Charlie Tamara Piper

The holiday season is crafting season! I so enjoy gift wrapping and card making and Christmas time is a fabulous time to get even more festive and indulge in my crafting obsession. Last year I shared my wrapped gifts and I'm making it a tradition! But first, I'll start with making my own holiday cards. I used my iPad Pro and the Amaziograph app to create my own holiday-themed designs. I then loaded the graphics onto my computer and printed them out on sticker paper. I used edging scissors, card stock and some holiday stamps to create a sweet holiday message on the outside of the card. I then laid the sticker paper onto white card stock, folded the cards in half and voila! Homemade holiday cards! And on to mail the cards! First, I took two pieces of 8.5x11" card stock and used my card as a guide to see how best to create the envelope flaps by lightly folding the top piece of card stock. I used an adhesive dot roller to secure the ...

Calling all Stranger Things fans! I recently put togther a Stranger Things-themed gift wrapping job for a friend's birthday and I'm super excited with how it all turned out! Here's how I pulled it off: The Card: To make the card, I found a website that allows you to make your own Stranger Things-fonted messages, and I downloaded that image into a new Microsoft Word file.   I then printed a picutre of the Upside Down and my birthday message onto sticker paper, then mounted the sticker paper onto card stock. Here's the back of the card pulled together. For the inside of the card, I printed a picture of Dustin - my friend's favorite character - and mounted it onto a card stock spring that I made by folding a small, thick piece of card stock into an accordion. This way, Dustin pops up when you open the card. I then hand wrote a birthday message.   The Gift: I started by wrapping my gift in red gift wrap to coordinate with the red card s...