Square Bottomed, Pinched Top Bag for the Stamper’s Showcase Blog Hop

Welcome to this month’s Stamper’s Showcase Blog Hop where our theme is ‘3D items’. If you have hopped over from the lovely Sharleen Luciano I am sure you loved her project.

I have made many of these square bottomed, pinch topped bags over the years. They are so versatile and can be sized up or down very easily. They can also be made with designer series paper as an alternative.

To recreate the Square Bottomed, Pinch Topped Bag you will need;

Whisper White 2¾” by 2¾” inches scored at ⅜” on all 4 sides
Whisper White 8¼” by 4½”
Scrap Whisper White for the tag

Stamper's Showcase Blog Hop featuring a square bottomed, pinched top bag

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Ifter scoring the square piece of Whisper White cardstock I cut up the 4 corner squares to form tabs and adhered the tabs with Tear and Tape to form the base of the bag. Normally I would adhere the tabs to the outside of the base as they are then hidden when you wrap the side panel around the base but this time I forgot………… !

Stamper's Showcase Blog Hop featuring a square bottomed, pinched top bag

www.crafty-rootes.com – A sweet square bottomed, pinched top bag using the Grandma’s House stamp set for the Stamper’s Showcase Blog Hop

I stamped the sweet flowers form the Grandma’s House stamp set in a row all across the bottom of the large panel of Whisper White using Memento Tuxedo Black ink.

Stamper's Showcase Blog Hop featuring a square bottomed, pinched top bag

www.crafty-rootes.com – A sweet square bottomed, pinched top bag using the Grandma’s House stamp set for the Stamper’s Showcase Blog Hop

I coloured in the flowers using the following Blends Markers –  Lovely Lipstick combo, Granny Apple Green combo, Call Me Clover combo, So Saffron combo & Soft Flirty Flamingo combo

I added Tear and Tape to the back of the stamped layer, along the bottom and down one side. I removed the protective cover from the bottom piece of tape and starting from the middle of one side slowly wrapped the panel around the base.

Stamper's Showcase Blog Hop featuring a square bottomed, pinched top bag

www.crafty-rootes.com – A sweet square bottomed, pinched top bag using the Grandma’s House stamp set for the Stamper’s Showcase Blog Hop

The protective cover was then removed from Tear and Tape up the side and the 2 edges pressed together. They bow out slightly which is normal.

Stamper's Showcase Blog Hop featuring a square bottomed, pinched top bag

www.crafty-rootes.com – A sweet square bottomed, pinched top bag using the Grandma’s House stamp set for the Stamper’s Showcase Blog Hop

Pinching the top together in the centre I punched 2 holes using my ⅛” hand held circle punch, sadly retired. I fed through some Lovely Lipstick ⅛” Grosgrain Ribbon and tied a bow.

Stamper's Showcase Blog Hop featuring a square bottomed, pinched top bag

www.crafty-rootes.com – A sweet square bottomed, pinched top bag using the Grandma’s House stamp set for the Stamper’s Showcase Blog Hop

For the tag I masked off 2 of the flowers with a postit note and stamped the remaining flower in Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I coloured in the flower with the same Blends Markers and added the sentiment from the Above the Clouds stamp set in the same ink. This was then punched out with the Pretty Label Punch.

The tag was added to the bag with some White Baker’s Twine. Such a pretty little gift bag. I hope you like it.

Please hop on and see what the talented Deb Naylor has to share with us.

 

If you don’t have a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator I would love to be yours!  If you don’t have a catalogue and live in the UK please let me know and I will be delighted to send you one.  To order any supplies click on the “shop online” button at the top of the page. Alternatively, contact me and I would be happy to place an order for you.

Thanks for visiting my blog today, I love to read what you think of my projects so please do let me know. In line with new Data Protection Legislation (GDPR), by commenting you do so in the knowledge that your name & comment are visible to all who visit this blog and you thereby consent to the use of that personal information for that specific purpose. Please stop by again soon.

Details of the products I used for this project can be found below.

Mo x

Supplies used:

 

A Pop-Up Ferrero Rocher box made using the Santa's Workshop dsp by Stampin' Up!

