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Don’t Miss the June Paper Pumpkin Box of Sunshine!

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You may think it is early to subscribe or reactivate your account in order to receive the June 2020 Paper Pumpkin Kit, the Box of Sunshine, but be forewarned this kit is likely to be popular and could sell out! Get yourself signed up TODAY!

What is so special about this Paper Pumpkin Kit?

This exclusive Sara-inspired Paper Pumpkin kit is here to help you #sharesunshine. It includes supplies for eight handmade cards and is specially designed to help you create a box full of cheer. Once you’ve made all the cards, use any leftover pieces to decorate the box. Fill it with yellow goodies, add the included adhesive label, address it to someone special, and brighten their life with a little sunshine!

ABOUT THE JUNE KIT

The Box of Sunshine Kit contains supplies for 8 cards and envelopes (2 cards of 4 designs):
Card size: 4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″
Envelope size: 4-1/2″ x 5-3/4″
Coordinating Colors: Basic Black, Bumblebee, Crushed Curry, Poppy Parade, Shaded Spruce, White, and Gold

Box of Sunshine Information

This kit includes extra pieces and stickers (including a sticker label) to help you create cards AND a Box of Sunshine filled with treats and goodies to send to a friend. (Treats not included.)

The May 2020 Paper Pumpkin Kit with the new In Colors inside sold out in a flash, before May 1st! Don’t delay if you want this June Paper Pumpkin Kit because I think people will order multiple kits to give with treats inside and will be popular, especially because anything Sara Douglass helps design will be something special!

The deadline for signing up or reactivating your account is June 10 but I wouldn’t wait that long!

You can also add a Prepaid Subscription to your Stampin’ Up! order of one month or several months or even give this as a gift. If you want to do this, you can combine it with your order from the new Stampin’ Up! catalog and perhaps boost your Stampin’ Rewards if you have a large enough order! You will receive an email with directions for setting up your account and how to input the code showing you have a Prepaid Subscription.

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How to Make a Magnolia Lane Gift Box

Magnolia Lane Gift Box

With Mother’s Day coming up on Sunday, birthdays, and maybe graduations, even if virtual these days, you need to learn How to Make a Magnolia Lane Gift Box. It is so simple, as you will see and will make your gift extra-special, not to mention saving you a trip to the store to find a gift bag or box at the last minute!

This particular box is 7″ square and you do need two 12″ x 12″ pieces of paper. The bottom of the box is made with Petal Pink Cardstock and the top with a piece of Magnolia Lane Designer Series Paper.

To begin making the bottom of the box, you will cut the tiniest sliver off the side of two sides that share a common corner. To determine a “sliver” you can just slide your paper the teeny tiniest bit past the cutting track. It might not be even 1 1/16″ wide but you could use that measurement if you want. This makes the bottom just the tiniest bit smaller so that the box lid will fit easily over it.

Next, score at 2 1/2″ on all four sides of the box. Crease well with a Bone Folder to make the folds crisp, like a box should be. Then cut the flaps on opposite sides of the paper on the score lines. If you want, cut a small wedge off all four corners just to make the box bottom a little neater when the sides all come together. In the photo below, you can see the slivers I cut off from the two sides of the paper, so you can see how narrow they are.

Magnolia Lane Gift Box Scoring

After creasing all the folds really well, assemble the box and use a strong glue to assemble. You could use Tear & Tape but I like to use Multipurpose Liquid Glue to give me that extra few seconds to make sure everything is lined up perfectly.

Magnolia Lane Gift Box Assembly

For the top of the box, I used designer paper but you could use cardstock too. The top piece is 10 1/2″ square. Make the top in the same way (except don’t cut off a sliver!). Score 1 3/4″ all around and cut the flaps in the same way. Assemble with glue and put the lid on the box!

Tie a pretty ribbon around the gift box like this Petal Pink 5/8″ Organdy Ribbon. Add a nice card or pretty gift tag and you’ve got something special!

Here is another gift box I made a few years ago after following a video by Donna Griffith at the Stampin’ Up! Home Office. It’s what I followed to make this gift box and she also explains how to make different sizes.

