Greetings my crafty friends.   Over the next few days I am hoping to inspire you to break out your crafty supplies and create some handmade tags for the holidays.    I had so much fun using bits and pieces that were scattered on my desk, old punches & dies, and generally mixed the old and the new to create gift tags! Remember its ok to use whatever you have!      So here is Day 3

    Greetings my crafty friends.   Over the next few days I am hoping to inspire you to break out your crafty supplies and create some handmade tags for the holidays.    I had so much fun using bits and pieces that were scattered on my desk, old punches & dies, and generally mixed the old and the new to create gift tags! Remember its ok to use whatever you have!      So here is Day 2

    Greetings my crafty friends.   Over the next few days I am hoping to inspire you to break out your crafty supplies and create some handmade tags for the holidays.    I had so much fun using bits and pieces that were scattered on my desk, old punches & dies, and generally mixed the old and the new to create gift tags! Remember its ok to use whatever you have!      So here is Day 1 

  Greetings my Crafty Friends!    Welcome to our Paper Pumpkin Possibilities blog hop!  I am so excited to be a part of this team of hoppers sharing alternative designs for each month's Paper Pumpkin kit.  This month's kit is all about the November 2025 – Wrapped in Cheer.   I admit I was not to sure about this kit and almost skipped it!   But I saw a sneak peak of the stamps and   am a big softie for Christmas Stamps so……..   I am so glad I didn’t skip this month.     I knew from the beginning I needed at least 5 gift boxes for the holidays.   So I created those as instructed by the kit!   So fun and easy.   I then set aside 1 extra box – just in case.   I then used the rest to create my alternatives.   I have 3 alternative cards created by cutting up one box   and adding some Basic Beige Cardstock.   For one of the cards I added some punch scraps that were laying around on my des...

Greetings my crafting friends! I know I have shared that myself and my Stampin’ Up! Upline like to participate in Julie Davison’s Great Big Card Swap every month.  Julie always has a theme and we always try to add an extra theme/challenge for ourselves.   December’s theme was to use the With You in Mind Stamp set that is Julie’s Stamp set or the Thinking of You Theme.  We all decided to create ours as shaker cards.   I thought this was a great reason to break out the 12 Days of Crafting Advent Calendar supplies and have some fun!   Here is the card I will be sending.   

  Greetings my Craft friends!  Today we are back for part 3 of sharing some tips for creating with Kits!   I have chosen the Everyday Beauty Kit from Stampin' Up!    Kits can be a quick and easy way to jump start your creativity or can be used as designed.   I almost always add a few extra touches.  TIP :  Mix and Match tips and create your own cards! ! TIP: Don't forget you can flip flop cards like I did here for the "upside" down arch!  TIP: HAVE FUN!!!!!!  There is no right or wrong way to play!   If you like the kit the way it is, GREQAT!  IF you want to add to it ... GREAT! 

  Greetings my Craft friends!  Today we are back for part 3 of sharing some tips for creating with Kits!   I have chosen the Everyday Beauty Kit from Stampin' Up!    Kits can be a quick and easy way to jump start your creativity or can be used as designed.   I almost always add a few extra touches.  TIP :  Mix and Match pieces from the cards in the kits! TIP: Re-color embellishments with your Blends!  TIP: Add stamps sand embellishments from your stash. TIP:  Mask off portion of the kit stamps to create a custom greeting.