Holiday Gift Ideas from Our Biker Chicks

We have some amazing homemade gift ideas from our Biker Chicks today, but let's have them tell you all about it...

Altered Frame by Biker Chick Suzanne Sergi

With upcoming holiday parties to attend, and teacher's gifts to purchase,  I turn to a home made gift! One of my favorite altered projects to make is a fancy frame. I love the Santa image found in the  Once Upon A Christmas collection. I made this the main focal point in this 8x8 frame. I used the deep red damask pattern as the background.

I turned to my 6x6 paper pad from this collection, and diecut a large snowflake that I anchored in the lower left hand corner. I pulled elements from the Fabric Favorites to add some festive details. I used a journaling card to adhere one fabric snowflake, and the word stickers to finish the Santa cheer. A bold ribbon, another journaling card I used as a tag, and jingle bells make this a special gift for a generous hostess, or favorite teacher.

Once Upon a Christmas Products:

Once Upon A Christmas Cardstock Stickers
Once Upon A Christmas 6x6 Paper Pad
Once Upon A Christmas Journaling Cards
Once Upon A Christmas Fabric Favorites
Once Upon A Christmas-OC-110
Once Upon A Christmas-OC-108

 

 

Altered Charger by Bicker Chick Robbie Herring

An easy thing to do for a gift that will work for anyone is to decorate a charger.  These are easy and inexpensive to find.  I picked the black one up at a local craft store for $2.00.  The frame was only $1.50.  Adding some of the scrapbook supplies that I love was quick, and it can be set almost anywhere by the recipient.

Once Upon a Christmas Products:
OC-102 Poinsettia Quilt/Multi Starlight
OC-108 Vintage Santa/Brown Houndstooth
OC-112
OC-132 Tags & String - with embossing (12 pieces)
OC-305 Paper Crafting Kit (75 pieces)
OC-279 Chipboard Shapes - with foil (29 pieces)
OC-230 Clear Cuts - with foil accents (30 pieces)
OC-220 Fabric Favorites - self adhesive (8 pieces)

Altered Gift Card Holders by Biker Chick Vicki Boutin

We give a lot of gift cards out during the holidays and a fun way to package them is in little paper stockings.  I made a few using Once Upon a Christmas and loved that the Paper Crafting kit, tags and stickers are perfect for this type of project.  Just create a simple template and these little stocking can be recreated again and again for the gift giving season!

Once Upon a Christmas Products:

OC-106 Snowflake Medallion/Red Houndstooth

OC-104 Let it Snow/Green Medallion

OC-305 Paper Crafting Kit (75 pieces)

OC-277 Stick Pins (15 pieces)

OC-140 Cardstock Stickers - Fresh Verse - with foil and debossing (43 pieces)

 

Altered Recipe Box by Biker Chick Heather Leopard

I've been wanting to formally document all the favorite family recipes we make during the holidays, whether they've been passed down or are new finds. I made this recipe box to hold all the recipes so that they can continue to be passed down through the generations. My husband saw it and mentioned how much he liked it so I guess I'll be gifting it to ourselves and I'll be making others for the rest of the family.

I cut the box and tabs using a file I purchased for my CAMEO. Once assembled, I added the journaling card, "Recipes" cut from my CAMEO and mistletoe. I embellished the lid with the pretty sticker trim from the Favorite Pieces Stickers and then hung the ornaments from the inside of the lid.
The inside has tabs to separate the various categories.

I topped it off with a pretty paper bow.

Once Upon A Christmas Products:

OC-111 Holly Berry/Green Carols

OC-105 Mistletoe/Green Starlight

OC-134 Journaling Cards,

OC-135 Stickers - Favorite Pieces

OC-305 Paper Crafting Kit

OC-220 Fabric Flowers

OC-279 Chipboard Shapes

 

 

Altered Treat Jar by Biker Chick Lisa Swift

Hi everyone! I'm here today to share a fun holiday gift idea using the Once Upon a Christmas collection. 'Tis the season to be jolly and all that, but what about 'Twiz the Season to give gifts? That's right, it's time to give Twizzlers red licorice twists as a gift and I have the perfect way to do that. This project started out as a plain glass jar with a silver metal lid. I found this one at TJ Maxx, but Target also has very similar ones.

I started out by covering the metal lid. I traced a plate (a few inches larger than the diameter of the lid) onto a 12x12 sheet of the Green Carols paper, then cut it out using deco scissors to add a pretty edge. I centered the resulting scalloped circle on the lid and used my hands to mold it around the lid, letting pleats fall into place naturally. A bit of twine and a chipboard piece adds a nice finishing touch.  A flower from the Paper Crafting Kit, a chipboard frame, and a simple tag finish off the top of the cover.

Here's a closer look at the twine and chipboard piece around the lid topper. The topper is easily removed, and keeps its shape, for when you need to get into the jar for a quick snack fix. :)

The front of the jar is decorated with a journaling card, a Clear Cut holly sprig and the Fabric Favorites "joy" banner.  So there you have it. Something sweet to eat and sweet to give. Sounds like the perfect gift idea to me. :)

Once Upon a Christmas Products:

OC-111 Holly Berry/Green Carols 12x12 Paper
OC-305 Paper Crafting Kit
OC-134 Journaling Cards
OC-279 Chipboard Shapes
OC-230 Clear Cuts
OC-220 Fabric Favorites

 

So after tomorrow, you probably have some time to make some homemade gifts for the next round of holidays.  Hope you got some great ideas from our Biker Chicks today...

 

Remember, you can purchase the whole Once Upon a Christmas Collection directly from LYB right HERE.  And...Now through Monday 11/26 at www.mylyb.com, Buy 3 items from our current collections, and we'll pick two grab bag items from our retired collections as our gift to you!

Comments

[Monique]

1.

Fabulous ideas ladies!! My fav is the recipes box, just perfect for all those Christmas recipes!!

[Audrey Pettit]

2.

I always get so inspired by the Biker Chicks! What fabulous and beautiful ideas these are! LOVE the frame and altered charger, and the altered stockings are such fabulous gift card holders! I've been playing with the idea of a recipe box, and now I'm totally inspired! And how stinkin' cute is that Twiz the Season container?!

[Jean A Marmo]

3.

Wonderful projects!

[Mara A]

4.

Those Biker Chicks are THE BEST. All of these are absolutely gorgeous!

[Donna Woods]

5.

Beautiful projects!

[Wendy A]

6.

Wow, love these ideas - the charger is so different can't wait to give it a try!

[Dorina D]

7.

Wonderful projects. I really like how the jar was done, and can't wait to try that on my canned quickbreads. TFS

[Christine Meyer]

8.

Seriously gorgeous inspiration! Especially love that treat jar by Lisa!