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Magazine Holder Tutorial

POST EDITED ON 3/14/10 TO ADD:

For those of you who prefer metric measurements, please visit Alison's blog by clicking here. Alison is in Australia, and has adapted the tutorial below to metric - photos included!

Remember this card holder from a few days ago?

I promised the dimensions and instructions, but couldn't seem to put them into words without pictures, so I've got a set of full pictorial instructions for you today! I adapted a mini magazine holder to hold regular 4-1/4 x 5-1/2" cards. Also, I intentionally made it from 81/2x11 carstock instead of 12x12. I made a couple of cards to go inside, and it looks adorable!

If this doesn't make sense, please let me know, as it was completely made up by me! You will probably find a much better, more convenient way to assemble it once you've made one, so remember this was my first try!

I made my magazine folder/card holder in 2 different colors, but you could just as easily make it all in one color and add some DSP too.

Recipe (for cards and holder) -

Stamp sets: Season of Friendship, Level I hostess set Best Yet

Ink: Kiwi Kiss, Tangerine Tango, Riding Hood Red, Pacific Point, Baja Breeze, Chocolate Chip, Summer Sun

Cardstock: *8-1/2x11* Kiwi Kiss, Tangerine Tango, Riding Hood Red, Pacific Point, Baja Breeze, Whisper White

Accessories: Kiwi Kiss, Tangerine Tango, Riding Hood Red, & Baja Breeze striped grosgrain ribbon, hemp twine, Whisper White medium envelopes, Circle punches: 3/4", 1", 1- 1-3/8", 1-3/4"; magazine holder template & dimensions

To make the magazine holder, I started with somebody else's template for a smaller magazine holder, but had to change it to fit 4-1/4"x5-1/2" cards. To keep from using 12x12" cardstock, I made the holder in 2 pieces instead, then made each piece from a separate color of cardstock. Basically, it's a box (the bottom portion I'll be making in Kiwi Kiss) with the angled piece sticking up out of the inside of the box (the Baja Breeze part). Starting with the top portion, I drew up a quick picture with the dimensions. Just click on it if you need to see it better.  

   

Simply cut a piece of cardstock that is 5-3/4" x 10-1/2".

Now score it 4-1/2" from each side, with the paper positioned LANDSCAPE. Use your bone folder to crease each scoreline.

With the creases down the center like an open book, you will measure and mark 1" to the left and right of the score lines at the TOP of the cardstock. 

Next, measure 2-1/2" from the bottom on the left and right sides, then draw a diagonal line to connect the two.  (If you look closely, you can see the diagonal pencil line on my cardstock.)

Cut along the diagonal lines.

This piece will fit into the box we'll create for the bottom.

To make the bottom, cut a piece of cardstock that is 6-1/2" x 9-1/2". Score 2-1/2" from all 4 sides. This will leave you with a 1-1/2" section in the middle, which is the finished width of the holder.

    

Crease with your bone folder. Cut the 2 vertical creases from the bottom up to the first horizontal fold, and again from the top down to the first horizontal fold. If this doesn't make sense, you can see the cuts in the next photo if you click on it. (Sorry; forgot to photograph that step!)

With the side that is to become the inside of the box facing up (the folds are like valleys), place strips of Sticky Strip as shown, with 4 on the left side and only 2 on the right.

Now flip the cardstock over, and place more Sticky Strip as shown: this time with 4 on the left and 4 on the right.

 

Flip the cardstock back over so the side with the uneven amount of Sticky Strip is facing up, and the side with only 2 strips is to the right. Peel the plastic off the 4 strips on the left, then position the upper piece in the center of the box bottom.

*It's a good idea to check the size of the upper piece before peeling the strips off, and trimming any parts that don't quite fit into the bottom correctly. 

Now just fold up the back parts and press the Sticky Strip to hold the pieces together.

Next, peel off the plastic from the 2 Sticky Strips on the right, along with one of the now vertical strips in the FRONT and one on the BACK (that can't be seen in this photo). If that doesn't make sense, look at the picture to see where the plastic is peeled off and copy it! :-) 

Fold up the flaps on the right over the ones you already folded on the left. It will now look like this on both the front and the back. Peel off the remaining plastic strips and fold the last 2 flaps up.

Embellish as desired! *Now that you know which parts show when complete and which don't, you'll know where to stamp if you want to stamp it before assembling.

