Hostess Gifts

I love giving my club hostesses something a little extra special! This month, I cased an idea from Michelle Wooderson (Mish Mash), who always makes these cute little kits with basic cards or bookmarks, then includes lots of little embellishments to decorate them yourself. Mine are no where near as cute as hers, but I think my girls enjoyed what I came up with:

Each little kit comes with four 3x3" cards & envies plus some DP, heart cut-outs, ribbon and sentiments to play with, all in a sweet little Top Note container! Here are a few photos:

The fun papers to start out with:

the little embellishments contained in SU's new glassine bags;

which include sentiments from various SU sets:

and the fun goodies to add on:

and a little side view:

So what do you think? Do you want to know how to make this? Here you go, real quick (this sample is a little different from the above one, as I made two):

Cut two Top Notes and score them 7/8" along the LONG side. Cut 2 pieces of cardstock 1" x 2 5/8" and score 7/8" from each end, as shown below. It's a good idea to decorate your front now, before adhering all the pieces together.

Adhere the scored pieces of the Top Note together at the bottom fold; I like to use clothes pins to hold them together while they dry.

Now adhere a side tab to the inside of the Top Note, one on each side, next to the point:

And then adhere the other side of the side tab to the other Top Note; again, I used clothes pins:

I prefer to use the Tombow Multi Liquid Glue for these projects; it dries fairly quickly but you still have a few seconds of wiggle room time to move your pieces, unlike Sticky Strip! Then you can fill your little box with whatever you want! Hope this inspires you to make one too!

• Stamps: I {Heart} Hearts, Define Your Life, Defining Alphabet, All Holidays, Teeny Tiny Wishes, Always
• Paper: Various pinks & reds, all SU, WW, Sending Love, Razzleberry Lemonade, Sweet Pea & Tea Party DP
• Ink: Pretty in Pink, Regal Rose, Rose Red, Pink Passion, Real Red
• Acc: Top Note, Big Shot, Heart Punches, Pinking Hearts Punch, Scallop Punch, Glassine Bags, Various Ribbons, Rhinestone