Sep 26, 2015 | Boxes, Christmas, Classes, Deals, Gift Wrap, Holiday, New Products |
Need an adorable gift box in a hurry? The Square Pillow Box is your answer. This 5-15/16″ x 4-5/8″ box is perfect for all those small gifts and sweet treats you’ll be giving this holiday season. You can cut it from different paper for any time of year. It would be great cut from Happy Haunting Designer Series Paper for Halloween treats!
Today I’ve made it with Home For Christmas DSP. I love the festive stripes in Real Red and Very Vanilla. I cut a small window in one side and covered it with Vellum Card Stock so the recipient can get just a sneak peek of what’s inside.
I used the same window die to cut the tag from Very Vanilla CS. I punched a hole with the 1/8″ Circle Punch to attach it to the box. The sentiment is from the A Little Something stamp set. I used the DSP piece cut from the window to cut the candy cane, and glued it onto the tag.
BUNDLE!!! You can buy the Pillow Box Thinlits Dies and A Little Something stamp set together in a bundle to save 15%! I looooooove bundles!
I tied some Real Red Pompom Trim around the box. Then I tied on pieces of Gold and Silver Cording Trim and Gold and Silver Metallic Thread, using one piece to tie on the tag.
The box is super easy to assemble. Cut two pieces with the box die. Fold in the flap on each one and apply Tear & Tape along the flap. Flip one piece over onto the other one and stick together. Fold in the ends of the box and you’re done.
TIP: If you want a window or anything else cut in the side of the box, be sure to do that before you assemble the box. Also, be sure to cover the window from the inside before assembling.
Here’s what I used:
You can make this plus 11 different cards in my Christmas Bundle Up Class. I’m hosting one this Saturday, September 26, at 12:30. You’ll use 12 of the new Christmas Bundles. Bring your scissors and adhesive and I provide everything else. All for only $30! R.S.V.P. by Friday so I’ll have enough projects prepared.
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Sep 25, 2015 | Cards, Christmas, Holiday, Kits, New Products |
The To You & Yours Shaker Cards Project Kit is so much fun! It includes everything you need to create 18 Christmas shaker cards, 6 each of 3 different designs.
Here are some of the items included in the kit. Everything is precut. The kit makes these cards so easy to make. Just stamp and assemble.
And here is the coordinating To Your and Yours stamp set.
Here is a close up of one of the cards. I love this adorable tree with sequin ornaments and loose “snow” inside the shaker.
Here’s what I used:
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Sep 22, 2015 | Bags, Christmas, Classes, Gift Wrap, Gifts, Holiday, Kits, New Products, Workshops |
Need a gift bag super fast? No problem! Just grab your Gift Bag Punch Board and a piece of paper, and a minute later you’ll have one.
Now, need a tag for that bag? Get the Oh What Fun Tag Project Kit. I love having these tags on hand to put on those last minute gifts. The kit makes 30 tags, 3 each of 10 different designs, and they are so fun!
Here are just some of the items that come in the kit.
The Oh What Fun stamp set coordinates beautifully with the kit.
Spend a relaxing hour or two with this kit and stamp set, and you’ll have these great tags on hand whenever you need them.
Or better yet, invite some friends over, and if you’re in the Atlanta area, I’ll bring my stamps and inks, so you can each make 30 tags while enjoying time with friends and family. Email me (candy@stampcandy.net) so we can find a date that works for you! You can even earn Stampin’ Rewards as host!
If you aren’t local, have each person order their own kit, and split the cost of the stamp set and any other supplies you need. Ask me how to use a Hostess Code for your gathering so you can get free products!
The tag I used today has a jingle bell. How festive is that? I tied it onto a Mint Macaron gift bag that I made with, you guessed it, the Gift Bag Punch Board.
Here’s what I used:
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Sep 20, 2015 | Boxes, Challenges, Christmas, Color Palette, CYCI, Gift Wrap, Techniques |
CanYouCaseIt.com has a color challenge this week:
Here’s my project:
This would be perfect as a party favor, or for each place setting at a holiday gathering.
I used Soft Sky, Bermuda Bay, and Island Indigo as my three blues. I cut the Fry Box out of Whisper White Thick Card Stock. Then I sponged the whole thing, inside and out, with the three colors of blue for a marbled/mottled sort of look.
On the front of the box I stamped the sentiment in Versamark ink, then heat embossed it with Clear Stampin’ Embossing Powder.
The All About Sugar stamp set is made to coordinate with the Fry Box Bigz L Die, and the two are available as a bundle to save 15%!
After heat embossing, I colored the entire exterior of the box with Island Indigo ink. This is called the Joseph’s Coat technique. There are a few ways to do this, but the two most efficient are 1) using a brayer, and 2) taking your ink pad directly to the paper. You could also use a Stamping Write Marker, but that will take longer. Be careful as you’re doing this, as the card stock can start to pill if it gets too wet. As it happened, I got it just wet enough to make the fibers stand up a tiny bt, so it looks like suede. I love happy accidents!
I assembled the box by adhering the sides with Tear & Tape. Now I had an Island Indigo Fry Box, with a mottled tri-color sentiment and interior.