Pop-Up Ferrero Rocher Treat Box for the Just Add Ink #439 challenge

Today I am sharing the little treat boxes I made to decorate our Christmas table. I saw a video recently by the Paper Pixie where she made this box, click on the link to watch her video.  I have changed the cardstock, dsp and decoration.

To make the box you need;

Cardstock – 6⅝” by 4⅝” – I used either Poppy Parade and Garden Green

Designer Series Paper (DSP)  – 6⅜” by 2⅜ – I used Santa’s Workshop

Making the box base

I used my Paper Trimmer to score the cardstock as some of the measurements were in sixteenths of an inch. Taking a piece of cardstock I scored on the long side at 19/16”, 3⅛”, 4 11/16” and 6¼” and on the short side at 1 9/16” and 3¼”.

A Pop-Up Ferrero Rocher box made using the Santa's Workshop dsp by Stampin' Up!

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Taking a sharp pair of scissors I trimmed away both of the small rectangles and cut up either side of all the score lines and removed each ridge as shown in the photograph.

A Pop-Up Ferrero Rocher box made using the Santa's Workshop dsp by Stampin' Up!

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I folded and burnished all the score lines using my Bone Folder and applied Tear and Tape to the small side tab and to the 4 smaller panels, removed the backing from the Tear and Tape and folded the panels in to re-enforce the box sides.

A Pop-Up Ferrero Rocher box made using the Santa's Workshop dsp by Stampin' Up!

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I removed the backing from the Tear and Tape on the side tab and closed the box. I folded in both side panels forming the bottom of the box, then the back panel, added some Tear and Tape to the front panel and stuck it down.

A Pop-Up Ferrero Rocher box made using the Santa's Workshop dsp by Stampin' Up!

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A Pop-Up Ferrero Rocher box made using the Santa's Workshop dsp by Stampin' Up!

ww.crafty-rootes.com – Pop-Up box made using the Santa’s Workshop dsp

Making the box top

Next I took the piece of Designer Series Paper (dsp) and sored it on the long side at 1 ½”, 3”, 4 ½” and 6”. I then added a small notch at ¾”, 2 ¼”, 3 ¾” and 5 ¼”. The dsp was then rotated clockwise and I scored on the short side at 19/16”.

A Pop-Up Ferrero Rocher box made using the Santa's Workshop dsp by Stampin' Up!

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I folded and burnished the score lines using my fingers, trimmed a small wedge from the top and bottom of the smallest panel. Using my Take Your Pick Tool with the stylus end and a steel ruler I scored a triangle from the corner of each panel to the notch then from the notch to the next corner as shown in the photograph.

A Pop-Up Ferrero Rocher box made using the Santa's Workshop dsp by Stampin' Up!

ww.crafty-rootes.com – Pop-Up box made using the Santa’s Workshop dsp

A Pop-Up Ferrero Rocher box made using the Santa's Workshop dsp by Stampin' Up!

ww.crafty-rootes.com – Pop-Up box made using the Santa’s Workshop dsp

Using my fingers I carefully folded on all the diagonal lines as shown.

A Pop-Up Ferrero Rocher box made using the Santa's Workshop dsp by Stampin' Up!

ww.crafty-rootes.com – Pop-Up box made using the Santa’s Workshop dsp

Tear and Tape was then added to the side tab and the sides of the box brought together. The dsp piece was then slide down inside the box, a treat was added before pressing on all 4 corners of the dsp piece to close the box.

A Pop-Up Ferrero Rocher box made using the Santa's Workshop dsp by Stampin' Up!

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I wrapped a piece of Poppy Parade Striped Ribbon around the box securing it with a small piece of Tear and Tape and added a bow in the same ribbon.

A Pop-Up Ferrero Rocher box made using the Santa's Workshop dsp by Stampin' Up!

ww.crafty-rootes.com – Pop-Up box made using the Santa’s Workshop dsp

A Pop-Up Ferrero Rocher box made using the Santa's Workshop dsp by Stampin' Up!

ww.crafty-rootes.com – Pop-Up box made using the Santa’s Workshop dsp

If you don’t have a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator I would love to be yours!  If you don’t have a catalogue and live in the UK please let me know and I will be delighted to send you one.  To order any supplies click on the “shop online” button at the top of the page. Alternatively, contact me and I would be happy to place an order for you.

