Effects Sheet Metal Copper Patina from DMD.  I love the Patina effect of this self-adhesive backed metal. Then I layered it on a die cut Lacey Tiers circle cut from my Gun Metal Blue Polished Stone Paper.

 

 To accent the card I used Wood Venner Butterflies from Studio Calico which I watercolor washed with Gelatos. 

Project Recipe:
JustRite Papercraft Stamps: Filgree Leaves Background Cling Stamp, What I Like About You
Ink: Stewart Superior- India Ink Black,  Tsukeniko VersaMagic - Hint of Pesto
Dies:Spellbinders- A2 Filigree Delight, Botanical Swirls and Accents, Lacey Tiers Dies
Faber- Castell: Gelatos -Tangerine, Gold Champagne, Peach, Butter Cream, Pistachio,Green Tea, Lemon.Pitt Artist Pen Brush Tip -  Raw Umber 180,
cadium Yellow 107, Light Yellow glaze 104, Middle Purple Pink 125, Leaf Geen 112,Permanent Green Olive 167, Magenta 113, Pitt  Artist Pen - sketch tip - May Green
170,  Middle Purple Pink 125
Paper: Canson Watecolor Paper - 140lb 300g, Murdock's (my paper line) Green Tea and Gun Metal Blue Polished Stone Paper
Accessories: DMD Awesome Effects Copper Patina Self Adhesive Real Metal sheets, Studio Calico Wood Veneer Butterflies 

Be sure to stop by and see what the rest of the design team created with Becca's new stamps.

 JustRite Inspiration
Becca Feeken
Kellie Fortin
Darsie Bruno 
Barb Schram 
Kathy Jones
Eva Dobilas 
Debbie Olson 
Heidi Blankenship
Angela Barkhouse
Marisa Job 
Kristi Schurr
Michele Kovack
Margie Higuchi

Thanks so much for stopping by today.

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JustRite Papercraft Autumn Vintage Labels Three and Floral Harvest Background Stamp

For my project today I created an Autumn Birthday card using today's Release set Floral Harvest Background Cling Stamp. I can't even tell you how much fun I had coloring this stunning background designed by Amy Tedder with Faber-Castell Gelato's and Pitt Brush Markers.

I stamped theFloral Harvest Background Cling Stamp with Black India Ink onto Canson Watecolor Cold Press Paper - 140lb, 300g weight.  This is my favorite watercolor paper for stamping as it has a very smooth surface.  India Ink Black is a Super Quick Drying ink perfect for using watercolor techniques with ,as the ink will not run when you use watercolors on the image.

Next I scribbled my gelatos onto my waxed paper pallette and then using my Faber- Castell waterbrush I picked up a variety of colors and painted them nto the gorgeous Floral Harvest Pattern.  It was a blast.

 

To add some more controlled depth to the colored image,  I used my Pitt Artist Pens  (Brush Tip) to add shadows. Then I stamped the "Enjoy Your Day" sentiment from Let Your Soul Sing into the banner area.  To complete my Birthday Card I stamped the Happy Birthday Sentiment onto the Canson Watercolor Paper with VersaMagic - Hint of Pesto, die cut and embossed the image with Spellbinders Decorative Labels Eight. Next  I watercolor washed the decorative edges of the die cut image to make it pop a bit off the background.

Here  is a close up view of my card.

 

Project Recipe:
JustRite Papercraft Stamps:  Floral Harvest Background Cling Stamp, Grand Birthday Sentiments, " Enjoy Your Day" Sentiment from Let Your Soul Sing.
Ink: Stewart Superior- India Ink Black, Tsukeniko VersaMagic - Hint of Pesto
Dies: Spellbinders Decorative Labels Eight.
Faber- Castell: Gelatos -Red Cherry,Tangerine, Gold Champagne, Peach, Butter Cream, Pistachio,Green Tea, Lemon. Pitt Artist Pen Brush Tip -  Raw Umber 180,
cadium Yellow 107, Light Yellow glaze 104, Middle Purple Pink 125, Leaf Geen 112,Permanent Green Olive 167, Magenta 113, Pitt  Artist Pen - sketch tip - May Green
170,  Middle Purple Pink 125
Paper: Canson Watecolor Paper - 140lb 300g , Murdock's Fall Foilage Polished Stone Paper (my paper line).