Now might be a good time to use up some designer paper that will be retiring that you have left and turn it into something useful by making boxes so you will be ready for all the new products coming out in the next Stampin’ Up! Catalog on June 3rd! And your gift wrap stash will be ready for any gifts with a few boxes on hand!

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Peaceful Poppies Gift Bag With Poppies

Peaceful Poppies Gift Bag With Poppies

As I was looking through what is left of my Peaceful Poppies Designer Series Paper, I had a full sheet of this poppy floral pattern and thought it looked so pretty and that it would make a lovely Peaceful Poppies Gift Bag With Poppies. You could use this gift bag for a small gift for Mother’s Day or a birthday or any special occasion. There will be graduations coming up even, perhaps, without graduation ceremonies this year. Making your own gift bag out of pretty Stampin’ Up! designer paper would make a very special gift presentation!

You can make this gift bag with just half a sheet of designer paper, whichever one you choose to use. I used the Peaceful Poppies Designer Series Paper to make the bag. Start with the paper cut to 6″ x 11 3/4″. Using the Paper Trimmer or the Simply Scored scoring tool, score along the long side at 1 1/4″, 5 1/4″ 6 1/2″ and 10 1/2″. Turn the paper so the short end is at the top of the board and score at 1/4″ on one side, then at 1 1/4″ on the other side. Pay attention to the pattern on the designer paper so the bag will have the design going the correct way. The narrow 1/4″ scored area will be the part you will fold over to make a smooth top edge. The other long scored 1 1/4″ area will be the flaps at the bottom of the bag.

Peaceful Poppies Gift Bag Diagram

Crease all the score lines and fold over the narrow 1/4″ piece at the top of the bag. If you prefer you could fold it to the outside if you’d like that side to show as a contrast. OR don’t score that 1/4″ line and have your bag be 1/4″ taller. Use some adhesive of choice to adhere that to the inside of the bag.

Use the Classic Label Punch to punch a handle at the top of the bag. You can squish the front and back sides together and try to center the punch to make the handle opening or you can do one side at a time.

Assemble the bag folding on all the scored lines and flaps. Then decorate for the occasion.

Peaceful Poppies Gift Bag Top View

To decorate my gift bag, I die cut two large poppies using Poppy Parade for the body of the flower and Flirty Flamingo for the outline, plus Basic Black for the center. The leaves are Old Olive and Pear Pizzazz. I tied a bow of Poppy Parade 1/2″ Textured Weave Ribbon separately (after trying to tie it onto the handle unsuccessfully!) and adhered it to the handle with Mini Glue Dots.

In this photo you can see the actual designer paper better from the back of the bag and how pretty it is:

Peaceful Poppies Gift Bag Back View

While the Peaceful Poppies Designer Series Paper is going away (get it while it lasts in the Last-Chance List!), the two sets of dies that go with the Suite, the Poppy Moments Dies and Painted Labels Dies, will carry over to the new catalog!

Add some tissue paper and a gift inside, maybe make a matching gift card and you’ll have a charming gift to give someone special! Here’s a matching card idea you could even use to go with the bag! Just cut half a sheet of designer paper and make a gift bag with the basics of this Peaceful Poppies Gift Bag With Poppies.

Stampin’ Up! 2020 Retiring Product List Today!

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The Stampin’ Up! Last Chance Products Are In the Online Store!!

Stampin’ Up! has posted the retiring product lists for the January–June 2020 Mini Catalog and 2019–2020 Annual Catalog. These last-chance products will be available until June 2 or while supplies last only!

And remember—retiring items sell fast. Get your favorites before they’re gone!

List of Last Chance Annual Catalog Products (PDF) Click HERE.

List of Last Chance Occasions Mini Catalog Products (PDF) Click HERE.

You’ll have to zoom in to read the lists!

The quickest way to find out what products will be retiring is to check my Stampin’ Up! Online Store! There is a banner near the top and Last Chance Products category on the left sidebar of the store.***

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Easy Easter Candy Treats

Easy Easter Candy Treats

If you want to make some last-minute Easy Easter Candy Treats, these will work! These are quick and simple and you can vary the size according to the candy treat you have to put inside. You could even not cut an opening in the front and just decorate the front for the occasion and tuck your candy treat inside. You can make these taller or wider.

