Stampin' Addicts Celebrate Winter!

Welcome to the Stampin' Addicts Winter Holiday blog hop! We are featuring some of the truly awesome products in the Stampin' Up! holiday catalog, and this is the first of fifteen stops on the tour. You may have landed here from Mary Rindal's blog, so just click on the links at the bottom of each blog post to go see the next one!

Today I am showing the Gift Box Punch Board and Cheerful Tags photoploymer stamp set. This punch board is so much fun to use, and the boxes fold together without any adhesive - how cool is that?!

Up first is a shabby chic box using the Under The Tree Specialty Designer Series Paper. It's a heavier weight than our regular cardstock, and makes for very sturdy boxes. There is a different design on each side, so you can choose what works best for your gift situation. This box measures 3-1/4" x 3-1/4" x 1-3/4", a perfect size for candies, several large cookies, or even some cute hand crafted tags!

Next is the Snowman Tower of Gifts! I do love snowmen, and thought the stacked, staggered box sizes would work, with just a little stretch of the imagination. I colored the rhinestones with a black Sharpie to make the "coal" for his face and buttons. And, since he's made of snow I added a few snowflakes from the Frosted Sequins embellishments.

Last is a card using the Cheerful Tags stamps. Because the stamps are made of photopolymer, it's super easy to see exactly where you are stamping. I love the combination of Baked Brown Sugar and Cherry Cobbler (mmmmm, sounds yummy doesn't it?), so I made my own background paper to set off the greeting tag. The 1/8" Circle Punch was used with Champagne Glimmer Paper to make the centers of the snowflakes, because one can never have too much bling in my book!

Well, that's all I have for today....up next is Twila's blog, where she will wow you with the Wonderous Wreath bundle (say that five times fast, lol)! Love the tea light, Twila!!!

SUOC53 - Boxes and Bags!

I really had fun with this SUO Challenge, because now that summer is ending (it is going to end, isn't it?...soon?...please?), my favorite time of year is beginning - Fall and Winter!  And with those seasons come the opportunity to bake and make all kinds of gifts (both baked and crafty)....which gives me a chance to make neat little packages to put the gifts and baked goods in!

This was a quick box using a flocked window sheet from the Candlelight Christmas Specialty DSP. I thought the Lacy Brocade embossing folder looked a lot like the flocked design on the sheets, so the Brushed Silver cardstock was embossed with it. Add a little ribbon & a snowflake tag, and there's a lovely presentation for the set of greeting cards inside!

HERE'S the tutorial.

Stamps: None
Cardstock: Brushed Silver, White Vellum,Silver Glimmer, Candlelight Christmas Specialty DSP
Ink: None
Accessories: Big Shot, Simply Scored Scoring Tool, Lacy Brocade folder,Scallop Trim Border Punch, Snow Flurry Bigz Die, Whisper White Organza Ribbon, Vintage Faceted Designer Buttons, Rhinestones Basic Jewels, White Twine, Sticky Strip

Matchbox Sweet Treats

These little treat boxes are so quick and easy to put together! Using the Matchbox die, the inner box was cut from regular cardstock and the outer slider was cut from DSP for contrast.  Then all I had to do was add a belly band made from 5/8" satin ribbon and the larger labels.  To make them stand out, they were embossed with hearts cut from the Heart to Heart punch and the edges were inked.  A pearl finishes them off! Well, that and the M&Ms inside. ;-)

Stamps: None!
Cardstock: Pink Pirouette (111351), Regal Rose (105130), Lap of Luxury Designer Series Paper (120436)
Ink: Pretty in Pink Classic (101301)
Accessories: Pretty in Pink 5/8" Satin Ribbon (117289), Basic Pearls (119247), Matchbox Bigz XL Die (114890), Square Lattice embossing folder (119976), Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine (113439), Stamping Sponges (101610), adhesive

Fund Raiser Cards and Boxes!

Here are a few more cards for the fundraiser, along with the box they will go with.  The first two are thank you cards, and the second two are friendship/thinking of you cards.

I wanted  to make each one unique, yet somewhat a matched set, so I mixed up the designer paper backgrounds, stamped images, and colors a bit.

The box was so fun to make, and really has a WOW factor, I think. I got the instructions from Sudsol, posted there by the very talented Sandi McIver.  She used the Haiku DSP from a while back, so I just changed it to Tea Party DSP.

I'm going to miss the retiring designer papers, but at the same time, I am soooo excited to play with the new papers that are coming out soon!

The box below is for the cards I posted on June 1st.