Mr. Twigster says Thanks
Yummmmy. I baked last night with my girlie friend and we made some really delicious jam thumbprint cookies. The secret, I discovered, to soft, buttery cookie batter was three ounces of cream cheese mixed with the butter. I don’t normally like jam thumbprint cookies, but these were superb. I’m going to bake another batch next week for my annual cookie swap at work. 
Over the weekend, Hubs asked me to make some gift card holders so that he could thank his B-school recommenders with a small gift. Using a new stamp set called Mr. Twigster (from the SU holiday mini), I came up with this:
I found the idea on Gina K’s blog here (creative, no?). Mr. Twigster is a cutie pie. He comes with accessories too, like a Christmas tree, presents, and a string of holiday lights.
The belly band slides off, and the Velcro pops open reveal a gift card inside. The paper used to make this was 4 1/4″ wide x 10 1/2″ long, scored at 3″, 4 1/4″, 5 1/2″, and 8 1/2″
Card Recipe (all supplies SU unless noted): Mr. Twigster and Lots of Thoughts (retired) stamp sets, cardstock in close to cocoa, designer paper in frosty day (from current holiday mini catalog), SU ink in bashful blue, kiwi kiss, close to cocoa, Stazon ink in Timber Brown, scalloped frame from SU on board die cuts, kiwi kiss ribbon, Velcro, Nestabilities rectangle die, stampin’ dimensionals
I made another one of these (a girlie version) that I’ll post up soon too! I love this little gift card holder. So many ways you could make this work for different recipients!
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Baking pics please! I can’t stamp, but maybe if you start posting recipes — that I can (kind of) do.
I used to always follow the bakebakebake community on livejournal… om nom nom!
OH my gosh! These are fantastic! When you are ready to sell stuff, you should definitely try to sell these! They are great!
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I like it a lot. You are so creative and talented Kelly. Gift card holder is so unique and one of a kind. By the way, could you please post what kind of cookies you’ve made. Thanks.