Vintage Truck Holiday Gift - Jillibean Soup

Hello blogging friends!

My husband is restoring an old truck...  ok, so maybe not so much restoring right now as the truck is in pieces in our garage! I hope the restoration will start soon. Anyway, when I say this Vintage Truck svg from SVGcuts, I knew I had to make it. The old guy's birthday is coming up after all. But I discovered that a small loaf of banana or pumpkin bread fits in the truck bed perfectly and I thought it would also make a really cool hostess gift. I guess I'll need to make a few more of these.

I used a Jillibean Soup digital cut file available in the Silhouette Store and printed it on vellum for my truck's door signs. Jillibean Soup has lots of cut files you could choose from. I opted for the dairy sign as my father grew up on a dairy farm, but there are pigs, chickens, cow, flower signs as well.

Of course you want a hostess gift to look pretty too so I added a Jillibean Soup shaker tag and huge bow to the bread bag. Here too I used another Jillibean Soup digital cut file and printed it right on the tag. It looks like I stamped it! I filled the shaker with two shades of blue beads. I didn't want to cover up the words though.

I love how this turned out. It even has headlights and taillights!. Be sure to check out SVGcuts because their 3D cut files will astound you.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

~Marcia

Holiday Gift Tags - Top Dog Dies

Hello blogging friends!

With Halloween just barely behind me now I can start talking about Christmas, right? I am sharing some holiday gift tags today that I created with the new Winter dies from Top Dog Dies. This year I am going to be prepared, lol. Christmas cards are going out instead of my Happy New Years cards and these lovely tags are going to adorn a present for someone special. Are you one of those people who are done doing their shopping by Thanksgiving? or are you like me and are up wrapping gifts on Christmas Eve?

These were super easy to make. I used a ready made chipboard tag. I just had to stamp the "To:" and "From:" and add my die-cuts.

I used the Top Dog Dies Vintage Alphabet set to create these letters for my "Joy" Penguin tag.

Supplies:
Top Dog Dies Cardinal die set
Top Dog Dies Penguin die set
Top Dog Dies Vintage Alphabet die set
Elles Studio Stamp
cardstock or pattern papers
Chipboard Tags Close to My Heart

Thanks for stopping by,

~Marcia

Spread the Love - Imaginisce Heartland Farm

Hello blogging friends! I hope you all had a fabulous weekend. 

Are you picking strawberries yet in your neck of the woods? It's still too early here in Minnesota. I LOVE to pick berries in the Summer; strawberries in June, raspberries in July, and blueberries in August. Besides eating the berries fresh, I can jelly for my family to eat all year long. Of course, I share what I make too, so I thought I could package my jars up with the new Imaginisce Heartland Farm collection for gifting. I covered the lids with fabric and added a decorative tag to each jar. 

These jars have some of my strawberry and blueberry jelly. No blueberry die cuts though in the Heartland Farm collection so I used the cherry instead.

The chipboard tags needed to be covered with pattern paper first. After adhering the paper to the tag, I used the D-Stress tool to clean up the edges and hole at the top of the tag. I love this tool for when I make chipboard mini albums too. 

Once the tags were covered with pattern paper I embellished with a stamped mason jar and some die cuts.

Supplies:

Imaginisce : Pattern Papers, Die Cuts, Acrylic Stamp (Heartland Farm), D-Stress tool, Foam Tape

Thanks for stopping by,

~Marcia