Bodacious Boxes!

I'm currently on the Box channel since craft show season is here and we have a double booth this year. I have to crank up production! I love the bow idea below. Carol Lovenstein, the creator made a black and white box, but I wanted a size that would hold a card set. I made mine from the Natural Composition Specialty paper. I am really loving the Tag A Bag Gift Boxes. They are food safe and you can doll them up so easily with belly bands!! They come in packages of 8 for $6.95. All you have to do is pop them open and decorate. Buy them here

Carol. Lovenstein  has a tutorial for her bow here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mYuuUFSHZs&feature=youtu.be

I cased this idea and for the life of me, I can't find it. I'll keep looking and give credit to the creator.

Venetian Romance dsp, embossed the top with Honeycombembossing folder

Aiken To Stamp Your Art Out

I formed a local group called Aiken To Stamp Your Art Out and we had our first meeting today. It was loads of fun! Wonderful people and conversation, plus we created which is always a bonus!

Project Details
Stamps	Blooming With Kindness
Card Stock & Papers	Pistachio Pudding card base Whisper White 3 x 3 and 3 ¾ x 5 Crisp Cantaloupe 3 ¼ x 3 ¼ Melon Mambo 3 ½ x 3 ½
Ink	Crisp Cantaloupe,  Strawberry Slush, Pistachio Pudding (Stamp flower in Crisp Cantaloupe then use sponge to add Strawberry Slush before you stamp image onto paper)
Accessories	Pearls Basic Jewels, Pistachio Pudding ruffled ribbon
Tools

Project Details
Stamps	Christmas Collectibles, Teeny Tiny Wishes, More Merry Messages
Card Stock & Papers	Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White, Season of Style Designer Paper Stack. Base: Cherry Cobbler cardstock 5 ½ x 6 ½ DSP: 2 7/8 x 5 ¼  and ¾ x 5 ¼
Ink	Cherry Cobbler
Tools	Christmas Ornament Punch, Label Thinlit Card Dies

Materials

Large Oval Punch

Sticky Strip

2 sheets of Seasons of Style Designer Series Paper Stack

4 ½” X 7 ½” piece of Coordinating cardstock (Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive, Baked Brn Sugar, Crumb Cake or Chocolate Chip)

Gift Bow Bigz L Die 

1.  Score 4 ½” X 7 ½” piece of cardstock at 1 ½” from each edge on all four sides as shown below.

2.  Cut from the edge to the score line as shown in blue below. This will create the tabs.

3.  Cut notches on the tabs to make them fit better.

 

4.  Assemble the box by applying Sticky Strip to each tab and fold them in, so that the long side is on the outside. Set this aside while constructing the “bag.”

5.  Score 1 ½” on the short side of two pieces of Seasons of Style DSP Stack. Fold and attach them together with Sticky Strip.

6.  Use the Oval Punch to make handles.

7.  Adhere the box to the bottom of your “bag” with Sticky Strip.

  

Project Details
Stamps	Pretty Petites
Card Stock & Papers	Sweater Weather dsp, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White cs
Ink	Pumpkin Pie
Accessories	Pumpkin Pie Chevron ribbon, Whisper White Grosgrain ribbon, Linen Thread
Tools	Chalk Talk Framelit, Petite Curly Label Punch, 1 ¼” Scallop Circle Punch

 

1. Cut 2 ½” x 5 ½” Sweater Weather designer series paper, then Score at 3 ½” Fold DSP on the score line and place just inside the cutting line of the Chalk Talk Framelit.
2. Use the Scallop Border Punch on the pocket side of the dsp.
3. Cut 2 ³/_8” x 3 ⁵/₈” Chocolate Chip Cardstock
4. Cut 9” white ¼” grosgrain ribbon
5. Adhere the top and bottom of the DSP to the cardstock leaving room for the ribbon to slide underneath.
6. Stamp Yum in Pumpkin Pie on Whisper White and punch out with Petite Curly Label punch.
7. Punch Scalloped Circle from Chocolate Chip cs and attach Yum with dimensional to it.
8. Place candy in the pocket and tie ribbon attaching the punched and layered ‘Yum’.
9. Slide a Mini Glue Dot behind the ribbon against the cardstock if needed.
10. Trim the corners of the cardstock to match the Chalk Talk Framelit.
11. Punch hole in top of candy holder.
12. Slide 6” of Pumpkin Pie Chevron ribbon through the hole and pull both sides to the top.  Use 5”of linen thread to tie the ribbons closed and trim ends.

