Treat Box and Gift Card Holder

I saw a very cute treat box on PI by a SU! in the UK named Sam.  She has some wonderful tutorials using the new SU! Envelope Punch Board on her blog, and you can find the tutorials on YouTube HERE.  I don't know about you, but I think the envelope punch board is an amazingly fun new product, and the possibilities are endless!

And here are the treat boxes I made.  I tucked a packet of hot chocolate mix and a candy cane in each box, and I think they turned out really cute!

Gift Card Holders:

I also made this really cute gift card holder using the envelope punch board, and the scallop envelope die.   The dimensions for the bow are: (1) 1" x 6", punched both sides at 3" and corner round the edges, (1) 1" x 5", punched both sides at at 2-1/2" and corner round the edges, bottom strip 1" x 3-1/2" and punched both sides at 1-3/4".

I found an excellent video on YouTube made by Bona that shows you more detail, and you can see it HERE.

Papers: Cherry Cobbler, Season of Style DSP
Accessories: Big Shot, Scallop Envelope Die, Holiday Collection Framelit Die (star), Envelope Punch Board, Snowflake EF, Mini-Glue Dots, Dimensionals, Ghirardelli Chocolate, Gift Card

Craft Fair Items

I am participating in a couple of craft shows next month, and here are some fun items I have been working on!

Gift boxes - I purchased a ton of these retired boxes from Stampin' Up! a couple of years ago, and am so glad that I did.  They make such a cute gift boxes!

Stamps: None
Inks: None
Papers: Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler, Silver/Red Glimmer Papers, Gold
Accessories: Big Shot, Expressions Thinlits Die, Scentsational Season Framelit Dies, Stylish Stripes EF, White Baker's Twine, Jingle Bell, SU! Felt Pieces (retired), boxes, Dimensionals, mini-glue dots

Gift Card/Candy Holder - I used the retired SU! Scallop Envelope Die to make the gift card holders below.  Once I cut out the c/s, I than ran the c/s through my Big Shot using the Snowflake EF.  I ran a scrap piece of DSP through the Big Shot/Envelope Die for a piece to layer on the inside of the envelope.  I added a few embellishments, and came up with a cute and simple gift card holder!

Stamps: Pendant Parade
Papers: Whisper White, retired DSP
Inks: Real Red
Accessories: Big Shot, Scallop Envelope Die, Bitty Banners Framelits, Snowflake EF, Pretty in Pink Ribbon, Wild Wasabi Button, White Baker's Twine, Felt Snowflake, Mini-Glue Dot, Dimensionals, Candy, Gift Card

LNS Thursday Challenge

Happy Thursday!  Welcome to this week's LNS Challenge!  We are going to change the challenges up a bit this month and they will actually run for two weeks instead of one.  Gift card holders are the theme for this challenge and I actually made several for a craft show I did last week.  When you get done creating your work of art, you can upload it HERE.

I used a variety of different punches and dies for the gift card holders, and made the base of the holder using the Scallop Envelope Bigz Die

The following are some of the gift card holders that I was selling at the craft show.  And as you can see, they are still available to purchase for only $2.00 each!

Ghirardelli Square Holders

I saw a cute project on PI done by Heidi Boo and thought I would try to make them as well.  You can see more of Heidi's projects from her blog HERE.

The Ghirardelli holder was made using the Scallop Envelope Die.  I ran a coordinating piece of DSP through the die to create a backing for inside of the envelope and cut a belly band 1" x 8".  The trees are from the Scentsational Season stamp set, and I stamped them in Gumball Green.  Here's the rest of the details:

Stamps: Scentsational Season, Pennant Parade (saying)
Inks: Gumball Green, Cherry Cobbler
Papers: Gumball Green, Very Vanilla, Be of Good Cheer DSP
Accessories: Big Shot, Scallop Envelope Die, Embossing Folders, Holiday Collection Dies, Little Labels Punch Pack, Ghirardelli candy, Decorative Label Punch, Dimensionals

Gift Card Holder

This week is the MHS Mustang Freshman/Sophomore Football Award Dinner and I made the following gift card holders for our awesome football managers.  Since I had to make several of these, I went with a simple design and just did a base of red/white and used the Scallop Envelope Die for the gift card holder. After I cut the envelope out, I then ran it through my Big Shot using the Lacy Brocade EF.  The most time consuming part was water coloring in the flowers/leaves and then cutting them all out.  But you all know how much I love to watercolor, so I didn't mind that part!  Here's the details:

Stamps: Pocket Fun (retired), computer generated saying
Inks: Real Red, Wild Wasabi, Basic Black
Papers: Whisper White, Real Red
Accessories: Big Shot, Scallop Envelope Die, Lacy Brocade EF, Adorning Accents Folder, Delicate Designs Folder, Modern Label Punch, Pearls, Sticky Strip Tape, Dimensionals, Watercolor Brush, Scissors