One Image - Two Cards

Hello everyone and Happy Monday! Welcome to November, too!

This is the time of the year when things start to get crazy busy. Even the most organized person finds herself needing a last minute card or gift. Which is why I LOVE Deena's downloadable images. Not only is the quality great, but they are so easy to work with.

Today I'm featuring her Apple A Day Printable Note Card.

You will get three pages -- an instruction sheet, the note card and an envelope. All you have to do is print, cut and glue. Instant card and envelope!!

Today, I'm showing you two different cards to illustrate the versatility, as well as simplicity of this image. You can use the note card as is, but I wanted to add a few 3D decorative elements to each.

I printed the note card page twice so that I could use the image on two different cards. 

For the first card, I cut out the image and adhered it to an ivory card. Then I embellished the card with lace trim, a strip of gingham ribbon and a silver brad.

For the second card, I adhered the image to dark green cardstock, added a decorative flower and glued that panel to an ivory card.

These two cards took me maybe ten or fifteen minutes total! Perfect for those times when you are in a hurry!

Thanks for stopping by today!

See you next time!

Beth

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Tea Time!

Hi everyone - Beth here! Winter is certainly in full force where I live. The temps have really plummeted in the past week. Saturday's high was 5-degrees. Brrrr!

It's the perfect time for a hot cup of tea! And, what lovelier way to present it than with Deena's Time for Tea - Tea Bag Envelope downloadable. Two tea envelopes print on one sheet and there is also an instruction page.

I decided to use both envelopes -- one for the tea bag, and the other I used to make a card and matching gift tag. The tea bag envelope is super easy. Just cut and fold. I inked the edges in black to give it a more distressed look and used double-side tape for the edges.

For the card, I cut out the front of the other tea envelope and adhered it to lavender paper that I decorated with photo corners. I added a ribbon and tiny butterfly embellishment. The get well messages is hand stamped. I then glued the entire panel to a white card. I used my craft punch for the tag and added a piece of lavender seam binding.

The colors on this envelope are so cheery! Wouldn't this make a great pick-up-me gift for a loved one who's been under the weather?

There are lots more tea envelopes which you can find here!

Thanks for visiting today!

Beth
prettybyrddesigns.blogspot.com

Halloween M&M Cookie Jar

One of my best friend's daughter is at school and living in her own apartment while playing Division I field hockey which keeps her so busy.  She loves to bake but finding the time is hard with sports, her studies and a boyfriend.  I thought this would be a cute Halloween gift for her.  I love that you can get all different colors of M&M;s depending on the season.  You can make this jar for gifts all year round and just switch up the Ewe-N-Me Printables Jars Hang Tags to match the season or occasion.  

Halloween Jars Hang Tags

 

I love how cute this came out.  I used some Stickles to highlight the pumpkin on the tag and then on another tag cut out the cat and pumpkin and used some black Stickles on the cat and some Glossy Accents on the bow on his hat.  I found that it is better to put the Stickles on sparingly and then I used a QTip and wiped most of the glitter off so that you could still see the detail in the image.

I used my My Favorite Things dies again to punch out two circles for the top cover.  I love that when you buy this printable you get 8 tags on one sheet of paper.  I hope you try this recipe out and show us what you did.  You can find this and many other wonderful printables at the Ewe-N-Me Printables store.

Supplies Needed:

Wide Mouth Mason Jar

1 1/2 cups M&M's

1/4 cup white sugar

2 cups flour

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp salt

3/4 cup brown sugar

Ice Cream Scoop (to pack down layers)

Recipe to attach to tag:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Pour contents into a bowl and mix well.  Work in 3/4 cup of softened butter with your hands until the mixture is crumbly.  In a separate bowl beat 1 tsp vanilla with 1 egg.  Mix wet ingredients into dry.  Place heaping Tablespoons on cookie sheet and bake 10-14 minutes.

Hugs,

Anita

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