These candy treat holders are 2″ x 8 1/2″ to start with but depending on your candy, you can cut them down a little shorter. The 2″ width is so the piece of cardstock will fit into the Scalloped Tag Topper Punch. Cut the 2″ x 8 1/2″ strip of cardstock and punch each end in the Scalloped Tag Topper Punch. Then place one end at the 3 3/4″ inch mark on the Paper Trimmer and score, then turn and place the other end at the 3 3/4″ mark and score. That gives you the little space in which to place your candy treat.

Before you put the candy inside, decide if you want a different color background inside. The Daffodil Yellow treat holder has a Whisper White piece stamped with the little green leaves in Welcome Easter, although you really can’t see them! The Melon Mambo treat holder doesn’t have an inside layer. However, on that one, I stamped the little flowers in the Welcome Easter Stamp Set on the front. The greeting is stamped from the Itty Bitty Greetings Stamp Set and punched out with the handy dandy Classic Label Punch. To decorate the Daffodil Delight holder, I just added some small Rhinestone Jewels.

I didn’t have any exciting Easter candy but these little chocolate bunnies which are pretty flat fit in just fine. So if you had a larger chocolate bunny, for example, you probably would need to make the base wider and therefore the strip longer in the beginning. Then you can die-cut or punch some kind of opening in the front. Just add a ribbon to tie the top together and you’re done!

Sometimes you need to give credit where credit is due so I must give credit to myself! I made a similar Easter treat last year but I had a cuter piece of candy to put inside! You can see that post HERE.

None of us will be having big family Easter dinners this year, so it would be easy to make one of these Easter candy treats to put at each place at the table for you and your spouse, or children, or whoever you are living with during this quarantine time.

Easter Bunny Clear Tiny Treat Box

Easter Bunny Clear Tiny Treat Box

Which do you like better, the Easter Bunny Clear Tiny Treat Box or the chocolate bunnies?! Luckily, they go together so you can like both and not choose! Any time you need a quick and easy treat box, you can turn to the Clear Tiny Treat Boxes in the Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog!

I intentionally made this Easter treat super simple. You can decorate these Clear Tiny Treat Boxes in many ways, of course. I started with the bunny in the Welcome Easter Stamp Set. It is stamped in Memento Ink and colored in with a Light Crumb Cake Stampin’ Blend marker and a bit of the Dark for shading. For the little bit of pink in his ears and bottom of his feet, I used a Light Flirty Flamingo Stampin’ Blend Marker.

Since the area on the front of the Tiny Treat Box is fairly small, I just cut out the bunny by hand. I wrapped around a 3/4″ strip of Seaside Spray Cardstock, one of the current In Colors, around the box. If you put the ends of the strip on the front of the box, the junction of those paper ends will be covered up by the image you put on the front of the box. You could also use ribbon, but since I was going to tie ribbon around the top of the box, I just used cardstock. You could also use some pretty border dies to die cut a strip going around the box. You can apply a little bit of Snail Adhesive to hold the strip in place. Then the bunny is popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals on the center of the box front.

Be sure to fill the box first with candy treats or a small gift and then tie with a ribbon. This is decorative plus holds the lid of the box closed for sure. The ribbon I used is the Seaside Spray 1/2″ Scalloped Linen Ribbon. It is very pretty with the linen and the light blue! I just tied it around in a bow. You could also adhere just the ribbon and then tie a bow separately to adhere to the top of the box if you wanted the bow closer to perfect.

Here is a very similar design with a Clear Tiny Treat Box that I made for Halloween using a strip of designer paper around the box and a Halloween image cut out from designer paper with a ribbon tied around the box.

That’s all there is to it! You could also stamp a “Happy Easter” greeting or a “Happy Spring” greeting. Maybe it would be a party favor at a baby shower and that would be cute with the bunny! Keep a stash of these Clear Tiny Treat Boxes on hand to use for quick treats or gifts or order a quantity for a party or event. For a treat or even a little home decoration, try this Easter Bunny Clear Tiny Treat Box for this spring or Easter!

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Floral Cards and Tags From Scraps

Floral Cards and Tags From Scraps

The other day I said I had cleaned off my kitchen table to “sanitize” it and decided to use my little pile of scraps of cardstock, designer paper, die cuts, punched pieces, etc. to make cards and here are some Floral Cards and Tags From Scraps that I made.