Be sure to check all the gorgeous Autumn Projects designed using today's release sets by the rest of the JustRite Design Team

Debbie Olson
Marisa Job
Michele Kovack
Kazan Clark
Kellie Fortin
Heidi Blankenship
Sheri Holt
Darsie Bruno
Angela Barkhouse 
Kristi Schurr
Eva Dobilas
Barb Schram
Margie Higuchi

Enjoy the Autumn Inspiration!!

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Becca Feeken Lacey Tier Dies - JustRite August 2013 Release

 From the moment I first saw Becca Feeken's Lacey Tier Dies I thought what a wonderful die to create a stained glass window with.

 

Here is my first card using this effect.  I say first because there are so many options of how you could create the stained glass designs with this design.

 

 To create my card I simple die cut the Lacey Tiers Dies - the ornate circle inset and the frame - 3 times each with a different color of my Polished Stone Paper. When I removed the chads from the die template I placed each color of paper's chads in a  separate pile so that I could play with the leftover chads to create my stained glass design.  For today's card I wanted to combine the rod iron feel of the die with a stained glass effect, So I only placed back in a few of the chads.  Now I have lots of leftover chads to create my next stained glass card.

 To create my card I glued the original die cut to paper and then added the different color chads into the die like I was putting together a puzzle. 

Project Recipe:
JustRite Dies: Lacey Tiers Dies 
Paper: Murdock Country Creations - Polished Stone Paper - Black Cherry, Raspberry Twist and Melon Twist. 

Be sure to stop by and see what the rest of the design team created with this fabulous die designed by Becca Feeken.  Here are the direct links to each designer's post using Lacey Tiers.

JustRite Inspiration 
Becca Feeken
Kathy Jones
Kristi Schurr
Kellie Fortin
Michele Kovack 
Darsie Bruno
Marisa  Job  
Angela Barkhouse 
Kazan Clark
Barb Schram
Heidi Blankenship

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JustRite Papercraft and Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft Blog Hop Day Two

Welcome to Day Two of the JustRite and Faber-Castell Blog Hop.  What a talented group of designers!! 

I was so excited tofinally get to play with Spellbinder's new 3D Basket Weave M-bossibilities and Gelatos.  These 3D embossing folders both emboss and deboss which makes them more three dimensional then any embossing folder on the market.  I thought this would be the perfect way to showcase how gorgeous the gelato's are when used on dark paper.

Here's a look at my Basket Weave background in progress:

On the right hand side of my card you can see where I colored directly onto the basket weave design with my gelato.  In the upper left hand corner you can see the basket weave after I rubbed the gelatos into the design and in the botton left hand corner you can see the basket weave after I applied brown gelato with the aqua pen which allowed me to quickly add depth to the debossed areas. Gelato colors for basket weave background Butterscotch (shown on the right), Gold Champagne (for highlights) Chocolate (for watercolor wash in the debossed areas) with the water brush that comes in the Gelato Gift set.

To create my center image I stamped my Seed Packet image from Seeds of Summer  with Memento Peanut Brittle, Sentiments were stamped in Memento RIch Cocoa. With my Blueberry Gelato I colored a circle on a scrap of mixed media paper I  and then dipped into the area with the waterbrush to pick up a faint wash of blue to watercolor in a sky background for my seed packet.  To color the Marigolds quickly I stamped the image with Memento Rich Cocoa and then using the Butter Cream and Buttesrcotch Gelatos I quickly colored the marigold image and softened the colors with my finger.  For the leaves I used Pistachio. Since I would be fussy cutting the flowers it was easy to color them with the gelato sticks becuase I didn't need to stay within the lines. 

