12 days of holiday giving! Day Two!

Good morning and welcome to Day 2 of our annual "12 days of holiday giving!"  For these twelve days we have partnered with our design team and our sponsors to celebrate YOU!  Yes YOU!  If you didn't join us for our Day 1 kick off, be sure to start here!

Today design team member Marla Kress joins us and as always, puts a little magic into her gift wrapping!  She is a brilliant one!

"Happy Holidays SCT readers!  Today I’m here to keep the creativity going when it comes to gift giving.  I know wrapping gifts isn’t the most exciting task.  But if you look at a gift like a scrapbooking layout or card, it can be fun.  I know there are lots of patterns and colors available in the giftwrap department but more often than not I look for the neutrals, in this case white and brown.    

Think of it like decorating, use a neutral base and accessorize!  As a scrapbooker, you probably have more than enough extras lying around.

Take this package for instance:

With a simple brown base I was able to add a strip of American Crafts patterned paper, some Maya Road snowflakes, twine, brads and a gift tag.  All extras that I had lying around!

For this package I went with a photo.  It doesn’t have to be a person - landscape would look great too with a handwritten note.  I wanted it to feel organic so I used twine, a button and die cut leaves from Spellbinders.  Clean and simple. 

On this last package I used a white base so that my washi tape would show.  I added twine and a chalkboard star from BasicGrey and it took less than five minutes!

I hope you’re inspired to dress up a package or two this season with the extra supplies you have lying around.  If you do, please post a link in the comments so that we can be inspired by you too!" ~  Marla Kress

DAY TWO GIVEAWAY!!!

On Day Two, we have TWO amazing prizes to share with you!  From our friends at Simple Stories, we have the brand new SN@P! Life Documented planner system!  This is a huge prize package valued at over $100 and everything you need to get organized in such a beautiful way.  

Our second prize today is from our dear friends at Paper Smooches Stamps!  Imagine all the things you could do with a $50 gift certificate!  Stamps and dies to melt your heart and keep you busy crafting all day long. The hard part will be deciding what to use the gift certificate on.  Decisions, decisions.... 

These wonderful prizes can be yours!   For an opportunity to win, please leave a comment below by 6:00 pm EST on Sunday, December 21st. All prizes will be announced right here and on Facebook at noon on December 23rd!  Good luck everyone!

For all our friends on Facebook, we would LOVE for you to take a moment to give each day's sponsor a huge "SCT thank you!" and "LIKE" them on Facebook if you don't already.   Our sponsors always love to hear from you and they tell us all the time our readers are the best.  We agree!  For today's sponsors, please visit them on Facebook here:

Simple Stories

Paper Smooches

Would you like some extra chances to win today's prizes?  Be sure to enter below!

 

a Rafflecopter giveaway

 

Aren't the 12 days fun?  It may not be two turtle doves, but this is better and so much less messy!  Join us tomorrow for Day 3!  We have Sheri Reguly joining us to giveaway another HUGE prize package!

~  Catherine

Comments

[Jenn]

Love Simple Stories and great gift wrapping ideas!

[Michelle]

I am one that does not particularly enjoy wrapping, but this has inspired me! :) Thank you!!!! :)

[Peggy S]

I love the gift wrapping ideas. Thanks. And the prizes too... wow!

[Lynn]

Amazing packaging. I really love those large snowflakes on the long gift box.
The planner is something that I could really use. I need help.
Thanks for sharing with us!

[Ange]

Fun gift wrapping!

[Carla Hundley]

Loving all these
packaging ideas!
And wonderful
giveaway again.
Carla from Utah

[Kris M.]

Great ideas for wrapping all those presents"

[Kerri C.]

Great giveaway! Thanks for the change to win.

[lindsey]

awesome wrapping ideas, I like to re-use my tags and any interesting bits from my wrappings to my hubby back on layouts : )

[Kathy P]

Oh, who doesn't love Simple Stories and Paper SMooches! Thanks for a chance to win! And LOVE your ideas for wrapping prezzies, Marla....so lovely, and yes, I 'might' have a few extra supplies hanging around to help me create these! LOL.....

[Jenn Zawadzki]

I'm so excited what fantastic prizes.

Jenn Z

[Deepa Lakshman]

Wow great prizes. Love them both.

[Jeri]

That's an awesome idea to stick with aneutral background, like white or kraft, then jazz it up with papers dupes already in your stash. Great gift giving presentation!

[Tracey H]

Beautiful. Someone is going to be so lucky.

[Kailash]

Love these amazing prizes!!!

[Janis in ID]

Such lovely and festive gift wrap ideas. I LOVE the snowflake one!!!

Thanks for the amazing giveaways, today, too!!! Count me in!!!!
<3 J

jwoolbright at gmail dot com
GIVEAWAY at www.HerPeacefulGarden.blogspot.com

[Marianne]

Fab gift wrapping ideas. TFS!

[tmholley]

Thank you for the wonderful ideas and the chance to win equally wonderful prizes!

[Jessica Bavier]

Gorgeous packaging, so many fun ideas!!! Awesome giveaway too! :)

[Gwen McCaffrey]

I really like the gift wrapping ideas and what a wonderful prize package too!

[Marcia scantlin]

I love the packages with all those details. So clever.

[Carolyn E]

Sooo pretty! So simple and perfect timing as today I'm wrapping all the gifts I've bought so far :) Thanks for the inspiration!

[Tami B]

What pretty packages.

[Denise]

Love the giveaway! Thanks for the chance to win!

[Michelle P.]

Amazing prizes!!