Some Cards With the Dec. KOTM ~ Plus a Quick Video Tutorial

Hi Everyone!
True :D here.

It is my turn to post and I have created several cards with Creative Charms beautiful December Kit of the Month. I do hope when you are finished checking out my post that you will scroll down and see all of the awesome projects the other girls have created to inspire you.

The card below was created with their Ivory Vintage Velvet Poppies, The Classic Grey Vintage Velvet Poppies, and their Gradient White Pearl Stickers.

See the video below to see how I colored them to match the designer paper and beautiful golden ribbon.

The set below uses the Vintage Brown Velvet Poppies and their Light Green Vintage Jewels.

Here is a very quick tutorial showing you an easy way to color your embellishments to match your other card elements.

Thanks so much for dropping by!

I would love it if you would come by my blog for more details, and to see what else I have been up to.  ;)

Hugs your way,

True :D

Creative and Charmed Gift Card Holders

Hello! The countdown is definitely on at my house - 4 more days until Christmas! I cannot believe it!!! My little guy is filled with anticipation and excitement as we prepare to celebrate our Savior's birth! Ok, I admit it, he is also looking forward to a visit from the jolly guy in red! :o)

My little guy likes to get gifts but he loves to give gifts - he has such a big heart and I am thankful for that. He wanted to get his teacher, the principal, the school secretary and his music teacher something for Christmas. After much discussion we settled on gift cards. I told him that since they are all girls and that I had the pleasure of using the beautiful December Kit of the Month - Nouveaux Vintage that I would create some gift card holders for these special women in his school family. Yippee, time to play with my Expression!!!

I created the following 4 different gift card to holders for the previously mentioned ladies and I still have a lot of product left over to continue creating! Order your kit today if you didn't order it yet - you won't be disappointed with all of the creative goodness in this kit!From left to right:

The first is a little purse that I decorated using a Vintage Poppy with Pearl Brad - VINTAGE BROWN, some Soft Spoken Christmas stickers from my stash and for the purse strap I used Velvet Ric Rac - BROWN from the kit.
The next gift card holder is one that I have been wanting to try to create for a while now and just purchased a perforation blade for my cutter! I tried to make one of the fun zip boxes that you can buy at the card store - they are too fun! I used my expression to cut out a box and used the perforation blade to create the tear off top. I decorated the box using some stickers from my stash, a Vintage Poppy with Pearl Brad - IVORY (I replaced the pearl brad with a Vintage Jewel - LIGHT GREEN) and put a Vintage Jewel on the pull tab. I will have to let you know how it goes after Christmas. Check out my blog Scrappin' Mom of 1 after Christmas for the results!
The last two gift card holders are more of your basic holders but turned out very nice with the products from the kit.I placed some more stickers from my stash and a Vintage Poppy with Pearl Brad - VINTAGE BROWN (I replaced the center with a Gradient Gem Sticker - GREEN and placed one on the flap too - these are not included in the kit) on the white holder on and some stickers and a Vintage Poppy with Pearl Brad - IVORY on the red holder.

Thanks for looking at my December projects!

Wishing you and the ones you love a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Sandra :o)

Creative Packaging

Hi everyone!  Amber here today, sharing a few last minute holiday ideas!  Are you ready for Christmas?  Are all of those gifts wrapped and beautiful?  If not, I've got a few tips on adding some "creative charm" to your packages to make them fabulous! 

This month I focused on the December Kit of the Month, Nouveaux Vintage.  It is a darling kit, full of vintage charm. 

I am taking part in a gift exchange this December that focuses on packaging.  I wanted my entire gift to have a vintage theme.  I started out by making a card.  I added a doily, stamped sentiment, a small piece of patterned paper, ribbon, and one of my Vintage Velvet Poppies.  A very simple card, took less than 10 minutes to make. 

Up next, my packaging.  I used glassine and brown bags to hold some scrap goodies and added embellishments and ric rac from the Nouveaux Vintage Kit.  It helped to coordinate each of my finished bags and just looked great.  Plus the recepient can recycle the packaging to make things. 

To finish things off, I put my gift in a box and wrapped it with brown shipping paper.  Love this stuff!  Cheap and so antique looking!  I kept the outside simple by wrapping red and white checked ribbon around the box, tied a bow...and topped it with another Velvet Poppy.  Add a twig of leaves and you're all done! 

How you package your gift is as important as the present itself.  With Creative Charms and the Nouveaux Vintage December Kit your wrapping problems can be very simple and creative!  Plus, did I mention how much the December Kit sales for???  Only $14.99!  125 pieces for that great price.

Enjoy!