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Broadway Bound Handmade Gift Box

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Broadway Bound Handmade Gift Box inside

We’re entering a season of when you might have a lot of gift-giving occasions what with graduations, teacher gifts, engagements, and weddings so here is an easy Broadway Bound Handmade Gift Box. This designer paper is especially good to use because it is a heavier designer paper so it can stand up to be a box. It’s on the Last-Chance List so if you want some festive paper in your collection, be sure to pick this up! It’s the Broadway Bound Specialty Designer Series Paper which has party designs on one side and gold foil designs on the other.

This box is easy to make. This is a lesson is watching your patterns, as you can see on the inside of the box. The outside didn’t matter but the party hats are going sideways! Not that it is a huge problem, but you want to try to have your patterns going in the correct direction! So I should have turned my paper the other way when I scored it.

Here are the dimensions. Start with paper, whether cardstock or designer paper, 9″ x 8 1/4″ Score the long side at 2″ and 7″. Score the short side at 2″, 4″, 6″ and 8″. So essentially it is a 2-4-6-8 box, just on its side!

Here is a diagram. Start with the 9″ side up at the top of the Stampin’ Trimmer or the Simply Scored Scoring Tool. Score down at 2″ and 7″. Then turn the paper so the 8 1/4″ is at the top and score at 2″, 4″, 6″, and 8″. That will leave the 1/4″ edge. Cut off that little narrow corner. Cut up on both sides of the paper the score lines to the 2″ and 7″ score lines. Now that first tab next to the 1/4″ edge…..cut off half of that on each…..just eyeball it. That makes the tabs to close the box. Crease and fold on all the lines and assemble the box. You’ll see how it goes once you start folding. Use some strong adhesive on the ends to hold close.

Broadway Bound Handmade Gift Box

That’s how easy it is to make a little gift box. Much quicker and easier than running out to the store for one! If you use plain cardstock, you can add layers of designer paper or stamp it first if you want to jazz it up. No matter what paper you use, you can make a small gift box like this Broadway Bound Handmade Gift Box.

Broadway Bound Gift Bag For Graduation

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Broadway Bound Gift Bag For Graduation

Today I am showing you this Broadway Bound Gift Bag For Graduation. Of course, it could be for any gift-giving occasion, but graduations are coming up soon! Since sometimes graduation gifts are smaller in size, maybe a gift card, maybe some jewelry or cash, this small gift bag would be perfect. You can pinch in the sides and pull the top sides together to close the bag. Lots of variations.

This gift bag is mostly like the 2-4-6-8 box we all make a lot, but the dimensions are a little different just to make it wider. This happens to be the striped pattern in the Broadway Bound Specialty Designer Series Paper. This paper is on the Stampin’ Up! Last-Chance List so get it before it is gone! Make sure any pattern on any paper is going in the direction you want it to go on your project when you cut your paper and when you score, depending on the project.

Start with a 6″ x 12″ piece of paper. Score at 4″, 5 3/4″, 9 3/4″, and 11 1/2″. Turn the paper so the short edge is at the top and score at 1 3/4″. This will make the bottom flaps of the bag. Cut those short bottom tabs up to the 1 3/4″ score line. Cut off the little 1/2″ tab on the bottom.  Fold on all the score lines and crease well with the Bone Folder.  Adhere the tab on the end to the other side to assemble the bag.  Then adhere the flaps on the bottom. I used the Tear & Tape Adhesive.

Check out another bag I made in THIS POST.

You can decorate these little bags in many ways. I liked the sentiment in the Colorful Seasons Stamp Set so I stamped that and cut the piece to make a banner. It is layered on a piece of Lemon Lime Twist to match the bag. The bow is Lemon Lime Twist 1/4″ Ombre Ribbon. At this point, I thought about adding some sequins to the banner, but since I had this flower already colored and cut out from the Tea Together Stamp Set, I used it as an embellishment on the bag!

The bag is all ready for a gift! Very easy to make and no rushed trips to the store for a gift bag! It’s a great way to use some of your hoarded designer series paper! Think about making your own little gift bag like this Broadway Bound Gift Bag For Graduation.

