Heartfelt sympathy

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• SU!- heartfelt sympathy
• Tattered lace- large circles dies
• Archival 'coffee' ink pad
• Tim holtz 'brushed corduroy & gathered twigs' ink pads
• Cream & Kraft cardstock

I cut a mat of cream cardstock to fit the card front. I stamped this all over with the small image to create a background. I then stamped the large sentiment onto another piece of cream cardstock, die cut into a circle and die cut a larger Kraft circle to layer onto. For the inside, I stamped the verse onto cream card and die cut into a circle. I inked the edges of all 3 cream layers, before I glued them into place to complete this simple card.
 

Mx

age is just a number...

• red cardstock and 5x7"card blank
• white stamping cardstock and Neenah classic crest for dinosaurs
• SU! watercolour wash & dinoroar stamp sets
• sentimentally yours- decadent alphabet & numbers stamps
• archival 'sky blue' ink pad  & memento 'tuxedo black' ink pad
• copics (E40,42,81. E40,42,43,44. V28, VB20,23,25,29. B91,93,95,97,99. N0. YG61,63,17,67. YR23,24,18,27.)
• black sakura glaze pen

I cut a mat of cardstock to fit the front and inside of my card, I shaped this using a corner rounder by xcut. I stamped both mats using the large background stamp and light blue ink. I used some old templates I have to cut a large 50 from red cardstock, then glued this to the centre of my mat. I stamped, coloured and fussy cut my dinosaurs. I added these to the card using foam squares. I decided to use alphabet stamps to write a personalised sentiment inside my card, including a deliberate typo and embellished with another dinosaur. I added glaze pen over the top of my stamped letters and to the eyes of my dinosaurs.

 

Mx

the challenge I would like to enter:
the paper players- #276

all wrapped up...

• A3 kraft cardstock- cut to 30x29cm
• cream card stock- cut to 14x7cm 
• coloured bakers twine (150cm)
• SU! little letters thinlit dies

To make the box, I scored the kraft cardstock and cut the flaps, to create the net below. I then added glue the appropriate areas and stuck them together.

 

 To make the label I cut my cream cardstock to 14x7cm and cut holes in all four corners. I used thinlit dies to cut out my letters to just leave a negative, you could cut the letters out of a coloured cardstock. another alterative would be to stamp on to the label. I added bakers twines through the holes on one short edge, then crossed them underneath, before bringing them up through the holes on the opposite edge. I tied the ends in a bow to keep the label on. I used coloured twine to coordinate with the colour of scarf in the box.

I chose to add the label in this way so the box is kept plain making it easy to reuse.

Mx

chocolate box

 

 

I've made these chocolate box cards to send the kids at christmas. I bought a chocolate bar and measured it to calculate the dimensions of the box. I took an A4 sheet of card and scored the net. folded it and cut it out. I then glued the box together. I then stamped and coloured an image from lili of the valley with a stampin up! sentiment on digi cardstock. I created a freehand border using the sekura micron pen, and added glitter to the images too. I layered mirri card behind the image and added this as a decorative panel to the front of the box. I also found coordinating papers to decorate the sides and top of the box. The chocolate was then sealed inside ready for the kids to open at Christmas.

 

 

 

 

I think this is a great idea to combine a card and a gift as the flap on the box creates somewhere to write your message and the box holds the gift. you can customise the boxes to have the card open at the front or back (depending on which way up you use the template!!) or make the box to fit a different sized gift. These aren't just for Christmas, change the image and you can send them any time of the year.

 

challenge #20 - Box it up!

'Merry Christmas'

Mx