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posted on December 18, 2013 by

Be Merry Gift Box

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Today I have tutorial to share. This is a gift box made from a 12 x 12 piece of card stock. I used our Natural Composition specialty DSP because it is a thicker card stock and it has beautifully embossed images on it, so your box is already decorated. After a little scoring and punching with the Envelope punch board, you make 4 simple cuts and then fold your box and tie it up. Add a quick tag for a beautiful gift presentation. The finished box is 5 1/2″ square and 2 3/4″ deep. Enjoy the tutorial!

Begin with a 12 x 12 piece of card stock or dsp. Line each side of the cs at 4 inches, punch and then score as far as you can on the board.

Punchboard Box

It won’t score all the way across. Just score as far as you can, because the next step will finish the score line for you. In the picture below you can see where the lines don’t quite meet.

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Flip the card stock over and do the same thing from the back. Line the edge at 4 inches and score down till your lines intersect with the score lines from the other side. These lines will form the box bottom. The lines that extend beyond the box bottom to the edges of the card stock, will form your box sides.

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Line the bottom edge of the v punch with the scoring groove on the punch board as shown below and score again to create your box side and flap. You are still scoring from the back.

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Cut in from each side as shown to create your flap, which will allow the box to fold in. Be sure to only cut up to the score line.

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When you are finished cutting, opposite sides of the box should have 2 side flaps, which will fold in to secure the sides of the box. The opposing sides will not have side flaps, only a flap which will help to form the box top. Add adhesive to each of the flaps and fold in to form the box.

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Fold the top flaps in to close the box. You can secure with adhesive if you like. I add a punched circle under the bottom two flaps to make the box a little sturdier. Finish it off with a bow and tag!

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Thanks for stopping by today!

Belinda

 

Stampin’ Stuff

Stamps

 Be Merry

Ink

 Old Olive ~ Red Sharpie marker

Paper

 Whisper White ~ Natural Composition DSP

Fun Stuff

 Big Shot ~ Chalk Talk framelits ~ Basic Pearls ~ Cherry Cobbler 1″ grosgrain ribbon

 

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posted on January 1, 2012 by

Great Gifts using My Digital Studio

The more I play with My Digital Studio, the more I love it. Stampin’ Up! has created some amazing templates that make wonderful gifts or projects to keep for yourself.

The software comes programmed to create several sizes of scrapbook pages, but it also creates cards and calendars and these neat little swatchbooks. They are great to create a mini photo album for a specific event or as a brag book for grandparents, but there are other uses as well!

Rivet Swatch book

This is one I am working on for Aubrey. It is an ABC picture book. Each swatch book has 13 double sided pages, so it is perfect for an alphabet book.

alphabet book

 

alphabet swatch book

 

alphabet swatch book

 

alphabet swatch book

Here are some other great ideas for gifts using the My digital Studio software. You can print these from your own computer or use our professional print services for gorgeous results.

I love these swatchbook templates for creating a wonderful Valentine gift or a coupon booklet.

How about a journal for keeping track of precious memories, stories and milestones?

I LOVE this gorgeous recipe book! What a fabulous way to compile all of those family recipes into a gift!

Thanks for stopping by!

Belinda

 

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posted on December 28, 2011 by

Playing Catch Up!

Losing three weeks at the beginning of the holidays finally took it’s toll, so I am playing catch up on my posts! This is a great idea for a gift to give away or just keep for yourself. These are pages from a personalized calendar that I created in My Digital Studio. It was so easy because I started with a template and just had to add the photos and do a little tweaking here and there.

Personalized Calendar

 

Calendar

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Thanks for looking!

Belinda

 

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posted on December 23, 2011 by

Sweet Treats

Everyone loves getting candy treats during the Christmas season. Here are three different options for packaging your sweet treats!

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I used the Petite Pocket die to create this cute little pouch. It really doesn’t get much easier than this for a quick project, and it’s the perfect size for a variety of candies!

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I love our 1 x 8 cello bags for candy gifts. This topper was fun to make using the smaller circle scallop punch. I just snipped apart the layers and added some tiny punched circles for ornaments. Crystal effects was used to make them shine!

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Finally, gift number 5 in this series is this fun little box which will hold quite a few candies. It is a six sided box, made using the Milk Carton die! Lots of fun!

Thanks for stopping by!

Belinda

 

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posted on December 26, 2010 by

12 Gifts of Christmas

Tags til Christmas

These are the last two gifts in my 12 gifts of Christmas series. These are quick and easy to do, but show how easily you can personalize or dress up a simple little gift to give it that special touch.

The first is a popular idea, just fill a mug with baked goods or goodies of any kind and package it up with a pretty bow and tag. I actually bought this already packaged and just added the tag and bow.

Stampin Supplies

Stamps

 Tags Til Christmas

Ink

 Marina Mist

Paper

 Whisper White ~ Cherry Cobbler ~ Daffodil Delight ~ Candy Cane Christmas DSP

Fun Stuff

 2 3/8″ Scallop Circle Punch ~ 1 3/4″ Circle punch ~ Riding Hood Red striped grosgrain ribbon

Bells and Boughs

I made a bunch of these little candles for myself. I love the scented holiday candles, but when I buy the yummy smelling ones, I am hungry all the time! So I like to buy the votive candles and just burn them for a short time. I added our glass glitter to the base of the candle and they look so sparkly and festive in a little crystal holder. Just paint some glue on the candle and roll it in the glitter. Our glass glitter is so pretty. It’s made from real glass and gets a really nice antique look as it ages. Pop a couple of these candles in a cello bag with a topper for a nice little gift.