 

OK, this was CRAZY long, and probably all backwards, but hopefully you get the idea and it will work for you. Be sure to let me know if it's wrong in places. I'm sure I'll end up rereading it later and correcting all sorts of things.

Be sure to email pictures of your creations!

p.s. - yes, I know my butcher block table needs to be refinished desperately! ;-)

Season of Friendship Cards and Magazine Holder

Boy, I'm in the doghouse for posting this so late, aren't I?!! Well, hopefully it won't disappoint!

Here's my magazine holder and cards made with my new Season of Friendship set:

 

Cute, huh? I adapted a mini magazine holder to regular 4-1/4 x 5-1/2" cards. I made a couple of cards to go inside, CASEing a few from online... sorry, I can't remember from where at the moment. (I'm in such a hurry to get this thing posted finally!) The magazine holder would look really cute with the bottom covered in DSP, then more on the cards to match. However, I was trying to keep these cards and the holder simple and with fewer supplies because it's for one of my Christmas classes.

 

I stamped the envelopes to make this more "gifty" (!) and because they will be seen while in the holder. I'll probably offer my stampers the option to make this quick-and-easy version, or one with two of each cards. They are pretty stamping-intensive, simply because you have to ink, cleanup, then re-ink with other colors quite frequently, due to all the leaves on the cards, holder and the envelopes.

I think it's  a reallly neat, colorful - and simple - project. Once I figured out the dimensions of the holder, it was really simple to put everything together. I'll come back and add the dimensions and instructions for the holder tomorrow; first, I've got to make some adjustments to this one, as it was the first try, and therefore not perfect! I'll also add instructions for the cards (which, by the way, are landscape, which doesn't seem to show up in the picture.)

Hope you like!

OK - here we go with the particulars I promised:

Recipe -

Stamp sets: Season of Friendship, Level I hostess set Best Yet

Ink: Kiwi Kiss, Tangerine Tango, Riding Hood Red, Pacific Point, Baja Breeze, Chocolate Chip, Summer Sun

Cardstock: Kiwi Kiss, Tangerine Tango, Riding Hood Red, Pacific Point, Baja Breeze, Whisper White

Accessories: Kiwi Kiss, Tangerine Tango, Riding Hood Red, & Baja Breeze striped grosgrain ribbon, hemp twine, Whisper White medium envelopes, Circle punches: 3/4", 1", 1- 1-3/8", 1-3/4"; magazine holder template

You know what? I'll never get through a how-to without visual aids.It would be like trying to teach someone how to tie their shoes without being able to show them.

For a tutorial with pictures, click here.

Ski Slope DSP and Oversize Snowflake

Remember the Oversize Snowflake set? I still don't understand why it was so short-lived, because it is so great. And I found it's even greater when you add GLITTER!!!

So here's my winter card for you today:

 

If you're a regular, you may have noticed that I don't use glitter much. I've always had an aversion to glittery carpets, hands, face, clothes, etc., so I just don't use it even if my card would look much better with it. Well, I've broken out the glitter a few times the past week, and I've now decided that it's really not so bad after all! For this card, I used my Heat and Stick powder to adhere the glitter, and it really holds the glitter on nicely.

So, to make this card, I first layered Baja Breeze cardstock onto the Chocolate Chip card base, and added the Ski Slope DSP. Next I stamped the snowflake onto Whisper White cardstock using Versamark ink, and sprinkled the Heat and Stick powder onto it. After tapping off the excess just as you do with embossing powder, I used the heat gun to heat the powder just until it melted a bit. Be careful not to overheat it. Working quickly, I then sprinkled on the glitter and tapped off the extra. Here's where the messy part comes in: when you use your heat gun to set the Heat and Stick, you will find that you blow glitter everywhere. Don't worry, though, as plenty will remain on your card. Now heat it just enough to "set" the Heat & Stick to hold the glitter onto the card. I used the same process with the "Winter Wishes" sentiment below the snowflake.

I wanted to see through the snowflake to the DSP, so I took my paper snips and cut out most of the detail. Notice that I left the parts in the very center. That's because I was afraid I'd ruin it by trying to poke a hole through and cutting in those tiny areas. Next I took a pretty Baja Breeze Small Felt Flurry Snowflake and stuck it in the big empty spot that was left on the card!

That's it! Hope this is a nice break from all the Halloween stuff I've been posting lately! I may have one more Halloween card, but since Halloween's so close now, that may be it!