To add instant depth to my flowers I used the aqua brush to add the shadows into my Marigolds and leaves using Butterscotch,  Brown, Tangerine ,Green Tea and  Spearmint  This was a quick way to color the flowers and get the depth I wanted. To color the marigolds. 

Project Recipe:
JustRite Stamps:Seeds of Summer
Dies:  Romantic Rectangles, Spellbinder's new 3D Basket Weave M-bossibilities
Inks: Faber-Castell Gelatos - Butterscotch, Chocolate, Tangerine ,Green Tea, Blueberry, Buttercream, Gold Champagne; Tsukeniko Memento Rich Cocoa, Peanut Brittle
Paper: Murdock's Polished Stone Paper - Butterscotch, Fall Foliage
Accessories: Lace & Velvet Trim- the Stamp Simply Ribbon Store, Rhinestones - Kaiser Kraft

For your chance to win one of today's JustRite or Faber-Castell prize packages, simply visit each designers blog and leave a comment. We will be randomly selecting two designers blogs as the Mystery Prize Locations and randomly selecting a winner from each blog.  You have until March 22nd at midnight EST to leave a comment for your chance to win. The Faber-Castell prize package today is a $40.00 Prize Package.

 

 Today's JustRite prize package retails for $86.00.

 Thanks for stopping by today! Be sure to stop by and see what the rest of the design team created for the hop.

JustRite Inspiration
Debbie Olson
Heidi Blankenship
Sharon Harnist
Michele Kovack
Jen Matott
Darsie Bruno
Kellie Fortin
Marisa Job
Kathy Jones
Margie Higuchi
Kazan Clark
Barb Schram
Colleen McGinty
Mou Saha
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JustRite Grateful Heart Vintage Labels Two

 Today I am back with a Birthday card created using Grateful Heart Vintage Labels Two .
I am having a blast working with my new Faber-Castell Gelatos.  For today's card I embossed the large frame from Grateful Heart in white embossing powder and rubbed in color using my Gelato's.  Just love that I can use these to make striking colored images which will go so nicely with my line of Polished Stone papers.  

 

 Here is a close up of my card.

To create the ornate frame I die cut the large frame from a piece of  my Raspberry Polished Stone with Spellbinders Decorative Labels Eight and then I deternined where I cut out the center section of the die so that I could createa square die cut from the largest rectangular die cut.

 Project Recipe:
JustRite Stamps:Grateful Heart Vintage Labels Two 
Dies: JustRite Vintage Labels Two, Spellbinders Decorative Labels Eight. 
Inks: Faber-Castell Gelatos, Tsukeniko Versamark Watermark Pad, Ranger Sea Foam White Embossing Powder
Paper: Murdock's Polished Stone Paper - Antique Green, Raspberry, Tangerine, Melon Twist, Peppermint Twist 
 

Grateful Heart Vintage Labels Two is designed to coordinate with JustRite Vintage Labels Two Dies

Be sure to hop on over to see what the rest of the design team created using Grateful Heart Vintage Labels Two.

JustRite Inspiration
Amy Tedder
Angela Barkhouse
Kellie Fortin
Marisa Job
Eva Dobilas
Kazan Clark
Barb Schram
Heidi Blankenship
Michele Kovack
Sheri Holt
Darsie Bruno
Margie Higuchi

Thanks for stoppin by! 

JustRite March 2013 Release - Winged Vintage Labels One & Two

It felt so great to finally after months get back into my studio to create a card!!  Nothing like a creative high to start out the weekend right! It was also fun to play with my line of Polished Stone Paper again and some new toys.  Be sure to check out the link list at the bottom of my post to see what the rest of the design team created!!  YOU WILL BE INSPIRED - they rocked this set!

