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PLAID CELEBRATIONS

I am still working my way through my stamp sets, dies and other products – to find those sitting on my shelves that I have not used very often.

Today I need to get creative with the BEST YEAR STAMP SET (not used at all) and the BEST PLAID BUILDER DIES ( used once).

Who else has Stampin’ Up!® products that they have never used – or used, just once or twice? We are still have our 2020-2021 Annual Catalogue for seven months, so I totally want to get the most out of what I have – just in case any of them are retired.

As a demonstrator, I choose to find new homes for retired products. I want to be able to share projects with my friends and customers that use products they can order because they are current.

This project has been gurgling away in my mind for quite some time.

I wanted to make a gift box using the dies. So, I took some measurements and did some sketching. I like to plan before I start cutting and glueing.

The end result is a gift box measuring 6″x 6″x 4.5″.

The plaid was created by die cutting one layer in Poppy Parade and the second layer in Night of Navy. These layers were then adhered to pieces of Whisper White cardstock, measuring 6.5″x 4.75″.

The box lid was created by using a 12″x 12″ piece of Night of Navy cardstock, cut down to 10″x 10″ and scored at 2″ on each side.

I used my STAMPARATUS to stamp one of the GIFT WRAPPED bows onto the Whisper White box lid, in Night of Navy. – four times around the cardstock. Then, I punched BOWS from some Night of Navy cardstock and bow centres from Poppy Parade card. The Night of Navy bows were curled using a bone folder.

The sentiment was coloured using the Stampin’ Write Markers™ Night of Navy and Poppy Parade. It was cut using the STITCHED RECTANGLES DIES.

I stamped and punched out each the bows that are adhered to the four sides of the gift box. The Poppy Parade bow has been popped up with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

As I mentioned before, this gift box measures 6″x 6″x 4.5″. It is quite a large gift box – what would you pop inside it? Who would you give it to?

Thanks for popping by … happy stamping.

These are the products I used to make this gift box. If you live in Australia, I would be very happy to help you place an order for any of them.

Product List
Paper Snips
[103579]
$17.00
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TIME FOR A LITTLE SCROOGE

It never ceases to surprise me where I can find ‘inspiration’ for my crafting projects.

For this project, I found a pack of aniseed flavoured lollies (candy).

Woolworths Select Humbugs

And, when you see the word HUMBUG what else would you do? Buy the pack and make a Ebenezer Scrooge inspired gift – perfect for Secret Santa, if Santa thinks Christmas is a fraud, perhaps.

The ROUND TINS were the perfect choice for this little treat, as is the BLACK GLITTERED ORGANDY RIBBON.

NOTE – I did try to adhere some Designer Series Paper around the side of the tin but the lid would fit back on – oops!

To be honest, I was disapponted when LETTERS FOR YOU were retired. I used them SO much. Happily, the PLAYFUL ALPHABET DIES are filling that void. Their size is better proportioned for most projects that I make, so I am pleased to have a great replacement.

Before I die cut each of the letters needed, I attached ADHESIVE SHEETS to the back of the card stock.

To coordinate with the sweets, I cut the letters from Basic Black and attached them to a 1″ wide piece of Whisper White. To create the banner, I used the BANNER PICK A PUNCH.

And, in true miserly Scrooge form, I did not add any embellishments.

This was such a fun project to make and so, so simple. I hope whoever receives this has a good laugh.

Who would you give it to? Who do know, who likes aniseed?

Thanks for popping by … happy stamping.

These are the products I used to make this project. If you live in Australia, I would be very pleased to help you with your order.

Product List
Round Tins
[153544]
$21.00
Paper Snips
[103579]
$17.00
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CHRISTMAS TAGS

I spent the weekend working on Christmas goodies for my upcoming market stall – gift tags and bags, mainly.

It is amazing how much card stock and designer series paper I used!

Today I want to show you the gift tags I made to pop around the neck of a bottle of wine or spirits, for the grown ups on your Christmas list.

I used a full length of A4 card stock and cut them into 3″ panels. Each panel is scored at 3″ from the top and I used the wheel die from the SMOOTH SAILING DIES set. It makes a perfect hole that can open out to match most bottles.

The Christmas greeting and to/from come from the TAG BUFFET PHOTOPOLYMER STAMP SET. The BANNERS PICK A PUNCH makes the perfect banner ends.

The trees were cut out using the MOST WONDERFUL TIMES DIES.

I have made almost 20 of these so far, using the HEARTWARMING HUGS and BRIGHTLY GLEAMING SPECIALTY DESIGNER SERIES PAPER.

The finishing touch was topping each tree with STAR DESIGNER ELEMENTS.

Now I need to find a creative way to use all of the ship wheels that were cut out.

I hope these are popular at the market – DOCKSIDE MARKETS in Kangaroo Point, December 5th and 6th (from 7am until 1pm). If you live in Brisbane, I hope you have a chance to pop by and say hello.

Thanks for popping by … happy stamping.

These are the products I used to make these gift tags. If you live in Australia, you can order any of them through me.

Product List
Bone Folder
[102300]
$12.00
Paper Snips
[103579]
$17.00