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Easy Easter Folded Candy Holders

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Easy Easter Folded Candy Holders

If you are looking for some easy little Easter candy treats, these Easy Easter Folded Candy Holders might be just what you are looking for! The basic holder is so simple to make and then you can add whatever you want for the front design.

You can modify the measurements any way you like to suit what you are putting inside. Besides a piece of candy, you could put a tea bag or a small cookie or maybe even a gift card. As I said, just change up the dimensions.

My sample starts with a piece of paper 9 3/4″ x 3 1/2″. Mine uses the Floral Romance Specialty Designer Series Paper. I used the same piece of paper, just opposite sides for the front of the candy holder. When you use designer paper you get to see the opposite side of the paper on the inside. However, you could also use cardstock for the holder and use designer paper for a layer on the front or embellishment. Score the paper at 3 1/4″ from each end. This divides the paper into thirds. The end section on the right-hand side will have a diagonal cut. This piece will fold over and be adhered at the bottom to form a pocket. This is where you can put a piece of candy or tea bag or something. I used Tear & Tape Adhesive.

Easy Easter Folded Candy Holders Inside

On my candy holders, I stamped images from the Fable Friends Stamp Set. These were each colored with Stampin’ Blends markers (although I almost used Watercolor Pencils for a change!) and then die cut and layered on cardstock.

In order to have the ribbon going around to tie the candy holders closed, I popped up the images on the front of the holder with Stampin’ Dimensionals at the top and bottom. That way I could run ribbon underneath, in between the Dimensionals, and around the back. I put a little bit of Snail Adhesive on the back underneath the ribbon to hold it in place. The ribbon is the Whisper White 3/8″ Classic Weave Ribbon. (One advantage of white ribbon is that you can dye it another color with reinkers or maybe markers to match something!)

If you want to see the same kind of candy holder made for Christmas one year, click HERE.

You can make these candy holders for any occasion, of course, and make them as simple or fancy as you like. These work particularly well for the square Ghirardelli chocolate candy. I had these Ghirardelli chocolate eggs, which do fit, but they are not flat like the squares. Use whatever you like or modify the measurements on the candy holder to fit your kind of candy or treat. Go have fun making a few of these easy Easter folded candy holders.

Easter Wood Crate Candy Holder With Chick

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Easter Wood Crate Candy Holder With Chick

This Easter Wood Crate Candy Holder With Chick would be fun to make as a treat holder just using some dies and glue! Something a little bit different than a bunny! Make the paper crate, add some Easter grass or paper shred and put in some Easter candy! You have a little treat for someone or put it at each place setting on your Easter table for dinner.

To make the crate I used the Wood Crate Framelits Dies and the Wood Textures Designer Series Paper Stack. Just cut two pieces with the wood crate die. The die scores the paper as it cuts so all you have to do is crease and fold and assemble with some Multipurpose Glue. If you don’t own the Wood Crate Dies just make some other little basket or box by scoring and folding.

The chick is copied from one I made many years ago on THIS little Easter basket. Back then we had a Scalloped Circle Punch, but you can use the scalloped Circle Dies. For the wings, I just cut a scalloped circle into portions. I sponged all the pieces. For the little feathers on top of his head and for his feet, I just found some shapes on some dies that would work or maybe you could use the Blossom Builder Punch. Whatever you have with something resembling the shapes you need! The little beak is just cut by hand. The eyes are punched with the Cookie Cutter Builder Punch and just colored with a black marker. The chick is adhered to the wood crate with a couple of Stampin’ Dimensionals.

You can use whatever color card stock you like or other designer paper. Make the chick with whatever shapes you can punch or die cut. You can also add an Easter greeting on the front. It’s just a cute little treat idea for holding some Easter candy treats or for a little home decoration. Have fun making your own Easter treats to give to some family members, friends or neighbors!

Make an Easy Paper Easter Basket

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Three Easy Paper Easter Baskets

Here is an easy paper Easter Basket anyone can make, so easy in fact that you can make THREE little Easter baskets for treats! At least here are three different ideas for you to show you what you can make!

Just start with a 6″ x 6″ square piece of paper (I used a sheet of Gingham Gala 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper) and score like a tic tac toe. Score at 2″ and 4″, then turn and score at 2″ and 4″. Cut up on the two vertical score lines up to the horizontal score line. Do the same on the opposite side. See the diagram below. Cut a handle of about 8 1/2″ x 1/2″.

