Today I have been making a bunch of gorgeous little Chinese Fortune Cookie holders using the Artistically Asian Stamp set and inspired by the lovely Gaynor Boyce of Positively Papercraft – click on her name to go to her video . I have been asked to talk to a club in our village next week about our trip to China and these are the perfect little gift to take with me.
I started with a piece of Real Red cardstock 9¼” by 5”. Using my Simply Scored Scoring Tool I scored on the long side at 4” and 5¼” and notched at 1” and 8¼” top and bottom. I then flipped the cardstock over and scored on the short side at 1” and 4”.
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With the cardstock in landscape – long side at the top and bottom – I cut up either side of the central square. Using the sharp Paper Snips (scissors) I the cut off the piece from the notch to the 1” or 4” score line on all 4 corners. Taking a longer pair of scissors (you could do this on your Paper Trimmer) I cut from the notch to the centre square tabs on all 4 sides and then cut these tabs off. Picture was taken using green cardstock after the boxes were made, I ran out of Real Red!
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I inked up the ‘bamboo’ image from the Artistically Asian stamp set using Cherry Cobbler ink, I tried Real Red but it faded into the background a little too much for the look I was going for, and stamped it at the bottom of the front and back panel having folded and burnished both of these score lines. I folded the triangular side pieces to the front and back and burnished. Using a Mini Glue Dot on the point of each triangle I stuck 2 to the front and 2 to the back.
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Taking scrap Real Red cardstock I die cut 2 circles using my Big Shot and the Layering Circle Dies before stamping the ‘chrysanthemum’ image onto one circle in Versamark Ink and the 2 Chinese text stamps saying Faith in God & Friendship onto the other circle in Versamark ink. I then covered them with Gold Embossing Powder before heat setting with my Heat Tool.
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Using Tombow Liquid Adhesive I added the embossed Real Red circles to bigger scalloped circles cut from scrap Basic Black cardstock using the same die set. The circles were then added with a Stampin’ Dimensional, one to the front and the other to the back. The fortune cookie was placed inside and the back and front were held together with a Mini Gold Library Clip.
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I really love these sweet little packages and I hope the ladies and gentlemen coming to the talk will like them.
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Details of the products I used for this project can be found below. Please visit my blog again soon.
Mo x
Supplies used:
Stamp sets
Artistically Asian
Dies
Layering Circle Dies
Cardstock
Real Red & Basic Black
Ink Pads
Cherry Cobbler & Versamark
Tools
Big Shot, Paper Trimmer, Simply Scored Scoring Tool, Stampin Scrub and Stampin Mist, Heat Tool, Embossing Buddy, Paper Piercer, Bone folder and Scissors
Blocks
C, D & E
Adhesives
Mini Glue Dots, Tombow Liquid Adhesive & Stampin’ Dimensionals
Accessories
Gold Embossing Powder, Gold Mini Library Clips
