Ever since the Holiday Mini catalog came out, the Bells & Boughs stamp set and coordinating Deck the Halls Designer Paper has been my favorite! I still haven’t played with it enough to get bored with it and there’s not much time left…aaaccckkk!!! tHEN, they added it to the incredible Handmade Holiday special as a Vintage Christmas Card bundle for only $23.92 for wood and $19.92 for Clear, I was thrilled! So, I’ve been sharing different projects ever since.  I already shared one of my favorite cards here , but wanted you to see three of the other popular projects I’ve created with this elegant ensemble:

BIRDHOUSE VOTIVE HOLDER

This pretty lil’ beauty is a battery operated votive holder birdhouse made with the Big Shot milk carton die. Isn’t it the cutest? This project can be as easy or as intricate as you’d like and everyone has LOVED IT! My wonderful assistant, Retha, showed me a version she had made last year after seeing it somewhere so I had her over one day and had her make another using some current supplies:

• Very Vanilla Card Stock
• Cherry Cobbler Card Stock
• Always Artichoke Card Stock
• Old Olive scraps (for branches)
• Real Red, Basic Black & Daffodil Delight scraps (for bird)
• Big Shot Milk Carton die
• 1 inch Circle punch (punch the hole on the flap side of the die so it will face the right way)
• Gold Waffle paper
• 3/8" Real Red Taffeta ribbon
• Cherry Cobbler ribbon
• Vintage Brads
• XL 2-Step Bird Punch
• Deck the Halls Designer Series Paper
• Scallop Edge Border punch
• Pinking Hearts Border punch
• Big Buttons
• White Gel pen
• Hemp

ELEGANT HOLIDAY SOAP ENSEMBLE

Here’s another fun and easy little gift you could proudly pass on to one of your holiday hostesses. I purchased the holiday soaps two years ago at 10 cents each (90% off the dollar bin price– woo hoo!) at a local craft store. I put two of them together, wrapped them with our elegant gold waffle paper (I love this stuff!) and added the beautiful gold embossed poinsettia focal point encircled in that gorgeous gold glass glitter. I have learned a long time ago that packaging is what makes any gifty project so a nice piece of white satin organza ribbon and clear tinsel trim added just the right elegant touch to this project. Here’s the materials list:

• Bells and Boughs stamp set
• Gold embossing powder
• Versamark pad
• Scallop Oval punch
• Large Oval punch
• 1 3/4" Circle punch
• Scallop Border punch
• Gold Waffle Paper
• Gold Glass Glitter
• White Organza Ribbon
• Clear Tinsel trim
• Pearls
• Rose Red marker
• Always Artichoke marker

 EMBOSSED IVY CANDLE & COORDINATING BOX

• Vintage Christmas Card Bundle
• XL Scallop Punch
• Stazon Black ink
• Artichoke marker
• Real Red marker
• Real Red Satin ribbon
• Clear Tinsel trim
• White 3" Candle
• Box

ABC BUNDLED DEALS END DECEMBER 15!