Easy Paper Easter Basket Scored Diagram

Crease and fold all score lines. If you like, use the Detailed Trio Punch to round all four corners. Or you can leave them as is. Form the paper into a basket and use brads or glue to hold the sides and handle together. The handle goes in between the two side flaps and the center flap. That hides it a little bit on the inside.

Easy Paper Easter Basket Assembled

Decorate however you like. I made a bunny face with a Circle Die and two Oval Dies (or you could use punches) and then used the tip end of Stampin’ Blends markers to draw on the pieces to make a face. Just adhere to the side of the basket with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

Easy Paper Easter Basket With Bunny

If you would like to use cardstock for the basket and decorate with some designer paper, this is how you would do it! I used Melon Mambo Cardstock and Garden Impressions 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper. Everything else is the same as the gingham bunny basket.

Easy Paper Easter Basket with DSP
Easy Paper Easter Basket with Daisy

For this basket, I used the Daisy Punch to punch two layers and adhered the flower to the side of the basket. I added a Gold Faceted Gem to the center.

Easy Paper Easter Basket Stamped

For my last basket, I simply stamped on the cardstock to decorate it! It uses Pool Party Cardstock and the flower is from the Painted Glass Stamp Set. To finish it off, I tied a bow with the Petal Pink/Whisper White Variegated Ribbon.

Now just fill the basket(s) with some Easter grass or paper shred and fill with some delicious Easter candy! These would make cute treats for someone or a cute table favor for Easter dinner.

Have fun making your Easy Paper Easter Baskets!

Last Two Days of Sale-A-Bration! Get Your Freebies!

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More Free Sale-A-Bration Items

Hard to believe, but this is the last weekend for Stampin’ Up! Sale-A-Bration! Seems like the holidays just ended, the new Occasions Catalog came out and Sale-A-Bration started! Whether you have already placed your order or not, the deadline is tomorrow night for sure! We all like free stuff and what is better than Stampin’ Up! free stuff during Sale-A-Bration!

Here are some of my favorite projects I made with SAB products!

Tiny Treat Box With So Hoppy Together Frog

Tiny Treat Box So Hoppy Together Frog

Love What You Do Frog Card

Love What You Do Frog Card

Butterfly Gala Card

Free Butterfly Paper During Sale-A-Bration

Butterfly Gala Note Cards

Botanical Butterfly Note Cards

Hello Cupcake Birthday Card

Hello Cupcake Birthday Card

Butterfly Gala Gift Bag

Easy Botanical Butterfly Mini Gift Bag

Azaleas and Petal Promenade Designer Paper

Quick and Easy Petal Promenade Floral Card

Country Floral Embossing Folder

Country Floral Embossed Card For You

Colored Country Floral Embossed Card

Country Floral Embossed and Colored Floral Birthday Card

Those are just a few projects I’ve made during these Sale-A-Bration months! I thought this year had really good products to choose from. Obviously, they were great because several sold out! But we knew it was “while supplies last”. And this year, the supplies did not last!

Be sure to check your Wish List and basic supplies. Maybe you just want to stock up on ink refills, adhesives, new ink pads, cardstock, ribbons, whatever! You can get to $50 easily….and more, for sure! Or splurge on something like the Stamparatus!

You can also order a 3-month Prepaid Paper Pumpkin subscription to get SAB credit, even if you already are on a month-to-month subscription. It will work out!

Go ahead and shop and then choose your free Sale-A-Bration items with every $50 you spend!

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Small Easter Basket With Scalloped Tag Punch

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Small Easter Basket With Scalloped Tag Punch

If you are looking for a fun and easy little basket, try this Small Easter Basket with the Scalloped Tag Punch. It is really easy to make and you can decorate it however you like. The Scalloped Tag Topper Punch makes cute sides with an opening for the handle, but if you didn’t have this punch, you could just leave the side as is, unpunched. I just love this cute little Easter candy I found! It looks so cute in a little basket! Some chocolate eggs would be nice, too!