Gift Bag Tutorial

Materials

Gift Bow Bigz L. Die #129977

Word Window Punch #119857 or Large Oval Punch #119855

Sticky Strip # 104294

12” x 6” Seasons of Style Designer Series Paper #132340

12” x 6” Modern Medley Designer Series Paper # 126926
Frosted Finishes Embellishments #132150
Simply Pressed Clay #130685
Buttons & Blossoms Simply Pressed Clay Molds #131272

1.       Score 12” x 6” designer series paper at 4”, 5 ½”, 9 ½”, and 11”

2.       Turn the paper 90 degrees and score at 4 ½”

3.       Cut score lines up to the 4 ½” score line.

4.       Fold on all the score lines and trim off the small square in the bottom right-hand corner.

5.       Assemble your bag using Sticky Strip, which is only needed in 2 places The bottom picture is the inside of the bag. When folding and adhering the bag, make sure to put a long side piece on the outside of the bag, then a small tab, the other small tab and the last long side on the inside of the bag. In other words you will NOT see the small tabs. From the bottom, you will see only the long side covering the entire bottom of the bag. From the inside, you will see another long piece covering the entire bottom of the inside of the bag.

6.       Pinch sides to look like a gift bag or lunch sack, then use the Oval punch to make the handles

7.       Use the Gift Bow Bigz Die to make a beautiful bow from coordinating Designer Series Paper. Alternately, you could use some of the pretty ribbon listed below.

I used the blossom punch and strawberry slush cs to make this flower. The leaves are gumball green. The center is glimmer paper circle punch and then slits cut all the way around.  Attach layers with a glimmer brad.

Alternatives for Embellishments:

¾” Cherry Cobbler Chevron Ribbon #

1 ¼” Burlap Ribbon #132140

Cherry Cobbler 1” Stitched Edge Grosgrain Ribbon #132135

Old Olive Simply Styled Embellishments 132148

Hung Up Cute Clips 129389

Hardware Clips Essentials 129964

Chalk Talkin' It

Hi there! Happy Saturday:)
I hope you are all having a wonderful weekend. The weather here in Carolina is gorgeous. It's 83% and only 49% humidity. Poor Colorado is getting soaked. Our son is in Denver and he's not being swept away by flooding, although he says he feels right at home with the high humidity they have right now!

Here are a couple more cards from the Chalk Talk stamp set and coordinating framelits. These two will go on my display board for classes.

Project Details
Stamps	Chalk Talk
Card Stock & Papers	Soft Sky, Chocolate Chip, Sweater Weather DSP
Ink	Chocolate Chip, Crushed Curry
Accessories	7/16" Trim, Stampin' Dimensionals
Tools	Chalk Talk Framelits

Project Details
Stamps	Chalk Talk
Card Stock & Papers	Chocolate Chip, Sahara Sand, Sweater Weather DSP
Ink	Tangerine Tango
Accessories	Naturals Designer Buttons, Crushed Curry 3/4" Chevron Ribbon
Tools	Chalk Talk Framelits, Houndstooth Embossing Folder, Scallop Edge Punch

I'm a Horseman's Daughter

I was so excited when I saw a stamp set with a horse in the catalog! I live in horse country too, so I will be making some card sets using this stamp set. I'm going to make the boxes out of the Natural Composition Specialty Paper. One of the patterns is wood grain. How appropriate is that for horses? I've also fallen in love with the new Thinlits die! Who hasn't right?  I've finished all the prep work for the Aiken To Stamp Your Art out group that is meeting for the first time next week. I am so excited!!!

Project Details
Stamps	Blooming With Kindness
Card Stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Early Espresso
Ink	Crumb Cake, Early Espresso
Accessories	Very Vanilla Satin Ribbon
Tools	Argyle Embossing Folder,  Paper Piercing Tool and Essentials Paper Piercing Pack, Sponge

Project Details
Stamps	Horse Frontier
Card Stock & Papers	Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Midnight Muse and Print Poetry DSP Stack (retired)
Ink	Early Espresso
Accessories	7/16" Trim, Naturals Designer Buttons, Linen Thread
Tools	Oval Die, Corner Rounder Punch, Sponge

Project Details
Stamps	Blooming With Kindness
Card Stock & Papers	Whisper White, Soft Sky, Midnight Muse
Ink	Midnight Muse
Accessories	3/8" Stitched Satin Ribbon-Midnight Muse, Pearl Basic Jewels, Stampin' Dimensionals
Tools	Argyle Embossing Folder, Windows Framelits, Curly Label Punch, Blender Pen

Project Details
Stamps	Very Merry Tags, More Merry Messages
Card Stock & Papers	Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive,Whisper White, Seasons of Style DSP
Ink	Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive
Accessories	Rhinestones Basic Jewels
Tools	Label Thinlits, Extra Large Oval Punch, Mosiac Punch

Project Details
Stamps	Christmas Collectibles, More Merry Messages, Very Merry Tags
Card Stock & Papers	Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive,Whisper White, Seasons of Style DSP
Ink	Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive
Accessories	Rhinstones Basic Jewels
Tools	Label Thinlits, Extra Large Oval Punch, Mosiac Punch, Decorative Label Punch

 

Project Details
Stamps	Very Mery Tags
Card Stock & Papers	Baked Brown Sugar, Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White, Seasons of Style DSP
Ink	Old Olive
Accessories	Rhinestone Basic Jewels
Tools	Label Thinlits,  Mosiac Punch,