Enjoy! Go stamp!

Pizza, Anyone? How About Pizza With Ski Slope DSP, Baja Breeze DSP, Winter Post, Felt Flurries, & Bella's Bloom?

OK, I mean pizza boxes, not actual pizza!

I'd done a challenge this week for Split Coast Stampers to make a mini pizza box. I made one using Baja Breeze cardstock and paper, so I thought I'd share it with you. And since it had nothing to do with any of the upcoming holidays, I made a Christmas mini pizza box too!

 Here's my challenge project, which I made first. The Split Coast box tutorial I used is here. Basically, you start with a 6x11" piece of cardstock, make some score lines, fold it, make a few snips, and assemble the box. It's called a pizza box because it is one piece and the top opens like a pizza box!

Then I cut a 4x4" piece of DSP, and 4 1x4" pieces, and adhered them to the sides and top. Next, I wrapped the ribbon around the top and up into the inside of the box top, and covered it with another 4x4" piece of DSP.

I just love the Bella's Bloom stamp set, but have only used Pink Pirouette with it in the past. This time, I used Baja Breeze, and I really like it paired with the Baja Breeze Designer Series Paper and 1" wide matching grosgrain ribbon.

I also love the Designer Label Punch with the phrase stamp from the set, because I think they were made for each other! If you look closely, you'll see a different pattern of DSP for the large oval just beneath the top punch, and white scallop circle under that. I colored the flower by inking it up with Baja Breeze, then using a tissue to remove the ink from the leaves and stems. I used an Old Olive marker to color those. I cut one out with the WONDERFUL Stampin' Up! paper snips, then punched the other with the medium oval punch and hung it from the center label with hemp thread. Cute?

How about this one? 

It's my Christmas pizza box for the holiday season! It's made with the new Ski Slope DSP, Winter Post stamp set, and one of the new Little Felt Flurries. The base cardstock is Chocolate Chip, with 2 different patterns of Ski Slope on the box top. The felt flurry is attached with a Designer Brad, but I just left it NAKED (horrors!). The tag is made from Kraft cardstock, punched with the large oval punch and hung from the brad with hemp thread. Don't you just love that new DSP?!!

Hope you're inspired to keep stamping!

I'll add the recipe later; it's pretty much already there...

Another Card Using the Beautiful Set 'Winter Post'

I've got a pretty card for you today! It's bright red with that really pretty red striped grosgrain ribbon. I love how Real Red and the red striped grosgrain ribbon go together; they just really show each other off nicely.

 

Hmm... well, I don't think this photo does my pretty card much justice. It really is striking in person. I guess it's because in person you can see the inside and back, which are all red. But I do like the way the embossing in the background looks like snow, don't you? I've told you before how much I love each and every stamp in the Winter Post set. Well, these two are definitely 2 of my favorites. Along with the skating couple, the "Do Not Open..." stamp, and the two postage stamps. Oh - and the "to/from" stamp. Oh, gosh - that's ALL of them. hee hee. Yep - they're ALL my favorites!!

Here are the particulars: The cardstock (Real Red) is cut to a 6-5/8" x 6-3/4" [almost] square, then folded in half so that it's 6-5/8" x 3-3/8". Why the odd size? Because it then fits perfectly into the small open-end envelopes! Next, I cut a piece of Whisper White cardstock to fit the front, and ran it through the Cuttlebug twice, since it was too long to emboss the entire piece in one shot. (After running it through the second time, I had to put the cardstock back into the embossing folder, [lining up the dots, that is] then "pop" out some of the dots that had gotten squished when it went through the Cuttlebug the second time. See, if you look at the bottom of the embossing folders, the design doesn't go all the way to the bottom, so when you turn the cardstock around, that flat bottom area will smoosh the earlier embossing. I hope this makes sense.) 

OK - so after embossing the front piece and adhereing it to the card, I simply cut out 3 Whisper White squares, 1-1/2"x1-1/2". I used my Stamp-a-ma-jig to center the snow flakes and the reindeer. At first, I had off-centered the snow flakes, which is an effect I like, but in this case, the squares were too small, and didn't look right. I matted the stamped squares onto more Real Red, then attached them with Dimensionals. Some people might put the ribbon behind the dotted white front piece, which is also nice, but I really do like the striped ribbon against the bright red cardstock!

Lotsa talk, only one picture - somehow that's not quite fair, is it??! Sorry! Hope you enjoyed it anyway!