It’s very easy to make this little basket! I used Calypso Coral Cardstock with a layer of Happiness Blooms Designer Series Paper on the front and back sides. You could use whatever paper you like, or stamp the cardstock, heat emboss, or emboss with the Big Shot and a folder. Anything goes! To make the basket, cut two strips of cardstock 2″ x 7 1/2″ and punch one end on each strip with the Scalloped Tag Topper Punch. Score at 3″ from the scalloped top and fold. Those will be the ends of the basket and you can adhere the bottom pieces together, one on top of the other.

Also cut two pieces of cardstock 2″ x 5 1/2″.  Score 1/2″ at each end. These pieces will be the front and back sides of the basket. If you are going to adhere designer paper or stamp or decorate these two pieces, it’s a good idea to do it before you assemble the basket. The designer paper pieces are cut at 1 3/4″ x 5 1/4″. Once you have everything ready, glue all the pieces together to form the basket.

For the handle, cut a strip 1/2″ x 8 1/2″. Insert each end through the scalloped tag punch opening and glue to inside of basket. See photo of inside.

Small Easter Basket With Scalloped Tag Punch Handle

Just to decorate the basket a little, I tied around a piece of Calypso Coral 3/8″ Satin Ribbon. You could make a little paper flower or add an Easter greeting or whatever you like!

Go get your “craft supplies” (chocolate candy!) at the store and then make some Easter baskets like this Small Easter Basket With Scalloped Tag Punch.

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An Easy Candy Basket For Easter With Candy Chicks

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Candy Basket For Easter With Candy Chicks

Here is a fun little Easy Candy Basket For Easter With Candy Chicks, one you may have made in the past to fill with candy. Easter is late this year, but it will still sneak up on us! Now is the time to start having fun making Easter cards to send and maybe some little projects for your Easter dinner or home decorations!

This small little basket is made with just a 6″ x 6″ piece of cardstock and pieces of designer paper. Score at 2″ and 4″ on each side so it ends up looking like a tic tac toe board with six sections. Then on each corner, score diagonally. You can do it easily with the Stampin’ Trimmer by lining up the top and bottom corners on the cutting track of the Trimmer. Don’t score all the way down the paper, just in that corner. That center piece will be the bottom of the basket. See photo below.

Candy Basket How to Score

This is what your paper will look like when it is all scored and creased.

Candy Basket Scored Piece

After the scoring is done, be sure to crease on all the score lines and just see how it is going to fold up into a basket when assembled. Note where the bottom is and put an X on the bottom with a pencil just so you know. Then cut and adhere pieces of designer series paper (or stamp on the cardstock) to each area. The squares will be 1 3/4″ x 1 3/4″. Note that for the four pieces that will go on the corners must be cut diagonally in half and adhered on each half of that scored corner. You do not need a piece of designer paper for the bottom of the basket, that you have already marked.

Candy Basket with Designer Paper

To assemble the basket just fold up into a container shape, folding those diagonal corners in. The way the basket will stay together is by tieing the four corners together in the center. In order to do that, you will need to punch a hole in each corner. It’s probably best to do this after you adhere the designer paper, but you can do it to the plain cardstock and then just re-punch if needed. You can see the punched holes in the corners in the photo above if you look closely. Run some ribbon around through the holes and then pull and gather the corners to the center and tie the ribbon into a bow.

Candy Basket Top View

Add some shred or make your own by cutting very narrow strips of cardstock and crinkle with your hands or with a paper crimper. Then add your treats, like these chocolate Easter chicks!

Chocolate Candy for Easter

I spotted this candy at Home Goods and thought it would be perfect for Easter projects…..and it tastes good too!

My basket is made with Pineapple Punch Cardstock and Happiness Blooms Designer Series Paper. If you are using a paper with a certain pattern, make sure you have each piece going the way you want it to go on the finished basket. The ribbon is the Gold 3/8″ Metallic-Edge Ribbon. The Easter greeting is stamped from the Fable Friends Stamp Set and die-cut with a die in the Stitched Labels Framelits Dies. If you didn’t have this die set you could just cut a rectangle or an oval for the front of the basket.

Candy Basket Full View

That’s how you make this Easy Candy Basket For Easter With Candy Chicks and anyone can do it, even with a larger piece of cardstock. Make one for a little Easter treat or decoration at your house!

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SALE-A-BRATION ENDS MARCH 31!

