Happy Monday! We can’t believe that we’re already into our second week of this big celebration! Have you started wrapping your gifts yet? If not, you’re in luck, because you may want to incorporate the gorgeous ideas that Nathalie DeSousa is sharing with us today in your own gift-giving. Speaking of gift-giving, we’ve been giving away some fabulous prizes each day, and today is no exception! Read all the way to the bottom of the post to find out what prizes may be in store for you!
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Hello there SCT friends! It’s Nathalie with you today for a new day of Christmas celebrations! I am sure Christmas is looking a little bit different this year for all of us, however, this year has taught me to be thankful for each and every day and all the little things in between. What better way to celebrate this jolly season than to create beautiful packaging for your presents! I think a little Christmas cheer can only help us through this time!
Supplies | Paper, stickers, brads: Simple Stories Simple Vintage North Pole; Adhesive: Scrapbook Adhesive by 3L; Ribbon, twine, trim: Michaels; Other: vintage findings
This year we will be dropping packages at our families’ homes on Christmas Eve! I tend to use a specific paper for each family, simplifying gift-giving when we are all together, so imagine having a paper collection to wrap all your presents! Here is what my middle sister will be receiving from us—gift cards, chocolate, and a few others that are secrets!
Simple presents for a 25-year-old, but let me show you how the beautiful Simple Stories Simple Vintage North Pole is going to make them a WOW package!
I stuffed the mug with chocolates and wrapped it in plastic wrap. I created an origami-folded tea holder from one of the patterned papers, using it to house the gift cards in a fun way! Just a few stickers on the flap on the envelope are all you need to finish this packaging. I just tied the envelope to the mug with ribbon and it is ready to go.
I was lucky that this present comes in a premade box with a lid. So, I used one sheet of the Simple Stories Simple Vintage North Pole patterned paper to cover just the lid of the present. I also glued some ribbon just to the lid of the package, so that I can attach a tag to the top of the present. This tag was created using patterned paper, stickers, and a die cut propped up with some foam adhesive. I just love how easy this was to wrap, and the fact that she will be able to reuse the box after.
For this little parcel, I chose to completely wrap the present with patterned paper. I used a large piece of shimmer twine to wrap around the present, leaving about a 1/4” space between each twine loop, so that it created that criss-cross pattern. A bit of double-sided tape holds the twine in place at the back of the box. I created a cluster of embellishments on top of the twine; the large Santa die cuts are so beautiful they don’t need much more to bring joy to the package!
I just love how these turned out. Having the Simple Stories Simple Vintage North Pole paper collection to work with allowed me to create these festive packages in no time and with beautiful results. Remember to share your beautiful creations with us!
MERRY CHRISTMAS, and may 2021 BE a BLESSED YEAR!
~ Nathalie
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What beautiful gifts Nathalie created. If you want to try to re-create her beautifully wrapped designs, our friends at Simple Stories are giving away a huge bundle of papercrafting goodness!
Christmas is Claus for celebration! Step into an old-fashioned Christmas with the Simple Vintage North Pole collection. Brimming with nostalgia from letters to Santa, candy canes, stockings, and sleighs in a palette of icy blues, cheery reds, and evergreens. You’ll feel like a kid at Christmastime as you wrap it all up with a pretty bow, celebrating your holiday memories from the past and present.
This Simple Vintage North Pole prize contains:
- 6×8 SN@P! Holiday Binder
- Simple Vintage North Pole SN@P! Cards
- Simple Vintage North Pole 6×8 Pad
- Simple Vintage North Pole Cardstock Sticker
- Simple Vintage North Pole Banner Sticker
- Simple Vintage North Pole Foam Stickers
- Simple Vintage North Pole Layered Stickers
- Simple Vintage North Pole Santa Bits
- Simple Vintage North Pole Chipboard Frames
- Simple Vintage North Pole 6×6 Stencil
- Simple Vintage North Pole Stamps
- Simple Vintage North Pole Washi Tape
- Simple Vintage North Pole Simple Basics
We also have a wonderful prize from our friends at Your Next Stamp! They have generously offered up a $50 gift certificate to today’s winner, to purchase whatever your heart desires from their shop!
You can then use Nathalie’s ideas above to wrap up your own gift beautifully!
GIVEAWAY DETAILS:
To enter to win both of today’s prizes, leave a comment on this post below by December 22nd at noon EST. A winner will be selected at random and announced here on the blog on December 23rd!
Inspiration and two amazing giveaways all in one day! I wonder what tomorrow will bring? Until then, please be sure to check out and follow our friends at Simple Stories and Your Next Stamp at the links below, and let them know how much you appreciate their generosity! We couldn’t host this celebration without our amazing partners!
Simple Stories : Website | Blog | Instagram | Facebook
Your Next Stamp : Shop | Blog | Instagram | Facebook
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Just joining us? Be sure to click each day below!
