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Sliding Gift Card Holder Tutorial

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Sliding Gift Card Holder   Hi friends...with the gifting season  nearly upon us I am sharing a special sliding Gift Card holder in the shape of a cup. It has a double sliding mechanism and when you pull the frothy cream out slides a sentiment panel and gift card! Sliding Gift Card Holder  I made the frothy cream by stencilling with  Distress Inks   through the Crealies Cardzz 5A die set and embossing with Stampendous embossing powder.  The sentiment panel is attached to the frothy cream and the gift card slides out through a separate slot cut on the front of the cup using the Crealies gift card slider dies. Sliding Gift Card Holder On pulling the frothy cream topping on the coffee cup the gift card slides out of its slot and behind it slides out a separate card where you can stamp a sentiment. Here is a video showing the slider in action I used ribbon to design the sliding mechanism a...

Easy Candle Shaker Card Tutorial

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Birthday Shaker Card Hi friends...sharing a fun Birthday Shaker card featuring "candles". This is my DT project for the  Cuttlebugmania  Challenge where the theme is Candles/Light. Candle Shaker Card  This card was easier than I thought and here is how you can make one too. Die cut candles on cardstock and apply tacky tape  on the backside and firmly stick  a piece of acetate large enough to cover all the candles . Easy Candle Shaker Card Tutorial  Stick double sided adhesive foam tape in such a way that you compartmentalise each candle . Easy Candle Shaker Card Tutorial  Add your shaker elements....using different colors for each candle. Easy Candle Shaker Card Tutorial  Cut a card piece to go over this and peel off the adhesive back and stick on the card piece and your Candle shaker is ready to add to a larger card base which you can further decorate! Candle Shaker Card The blooms are handmade foamiran flowers ...

Christmas Stars Tutorial

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Paper Stars Hi friends I love making handmade decorations and every Christmas I do try to make something handmade! Sometimes it is really elaborate and sometimes it is something very very simple. So for my DT post for  Maureen's Rudolph Days  Challenge   I   am sharing a quick and easy to make Christmas decoration - a Paper Star   which is rather unique in that you can fold it and keep it away for easy storing. Christmas Stars These  3 dimensional stars  were made with 6 squares of paper ,each measuring 12 cm[4 ¾ inches] and the complete star measures 6.5 inches. I used   the new Crealies Squash fold die[ the same one I used to make the  Apron Squash fold album ]  to quickly cut out  the squares as they have the score lines in place but you can also hand-cut the squares Christmas Stars Since you will be able to see all the sides of these stars ,if you are using single sided pattern paper you can stamp the reverse...

DIY Desk Calendars

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DIY Desk Calendars Hi friends I hope you like these Apron shaped Handmade Desk Calendars ! I have always wanted to make DIY calendars but December is always a busy time and I have never ever got around to it. This time when I got the gorgeous cute Apron dies from Crealies  in my DT kit, I knew they were perfect to make Desk Calendars . DIY Desk Calendars I made the calendars in cheerful colors and feminine with lace, ribbons and flowers as these are going to be Christmas gifts for my daughter's teachers. DIY Desk Calendars The cute  mushroom was made with Crealies dies . DIY Desk Calendars Tutorial  These Apron shaped calendars have 2 sides and it will look nice if you decorate both the sides since  they will sit on a desk/table and you will be able to see both sides. You can use just 2 layers on each side but if you want to make them  nice and sturdy to gift to special people or to sell here is how you can do it: Handmade Calendar Make...