 And play I did... I am just in love with Faber-Castell Gelatos .  

To create my background I stamped the Flourish from tomorrow's Grateful Heart Vintage Labels Two stamp set with versamark on my Deep Sea Polished Stone and embossed in white to frame my Winged Vintage Labels Two Frame.  To create my frame I stamped the image on Canson 140 lb Watercolor Paper and embossed the image in white.  Next starting with the lightest color gelato I randomly colored the stamped image using the colors pictured here.  Then I gently rubbed the image with my finger. Once I had the colors placed where they were pleasing to the eye, I spritzed the image with water and used my finger to soften the transitions between colors and then wiped the image with a paper towel. Voila!! So love the watercolor look I got.

Next I stamped and embossed in white -two butterfly images from Winged Vintage Labels Two & Three and die cut them with Spellbinders Wonderful Wings. Then I rubbed used the gelatos to rub in color over the white embossed image.  If you haven't used a gelato yet - you don't know what your missing.  The sweet tubes that work like a chap stick container are compact acid-free pigment sticks which glide on creamy smooth for vibrant color and coverage.  All Gelatos® blend easily with or without water. You can spritz with water after applying color to soften the look. 

Are you interested in learning more about Faber Castell Mixed Media Products?  Be sure to join us on March 18th & 19th for a Faber Castell/JustRite Mixed Media Educational Blog Hop.

 

 

 

The lace edging at the top and bottom of the card is a section I cut from die cut frame from Spellbinders new Detailed Scallop 5 x 7 dies. Next I backed the die cut with a small strip of Kellie Green Polished Stone.

 

Project Recipe:
JustRite Stamps:  Winged Vintage Labels Two & Three
Spellbinders Dies: JustRite Vintage Labels Two
Inks: Faber-Castell Gelatos, Tsukeniko Versamark Watermark Pad, Ranger Sea Foam White Embossing Powder
Paper: Murdock's Polished Stone Paper - Kellie Green, Deep Sea 
Accessories: Flowers and Rhinestones from Michaels

Winged Vintage Labels Two & Three is designed to coordinate with two of JustRite's newest custom dies JustRite Vintage Labels Two and JustRite Vintage Labels Three as well as Spellbinders Wonderful Wings.

JustRite Inspiration
Sharon Harnist
Eva Dobilas
Kellie Fortin
Michele Kovack
Marisa Job
Barb Schram
Sheri Holt 
Darsie Bruno
Margie Higuchi
Amy Tedder
Angela Barkhouse
Heidi Blankenship
Kazan Clark
 
Thanks so much for stopping by and I promise to be back a lot more often to share what I am working on including projects with my latest obsession - Annie Sloan Chalk Paint !

 

12 Weeks of Christmas Blog Hops - Week #7- Simple Blessings Cling

Welcome to JustRite Stampers’ newest Wednesday feature, 12 Weeks of Christmas Blog Hops 7!   Every Wednesday up until Thanksgiving some of your favorite designers will be joining some of the JustRite design team for a series of Christmas blog hops, showcasing JustRite’s entire Christmas Collection of stamps! Today we have 26 designers joining us!!  Our design team just received their first sets of Cling Stamps  so you may see some projects from the JustRite design team, using some of our newly released CLING stamps!  You can find our new collection of cling stamps HERE.  This week, the designers joining us are most of the Spellbinders and Caardvarks design teams!  So mark your calendars for Wednesdays at 9am Central for great Christmas gift, card & project ideas, starting at the JustRite Inspiration blog!

For my project this week I decide to use one of the new JustRite Cling Sets - Simple Blessings.  You are going to love the stained glass window frame in this set.  All of the sentiments in the set are designed to fit inside the stained glass frame. So for my project I decided I would beging making a set of cards that I could give away as a gift for Christmas.

 

I love how this set has friendship sentiments that you can use throughout the year as well as use this set for Christmas. 

