This Top Note Bigz Die #113463 for the Big Shot has always been popular, but I hadn't used mine in a little while so it was time to dust it off. It's just good, that's all there is to it!  I was able to cut several sheets of paper and a thin piece of card board with it.  I used the card board to give a little sturdiness to this Top Note Tag in between the card stock and designer paper.

I used Soft Suede card stock on the back (which you can't see) and the new In Color Summer Starfruit for the front. I stamped the plant image from Papaya Collage with Summer Starfruit Ink. I even tried to emboss it with Clear Embossing Powder, but that didn't turn out well. The designer paper on the bottom of the tag is from Comfort Cafe #126898. The ribbon I tied around the middle is the Chocolate Chip 1/2" Scallop Dots Ribbon #124142 but I turned it over so the dots wouldn't show!  Two colors of ribbon in one!!  The greeting at the bottom is from the Perfect Punches stamp set…and of course you can punch those greetings out "perfectly" with various punches!

Making a creative tag like this for your next gift-giving occasion will certainly be appreciated by the recipient!  If you don't own the Big Shot or the Top Note Die, go right to my Online Store and order them!  If you do order those two items, add a little more to your order plus the $5 Reason to Smile stamp set and you'll have enough to receive Hostess Rewards!  At the $150 level you will have $25 to spend on another die for the Big Shot…or anything else!

So sad to think that this cute little Bitty Box & Envelope Bigz XL Die #115967 will soon be retired.  This box in Daffodil Delight measures about 2 1/2" on each side so it is "bitty" but very cute!  You could put little notecards, tags or a small gift inside, and the other part of the die cuts a little envelope you can use for inside the box.

I stamped some images on the box, a little flower from the retiring stamp set Clearly for You (available in wood- or clear-mount).  For the little monogram on top I used the beautiful Lovely Letters Alphabet #115030 and the Scallop Circle Punch #119854. For some bling, I added the tiniest pearls to the scallops. The ribbon wrapped around the inside of the lid is actually the 1 1/4" Striped Grosgrain Ribbon in Wild Wasabi #125059 (also retiring).

Be sure to check all the retired products right here in my Online Store!

Today is the last day to purchase any of the Summer Smooches products, including this Petite Purse Die #125606,  It will be available in the new catalog in June…..IF you want to wait that long!!

I made this purse out of White Vellum card stock #101856 and then embossed just the flap with the Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder #117355.  A few little punched flowers, rhinestones and a bow make it a cute little gift or favor or decoration.  You could put a little gift inside or make small little notecards or tags!  Very cute and so easy!

To place an order today for any Summer Smooches items, just go to my online store HERE.

Here is a fancy little purse made with the Petite Purse Die #125606 in the Summer Smooches Suite, available during April. I wanted to make it extra jazzy so I experimented with scoring it like some fabric you see and I used the Simply Scored Scoring Tool #122334 with the Simply Scored Diagonal Plate #125586.  Now my first try didn't come out perfect and it is a little tricky because you can't just lay the paper down flush with the sides….but if you place the card stock die cut down on the scoring tool, you can make it work.

Next I will try scoring the paper first, although I think you would have to lay it in the same direction of the die to the score lines are going the way you like.  Anyway, this little purse turned out cute and has a little "bling" with the punched flowers accented with a Basic Rhinestone #119246 in the center and the little Rhinestone Brads #113144 attaching the handle to the sides of the purse.

There is so much you can do with this little purse!  Put one on your next order and have fun with it!

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