Hello! I am so pleased that you have popped by to see what I have to share with you today.
If you have been visiting fairly regualrly, you will know that I have been featuring new products from current catalogue. Today’s project uses a product that has carried over into the 2021-2022 Annual Catalogue.
Let me share the background story first.
While my daughters encourage my paper crafting and lovingly ‘tolerate’ my endlessly showing them the projects I have made, they surprise me from time to time. They do actually understand what I do and often keep an eye open for something that I could use for a project.
Recently, my eldest daughter visited and gave me a chocolate she had found that she thought I would like to make a gift box for – she was spot on! She found a Kinder Happy Hippo.
I immediately thought of Robyn Cardon’s Hippo Happiness Stamp Set, created for her Million Achievement Milestone.
There definitely needs to be more than just one chocolate in a gift box, so I went in search of them. I found a five pack in my local supermarket – now we’re talkiing.
So it was time to design a box to pop three of them into.
I took three of the chocolates and did some measuring and sketching on my Gridpaper to create the layout for this flip top box. The box was made using a 12″x 8″ piece of Basic White cardstock. Before I assembled the box, I cut Balmy Blue cardstock and DSP from the Subtles 6″x 6″ DSP to adhere to each of the box panels.
The front panels were shaped using one of the Basic Borders Dies. Once attached, I assembled the gift box and the Happy Hippos were a perfect fit.
Then I cut the label for the front of the box using one of the Hippo & Friends Dies. The greeting was stamped in Balmy Blue ink onto this panel. Three balloons were also stamped, using Balmy Blue, Blushing Bride and So Saffron. The balloon ribbons were stamped using Smoky Slate. The birthday greeting was stamped,and cut using the long banner from the Bloom Dies (Bloom Hybrid). I repositioned the die to shorten the length of the banner.
With the lid closed, I postioned the large Basic White panel to secure the lid in place. The bottom half of the panel had Stampin’ Dimensionals to ensure it had enough height to allow the lid to tuck under the it. The birthday banner was popped up, using Stampin’ Dimensionals also, in the top right-hand corner of the lid.
I used my Stamparatus to stamp the three Hippos for the front of the gift box. They were then die cut and positioned on the front greeting panel. Clear Wink of Stella was used to add some glimmer to the balloons and hippos. Finally, I added some Blue Adhesive-Backed Gems for some extra bling.
This is such a cute little gift box to give to someone who loves hippopotami (hippopotauses). Who would you give this to?
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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