Thanks for visiting my blog today, I love to read what you think of my projects so please do let me know. In line with new Data Protection Legislation (GDPR), by commenting you do so in the knowledge that your name & comment are visible to all who visit this blog and you thereby consent to the use of that personal information for that specific purpose. Please stop by again soon.

Details of the products I used for this project can be found below.

Mo x

Supplies Used

A pretty box made using the Signs of Santa Bundle by Stampin' Up!

Signs of Santa for the Global Design Project #167

This weeks’ Global Design Challenge #167 is entitled ‘tis the season’ – whoo hoo basically we can share anything Christmas themed so here goes

Secret Santa Box

I have decided to share a box I designed to hold a sweet secret Santa gift which I will be taking to our team Christmas meal later this month.

A pretty box made using the Signs of Santa Bundle by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.com – Signs of Santa for a special secret Santa Box

I started with a piece of Coastal Cabana measuring 7½” by 7½” which I scored at 3” and 4½” using my Simply Scored Scoring Tool. I rotate the cardstock one turn and scored at 3” and 4½”. I then took a piece of Thick Whisper White cardstock measuring 4⅝” by 4⅝” and scored this at ½” and 1½” on all 4 sides. I trimmed both panels as shown in the photographs.

A pretty box made using the Signs of Santa Bundle by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.com – Signs of Santa for a special secret Santa Box

I ran the embossing buddy over both layers and stamped the sweet little snowflake stamps in Versamark ink on both panels, covered them with Silver Embossing Powder and heat set using my Heat Tool. I put both parts of the box together with Tear & Tape and slipped in my secret Santa gift. I used the lovely Poppy Parade Striped Ribbon to tie up the box

A pretty box made using the Signs of Santa Bundle by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.com – Signs of Santa for a special secret Santa Box

Using the Santa’s Workshop Designer Series Paper and the Santa’s Signpost dies I cut out a Mrs Claus and 3 little elves. I love that we can die cut this paper. I added the die cut pieces to the ribbon with Mini Dimensionals.

A pretty box made using the Signs of Santa Bundle by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.com – Signs of Santa for a special secret Santa Box

I stamped the sentiment from the Signs of Santa stamp set in Poppy Parade ink and die cut a label. I attached it to the box with a Mini Glue Dot.

 

A pretty box made using the Signs of Santa Bundle by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.com – Signs of Santa for a special secret Santa Box

A pretty box made using the Signs of Santa Bundle by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.com – Signs of Santa for a special secret Santa Box

If you don’t have a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator I would love to be yours!  If you don’t have a catalogue and live in the UK please let me know and I will be delighted to send you one.  To order any supplies click on the “shop online” button at the top of the page. Alternatively, contact me and I would be happy to place an order for you.

Thanks for visiting my blog today, I love to read what you think of my projects so please do let me know. In line with new Data Protection Legislation (GDPR), by commenting you do so in the knowledge that your name & comment are visible to all who visit this blog and you thereby consent to the use of that personal information for that specific purpose. Please stop by again soon.

Details of the products I used for this project can be found below.

Mo x

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Spring/Summer cards and a lidded box

Easter/Spring Adult Education All Day Event

Thank you to all the lovely ladies who came to my Adult Education Easter/Spring themed event on Sunday 25th March. I am sharing today the projects they made. I had set up 5 project tables where they made either 2 cards or a simple lidded box + the sweet little bird house featured in the post on the 23rd March.

Spring/Summer cards and a lidded box

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On arrival each lady was given a pack containing all the pre-cut cardstock layers and card bases they needed to complete the card projects and during the day they moved from table to table making all the projects. The lidded box was pre-scored for them and just needed to be trimmed, put together and decorated. They did use the Simply Scored Scoring Tool to score the cardstock for the birdhouse and assembled this from scratch.

Spring/Summer cards and a lidded box

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At the table featuring the Watercolor Wings set they were able to try out 4 step stamping using the new Stamparatus  stamp positioning tool which was a resounding success, everybody loved it! They also used the sponge brayer plus an embossing folder and Big Shots to die cut lots of pieces. They also used the Stampin’ Blends on a couple of the projects and really enjoyed using them.