Favorite St. Patrick’s Day Projects!

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Here are a few St. Patrick’s Day projects from years past, in case you need some ideas! Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

St. Patrick's Day Bloomin' Love Heart Card

This St. Patrick’s Day card was made with the beautiful Bloomin’ Heart Thinlit Die and Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper colored with some green ink!

St. Patrick's Day Pot of Gold Rainbow Card

This St. Patrick’s Day Card shows a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow!

St. Patrick's Day Gift Bag and Tag

This St. Patrick’s Day Gift Bag & Tag is a fun little project for a little gift or treat!

Have a Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

St. Patrick’s Day Clear Tiny Treat Box

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St. Patrick's Day Clear Tiny Treat Box

If you need an easy little treat for St. Patrick’s Day, you can’t go wrong with this St. Patrick’s Day Clear Tiny Treat Box. Even if you don’t have the box or don’t want to make one out of paper, you could use a cello bag of some kinds. What is more St. Patrick’s Day than green and gold?

The Clear Tiny Treat Boxes are great to have on hand. You can put candy inside or a small gift or even just a special note. Best yet, they store flat so don’t take up space so all you have to do is crease and assemble when you need one! Just remember to remove the piece of plastic on them that protects the finish!

I think stamping is so much fun because you can use other images to make something else. If you don’t have a shamrock stamp (and most people wouldn’t!), just use hearts! You can stamp and cut out four hearts or in this project, I just stamped the Call Me Clover green hearts together in a shamrock shape. I just eyeballed it and they didn’t come out perfect meeting in the center but can you even tell? No, because I covered the center with a Gold Faceted Gem. These are sparkly and pretty. For a beginner stamper, a few of these kinds of embellishments are good to have on hand. They aren’t very expensive and serve (sometimes!) to cover up any little boo boo, stray ink, or smudge or at least direct the eye away from it! My little heart stamp is from the Meant To Be Cling Stamp Set. I told you hearts weren’t just for Valentine’s Day! The little stem is just hand cut from a scrap.

The shamrock is layered on a piece of Gold Foil, die cut from a scalloped Layering Circle Framelits Die. Lucky for me, I could fit it all on the front of the Tiny Treat Box! The greeting is from the must-have set, Itty Bitty Greetings. This set comes with 32 stamps and greetings to cover most any occasion. They are small which means they usually fit in the Classic Label Punch so they are easy to use. I cut a flagged end on the tag and stuck it under the shamrock with a little bit of glue.

After you put in your treat, green candy is good for St. Pat’s, tie a ribbon around the box to make sure the lid stays closed and mostly just to fancy it up a little bit more. This is the Gold 3/8″ Metallic-Edge Ribbon, a great all-purpose ribbon to have on hand. The gold edge makes it just a little bit fancy.

The Clear Tiny Treat Boxes are something inexpensive you can add to your order if you are trying to reach a $50 increment on your Sale-A-Bration order to earn a free product! Remember, with a $100 purchase you may choose either TWO $50 Sale-A-Bration items or ONE $100 Sale-A-Bration item. Spending $150 gets you the choices above plus another $50 choice PLUS Stampin’ Rewards (another 10% in merchandise!). And for big spenders (I mean, crafters), a $250 order gets you all the appropriate Sale-A-Bration choices plus Stampin’ Rewards, PLUS an EXTRA $25 in Stampin’ Rewards! That’s a lot of good stuff!

Make something like this St. Patrick’s Day Clear Tiny Treat Box this weekend for a little St. Pat’s fun, maybe with your kids or grandkids!

Easy Botanical Butterfly Mini Gift Bag

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Easy Botanical Butterfly Mini Gift Bag

It was so fun making note cards in yesterday’s post with the Botanical Butterfly Designer Series Paper that I was inspired to try something else with the same paper which led to this Easy Botanical Butterfly Mini Gift Bag.

It’s really very easy to make little gift or treat bags like this one.  You can vary the measurements.  This bag starts with a 12″ x 6″ piece of the Botanical Butterfly Designer Series Paper.  With the paper placed in landscape position on the Stampin’ Trimmer or Simply Scored, score at 1″, 3 3/4″, 6 1/2″, and 9 1/4″.  Turn the paper and score at 2″ which will form the bottom flaps of the bag so make sure you have the pattern going the way you want it!  Then cut up on the scored lines from the bottom of the bag.  I like to cut each score line at a slight angle on each side just to make it a little easier to fold in the flaps.  Also, cut out the small little piece at the end of the paper at the bottom, as you see in the photo below.  This is the inside pattern.

