Stamping at The Warren

Friday, 18 December 2015

Season of Cheer Match Box Gift Boxes in two Sizes, Stampin Up! UK

Today I have a pair of Gift Boxes for you. A simple design of a matchbox with an outer sleeve, and decorated using the Season of Cheer Designer Series Paper and Striped Ribbon wiht a little xording trim

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Table built using Product Table Builder by The Crafty Owl - Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator.

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Tutorial

SMALL BOX - Trim a piece of Night of Navy Cardstock to 12 cms x 15 cms
With the long side of the cardstock at the top of your Metric Scoring Plate, score at 3; 9; 12 cms
Rotate the cardstock by 45 degrees and with the short site at the top, score at 3 & 9 cms
Fold all score lines and burnish with a bone folder,
SMALL BOX SLEEVE - Trim a piece of Designer Series Paper to 5.6 x 21 cms and score the long side at 1; 5; 11; 15 cms
Fold all score lines and burnish; cut tabs as shown in the video; use a little tape to secure the Belly Band (sleeve).
LARGE BOX - trim a piece of Night of Navy Cardstock to 12 x 15cms
Score the long side at 1; 5; 11; 15 cms
Rotate and score the short side at 3 & 9 cms
Fold and burnish score lines, cut tabs as shown in the video; using Tombow to secure the tabs
LARGE BOX SLEEVE (Belly Band) - trim a piece pf DSP to 8.6 x 21 cms; score at 1; 5; 11; 15 cms
Decorate using Co-ordinating Ribbon
Stamp your sentiments using the Christmas Cuties Stamp Set using Archival Basic Black Classic Ink Pad
Die cut the sentiments using the Magnetic Platform, matting onto Cherry Cobbler or Night of Navy Cardstock. I used a combination of the Lots of Labels Framelits Dies, and the Tags & Labels Framelits Dies.
Finish with a flair of Cording Trim and some Snowflake Elements

How to contact me:

Kim Tolton, Independent Stampin Up Demonstrator.

Card & Papercraft Tutorials

Please feel free to comment below, and ask away with any questions. You can also find me via the links below

Blog:

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Thursday, 17 December 2015

Christmas Gift Idea; A5 Notebook Cover Stampin Up! UK

Today's Project would make a lovely gift for a friend, colleague or Teacher,

Even family members, young and old, would love this as a gift. I know I would!

It is really quick and simple to make, even children could have a go

I used the Kinda Eclectic Stamp Set from Stampin Up in combination with the 2015 - 2016 In Colours of Mossy Meadow, Lost Lagoon and Blackberry Bliss with Mossy Meadow Cardstock for the Mat.

Below you will find the icons of the products used today
Click on the items to view or order them via my online store

Table built using Product Table Builder by The Crafty Owl - Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator.

Watch the Video Below for the full tutorial

Tutorial

Trim a piece of Whisper White Cardstock to 19 x 13 cms
Using the Sunburst stamp and Lost Lagoon Classic Ink Pad, stamp 2 starbursts without re-inking the stamp
Ink up the berry stamp with Blackberry Bliss Classic Ink Pad, ad stamp twice without re-inking to create a border along the lower third of the cardstock
Next, stamp the leaf several times without re-inking using the Mossy Meadow Classic Ink Pad.
Using Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue, adhere the calendar to the front of the cardstock, just above the stamped berries
Apply Tear & Tape adhesive to all four sides on the back of the panel.
Mat this onto a piece of Mossy Meadow Cardstock measuring 29.4 x 13.4 cms
Apply Tape and Tear to all for sides of of the back of the Mossy Meadow Meadow Cardstock and attach to the A5 Book Front Cover
Stamp a bitty butterfly in Lost Lagoon Classic Ink Pad, and an Elegant Butterfly using the Blackberry Bliss Classic Ink Pad. (the butterflies are from the Kinda Eclectic Stamp Set)
Punch out the butterflies using the Bitty Butterfly & Elegant Butterfly punches
Stamp your sentiment from the Best Thoughts Stamp Set, using Archival Basic Black Classic Ink Pad. ; punch out the sentiment using the Decorative Label Punch
Attach an elasticated band around the book, to the right side
Attach the stamped Decorative Label using Stampin Dimensional's toward the top of the cover so the label sits over the elastic band. (not on it)
Attach your butterflies using Mini Glue Dots

How to contact me:

Kim Tolton, Independent Stampin Up Demonstrator.