Spring/Summer cards and a lidded box

www.crafty-rootes,com – Spring/Summer-Adult-Education-Workshop using Stampin’ Up! product

Spring/Summer cards and a lidded box

www.crafty-rootes,com – Spring/Summer-Adult-Education-Workshop using Stampin’ Up! product

Spring/Summer cards and a lidded box

www.crafty-rootes,com – Spring/Summer-Adult-Education-Workshop using Stampin’ Up! product

Spring/Summer cards and a lidded box

www.crafty-rootes,com – Spring/Summer-Adult-Education-Workshop using Stampin’ Up! product

All in all the day went well.

If you don’t have a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator I would love to be yours!  If you don’t have a catalogue and live in the UK please let me know and I will be delighted to send you one.  To order any supplies click on the “shop online” button at the top of the page. Alternatively, contact me and I would be happy to place an order for you.

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
Watercolor Wings, You’re Inspiring, Flying Home, Picnic With You, Garden in Bloom, In the Trees, Petal Palette, At Home With You, Brushstrokes, Confetti Celebration
Dies
Sweet and Sassy Framelits, Bold Butterflies, Butterfly Thinlits Layering Oval dies, Petals and More dies & Picnic Basket Builder dies
Embossing Folder
Ruffled embossing folder
Cardstock
Thick Whisper White, Whisper White, Old Olive, So Saffron, Crumb Cake, Bermuda Bay, Chocolate Chip, Pear Pizzazz, Wild Wasabi, Pool Party, Wild Wasabi, Calypso Coral, Basic Black & Pink Pirouette
Ink Pads
Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, So Saffron, Crushed Curry, Momento Tuxedo Black, Pool Party Ink pad, Soft Suede, Crumb Cake Ink pad, Archival basic Black Ink pad, Soft Suede, Bermuda Bay, Pink Pirouette, Pear Pizzazz, , Archival Basic Gray, Calypso Coral, Wild Wasabi, Wisteria Wonder, Daffodil Delight & Rose Red
Markers
Soft Suede
Stampin’ Blends
Light &Dark Pool Party, Light &Dark Crumb Cake, Light Pumpkin Pie, Light Old Olive, Light & Dark Pink Pirouette, Light & Dark Daffodil Delight, Bronze & Colour Lifter
Punches
Ticket Border Punch, Banner Triple Punch, 1 ¾” Circle Punch, 2” Circle Punch
Tools
Big Shot, Simply Scored Scoring Tool and Stylus, Paper Trimmer, Stamparatus, Sponge Brayer, Sponge Daubers, Stampin Scrub and Stampin Mist, Bone folder and Scissors
Blocks
A, B, C, D, E, I & G (multiples)
Adhesives
Tombow, Glue Dots, Tear & Tape
Accessories
Grid paper, Doilies, White Baker’s Twine, Mini Clothespin, Linen Thread, Calypso Coral Shimmer Ribbon, Glitter Enamel Dots & Whisper White Envelopes

Sweet little birdhouse made using Stampin’ Up! product

Bird House Easter Treats

Today I am sharing these adorable little birdhouse treat boxes. I designed these for my Easter/Spring all-day Adult Education event on Sunday 25th March and decided to make the ladies one each as a table gift. They are just big enough to hold a crème egg ……yummy. I made them in a variety of spring colours.

Sweet little birdhouse made using Stampin’ Up! product

www.crafty-rootes.com – Birdhouse made using Stampin’ Up! product

I started with a piece of cardstock 6½” by 5¾”. Using the Simply Scored Scoring Tool I scored on the 6½” side at 1½”, 3”, 4½”, and 6” and on the 5¾” side at 1½”, 3¾”, and 5¼”. I folded and burnished on all the score lines.

Sweet little birdhouse made using Stampin’ Up! product

www.crafty-rootes.com – Birdhouse made using Stampin’ Up! product

Using a sharp pair of scissors I trimmed as shown in the photo.

Sweet little birdhouse made using Stampin’ Up! product

www.crafty-rootes.com – Birdhouse made using Stampin’ Up! product

I placed the smallest heart from the Sweet and Sassy Framelit Dies on the 2nd rectangular panel from the ½” strip and ran it through the Big Shot.

