Not Really Patchwork Stack and Swap

 

I wanted a last minute Christmas gift and decided to see if I had cards from a KCC challenge from which to create it (since I wanted them all to coordinate).  I looked through my stash and found some of these:

I only had 9 left - mostly thinking of you type cards and NO birthday.  I wanted an assortment to cover a variety of occasions so certainly wanted to include some birthday cards.  I knew I had more of the set of papers that I had used (a DCWV Mat Stack from years ago), so decided to make some more to go with that.  My papers were 4 1/2" x 6 1/2", so I went looking for a quick KCC-type cutting guide & sketch(es) that would work with those.  I found a set using A2-sized papers by Robin Armbrecht and decided to go with that (figuring I could use the 1/2" and 1" scraps on the insides of my cards.  The cutting/sketch guide was called Patchwork Stack Cut and Shuffle, and used 5 different 4 x 6 papers (actually 4 & some card stock) to make 5 cards like the one at the top of this post.  As you cut the papers, you arrange them in 5 different stacks and when you make the cards you make sure that for each card you have a paper from each stack that doesn't match the others - forming the same sketch but different papers in each position from card to card.  I don't like making cards that are all alike, but hoped that I would find that by having different papers in different spots I'd like it okay.  So, I cut all the papers and started working with them.  Below are the cards that I ended up with.

Fun Gift Card Holders

Today I made some cute gift card holders.

For this first one, started as an idea by Jen Causey-Kidder here.  I used two canning jars, gluing their lids together. The smallest one - on top - is filled with candy. The bottom one has the gift card along with some colorful mylar threads.

2nd Type - started with an idea by Lina.  Instead of a snow globe, it's just a little decorative piece related to the type of gift card.

I made a lid for the jar lid by die cutting several layers of card stock and gluing them together.

 

After putting in some gauze, I added a Barnes & Noble gift card attached to a small binder clip to hold it in place.

 

Then, I made 3 little books (see YouTube video here) after stacking them and tying them with baker's twine, I placed them in front of the gift card. Last, I sprinkled some confetti all over the gauze before finishing the outside of the jar ring.

Use it Up in Silver

 

I had two sheets of silver patterned paper that were part of a materials swap (from Stampin' Up's Feels Like Frost 6 x 6 paper pack).  I decided to use a double one-sheet wonder layout to make 5 cards from them. One of those cards was used for my materials swap (card #1) - here are the rest of them. 

Card #2: (picture at top of this post) - This card started as simply a gate-fold card.  I cut an extra piece of white card stock to mat the overlapping silver piece - glued this to the right side of the gate-fold - and then cut away the rest of the right side of the gate-fold.  I had started this card with one piece of each patterned paper.  I chose to cut one of those pieces into 2 squares and a leftover piece.  I matted all three of these with silver and added them to the left panel as you can see.  I found 3 identical die cuts (Snowflake Foiled Fancies from HOTP), backed them with white, and added them as you can see here (the one in the lower right was added to the inside of the card after matting it with silver glimmer paper.  The one in the upper left corner was added with foam tape and serves as a "latch" to hold the card closed.  I also added a Hunkydory sentiment in such a way as part of it shows above the flap and the rest is hidden inside the card (again added to the inside of the card after matting the inside of the card).

Inside:

 

Inside, I added a silver glimmer paper to the flap (to cover the join) and to the inside.  In addition, I cut a strip of white for a greeting - cut to fit behind the left flap.

Card #3:

 

Once again, I had two pieces of patterned paper.  This time I matted the whiter one.  The one with more silver was attached to the bottom of the card.  It would have been better to wrap with the white ribbon before I added it, but I did not, so had to cut it and hope the adhesive will hold it and keep it from raveling.  I added the matted piece to the upper left side.  I found another of those snowflake foiled fancies - again backing it with white before adding it and a Hunkydory sentiment.

Card #4:

 

This was a really quick and easy card with just one piece of patterned paper matted on silver before adding it to the card front.  Again I backed the foiled fancy snowflake before adding it to the center.  The last step was a greeting (again from Hunkydory sentiment book) added to the center with foam tape.

Card #5:

 

The last card made use of a narrow strip of paper that had been left over from another card.  I trimmed it to fit and put it between the other two pieces of paper that made up the rest of the card background as you can see.  I added a white die cut circle and another foiled fancy snowflake for the focal - then added another Hunkydory greeting to complete the card.

HD A Cuddly Christmas - Peace and Joy

Even though the card you see above doesn't look much like a Christmas card, these cards were all made using materials from a 2016 Hunkydory Kit called A Cuddly Christmas - the set called Peace and Joy.  As you can see from the picture below, a lot had already been used from the set, so this was a "use it up" project.

All that was left from this set was two partial sheets of AS (Adoreable Scoreable printed card stock), and a mostly used up die cut sheet (just had a focal, border, 2 embellishments, and a sentiment left.  Obviously to make much use of this, I had to pull from my stash.  Here are the 6 cards I made from these materials:

As you can see, I made 3 Christmas cards, and 3 cards for other occasions (since I had already sent out my Christmas cards for this year I didn't figure they all needed to be Christmas!).

Below is a closer look at each card.

Card #1:

My first card made use of the focal that came with the set.  I pieced together AS from the set to create the left side of the card, and added a couple of sentiments (one from the set & one from a Hunkydory sentiment book).

Card #2:

It's a little difficult to tell from the picture, but the background is blue & snowy.  I used the green border to increase the size of the snowy AS enough to work for my card.  But, that meant this card needed to be a Christmas card.  I found these snowmen in my stash that were dressed in red and green - figured they would do nicely for a focal.

Card #3:

I had cut all my AS to create the backgrounds for most of my cards and had this strip of holly border left.  I decided to emboss the card front (Snowflake Swirls from Darice) and then add the strip at the bottom of the card.  I found a tag in my stash, added a stamped/embossed sentiment and some red Jewel Dazzles for holly berries, glued it all together & called it done - that is after I added a jaunty bow at the top of the tag.

Card #4:

Next up was a cut panel of AS that would make a good any-day background.  It's sort of a peachy color print.  I decided to use some of my die cuts to create a spray of flowers on the left side (Spellbinders Build-a-Wreath).  Next I matted the panel and added a die cut sentiment (Card Making Magic - 5x7 Card & Box die set).  I used a few dazzles from HOTP to decorate the corners and cut a narrow brown mat to complete this card.

Card #5:

I had a narrow panel of the peach AS that had a robin border.  I trimmed a peach piece to go below the robins & then added pieces of coppery Mirri board from Hunkydory to create borders top and bottom.  I added a white piece of lace from my stash, a HD sentiment from one of their sentiment books and finished it off with a white ribbon bow.  I thought I was finished at this point, but then decided to come back and add a focal.  The owls are variations of Karen Burniston's Feathered Animals & the branch they are sitting on came from Spellbinders Tropical Friends die set.

Card #6:

My final card is another made using a panel of the peach AS.  I inked the edges in black, then added a bunch of die cuts from Spellbinders Grand Tropical Flamingo and Tropical Friends die sets.  The last touch was a Hunkydory sentiment from one of their sentiment books.

Th - th - th - th - at's all folks!