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LOTS OF LOVELY BOXES

Hello to all my stamps, ink and paper friends – thanks for popping by.

After sharing quite a few cards in recent days, I needed to make a 3D project (well, a few).

I was inspired by a blog post from Ashee Ahmad, shared by Sonia da Silva on Facebook. Ashee Ahmad, a demonstrator from Lincoln, UK, shared a square fold flat gift box. I followed her instructions to make a gift box using the FINE ART FLORAL DSP.

How to Make a Square Fold Flat Gift Box – Crafting with Ashee
Ashee Ahmad’s gift box

And, I made a few more! The bottom flap opens in the same wasy as the lid so you can fold them flat.

The first box is a 2″ cube. It is the second smallest one that I made. I made three larger and one smaller – the sizes are 1-3/4″, 2″, 2-1/4″, 2-1/2″ and 2-3/4″ cubes.

I used Old Olive and a sheet of FINE ART FLORAL DSP.

Now I just need to make a few gift tags to coordinate with the boxes.

A huge thank you to Ashee for sharing her box instructions.

I imagine jewellery surprises tucked away in each box. What would you put into the boxes?

Happy stamping.

These are the products I used to make these boxes. If you live in Australia, you can order any of these products by simply clicking on the SHOP NOW icon or directly on the product you want to order..

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Paper Snips
[103579]
$17.00
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MY FIRST GILT CARD

Hello to all my inky fingered friends – thanks for popping by.

There are two very special new products in the FINE ART FLORAL SUITE – GILDED LEAFING and HEAT & STICK POWDER.

FINE ART FLORAL SUITE COLLECTION
GILDED LEAFING
FINE ART FLORAL SUITE COLLECTION
HEAT & STICK POWDER

WARNING – When you open the jar of gilded leafing make sure you have a larger container ready to store it in because it pressed quite tightly in the original jar and boy, does it want more space!

I bought a 1″ wide brush to use to press in and then brush away the excess gilded leafing into the sticky powder.

Royal & Langnickel Zen Series 73 Paintbrush Wash Size 1 | Officeworks

I was really pleased with the final result and surprised that it wasn’t messier to work with.

I gilded the outer edges of a piece of Basic White card stock. After I stamped the Night of Navy flower, I stamped the second part of the image using Versamark and then sprinkled the Heat & Stick Powder onto it. After using the heat tool and the ‘melting’ the powder, I was able to press the gilded leafing onto the flower.

Isn’t this piece of the FINE ART FLORAL DSP gorgeous?

I think this would make a perfect card to give to someone who has done something special for you – the sentiment says it all – ‘You Are Lovely’.

Who would you send this card to?

Happy stamping.

These are the products I used to make this card. If you live in Australia and want to order any of these products just click on the SHOP NOW icon.

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Heat Tool
[129056]
$50.00
Paper Snips
[103579]
$17.00
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Hello to all my stamping and paper crafting friends – thanks for popping by.

You may have noticed over the past few days that I have been enjoying the FINE ART FLORAL SUITE.

Today’s card is ready to add to my birthday card 2021 stash.

It is another uncomplicated card that relies on the stamps, ink and paper do all the hard work.

The large floral image is achieved using two step stamping and two different colours. I prefer to stamp the darker colour first and the lighter next. It is easier for me to align the images. The colours used were Petal Pink, Terracotta Tile and Merry Merlot.

The birthday greeting was cut using the CLASSIC LABEL PUNCH and I used a strip cut from the edge of a sheet of dimensionals to pop it up on a piece of TERRACOTTA TILE SCALLOPED LINEN RIBBON.

The final touches included placing five ELEGANT FACETED GEMS onto the card front and a splash of CLEAR WINK OF STELLA in the centre of the darker flower.

How am I going at convincing you to add this suite to your wish list?

Happy stamping.

These are the products I used to make this card. If you live in Australia, you can order of them by clicking on the SHOP NOW icon below.

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Paper Snips
[103579]
$17.00