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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.

Product List
Paper Snips
[103579]
$17.00
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BIRTHDAY FLOWERS

Hello and welcome to my Wednesday post. Thank you for popping by – whether you’re a first time visitor or have been by before, I am so pleased that you are here.

For this project, I combined the All Squared Away Bundle with the Checks & Dots Embossing Folders, as well as some other new products.

I started by cutting three of the four floral dies in Basic White cardstock. Then I used a Blending Brush to apply some Granny Apple Green ink across each of the squares. I adhered these three squares to the left-hand side of the Basic Black card base.

The next step was to measure the remaining space on the card front. I cut a piece of Pumpkin Pie card stock to those measurements and added texture by using the Checks embossing folder. Then I used one of the Basic Border Dies to cut card, as you can see on the image. Cutting the flower shapes to position over the top of each square was my next task. My favourite flower shape is the one I cut using Real Red cardstock.

The birthday greeting, from the All Squared Away Stamp Set, was stamped in Pumpkin Pie and cut using the Stitched Rectangles Dies. I love knowing that I can create square shapes using the Stitched Rectangles Dies.

I have been using lengths of textured wallpaper for my photo backgrounds for a while now; but, I think it’s time I found some more professional backgrounds. Add that to my list of things to do. I hope to have something new soon.

This card is an interesting combination of curved, straight and angled lines; as well as vivid colours.

What do you think? I would love to hear from you.

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