I have had lots of time to stamp recently as both of the computers in the house picked this last week to quit.  The good news is that I am once again online, fingers crossed, and I have lots of new projects to share with you.

Today’s project is a bookmark holder that was shown at the Stampin’ Up! Convention in August. I wanted to make a little gift for my 2 nieces and 2 nephews, all 6 years and under, that would keep them a little busy when we went out for dinner. And this activity fit the bill perfectly.

I stamped the Real Red cardstock with Real Red ink using the girl and boy bears from Beary Best Friends in the Holiday Mini catalogue and used the scallop edge punch on the longer flap.

Inside I included a bookmark stamped with an image they could colour and some crayons. The holder was held together with a belly band to keep the crayons inside.

The bear is from the set, Seal of Pawthenticity. Isn’t it cute? I also used a 1" x 8"strip of  Christmas Cocoa designer series paper for the band and mounted it on Soft Suede cardstock 1-1/4" x 8".  The medallion is two scallop circle punches, Real Red on Soft Suede. 

 I made a tie with the Sleigh Bells ribbon which matches so well. The bookmark holder is Real Red cardstock cut to 7-3/4" x 11". The bookmark is Real red cardstock 3" x 5-1/2" and Whisper White cardstock cut to 2-3/4" x 5-1/4" and glued on top.   

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Stamps:   Beary Best Friends (118052, $24.95), Seal of Pawthenticity (118054, $12.95), Beary Nice Wishes (118050, $22.95) 

Inks:   Soft Suede Classic

Paper:   Real Red, Soft Suede, Whisper White, Christmas Cocoa Designer Series paper (116770)

Punches: Scallop Circle, Scallop Edge, !-3/8" Circle. 1-1/4" Circle

Other:   Sleigh Bells Ribbon

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Aren’t these little Christmas tags adorable? And they are so easy to make.

Featured in the new Holiday Mini catalogue are two new embosslits for the Big Shot. The first is Merry, the tag itself, $15.95, #116820. The second is called Merry Details, $7.50, #116823 and creates all of the cute trees, birds and snowflakes shown on the tags.

I made 20 tags in about 20 minutes. Since it is so quick, this year I won’t be wrapping my gifts at the last minute.

Did you notice the tags made from the Wood Sheets seen on page 158 of the catalogue. I love these wood sheets! They are very thin and easy to work with. I had no problems running them through the Big Shot to make these tags. And won’t they look great on my gifts?

The rest of the tags were created using cardstock in Shimmery White, Real Red, Always Artichoke and Brushed Gold. I tied the individual tags with the Hemp Twine and the cello bag with the Sleigh Bells ribbon from the Holiday Mini, a new favourite of mine.  

For this second set of tags, I used the Wood Sheets with Shimmery White, Night of Navy and Bashful Blue cardstocks. The tags were tied with the silver Elastic Cord and Night of Navy Grosgrain ribbon. 

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Paper:   Shimmery White (101910), Real Red (102482), Always Artichoke (105119), Night of Navy (100867), Bashful Blue (105120), Brushed Silver (100712), Brushed Gold (102935)

Accessories:   Merry Embosslit (116820 – mini), Merry Details Embosslit (116823 – mini), Big Shot Die-Cut Machine (113439), Wood Sheets (116309), Silver Elastic Cord (109866 – mini), Hemp Twine (100982), Sleigh Bells Ribbon (116795 – mini), Night of Navy Grosgrain Ribbon (109036), Medium Flat Cello Bag (102757)

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