Priscilla's Papercrafts: March 2025

Monday, March 31, 2025

Cheers & Sips

Here's a story for you:

When my brother brought Jim home to New York from USC for Christmas 1974, I felt "something" at our first meeting at the airport.  Within a week I knew he would be my guy forever.  He didn't know it yet.  But when he left on NY Day, we vowed to keep in touch, and with MANY long-distance phone calls (remember them?) and near-daily letters, we did.  On June 9, 1975 I moved to California, and we moved in together on June 20th!  We were engaged by July 4th, and got married the following March.  Our wedding was a bittersweet affair - Jim's dad was terminally ill, so we moved our June NY wedding to his parents' living room in March. Two days before our wedding the family-friend judge who was supposed to marry us had a stroke.  After a full day of phone calls, a justice of the CA Supreme Court agreed to  do the job.  My parents flew out, my brother played guitar, and the 13 guests were  solemn, but it was one of the 4 happiest days of my life.  And here we are, 49 years later, with 3 fabulous kids (the other 3 happiest days of my life), 10 incredible grandkids, and wonderful memories of our life together.  Could I be any more blessed?  

Happy Anniversary, Jim!  You're still my guy! 

And I made a cheesy card.  But I used some new products and I'll show you the new Cheers & Sips stamps and dies:

I mean, what kind of card do you make for a guy with whom you've spent a lifetime?  I just wanted to celebrate our years together...

The drink glasses were cut with the Cheers & Sips dies directly from the Celebratory Sips designer series paper.  The die does not cut out the sprig of (what is that?) basil (?) in the glass, but there is a stamp for it.  After stamping and coloring it, I used another die to cut it out, matching up the stem to it looks like what was in the patterned paper.  

Then the letters...I wanted to use the Mini Alphabet dies, but they don't include numbers.  Fortunately I have held onto my "vintage" Playful Alphabet dies, so I cut those out of the designer paper (there is a full page of images that look like what you put in wine glasses, so I just took three of them and cut out the letters).  

The background DSP is also from the same package.  

And inside:

Yeah, cheesy and silly, but just perfect for my guy!  

Happy Anniversary to us!

Product List

Layers Of Beauty Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[163514]

$20.00

Happy Labels Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[160856]

$24.00

Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin' Pad

[147111]

$9.00

Strawberry Slush Classic Stampin' Pad

[131178]

$5.95

Old Olive Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154892]

$11.00

Mossy Meadow 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[133676]

$11.50

Playful Alphabet Dies

[152706]

$34.00

Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

[149653]

$130.00

Adhesive Sheets

[152334]

$11.50

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.25

Friday, March 28, 2025

Bridge Card

The ladies who attended my card class last weekend got to make a "bridge card". Take a look:

To be honest, I got mad at myself for including it in my class, as there were tons of pieces that I prepped beforehand. 😩 But seeing everyone's finished product made the effort SO worth it!

Gorgeous Grape was cut to 8" x 4-1/4" for the card base, and scored at 1-1/4" and 2-1/2" from each end. Then there were eight Highland Heather panels to add to the edges (of both sides); these were embossed with the Exposed Brick embossing folder.

The bridge was made using Gorgeous Grape, 5-1/2" x 1-1/4", Basic Black, 5-1/4" x 1", and Basic White, 5" x 3/4". And then we added flowers cut with the Impressions Abloom dies (coming May 4th).

The neat thing about this card is that it folds flat for mailing, and can fit in a standard envelope!

And to make it easy to write a note or sign your name, the back panel is also "finished".

It's always fun to try a new fun-fold!

Product List

Friends For Life Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[163359]

$25.00

Simply Said Mix & Match Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[163756]

$17.00

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$8.00

Gorgeous Grape 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[146987]

$11.50

Highland Heather 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[146986]

$11.50

Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[121045]

$11.50

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[159276]

$13.00

Pretty In Pink 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[163793]

$11.50

Lemon Lime Twist 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[144245]

$11.50

Exposed Brick 3 D Embossing Folder

[161600]

$11.00

Purple Adhesive Backed Sequins

[164970]

$8.00

Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

[149653]

$130.00

Thursday, March 27, 2025

Pop Up Sephora Bag

I expect many of you have seen my pop-up gift bag video from a few years ago. It's been making the Youtube rounds for some time and has been very popular.

When I bought a Sephora gift card for my granddaughter, the clerk put it in a tiny shopping bag that is a gift-card holder. But not to be outdone, I needed to turn it into something a little more special. So I got to work:

Isn't that cute?

Now if you have ever shopped Sephora, you will probably recognize the theme - black and white stripes with a little red.

I turned to some discontinued products to make this card - Dressed to Impress stamps/dies and some retired black & white designer paper.

When the card is closed it needs a belly band to hold it shut. So I wrapped some Real Red cardstock around the card and decorated it with a label and some beauty products.

Pulling off the belly band, the card looks like that.

And then you open it:

OMG! Adorable, if I say so myself!

Now I had to get creative to use the bag inside the card. I carefully peeled open the bottom of the bag and cut away some of the paper so that it would work in my card. I was a little nervous - I only had one bag so I didn't want to ruin it. But fortunately, I did it right!

How cute is that?

I made my own "designer paper" for the inside by randomly stamping the perfume bottle and lipsticks.

I think this will be the perfect birthday card for Vickie!

Product List

Dressed To Impress Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[151666]

$18.00

Simply Said Mix & Match Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[163756]

$17.00

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$8.00

Real Red Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154899]

$11.00

Shy Shamrock Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack

[163825]

$11.00

Soft Sea Foam Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154902]

$11.00

Greetings Of The Season Dies

[164112]

$32.00

Real Red 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[102482]

$11.50

Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[121045]

$11.50

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[159276]

$13.00

All Dressed Up Dies

[151665]

$35.00

Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

[149653]

$130.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.25

Wednesday, March 26, 2025

Box Card

At my workshop last weekend, one of our projects was a "box card". So what's a box card?

Well, for one thing, it's hard to photograph 😁

But it's a cool fun-fold card that looks impressive standing on a mantle or desk, but still folds up to fit in a standard envelope.

Starting with a piece of Wild Wheat cardstock (retiring soon!), it was cut to 5-1/2" x 10-1/4", and scored at 4-1/4", 5-1/4", 7-1/4" and 8-1/4". Wow! Lots of score lines!

But when folded, it creates a box on the front than can collapse to one side. Pretty neat!

We used patterned paper from the Everyday Happiness pack, on OnLine Exclusive. Grown with Love is the stamp set/die set that we used to stamp the frame on the front and the thyme, using Lost Lagoon and Wild Wheat ink.

Although this looks like a complicated card, it was really very easy to put together. And everyone really liked it!

The 2023-25 In Colors are about to retire. Wild Wheat, Boho Blue, Moody Mauve, Pebbled Path and Copper Clay are going away and making room for 5 new In Colors. So if any of these are your favorites, be sure to pick up a supply now! Because once they are gone, they are gone for good!

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