Sep 23, 2009 | Animal Stories, Circle Scissor Plus, class, Designer Series Paper |
Today I’m sharing the 4th project from my Treats class that I had last week. This is one of my favorite projects and I have shared one with you already a couple of months ago – I’ll look back but I think it was probably back in June. This is a cupcake box.
This one was supposed to represent a “Birthday” treat at my class. I used the Tall Tales Designer Series Paper and the Animal Stories stamp set. The “happy birthday” comes from the Family Phrases stamp set. I like using that set because I like the font they used for all the little phrases.
When you pull the lid off of the box inside is a holder for a single cupcake. Someone at my class had a great idea – she has guests coming in from out of town and they are staying at a local hotel. She plans to make them each a box and leave it in the hotel for them as a Welcome treat when they arrive. Isn’t that a great idea!
The original box idea is from a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator in Canada – her name is Heather Summers and I love all of her work. She made the cupcake box for a baby shower originally and had the ribbon go all the way around the whole box and the lid. I decided that I didn’t want to have to retie the ribbon when i took the lid off so I put slit in each side and slid the ribbon through so it actually only goes around the top of the lid. It reminds me of those gifts on TV show where all they do is lift off the lid and the packaging stays perfect.
The one I made early in the summer was using the new In_Colors and the Razzleberry Lemonade Designer Series Paper. Here is a picture with the lid off so you can see the inside.
The base of the box is a 12″ x 12″ piece of card stock – scored at 4″ all the way around. The insert on the inside that holds the cupcake in place so it can’t slide around is 6-1/2″ x 6-1/2″ and then scores at 1-1/4″ all the way around. Then in the center cut out a 2-1/2″ circle. I used the Circle Scissor to do that.
This box holds a full size cupcake. You could redesign it to use the mini cupcakes too. The lid is 6-5/8″ x 6-5/8″ scored at 1-1/4″ all the way around.
I used sticky strip to hold together the base of the box and the lid. I did not put any adhesive on the insert as it fits so snuggly inside that you don’t need it. And I actually considered not putting any adhesive on the box either. Once you put the lid on it would stay shut. And then when you lift off the lid the box would fall open to reveal the cupcake. I actually think I like that idea better. It would be kind of magical to pull up the lid and have the sides fall down for the reveal. And using less adhesive is always a bonus!
If you don’t want to put a cupcake in there then leave out the insert and just use it as a gift box. Or another idea is to put an ornament on the inside – the insert would also hold a glass ball ornament. I need to go try that too. OK – the more I write the more I keep coming up with other things to try. Again I think this is a very versatile project!
Have a happy fun day and surprise someone special with a little treat!
Sep 22, 2009 | class, Punch Art |
This is a cute little treat holder project that I saw at Convention this year. I don’t know who originally created it – someone swapped for it and let me take a picture.
If you happen to know who that is please leave me a comment so I can add the information here.
I created my version based on the photo that I had. This would be project #3 from my Treat Class. You can almost make the whole thing from scraps of card stock which is something I always like to use up. I did cut a piece for the main holder. It is just scored to fit the depth of a Hershey’s nugget candy. I made one major change to my project because I wanted to create an all SU project and the one at convention used a pipe cleaner and pom-pom for the tail – I changed the tail. I was really happy with the way my little tail turned out.
It is grosgrain ribbon and I used the Trio Flower Punch. I punched 6 flowers out and then punched small holes in the center and strung them on the ribbon. Tied a knot at the end. Pulled it through the back of the body and tied another knot. The little flowers are just kind of bunched together all wrinkled up to look like a poofy tail. I was very pleased with how it looked!
The colors for the lion are More Mustard and Chocolate Chip and a little bit of Pretty in Pink for his tongue. I did sponge around his face, cheeks and ears with Chocolate Chip ink.
Isn’t he the cutest thing?
The nugget holder idea has been around for many years – I know I saw it when I first signed up as a Demonstrator. Just change the image on the front to be whatever you need – use punch art or use a stamped image to say “Thank you” or anything else you need.
Punch Art always takes longer because of the little pieces and assembling them together but the end result is always so cute. I have lots of punch art projects and I have been taking part in some online classes called Simply Punches – right now I’m in the middle of a holiday class so I need to make some of those and share them with you too.