Template for making a birdhouse

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I added Tear & Tape to the ½” strip and closed the side of the box. I used Tear & Tape again to close the bottom of the box.  put the

Sweet little birdhouse made using Stampin’ Up! product

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I pinched in the top and clipped it together with a mini clothespin.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Birdhouse made using Stampin’ Up! productI took a piece of cardstock 5” by 2” and scored it on the 5” side at 2”, 2 ½” and 3” before running it through the Big Shot using the Ruffled Embossing Folder, gives it an almost tiled effect. I ran the panel through the Big Shot again using the scalloped die from the Apron Builder Framelit dies on either end.

Sweet little birdhouse made using Stampin’ Up! product

www.crafty-rootes.com – Birdhouse made using Stampin’ Up! product

I folded on the score lines and placed it over the top of the box and again used the mini clothespin to hold it in position.

Sweet little birdhouse made using Stampin’ Up! product

Using the Petals & More Dies I die cut the branch using green cardstock and added it to the front of the birdhouse with Tombow.

Birdhouse

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This birdhouse is so adorable. I love it!

Sweet little birdhouse made using Stampin’ Up! product

www.crafty-rootes.com – Birdhouse made using Stampin’ Up! product

If you don’t have a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator I would love to be yours!  If you don’t have a catalogue and live in the UK please let me know and I will be delighted to send you one.  To order any supplies click on the “shop online” button at the top of the page. Alternatively, contact me and I would be happy to place an order for you.

Details of the products I used for this project can be found below. Please visit my blog again soon.

Mo x

Supplies used:
Dies
Sweet and Sassy Framelits, Bouquet Bunch framelits, Petals and More dies & Apron Builder dies
Embossing Folder
Ruffled embossing folder
Cardstock
Base Cardstock – 6½” by 5¾”
Roof Cardstock – 5” by 2”
Scraps of green cardstock, Scrap of Whisper White
Ink Pads
Chocolate Chip ink pad
Tools
Simply Scored Scoring Tool and Stylus, Paper Trimmer, Big Shot, Stampin Scrub and Stampin Mist, Bone folder and Scissors
Blocks
A
Adhesives
Tombow, Glue Dots, Tear & Tape
Accessories
Mini Clothespin, Linen Thread

Gorgeous Chines fortune cookie wrap by Stampin' Up!

Artistically Asian Fortune Cookie Wrap

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”.

Gorgeous Chines fortune cookie wrap by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.com – Artistically Asian fortune cookie wrap

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!

Gorgeous Chines fortune cookie wrap by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.com – Artistically Asian fortune cookie wrap

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.

Gorgeous Chines fortune cookie wrap by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.com – Artistically Asian fortune cookie wrap

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.

Gorgeous Chines fortune cookie wrap by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.com – Artistically Asian fortune cookie wrap

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.

Gorgeous Chines fortune cookie wrap by Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.com – Artistically Asian fortune cookie wrap

I really love these sweet little packages and I hope the ladies and gentlemen coming to the talk will like them.

If you don’t have a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator I would love to be yours!  If you don’t have a catalogue and live in the UK please let me know and I will be delighted to send you one.  To order any supplies click on the “shop online” button at the top of the page. Alternatively, contact me and I would be happy to place an order for you.

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

Wintery box

Hometown Greetings for a secret Santa box

Today I am sharing the box I made for my team secret Santa gift. This box proved amazingly popular with the team members.To make it you will need the following;
Night of Navy cardstock 10¾ by 10¾
Whisper white cardstock 7⅜ by 7⅜
Whisper White cardstock pieces 4” by 3” x 5
Emerald Envy cardstock 3″ by 3″
Night of Navy cardstock 3″ by 3″
Whisper White cardstock 3″ by 3″
Scraps of Emerald Envy cardstock

I have added photo’s to the description but have used lighter coloured cardstock as the score lines show up better.

Score Lines for a box base

www.crafty-rootes.com – Secret Santa box made using Hometown Greetings dies by Stampin’ Up!

Start by using the Simply Scored Scoring Tool to score the 10¾” by 10¾” piece of Night of Navy cardstock at 3¾” and 7” then rotate the cardstock 90⁰ and score at 3¾” and 7” again – ignore the extra partial line on the right, it was a mistake!!!

Making a box base

www.crafty-rootes.com – secret Santa box using Hometown Greetings dies by Stampin’ Up!

