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HOW TO MAKE A HAPPY HIBISCUS GIFT BOX FOR SOME CUTE AUSTRALIAN CHOCOLATES

Today I have a 5″x 5″x 5/8″ Real Red gift box that holds four super cute chocolates.

For the flowers, I embossed and die cut several hibiscus from Real Red Two-tone Card. By rubbing an emery board across the surface of the flowers I was able to expose some of the white core.

Some leaves were cut and attached to the back of three large hibiscus along with a short length of Real Red & Gold Dotted Ribbon.

The flowers were then arranged in a wreath and secured to the gift box lid using Stampin’ Dimensionals.

The greeting was stamped and cut with the circle die from the Happy Hibiscus Bundle. It was then positioned in the centre of the wreath.

To finish the box I added some gold sequins from the Neutrals Adhesive-backed Sequins.

I will have a fun fold card to share with you tomorrow.

Until then, happy stamping.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.

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Paper Snips
[103579]
$21.00
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HOW TO CREATE A WHITE ON WHITE CARD

When I first used the Happy Hibiscus Hybrid Embossing Folder I knew that I wanted to create a white on white card.

I started with a Lost Lagoon cardbase and then added a trio of score lines down and across a thick white panel.

The card insert was also scored in the same way.

Then I wrapped two lengths of Lost Lagoon Soft Cording around the bottom section of the card.

After embossing and cutting out the hibiscus flowers I overlapped and layered them across the front of the card, using Stampin’ Dimensionals.

The greeting was stamped and die cut before adding it to the card.

To finish the card, I added a bow and some Lost Lagoon gems from the Tinsel Gems 3 Pack.

I added one of the small white embossed and cut flowers to the back of the envelope.

Tomorrow I will have a 3D project to share with you.

Until then, happy stamping.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.

Product List
Paper Snips
[103579]
$21.00
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HOW TO CREATE WITH TWO-TONE CARDSTOCK

Stampin’ Up! introduced two-tone cardstock recently.

This cardstock is two-tone meaning one side is the full-strength colour and the other side is a lighter version of the colour. Its ultrasmooth surface makes it an ideal paper for stamping, giving you clean, crisp images. It’s high quality, acid free, and lignin free, making it a favourite scrapbook paper, as well.

I used the Real Red and Garden Green Two-tone Cardstock for this project.

Because this cardstock has a white core, the surface colour can be lightly sanded to reveal the white. I used an emery board to sand the surface.


This week I will share a couple of projects using the Happy Hibiscus Bundle.

I cut a Basic Thick White panel and embossed it with the Happy Hibiscus Embossing Folder.

This panel was then added to a white card base and Real Red layer.

Then I used the Hybrid Embossing Folder with coordinating dies to emboss and cut the flowers. Using the emery board I was able to expose the white core.

USing one of the leaf dies, I cut several in the two shades of Garden Green.

The flowers and leaves were arranged on the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals to pop them up, adding some depth to the card.

Extra flowers and leaves were added to the inside of the card and the envelope back panel was stamped.

Finally, the greeting was stamped and cut using the round die from the bundle.

Now it’s time to go and think of something to create for tomorrow’s post. Wish me luck.

Until then, happy stamping.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.

Product List
Garden Green Classic Stampin' Pad
Garden Green Classic Stampin’ Pad
[126973]
$11.50
Paper Snips
[103579]
$21.00