On the first day of Christmas the Pazzles Elves gave to me... Welcome to the first day of our 12 Days of Christmas 2012. This year we are giving you 12 different gift wrapping ideas. Make your gifts outstanding by giving them the Pazzles treatment with extra special bows, tags, and more. We hope you will love this series and cut out all the files to use for your holiday gifts.
Christmas decorations have a way to make our favorite places shine and add that warm, inviting feeling. They make a wonderful display for family and friends to experience the holiday cheer whenever they come to visit, and this holiday village is no exception.
One of the things I love about the Inspiration is that it's powerful enough to emboss and cut through soft metals, like art foils. It can be a bit tricky to master, but once you have it down, you'll be impressed with the range of possibilities! For today's Money-Saving Tip, I'll show you why you never need to buy another pack of metal embellishments, foil letters or sentiments—because you'll be making your own!
A dollar store mug and some vinyl can be transformed into a unique and personalized gift. Fill these mugs with hot chocolate mix or homemade fudge and they would make great teacher or co-worker gifts.
'Tis the season for sending holiday cards. Do you have your cards done? Do you make your own cards or buy them? If you have photo cards printed, do you stage a photo for them? I have to admit that I have not started on mine yet but I have some great ideas!
A round ornament box that could be filled with candy or a gift. Just fill with candy and tie closed with a ribbon. Imagine the fun of sending the kids to the tree on Christmas day to find their ornament treat!
If you are still feeling stuffed from one too many pieces of pie, we have just the sweet treat for you today. We've whipped up some holiday cupcakes that won't add a single inch to your waistline. These little cupcakes are life-size and can be opened to hold tasty treats or glued together for a decoration. Stick a flag in the top to use as place cards for a holiday party. The cutting file includes paper berries, but we've added pom-poms and rhinestones the berries on our cupcakes. You can also use buttons or brads and make each cupcake unique. Have fun baking up a paper treat!
A few weeks ago we had you vote on images for this past Friday's release. The top three winners of the online image poll were a scrapbook page, a luminary, and a holiday gift item. We hope you enjoyed the layout page and luminary. These little candy cane mice were added as a holiday gift item.
The ornaments on the Christmas Tree Advent Calendar (released last Friday) are so amazing that I thought they were worth a second look. Even if you do not follow the Advent tradition you will want to make the ornaments; they are truly mini works of art. Use them as they are or enlarge them. Either way they will be the perfect compliment to a holiday tag, card or gift. It won't take long for you to come up with ways to make them uniquely your own:
In a few short weeks Christmas baking will be in full swing. If you have the bug for holiday baking just a bit early, you can start by making paper cookies. These cookies don't need to be made from scratch, we've done all the work for you in our Visions of Sugarplums Collection. This collection is perfect for cards and tags for your holiday goodies and can be used after the holidays to scrapbook your Christmas memories.
Thanksgiving is still a week away, but today we put up our Christmas Tree at the Pazzles Office. It's the perfect kind of tree, no falling needles and no need to water it, because it's a vinyl wall tree! We are thrilled to introduce you to our Christmas Tree Advent Calendar. It may seem a little early for a Christmas Tree, but we wanted you to have plenty of time to get this project completed before December 1st. This advent calendar is the perfect project for a weekend of crafting.
We haven’t even made it through Thanksgiving yet and I’m already looking forward to setting my tree up. In fact I will have it set up this weekend. With that in mind, I’ll need a good elf to keep an eye on friends and family when they come to visit—after all, I need help determining who’s been naughty and nice. This little elf will be just the thing I need.
Cutting out amazing images in any color, shape and size: isn't that the magic of the Pazzles Inspiration electronic cutter? I can cut paper shapes and combine layers, colors and textures to create a visual feast for the eyes. If you stop with the paper and glue you have a great project. However, if you want an amazing project you need to move beyond the paper. You can add depth and character by inking or chalking the paper to add shadow and highlights. Suddenly, like magic, the flat pieces of paper have curves and dimension.
We saw that quite a few of you voted for scrapbook pages when we asked what images you wanted to see in the Craft Room Library. We will happily create some complete scrapbook page cutting files in the future, but for today we wanted to showcase a layout made by pulling some existing files from the Library!
Maybe it's just me, but I'm a little partial to miniature things made of paper. These Thanksgiving Pilgrim hats are no exception. I think they are so sweet and I can't wait to make a dozen of them. They would be so cute on each child's plate at the kid's table; a hat for the boys and a bonnet for the girls. Or, attach the hat version to a headband for a fun photo prop.
I made this card at home for a challenge project on another forum, but Michelle loved it so much, she asked me to show it off here! I'm happy to oblige. It's a really easy 15 Minute Project using one of the Sunray Card files I designed.
Today we complete the Thanksgiving Cornucopia Centerpiece! Fill your cornucopia to overflowing with a variety of dimensional fruits and vegetables. It will make a beautiful display fit for a grand Thanksgiving dinner.
Halloween has come and gone and it's time to put away the black and orange and play with a little pink! I created this sweet little tooth fairy pocket to share with you for today's 15 Minute Project.
Happy Halloween Craft Room Ghouls! We've done our best this month to haunt you with bootiful projects and spooky images in the Pazzles Craft Room. Here's one last look at our 2012 Halloween projects.
For our project this week you can trade in your green thumbs for chalky fingers instead! While most real cornucopias are filled with produce from your gardens, nuts, flowers and other edibles, we've put together a series of creations that will be sure to overfill your Horn of Plenty with delicious paper delights. Start by making the Cornucopia and Wheat this week, then come back next Friday for the rest of the bounty!
Do you realize what a fantastic resource our Craft Room Library is? The images there are not just for cutting out of paper. They can be used in so many different ways! Today's 15 Minute Project is the perfect example of how versatile the designs are. In a very short amount of time you can make some amazing Spooky Transformations to photos of family and friends.
This collection pulls together the best of the season in this fall-inspired set of titles, cute characters, beautifully detailed images, and even a dimensional gift box.
Set one of these at each guest's plate with their name on it, or make a giant one that says Happy Thanksgiving for a decoration. When shaken, the leaves in the globe will move around and fall from the tree.
My best friend recently got on a plane for a three-month stint in a foreign country teaching English. All I can think is how much I'll miss her, even though I realize how selfish that is. This experience is something she's wanted to do for so long, it's a small miracle that it actually happened. I try to focus on how short the trip actually is and that she'll be back soon! With her trip in mind, I made this shaped owl card.