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Monday, November 8, 2021

Christmas Pillow Box Treats



Two small pillow box gift boxes made with Christmas themed patterned paper with a small holly print in pastel green and pink, tied with natural linen twine, fancy label with Merry stamped and decorated with a fussy cut holly leaf

 I’m back in the workplace after over a year off with my little one and approaching my first Christmas working with a new team of people. I love surprising people with a little token gift at Christmas time and when I first used the pillow box dies I knew they would make the perfect special Christmas treat.

Small pillow box gift made with Christmas themed patterned paper with a small holly print in pastel green and pink, tied with natural linen twine, fancy label with Merry stamped and decorated with a fussy cut holly leaf

Just the right size for a bite size chocolate or a lolly or two, these little gift boxes are perfect "just in case" gifts or festive table favours. 

I’ve used the Whimsy and Wonder designer series paper with its lovely modern pastel colour palette and the pillow box die from the set. The set also has lots of decorative options to step up your pillow box for a more ornate look. With this paper though I think the pattern is enough to make the box look really pretty.

Stampin’ Up! Pillow box dies laid out on white card
12 designs of patterned paper from Stampin’ Up! whimsy and Wonder designer series paper laid out in two rows to show the designs

Once I’d made up the boxes I finished them with a small label stamped “Merry” and fussy cut one of the holly leaves from some scrap patterned paper. The box is secured with some simple linen twine which I think goes nicely with the pastel colours of the paper.



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Thursday, April 8, 2021

Art with Heart Team April Creative Showcase - Mother's Day

 


Greeting card for mum next to a matching giftbox. The card is yellow base with a monochrome floral patterned paper, white textured card square and two circles of cardstock in Bumblebee yellow and black and white polka dots. Finishing decorations are a small handstamped and coloured bunch of roses and daisies, a bow of yellow gingham ribbon and some small rhinsteone jewels. The giftbox is next to the card and uses black and white spotted paper wrapped around the box with a strip of yellow and floral paper and finished with a small handstamped and coloured bunch of roses and daisies and some rhinestones. Both are next to a jewelled box.



Hello there!
Welcome to the April Creative Showcase where we are all getting ready for Mother's Day. I've designed a card and matching gift box inspired by a classic mother's day gift of a bunch of flowers and some chocolates. 

Greeting card for mum standing next to a matching giftbox. The card is yellow base with a monochrome floral patterned paper, white textured card square and two circles of cardstock in Bumblebee yellow and black and white polka dots. Finishing decorations are a small handstamped and coloured bunch of roses and daisies, a bow of yellow gingham ribbon and some small rhinsteone jewels. The giftbox is next to the card and uses black and white spotted paper wrapped around the box with a strip of yellow and floral paper and finished with a small handstamped and coloured bunch of roses and daisies and some rhinestones.

Don't tell anyone but I have a sneaking suspicion that I have actually designed this card and packaging for myself!  Not only do I love yellow roses (and so does my mum) but I also find myself returning to this kind of colour scheme again and again. I love using bright yellows along with monochrome blacks, whites and greys.

A close up of detail of a card for mum showing two punched circles in yellow card and black and white spotted card against a background of black and white floral paper. A small handstamped and coloured bunch of roses and daisies is layered in front of the card circles. The yellow circle says Mum. In front of this image are three squares showing the colourscheme used for the project of Bumblebee yellow, Daffodil Delight yellow and Old Olive green


Today I've used the gorgeous True Love Designer Series papers as my starting point for the card, showcasing two sides of one of the designs with detailed black and white flowers on one side and polka dots on the other. My card base is Bumblebee cardstock to which I adhered a background sheet of the True Love Designer Series Paper.

An image of the six double sided designs from the Stampin' Up! True Love Designer Series paper pack, which is a range of black and white florals and patterns.


These papers are ideal for colouring using your favourite pens or pencils, but I decided to keep it plain and instead use just a few splashes of colour from the other details on my card. I have used the pretty rose and daisy bouquet image from the Kangaroo and Company stamp set and cut this out using the coordinating dies. I then coloured this in using Stampin' Blends in Daffodil Delight and Old Olive. 

A close up of detail of a card for mum showing two punched circles in yellow card and black and white spotted card against a background of black and white floral paper. A small handstamped and coloured bunch of roses and daisies is layered in front of the card circles.


I punched circles from the True Love paper and some Bumblebee cardstock and then "watermark stamped" in Bumblebee some more flowers and a greeting for Mum. I cut a square of white card and embossed it using the Meadow Moments embossing folder to add a little extra texture to the design. Then, using Dimensionals to layer the elements, I adhered these overlapping them onto the cardfront. 

