More Gifts For Teacher

Handmade gifts can be the best gifts you can give to others. They will know how much you care for them from your gifts. It always has been a great blessing in my life when I receive handmade gifts and cards. That is why I know the joy that we could share with them.

End of school year is almost here. You can make handmade gifts together with your children for their teachers. This is one of the ways we can teach our children to show gratitude to their own teacher.

Today I would like to share with you a project you can make from your heart.

First project is DIY Pen Holder made out of food can, wrapped with scrapbook paper and embellished with paper doily and fabric rosette. I fill it with fun gel pens for the teacher can use for her class. I cut the tag with my Silhouette Cameo and stamped it using Teacher Appreciation stamp set (D1612).

Second project is the paper bag I made for the card set I made yesterday (you read about it here). CTMH Designer Creations collection is amazing! They are ready to be embellished with stamped images, embellishments, complement stickers and assortments.

I used Designer Creations Slate Paper Bags and embellished it with stamped images from Teacher Appreciation stamp set. I added them on the paper bag using Liquid Glass and 3D foam tape.

And Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pads I used for both projects are Black, Ruby, Honey and Olive.

So are you making gift for teacher or buying it? Feel free to share your idea both making or buying, that might can help my readers 🙂 THANK YOU so much for visiting today!

Handmade Card Set For Teacher

We are so thankful for our daughter’s kindergarten teacher. She is so nice, kind and patient dealing with 22 students in her class. And the National Teacher Appreciation Day is on May 5th, this is the day set aside specialy for teachers, the day when we can show our appreciation for who they are and what they do for our children.

Today I would like to share a project I made for my daughter’s teacher. You can make handmade card set for Teacher. And the Cut Above Card kits is great kits to make handmade card sets as gifts for teachers. There are 2 choice of kits you can pick from:

Thank You Card Kit

Happy Birthday Card Kit

These kits are easy to assemble, even you can do this with your kiddos. And here are the cards I made using the Cut Above – Happy Birthday Card Kit:

You only need:

  • Cut Above Card Happy Birthday Kit (Z2061, make 10 cards)
  • You Mean The World To Me stamp set (B1467)
  • Pacifica Exclusive Ink Pad
  • 3″x3″ My Acrylix block
  • Adhesive Runner

You can get all the supplies at my CTMH online store

DIY Gift Bag, Card Holder and Journaling Card Box

One more day to the end of February. Wow… time surely flies so fast when we have so much work and fun 🙂 I hope that you have been having great times this month with your families and friends.

My dear church friend and sister had birthday this month and I made her gift bag and gift box. I was a bit late but that she could celebrate her birthday longer, right? 🙂

This is the gift bag. Instead of putting the card inside the bag, I made a card holder for the front of the bag. The birthday card is also the tag.

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Cut a piece of cardstock, make sure it is wider than your card. Then cut in the middle of the piece of cardstock slightly wider than the card for the insert hole. Final step is adding to the front of the bag using either double-sided tape or strong glue. I would recommend double-sided tape or Liquid Glass. I was thinking it would be nice for not only just plain rectangle piece of cardstock, so I punched the border of the card holder using Martha Stewart lace border punch.

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The card I made using CTMH February Stamp of the Month, A Happy Hello. And the Exclusive Inks Stamp Pads I use are Pixie, Smoothie, Sorbet, Goldrush and Topiary.

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I finished the card with some Sparkles Clear Assortment. They are back-adhesived clear gems, ready to use at anytime, no glue needed.

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For the gift box, I used My Creations™ Journaling Cards Box. I embossed a piece of Chocolate cardstock with Woodgrain embossing folder using my WRMK Evolution Advance. I made a template of the shapes I need for the box sides using a plain printer paper. And then using them, I cut the embossed cardstock for front, back and both sides of the box. Using some Liquid Glass, I added them on the box.

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And I stamped the sentiment from Thankful Heart stamp set using Rock-n-Roll technique. The Exclusive Inks Stamp Pads I use are Chocolate and Goldrush. For the leaves from the same set, I stamped the leaves with VersaMark ink pad on a piece of watercolor paper, added some Ranger Princess Gold embossing powder, heat set it with Craft Heater and then adding some colors I picked up with aqua brush from the lid of these Exclusive Inks Stamp Pads (Chocolate, Goldrush and Olive). Cut the leaves and added them on the box using Liquid Glass and Glue Dots. And I finished the box with some Durables Triangle studs and some Gold Sequin Assortment.

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I filled the box with assortment of cards handmade by my friends and me 🙂

These projects I link them up at:

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TWO MORE DAYS you can take advantage to get these Special Promotions for February 2015 and save money on crafting supplies!

First, this gorgeous coated canvas albums! When you purchase one of Close To My Heart’s alluring coated canvas albums you will be eligible to receive a second album of your choice at half price. That is a savings of over $17 USD / $19 CAD!

