From top to bottom: Envelope, Card, Gift. The envelope and card are both just decorated with stickers. The gift base is an old Christmas container that I covered with paper, stickers, and cricut cutouts. Then I put in a piece of foam and covered it with white crinkle paper. Using the cricut, I cut out the giraffe (New Arrival), phrases with backgrounds (Gypsy font and Base Camp), a tree with leaves (Stretch Your Imagination), and a box (Tags, Bags, and Boxes). The cap on the giraffe is a sticker. All the pieces are mounted on bamboo skewers and stuck into the foam base. Inside the box with flowery top, I placed a little gift for the grad.
I used the Walk in my Garden cricut cartridge for the daisies. Some of cut from white cardstock and some are cut from vellum. The words are white sticker letters. The "card" is a piece of cardboard covered with paper. Inside is a coupon for an at home spa day, with a coordinating piece of vellum overlaying the details. Gold cord is tied to a button, wrapped around the folded "card", and slipped over the button to secure the "card" closed.
You can keep a gift bag closed by putting a silk flower stem through two holes in the top of the gift bag. This idea was received, not created by me.
For a quick card, I sewed a scrap piece of fabric onto a card and added a saying. This is also a fun way to coordinate your card with a homemade gift, or to give a hint of the homemade gift you aren't quite done with.
Transform a white lunch sack into a gift bag with cardstock, ribbon, and a velcro. First I chopped off the top of the sack with decorative scissors to the height I wanted. Then I glued a piece of cardstock, as wide as the sack and taller than the sack, to the back and folded it over the top of the sack. I attached another piece of cardstock to the front of the sack, this time as wide and as tall as the sack. Next add the velcro closure and some ribbon for the final touches. In this case, I left a large white area to write the receiver's name with a coordinating marker.
I keep a box in the garage of things I no longer need. Not all of these items make it to the second-hand store. Some become useful parts of gifts. When St. Patrick's day was approaching, I realized I had these bright lime green cups in said box. They became perfect little gift containers filled with green candies and green frosted sugar cookies. I added a festive ribbon around the cup, as well as a green peep on a stick with a tag tied on with another ribbon. This is an easy way to give new life to an old container. This could be done up in any color(s) for any occasion, although using a single color creates a big impact from this little gift.
I made this card from the blue piece of cardstock that was already scored to fold like that. I used a punch for the large scalloped circle, with mounting tape on one side and velcro on the other so both sides were adhered at an even height. Now one side releases to open up to the inside of the card. I did have to make my own envelope for this card since the piece of blue cardstock was larger than a normal card.
Striped fun comes from two paint color cards trimmed and adhered to a paint can. I added a ribbon around the top of the can and lots and lots of stickers. I didn't want to have to cut paper to cover the lid, so I just added stickers there too. Then I put in mini versions for a pampering good time. Unfortunately, you probably won't find the manicure items at the hardware store.
I used the Cricut Cartridge "Home Accents" to create these cards (the word "love"). The tag is stamped and punched.
White card with letter stickers spelling out the phrase. Chalked all four edges in peach. Used terrifically tacky tape to adhere the ribbon stem, ribbon leaf, flower and button. Added some coordinating stickers around the flower and also on the inside of the card.
One of the best things about this gift turned out to be the wrapping. I bought an easel to go with the tile and then I just wrapped the tile and attached the easel to the outside with a ribbon. Then I used the easel to hold the card in place. It made for an adorable gift.
These are the chore charts I made for the girls. I found pictures on the internet to go with each job that I wanted. I put everything on with velcro so their jobs change each day. Gracie has been so motivated to do her chores. I am really happy with it so far. I had all the extra pieces in a baggie on the back of the chart. It works okay but I am putting the extra pieces on the back with velcro. I think this will make it more user friendly.
Annie's brand in the natural foods section just happens to sell bunny shaped graham crackers year round and thought they would be a less sugary gift than the usual Easter candy. I put them in snack sized baggies so I could get about 8 small gifts out of one box of crackers. Then I stapled card stock to the top of the bag and added a stamp and the name.
