Author: Kimberly Skinner

I always love sharing ways to stretch your stash.  Anytime that you use your supplies in a new way, you are stretching your stash.  When you stretch your stash, you stretch your crafty dollars and make them work harder for you!

I have 2 gift bags to share today using two sets of dies that I love from my stash.

As we approach spring, I like to have a stash of small gift bags ready to tuck a nice treat in for friends and coworkers.  I like to create my own gift bags and boxes and it is so easy to do with the rectangle dies that I have in my stash!

I created a quick and easy bag using the Stitched Heart Tags die set.  I die cut two of the larger tags from the Spectrum of Love paper. I actually got both die cuts from one sheet of the paper!

I created some strips of cardstock cut at 1 x 4-1/4″ and scored them at 1/4″ intervals.  These were folded in an accordian fashion and used for the sides and bottom of the bags.

You can see all the details in the video below!

I decorated the first bag using the Valentine’s Quokka set.  The sweet little flower came from that set as well.  The sentiments for both cards came from the Friendship Greetings Stamp Set as well.  Here you can also see the beautiful Midnight Fandango peals that I used to complete the decoration!

This gift bag uses the Fancy Scalloped Stitched Rectangle dies and the Friendship Greetings stamp set. The pearls are the peach pearls to complete the decoration.

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Hi friends!  I have a shaker celebration card to share with you today.  I decided that I wanted to create a nice general celebration card for my stash.  I’m using the new Birthday Essentials die set along with the Slimline Film Strip frame die set to create a quick and easy shaker card that will work for almost any celebration!

I used the fabulous Birthday Essential die set with some pastel cardstock scraps to create the celebration images for my card.

The Slimline Film Strip die made the perfect backdrop for the colorful embellishments.  I used the Rainbow Confetti paper in blue for my background as well.

I love that this frame die gives me a set of three windows to draw attention to the little dies from the Birthday Essentials set.  These two sets work so well together!

You can see the Berry Lemonade Sprinkles that I have used inside the card.  You can see all the steps for constructing this card in my video below.

The Happy Day sentiment came from the Say it with Hearts stamp set.  I simply left out the Valentine’s part of the sentiment!  I love that this stamp set has those 3 words as separate pieces so they can be combined in several different ways.   This clever design allowed me to take advantage of the versatility of the sentiment stamps!

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Hi friends!  Kim here to share 2 bright spring cards with lots of die cutting tips and techniques!

I used some bright and beautiful patterned papers from the Spectrum of Love set and the Rainbow Dreams paper set.  I felt like I was craving color today!

I used 4 die sets to create my card today.  You can see the Reverse Scallop Mini Slimline die with the Hello word die on the pink card.  You can also see that I created a frame for my second card using the Fancy Scalloped Stitched Rectangle dies and the Never Ending Rectangle dies.

You can see the process in my video below!

I have also used the Butterfly Cover die and the Valentine’s Quokka stamp and die set.  To finish off my cards, I used the Peach Pearls and the Wings of Beauty embellishments.

I love the bright rainbow colors with the white frames and sentiments.  It lifted my spirits as soon as I opened the paper package!

And isn’t that Quokka just the cutest?

You can see the Nuvo Crystal Glaze that I added to the inside of the butterflies.  This gave them lots of shine and dimension.  I love this detail!!

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Hi friends!  I have a Valentine’s Day mini slimline shaker that is also a hot cocoa mix holder!  I couldn’t resist playing with the new Mini Slimline Vine Cover Die and the Mini Slimline Envelopes Dies.

You can see how I put this together in my video below!

I used the new Mini Slimlines Foliage Cover Die as the decoration for the front of my hot cocoa holder. I added some of the new Spectrum of Love patterned paper below the cover die with some of the XOXO Sprinkles.

I selected two of the papers from the Sprectrum of Love paper pack that I had coordinating colors of glitter cardstock for.  I also ink blended the envelope die cut pieces in Peacock and Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide inks to coordinate with the patterned paper and glitter cardstock.

You can see that I used the XOXO sprinkles for the teal shaker card and the Lots of Smooches for the pink shaker card.

I love that a packet of hot cocoa mix fits so perfectly inside this mini slimline envelope die set.  Anybody else thinking that this will be a perfect stocking stuffer idea for next Christmas?

I also used the Hugs portion of the Rainbow Hugs word die.  I used a special technique by stacking several of the die cuts together and then clear embossing them to get a shiny enameled look.  This is my DIY Faux enamel technique for word dies!

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Hi friends!  I have 3 different projects to share with you today.  The details will all be in my video below!

My first project is a quick and easy project to create place cards for your holiday table.  This uses an easy die cutting trick which you can see in the video.

For this project, I simply do a partial die cut and fold the card where the die cut ended.

I have used the Kat Scrappiness Dress Up Quokkas and the Thanksgiving Costume Add-On Set.  I absolutely love making place cards for the holidays and I was delighted to see that there are so many add-ons that coordinate with the Dress Up Quokkas!  I love that there are other fall items in this Thanksgiving set to create scenes and use on projects like this!

I also made some fall holiday gift tags.  These use one of my favorite die sets:  Stitched Fancy Scalloped Rectangle dies.  There are 6 dies in this set and I used one of the smaller ones to create two tags.  I did some ink blending on the tags, added a punched hole and some twine, and I added some of the images that I colored and die cut from the Thanksgiving Costume Add-On set.

I will add a personal message on the tag when I attach it to the gift!

I also like to have a set of thank you note cards on hand for each holiday.  I used the Scallop Mini Slimline dies to create this project.  I also used a die cutting trick to cut this out and preserve the fold!  The cutting edge of the die along the fold should be above the fold so it doesn’t cut the paper.  You can see this in my video below.

I used the leaves stamp from the Thanksgiving stamp set and heat embossed them in white.  This allowed me to add some ink blending.

The new Thanks word and shadow die made the perfect sentiment for my note card!  I used a nice orange piece of scrap card stock for the shadow and die cut the script word in a nice bright white!  I love the fancy scalloped edge and the stitching on these dies!

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The place cards and gift tags are a perfect project to have on hand for your little ones.  You can do the stamping and die cutting and then let your kids color them in while you are busy with what you have to do.  My kids always enjoyed creating things to decorate the table for the holidays so I always made sure I had a plan for a project they could help with.

Thank you so much for stopping by!  Have a fantastic day!