Nov 20, 2019 | 2019 Holiday Catalog, Boxes, Designer Series Paper |
In the Stampin’ Up! Holiday Catalog you may have noticed the beautiful traditional Christmas Cracker boxes on page 30 & 31. These are made with the Brightly Gleaming Specialty Designer Series Paper. I made some of these and then decided that I wanted a smaller version for an event that my team would be hosting this month. Our event was this past Friday and was a success. So I wanted to share my project with you. I’m going to share with you both sizes today and a third variation. On Monday, Nov. 18th I filmed a FB Live showing how to make all three and some little 3D ornaments. You can see that video HERE.
So let’s start with the large size that’s shown in the catalog. You’ll want to cut a piece of paper to 8-3/4″ x 9″ – so you will want to choose something that comes in 12×12 size for these large ones. My photo uses the Brightly Gleaming Specialty paper and also the Christmastime is Here Specialty paper. On the short side (that’s the 8-3/4″ side) you will score at 1-3/4″, 3-1/2″, 5-1/4″, and 7″. Then you will use the Gleaming Ornaments Punch Pack to punch at every fold – push the punch all the way in from the side of the paper lining up the center of the punch on the fold. Glue the end flaps together to make a 4 sided tube and then tie the ends shut with ribbon.
Supply List
- #150429 Brightly Gleaming Specialty Paper
- #150394 1/2″ Classic Weave Ribbon
- #149590 3/8″ Denim Ribbon
- #150647 Gleaming Ornaments Punch Pack
- #152154 Christmastime is Here Specialty Paper
- #152156 Gold 1/4″ Shimmer Ribbon
- #152392 Paper Trimmer
So now let me show you the smaller version that I made. I wanted to make it out of a 6×6 piece of paper so that I could use the pretty Feels Like Frost Paper Specialty paper. I ended up with a smaller three sided version. These are a nice size for table favors – you could even add names and use them as place cards. The silver ones would work for New Years or even a wedding.
I started with the 6×6 piece of Feels Like Frost Specialty paper. On one side you will score at 1-3/4″, 3-1/2″, and 5-1/4″. Now turn to the other side and score at 1-1/4″ and 4-3/4″. Then you will use the Gleaming Ornaments Punch Pack to punch at every fold along the two score lines. You’ll only slide the punch in a small amount. Watch the video and you can see what I mean – also look at the photo below. Glue the end flaps together so the small end is on the inside of the large end to make a 3 sided tube and then tie the ends shut with ribbon.
Supply List
- #150444 Feels Like Frost Specialty Paper
- #144213 3/8″ Silver Metallic-edge Ribbon
- #150647 Gleaming Ornaments Punch Pack
- #152392 Paper Trimmer
- #132178 Silver Foil
- #124262 White Baker’s Twine
- #150457 Holiday Rhinestone Basic Jewels
Then I wanted to make another version of this small one. For this one I wanted to make one end flat so it would stand up. You’ll do everything the same except on the second side score at 5-1/4″ instead of the 4-3/4″ and you won’t punch on that side. Instead you will snip them and then trim the angles on each side. The video will show you how.
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Oct 31, 2019 | Boxes, Paper Pumpkin |
Hello my friends. It’s time for our monthly A Paper Pumpkin Thing Blog Hop. A blog hop filled with alternate ideas using contents from the monthly kit. This month our kit is – October 2019 – Winter Woods. It’s the first box out of a two box coordinated set. The second box is the November kit that you can subscribe to now.
This kit contains supplies for 10 cards and 10 envelopes. It has winter trees, snowflakes and cardinals. Put the kit together as is or use some of the pieces for some alternate ideas like the ones you will see in this blog hop.
For my idea I wanted to use the shimmery white trees. But where I live we don’t really have white trees, nor do we get that much snow. So I altered them with some ink and I really wanted to cut them apart. Once I had two pair of water colored trees I wasn’t quite sure where I wanted to go. My first thought was to make tags, but then I decided since the November Paper Pumpkin kit was going to be coordinating tags maybe I should go a different direction. Then I thought box – how do I turn this into a box and what would I put into the box. See below for the result.
Winter Woods Treat Box
I decided to use the clear tiny treat boxes. And add what could basically be a tag to the front. Now I’m thinking that those tall skinny foil wrapped chocolate Santa’s would fit in my box. But those aren’t in the stores yet since it’s Halloween so we will just have to pretend they are in there.
