For this week’s Create with Connie & Mary challenge we have a color challenge – Pool Party, Whisper White and Silver Glimmer. Good thing I ordered more Silver Glimmer paper – I used what I had to make snowflake ornaments for Christmas and ran out so I ordered more. And while this color challenge does scream snowflakes to me – that is not what I wanted to do. So I put my thinking cap on to come up with a different idea. And New Year’s Eve is what came to mind.
Plus I wanted to do something other than a card and came up with a treat holder idea instead. After some playing around this is what I created –
You could add these to your table decorations for a New Years Eve Celebration – decorate with silver and blue (pool party to be exact). Here is a view of the back – it’s the petal cone die –
- cut two of the Petal Cones out of Pool Party card stock and glue together to make the cone
- cut four of the scalloped half circles out of Silver Glimmer paper – I glued 3 of them to the petal folded back and one to the petal left straight – that becomes the bottom “lip” of the container
- stamp the New Years (single stamp) in Pool Party ink on Whisper White card stock – cut with the Apothecary Accents framelit label. Fold the tabs back and attach with mini brads to cover the top portion of the petal cone opening.
- I dressed up the stamp image by adding Dazzling Details to all the numbers and little circles plus a Vintage Faceted Button tied with some white Baker’s Twine.
- Stamp the Happy New Year on the Pool Party Banner from the Petal Cone Die and add it to the top corner.
- Stamp the Happy New Year a couple of times on scrap piece of Whisper White and punch out the numbers with a 3/4″ circle punch. Glue those to the bottom of some chocolate kisses.
- I also stamped the little sparkle from Delightful Decorations on Pool Party card stock and punched those out to add to the chocolate kisses.
- Stick all the chocolate kisses in the Petal Cone box.
- Time to Countdown to the New Year and Celebrate!!!
A fun little treat don’t you think? We aren’t really sure what we are doing on New Year’s Eve just yet – but I do have some festive table decorations ready to go. Visit the Create with Connie & Mary site to see the creations from the rest of the design team and to submit your own creation for this new challenge. Have a great week!
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Stamps: New Years (single stamp), Delightful Decorations
- Ink: Pool Party
- Card Stock: Pool Party, Whisper White, Silver Glimmer
- Accessories: Big Shot die-cut machine, Petal Cone Die, Apothecary Accents Framelits, 3/4″ circle punch, Mini Silver Brads, Dazzling Details, Whisper White Baker’s Twine, Vintage Faceted Button, 1/16″ handheld punch, Mini Glue Dots, multipurpose glue, chocolate kisses
This is such a super idea!! Love the numbers on the kisses! And I love the added sparkle of the glitter!
So clever! The numbers on the kisses is the crowning glory!
Very clever and elegant way to display the petal cone and I just love the kisses! Happy New Year!
So cute! I put that die away and haven’t had it out in a long time…guess I need to give this little treat box a try!
Very pretty treat idea! I think I’ll be using these colors again. They work well with so many holidays!