A Box full of Thanks

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Today's project looks like a wooden box - but no actually it is a DVD/Stamp case, (now available in our big catalogue). Into the outer cover I have slipped a sheet of our beautiful Natural Composition Speciality Designer Series Paper.

I used the Apothecary Accents Dies to cut the frames and the cute greeting is from one of our upcoming Sale A Bration freebies - a stamp set called Vintage Verses. So what is inside....

Well as I said in the title, this project is a box full of thanks - four little thank you cards with matching envelopes. These were so quick and easy to make as a gift.

Did you know we sell a pack of Note Cards & Envelopes? I didn't until my upline pointed them out on page 160 of the catalogue. They are a great size and you get 20 in the pack.

I just used four and covered the upper part with designer paper from our Festival of Prints stack. (If you want it be quick, it is in the Autumn/Winter catalogue that retires at the end of the month!).

I punched a strip of cardstock and added ribbon and the greeting comes from that same Sale-A-Bration stamp set - Vintage Verses.

I made the little pockets from vellum cardstock, so you can still see the greeting and used little off-cuts of the DSP to decorate the envelopes.

Hope you like todays project - I will be back in a couple of days with more.

Love Elizabeth X

Vintage Vogue & Ornament

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Don't you just love Vintage Vogue? One of my lovely downline Sara purchased this as her first ever stamp set - and made every card with it for weeks! It really is so versatile. Below I have used the Adorning Accents embossing folders.

 

This is an even more vintage Vintage Vogue!

And finally a very distressed combination - which to you prefer?

And now for that final Christmas decoration. This is my take on the ornament that is on the front on the Autum/Winter catalogue from Stampin' Up! There are so many versions in blogland, I decided to make one with the Ornament punch.

I just love how the Tulle Ribbon works with this design - and I used Dazzling Details glitter around the edges - perfect for those of you who like to glitter without glittering themselves! LOL The floret is done with the Scallop Trim Border Punch.

I have more goodies to show you....back soon!

Love Elizabeth X

Fabulous Friend Gift Box

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Today I am sharing a pretty gift box that I have been demonstrating at some of my recent workshops. It is so easy to make with our new Simply Scored tool - and the whole box only uses one piece of A4 card.

I used the Petite Petals wheel to create a Crumb Cake ink background on Pool Party cardstock. After folding the box, I created a border for the flap using the Scallop Trim Border Punch. With a strip of Island Indigo card I repeated the border to create a double edge effect.

The tags are one of those items easily missed from the Stampin' Up! catalogue, but are really sweet for this sort of project. I stamped and attached a flower to match the greeting. The greeting itself comes from the Oval All stamp set, which co-ordinates perfectly with our Large Oval and Scallop Oval punches.

I coloured the flowers with Pool Party, Lucky Limeade and Island Indigo markers and finished the project with Island Indigo ribbon.

I hope you like it. :)

Love Elizabeth X

Two Ways with the Scallop Envelope Die

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Have you used the Scallop Envelope Die yet? It makes really cute envelopes which are ideal for tags or for using as embellishments on your cards. But that is just the start. Here are a couple of little boxes I have made using this die.

Firstly, we made these cute Gift Card Holders at a class.

We finished them with Springtime Vintage designer series paper and the scrummy Seam Binding ribbon. The tags were done with Tiny Tags stamps.

My second use of this die is the little basket which I fell in love with when I saw it done at regional training. You need four envelopes to make it...

Isn't it cute? I did the handle with cardstock cut with the Scallop Trim Border and trimmed with the yummy Rich Razzleberry satin ribbon.

Hopeful Thoughts Card

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This next card is one of those simple-but-effective cards. (Our other projects for class this month are a bit more complex, so I needed a quicker one too).

I love this colour combination of Real Red, Certainly Celery and Whisper White. I am loving the Scallop Trim Border on this card.

It is made with two stamp sets, Hopeful Thoughts, (aka Praying for You over the water), and Confetti which is the flower background stamp.

I have the Confetti in clear mount, which is great for speedy placement of all those little flowers.

Back in a couple of days with the 'more complex' card!

Tea and Biscuits and an International Crafty Gift

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Today I am sharing a project we did during my December classes. It was Christmas so we had to have a bit of chocolate - so I decided to do a tea and chocolate biscuits gift pack.

We used the fabulous stamp set called Just Believe and used the marker to stamp technique to create the coloured image. I LOVE that soft wide striped ribbon and it finished the gift bag beautifully.

Inside we attached a little bag of chocolate biscuits, (this is my sample one and the the biscuits are already gone - it is filled with tissue for the photo LOL).

At the top is a tea bag holder stamped with another stamp from the Just Believe set and punched with the fabulous Scallop Trim Border punch.

Oh - and by the way - we don't always get our tea from Harrods. My lovely niece Sophie works there and we get little gifts from the food hall from time to time :)

Now I sent one of these to my online friend Anne-Marie, who has a lovely blog...and look what she sent to me!

What a beautiful card. I love all the layers there. Would you like a close up of the goodies in the bag?

As well as the delicious Ghairadelli chocolates, (all gone - back on weightwatchers points now LOL), there was this exciting little gift. Around the dolly peg is a length of fabulous pom pom trim. If you are reading this in the U.S. you can find it in the holiday mini and I am sure Anne Marie would love to sell you some! It is not yet available in the UK - but keep checking back, you never know what we may get. I am going to think up a very special project to use it on. Thank you Anne Marie. X

Back soon with more projects.