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Go try it for yourself! It’s loads of fun!
Gift wrapping this year is super simple – shiny white gift wrap lined with brown paper, surrounded by a band of vintage book pages (my dh’s old concrete textbooks from Uni days, to be exact!) + metres of twine, topped off with a simple grungy stamped tag attached with a raw wood peg… viola!
I hope you have a wonderful Christmas planned!
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Pink Paislee’s Christmas range is right up my alley – vintagey + full of yummy not-so-traditional colours! Our tree [see pics here] is very non-tradition, so this is perfect for me!!
When I saw this pp from BlueMoonScrapbooking.com, I knew I had to make my new favourite thing… paper baubles -
Thanks for stopping by, & I hope you’re inspired to have a go @ this easy-peasey project! ;]
I’m finally feeling somewhat organised for our Christmas!
I’ve wrapped a million pressies (well, about 15!!), & got them away in the post, we’ve put up our tree, & we’ve listened to a Christmas CD!
I was inspired by a ball of shop twine this year. I’ve wrapped everything in tissue lined brown paper, like they used to do in full service stores. I still remember going to this one old fashioned store with my Mum when I was quite young, & being fascinated watching the sales person wrap Mum’s purchase in a huge piece of brown paper, so deftly, with sharp creases & corners… I remember the huge roll of paper on this great big metal stand, I remember the huge metal sticky tape dispenser (you know, those grey ones with a teddy bear face on the side??), I remember the tape always looked yellowish… I remember loving how the finished parcel was firm but squishy & made a great sound… Loved it all! So this year, all our gifts have been wrapped with huge pieces of brown paper, & have long ‘tails’ overlapping, then I added the shop twine & a ‘100% Certified’ seal for good measure, finished off with a pencilled greeting on a shipping tag. Then, just to add to the fun, I’ve put some inside my fave gusseted brown paper bags, hand stamped with the receiver’s initial in chalky blue ink… I LOVE to wrap!!! ;]
Here’s our Christmas tree! It doesn’t photograph all that well… but I love it!! We moved to a smaller house & it doesn’t really have a space that lends itself to a lovely big green tree, so we went with this” espelliered” look!! It’s a great space saver, cos it’s quite flat!! I love that I can still have a tall tree, but not lose my whole lounge room! I found these gorgeous rusty balls, stars & hearts @ my local quilting shop, the straight willow branches came from my favourite florist (Venus), & we used a couple of Sizzix dies & Carl punches to create a bunch of ornaments from rich cream & pale blue Bazzil Bling. The whole tree has a light, ethereal quality that I love…
I hope you’re all enjoying your Christmas preparations, without too much stress creeping in! (It’s supposed to be fun!!)
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Check out these lovely, sturdy mdf scraplets @ a2zscraplets.com.au:
I had fun playing with my a2z scraplets DT pack + my Christmas digi designs:
I used this great little christmas tree ornament scraplet to make 2 projects:
1. Gift Tag
I…
– inked the back with blue chalk box ink
– embossed (cuttlebug embossing folder) a piece of rich cream cardstock
- adhered this to the front & trimmed off the excess
– sanded the edges
- attached a round of blue cardstock, stamped with ‘to’ ‘from’
When the recipient is done, they can tear off the blue part & have a cute little ornament!
2. Tree Ornament
I…
- inked the back in blue (chalk box)
- stamped Christmas Script over the blue, in white (staz on, Stamp-It stamp)
- covered the fronts with co-ordinating cream & blue Christmas PPs (by me!!!)
- trimmed excess & sanded edges
- punched holes through the cardstock to match the hole in the mdf
- tied with matching ribbon
Christmas Angel Card
I…
- inked the back lightly in blue (Chalk Box)
- stamped Christmas script in white on back & front of ornament (Staz On ink & Stamp It ink)
- made a card using patterned cardstock printed from {wendymadeit} christmas collection
– added partially embossed cream cardstock (cuttlebug folder)
- cut a slightly larger circle from the front of the card
- cut a ring of PP to reinforce the inside front
- attach with ribbons
