Bottle Memos

Planning on giving someone a bottle of wine, sparkling cider, or something else in a bottle?

This is a quick and easy way to dress them up.

Just cut a rectangle big enough to cover the width of the bottle down as far as you want the bottom of the tag to reach. Then score the top third of the paper and cut a circle out of that big enough to go over the top of the bottle and sit where the bottle begins to widem. Cut out 2 rosettes using TH mini rosettes dies, glue together, and add pearl accent. Cut out a rectangle to fit the inside of the bottom half of the tag with coordinating paper, and then one slightly smaller to fit inside of that. Give them fishtails. Stamp a sentiment on CS and cut out and emboss using SB Ribbon Banners. Glue all together as you see and add Pearl Accents.

The rosettes take the most time in this project, otherwise it's super quick!

This idea can also be found at http://limescraparitawithatwist.blogspot.com/ on Dawn W.'s blog


(PS This was supposed to be posted like a week before Christmas but apparently the computer didn't want to cooperate. It's still a great idea for next year or any other occasion besides Chritmas.)

Flowering Trees

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Memory Box Dies

This die is called "Flowering Christmas Tree"

I used it with metallic black CS and textweight, embossed with CB Kassie's Brocade embossing folder.

The card on the right has some ribbon thrown around the bottom and Liquid Pearls in the center of each flower.

The card on the right also has silver mirrorcard embossed.

Susan Louise Ornaments

Original idea borrowed from Annette: http://annettes-kraftykats.blogspot.com/

Just take clear plastic ornaments, Susan Louise acetates, a Spellbinders circle, and some fake snow or white Flower Soft and you have an easy ornament!

Folded Paperback Trees

To add a little holiday flare to your home, check out this idea!

1. Tear the front and back cover off of a paperback book, but leave the binding intact.
2. Fold the top corner of the first page down to meet the binding.
3. Then fold the same page down to meet the binding again.
4. Turn up the resulting triangle at the bottom of the page so it's even with the bottom of the book.
5. Make these same three folds on the next pages of the book until the tree looks proportioned enough (about 150 pages). If your book is longer than that just trim the excess pages off the binding.
6. Glue the first and last pages together so the tree fans out and stands on its own.
7. Decorate anyway you want: ink the pages with distress ink or mist with metallic sparay paint, add Candi dots for ornaments, or decorative ribbon as garland, and to top it off make a tree topper (I didn't know what to do for mine)

This idea was found in Family Circle magazine December 2011 issue.