Hello and welcome to Monday! I am so delighted that you have taken some time out of your day to pop on by to see what I have to share with you today.
There are so many Pinwheel Tower cards that I have seen recently – and, they are amazing. For me, I decided to take it a step further.
My question was – how can I convert this into a combination card and gift box?
After a few prototypes (unsuccessful and slowly becoming successful), this is the end result.
I have lots and lots of photos to show you all aspects of this gift box card. At the core of the card is a 1-1/2″x $-1/4″ ‘tower’. Then, four 3″x 4-1/4″ panels are adhered to each of the four sides of the ‘tower’. For this project I chose the Whimsy & Wonder Specialty Designer Series Paper and colour scheme for this tower.
The first dies reveals the Christmas greeting, before moving onto the second ‘wing’.
The second side includes a gift card holder. The exciting thing about this project is that each side features two DSP designs.
This side features a pocket to slide a “to:” and “from:” tag into. (Oops – I didn’t remove the splotch of dried glue from the pocket – it is clean now!). The Tailor Made Tags Dies were perfect for this side of the card.
This image shows the ‘ribbon belly band’ I made to hold the top and bottom box flaps in place. The Specialty DSP is just so gorgeous and I love this non-traditional colour scheme for Christmas.
This is what the gift box looks like with top and bottom flaps open – imagine the gift has been removed. The card can now be folded flat.
The Christmas greeting is from the Holly Jolly Wishes Stamp Set and was stamped in Misty Moonlight ink before being cut using one of the Hippo & Friends Dies. Because the card needs to be folded flat, the greeting was glued directly onto this layer.
The next few photos will give you a chance to see the ribbon ‘belly band’ in a little more detail. The flowers were cut, using the Merriest Frames Dies, from the Snowy White 12″x 12″ Velvet Sheets. Then I used Blending Brushes to add a light colouring of Blushing Bride and Just Jade to these elements. I used Mini Glue Dots to hold them all together. Then I attached a few Elegant Faceted Gems to the centre of the flower.
I cut a length of Blushing Bride Frayed Grosgrain Ribbon in half, frayed it a little further and then tied it through the hole in the tag.
Although there is a place for a gift to be popped insode the ‘tower’, it is always great to have a place to include a gift card.
And, this is the last panel fold. I love the way that each time the card is folded flat the Specialty DSP is featured.
And, now you get a sneak peek of some of the new products from the July – December Mini Catalogue. The ‘old’ works so well with the ‘new’!
So, what do you think of my Pinwheel Tower Gift Box Card? It’s a hybrid!
So until my next post, 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.
Because some of the products I have used to make this card are not yet available to customers, I am not able to show them at this time. As soon as product images go live, I will create this section.
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