Fancy "Wallpapered" Pop-up Card!

I wanted to make something to showcase the new Fall/Winter Designer Series Paper, Bella Rose, but ended up using just 2 of the Chocolate Chip papers for a card, so you don't get to see the rest of the beautiful new colors, including Kiwi Kiss, Riding Hood Red, and Pink Pirouette. I did, however, use Pink Pirouette cardstock and ink, so you can at least see that!

I call this a "Wallpapered Pop-up Card", because I "wallpapered" the inside of the card to hide the pop-up mechanism! For wallpaper on this card, I used the tiny polka dot patterned NEW Bella Rose�DSP and ran a piece of Pink Pirouette through the Cuttlebug using the Swiss Dots embossing folder.

Want to know how to make one of your own? Here are the instructions in ten (thousand!) words or less:

Let's start by constructing the pop-up part of the card, which I call the pop-up "mechanism". Cut a piece of cardstock approximately 3"x2", and score it crosswise down the middle.

Now use paper snips to�make 2 cuts�across the folded edge up to app. 1/2" from the end so that you end up with a small tab in the center.

Score the tab with your bone folder on both sides.�Pop out the tab so that it�folds in the opposite direction from the original fold you made. You will end up with something that looks like a stairstep, like this: �

To make the "wallpaper" for the insides to cover the pop-up mechanism, choose two papers or cardstock colors, and cut them to the size you'd like. Now you'll want to cut L-shaped cuts into each - in opposite directions for top and bottom. Refer to the photo here:

In my demo, I am using pink for the card bottom and the Chocolate Chip DSP for the top, hence the direction of the L cuts. To make the cuts accurately, fold your pop-up mechanism like you did in the above photo to score it with the bone folder, then draw an L in the desired direction on the front of your wallpaper. I cut mine with paper snips and shaped them up a bit with the Hobby Blade. You'll probably need to play around with the placement of the pop-up mechanism and the cuts for a bit - I know I did! - so that is why I have not attached the mechanism to the card yet.

Once you're satisfied with the way your wallpaper lays on the card, you're ready to attch the mechanism. I just use SNAIL, but your adhesive method of preference is fine. Run your adhesive around the tab on the back of your pop-up mechanism, WITHOUT getting any on the tab itself.

I've found the best way to get the pop-up piece aligned properly is to attach one side first, then partially close the card to allow th second side to attach itself.

Once your pop-up mechanism is attached, your ready to "wallpaper" the inside. Add your 2 wallpaper pieces with SNAIL by hooking the L-shaped cutouts under the tab and securing.

To add your pop-up cutout, it's best to place a Dimensional or 2 directly on the "stairstep" tab rather than on the cutout piece. This way, you can align the bottom of your pop-up cutout with the bottom of the stairstep so that the card closes easily.���

Now simply decorate your card front and insides as you'd like! I chose to decorate the inside bottom, but you can just as easily decorate the top instead, or both for that matter.

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Hope you enjoy! Please leave any comments or email me with questions if I've confused you!

Fun Pop-up Card

Ever made a Pop-up card? If so, maybe not in awhile? Here's a cute one made with some cut outs, some dry embossing, and some paper piercing.

Cute, isn't it? And check out the inside!

 

I got the idea from a pop-up tutorial on the Demonstrators' Stampin' Up! website. They showed a Ballet Blue card with a cutout flower pop-up. Well, it just so happens that Ballet Blue is my FAVORITE Stampin' Up! color! What? Oh yeah, well... Soft Sky is my ALL TIME favorite, but Ballet Blue is my ALL TIME favorite CLASSIC Stampin' Up! color. Seriously. No, really! If it weren't for Soft Sky, it would be my all time PERENNIAL favorite.

So anyway - I used my new stamp sets and, of course, some retiring colors! First, I stamped all my Purely Pomegranate flowers and cut them out. I used 2 stamp sets for the flowers: Live Your Dream, and Stitched Exotics. I cut off 2 of the 3 stitched outlines around the big flower that's on the inside of the card. I thought it looked better that way and matched the one on the front of the card as well. I also stamped one of the tiny flowers in the Live Your Dreams set and punched it out with the Boho Blossoms punch. It's layered on the front of the card. Notice that the punched out part is larger than the stamped image. I think it looks pretty cool like that!