Thanks for looking!

Belinda

 

Stampin Supplies

Stamps

 Bells and Boughs

Ink

 Cherry Cobbler

Paper

 Cherry Cobbler ~ Deck the Halls DSP

Fun Stuff

 Big Shot ~ Top Note Die ~ Large Oval punch ~ Champagne Glass Glitter ~ Cello 4×6 Bags

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posted on December 24, 2010 by

Things I Love……..

Things I love

I love this little set. My daughter saw some bookmarks I had made, and asked me to make one for her. This set could have been made just for her, so I had to use it. I wanted to make a card to go along with them and this is what I came up with.

Things I love

The bookmarks are cut using the Two Tags Bigz die, and are held into place with magnets at the base. I used the Word Window punch to create a little pocket to hold the bookmarks inside the card.

Thanks for stopping by

Belinda

 

Stampin Supplies

Stamps

  Things I Love

Ink

 Cherry Cobbler ~ Rose Red

Paper

 Very Vanilla ~ Cherry Cobbler ~ Rose Red ~ Jolly Holiday DSP

Fun Stuff

 Big Shot ~ Two Tags Die ~ 1 1/4″ Circle Punch ~1 3/8″ Circle Punch ~ 1 1/4″ Circle Punch ~ Word Window punch ~ Basic Rhinestones

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posted on December 22, 2010 by

Gift Card or Money Holder

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Can you tell which are my favorite toys to play with this season? Greeting Card Kids, the Northern Flurries embossing folder, and the colors blue and red. I can’t stop myself!

 

This is a gift so many of us give during the holidays and there are so many different ways to present them. I wanted to incorporate a gift card or money holder into a card. I also wanted to make one that would be very quick to mass produce if necessary, which always brings the Big Shot to mind for me. This is what I came up with.

 

The image was the only thing that was a little time consuming on this card, but it really didn’t take that long. I used my quick watercolor technique. My New Year’s resolution is to learn how to use my new camera and all the technology to edit and upload videos, so hopefully that will happen in the first week or so of January! I think I’ll make that technique the first video. It is really simple and just uses the markers and aqua painter.

 

Greeting card kids

 

I spritzed the card using the Silver Foil Smooch Spritz. I love the overall shimmery look it creates on the card stock. Very pretty. I can never do justice to the shimmer or bling in my photo’s.

 

Gift card

 

I decided that our scallop envelope would be the perfect gift card or money holder. So easy! I created the little pocket and then attached a piece of lace to the back of the envelope with glue dots. Then I just laid the card in the envelope and tied it into place. The sentiment looks crooked in this photo, but really the envelope is placed on a slant on the inside of the card.

 

Stampin Stuff

 

Stamps: Greeting Card Kids, Four for the Holiday and Winter Post
Inks: Black Stazon Ink, Tea Stain, and Cherry Cobbler, Blush Blossom, Marina Mist, and Garden Green Markers
Paper: Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla, Marina Mist card stock
Fun Stuff: Big Shot and Scallop envelope, Oval and Northern Frost dies, Norther Flurries embossing folder, Aqua Painters, Basic Rhinestones, Silver Foil Shimmer Spritz, Victoria crocheted lace, mini glue dots and pop dots.

 

 

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posted on December 17, 2010 by

Inkspirations Christmas Blog Tour

Welcome to the……

I hope you are enjoying the tour. If you started at the Inkspirations Challenge blog you probably just arrived here from Andreas fabulous blog!.

We are highlighting Christmas gifts on the tour, and so I am continuing with the 12 gifts of Christmas theme that I have been showing on my blog. I’ll be adding gift ideas throughout the weekend and next few days, so feel free to check back for more gifting inspiration.

The first item I have for you (or 5th in my 12 gifts series) is a simple but very festive box that is filled with candy treats. I used the #2 box die and I wanted to mimic a beautifully wrapped gift box. As with all of our dies, these go together very quickly and I simply added a satin ribbon and a quick and easy tag. Any of our die cut boxes or containers are perfect for a candy treat that makes a quick gift for teachers, co-workers, party guests or anyone else you may want to remember with a little something special.

This next item is a tea bag holder. You could use this as a simple little gift or add it as a tag to a special mug, tea pot or box of someone’s favorite specialty tea.


The tea bags are tucked into a stamped glassine bag and tied inside the card.

I printed a fun little poem on the back of the tea bag holder. This would be perfect to tuck into the card of someone dear who won’t be home for the holiday.

Continue the fun at Karyn’s blog

Thanks for stopping by!

Belinda

 

Stampin Supplies

Stamps

  Greeting Card Kids ~ Tags till Christmas ~ Morning Cup

Ink

 Cherry Cobbler ~ Rose Red

Paper

 Very Vanilla ~ Cherry Cobbler ~ Rose Red ~ Jolly Holiday DSP

Fun Stuff

 Big Shot ~ Two Tags Die ~ 1 1/4″ Circle Punch ~ 1 3/8″ Circle Punch ~ 1 1/4″ Circle Punch ~ Word Window punch ~ Basic Rhinestones

 

 

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