Over the weekend, I had the pleasure of having dinner out with special friends … and was reminded that Thanksgiving is a mere 2 weeks away, and Christmas is just 6 weeks away. For someone such as myself, this news strikes a shopping chord of near-panic. Shopping for gifts is ‘not’ a comfort zone activity for me … never has been, and I simply have no reason to expect a change at this place in time. ;)
((repeating to self … ’breathe’ …. ‘breathe’))
Okay … I’ll admit that the discussion seemed to be logical, and Cheryl’s reasoning made a lot of sense … (She’s always so good at that!)
So, when I looked through this week’s featured stamper challenge later (FS144), I discovered a cute little gift box by ‘chrisations.ink’, and decided to “get started” toward the upcoming holidays. Now granted, I do ‘not’ have a sweet little something to tuck inside just yet, but this is truly perfect for such sweet little gifts such as jewelry, a watch, hand-made pendants or bracelets, or (gasp!) a set a car keys, etc! (The overall height is 4.25″ tall, just to clarify that it can only hold “small” treasures.) How to make it? SCS has a sweet little tutorial right here that is so easy to follow that even ‘I’ could do it! ;)
The scored cardstock was stamped repeatedly with a pine sprig stamp, then folded into the gift box shape. The stamped & colored image was accented with sugary Sparkly Fluff atop the trees, and glass glitter along the layers and snowflake button accent. Voila’! One little gift box all ready for a treasure to be tucked within! I hope you find a bit of inspiration to spur you into the holidays! Here’s to a fabulous new week ahead! And yes, you are welcome to leave little ‘nudges’ to push me forward into the new holiday shopping season .. I can use all the ‘nudges’ available. ;) Permission granted as of now, for the duration of the holiday shopping season! Please be gentle!
Here’s to a wonderful week for each of you! Thanks for sharing a moment of your day!
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Card Recipe: STAMPS >> ‘Pine Spring Set‘, ‘Moonlight Wonderland‘ , and ‘Snowflakes & Stardust‘ (all from Rubbernecker Stamps)
INKS >> Memento Tuxedo Black, Adirondack Lettuce, Distress Embossing Ink, Copic Markers as pictured (Please click on image to enlarge.)
PAPERS >> Gina K. Designs Apple Green Luxury C/S, Neenah Solar Classic Crest White, SU Night of Navy + Summer Sun
ACCESSORIES >> Scor-Pal, Quickie Glue Pen, Sparkly Fluff - Sugar, Scor-Tape, Vintage Glass Glitter, Doodlebug’s Sugar Coating Glitter, Spellbinders Wizard, Spellbinders Nestabilities Scallop Circles, Embossing Tinsel - Bridal, heat tool