Using scissors cut up each of the vertical lines but only as far as the horizontal line – see picture. Then take a small wedge from the right and left side of each of the 4 tabs and trim about 1″ from each tab to make them shorter. Fold and burnish on the score lines. Using strong adhesive, Tear and Tape or Fast Fuse; stick each of the tabs to the inside to form a sturdy box base.

Making a box base

www.crafty-rootes.com – secret Santa box using Hometown Greetings dies by Stampin’ Up!

Next, score the 7⅜” by 7⅜” piece of Whisper White cardstock at ½” and 2” on all 4 sides.

Making a box top

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Cut the tabs as shown in the picture.

Making a box lid

www.crafty-rootes.com – secret Santa box using Hometown Greetings dies by Stampin’ Up!

Fold and burnish on all the score lines. Apply a strong adhesive, Tear and Tape or Fast Fuse to the back of the 4 tabs and to the front of the 1/2″ score lines which will be folded over inside the lid to re-enforce the top.

Using the Hometown Greetings dies and the 5 pieces of 4” by 3” Whisper White cardstock and a Big Shot, die cut out the rows of houses.

side of a box

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I cut out the church row once, the row of larger houses 3 times and the smaller houses once. The pieces will be longer than you need, you can trim them to size. Also die cut the trees using a scrap of Emerald Envy cardstock, these can be glued on top of the white trees with Tombow Liquid Adhesive.

Box side 2

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Christmas scene

www.crafty-rootes.com – secret Santa box using Hometown Greetings dies by Stampin’ Up!

Christmas box

www.crafty-rootes.com – secret Santa box using Hometown Greetings dies by Stampin’ Up!

Take one of the rows of larger houses and die cut with a 2¾” Layering Circle Die. Glue this to the same size die cut circle from Night of Navy cardstock. Then add this to a slightly larger scalloped circle die cut from Emerald Envy cardstock and the Layering Circles dies.

 

Winter themed box lid

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I took each of the die cut rows of houses and ‘scribbled’ all over them with Tombow Liquid Adhesive and sprinkled them with lots of Dazzling Diamonds Glitter.  The gorgeous, glittery houses can then be added to the sides of the box with Tombow Liquid Adhesive. The Layered Circles were then added to the top of the box with Stampin’ Dimensionals. The box held a gorgeous candle surrounded by a wintery scene.

Wintery box

www.crafty-rootes.com – secret Santa box made using Hometown Greeting dies by Stampin’ Up!

Thanks for stopping by my blog today, if you don’t have a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator I would love to be yours!  If you don’t have a catalogue and you would like one, please let me know and I will send one to you.  To order any supplies click on the “shop online” button at the top of the page. Alternatively, contact me and I would be happy to place an order for you.

Details of the products I used for this project can be found below. Please visit my blog again soon.

Mo x

Supplies used:
Dies
Hometown Greetings Framelits & Layering Circle Framelits
Cardstock
Night of Navy, Emerald Envy & Whisper White
Tools
Simply Scored Scoring Tool and Stylus, Big Shot, Precision Base Plate, Paper Trimmer, Stampin Scrub and Stampin Mist, Paper Piercer, Bone folder and Scissors
Adhesives
Fast Fuse, Tombow Liquid Adhesive & Stampin’ Dimensionals
Accessories
Dazzling Diamonds Glitter, Grid Paper

Christmas projects

Book Style wrapper holding Christmas cards, tags and envelopes

Thank you to all the lovely ladies who came to the Adult Education Christmas classes in November and December. They made a gorgeous Book fold box with pockets to hold the cards, tags and envelopes they made during the day.

There were 4 project tables set up and the ladies moved from table to table during the day making 2 cards and 2 tags at 3 of the tables and the Book style wrapper and pockets at the 4th table.

Here are the projects they made.

