Hello, and welcome to the Aim for Alaska Blog Hop! I am Sarah Fleming, and I am in the USA. Aim for Alaska is Kylie Bertucci‘s training program. This program has helped my business so much! I’m very grateful to be part of this wonderful group and am excited about her new program that starts in October, Go for Greece. Today we are hopping together, and we are all using sneak peek products from the new Holiday Catalog! All of these products will be available to order on September 1. I can’t wait until the catalog is live for everyone!

My projects today both use the Tags & Trimmings bundle.

First I made a pillow box gift card holder using the dies in the bundle. These little pillow boxes are the perfect size for gift cards. I cut mine out of Real Red cardstock. I trimmed off the end tabs (those are for attaching a pillow box to the back of the die cut stocking), taped the side flaps together using Tear & Tape, then taped down the end flaps on one end. I didn’t tape the other end, to make it easy for the recipient to open and reuse. I tied the box closed with Whisper White Baker’s Twine, then decorated the box. Before tying the bow, I attached a tag I made using the bundle. I stamped the tag with Old Olive (stamped off once), then stamped to/from in Archival Basic Black. I threaded the tag onto the twine before tying the bow. I used one of the new Foil Snowflakes (LOVE these!), then two snowflakes cut with the Trim Your Stocking dies. I put these on the box using Dimensionals between every layer, then topped the snowflake off with a Clear Faceted Gem.

I also made a matching card using the same bundle. My card base is Old Olive. I stamped the black snowflakes on the card base. I also stamped three of the big holly leaves in Old Olive (stamped off once). I attached a couple strips of Vintage Crochet Trim to the card base before adding my focal point. The punched paper is from the Merry Little Christmas designer paper. I stamped the sentiment in Real Red, then stamped some snowflakes in black around the sentiment before punching the sentiment out with the new Everyday Label punch. The die cut holly leaves and stitched star are from the same set. I added three Glitter Enamel Dots to finish off the card front.

On the inside of the card, I stamped more snowflakes in Basic Black, then added some Real Red holly berries. “Merry Christmas” comes from the Merry Café stamp set.

I hope you’ve enjoyed the sneak peek today! Thanks for stopping by my blog. Make sure you follow the hop all the way around so you can be inspired by all the beautiful projects!

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Buy the Carols of Christmas bundle from my online store in August, and receive a free online card class that uses the bundle! The cards are easy to duplicate, so they’re perfect for beginners, but they’re also fun for seasoned stampers. [NOTE: The cards shown are not the cards included in the tutorial.]

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