{Video Tutorial} Stampin' Up! Gift Card Enclosure Two Ways

Today's projects are made with Stampin' Up!'s new Gift Enclosures.  These Kraft card stock enclosures come 10 to a package and are already cut and scored to make gift-giving super-easy.  Watch the {video tutorial} below about a couple of quick, easy and fun ways to dress up these enclosures.

And now for the video...

Studio Suggestions:

• Tea Lace Paper Doilies (129399) quickly and easily decorate the enclosure's flaps.

• Gift enclosures can be folded shut by taking one flap and then folding each adjacent flap down and tucking the last flap into the first.  Quick and easy.  Ribbon is optional, as the enclosure stays closed on its own.

• Gift enclosures can be presented in an envelope, but beware of extra postage (check at the post office window to see if it's too thick for regular First Class Postage).

• The inside of the enclosure provides space to decorate and/or to write a message.  Pre-cut slits exist for standard gift cards or handmade coupons (car wash, a night of babysitting, dinner, etc).

• Using the largest non-scallop circle in the Circles Collection Framelits dies (130911), a circle can be cut (and then halved) for a quick cover of the flaps.  Simple trimming finishes out the detail.

Stampin' Up! Supplies:

Stamps:  Another Thank You (P136835)

Papers:  Moonlight DSP Stack (133701), Whisper White (100730) and Hello Honey (133678) card stocks

Inks:  Lost Lagoon Classic (133644)

Accessories:  Gift Card Enclosure Pack (136662), Tiny Triangles TIEF (133740), Circles Collection Framelits (130911), Big Shot (113439), Paper Snips (103579), Tag Topper Scalloped Punch (133324), Whisper White 1/4-inch Cotton Ribbon (134567), Linen Thread (104199)

Stampin' Up! Supplies:

Stamps: Label Something (W130595, C130598)

Papers:  All Abloom DSP Stack (133703), Tea Lace Paper Doilies (129399), Blushing Bride (131198) and Whisper White (100730) Card Stocks

Inks:  Strawberry Slush Classic (131178)

Accessories:  Gift Card Enclosure Pack (136662), Circles Collection Framelits (130911), Big Shot (113439), Paper Snips (103579), 1-1/4 Inch Scallop Circle Punch (127811), Whisper White 1/4-inch Cotton Ribbon (134567), Rhinestone Basic Jewels (119246)

New {Video Tutorial}! and New {Weekly Deals}!

Welcome Studio Visitors!  I've got a lot to share with you today.

First, I've been working away on a new video tutorial and here it is:

I have had my eye on this technique for a while and decided to enter this card for a couple of challenges.

As you'll hear in the video, I wanted to make this card with and without the Perfect Polka Dots TIEF (AC page 191, #117335).

Using the Scalloped Tag Topper Punch (OC page 35, #133324) adds such a fun and unique detail to the card and it's such an easy thing to do!

In a fun coincidence, the very stamp set used above (Make a Cake) is on sale this week as one of the Weekly Deals!

Make a Cake *CLEAR* stamp set, C126742, originally $11.95, on sale this week for $8.96!

Gingham Standard Stampin' Around Wheel, #130110, originally $6.50, on sale this week for $4.88!

Island Indigo Baker's Twine, 125575, originally $2.95, on sale this week for $2.21!

Itty Bitty Punch Pack, #118309, originally $16.95, on sale this week for $12.71!

Recipes by Design Digital Download, MDS, #118869, originally $9.95, on sale this week for $5.97!

Secret Garden Framelits, #129372, originally $24.95, on sale this week for $18.71!

Summer Starfruit Striped 1.25" Grosgrain Ribbon, #132980, originally $8.95, on sale this week for $6.71!

Brights Glimmer Brads, #121006, originally $4.95, on sale this week for $3.71!

The Crazy3 are on Spring Break this week, but I'll be popping in periodically to upload some more projects.  I'm also looking forward to sharing some of the organization I've been working on in my Studio!

{12 Weeks of Christmas 2013: Week Three}: October Paper Pumpkin for Organization!

Hello, patient visitors!  I've finished the video and it's ready to view!  I continue to battle through iMovie, but I'm getting better with every effort...  Enjoy!

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{12 Weeks of Christmas} Week 10 -- Quick and Easy ANYTIME Gift

Here's a quick and easy gift to make to give any time of the year!

My scoring lines (made with my super easy-to-use Stampin' Trimmer) were at 1-3/4, 2-3/4, 6, 7, 9-1/2 and 10-1/2 inches.

{Tuesday: Technique Video (Punch Flowers)}

Hello and welcome to the Studio! I'm sorry this is a day late. Stampin' Up! came out with an enormous announcement about its color offerings in the next catalog and I was completely distracted by this big news. I'll be publishing another post today about all of that excitement...

For the {Tuesday: Technique Video}, I enjoyed putting together the card above. I'd used that basic layout for a challenge a couple of weeks ago and then I used it in another challenge last week, but changed the colors and the textures a bit. I'm thrilled with this easy, effective layout that has eaten up so many of my scraps for me!

Here's the video:

Stampin' Up! Supplies:

Stamps: NONE this time!

Papers: Sweet Pea Designer Series Paper, Chocolate Chip, Pretty in Pink, and Whisper White card stocks

Inks: NONE this time!

Accessories: Large Oval Punch, 1-inch Circle Punch, Stampin' Dimensionals, 1/16-inch Handheld Punch, brad, Whisper White Satin Ribbon

Thanks so much for your visit! Join me later today as I explain Stampin' Up!'s big news…

{Tuesday: Technique Video (New Camera!)}

Hey, there! I've shot a new video (a tutorial on ribbon-tying), but the camera is giving me fits when it comes to uploading my video. As I type this, I'm downloading software updates and new drivers, so hopefully (today?!), I'll have something to show you!

In the meantime, I'll show you the card I'll be discussing:

Stampin' Up! Supplies:

Stamps: Short and Sweet

Papers: Sweet Pea Designer Series Paper, Taken with Teal, Chocolate Chip

Inks: Chocolate Chip and Rose Red Classics

Accessories: Chocolate Chip Wide Grosgrain Ribbon, Sweet Pea Stitched Felt, Word Slot and Modern Label Punches, Stampin' Dimensionals, Mini Glue Dots