Next, I stamped some So Saffron centers for the flowers using the same 2 stamp sets, and punched them out with circle punches, and punched a plain white small flower from the Boho Blossoms punch. For the large flower center on the front of the card, I stamped the large five-pointed flower from Stitched Exotics in So Saffron, then punched out just the center with a 1/2" round punch. I again used one of the tiny flowers from the Live Your Dream set (current mini catalog) and punched it out with the 1/4" round punch to layer in the center of the smaller flower inside the card.

I took the long flowers from Live Your Dream and stamped them in Wild Wasabi and cut out the stems to use inside the card. Then I was ready to start assembling! We'll be using a half a sheet of Ballet Blue for the card, and a 5-1/4"x4" piece of Wild Wasabi cardstock. I cut a 5"x3-3/4" piece of Whisper White for the top and stamped another set of JUST the flower stems in Wild Wasabi. Make sure you leave yourself enough room for the 'thanks' on the right and the large cutout flower on the left. Stamp the 'Thanks' from the Live Your Dreams set in the upper right corner, leaving at least 3/4" of white space to the right for embossing and paper piercing.

Now, BEFORE attaching your flowers, get out your lightbox and the Punches Plus Classy Brass template. Place the template on the lightbox with the oval cutout situated horizontally. Take your white cardstock with your flower stems and 'Thanks', and place it on the template. Remember to TURN YOUR CARDSTOCK UPSIDE DOWN, before placing it on the template! Using your stylus, trace the oval so that it frames the word 'Thanks'. Remove the template from the lightbox and place it on your foam paper piercing mat. Line up the oval you already embossed and punch every hole or every other hole around the oval.

Inside:

Cut a piece of Ballet Blue 1-1/2"x2-1/2" and fold it in half lengthwise; score. Now take your scissors and make 1/2" cuts into the fold, leaving about 1/2" on each side of the cuts. Open the fold and pop the center cut portion in the opposite direction of the fold so that it stands out like a stairstep. The original fold will fit into the center fold of the inside of the card, and the stairstep will hold your popped-up item, which in our case is a flower.

To assemble, Place adhesive - I used SNAIL - on the flat sides of the piece we just folded. That is, place your adhesive on the part in the photo that's flush against the card on the bottom, under the flower, and on its corresponding part on the top (which will end up behind the flower.) Make sure you do not get adhesive on the stairstep. Press the "pop-up mechanism" into the card, making sure the card can open and close correctly. Once the anchor piece is in place, take a Dimensional and place it on the flat FRONT part of the stairstep. (It would be the riser part if it were a stairstep.) Now just place your flower on the Dimensional, with the bottom of the flower resting on the card bottom (as in the photo to the left) so that it can close fully.

Assemble the front of your card by layering your flower pieces and attaching them to the card front. I used Dimensionals to attach the large flower center, and also to attach the large flower so that it would stand out as the focal point. TA-DA! Whew! You're done - admire your work!

If my instructions are confusing, please email me! I know there's a great pdf tutorial on how to make pop-ups, and I'll find it for you!

Enjoy!

Cute Christmas Stocking Stuffers!

My upline, Wendy Randall, sent instructions for this C-U-T-E idea, which I've included below. These little paper "candies" would be adorable as gifts for your kids' classes, hung on your tree as ornaments, or just placed in a cut glass bowl on your coffee table! They're the perfect size to hold Hershey's Kisses, peppermint candies, or BEAUTIFUL JEWELRY for Christmas! (hint, hint!) They're made with Stampin' Up!'s Designer Christmas Paper, "Dashing", and the SU! supplies listed below:

Designer Paper - Dashing, cut into 4x6" pieces #109150 $9.95
Gold Cording #109867  $4.95
1" Circle punch   #109046   $10.95
Real Red or Always Artichoke grosgrain ribbon  #109034 $4.95
Greeting Glue  #106650  $3.95
Party Punch #101497 hostess set
Vanilla cardstock  #101650  $7.50 (app. 2 1/2"x 3")
3/4" Square punch #107273  $10.95
Real Red Classic ink pad #103133  $5.25            

Instructions: 1.  Stamp the 'Merry Christmas' stamp on vanilla cardstock.  Punch out the center with the 1" circle punch.

Punch 1/16" hole in dot between words and insert both ends of cording, then tie ends together.  Set aside.

