Joy from me to you (Neat and Tangled release week)

Hi there!

I am so excited to kick off this month's Neat and Tangled release week - it is my favorite of the entire year, and I know you will love it too.

We're starting out by showing off products designed by Miriam Prantner - a triangle favor box, and the Gift Card Box Christmas Sentiments stamp set. The sentiments are designed to work with the previously released Gift Card Box, but I've used it on the triangle box today:



I love all of the little dies that come with the gift box! I made a collection of boxes that work together, but that are all a little different. And I have to admit, I just love this triangle shape! I have a lot of rectangle and square favor box options, but this is something different.

I used one of the triangle dies to cut into the box, and a smaller triangle to add a little snowflake accent to one corner.

The box at the back was simply treated to a sentiment flag. The Fa-la-la sentiment is from Fa La Llama.



I kept the boxes all black and white, but the bright red jelly beans added a pop of Christmas color. I miss those jelly beans. They were very delicious.

I hope you like what you've seen here so far! There is more to see on the Neat and Tangled blog this morning - click!

GIVEAWAY: as usual, leave comments on all of the participating design team's blog posts all week long - Danielle will choose one comment at random to win a $25 store gift card. The winner will be announced on Friday morning, just before all of these new products hit the store!

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No peeking! (for Ellen Hutson)

Hi there!

I created a fun little card+gift card holder to share with you today, using Avery Elle's Gift Box Card Holder die:



I wanted to make the gift box be the focus of the card, so I cut it out in a bright white, and adhered a strip of red cardstock to it before attaching the black tag with a red ribbon. The "no peeking" sentiment is from Avery Elle's Snow Tags set.



On either side of the gift box, I stamped some adorable images from A Merry Little Christmas. The little mouse in his Xmas pjs is so cute! I colored them using copic markers, throwing in as much red and green as possible.

I adhered everything with foam squares onto a gingham card-base (stamped out using Lawn Fawn's Gingham Backdrops.)



Once the ribbon is untied...



There is a fun little present inside! I stuck the gift card down using temporary adhesive, so it could easily be pulled off. I love that the inside of the card is completely free for a nice, long message!

I hope you like it! Thanks for stopping by!

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