Card & Papercraft Tutorials

Please feel free to comment below, and ask away with any questions. You can also find me via the links below

Blog:

http://www.stampingatthewarren.blogspot.co.uk

Online Store:

http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/stampingatthewarren

Stamping @ The Warren Craft Forum:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/492740720910809/

Email:

kim.tolton@googlemail.com

Pinterest:

https://uk.pinterest.com/kimtolton/

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Wednesday, 16 December 2015

A Very Versatile Berry Basket Gift Box & Bath Bomb Packaging idea

Do you all have your Christmas Jumpers Ready?

We do, we even have matching sock slippers he he & I will even take a photo of my and my hubby wearing them .... just to show you our cheeky side and festive spirit

Anyhow, I need to apologise for the quality of today's video, I didn't realise the the tripod had slid down, so you have a rather more Macro view of the project, meaning some of the demonstration is out of visual shot (doh!); and then I whacked the microphone causing audio distortion to the end of the demonstration

In my defense, I have had another bout of cluster migraines this week and that makes me clumsy and my thought processes slow down.

Thankfully I am prescribed magic sub-lingual wafers, but they only resolve the intense pain, they do not impact on the visual disturbances, nausea etc that comes with a migraine.

I used to have to take to my bed in complete darkness and silence for the day, and then one day I collapsed at work, with bradicardia (very slow pulse rate) which worried the eebe gee bees out of my family. A Gambit of investigations and a consultation with a neurologist, and was told the migraine was the problem! Since then I have had the wafers.

The only reason for sharing that information, is so you all understand why some days I seem a bit off .... and the chances are likely to be migraine related (up to 10 in any given month

Now back to today's tutorial

And we are talking Berry Baskets, Gift Ideas such as these little Cupcake Bath Bombs

They were a real fab find in our local garden centre, just a stones throw away from us.

The moment I saw them, I knew the Berry Basket was the answer

Make sure you scroll down all of today's post, as there is both a video and typed tutorial

Plus icons of all the products used today; click on the icons to view the item in my Demonstrator Website

Below you will find the icons of the products used today
Click on the items to view or order them via my online store

Table built using Product Table Builder by The Crafty Owl - Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator.

Watch the Video Below for the full tutorial

Tutorial:

Die cut 2 pieces of Elegant Eggplant Cardstock using the Berry Basket Bigz Die (use extension plates if you have them)remove the 2 basket bases, 2 handles & 2 scallop trims from the die cut cardstock
Fold and burnish (with your bone folder) all score lines on each piece
Apply a little Tombow to the base of one of the Berry Basket Die Cuts and stick down the other Berry Basket piece to make a cross shape
attach the scallop trim together using a little tombow on the 2 end pieces to make a square
Using the Handheld Stapler, staple the scallop trim to the top of the folded up berry basket; then staple the centre of each side
Using a little Tombow, attach a handle across the centre of the box - this is your basic box
Cut two Tea Lace Doilies in half and add a little tombow glue to the solid section of each half doily and fix around the inside top of the Berry Basket
Scrunch up some Tissue Paper and pop in the base of the box and place your gift inside the box
Stamp the HoHoHo sentiment from the Versatile Christmas Stamp Set using Elegant Eggplant Classic Ink Pad, onto a scrap of Shimmery White cardstock
Die cut the sentiment using the Lots of Labels Framelits Dies
Die cut the next size up label using Elegant Eggplant Cardstock
Tie a bow around the handle using some Blackberry Stripped Ribbon
Using the 1/8" Handheld Punch to punch a hole in the top of the Elegant Eggplant label; thread with Silver Cording Trim & tie up and around the Blackberry Bliss Ribbon