Good Morning! As promised…here is another version of a check holder and true the base dimensions are the same but the thing that I want you to see is that you can add “stamping” to show your skills off and also it is a great way to add a diecut as well!
I will run through the dimensions for you because I think that it is cute…actually super cute. I know that I used this color scheme before and I just had to continue to roll with it. I need to back up a bit….do you remember when we were showcasing the Card Swaps, Princess Judy was the one that encouraged me to use the green plaid as the POP! You see….I am always learning….from YOU GUYS!
The TRUMP to this post is the super fun Envelope…..(thanks to Chris R.’s inspiration in her comment) This board makes it super easy and you can make it with a piece of paper that is a 8 1/4″ square!
I know that the shape of the “flap” is a wonky shape but it is this way because the card is so long and narrow. I simple cut off the point to make it a bit different and I think that I accomplished that! The green strips are 1/2″ and the Dijon ones are 1/4″ – I kept the same theme of the 1″ squares!
Well….here you go – the dimensions! Today you can see that I used my little buddies to make the fun card! Actually the sentiment is perfect as the recipient want some lamps and pillows for their home….so I thought a check is perfect to let them pick what works…..so they need to “DECK THE HALLS” of their home!
- The basic check holder is the same as yesterday…..click here to view that!
- The Thick White is 6 3/4″ X 2″ and then I stamped our friends with the Black Archival Ink and used the aqua painter!
- I added a thin strip of Dijon to top of the stamped image…..mainly for balance and color, it is 6 3/4″ X 1/2″
- The sentiment is on a scrap 1/2″ wide and then matted with Delightful Dijon a smidge bigger….
- For the top flap FUN…..the white is 6 3/4″ X 1 1/8″ and then the DSP are 1″ squares. (this is a great way to use the paper stack as they would not have been long enough to make it the whole way across )
- A simple piece of Linen Thread did the trick to add that special, homemade touch!
The below pictures will makes sense to you after reading the bullet points! Please play with the Aqua Painter…it really is your friend. Stampin’ Up! is coming out with Watercolor Pencils in January and these are also going to be a great way to add color and yep, you can soften it with the Aqua Painters as well!
Well…there you go! Thoughts? I would love to hear from you and I hope that you can see that you can use DSP like I did yesterday to make a holder or use our cardstock and dress it up a bit! I just adore those little rodents and they will always be warm as they will never leave Randall Lane.
They are on sale and remember, the vault is still full – with every $75.00 purchase with me this month – you will be allowed to ENTER THE VAULT...it is a bit overwhelming but I am sure you can imagine how many stamp sets I have in there!
I have another keeper for you tomorrow…it is something that I do each and every Holiday and there is a special twist to it this years…when I discovered this company….I could hardly wait to get them! Please POP back tomorrow to see how I will see show you another fun practical project that you still have plenty of time to make!
I am not one that likes to go to stores but today is the day that I am making the trek to one store that I love, Williams & Sonoma. We have an outlet store somewhat near by and this is a place that I adore….I am blessed that all 3 of the peeps love to cook and I love to pick up goodies to continue to build up their kitchen.
After that….guess where I’m going???? You will laugh….to the grocery store!!!! There is a huge Wegmans near where I am traveling and this is like a candy store for me – I will probably be in there for hours as every holiday I like to go up and down each isle and find the things that I can never find where I love – call me crazy but I love to cook and I love the grocery store!
Enjoy your day and don’t forget to do something for YOU…..I am looking forward to my silly “me time”
Love this stepped-up check holder. Your coloring of our little rodent friends has right along been the most appealing to me of anyone’s that I have seen, and today’s offering doesn’t disappoint.
Have fun at Wegman’ s. There’s one near my daughter’s–a huge market center that I, too, can spend hours in. When she first moved there and I’d go to visit, we’d always make a Wegman’ s run, but now she saves her grocery shopping for me: she hands me her list and money and says, “Go, have a good time. I know it’s what you want to do!” (She HATES to grocery shop. Farmers Market, that’s a different kettle of fish [or basket of kale] !) We’ve worked it out so that’s our routine, now. I laughingly told her that why she invites me to see her so much (she’s 4 hrs away)–she can put her personal shopper to work. Suits me; I come back to some exotic coffee and a home-baked treat!
LOVE your comment and I am glad that you like my rodent friends…they just make my heart shine! I am glad that you have fun at Wegmans ….we have a HUGE cooler that we call BIG WHITE….and I take her with me when I make the trek – the cheeses….the olives…the whole darn place is spectacular! I hope you get to go soon!
Sounds like fun
Wish I could tag along
Check holders are all cool
Those mice are cute
Hi Dorothy – I wish that ALL OF US could be together…that would simply be the best to have a weekend of stampin, yacking, eating FUN!!!! Happy Holidays to you!