Easy Botanical Butterfly Mini Gift Bag Cutting Diagram

When you assemble the bag, it will first look like a box!  If you wanted to, you could have it stay like this or even make a lid.

Easy Botanical Butterfly Mini Gift Bag Assembly

To make the bag, just pinch the top edges together while also pushing in on the sides.  I punched two holes in the top and ran a ribbon through to tie in a bow.  This is the Daffodil Delight 1/4″ Double-Stitched Ribbon.

To decorate the front of the bag (not that this beautiful paper needs very much embellishment), I punched a piece of Whisper White with the Starburst Punch and cut out a butterfly from the designer paper to pop up with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

The greeting is stamped in Balmy Blue Ink from the Itty Bitty Greetings Stamp Set.  This is one of those handy-to-have stamp sets with a ton of greetings.  They are “itty bitty” but you can punch them or die cut them and fit them almost anywhere.  I used the Classic Label Punch and glued the greeting at the bottom of the starburst.  To set it off a little bit on the busy paper, I adhered two little Gold Metallic Pearls.

Just be sure to put your gift or treat inside before you tie it shut with the ribbon when you make this Easy Botanical Butterfly Mini Gift Bag.

Choose this Botanical Butterfly Designer Series Paper as your FREE product when you spend $50 or more during Sale-A-Bration at Stampin’ Up!

 

Ghirardelli Valentine Candy Holder

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Ghirardelli Valentine Candy Holder

One last Valentine’s project for Valentine’s Day today, a Ghirardelli Valentine Candy Holder.  This is pretty quick and easy to make and you can decorate it any way you like.  In fact, it doesn’t have to only be for Valentine’s Day.  This can be a little gift or favor for any occasion or just because.

Ghirardelli Valentine Candy Holder Inside

This is basically just a little strip of cardstock, scored to allow room for the candy, folded up to make the candy holder, and then the front is decorated for whatever occasion. If you wanted to make it super easy, just fold over the strip of cardstock (shorter) and adhere the candy piece with a bit of adhesive and fold over the top.  But this holder is easy to make with the Classic Label Punch.  We used to use the Window Punch in the past, so if you have that, it will work.

Cut a strip of cardstock 9 5/8″ x 2 3/4″.  I used Lovely Lipstick.  Score at 2 3/4″ and 3″;  6 1/4″ and 6 1/2″.  Fold and crease on the score lines then open back up.  You will see above and below the score lines, one section is shorter than the other.  You want the longer section to be the one that folds up to the inside (although really it doesn’t matter).

Use the Classic Label Punch on the bottom flap, inserting as far as you can, to punch the opening for the chocolate. This should be big enough for the candy.  If you are using the retired Word Window Punch and need a wider opening, just punch a little bit to the side to make the opening larger. Flip the flap up and adhere, preferably with Tear & Tape Adhesive, just at the top. Check to see that the bottom fold/score lines are flat. Insert chocolate to make sure it fits.

Decorate the front flap of the candy holder however you like. For my sample, I used the fancy heart die in the Be Mine Stitched Framelits Dies.  I love that heart!  The front of the candy holder is 2 3/4″ x 2 3/4″ so I cut a layer of Whisper White just 1/8″ under that instead of 1/4″.  You could do either. I also love the little swirly die cut in the set, so I cut that and adhered it to the bottom of the candy holder.  I used the Multipurpose Adhesive Sheets for these two pieces.  They are handy to use for small pieces that would be difficult to glue…..IF you remember to use them!

To hold this candy holder closed, I tied a ribbon around and the flap is just tucked under the ribbon.

Here is another Valentine Ghirardelli Candy Holder I made a few years ago.  You can check it out for more inspiration.

For just a little gift with a bar of nice chocolate inside, this Ghirardelli Valentine Candy Holder is easy to make and looks impressive!

