Hi Stampers!

Today I have a non-card project for you.  Here is a festive way to dress up a bottle of wine that you may be giving as a gift this holiday season.  The one I have posted here is done in all Autumn colors, but this could very easily be done in Christmas colors for a last minute way of dressing up a bottle.  This would be a great hostess gift to give at a holiday party! 

I used my hot glue gun for creating the medallion and attaching it to the ribbon.  It just has a much better hold for this type of project than any other adhesive.

 

I love the burlap ribbon that Stampin' Up! sells.  It's perfect for making bottle tags because it lays so nicely!   I made my ribbon tails longer and then trimmed them down to the length I wanted right at the end.  I wanted my tails to come past the label so that it was more covered up.  That way the recipient moves the tag to the side to see what type of wine you gave them - it's kind of like unwrapping but with less mess! 

The banner was stamped using my Stamp-a-majig so that I could get perfect placement.  After stamping, I made the score lines on either side of the stamped image and then a second set of score lines 1/4" away from each of the first score lines.  After I did all of that, then I cut the flagged ends by hand. 

Hi Stampers!

Today I have a Christmas card that I made because I wanted to play with the fantastic ribbon that is in the 2013 Holiday catalog.  It looks fantastic when layered together and the contrast between the grosgrain and the burlap gives a lot of nice texture the card.

I used my Stampin' Write markers to color the stamp so that I could make the gifts be different colors.  I also like the contrast of the two different patterned papers on this card.  I also like that if you changed up the colors on this card, you can use it as a birthday card as well!

Here is a close up of how I layered all of the elements for the focal point of the card.  

Stampin' Supplies:

Card Stock: Whisper White, Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler textured

Designer Series Paper: Season of Style, Brights Stack

Stamps: Wishing You

Ink: Old Olive and Cherry Cobbler Stampin' Write Markers

Punches: 1-3/4" Circle

Big Shot: Window Frames Framelits

Embellishments: Cherry Cobbler 1" Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon, 1-1/4" Burlap Ribbon, Basic Pearls