 
Just a little teaser to let you know we will be debuting a new JustRite Custom Line of Dies .These dies are a joint venture between JustRite and Spellbinders. The first 2 sets of dies are designed to fit with Justrite's Nested Frames and Nested Sentiments and each set comes with a teardrop double ended tag that you are going to love-- it will be on your gotta have list. The stained glass frame is designed to so that it can be die cut with the new JustRite Nested Frame dies which will be available in November.

If you are a regular subscriber to my blog you may recognize my Polished Stone Paper in my project today. Just love how gorgeous this stained glass frame works with my Polished Stone Paper Line.

 

For this card -- i changed out the center image to the Live Simply verse which I die cut with a die from the new custom Nested Sentiments dies set.  Then I used a jumbo dauber with Dandelion Memento Ink to distress the edges of the sentiment.

For today's projects I used Green Tea and Raspberry Polished Stone Paper with Black ChromeKote Paper. I am currently uploading Polished Stone Paper Kits to my new Etsy Store - so stay tuned for an announcement here for when my Etsy Store goes live.  I can't wait to see what this very talented group of ladies created this week!!  To create my stained glass window I used these Copic Markers - B000,B14,Y13,YG03,RV34

Please visit these designers’ blogs to see what fabulous JustRite Christmas inspiration they have for you on the hop today!  These are now direct links to each designer's Hop Project.

JustRite Inspiration Blog
Spellbinders Blog
Debbie Olson
Kimberly Crawford
Sharon Harnist
Beth Pingry
Amy Crockett
Kellie Fortin
Latisha Yoast
Becca Feeken
Lucy Abrams
Sankari Wegman
AJ Otto 
Beate Johns
Heidi Van Laar
Kazan Clark
Julie Overby
Peet Roeven
Michele Kovack
Judy Hayes
Kathy Racoosin
Stephanie Kraft
Terre Fry
Angela Barkhouse
Holly Simoni
Heidi Blankenship

Project Recipe:

JustRite Stampers:  CL02030 Simple Blessings
JustRite Custom Dies: JB 08950 Nested Frame Dies (outer cut of stained glass frame), JB 08955 Nested Sentiment Dies (die cut for sentiment).
Paper: Murdock Country Creations Polished Stone Paper- Green Tea, Raspberry; Black Kromkrote
Ink & Copic Markers: Tsukeniko Memento Tuxedo Black Ink, Dandelion Ink, Jumbo Dauber; Copic Markers -RV34, B000, YG03, Y35, B14

Jack's Product Review of the JustRite Monogram Stamper

Just as I predicted Jack loves my JustRite Monogram Stamper.   Within hours of waking up on Saturday morning Jack spotted my stack of Provo Craft Band aid boxes and asked if he could have one to keep his money in.  I suggested we alter it  which he thought was a great idea. He chose his favorite Murdock Country Creations paper -Nature's Gift.  He measured all the dimensions (Since Dad is a carpenter - he is learning how to read a tape measure) and carefully covered his box.  This is the box he designed. 

His review of my new toy went something like this: Way cool!!, Sweet!! Awesome!! and when can we make our next project!!!

A raving review from a 10 year old!! He loved the fact that he could design his own saying and put his initial in the center of his saying.  The letters from the small letter set are tiny but he patiently placed them all in place by himself.  So if you haven't taken yours out of the box yet- you don't know how much fun you are missing!! Just ask Jack!!

This was a great design project for him as he had to count the number of letters in his design and find the center letter and figure out how to place them on the rim so that they would be nicely spaced.  He also had to place them on the rim in reverse. He wanted to know how many people had already seen the Easter bottle with his name on it since it had been posted.  And he was very specific that I show you all the sides of his Stash box so here is the front:

He insisted that I take a photograph which showed your the cool ribbon on the side.  He also informed me that Polka dotted ribbon was way to girlie for him.  Guess mom will be investing in some more masculine trim in the near future.   I was so excited that we were able to spend some fun quality time designing together...that I was walking on clouds for several hours!!  I love that my entire family is involved in the design process and  really gets it!!  Once he had stamped his image then he used my Circle Scalloped Nestabilities to die cut his image and dry emboss it with my Cuttlebug...another toy Jack hadn't played with yet but loved.  Then we decided to chalk the edge of the diecut with blue pearlescent chalk from Pebbles Inc. to give the diecut more depth.