Start by cutting the side flaps off the tiny treat box. Only fold in the bottom, leave the lid alone – don’t fold it so there is some extra support for the tall panel. Since the trees were 5-1/2″ tall I cut a piece of Pool Party card stock to be that tall and 2″ wide – same width as the box. I stamped in Pool Party ink the little dots/falling snow image all over.
To alter the trees I water colored with Soft Suede ink and an Aqua Painter. Then cut into 2″ wide pieces giving me two out of each tree panel. That means you could make 20 of these boxes if you used all the panels in the kit. On the base I stamped just the words Wishing you a Merry Christmas. I used an Early Espresso Stampin’ Write marker to only color the words I wanted.
The little cardinal was added with 1/2 of a mini dimensional. I used glue dots to attach the panel to the outside of the box, but I didn’t like how it looked on the inside so I cut another piece of Pool Party card stock to stick on the inside and basically sandwich the lid side of the box. It’s finished off with some Linen Thread.
Supply List
The additional supplies that I added to complete this project were:
- Card stock – Pool Party
- Ink – Pool Party, Soft Suede
- Marker – Early Espresso
- Clear Tiny Treat Boxes
- Linen Thread
- Aqua Painter
Here are a couple more photos:
I hope you liked this alternate idea for the monthly Paper Pumpkin kit. Leave me a comment and let me know your thoughts.
The Blog Hop Continues
To continue through go and click on the next blog in the list below. You’ll get to see lots of amazing ideas from demonstrators around the country.
Don’t forget you have until the 10th of the month to subscribe to Paper Pumpkin and get that month’s kit.
The November kit will be a coordinating kit with tags. Sign up by the 10th – go here.
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Feb 6, 2019 | 2019 Occasions Catalog, Boxes, Designer Series Paper, Paper Pumpkin, Stamper's Club, Valentine's Day |
I kept seeing these adorable heart shaped treat holders on Pinterest but everyone linked to a foreign demonstrator with instructions in french. Unfortunately for me I don’t know any french. I finally found one with some photographs with measurements in centimeters so I started with that and tried to convert to inches and round it up to make it even. Played around with it a little bit until I got measurements that worked for me. They are much easier to make than they might seem. So let’s get to it.
I started by creating this version for my Stamper’s Club. This was one of their February club projects and uses the All My Love Designers Series paper. The stamp set I used for my words is Petal Palette. The little box on the inside holds a Lindor Truffle – the strawberries & cream version for Valentine’s Day. Cut your strip of Designer Series paper to be 1-1/2″ wide and 12″ long. Fold it in half. Then put some tear & tape on the end on the outside and curl the two ends together to form the heart.
To make the box I used a 3-1/2″ square of card stock – Lovely Lipstick for this one. Score all four sides at 1″ and snip two sides and fold to form a box. The tear & tape is perfect for this project. Use it to create the box and then use it on the bottom and one end to add the box inside the heart.
Supply List
- All My Love Designer Series Paper
- Lovely Lipstick card stock
- Petal Palette stamp set
- Lovely Lipstick ink
- Whisper White card stock
- Whisper White Baker’s Twine
- 1/8″ hand held punch
- Tear & Tape
After my stamp club made these I decided to make another one as an alternate project for my January Paper Pumpkin kit. I added the Animal Expedition Designer Series paper – which coordinates with the kit and the Baker’s twine to make some of these hearts out of the kit contents.
The box for this project comes from the pillow box in the paper pumpkin kit. The stamp set, ink spot and white label are all part of the kit too. If you’d like to see a Facebook Live video of this project and my other alternate projects from the January Be Mine Valentine kit go here.
Supply List
- Be Mine Valentine January 2019 Paper Pumpkin Kit
- Animal Expedition Designer Series Paper
- Whisper White Baker’s Twine
- 1/8″ hand held punch
- Tear & Tape (or use the tape in the kit)
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Jan 23, 2019 | 2019 Occasions Catalog, Big Shot, Boxes, Designer Series Paper, Valentine's Day |
At the Made to Love class Heather showed us how to make these mini Red Velvet Bundt cakes. And they are just the perfect size to fit inside the little Baker’s Box. These are a carry over item from the Holiday Catalog. She filled the pans and put the cakes in the oven, and then showed us the truffles (I posted those yesterday). Then everyone came into my studio and I showed them all the stamping projects. When they finished all their stamping they decorated their cake and put it inside the box.