The three snowflakes are from the new Snowflake Elements wooden embellishments. Holding each one with tweezers, I pressed it into the Versamark ink pad, then into White Stampin’ Emboss Powder, then heated it with my Heat Tool. I adhered them with Multipurpose Liquid Glue.
For the filler, I cut a Glassine Sheet with Fringe Scissors, then crumpled it with my fingers.
I stamped the candy cane from the A Little Something stamp set three times in Island Indigo. I fussy cut them with my Paper Snips, leaving a long stem to stick down into the Glassine filler. (The Snow Place stamp set has a longer, thinner candy cane stamp, but I preferred the fatter one for this project.)
Here’s what I used:
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Sep 19, 2015 | Cards, Christmas, Club, Holiday, Techniques |
This is the third project we made at the September Stamp Club gathering. I CASEd this card from Sarah Poulton, a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator in the UK. It’s a classic easel card, but with a little something extra: there’s a fire in the fireplace.
The sentiment is from the Cozy Christmas stamp set.
The rest of the images are from the Festive Fireplace stamp set, which is available in a Bundle (save 15%!!!) with the Festive Fireside Framelits Dies.
I usually make the standard 4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″ size card, but this card is 4-1/2″ x 6″ to better accommodate all the different elements. Cut the Cherry Cobbler card base to 4-1/2″ x 12″, and score along the long side at 3″ and 6″. You can create a custom size envelope with the Envelope Punch Board and Neutrals Envelope Paper.
Stamp the brick fireplace surround on Watercolor Paper, color with a Blender Pen and Cajun Craze ink, and cut out with scissors. Cut off the hearth and flip it around – you will use it upside down from the way it looks in the above picture. Lay it on the Crumb Cake layer, trace around the inside, and cut the hole in the Crumb Cake. Now do the same on the bottom half of the front of the Cherry Cobbler card base. Be sure 1) the holes line up, and 2) the holes do not extend up past the fold. We had to cut a little off the top of the fireplace to make sure the inside didn’t extend above the fold in the card base.
Stamp the logs and fire on Vellum Card Stock with Black Staz-on ink (or with Archival Basic Black ink, then set with your Heat Tool.) Color the image with Stampin’ Write Markers. Allow this to dry, or set the ink with the Heat Tool. Be careful just to dry the ink and don’t get the vellum too hot or it can buckle. I hold it at an angle so the light reflects, so I can tell then it’s no longer shiny/wet.
Adhere the vellum to the back of the Crumb Cake layer, with the fire showing in the cut out. Then Adhere the bottom part of this layer to the card base.
For the garland, stamp and cut two extra wreaths, then cut them in half, so you have four pieces. Glue to the top of the Crumb Cake layer, and trim any excess with Craft Scissors or Paper Snips.
Here’s a close up of the fireplace with the card closed. You can barely see the sentiment peeking through the vellum.
Stamp the sentiment in Cherry Cobbler and Old Olive (color the stamp with Stampin’ Write Markers) on Very Vanilla CS, then cut with the Ovals Collections Framelits. Cut a piece of Cherry Cobbler CS with a larger die from the same set. Glue the two pieces together, then attach to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. This provides a stop for the easel.
Now for the piece de resistance. The reason we used vellum inside the fireplace is so we can see the fire. Open the card, tuck the front behind the “rug” to stand it up, and slide a tea light inside.
TIP: We used battery powered tea lights with a flickering amber yellow light, so it would more closely emulate a fire. They’re easy to find – I got these at Amazon.com.
Here’s what we used:
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Sep 16, 2015 | Boxes, Cards, Christmas, Club, Food, Halloween, Holiday, New Products |
I like to have treats ready for my Stamp Club members when we meet. This month I decorated some Basic Black Fry Boxes with Smoky Slate “tombstones” and Basic Grey owls. A Tangelo Twist banner lets everyone know what’s inside. Here they are decorated and waiting to be filled…
…and here they are full of chocolates. Since the one tombstone says “Death by chocolate” it HAD to be chocolates, right? But really you could put all manner of goodies in these adorable little boxes.
TIP 1: I stamped the sentiments on Tangelo Twist card stock, then cut them into strips. I inserted each end into the back of the Washi Label Punch to cut the ends.
TIP 2: For the owls’ eyes, I used Circle Punches in 1/2″, 1/4″, and 1/8″.
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I decorated the water bottles with Happy Haunting DSP belly bands and Tangelo Twist labels cut with the Note Tag Punch.
TIP 3: Attach the belly bands to the bottles before attaching the labels. I use a piece of Tear & Tape at each end of the belly band. If you adhere the labels to the belly bands first, they may not curve correctly around the bottles.
Both of these projects are quick and easy, and would be great for your Halloween gatherings, school classes, and even Trick or Treaters.
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We made three cards this month: Halloween, Thanks, and a Christmas easel card. Be sure to check back in the coming days for details on each one.
I can’t seem to remember to take photos during our gatherings – I’m always too busy having fun – but I did get this shot of Caitlin proudly showing off her easel card. Check back to see how we lit the fire in the fireplace!
Here’s what I used for the treat boxes and water bottle labels:
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