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CHOCOLATE TIME!

Hello and welcome to my latest project share. I am so pleased that you taken the time to pop by.

Today’s project is a simple 3D gift box. It was designed to hold a lovely, large block of Whittaker’s Hazelnut chocolate.

The gold and dark brown colours of the chocolate packaging inspired the colours used for the gift box.

I used 12″x 12″ Early Espresso cardstock, Gold Brushed Metallic cardstock, Gold Shimmer Vellum and White Vellum. The flip top gift box was constructed first. Then the top and sides of the box had slightly smaller pieces of Brushed Metallic cardstock secured.

A piece of Early Espresso cardstock was stamped using greetings from the Nothing’s Better Than Stamp Set – ‘Today’s Plan: Consume’ and ‘ Because Adulting is Hard’. This peice was then embossed using the checks from the Checks & Dots Embossing Folder.

A matching length of Gold Shimmer Vellum was cut using one of the Basic Borders Dies. It was adhered to the embossed Early Espresso layer. Then a piece of White Vellum attached as well. Black Stampin’ Dimensionals were used to pop this layered panel in the centre of the gift box top.

The ‘Chocolate’ was cut using one of the Love You More Than Dies. A piece Adhesive Sheet was attached to the back of the foil before cutting.

Several stamped and die cut chocolates were also added to the top of the gift box.

Finally, a length of Early Espresso Faux Suede Trim was tied around the gift box to hold the lid in place.

mmm … it is a very tasty looking block of chocolate!

Who would you give this to?

Until next time, 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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SOURCES OF INSPIRATION

Hello! Thank you for popping by for today’s project.

I find inspiration for different projects from so many sources. Today’s decor piece was inspired by a local restaurant that I walked past recently. As I wandered past I knew that I had a stamp set that I could use to achieve the style of headwear used in the restaurant’s logo. The restaurant is called Frida Kahlo’s Summer House. The owner, from Mexico, has a relative who used to live around the corner from Frida Kahlo.

Using the restaurants logo I made a template for the shape of the hair and brow. I hand cut this in Basic Black. Then I used the Art Gallery Stamp Set to create the Basic Black and Cherry Cobbler flowers.

I cut three layers for the background and glued them together. The hair and brow were adhered to the Basic White layer before shaping the flowers and adding them using Stampin’ Dimensionals.

I attached some Adhesive Sheet to the back of the cardstock before cutting out the letters for ‘Summer House’ and positioned them on a piece of Basic Black cardstock. Black Stampin’ Dimensionals were used to layer this up on the background. An additional flower was attached near the ‘S’ and a few Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels were added.

Finally, I placed it inside an Ikea shadow frame. I am very pleased with the way this decor project turned out. What do you think? I am looking forward to giving this to the owner for his restaurant.

Until next time, 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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THE CRAFT OF GIVING

Hello and welcome. Thanks for popping by today.

It is Wednesday and time for this week’s Freshly Brewed Projects Blog Hop. The theme is the Craft of Giving. Projects could include a bag, box or gift card holder.

I decided to use the new Kraft Gift Boxes from the July – December Mini Catalogue for my project.

I used the Tidings of Christmas Suite, from the Annual Catalogue, as well. The first step was to remove the acetate piece from one of the gift boxes so that I could make a template to cut card stock and Designer Series Paper.

The first layer that I adhered to the lid of the box was a piece of Evening Evergreen cardstock. I used the template to cut out the shape of the opening.

I used the same template to do the same with a piece of Tidings of Christmas 6″x 6″ DSP. After I adhered this piece to the lid of the box, I created a mitred Cherry Cobbler frame to coordinate with the strips of Real Red that I attached to the sides of the box.

A piece of Evening Evergreen was cut, using the template, and then embossed with the Merry Melody 3D Embossing Folder. It was then cut in half diagonally so that the gift could peek through.

I gathered up a length of Cherry Cobbler and Gold Metallic Ribbon to add to the card front – it almost looks like tinsel.

The stars from the Christmas Trimmings Dies were positioned using Stampin’ Dimensionals. Then, I made the gift tags using the Tailor Made Tags Dies and Gold Shimmer Ribbon to decorate the tags.

To ensure the simple gift of chocolate doesn’t slide around, I made two inserts to hold it in place.

What do you think? Would you like this gift?

Make sure you hop on over to see what the other Freshly Brewed crew have made.

Until next time, 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]
$17.00