So for my treat class – I think I have now shown three projects and I have three more to go. Yes we made 6 all together and I could have gone on an on with other ideas. It was hard to stop. It ended up being a really long class but everyone enjoyed it and had a great time!
Happy Punchin’!
Sep 21, 2009 | Big Shot, class, Designer Series Paper |
Here is another treat holder from my class on Friday – the class was all different types of treat holders not just the Sweet Treat containers in the minis. My idea was to show various styles of treat holders for the various holidays and how to change each one to use for other holidays (or occasions). Some I had examples for and others I just mentioned ways to change them.
So here is another idea that is really a quick project to make. This one uses the Big Shot machine to cut the Top Note die pieces – two from Pumpkin Pie card stock pieces. I also cut one from a piece of Cast-A-Spell Designer Series Paper – to maximize the paper it is a 3″ x 4″ piece – so you can get 12 pieces from a full sheet of DSP. You can cut it smaller because you don’t need the full Top Note die for the DSP piece.
One of the Pumpkin Pie card stock pieces needs to be scored and folded over – I score mine by lining the center points of the Top Note on the 1″ line on my cutter. I used the Tombo Multipurpose adhesive to glue the two sides and bottom edge of the 2 pieces of card stock together – this leaves you with a pocket that the M&M’s can slide into – or a gift card, or money or whatever you need that is fairly flat.
I tied some ribbon around and added the Little Boo stamp (back page of the catalog for $6.95). He is stamped in Perfect Plum, punched with the 1-1/4″ circle punch, layered with a 1-3/8″ circle of Old Olive and a Scallop Circle of Basic Black.
This one is easy to change to any occasion – so easy in fact this is what became my sleeping bag for the Build-A-Bears. I actually made this project first and while it laid on my craft table I kept looking at it and thought – huh….that looks just like a sleeping bag, then I wondered what else would fit in there and that’s when the Build-a-Bears came into the picture. You can read back a week or two in my blog posts and you’ll see the resulting project.
If you want Christmas – use the Merry Moments DSP and a snowflake image or one from Christmas Punch or Sparkly & Bright.
If you want fall – use Autumn Traditions and the Falling Leaves stamp set or a pumpkin image.
Need a Thank You – use the Very Thankful stamp set for the image and any paper that suits your fancy.
And so on, and so on…..
Have fun with it…
Sep 19, 2009 | Circle Scissor Plus, class, Holiday Mini Catalog 2009, Rock 'n Roll, SU Ribbon, Summer Fun Cookout, Tutorial |
My post yesterday was short because I was in a hurry in between various things I was doing. So I’m back today to elaborate more on the flower – I had several people ask how to make the flower. I think when you see the Sweet Centers stamp set in the Holiday Mini Catalog it isn’t completely clear what that stamp is supposed to be.
So here is my version of the flower – and I’m sure you can do it many different ways with different amounts and layers of petals. I tried a couple of different things before I settled on what was the easiest for me.
1. First I started with a 3″ x 3″ square of card stock. I used the 1-3/4″ circle punch to punch a circle out of the center. I laid it over one of the sweet treat cups.
2. I stamped 16 petals. In these pictures they are just stamped in So Saffron ink on Whisper White card stock. My finished example they are stamped in So Saffron and rolled in Close to Cocoa on the edges for each petal. I cut out all 16 petals with my paper snips. I tried to punch the petals with one of the oval punches but none of them fit exactly. Now that I think about it if you didn’t have the stamp set you could still make flowers – by punching out petals with an oval and then use a circle to add the curve against the cup….just a thought of something else to try (wouldn’t that be pretty with DSP….ok see now I’m on to more ideas – I better get back to my craft room once I finish this post).
3. I basically created 4 layers of petals. The first layer is 4 petals attached to the square with snail.
4. The next layer is 4 more petals attached in the spaces between the first four. Again using snail. You could stop with that and have a pretty flower – but I wanted more.
5. I added the next layer of 4 petals with Stampin’ Dimensionals again in between the petals I already put down – place them in every other space.
The leaves you can see in this photo are attached with snail in between the layers that were snailed down and the ones on dimensionals. I actually added them at the very end.
