Make It Monday #100: How to Package Cards with Oversized Embellishments #5

This week over at Papertrey Ink, they are challenging us to create a solution for packaging oversized cards.  Here is the video Dawn McVey made with a few wonderful solutions:

 And another baby card for a colleague:

 I had a leftover piece of swiss dot embossed cardstock and used my 1 3/4 circle punch to cut out some circles.  I then adhered them with foam dots and added buttons and twine.

A Signature #2 sentiment and that was it!

With the buttons, the card is too thick for a regular envelope so an oversized one was the way to go.  I notched out a hole for the twine and baby charm and stamped Modern Wood Mats in wet cement ink.

Supplies:
Paper: Staples 110lb white, PTI Hawaiian Shores
Stamps: Signature Greetings #2
Ink: Hero Arts wet cement, Memento Nautical Blue
Misc: 1 3/4 circle punch, Swiss Dots embossing folder, foam dots, baby charm, baker's twine, button jute twine, buttons and glue dots

Reindeers galore!

My friend ordered a bunch of reindeer cards so I went to town with my reindeer punch and a whole bunch of supplies.  Here's what I made:

I swiped some Metallic Distress Stain onto this hexagon embossed panel.  What fun this stuff is!!  This was my front card for the package I made for my friend.  The rest of the cards were inside with envelopes.

 A shimmery card with some Staz-On ink stamped and a circle cut out:

 A simple card using some PTI patterned paper and Chai Vintage tea ink:

 Gotta use up some of my alpha stickers - these were perfect with some Liquid Pearls:

 Vintage Cream inked polka dots on Spring Moss and a circle cut out again:

 A textured card base and some shimmery cardstock:

Well, she was quite pleased with the set and now I have some extra spending money!  How are your Christmas cards coming along?

Papertrey February Blog Hop Challenge - my two submissions

I made two cards for the February blog hop challenge over at PTI.  I bought a scallop punch a while ago but haven't used it much ... here's my chance!  It actually embosses as well but it's hard to tell in these photos.

I layered some Basic Grey ambrosia papers and used my Faux Ribbon stamp set sentiments from Papertrey in Versafine Black Onyx.  Fun bright colours for a change! :)

Here's another one I did with a whole bunch of layered patterned papers from My Mind's Eye Garden Vignettes.  This is glitter cardstock and the patterns are sumptuous!  Some corner rounding and it's all done.  I made a long skinny card with a finished size of 3 ½ x 8 ½  to fit in a business envelope.  Here's a closeup before I had finished:

I decided to add some buttons to my creation so this is what it looks like now:

And here is a view of the whole card,albeit slightly cut off on one side of the view!

and before it was a little more ho-hum without the buttons.  Slightly unfinished, I decided!

Perhaps with this humongous size you can see the embossed punch detail.  I kept it very simple since there were so many patterns.

Supplies:
Card 1 - 4 1/4 x 5 1/4
Paper:  Staples 110# white, Basic Grey  6x6 Ambrosia pad 
Ink: Versafine Black Onyx
Stamps: PTI Faux Ribbon
Misc: corner rounder, EK Success Embossed curve punch

Card 2 - 3 ½ x 8 ½ 
Paper: Staples 110# white, My Mind's Eye Garden Vignettes glitter cardstock
Ink: Versafine Black Onyx
Stamps: PTI Faux Ribbon
Misc: corner rounder, EK Success Embossed embossed curve punch, vintage (read "Mom's drawer of old") buttons

Simple starry Christmas

Here's one of my latest creations for the holidays.  What do you think?

Supplies:
Paper: Hero Arts eggshell layering paper, KC ivory and black fusion patterned paper
Stamps: Hero Arts Happy Holidays stamp
Misc: Martha Stewart pearls,
foam dots, snowflake punch
Ink: Versafine Black Onyx