Wednesday, December 29, 2021

Happy Hedgehogs thank you sneak peek

 I hope everyone had a very merry Christmas filled with family and friends.  May your new year be healthy and happy.  Today I will share a card I made with a new bundle being released in the January-June 2022, which will be available to customers beginning January 4th.  It's called Happy Hedgehogs and can be bundled with the Hedgehog Builder punch to save 10%.  I've also used some upcoming designer series paper (DSP) called New Horizons.  This DSP is absolutely stunning and will work for so many types of cards.   I stamped tree image and a butterfly were stamped directly onto the DSP, then I colored the butterfly, leaves and trunk of the tree with Stampin' Blends.  The hedgehog, a butterfly and the Thanks sentiment were stamped on Basic White cardstock in Momento black ink.  You can see how I put this card together by watching my YouTube video here: https://youtu.be/bNQWgPHSfmc 


For the inside of the card, I stamped a sentiment from the Happy Hedgehogs.  I then stamped the toadstool and butterfly in Momento and colored with my blends.  


Supplies and measurements:
Polished Pink cardstock for card base 5 1/2 x 8 1/2"
Pansy Petals DSP 4 x 5 1/4"
New Horizons DSP 3 3/4 x 5"
Basic White cardstock for inside 3 5/8 x 4 7/8", extra scrap for stamping images
Special Moments Sale-A-Bration stamp set for outside sentiment
Happy Hedgehogs stamp set and coordinating Hedgehog Builder punch
Stampin' Blends:
Soft Succulent for tree leaves and grass tufts inside
Lt. Evening Evergreen for Grass tufts inside
Polished Pink for toadstool
Lt. Petal Pink for butterfly, hedgehog cheeks and ears
Dk. Calypso Coral for butterfly
Dk. Pale Papaya for butterfly
Lt. Crumb Cake for toadstool stem
Colorlifter for toadstool stem
Ink pads in Soft Suede and Momento Tuxedo Black 

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Until next time; be happy, stay healthy and happy stamping!
Teresa

Tuesday, December 21, 2021

Rudolph the red-nosed penguin treat box

 Thought I’d pop on and show you the final set of treat boxes I needed to make before Christmas.  I try to send treats to my daughter’s work multiple times a year.  I can’t tell you how good it feels to have these completed. She’s taking them into work today.  

The treat box features the Penguin Place bundle.  I tried to keep them pretty simple as I was making 20 of them.  I used the Sale-a-Bration Designer Series Paper which is retired, but you could use any Designer Series Paper, change the colors, make it your own.  


Supplies and measurements:
Soft Sea Foam or Just Jade cardstock 4 3/4 x 5 1/2"
    Score on 4 3/4 " side at 1/2, 1 1 1/4, and 4"
    Score on 5 1/2" side at 3/4, 2 1/2, 3 1/4 and 5 (cut per the template below)
Designer Series Paper (dsp) 1 5/8 x 2 5/8" (if directional, cut in portrait mode)
Penguin Place and Penguin Builder Punch or (hand cut--in my case because I had 20 to do I used my scan n cut)
Ornate Frames dies for the sentiment but you could easily just use a small strip of paper.  
Brew Some Fun or other stamp with a small sentiment.
Twine or Ribbon ( I used some retired Baker's Twine I had in black and mint macaron)
Momento Tuxedo Black ink for penguin
Pale Papaya ink pad for feet
Cherry Cobbler ink pad for nose
Soft Suede ink pad for antlers
Just Jade ink pad for sentiment

First stamp in black and cut out your penguin using the penguin builder punch, add nose in cherry cobbler.  Stamp the antlers in soft suede and cut out OR you could use a piece of basic white cut at       1 3/8 x 2 3/8" to stamp the penguin and add the antlers to the top of his head without cutting out.   Add feet to penguin in pale papaya.  Next stamp the sentiment on the small tag from Ornate Frames dies.  

Prepare box according to cutting and scoring instructions in the template below.  The back of the box will be the panel with the thumb tab circle punch on it.  Adhesive will go on the outside of the 1/2" side tab near the score line and the inside front bottom flap near the bottom.  Lay prepared cardstock on table with inside of box facing up.  Fold on the second score line from the left and then fold at the first score line on the right over the top and adhere.  I like to close the top of the box at this point as it's easier for me to adhere the bottom box flaps.  First fold in the side flaps, then the back flap and lastly the front flap which has the adhesive on the inside of the flap.



Next add the dsp  to the front panel with your preferred adhesive.  Add penguin to the dsp using stampin' dimensionals to the top and bottom of the penguin leaving the center open to slide in the tag.  Stamp the for you sentiment from Brew Some Fun on the ornate frames tag and side under the penguin to secure.  Finally, add a baker's twine bow between the penguin and the sentiment.  Now you are finished!  Good job.  I put two Hershey's miniatures and a Hershey's nugget in my box.  I'm sure you can find lots of other things that will fit.  

Should you need to order any supplies, please click on the shopping cart in the upper right corner.  It will take you to my online store where you can shop 24/7.  Leave me a comment and if you make this box, please send me a photo.  

I want to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!  Until next time; be happy, stay healthy and happy stamping!
Teresa

Wednesday, December 15, 2021

Pretty Pillowbox Poinsettia table favor/gift card holder/treat box-- Project 12 of the 12 Projects of Christmas 2021

 Well, we've reached the final project for the 12 Projects of Christmas today.  I hope you have enjoyed this series as much as I have.  I have to give credit for the inspiration for my project today to Sherry Roth of Stamped Treasures.  I used her directions to make the treat box and took inspiration from her decorations, but of course, I put my own spin on things.  I'm very pleased with how it turned out and these go together fairly quickly.  You can watch my YouTube video to see how I put these boxes together here https://youtu.be/W4O58KsgrFg 


Inside view which shows how much you can put inside this box.  Inside this particular box I have a peppermint snowflake, two holiday creme de menthe chocolates, and two Merci chocolates.  It also is sized to fit a gift card.  


Finished box size is 4 1/4 x 4 x 1 1/2".  The finished size for the inside box portion is 3 1/2 x 1 1/4 x      1 1/2"



Supplies used: 
Red Velvet Paper
Crumb Cake cs 8 1/2 x 11 (cut two pillowbox dies and a 4 x 6 piece for the inside box portion.  Remaining portion for stamping
Basic White cardstock for stamping and die cutting
Bumblebee cs for flower center
Gold and Rose Gold 6x6 paper
Adhesive sheets
Poinsettia dies
Christmas Season bundle which includes the Seasonal Labels dies
Stampin' Cut and Emboss machine
Evening Evergreen, Soft Succulent, Soft Suede and Early Espresso ink pads
Real Red Double-stitched satin ribbon
Gold Holly Leaves

Thank you so much for taking time from your busy holiday season to stop by my blog.  I do so appreciate it.  Please leave a comment and let me know your thoughts.  If you would like to purchase any supplies, click on the shopping cart in the upper right corner.  It will take you to my online store where you can shop 24/7.  I'd love to earn your business.

I would like to wish everyone a very merry holiday season and a prosperous new year!  

Until next time; be happy, stay healthy and happy stamping!
Teresa