Category: 3D Projects

Hello and welcome to another Wednesday Freshly Brewed Projects Blog Hop. Thank you for joining me, and the other wonderful Stampin’ Up!® Demonstrators taking part.

This week’s theme is WAYS WITH PACKAGING. I chose the MINI PAPER PUMPKIN BOXES as the starting place for my project.

It is the perfect size to hold decorated BASIC WHITE NOTE CARDS & ENVELOPES.

I made this project, unplanned, on my Facebook Live last Wednesday. It was a case of perfect timing because my BUTTERFLY BRILLIANCE COLLECTION arrived the day before, so I was able to open all the products live.

This is such a gorgeous collection of stamps, dies and papers. Let me show you my project.

I used a few pieces of the BUTTERFLY BIJOU 6″x 6″ DESIGNER SERIES PAPER. I used the same sheet – the butterflies are on one side and the the soft, watercolour look is on the other.

There are 11 dies in the BRILLIANT WINGS DIES. The large, connected die cuts out all six butterflies in one go. I used the same die, again, to cut six vellum butterflies. I attached these to the back of the DSP butterflies.

Then I used the more detailed dies to cut six intricate butterflies that I popped onto the front.

Before I secured the butterflies onto the top of the box, I attached loops of Pool Party Sheer Ribbon. A big thank you to Fran Ward, who was watching my Live and suggested that I used Basic Black card stock to cut the ‘thank you’ from the WELL WRITTEN DIES set. This poor set has been sitting on the shelf for far too long, unused.

Although I ran out time to make my cards live, I did make them kater that day. I made 5 cards to pop into the box as a gift for someone special.

The DSP is wondeerful to use. Lots of lovely butterflies and a great variety of backgrounds.

Let me show you the cards close up.

Look at me and all the fussy cutting that I’ve been doing. Who would have thought? This is the last card that I made and you can see that I quickly moved from simple to a little more complex.

The birthday greeting is from the IN BLOOM STAMP SET. I used a post it note to cover the ‘you really are the best’ part of the stamp so that I could just have the Happy Birthday. I did this for all the cards.

This was the first card I made and it was refreshing to make a simple card.

The DSP does all the hard work with these cards.

For this card, I used the STITCHED WITH WHIMSY DIES to create three ‘panels’ across the front of the NATURAL TOUCH SPECIALTY PAPER. This paper resembles a fine timber veneer and it has a fine texture.

I think this is my favourite card from the bundle. Which card is your favourite? Who would you give this gift box of cards to?

Don’t forget, that my project is part of a blog hop – so make sure that you go to the links below and see what the other FRESHLY BREWED PROJECTS team members have created.

• Leonie Schroder  
• Ann Craig
• Jeanne Moss
• Michele Miller

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

Butterfly Brilliance Collection [159408] $125.00	Butterfly Brilliance Bundle [155821] $96.25	In Bloom Photopolymer Stamp Set [154380] $30.00	Brilliant Wings Dies [155523] $77.00	Rectangular Postage Stamp Punch [152709] $31.00
Treasured Tags Pick A Punch [154425] $40.00	Pool Party 3/8" (1 Cm) Sheer Ribbon [152462] $10.50	Artistry Blooms Sequins [152477] $12.25	Butterfly Bijou 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [156824] $20.00	Natural Touch Specialty Paper [156825] $8.75
Basic White Note Cards & Envelopes [159232] $12.25	Basic Black A4 Card Stock [121688] $15.25	Calypso Coral A4 Card Stock [124392] $15.25	Just Jade A4 Cardstock [153084] $15.25	Magenta Madness A4 Cardstock [153085] $15.25
Mango Melody A4 Cardstock [147013] $15.25	White Vellum A4 Card Stock [106584] $17.50	Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Pad [147096] $13.00	Just Jade Classic Stampin' Pad [153115] $13.00	Magenta Madness Classic Stampin' Pad [153117] $13.00
Mango Melody Classic Stampin' Pad [147093] $13.00	Mini Paper Pumpkin B0 X [153069] $13.00