Before I begin today, I want to give a shout out to the Book Club at Memories in Bloom! They invited me to speak at their monthly meeting last night and it was so fun! I thoroughly enjoyed myself! Thank-you, ladies! Now on to the countdown!
I think that just about every stamper makes an attempt to create their own holiday cards every year. One thing that can be difficult to find is a great interior sentiment to finish the card right, and make less work for you later in having to add your own personal note by hand. I decided to be sure and create a set with just this purpose for this release.
The entire set is created with the same fonts, so you will see what you get in the following project sample! I love the combination of these two fonts and think they are versatile enough to coordinate with whatever style your card cover represents.
I thought it would be fun to use the sentiment stamp on something other than a card. I decided to turn our smallest round clear top tin into an ornament for the Christmas tree! The lid can be removed to reveal a special mini-book containing holiday pictures from the past. Here are the supplies I used to make this quick & easy project…
-Papertrey’s 2.5 oz Round Clear Top Tin
-Prussian Blue Palette ink Pad
–Mega Scalloped Circle Punch OR Scalloped circle Nestabilities Dies
-ribbon (mine is from American Crafts)
Decorate your cover as you like. I used our new interior stamp set for the sentiment and a snow flake from the treats set to decorate the background paper. Adhere your cover and three additional scalloped circles along your piece of ribbon.
Flip the ribbon over. Apply adhesive to the back of each of your scalloped circles. Adhere a second scalloped circle to the back of each previous circle, therefore "sandwiching" the ribbon and making the mini-book secure. Add a few small-scaled pictures and your book is complete.
To turn the tin into an ornament I recommend a Crop-a-dile. (If you haven’t tried this tool yet, I highly recommend it. It cuts through metal like butter!) Just insert the wall of the tin into the Crop-a-dile and squeeze, therefore punching a hole.
Thread both ends of a second piece of ribbon down through the hole you just created. Tie ends in a knot INSIDE the tin, to prevent the loop from coming back out.
Now insert your book into the tin and put on the lid! All ready to hang on the tree!
Here is what the book will look like when open. You could make these as little gifts for your parents & siblings, containing photos from childhood Christmas mornings, as I did here. Or you could add pictures of your family doing special holiday activities with neighbors or friends, and give them the ornament as a handmade gift. If you didn’t want to use photos, you could also write memories or blessings for the recipient on each page. Don’t forget you could make these in a multitude of colors as well. I think I may make a few of these for my own tree. My kids would LOVE to open the ornaments and look at the pictures every year as we decorate the tree.
As I wrap up this post, I wanted to share one additional tidbit. Papertrey now has it’s very own chat room set up for a special release party on Friday night, beginning at 10pm EST. I’ll be there counting down the minutes and I hope you’ll join me! You can find the chat room HERE. Please be sure to visit the link and register yourself before Friday so you can participate in the chat!
I think my wallet’s going to be in trouble this weekend! đ Love that project, Nichole!
Love your ornament-book, and great idea to have your own forum, Nichole!
What an adorable idea! I cannot wait to see the rest of the set! Thanks for the sneak peek! Tina
I can’t wait now to see everything, this is such a great idea! Wonderful, wonderful job, thank you for the inspiration.
OMG! I want to say, “Stop already with the amazing ideas”. LOL! No, seriously This little album ornament tin is too cute. You are taking care of all my holiday gift giving. I’m already going to make the hot cocoa tins for my kids teachers and now I know just what to do for the grandparents this year. Thanks for all the inspiration.
What a great project – have to get those little tins soon….they are adorable!!! God bless- thank you for sharing.
Awesome project!! Off to join the forum! How fun!!
Nicole, what a great idea…Pictures from Christmas morning are always funny and so much fun to look through! This is a great way to reminisce “years gone by”. I can’t wait to make some of these!!! Thanks for sharing your creativity with us all. You are truly gifted!!!
Ahhhh!! This is AWESOME! I can’t wait to try it. Thank you so much for sharing your creativity with all of us.
-Rachel H.
Grandville, MI
You are SO talented! Love your ideas!
gloria
Wow! You just keep knocking us over with the awesome things you come up with!! Thanks so much…and I’m getting excited too! Looking forward to tomorrow!!
Cheryl đ
Wow you come up with some amazing ideas!
can’t wait to see the new releases!
kim
What a great project, gotta love that crop a dile.
Very cute! Love all your great ideas. I know I will be home so you can bet I will be counting down with you Nichole. I can hardly wait.
Oh my gosh, “what they all said”!!! You are so clever, and I love this idea! Can’t wait to see the new sets on the 15th! WOOHOO!!!
Pure Genius! I make ornaments every year for my girls…This is the perfect answer to “what to make this year?”
Thanks Nichole!
WOW, WOW, WOW!!! I’m so excited and you are a GENIUS, GENIUS, GENIUS!!
I will sign up for Release Night and I hope I can stay awake, TFS.
I LOVE this idea!!! I will be making these for Christmas this year.
I absolutely love this mini album ornament idea, Nichole — you can bet you’ll find some hanging on my tree this year AND given as gifts!
beautiful!! đ
So clever and cute. I’m signed up for the forum. Can’t wait to see the latest releases!
Oh my! this project is precious! i love that idea of childhood photos inside. Love to see what your creative mind thinks up next!!!
I LOVE the things you create and thank you for the cocoa recipe. I agree, my wallet is probably going to weigh alot less this weekend. You enabler, YOU!!! LOL! Yes, we love it that you create so many darn cute things WE HAVE TO HAVE!!! *Ă*
What a cute idea! Can’t wait to see the whole collection!
What a cool project!
Hey Nicole!
The MIB book club loved having you! Thanks so much for sharing your time and creativity with us. Canât wait for the Christmas stuff to come out. Looking forward to it.
What an awesome gift idea, you are so creative Nichole, thank you so much for the inspiration that you provide. I already have my wish list ready. See ya Friday night!
Marge
Very nice. Great idea. I posted a tutorial for making magnets from these and someone sent me your link to check these out. Love them.
At first I didn’t think I’d like the idea of this tree ornament. Then I saw yours and you mentioned how your kids would enjoy looking through the pictures each year when decorating the tree and I thought what a great idea! I think it would be neat to make one each year, and inside have pictures of things that happened during the year…so 2007 at a glance.
Love your creativity.
Thanks for the information…I bookmarked your site, and I appreciate your time and effort to make your blog a success!
Where do I get the Friends & Family stamp from?