Gorgeous Christmas cards

www.crafty-rootes.com – Santa’s Sleigh by Stampin’ Up! for an all day event

Doors decorated for Christmas

www.crafty-rootes.com – Santa’s Sleigh by Stampin’ Up! for an all day event

Snowflakes for cards and tags

www.crafty-rootes.com – Santa’s Sleigh by Stampin’ Up! for an all day event

Lovely Star of Light decoration on a book fold box

www.crafty-rootes.com – Santa’s Sleigh by Stampin’ Up! for an all day event

Star of Light decorating the inside of a book fold box

www.crafty-rootes.com – Santa’s Sleigh by Stampin’ Up! for an all day event

Beautiful Christmas box

www.crafty-rootes.com – Santa’s Sleigh by Stampin’ Up! for an all day event

Cute little drawer box with a chocolate treat

www.crafty-rootes.com – Star of Light stamp set and dies by Stampin’ Up! for an all day event

Here are the co-ordinating little treat boxes I made for the ladies.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today, if you don’t have a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator I would love to be yours!  If you don’t have a catalogue and you would like one, please let me know and I will send one to you.  To order any supplies click on the “shop online” button at the top of the page. Alternatively, contact me and I would be happy to place an order for you.

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
Santa’s Suit, At Home With You, Tin of Tags, Flurry of Wishes & Star of Light
Cardstock
Garden Green, Night of Navy, Emerald Envy, Pacific Point, Smoky Slate, Old Olive, Thick Whisper White, Silver Foil & Whisper White
Ink Pads
Night of Navy, Marina Mist, Pacific Point, Emerald Envy, Garden Green, Smoky Slate, Archival Basic Gray, Pacific Point, Craft Whisper White & Archival Basic Black
Markers
Night of Navy, Emerald Envy, Garden Green, Crushed Curry, Pacific Point, Old Olive, Garden Green, Real Red, Basic Black
Re-inkers
Night of Navy, Emerald Envy, Pacific Point, Pool Party. Garden Green
Tools
Big Shot. Big Shot die brush, Simply Scored Scoring Tool and Stylus, an empty stamp case, Baby Wipes, Paper Trimmer, Stampin Scrub and Stampin Mist, Bone folder, paper piercer and Scissors
Dies
Santa’s Sleigh Framelits, At Home Framelits, Starlight Framelits
Punches
Scalloped Tag Topper Punch, Flower Medallion Punch (retired), Festive flurry Punch, Pretty Label Punch, 1 ¾” Circle Punch
Embossing Folders
Softly Falling & Brick Wall
Acrylic Blocks
A, B, C, D, E, G, H & I
Adhesives
Tombow Liquid Adhesive, Tear and Tape and Stampin’ Dimensionals
Accessories
Silver Metallic edged ribbon, Silver glitter washi tape (retired), Whisper White Envelopes, Grid Paper

Triangular boxes holding mini Toblerones

Beautiful Bouquet for OnStage swaps

Twice a year Stampin’ Up! demonstrators have the opportunity to get together at an event called OnStage for training  and the opportunity to network.  It is always such fun; we get to see the up-coming new catalogue, to try out some of the new product and to get some business tips and ideas and come away with some freebies……..Whoop Whoop.

As part of the fun many of us design and make swaps to share with other demonstrators and this time I opted for a 3D swap using some of the Brights colour collection – Daffodil Delight, Melon Mambo, Pumpkin Pie, Rich Razzelberry, Old Olive, Bermuda Bay and Real Red. I knew I wanted to use mini Toblerones , love these………. so I searched Pinterest and Youtube for ideas on packaging and stumbled across an video by Linda Parker – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrV6TkIV5qg featuring a box she made to hold 2 mini Toblerones. I adapted her measurements and came up with this cute little triangular box.

Mini Toblerone treat boxes

www.crafty-rootes.com -OnStage swaps using the Beautiful Bouquet stamp set by Stampin’ Up!

I started with a piece of cardstock 5” by 5¼”. Using the Simply Scored Scoring Tool I scored the long side at ⅞”, 1”, 2¼”, 3½” and 4¾”. I rotated the cardstock 90⁰ and scored on the short side at 1¼”and 3¾”.

Tiny triangular boxes

www.crafty-rootes.com -OnStage swaps using the Beautiful Bouquet stamp set by Stampin’ Up!

Rotating the cardstock to the long side again with the ½” score line on the left make a notch mark at the 2⅜” mark at the top and bottom of the cardstock.

Triangular treat boxes

www.crafty-rootes.com -OnStage swaps using the Beautiful Bouquet stamp set by Stampin’ Up!

Using scissors cut as shown in the photograph.

Making a treat box for mini Toblerones

www.crafty-rootes.com -OnStage swaps using the Beautiful Bouquet stamp set by Stampin’ Up!