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Not only that, when you get your album, you are eligible to get this gorgeous D-size Stamp of the Month set for $5! This is a set of 15 stamps with original price is $17.95 which you can get for only $5 during this month only. Recommended My Acrylix® Blocks to use for this stamp set are 1″ × 1″ (Y1000), 3″ × 3″ (Y1006), 2″ × 3½” (Y1009), 2″ × 6½” (Y1010)

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Check out some inspirations how to use this stamp set:

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And one more gorgeous stamp set for supporting the work of Operation Smiles. Until the end of March 2015, Close To My Heart has a special stamp set to keep helping with this charity effort. You can make a difference in the life of a child when you buy the Operation Smile™ You’re the Bomb stamp set!

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Valentine’s Gift Idea: Love Notes

Welcome to Joyful Stars January 2015 Blog Hop. This is our first blog hop in this new year and would love to share projects we have created showcasing products in CTMH Annual Inspirations Book and CTMH Seasonal Expressions Book (Dec 2014 – March 2015). Click here to see and download these inspiration books.

If you coming over from Nickie’s blog, then you are on the right track 🙂 Just in case you got lost, you can always go back to Joyce’s blog to see the full list of blog hop participants. For this month hop, I created a Valentine’s gift set inspired by one of these SOTM inspiration projects:

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The envelope bag. I simply decorated the Designer Creations Paper Bag with stamped images from This Moment set (SOTM January) and

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The note cards. I cut 4″ x 5 1/2″ White Daisy, stamped on one side and I added piece of Heartstrings on the other side. Decorated with the extra side border that comes with the paper packet. Here are the previews:

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Side 1

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Side 2

Supplies you need for these project:

  • Paper Bag: Designer Creations – Slate (Z2036)
  • Paper: Heartstrings Paper Packet (X7193B)
  • Cardstock: White Daisy (1385)
  • Stamp sets: This Moment (SOTM January 2014 – S1501), True To Life (C1575)
  • Ink Pads: Whisper (Z2172), Hollyhock (Z2128), Crystal Blue (Z2117), Lagoon (Z2195)
  • Tools: My Acrylix Blocks (3″ x 3″, 2″ x 3 1/2″, 1″ x 3 1/2″), Sanding Kit (Z1294)
  •  Adhesives: 3D Foam Tape, Adhesive Runner
  • Gelly Roll Black Gel Pen (not available at CTMH)

All supplies can be purchased at my CTMH Website and don’t forget that we have super awesome celebrating National Paper Crafting specials this month with your minimum qualifying order of $50!

Stamp Of The Month: This Moment

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Noted Kit

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THANK YOU so much for stopping by today! And your next hop is my fellow consultant, Crystal Davis, she has created something beautiful for you! Have a fun hopping and be inspired 🙂

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I link up this project at:

12 Days DIY Christmas 2014 and Holiday Coffee Lovers Blog Hop

My mom loves baking cookies in this special season. She bakes yummy cookies, put them in little plastic jars for gifts and to sell them too. I used to help her with the packing and decorating the jars. How I miss her in this holidays.

I love making gifts that I feel it is a way to share the joy with others. And in the last 2 Christmas-es I made gifts for families and friends. This Christmas I make this cute little 3D coffee mug using my Silhouette Cameo.

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I found this 3D hot cocoa/coffee mug cutting file is from Lori Whitlock on Silhouette Design Store. Open the file at Silhouette Studio software, no need to resize, ungroup the shapes for cutting with different papers. First I cut Silhouette chipboard for the base and the hexagon for the bottom of the mug. Next I cut Snowhaven paper for the layering and the handle. I love the pattern from Snowhaven paper packet! They are just cool for Christmas 🙂

Putting this mug is very easy. I used Xyron 1.5″ sticker maker for the rectangles and added them on the chipboard base (before fold it). Then, using glue dots secure the handle from inside. Fold the mug using on the score lines. For the base, I used double sided tape, I found it easier than liquid glue. Add the base from inside the mug and another one from the outside bottom. Final touch, I added some Slate Exclusive Inks Pad using a sponge dauber along the edges.

I filled this mug with a bag of hot cocoa and some sweet goodies 🙂 Then I tied it up using the twine from Doodlebug Designs Christmas assortment twine. I cut the tag using Silhouette Cameo, stamped it with one of the sentiments from Be Jolly stamp set (CTMH Hostess Reward) using Ruby Exclusive Inks Pad. Oh I found this cute little Christmas light bulb in my stash and added little bling there 🙂

I link this project at a HUGE blog hop I ever joined, Holiday Coffee Lovers Blog Hop hosted by amazing Amy Tsuruta.

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And not just blog hopping, but you can link up your projects at Amy’s blog, hopping around the link ups (some of them offering prizes individually on their blog!) and WIN these amazing prizes from sponsors!

And the sponsors are:

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