Greeting card for mum with a yellow cardbase and a monochrome floral patterned paper, white textured card square and two circles of cardstock in Bumblebee yellow and black and white polka dots. Finishing decorations are a small handstamped and coloured bunch of roses and daisies, a bow of yellow gingham ribbon and some small rhinsteone jewels. In the background is a matching giftbox.


The card is finished with a bow of gingham ribbon and a few rhinestones for some extra sparkle. Inside is a sweet sentiment from the Many Mates stampset.

The inside page of a card for Mum which is white card against a yellow background handstamped and coloured images of roses and daisies in top right hand corner and bottom left hand corner and a sentiment which says Today is all about you!


The card turned out so pretty I decided I needed some gift packaging to match, so I decorated one of the Mini Paper Pumpkin boxes using the same papers and stamps. The paper is simply cut to 14cm wide and then wrapped around the box, sealing with Stampin' Seal+. The Bumblebee strip and DSP strip were glued on and cut to size and then another bouquets cut and coloured to match the card. A couple more rhinestones complete the look. 

The paper pumpkin boxes are the perfect size to fill with a few treats, perhaps mum's favourite chocolates? Or why not use the wrapping technique to decorate a shop bought box of chocolates to match your greeting card?

A wrapped giftbox using black and white polka dot paper with a strip of Bumblebee yellow cardstock attached, then balck and white florals on top of that. Finishing decorations are a small handstamped and coloured bunch of roses and daisies and some small rhinsteone jewels.

For more amazing Mothers' Day inspiration please visit our host Rachel's blog post to see the other creations by the team.

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Tuesday, March 30, 2021

Make your own patterned paper using Under my Umbrella



Cheerful, brightly coloured greetings card stamped with a random wellington boot and flowers pattern using Under my Umbrella stampset and three colours, Bermuda Bay, Magenta Madness and Mango Melody. A central circular sentiment is decorated with flowers and an umbrella and reads Life's showers bring love's flowers

Today I have a project for you showcasing how to make your own Designer Series Paper or patterned paper using stamps. I've used a bright and cheerful colour scheme and the fabulous Under My Umbrella stampset, which sadly will be retiring soon. 

A brightly coloured greetings card with wellington boots and flowers on it surrounded by the tools used to make it, Under my Umbrella stampset, umbrella builder punch and inks in Bermuda Bay, Magenta Madness and Mango Melody

The Under my Umbrella stampset coordinates with the Umbrella Builder punch, which will also be retiring in May 2021. However, you can still order these popular items while stocks last until May 3rd and the Umbrella Builder is now an amazing 60% off at only $12.40!

I wanted something to makre something colourful so chose two colours from Stampin' Up!'s "Brights" collection and one of my favourites from the 2020-2022 In Color's, Magenta Madness. 

Depiction of a colour palette of three colours, Bermuda Bay, Magenta Madness and Mango Melody, against a background of a project made using these colours

First I created my own patterned paper by stamping the wellington boots randomly all over some white cardstock turning the stamp by 90 degrees each time. I did this in the three colours making sure that some images overlapped the side of my cardstock. This makes it look like the piece has been cut from a larger sheet of paper. Of course, you could always stamp a large sheet and then cut down to suit your project. 

I considered colouring the boots in but I liked to simplicity of the pattern created by stamping them onto white cardstock and leaving them as outline images. 

An image of hand stamped pattermed paper with wellington boots and flowers made by stamping brightly coloured images onto white cardstock next to the stamp set Under my Umbrella


After stamping the boots I filled in the spaces in between with the small flower grouping from the stampset. I used this patterned paper as the background of my card front and a piece of super bright Mango Melody cardstock to make the card base. If you look closely you can see I splodged a little dot of Magenta Madness ink somewhere I didn't want it. Fortunately this can be fixed by placing the sentiment over this area.


After stamping the sentiment in Magenta Madness ink I used a 2" circle punch to punch it out, then added some flowers in Mango Melody to the bottom left. I also stamped flower groupings in the other two featured colours and fussy cut them out, adhering them to the back of the sentiment before using Stampin' Dimensionals to pop up the sentiment on the card.

I finished the card by stamping and punching a partly closed umbrella using Magenta Madness ink on the same colour of Designer Series Paper, punching it out using the Umbrella Builder punch. 
Stampin' Up! Umbrella Builder punch tool with cut out umbrellas in pastel colours


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