I showed everything we made on a FB live video on Jan. 21, 2019. You can see it here. Here are some more details about the Baker’s Box project for the mini cakes.
I cut 2″ wide strips of the All My Love Designer Series paper and a 2″ x 4″ long piece of Crumb Cake card stock. The strip of the Designer paper won’t quite fit all the way around the box to create the belly band. So I used the Crumb Cake piece to bridge the gap in the back. Glue the designer paper to the card stock, then you can slide the band on and off to get inside the box. If you watch my video you can see what I’m talking about. Then decorate the front – I used the hearts from the Be Mine Stitched Framelits Dies and the Braided Linen Trim. The stamp set in this photo is Label Me Pretty but some of the girls used the Meant to Be set instead.
Supply List
- #150587 Meant to Be Bundle = stamp set + framelits
- #148576 All My Love Designer Series paper
- #147899 Baker’s Boxes
- #147808 Braided Linen Trim
- #148578 All My Love Card stock pack (use Crumb Cake & Lovely Lipstick)
- #147116 Crumb Cake Classic Stampin’ Pad
- #100730 Whisper White card stock
- #146927 Share What You Love Artisan Pearls
- #143715 Pretty Label Punch
- #138995 Tear & Tape
- #143861 Label Me Pretty Stamp set (optional)
I told everyone to choose the greeting based on who they would be giving it too. So everyone had several choices. The little bitty hearts come from inside the decorative heart die cut piece.
Yum! I hope you enjoyed this project. If you’d like to order any of these Stampin’ Up! products to make your own Valentine treats please see my link below.
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Dec 22, 2018 | 2018 Holiday Catalog, Big Shot, Boxes, Christmas |
This is a fun little treat idea if you need something to gift this weekend. We made this in my Tags & Treats class and I gifted one to the mail lady. I’m trying to get my Christmas cards out. Yesterday I had 75 go out and today another 40. There will be one more batch going out on Monday. I’m not sure if any will arrive before Christmas but as long as I get them in the mail by Christmas eve I’m ok with that. Hopefully the recipient will be too.
This is the gable box turned into a crate style box. Inside I have some festive cake balls. I stuck with a Red, White and Silver theme for this one. It’s a bit hard to see in the catalog but the Lustrous White Gable boxes have a shimmer to them – they aren’t just plain white.
Supply List
- Lustrous White Mini Gable Box
- 2×8 Cellophane bag
- Silver Glimmer Paper
- Silver Metallic Edge Ribbon
- 1/8″ Solid Real Red Ribbon
- Whisper White card stock
- Real Red Ink
- Dashing Deer Bundle – Dashing Deer stamp set + Detailed Deer Thinlits die
- Big Shot Die cutting machine
- Frosted & Clear Epoxy Droplets
I used some red striped paper straws to create the handle. So that you don’t tear the box use a hole punch the size of the straw at the top of the little slot. Mine was just a standard size hole punch like you get from the office supply store. And I used some scotch tape to hold the little cello bag shut after I put the cake balls inside. Enjoy!
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Nov 5, 2018 | Big Shot, Boxes |
This yummy little treat box was something I made for table favors at the Georgia 2-Day Breast Cancer walk dinner. We walked our 20 miles on Saturday and then that night they served us a buffet dinner. We went in our pajamas so we could go right to bed after wards and then get up early Sunday morning and walk again. This year we had a reserved table for our little team – Trudy’s Peeps – and I wanted to make a table favor for everyone.
Inside each box are three white chocolate covered cashew clusters. They are yummy and I found them in the bulk section at my local sprouts. I bought a big bag so I could fill all the boxes and got a very interesting look from the cashier.
I did use some retired paper from last years catalog to place inside the box. Cut a 2″ by 6″ piece of designer paper and score it at 2 and 4 inches then slip it inside the box as a liner. The Powder Pink Shimmer ribbon is what I used to tie around the box and finished with the Ribbon of Courage stamp set.
Supply List
- Clear Tiny Treat Boxes
- Ribbon of Courage Stamp set
- Basic Jewels Pearls
- Powder Pink Shimmer Ribbon
- Powder Pink ink
- Whisper White card stock
- Powder Pink card stock
- Support Ribbon Framelits
- Stitched Labels Framelits
- Big Shot Die Cutting Machine
- Fresh Floral Designer Series Paper (retired)
Thank you for the support in the walk! Here is most of our team at the end of the 30 miles. My friends Molly and Louise are both breast cancer survivors. They are wearing their Survivor shirts.
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