Envelope Wedding Gift

Happy Wednesday all.  Today I have designed a wedding gift card holder out of an envelope that was in my kitchen junk drawer.  Practical Scrappers June challenge is to use something you found in your kitchen to repurpose. I have these envelopes in my kitchen to hold coupons.   Let me know what you think.

 

This started as an envelope measuring 6 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches.  This is a standard size envelope in Italy.  You can make yours any size you want.

 

I folded the envelope into a gate fold, meeting the two sides in the middle.

  

Then I cut the envelope flap where the folds were marked.  Sealing the two side flaps and leaving the center flap open to make the pocket.

 

Decorate as you want.  I made two panels for the inside flaps to cover where I had sealed the envelope flap and to give me a place to stamp my sentiments.

The Big Day and Congrats are on the cartridge Beyond Birthdays.  Stampalicious stamps.

Home Decor Swirl. Stampin' Up Papers.  Flower Quicklet from Eyelet Outlet

Challenge

Practical Scrappers June Challenge~ Kitchen Re-purpose
Craftalicious Challenge - New

Shoes

Hopping around the internet today one of the challenges at Cricut Cardz Challenge was to do a project, card, layout, with shoes.  I have wanted to try to do a 3D high heel, so now is as good a time as ever.

 

My Shoe won first place at A Crafty Little Place! 

The shoe is from Wedding Solutions, The bag is from Once Upon A Princess.  The flowers are from Walk In My Garden.  The shoe is filled with dark chocolate kisses.  The bag has lip gloss and fingernail polish, in that really pretty pink, of course.  

The shoe is cut at 5", twice.  I used a flocked heavy card stock.  I cut the inside of the shoe just like you would see the inside sole of your shoe, folding it along the edges by 1/4" clipping the edges as I curved it up.  I made a square of the same material as the shoe to fit the heel around and then covered the bottom part with a small black strip to simulate that little heel cover.  

The flowers are made by punching two small holes (button hole punch) in each flower and layering 5 to 7 flowers and then folding each one up to create a depth.  Green leaves from Walk In My Garden added in.  Stickles were used on the shoe opening and along the edge as well as the center of each flower for a little bling.  The ribbon has a nice sheen to it too.

I added eyelets and ribbon to the top of the shoe to tie around the ankle.   A flower eyelet and a magnetic closure to the bag, along with some ribbon. 

This project was easier than it looks, I think fitting the sole was the most difficult part.  I fancy myself a cobbler with paper. ha ha ha. 

I am entering this project in the following challenges:

Eyelets - Practical Scrappers

Cricut Cardz Challenge - Shoes 
Anything but Square - A Crafty Little Place
Cute Card Thursday - Anything but Square

Cupcake Craft Challenges - Dazzle Us
Corrosive Challenge #67 Use Die Cuts 
Wedding Theme Contest - Oh My Crafts 

Light The Way

Just a quick card.  Jar from Stretch Your Imaginations, Sunshine from Create A Critter, Sunshine Rays (triangles from George).  Covered the Jar in Press and Seal so it looks like a jar actually holding the sundshine.  Punched holes in the tag for the ribbons, eyelets and brads, and jar lid.  Eyelet Outlet Quicklets Flower and Leaf.

Challenges

Summer Breeze - One Stop Craft Challenge
Hole Punches - Creative Belli Blog 
Encouragement -  Crafty Creations

Thanks a Bunch

 

Image by Polycraft - Tiddlywings

Stampology sentiment, Flower punches, Fence from My Community, Brads from Brad Outlet

Copics and Gelly Roll gel pens

Entered in Aud Sentiments Challenge

New Job - Working From Home

My son, Austin, recently secured the job of a lifetime, he gets to play video games for a living.and then writes the reviews.  Of course, he does freelance jobs too, but he has escaped the rat race of the daily office job and he is loving it, so I made this pedestal card with him in mind.

 

Image from Bee Crafty  - Aren't they cute?! 

George for clouds and rectangles, Cat's Eye liquid chalks

Eyelet Outlet Quicklet Corners

Divine Swirls Embossing Folder

Pedastal cards measures 5 x 5

Challenges

Entered in Bee Crafty - Something New

Pile It On - Cute and Cuddly

What about the Groom?

When looking through wedding cards I noticed how many there were for the Bride and for the Bride and Groom, but not very many for the Groom.  I have a friend who got married last week and I was friends with the Groom but not familiar at all with his Bride.   Not that she didn't deserve the gift too, after all they ARE getting married, but sometimes it's nice just to slip the Groom something since the Bride gets most of the gifts anyway.  So I did this card:

 

A2 Card, CMTH stamp, Iclip Digi Image, Copic Markers, Quicklet Eyelets, George Cricut Cartridge, Glaze pen

Challenges

Pile It On - Boyish Colors

Cricut Cards Challenge - Red

Charisma Cardz Challenge - It's all about Weddings

Bee Crafty - Something New (Marriage)

Cute Card Thursday - Challenge 111 Boyz to Men

One Stop Craft Challenge - Weddings