Day One – Giveaway from Doodlebug Designs & Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L
Day Two – Giveaway from Photo Play Paper and Pink & Main
Day Three – Giveaway from Hero Arts & SCT Magazine
Day Four – Giveaway from Bella Blvd & SCT Magazine
Day Five – Giveaway from Scrapbook.com & SCT Magazine
Day Six – Giveaway from Echo Park Paper & Therm O Web
Day Seven – Giveaway from Totally Tiffany & SCT Magazine
The packages are beautiful! I love this paper line.
I love the old fashion Santa..love him..and beautiful ideas..thanks for sharinh
I would be so busy I love this bundle
I absolutely ADORE the vintage look of this collection!
What beautifully wrapped gifts! Sad to say,
mine aren’t that special! Two wonderful
giveaways today! Thank you!
How cute is this paper! I would love the chance to win either prize!
Oh gosh, Simple Stories AND Your Next Stamp prize packs?! Thanks so much for the chance to win! And Nathalie’s gift wrapping is on point! Love, love, love!
These are the cutest little gifts !! Too cute to open !! These are so cheerful and to pass out small gifts in these would be priceless. I love the colors and I would have some of these tucked into my Christmas decor !!! The 6×8 album is stunning !!!
Adorable gifts! I wish I was that creative! Thanks for sharing your ideas.
What great prizes. Would love to win
I want to comment over and over, this collection is adorable.
cheerful colour gift packaging, so awesome!
I love the idea of using scrapbook supplies for wrapping, the embellishments are fantastic on the gifts…going to use that idea for the rest of my wrapping!
I love the Christmas boxes! They would be perfect for gift giving.
The Santa!!! Enough said.
Simple stories and Snap binders are always a favourite!
More great ideas to take away for creating. Thanks again!
What a beautiful nostalgic collection. It reminds me of childhood Christmas’s, especially the Santa image.
I love all simple stories vintage collection!
Wonderful prizes today. Would love to win them.
You e inspired me to wrap my presents a bit better. I love that Simple Stories collection!
These are so cute. Love Simple Stories and would love to win this prize>
What a great idea. Never thought to use scrapbook paper! Great prizes too.
Such wonderful inspiration! Love this idea and the papers are gorgeous!
So creative. I just love Simple Stories Simple Vintage North Pole! Thank you for sharing great ideas.
Pretty wrapping! I do try to wrap a little nicer for my husband than my grandkids who just tear into everything. Great prize pack, again
Your wrapping is very creative and the giveaway prizes are generous. Thanks for the chance to win.
These are so pretty and I’m sure your sister will really appreciate them. This vintage line is so lovely! Simple stories never disappoints. Thanks for the chance to win.
Great ideas, the gifts looks so cute and lovely! The prizes are amazing, thanks for the inspiration and great prizes!
Very creative wrapping, almost to pretty to open. Another amazing giveaway!
Oh wow! I love the Simple Stories and Your Next Stamp giveaways! Thanks so much for the chance to win! The gift wrapping is adorable. Great job Nathalie!
Love, love, love the creative packaging and all of Simple Stories Christmas lines. The snap binder is one of my favorite designs. I just need to start producing faster than I can buy.
Love Snap! binders! The paper is really cute! What a great giveaway!
I love these old fashion Santa Claus. It is my childhood. His smile is contagious. A HAPPY CHRISTMAS CONTAGION. Beautiful wrapping. All these holiday colors are magnifiques. BEAUTIFUL and HAPPY GIVEAWAY.
Merci Thank you
Yolande
Those are such lovely giveaways.
Great ideas. Love this idea and will need to try it out!
This is a great idea to coordinate gift packaging. I love this line and am grateful you’ve given us an opportunity to win it!
The Santa in the North Pole collection reminds me of my childhood! Thanks to Simple Stories and Your Next Stamp for the great giveaway today.
Beautiful wrappings! Hopefully the receivers recycle the paper etc next year! The Simple Stories kit is lovely & brings a wonderfully nostalgic Christmas feel to 2020! Just what we need!
Simple Stories has yet another amazing collection. I just the love the variety of items at Your Next Stamp. Great prizes! Thanks for the chance to win.
Love the Simple Stories Christmas collection.
Simple Stories has beautiful paper.
Beautiful Simple Stories paper collection, and a gift certificate from Your Next Stamp tops the cake! What a wonderful giveaway! Thanks for the opportunity to win!
The wrapping is a gift itself!!!
wow! so gorgeous! enough said!!
What a great idea to use the paper collection to decorate your holiday packages.
My gifts are wrapped and under the tree but I might go back and shuhz them up a bit
Such pretty packages! I hope the recipient appreciates the beauty! This is a fabulous giveaway, and to be truthful I don’t yet have an album for this year’s december daily… ;)
This is a great set and would enhance my Christmas Pictures!
Ohhhh! I absolutely adore this line!! I just love Simple Stories!!
Would love to win! Thanks for having these days of giving! Lifts the spirits
The wrapped packages are gorgeous! I could do that! The gifts Simple Vintage Northpole and Your Next Stamp are fantastic! Love your things!
How clever and creative of Nathalie’s gift wrapping. Love these ideas. Thanks for the chance to win.
What a great way to use your scrapbook ephemera.
Love the origami folded tea holder!