Saturday afternoon, Sara Douglass, CEO of Stampin’ Up! did a Facebook Live at her home showing her family having a craft party! I happened to catch it at the beginning so I moved my laptop over to the table and got out my scraps that were on my table plus another baggie full! I sat there and did my own stamping and cardmaking while watching and listening to the Douglass family in the background. It was the most relaxing afternoon for me!

If you are on Facebook, just search for Sara Douglass, Stampin’ Up! CEO. You will find her craft party video plus a new Facebook Live she did yesterday just checking in with everyone. More important than just telling you about her family Facebook Live, is telling you to check out the projects her girls were doing! Such cute things! Sara later posted more details about the projects that you will see in her posts. Near the end, Sara makes her own cards with the Magnolia Memories & More Large Specialty Cards & Envelopes. Even her husband makes a card he saw on the internet! Even if you missed it Saturday, you can still stamp along with the Douglass family!

I found several punched daisies in my scraps so I put two together on each card and added the Perennial Essence Floral Centers. The daisies are punched with the Daisy Punch. These tags were already in my scraps! I can keep them as tags or I can add them to the front of a card.

The center card is made with stamped flowers from the Beautiful Bouquet Stamp Set and die cut with the Bouquet Bunch Dies. I don’t remember what dies the orange flowers came from but they were in my scrap stash. In fact, they were white but I wanted color, so I just colored them with Stampin’ Blends. The little panel with stems was already stamped. I just cut down the length and layered it on a piece of Silver Foil. The background on the card is stamped with Versamark Ink although it still came out darker than I expected.

You can check out some other cards I made with my scraps the other day HERE. It’s fun to sit down with whatever scraps you have, it’s almost like a treasure hunt! You don’t know for sure what you will find if it has been a long time since you looked! Then just let your imagination run and see what cards you can come up with! You can still add other stamping or embellishments and greetings, but try to use as many scraps as you can as I did with this Floral Cards & Tags!

Fable Friends Bunny Easter Basket

Fable Friends Bunny Easter Basket

Today is the first day of spring, the earliest first day of spring since 1896, so here is a Fable Friends Easter Basket to celebrate! These are so easy to make you could make a ton now in your “free time”!

This is the Peaceful Poppies Designer Series Paper and I liked the Pool Party stripe paper for the basket. And then you can see the floral pattern on the inside of the basket.

The bunny is stamped from the Fable Friends Stamp Set in the Annual Catalog. I love that bunny! I colored his fur and jacket with Stampin’ Blends and then die cut him with a Layering Oval die, then layered on a scalloped oval die. Don’t think I picked the correct color for the scalloped oval to match the inside of the basket but it’s fine!

Just use a 6″ x 6″ square of paper and score at 2″ and 4″. Turn the paper and score again at 2″ and 4″. Then on opposite sides, cut up to the scored horizontal line. Round the four corners if you wish with the Detailed Trio Punch. In the rough (?) diagram below, you can see how you score all the lines like a “tic tac toe”, then cut on the red lines up to that horizontal score line. Then crease and fold on all the lines and begin assembling the basket.

Fold on the score lines and overlap the sides of the basket. You don’t have to be exact on the placement, just try to have both sides pretty much the side. Either adhere with strong glue or use Metallic Brads. Back in the day we were really into brads of all kinds so you probably have some in your stash, but Stampin’ Up! does also carry the Metallic Brads. You can see the sides of my basket in the photo below and I did not put a lot of effort into getting them into some perfect shape!

Fable Friends Easter Basket Back

Last year I made several baskets in one post and you can see those ideas and directions HERE.

I think it just feels better to know that it is spring now! Spring is a happier season, things start growing and blooming, the weather is nicer, we are outdoors more. Look through your designer paper and make a few spring or Easter baskets to brighten up your home. You couldn’t have to put a bunny or anything on the side. You could use cardstock to make the basket and add designer paper on some of the squares. You could just tie on a tag or put a pretty bow on the handle. The handle, by the way, is just a strip of cardstock, probably cut about 1/2″ or 3/4″ wide and however long you would like it. It’s a simple project and would be fun and easy to make if you have kids at home now! Or just make it for yourself! Use larger paper for a larger basket! Maybe I will try that myself! Try your hand at a spring basket like my Fable Friends Bunny Easter Basket!