6. Then add the the last 4 petals in the remaining spaces using Stampin’ Dimensionals.
7. So to finish I trimmed the square in the back so that you couldn’t see it. You may ask why didn’t I start with a circle – I tried that but it was harder to punch the hole out of the center and harder to get the petals lined up. So for me I found it easier using the square and trimming it afterwards. I did cut a 3″ circle using my Circle Scissors – my finished photo shows a So Saffron piece – but for my class I used Chocolate Chip which I like better. This is the back of the flower. So take the Sweet Treat cup and fill it with the candy – my picture used M&Ms but my class used chocolate covered raisins (they are all brown colored). Fill the cup and adhere it to the Chocolate chip circle. Then set it down and adhere the flower over the top of the cup – I just used my snail.
Then I used tape to attach the skewer to the back – my skewers were the ones from the Country Living Summer cookout kit (they aren’t pointed).
I added Old Olive ribbon and then create a tag using the Oval Stamp set.
Here is the final project one more time.
I hope that all made sense. I have new example using the Valentine heart which was giving me trouble to begin with. I figure out what to do though – so check back for that one on another day.
Thanks for stopping by – it is again a Rainy Day in Georgia …..stay dry.
Sep 18, 2009 | class, Holiday Mini Catalog 2009 |
I had a great class today! Everyone had so much fun and the projects were so much fun. It was a Sweet Treats class. We made 6 different treat holders – all different holidays and all are easily adaptable to other things. I’ll share them over the next few days.
Here is the first one
– a flower using the Sweet Treat cups and the Sweet Centers stamp set. All the flower petals are inked in So Saffron then rock-n-rolled in Close to Cocoa. There are basically two layers of petals – 8 on the bottom snailed onto a 3×3 square base and then 8 more on dimensionals. Then I trimmed the back of it so it wasn’t visible.For the class the back of the flower (where you can see inside the cup) was actually chocolate chip. And we filled them with Chocolate Covered Raisins – I wasn’t having luck getting lots of brown M&Ms in my bags. The stick is the skewer left from the Summer Cookout kit. We used the Oval All stamp set to create a tag. Mine says thank you but you could use the flower for lots of things.
I’m headed off to scrapbook with Wendy and create our October Wow Scrapbook Kit.
I hope the rain holds out so they can get the football games in.
I’ll be back tomorrow.
Sep 14, 2009 | Build-a-Bear, class, My Digital Studio, Stamper's Club |
Sorry for not posting in several days. I have a cold/sinus/allergy thing going on and my head is so stuffed I haven’t been doing much for a few days. I did have a Stamper’s Club 
meeting on Friday night which was a lot of fun. We made the Build-a-Bear in the sleeping bag cards that I shared with everyone last week. I love those little guys – I have made a ton. I’m working on a 3-D project to also send to Stampin’ Up! and also the scrapbook page that I talked about – well not sure that I talked about it here or not maybe just on my yahoo groups.
We also made scratch pad holders – everyone made a different one – we used papers from Cottage Wall, Noveau Chic, and Pink Flamingo. I meant to take pictures of what the different designs looked like but I forgot. I’m planning to make an assortment of these for a Holiday Bazaar that I’m participating in next month so I’ll take pictures of those and post later.
Remember last week I made the little project with the new My Digital Studio – I printed it to put in the frames we decorated while I was at convention so here is the picture of that:
In the picture is me, then Sue, Diane and Michele. Sue brought these black wooden frames to convention and an assortment of rub-ons for us to decorate them with.
So the outside is rub-ons (I think all retired ones) and I had a few spill over onto the glass in the upper left-hand corner. Then inside the frame is the picture that I printed out after adding some elements with the My Digital Studio. Unfortunately my printer is not printing the colors correctly – the background should be Old Olive but looks more like Kiwi Kiss.
I’m working now on an album that I will sent to the Stampin’ Up! printer so I can see what that is like and have to show to everyone too.
Update on the Circle Circus Class to Go Kits – kits with supplies have all been cut and will be ready for pickup/mailing tomorrow. I’m adding photos to the instructions and hope to be emailing the pdf files for those of you that ordered those later tonight or in the morning. A new class will be out soon.
My class at my house is this Friday – it is a Sweet Treats class making lots of different treat holders – it will be a fun class and give you plenty of ideas to take you through all the holidays. Treats for the kids, your friends, your neighbors, your co-workers – anybody that needs a little something! Come join me. Below is a peek at some of the projects – for the details visit my website – CLICK HERE.
Have a sweet day!
