Mini Milk Carton Hexagon Box with Rose

Here's a gift box my ladies made a few weeks ago at one of my workshops, it was made using the Mini Milk Carton die! It's amazing what you can make with Stampin' Up! dies, they're so versatile.

We made this box in two parts as I wanted it to have a lid so I could top it off with a rose.

There are tutorials out there in blogland which show you how to make this box and a few others using this die. I found a very helpful one on the Splitcoast Stampers site (link on the left). You'll need to go to the  "Anything but a card" section.

Basically you need to cut 2 Mini Milk Cartons, but with only three panels, not four and put the sides together, then the base. I strengthened the base with a large punched circle of card. There is a little scoring involved in getting the top to fold right, but once you've done it once, it's easy. What you need to do is score the top middle panel the same as the other two, then it folds correctly.

To get a lidded box you'll need to cut 2 bases and 2 tops, but remember to make up the top a little bigger so it will fit, a couple of millimetres should do it.

Hope you like this project, and have a go at making one yourself. If you don't own the die, why not contact me to order it, you'll soon have lots of these cut little gift boxes to fill with chocolates, jewelery or other small gifts.

Take care,
Kathy. x

Sweet and Sour Blossoms Workshop

Here are some pictures of the Sweet and Sour workshop I held a few weeks ago. My ladies loved making the flowers using the Build a Blossom stamp set and matching Blossom Petals punch.

I like to get my bone folder out to curl the petals, it makes them look more realistic. My top tip would be to start with a punched circle of card as your base, then build up the flower, petal by petal, layer by layer.

We made the card and gift purse, together with a bookmark (but I can't find mine), but had some time left, so we made some more flowers to put on other projects. The last picture shows what some of us came up with, using the same ink, stamp and punch, pretty!

Several of my ladies now have either the stamp set, punch or both, I can't wait to see what creations they come up with!

I was stalking the US demo's sites during their convention and found some gorgeous roses made with the punch, scroll down to my last post to see what I came up with.

Thanks for looking,
Kathy x

Just Believe & Blossom

I made this card when I was playing around with both my chalks (which I really should use more) and the new Build a Blossom stamp set and matching Blossom Petals punch.

I stamped the large image in Whisper White craft ink then used my chalks to colour the image, this enables me to have an image on dark card.

I finished it off with a punched blossom.

Take care,
Kathy x

Build a Blossom #1

As you might have guessed by now, I bought quite a lot from the new mini catalogue! Not quite everything, but a lot!!

One of the things Stampin' Up! does brilliantly is matching stamps and punches and here's a lovely set called Build a Blossom with Blossom Petals punch. These stamps make the most gorgeous flowers a petal at a time.

The flower I created here is very large so I decided from the start that there would only be part of the flower showing, and I love how it turned out!

Thanks for looking,
Kathy. x