We had a great Stamp Club meeting. We made the three projects I showed you yesterday. I love seeing how folks change things up from my samples. Such a creative group! I promised details on the projects today, so here they are.
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Caramel Apple Curvy Keepsake Box
Cut two box pieces of Baked Brown Sugar card stock with the Curvy Keepsake Box Thinlits Die. Adhere the two pieces together at the bottom, with like sides opposite each other. Use a bone folder to get nice sharp creases.
Using a 2-1/2″ circle punch, cut a Whisper White card stock circle. Adhere it to the center of a Tea Lace Paper Doily. Then adhere that to the bottom of the box, so that, when assembled, it will resemble a caramel apple sitting on a doily.
Cut a paper straw to 6-1/2″ long. Using a bone folder, flatten 2-3 inches of one end.
Assemble the box, filling it with caramels or other treats of your choice. Stick the flattened end of the straw between the two “handles” on top of the box, and down into the box all the way to the bottom.
Using the round tag die from the Curvy Keepsake Box die set, cut a Real Red card stock tag. Using Paper Snips, cut the bottom of the tag to resemble an apple. (I’m not sure of a better way to describe it than saying to cut a little “derriere” at the bottom.)
Using the small leaf from the Fun Fall Framelits Dies, cut a Pear Pizzazz leaf. Adhere it to the Real Red apple tag.
Run two 10″ pieces of Whisper White Bakers Twine through the apple tag and tie it onto the straw just above the box handles.
From the For All Things stamp set, stamp Hello Fall! on Whisper White cardstock with Baked Brown Sugar ink. Cut it into a strip, apply adhesive, and wrap it around the straw, just above the twine, to make a flag. Using one corner from the Hexagon Punch, notch the end of the flag.
Be sure to lift the box from the bottom and not by the straw.
Again, many thanks to Cindy Schuster at Nutmeg Creations for the project idea!
Club members Martha, Marenda, Judy & Angela with their Caramel Apple Treat Boxes
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Halloween Post-It Note Cover
Cut a piece of Motley Monsters DSP to 2-15/16″ x 9-3/16″. On the long side, score at 2-15/16″, 3-1/8″, 6-1/16″, and 6-1/4″. Use bone folder to make sharp creases at all four score lines. (These are the dimensions for the note pads I bought at Target: 2-15/16″ square and 3/16″ thick. You may need to adjust for yours.)
For the brad closure: Insert one end of the DSP into the Scalloped Tag Topper Punch. It is wider that the 2″ tray, but it will go in on top of the tray. Make sure it’s centered, then punch. You’ll end up with extra arms on each side, which you can just trim off with Paper Snips.
Angela using the Scalloped Tag Topper Punch
Wrap the cover around your note pad with the punched end on top. Mark through the hole onto the other end of the cover where the brad should go. Unwrap and make the hole with a Paper Piercing Tool. Stick a brad through the hole and flatten on the back (inside) of the cover. We used a Candy Dot Brad Base and a Candy Dot.
Judy applying the brad
Adhere the back of your note pad to the inside of the cover. Close the cover, pulling the hole over the brad until it catches.
Adhere stamped images to the front of the cover.*
For the belly band closure: Adhere the back of your note pad to the inside of the cover. Cut a strip of DSP or card stock of your choice 1/2″ x 7-1/2″ and wrap it around the covered note pad. Adhere the ends together in the back. It should be snug, but not so tight that you can’t slide it on and off.
Adhere stamped images to the front of the belly band.*
*Stamped images: Using the Fall Fest stamp set, stamp a couple of pumpkins in Tangerine Tango, their faces in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink, and a few leaves in Bermuda Bay and/or Crushed Curry – all on Whisper White card stock. Cut out the pumpkins and leaves with the Fun Fall Framelits die set.
Martha and Angela stamping their pumpkins
Marenda stamped her pumpkins in Bermuda Bay and used the ghost side of the DSP for her cover.
Martha and Angela show off their new Note Pad Covers. Angela used what would have been a belly band to make little ribbons coming off the top of hers.
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Thanks Card
Use the same technique here with the Seasonally Scattered stamp that I used on the pumpkin from a previous post (which you can see here) except with Sahara Sand, Cajun Craze, and Mossy Meadow ink pads. After stamping on Whisper White card stock, cut it out with the Apothecary Framelits, then ink the edge with a sponge dauber and a Soft Suede ink pad.
Martha daubing inks on the Thanks stamp.
The card base is 8-1/2″ x 5-1/2″ Sahara Sand card stock, scored and folded at 4-1/4″. There’s a 5-1/4″ x 4″ Mossy Meadow card stock layer, then a 5″ x 3-3/4″ Soft Suede card stock layer, then a 4-3/4″ x 3-1/2″ piece of Color Me Autumn DSP.
Adhere the stamped piece on top with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
More action shots from yesterday