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Red Money Envelopes For Chinese New Year 2019 Year of the Pig

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Chinese Red Money Envelopes Year of the Pig 2019

It is the Chinese tradition to give out red envelopes with money inside to celebrate the Chinese New Year, which begins today. Here are Red Money Envelopes For Chinese New Year 2019 Year of the Pig, handmade for a Chinese acupuncture doctor who has asked me to make some for her for a couple of years now.  She likes them all different and a few without the animal of the year, so it is both a challenge and great creative fun to come up with many different designs for the envelopes.  It’s really like making a card, maybe just in a different shape.

One of the time-savers of this process is using my Envelope Punch Board.  I used Real Red Cardstock, cut to a certain size, and then punched and scored with the punch board very easily. Next, I creased all the score lines and assembled with Multipurpose Liquid Glue. So that she can put the cash gift inside and seal the envelope later, I just put a Stampin’ Dimensional on the envelope flap that will seal the envelope when she removes the little paper on the dimensional.

To design the envelopes, I looked back at past money envelopes I made, such as these from last year and ideas for the stamp sets I might use. This year, the Year of the Pig, it was easy to choose the  This Little Piggy Stamp Set in the Annual Catalog.  When I am doing custom projects for someone, I often pull out retired stamp sets and accessories and embellishments to use, so you may see some things that are not current.

Here are some more money envelopes with stamping, coloring, and other embellishments.

Chinese New Year Red Money Envelopes 2019

Great to use the Large Numbers dies again.  They come in handy for projects like this.

Chinese New Year 2019 Money Envelopes

I did some embossing on some of the envelopes to add an interesting background.
Chinese New Year 2019 Money EnvelopesIt’s fun using the little piggy in different positions and with a little bit of glimmer through paper or Wink of Stella.

Chinese Red Money Envelopes 2019 Year of the Pig

Chinese New Year 2019 Red Money Envelopes

Chinese New Year 2019 Red Money Envelopes

I especially loved using my Stampin’ Blends alcohol markers to color in all the pigs! I love the feel of those markers when I am coloring!

If you have some Chinese friends or family, you might like to surprise them by making your own red money envelopes to celebrate the Chinese New Year!  You can find templates online or make your own envelopes easily with the Envelope Punch Board from Stampin’ Up!

Happy Chinese New Year!

 

Easy Valentine’s Day Designer Paper Gift Bag

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Easy Valentine's Day Designer Paper Gift Bag

You’ve got to make this Easy Valentine’s Day Designer Paper Gift Bag!  It just uses half a sheet of designer paper and you make it like a 2-4-6-8 box or bag, except the measurements are just a little different since it is a wider bag. You can make it with any paper, even cardstock.  Just be careful if there is a pattern that you score it the correct way so your pattern is going in the right direction.  For example, my hearts could have been upside down.

Start with a sheet of 6″ x 12″ designer paper.  I used the hearts sheet from the All My Love Designer Series Paper.  Place the paper in the Simply Scored scoring tool with the 12″ side at the top or use the Stampin’ Trimmer.  Score at 4″, 5 3/4″, 9 3/4″, and 11 1/2″. Turn the paper so the short edge is at the top and score at 1 3/4″. This will make the bottom flaps of the bag so make sure your pattern is going the right way and that the bottom is going to be where you want it!  Now take some scissors and cut those short bottom tabs up to the 1 3/4″ score line. Cut off the little 1/2″ tab on the bottom.  Fold on all the score lines and crease well with the Bone Folder.  Adhere the tab on the end to the other side to assemble the bag.  Then adhere the flaps on the bottom.

Here’s another bag I made of the same size and design back in April.

You can leave the bag open at the top or for this one, I punched two holes in the top and draw closed with a ribbon.  I used the new Lovely Lipstick ribbon in the All My Love Combo Ribbon Pack. 

To decorate the bag die cut a large Whisper White heart with the Be Mine Stitched Framelits Dies and stamped with the greeting in the Meant to Be Stamp Set.  Really, the bag looked fine with just that heart adhered to the front.  I could have stopped there.  But I already had a flower diecut from the Be Mine Dies so I adhered that at the bottom of the heart and added a Rhinestone Basic Jewel in the center.

Fill the bag with a small gift or some favorite candies!  You are all set to give someone this Easy Valentine’s Day Designer Paper Gift Bag!