Handmade: I Love You So Much Card

My hubby and I celebrated our 10 year wedding anniversary (!!!) this weekend :) I, of course, wanted to make him a card and knew that it had to include confetti. So I made up a cut file and cut it out on my Silhouette, attached a clear transparency with adhesive, and then sewed it to a piece of kraft cardstock - I put the confetti in after sewing up three sides and then sewed it shut :)

He loved it :)

Shop Closing for the Holidays today!

Just a quick reminder that today is the last day to place an order in my shop ;) I will be closing my shop for the remainder of the year and open after New Year's :) Merry Christmas to you and yours! :)

P.S. Thank you to all who entered the giveaway for the paper packs! I posted the winners on that post - go here to see :)

Giveaway: Christmas Paper Packs

A fun little giveaway for the Holiday Season :) (And my first time ever using a Rafflecopter for a giveaway - yay :)). I'm giving away two Christmas Paper Packs! These cute little packs are a delightful mixture of Holiday papers and bits & pieces. Each pack is chocked full of papers such as: new scrapbooking Christmas papers from top brands (Studio Calico, October Afternoon, Bazzill, Basic Grey, etc), vintage papers from hymnals, salvaged holiday storybooks, envelopes, doilies, tags, and much more.

These packs are perfect for adding fun details to your Holiday Album or Journal, or to Project Life. Or create some handmade Christmas cards to send to a loved one! 

Each pack is packaged in a 6.5"x9" clear cello bag and contains 30+ pieces and some sequins sprinkled in for good measure :) 

Can't wait to get one? Find them here in my shop. ***I will be closing my shop for the holidays on Tuesday, December 10 and will reopen after New Years :)

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Thanksgiving Printables and a Shop Coupon Code

I shared these printables a couple years ago and am printing them out again to go in my Gratitude/Fall Journal :) Below are the cards to print. Click to enlarge, save and print on 8.5"x11" cardstock and cut down to 4"x6" using the cut marks. Enjoy :)

****As with all printables I share here, these are for personal use only. Please link back to give credit if you would like to share on your blog. Please contact me with any questions. thecreativeplace (at) gmail (dot) com. Thanks :)

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Black Friday Coupon Code!! Enter THANKFUL15 for 15% off of your entire order in my shop. Coupon good Tuesday, November 26 - Sunday, December 1.

Christmas Confetti Cards

I recently shared a DIY for these Mini MiniBooks and they were popular in my shop, so I decided to do a Holiday Edition. I had a customer ask if I could create just a 3"x4" Confetti Card, like the cover of the Mini MiniBook. So I did! :) These are much like my Confetti Windows that have been a super popular item in my shop (only these are sewn to paper), and like the covers to a lot of my wedding books over the years.... just smaller :) These are perfect for PL. Perfect. So all you PL'ers - these little cuties are now available in my shop :)

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In other news:

+ I will be making more of the regular (Non-Holiday) Mini MiniBooks and putting them in the shop later this week -- these are perfect stocking stuffers, and they are $10, shipped :) 

+ Be on the lookout for a Black Friday coupon code this week. Get some of your holiday shopping done in your PJ's, in the comfort of your home :)

+ Thank you all so, so much for reading here and for your support with my shop. My family and I are grateful! Thank you!! 

Mini MiniBooks: Holiday Edition

I made a few more of the Mini MiniBooks using Holiday scrapbooking papers. I have a bunch of vintage Christmas cards and children's books (damaged, but some pages were salvageable!), and included those in each of the books :) Super easy to make yourself - think old Christmas cards, or wrapping paper adhered to cardstock, a couple sheets of Christmas-y paper, and cardstock and you'll have a lovely little book to jot holiday notes and memories in. These are also available in my shop. 

DIY: Mini MiniBooks

I have a ton of paper scraps laying around (yes, I have a paper problem ;)) from various projects. I also have a ton of Project Life cards that I've collected over time (at this point, I do not do Project Life - I reallllly want to try it come January 1. I love the idea of it. Love it). So what better to do than put them into a little album?! I made these up over the course of 36 hours and love them. I put these in my shop, but plan on making a few more for family and friends for Christmas. Perfect to throw in your purse or bag and jot a note or thought.

Any types of paper would do - old junk mail envelopes deconstructed and cut down, card stock or scrapbooking paper (if you have a local craft store, you would only need a few sheets -- you can get 12 pages out of one 12"x12" piece of scrapbooking paper. Use some chipboard (or cut down a cereal box :)), and finish off with binder rings (available at office supply stores - or I have some available in my shop here), or use ribbon! Voila! A cute little book that's fun to jot in :)