Tuesday, July 31, 2012

This gift, flip top box is so easy to make and can be decorated for any occassion or season.
Cut a piece of card stock 4 1/8” x 10 1/4”. With the long piece horizontal to the top of your scoring board, score at 3/4”, 4 3/4”, 5 1/2”, 9 1/2”, 10 1/4”. Turn the paper so that the short side is horizontal to the top of the scorer. Score at 3/4” and 3 3/8”. On the long sides cut each score line to the long vertical score line which runs down the 10 1/4”length of the paper. This will form tabs at each end and the middle of the card stock. Fold all tabs towards the center of the paper. Then flip the paper over, open it up and adhere stick strip to each small tab. Glue the small and middle tabs to the inside of the top long tab. Then adhere the bottom short tabs to the inside of the lower long tab. Cut a piece of patterned paper 8 1/2” x 2 “ to form a belly band. Decorate the top center of the belly band with a rosette or another three dimensional.

Monday, July 30, 2012

Gingerbread Man Christmas Card

Using the Label Collection Framelits adds such an extra pop to the cards
Form the card base by cutting a piece of Cherry Cobbler 8 1/2” x 5 1/2” and score the long side at 4 1/4”. Attach a 5 1/4” x 4” piece of Snow Festival Designer Series Paper to the card base. Die cut tag in Cherry Cobbler. Cut 1/8” from the base and round the corners. Run Gumball Green ribbon throw the hole in the tag and attach with glue dots. Use Label Collection framelits # 3 to cut a piece of Gardern Green. Center it and atach it to the red tag. Use Label Collection Framelits #2 to cut a piece of Whisper White. Sponge the edges with Cherry Cobbler ink. Stamp “Merry Christmas” (Teeny Tiny Wishes) at the bottom . Attach it to the green label Stamp the gingerbread man from the “Scentsational Seasons” stamp set onto a small piece of Very Vanilla card stock and then use the corresponding framelit from the Holiday Collection to cut it out. Cut a small 1/8” strip if Cherry Cobbler card stock to form a bow tie for the gingerbread man. Attach it with a glue dot. Attach the gingerbread man to Whisper White with dimensionals