Taking a ruler and the scoring tool, score from the 2⅜” notch to the right angled score lines to form a triangle at the top and bottom.

Making a Triangular treat box

www.crafty-rootes.com -OnStage swaps using the Beautiful Bouquet stamp set by Stampin’ Up!

Fold and burnish all of the score lines, bendy the triangular scorelines in the opposite direction to the rest – see photograph. I also rounded the corners of the top flap.

Mini Toblerone treat box

www.crafty-rootes.com -OnStage swaps using the Beautiful Bouquet stamp set by Stampin’ Up!

I applied Fast Fuse to the 4 tabs and closed the sides of the box. The mini Toblerone was then inserted and the flap closed over.

Gorgeous little triangular boxes

www.crafty-rootes.com -OnStage swaps using the Beautiful Bouquet stamp set by Stampin’ Up!

Taking a whole sheet of Whisper White cardstock I randomly stamped  a variety of flowers and leaves using the Beautiful Bouquet stamp set and the same Brights colour palette used for the boxes. I then cut the stamped cardstock into 4½” by ¾” strips using the Stampin’ Paper Trimmer.

Super sweet mini triangular boxes

www.crafty-rootes.com -OnStage swaps using the Beautiful Bouquet stamp set by Stampin’ Up!

These were wrapped around each box and stuck together with Fast Fuse. I stamped the sentiment from the Thoughtful Banners stamp set in one of the Brights colours onto Whisper White cardstock before punching it out with a ¾” Circle punch. Using Fast Fuse I added this circle to a 1” circle punched using the Brights collection of cardstock and a 1” Circle punch. The circle was then stuck onto the belly band using Fast Fuse.

Triangulr mini boxes

www.crafty-rootes.com -OnStage swaps using the Beautiful Bouquet stamp set by Stampin’ Up!

 

Thanks for stopping by my blog today, if you don’t have a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator I would love to be yours!  If you don’t have a catalogue and you would like one, please let me know and I will send one to you.  To order any supplies click on the “shop online” button at the top of the page. Alternatively, contact me and I would be happy to place an order for you.

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
Beautiful Bouquet & Thoughtful Banners
Cardstock
Whisper White, Daffodil Delight, Melon Mambo, Pumpkin Pie, Rich Razzelberry, Old Olive, Bermuda Bay and Real Red
Ink Pads
Daffodil Delight, Melon Mambo, Pumpkin Pie, Rich Razzelberry, Old Olive, Bermuda Bay and Real Red
Tools
Paper Trimmer, Simply Scored Scoring Tool, ¾” Circle Punch, 1” Circle Punch, Corner Rounder, Stampin Scrub and Stampin Mist, Bone folder and Scissor
Acrylic Blocks
A, A, B, B, B, C & G
Adhesives
Fast Fuse

Cutie Pie Christmas Trees

I know Christmas has now been and gone but I couldn’t resist using the Cutie Pie die to make 2 more Christmas Tree themed boxes for the ladies craft group.

The first box is made using the Cutie Pie Die set and Lost Lagoon cardstock. I also die cut the triangle from the same set of dies from Night of Navy cardstock and adhered this to the front of the box with Tombow liquid adhesive.

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A tree from the Peaceful Pines stamp set was stamped in Mint Macaron ink and die cut using the co-ordinating Perfect Pines Framelit dies. I mounted the die cut tree on Stampin Dimensionals, offset to the right, on the box front. To hold the box closed, I wrapped Gold Cording Trim around 4 times and tied in a bow. The cording trim, both gold and silver are retiring on the 4th January so get them in my online shop while you still can.

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The second box is very simple but effect. The die is cut from Garden Green cardstock and embellished using the Real Red and Very Vanilla Enamel Dots from the Home for Christmas suite which retires on the 4th January 2016, so if you like them go to my online shop and get them before they are gone. I used the ¼” Hand Held Punch to punch some circles from Gold Glimmer cardstock to give a little bling to the box. The box is topped by a Gold Glimmer star which was die cut using the smallest of Stars Framelits.

I just love using this die set for Christmas projects and can’t wait to try some summer cake box ideas out in the coming months.

I am looking forward to a bit more normality over the next few weeks and wish Happy New Year to everyone kind enough to visit this blog and many happy hours crafting.

Mo x