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Golden Honey Bees 2-4-6-8 Gift Boxes

Golden Honey Bees 2-4-6-8 Gift Boxes

Make these easy Golden Honey Bees 2-4-6-8 Gift Boxes using the Golden Honey Specialty Designer Series Paper available during Stampin’ Up! Sale-A-Bration 2020! You never know when you might need a little gift bag or box at the last minute so make up a few of these or learn how to make them quickly and easily so you can personalize your gift!

Although I am not a fan of bees and bugs and insects because heaven knows, we have way too many of everything down here in the tropics of Houston, Texas in the summertime! But I liked this designer paper with its gold foil accents and it’s black, white, and gold stripes and prints. You can make lots of pretty things with this paper even if you are not into bees!

I first chose the paper pattern with the gold foil bees on it to make a box. The opposite side of the paper was a black and white dotted pattern so I decided to make a box with each side of the paper. They are both the 2-4-6-8 box but one is shorter.

Here are the basic instructions on how to make the 2-4-6-8 box:  It’s very easy and has been around a long time. No pattern required!

  • The first box on the left with the gold foil bees and hives is made with an 8 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ piece of paper.  You can vary the measurements depending on the size you want your box. If your paper has a pattern, decide where the bottom of the box is. Score at 2″ on one side which will become the bottom tabs.
  • Turn the paper the other way and score at 2″, 4″, 6″ and 8″……hence, the 2-4-6-8 box! That will leave a 1/2″ edge on one side of the paper. This is where you will put a strong adhesive later on.
  •  Now that the box is scored, hold the paper with the bottom portion at the bottom and cut up to the horizontal score line on each score line to make the bottom tabs. That little 1/2″ piece on the bottom should just be cut off.
  • Crease all the score lines and see how the box will go together.
  • Apply a strong adhesive along that 1/2″ edge, preferably Tear & Tape or Multipurpose Liquid Glue. If you lay the box flat on the table, you can just fold the other side over to adhere.
  • Figure out where the backside of the box will be so the seam doesn’t show from the front. Fold the back tab at the bottom in and fold the other tabs in as well. If they don’t line up perfectly, just trim with scissors. Use a little bit of glue to hold the tabs in place for the bottom of the box.
  • Put your gift inside, punch holes in the top for ribbon to tie shut or leave open, add a handle, whatever you like. Embellish the box if you like.
  • You can vary the measurements, making the box shorter or taller.  The bottom tabs need to be the same width as the side panels of the box. Then you need that little 1/2″ strip at the edge of the paper so you have to consider that math as you figure out the sizes.

Here is a diagram of the scored and cut paper:

2 4 6 8 Box Inside Scoring

For the second box, I decided to make it a little shorter. The paper is still 8 1/2″ wide but I cut it down a little to 7 1/2″. The bottom is still scored at 2″ and then you turn the paper and score at 2″, 4″, 6″, and 8″. So the box is the same, just shorter.

You can close up the top of the box by punching holes in the top and tying closed with ribbon. I used the Crushed Curry 3/8″ Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon. For the greeting, I stamped “Thank You” on Crushed Curry Cardstock from the Honey Bee Stamp Set and die cut it with the smallest die in the Stitched So Sweetly Dies. In keeping with the bee theme, I simply cut out a gold foil bee from the designer paper. If you like the Honey Bee Stamp Set and the Detailed Bee Dies, you can order the Honey Bee Bundle and save 10%! Spend $50 on your order and get the Golden Honey Specialty Designer Series Paper FREE during Sale-A-Bration.

For the taller box with the gold foil bee pattern, I left it open and happened to find some pretty gold foil tissue paper to put inside! I simply tied a Black Satin Ribbon around the top portion and tied a knot, but you could do a bow. The greeting is stamped from the Honey Bee Stamp Set on a narrow strip of Whisper White and layered over a Gold Foil circle punched with the 1 3/8″ Scallop Circle Punch.

Have fun trying your hand at making these Golden Honey Bees 2-4-6-8 Gift Boxes and other variations!