Didn't it come out great!!

Tips for using the small letter set with the monogram stamper -During my first class, Sharon came up with 2 great tips - Sharon thanks for letting me share them . 

Tips 1: When you open your set you should apply ink to the small letter set and stamp the whole set on a scrap of paper and keep it as a reference. Then clean them before you begin your project.

This will allow you to see which of the stamps are actually apostrophe's since it is almost impossible to figure this out when you are looking at them in reverse image when you are using them.

Tip 2: Once you have your letters placed in the channel in the rim - do not remove them to adjust the spacing.  Just simply place the tweezers which come with the set over the letter and move it in the channel.  This tip will save you a ton of time.   Thanks Sharon!!

Tip 3: Once you have designed your stamp with all these tiny letters, I recommend stamping extra images and setting them aside for additional projects.

I think Jack is a future blogger. What do you think???  He is so excited that his project will be on the internet. I am sure Jack would love to read a few comments on his project tomorrow!! (hint, hint!!)

Peppermint Hot Cocoa Packets for your Gingerbread Tote

These are the cute little packets I made to go inside my Gingerbread House Tote.  These make great teacher and secret santa gifts.

Supplies you will need:

Antique Green Polished Stone Paper or Green Tea Polished Stone Paper (Murdock Country Creations),Gold Leafing Pen (Krylon), Hot Cocoa Paper (Su-Lynn Industries) Christmas Trees & Baubles paper,Christmas Cheer ribbon (Creative Imaginations)Candy Cane Sticker (Jolee’s – EK Success) Red velvet bow,Pop Dots, Lettuce Adriondack Ink or Paint Dauber (Ranger) and Ziploc Bags to fit Envelope

Directions:

1. From the Antique Green polished stone paper cut a 4” x 12” strip of paper
2. From a coordinating paper cut a 4” x 12” strip of paper. Adhere to the back side of the antique green paper.
3. Score at 4 ½ “ turn paper and score at 2 ½”
4. At the short end trim the corners of your strip to form a tag like look
5. Edge the entire piece with your gold leafing pen.
6. From the cocoa food paper cut a hot cocoa mug out and place on chipboard. Trim to size.
7. From the Trees & Baubles paper cut a 4” strip of the small ornaments. Place adhesive on only the right side and left side of the strip, so that the center portion is left open. Adhere to the front of your matchbook.
8. Cut a 4” piece of Christmas Cheer ribbon and adhere directly under the ornament paper.
9. Place the hot cocoa mug on a pop dot and adhere to packet on the left side.
10. Place a candy cane on the right side.
11. Punch a hole in the top and place red velvet ribbon in hole. Tie on the inside.
12. Print the recipe for the making a cup of peppermint cocoa. Trim around the edges and distress with lettuce ink or lettuce paint dauber and mat with a slightly larger Piece of Cinnamon Stick Polished Stone Paper.
13. Tuck the recipe under the band of ornaments.
14. Place cocoa envelopes in your gingerbread tote.

To make the Peppermint Hot Cocoa Mix: Use your favorite pre mixed Hot Cocoa Mix and add Peppermint Candy, crushed into fine pieces.   Use one piece of candy per tablespoon of hot cocoa. Stir until well blended and place in a ziplock bag and seal.