Adorable! Love the merry mice and great job with the colors. We have a “Weggies” very close so I am there all the time. Two of my peeps worked there through high school and on college break and they were treated very well. Williams and Sonoma is another fav, too. Enjoy your fun day!
I am green….if I had a Wegmans near by…I think that I would just have to work there~ The people at Williams and Sonoma laughed at me….I picked and said (3) of them….they asked me – why are you getting 3 of each – EASY….I am blessed that all 3 peeps love to cook! Hugs!
Your day sounds fun!! Your money holder is adorable. Great job with the watercoloring! I just got my SU order with the watercolor pencils in it and I am excited to play with them today!! Safe travels!
I have mine but I have not played with them….I am soooooo excited as I love that they are the exact color matches to our paper! Please give Caleb a hug!
Oh Susan, You are spot on! I have a huge smile! These little guys are sooo cute! I didn’t know that Williams & Sonoma had an outlet. Sounds like big trouble to me! Have fun!
Trouble….YES – sounds like a day trip for us. I go to the one in Leesburg, VA and then we could go to this AMAZING and FUN restaurant before we hit Wegmans…..You have a Trader Joe’s….right? I love their ginger cookies!
Sounds like an AWESOME road trip! As for cookies, I made your Ginger Cookies for my stampin gang last night. I am not much of a cook, told them they were my taste testers. They LOVED them! Thank you!!!!
Oh so cute and I love the colors! That envelope takes the cheese! Heck I want to make one of these and just put a note in it that says hi for my friend. Oh, I forgot I decided not to buy the mice yet – I splurged on the reindeer and gingerbread bundle.
I have heard of Wegman’s but have never been to one. Mike is actually fun to go to a grocery store with as he loves to look at all the goodies. I had three things I wanted to get at Whole Foods but Mike still insisted we go up and down the aisles. By the end, there was much more in the basket than my 3 items! He likes Williams and Sonoma too. I don’t think I have been to the outlet store though. We have a Woodsmith Store in Des Moines and they decided to add a kitchen section. Thank goodness they have tables to sit and read their magazines and a bathroom close by – Mike spends an easy hour looking at tools and such and then he mosie over to the kitchen part and spends another good 1/2 hour. I so miss having a friend to shop with. Oh now I am sad, guess I will go pull out my toys and make some reindeers to talk to.
I loved the comment of the envelope taking the CHEESE….toooooo cute! Heck – you have a Whole Foods….I am really in the boonies…..I have to drive for a Wegmans, a Trader Joes…a Whole Foods….I would LOVE to shop together! I think when men go to the grocery store…YIKES – they come back with a TON!
Well we have to go to Des Moines to go to Whole Foods, Trader Joes, Bed Bath and Beyond and now the Container Store! That is an hour drive and I don’t feel comfortable driving around Des Moines by myself yet so Mike drives. Anyway, the Whole Foods is by Barnes and Noble (my favorite place!) and also a Pentzy Spice place. Here in Pella we have HyVee, a midwest grocery chain, Fareway and Walmart. But we have 2 special bakeries as well as 2 meat and cheese shops. Now, the chocolatier has opened a little store front too with free samples! I reminded Mike that we have a $20 gift perk at the Container Store that needs to be used by the end of the month. Lets keep our fingers crossed that he thinks we need to go use it!
Did I tell you we have a Container Store in Des Moines now! He spent way over an hour in there and way too much money!
Can’t wait to see what your post is about tomorrow and what company!
That store is the best….but it does set you back – I have to drive for that too!
Such a sweet card today, Susan. You’ve used three of my favorite things: Aqua Painters, linen thread, and scraps. Enjoy your outting/shopping! We have some bad weather headed for us today so I too will be getting into the holiday baking mode and will join you in thought as we bake.
Very well said my friend. I love using up scraps and squares are always a hit as how can you mess up with a 1″ square! I like even things….it makes me not have to think too much!
If they are blind mice shouldn’t they have dark glasses and little canes? Candy canes? This is very cute but I’m especially taken with your matching envelope. I like the look of the chopped off flap.
Judy…You made me BURST OUT LAUGHING! You are so right and so funny! If I could draw glasses on them – wouldn’t that be a HOOT!!!!
I love your check/money holder! The colors are beautiful! I don’t have this stamp set but I still love the card!
Thanks Dee….I wanted to show that you can use any type of stamps if you wanted to jazz it up a bit. I know that using DSP is a super fast way but this is another option – can’t wait for you to see what is POPPING tomorrow!
Super cute. We give cash to all our grandkids. This year they will love the “package”.
I am sure I may get orders for these from the daughter-in-laws. Happy Dance.
Thanks for the inspiration.