2.  Score background paper pieces at:  1 1/4" --- 2 1/2" --- 3 3/4" --- 5".

Fold in half so that there is a 1 1/4" end remaining. Glue the remaining 1" piece to the 1 1/4" piece to form a tube. In other words, a 1" and a 1 1/4" scored end piece will overlap and be glued together.

 

3.  Mark a line in pencil 1/2" from each end both sides and punch 1/2 of the 3/4" square punch in the triangle shape lining up the points with the edge of paper and punch.  Do this on all edges. (refer to photo)

4. Pinch the paper together around the punched out area as in the photo, and tie with ribbon.

Insert a piece of candy, then tie the remaining side, catching the gold cord of the tag made earlier.

Voila! Too cute!

Instructions for the Orange 'Jar of Thanks'

After looking at the photos of the "Jars of Thanks" in the previous post, I decided you might want the instructions to make one of your own, or at least the "ingredients", so I chose the bright, cheery orange one.

First of all, if you really want to put everything in a jar for a gift (these make GREAT teachers' gifts!), make sure you find a jar with an opening big enough to get your notecards into! The cardstock colors are Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, and Summer Sun. However, when I went to use my wheel for the background leaves, I found that I didn't have a Pumpkin Pie wheel cartridge, so I used Only Orange, and I like the way it turned out in the end. I did use Old Olive and Summer Sun inks, but you'll only need yellow ink for the wheel - I didn't stamp anything in Summer Sun with stamps.

So, to make the cards, cut 4"x6" cardstock in all three colors, and score at 3" to make the cards 4"x3" finished size. They will fit nicely into the mini envelopes that come with the gift cards on page 169 of the SU! catalog - item #107312. (You can make it easy on yourself and make the cards 3"x3" to fit in the mini square envelopes, because they come in packs of 40 without notecards - makes it less expensive.)

Using any leaf wheel, wheel backgrounds onto the cardstock in matching inks. I left the inside of the cards blank, and just decorated the fronts. I consider myself the PUNCH QUEEN or the PUNCHMEISTER, and believe in using punches LIBERALLY!! Simply break out the following 2 punches and punch one of each color for the front of a yellow, a green, and an orange notecard: the Scallop Circle & the 1-3/8" circle OR the 1-1/4" circle. I then used "A little note of thanks - just for you" from the Circle of Friendship set, stamped it in Old Olive and Pumpkin Pie (or Only Orange) onto all 3 colors of cardstock, then punched them out with the 1" circle punch. Next, I stamped "Thanks to You" in small font (from an old set) on the 3 colors of cardstock again only using 2 ink colors, and punched them out using the Large Oval punch. (In other words, I stamped in Old Olive on the Old Olive cardstock, and in Only Orange on both the Pumpkin Pie cardstock and the Summer Sun cardstock.)

Now, simply layer the circles and scallop together with SNAIL adhesive to be a "flower" for the left side of the card, and place the oval on the lower right, or however you prefer.

Now, to make the little notepad above, take any notepad that will fit in the jar you're using. I bought the 12-pack of 3x5 notepads from Office Depot. Cut a sheet of cardstock - I used Pumpkin Pie - 3x8-1/2". Wheel the cardstock just like on the cards. Holding the wheeled cardstock up to the front of the pad and even with the bottom, fold it up over the top and then down the back of the notepad. I then scored mine along the folds I'd just made, just to make it look neater. Attach the cardstock to the back of the pad with SNAIL adhesive. I took a piece of the new 5/8" Old Olive grosgrain ribbon and tied it around front cover. Embellish the rest of the front - I used the same punch "flower" as on the cards, and then made another punched flower without stamping the circle. I attached a button to the center of the unstamped flower using linen thread, then used a dimensional to attach it to the ribbon. Whew - we're almost done!

Still want to make the jar? It's simple: cut a square the size of the front of the jar you've chosen (mine was 3-3/4"x2-3/4") and wheel it with the leaves. I used Pumpkin Pie and Only Orange ink for mine, attached it to the front of the jar, and tied a Pumpkin grosgrain ribbon around the jar and through the square by using the horizontal slot punch to thread the ribbon through. ( I told you I'm the punch queen!!) I printed the "Jar of Thanks" words on my computer, then cut it out and attached it with dimensionals. I used a paperclip from the HodgePodge Hardware set to attach a tiny bit of Old Olive 5/8" grosgrain ribbon. Then just make a punch "flower" and tie it around the neck of the jar with hemp twine or linen thread as your gift tag, and you're done! Stand back and admire your beautiful creation!