Place the following recipe on the front side of your Peppermint Cocoa Packet:

Peppermint Hot Cocoa

To make one serving:

2 T. Peppermint Hot Cocoa Mix

3/4 cup of boiling water

Whipped cream and a candy cane

Place the cocoa mix in a mug

pour boiling water over the cocoa

Stir until mixed  and completely

dissolved.

Garnish with whipped cream and

candy cane.

This pack makes 3 to 4 servings

It was quite cold here today in Maine...we even saw our first snowflakes and I am kinda wishin' that I was sitting here sipping a cup of Peppermint Hot Cocoa Mix right about now!!   See you tomorrow!!

Directions for making a Gingerbread Tote

I love making Secret Santa gifts or housewarming gifts.  This is a Gingerbread House Tote that I created using Murdock Country Creation's Gingerbreadhouse paper I love its whimsical feel.  Tomorrow I will show you the Hot Cocoa Pack Wraps that I made to go inside the tote.  Here is the view of the inside of the tote:

     Supplies you will need:

Antique Green Polished Stone Paper (Green Tea -also works), Cinnamon Stick Polished Stone Paper Gingerbread House Paper - (Murdock Country Creations), Snow Writer (Deco Art), Glamour Dust (deco Art),lime green brads (American Crafts),1” wide green grosgrain ribbon (not shown in photo- so you can see the Gingerbread House),Glue Lines (Glue Lines), and chipboard. Christmas Cheer ribbon, Christmas Cheer Tags, Trees & Baubles Paper all from Creative Imaginations. Score-it Board for scoring box.

Directions:

       1.       Cut the Antique Green polished stone paper to 8 ½ x 11”.

         2.       Score 1 ¼” in on the long side (repeat to both right and left side of paper)

         3.  Turn your paper 45 degrees and score at 4 ½” ( repeat to the left and right side of the paper) 

         4.       Cut the 4 short score lines to form the flaps for the bottom of your tote.

         5.       Place adhesive on the tabs and fold into a tote. Add adhesive where necessary.

         6.       Trim the Trees & Baubles border paper into borders and cut the tree border into two 6”      strips. Adhere one strip to front of tote and the other to the back of the tote. Add Happy Holidays tag and secure with brad.

        7.       Cut a 18” piece of Christmas Cheer ribbon and adhere around the top of tote.

        8.       Cut a 12” piece of 1” wide grosgrain ribbon for the handle and adhere a 12” strip of the  3/8”  Christmas cheer ribbon (note: this ribbon is reversible with polka dots on one side and Christmas words on the other side) to the center of the grosgrain. I recommend using Scotch Tacky Adhesive to attach the two ribbons or you can sew the ribbon in place.

9.      Adhere to sides of tote hiding edges of ribbon under Christmas cheer border on tote.

10.   From the Gingerbread House paper cut out the section of paper that is the Gingerbread House and adhere it to a 5 7/8" x 9" chipboard.  Use the leftover sky from the paper to cover the excess chipboard below the gingerbreadhouse.  Since the backside of the gingerbreadhouse will be exposed showing your chipboard cover the backside with Cinnamon Stick Polished Stone Paper.  Cut out the gingerbread house.

11.  This is a great project for using up the snow writer left inside your bottle. Use a palette knife to scoop snow out of the bottle and frost the roof of the gingerbread house as if you were frosting a cake. Next place snow on the ground in front of the house to cover where the sky paper meets the gingerbread house.  Place the cover back on the snow writer bottle and add snow to the trees, tops of windows and base. Cover the chipboard edge of the roof with snow writer as well. Sprinkle with Glamour dust and set aside to dry.

12. Now place the gingerbread man and girl from the Gingerbread House paper on chipboard and cut them out.  Place these in the snow in front of the gingerbread house.

13.   Once your Gingerbread House is dry insert it inside the tote to complete your Gingerbread House Tote.  Fill the base of the tote with white shredded paper and add Candy Canes and Peppermint Cocoa packets which I will give you directions for tomorrow.

Have fun creating these!! See you tomorrow!!