Peaceful Poppies Pizza Box 3 x 3 Notecards

Peaceful Poppies 3 x 3 Notecards

The other day I posted about decorating one of the Stampin’ Up! Mini Pizza Boxes and today I am showing you the Peaceful Poppies Pizza Box 3″ x 3″ Notecards I made to go with the box! There were really so many choices of how I could have decorated the notecards, but using a Whisper White poppy die-cut was what I ended up with.

You can make your own 3″ x 3″ cards (or you may have some old ones in your stash!) by cutting 6″ x 3″ cardstock, folded in half. You can purchase envelopes at Stampin’ Up! in the Online Store.

To make these little cards, I just cut different patterns of the Peaceful Poppies Designer Series Paper into layering pieces of 2 3/4″ x 2 3/4″. I wanted that pretty paper to show through, so I cut the large poppy die from the Poppy Moments Dies, plus the small black center die-cut for the flower. I just used tiny dots of Liquid Multipurpose Glue (I mean TINY!) to adhere the white poppies. You could even add some Peaceful Poppies Sequins if you wanted to.

For fun, I also stamped the inside of the little notecards with a stamp in the Painted Poppies Stamp Set.

Peaceful Poppies Pizza Box Notecards Inside

And of course the envelopes!

You could even make up a few sets of these Mini Pizza Boxes and notecards and have them on hand for gifts. Who wouldn’t love to receive this little gift?!

Peaceful Poppies Pizza Box and Notecard Set

If you want details on how I decorated the Mini Pizza Box, check out my blog post HERE from the other day. You can also purchase Gold Mini Pizza Boxes. Both kinds of boxes are food safe so you can even put a cookie or brownie or candy inside! These boxes are great to have on hand. They store flat so they don’t take up any space. All you have to do it pull one out and decorate it for whatever occasion and put something inside. Use this Peaceful Poppies Pizza Box 3 x 3 Notecards idea and use it for your inspiration!

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Peaceful Poppies Pizza Box

Peaceful Poppies Pizza Box

Peaceful Poppies Pizza Box! Say that ten times fast! If you are looking for a little gift idea, look no further than the Stampin’ Up! Mini Pizza Boxes! These boxes will be so cute for you to decorate, whether you are putting a set of 3″ x 3″ notecards inside, a small gift, or a cookie! They are even food safe so no worries there!

These boxes come to you flat, 8 in a package, so you don’t have to worry about a pile of boxes to store! Just take one out when you need one and fold on the scored lines and assemble it into a pizza box shape. Then the fun begins! Decorate for whatever occasion you have or personalize for the recipient of your gift.

For this pizza box, I decided to use the beautiful Peaceful Poppies Designer Paper. I absolutely love the pattern that I chose on top with the poppies against that Pool Party blue color. As a layer underneath this designer paper, I used another piece of designer paper, the solid watercolor Poppy Parade color. I cut a piece 3 3/8″ square to fit the top of the box and then 3 1/8″ square of the layering designer paper.

For all four sides of the box, I used strips of the Peaceful Poppies DSP, cut 7/8″ wide and just under 3 1/2″ long. You may need to trim your papers slightly differently than mine depending on your box. You could also wrap a ribbon around the box or use a solid color of cardstock. Whatever you like!

I tried several ideas for the top of the box before settling on what you see that I came up with! I used dies from the Painted Labels Dies, the Poppy Parade Cardstock bottom layer and the Pool Party circular diecut. The Whisper White circle I felt was needed to help everything stand out. It is die cut with one of the Stitched Shapes Dies. The greeting is from the Butterfly Gala Stamp Set. It’s a small box and I didn’t want to cover up too much of the lid because I wanted the designer paper to show as much as possible. Since I am putting small notecards inside the box, I thought the greeting was perfect! You wouldn’t have to have it though or you could change it for a birthday or congratulations. The greeting is popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals and little Basic Rhinestone Jewels added for some bling!

Here is another example using one of the Gold Mini Pizza Boxes from the Holiday Catalog with the Christmastime Is Here Designer Paper. And here is one I decorated for Valentine’s Day two years ago.

Peaceful Poppies Pizza Box Side

Put some Mini Pizza Boxes on your next order so you have them handy for a last-minute or just an extra little gift that you can quickly decorate for someone, like this Peaceful Poppies Pizza Box!