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When I was shopping recently I found a packet of cute chocolate cups with teeny, tiny gingerbread men on top. I knew that I had to make a gift box to present them in.

The Gingerbread & Peppermint 6″x 6″ Designer Series Paper and Memories & More Card Pack were perfect for this project.

The packaging was made using a piece of Early Espresso cardstock measuring 9-1/2″x 5-1/2″. It was scored at 1-1/4″, 2-1/2″, 3-3/4″ and 5″ along the long side.

After the score lines were burnished, the first 1-1/4″ scored section was then adhered to the back panel to create the standing background.

I cut two pieces of the DSP, measuring 5-1/2″x 1″, to decorate the top and front of the box.

I used several of the Gingerbread & Peppermint Memories & More Card Pack elements to decorate the background panel.

I made an insert to hold the chocolates and ensured that it would not slide out by securing Early Espresso Faux Suede Trim to the base of the gift box. The Faux Suede Ribbon ties into a bow so easily.

Aren’t the gingerbread chocolates cute?

To make sure they were separated, I created an insert for the box that has 1/2″ uprights between each chocolate. There are 5 chocolates in the box.

I am looking forward to giving this to someone for Christmas. Who would you give this treat to?

I have another Christmas gift box to share with you tomorrow. This is a great time of year for making 3D projects.

Until next time, happy stamping.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.

Gingerbread & Peppermint Memories & More Card Pack [156326] $19.25	Gingerbread & Peppermint 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [156313] $20.00	Early Espresso 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Faux Suede Trim [152472] $11.25	Early Espresso A4 Card Stock [121686] $15.25	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.00
Stampin' Seal+ [149699] $21.00	Tear & Tape Adhesive [138995] $12.25	Paper Snips [103579] $17.00	Paper Trimmer [152392] $44.00

A new Stampin’ Up!® January – June Mini Catalogue will launch very, very soon. As a demonstrator I have been fortunate to see it already AND order some of the new products, in a special pre-release, because I attended the recent OnStage Online event.

If you have been around for a while, you will be aware that with a Mini Catalogue comes a Sale-a-bration Brochure and all of it’s FREE products that you can earn.

During this recent OnStage Online pre-order, I was able to order some of the great new products and earn one of the Sale-a-bration items. I was so delighted when I realised it was the Awesome Otters Stamp Set. My daughters are mesmerised by otters (and, to be honest, I think they are super cute as well).

After seeing the stamp set, this is the card I immediately imagined making – three otters floating around, just chilling in the water.

I started by taking a piece of Shimmery White cardstock and applying several layers of Pacific Point ink, water colouring it in a variety of ways. I was pleased to create a variety of colour hues and colour movement.

The next step was to stamp and colour the three floating otters. I knew that they would look totally adorable floating across the ‘water’, holding their fish tightly to their bodies. The Stampin’ Blends were perfect for this colouring. After they were coloured, I fussy cut the otters,

When the floating otter layer was completed I attached it to a piece of Pacific Point cardstock and then wrapped some white twine, from the Baker’s Twine Essentials Pack, and tied it in a bow.

Under the floating otters layer there is a piece of Basic White cardstock that has been randomly stamped with the same otter image using Pacific Point ink. This was then attached to the Pacific Point card base.

The terribly cute otter was also stamped on the card insert and the front of the envelope.

The only ‘bling’ that I added to this card was the Clear Wink of Stella I painted across the centre of the card front.

I am looking forward to making lots more fun projects using this super cute Awesome Otters Stamp Set.

Until next time, happy stamping.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. If you read back through my post you will see the products I have used for this project.

Last Thursday, Friday and Saturday I attended the Stampin’ Up!® OnStage Online event with some of my demonstrator friends. We were able to see some of the products that are featured in the 2022 January – June Mini Catalogue and we were able to make some projects using some of them.

For a few short days during and after the event, attendees were able to pre-order a limited range of some of these new products. It is always a treat to have new products to ‘play’ with.

Today I have a card that I have made using some of the products from the Heart & Home Suite Collection. I was able to order the Blessings of Home Bundle, Heart & Home 12″x 12″ Designer Series Paper, Classic Matte Dots and 3/8″ Denim Ribbon for the Online event. Then I added the Honeybee Blooms Dies and Hive 3D Embossing Folder to my pre-order and they arrived just in time this card.

The bee and floral design from the Designer Series Paper collection was the starting point for this card. The two dominant colours in this DSP are Cinnamon Cider and Pale Papaya.I decided to make a Cinnamon Cider frame, using two of the Stitched Rectangle Dies, to surround the DSP. The frame was embossed with the Hives 3D Embossing Folder. The texture created by this embossing folder is so distinct.

Before attaching the DSP to the frame, I took a short length of Diamond Weave Ribbon and tied a loose knot around the lower right hand side.

The framed DSP was then attached to the Pale Papaya card base, using Stampin’ Dimensionals, and positioned on an angle.

I used one of the stamps, from the Blessings of Home Stamp Set, and masked off the top part of the sentiment so that only ‘together’ was stamped. This was stamped in Cinnamon Cider on Pale Papaya cardstock.

The sentiment was then cut using the smallest of the angled Tailor Made Tags Dies. I cut two more of these dies, one in each colour. Then they were embossed with the same Hives 3D Embossing Folder. With a small piece of Adhesive Sheet on the back of a scrap of Cinnamon Cider cardstock, I cut one of the reinforcement shapes.

The three Tailor Made Tags were overlapped and adhered together. For this card they were only slightly splayed. For the card I made during my Facebook Live today, I splayed them further apart to show the embossed texture more clearly.

A length of the Diamond Weave Ribbon was cut in half lengthways, folded in half and threaded through the eyelet and the ends looped through. This cut ribbon has a great frayed texture. The three overlapping tags were then added to the card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

The Honebee Blooms Dies includes a super cute bee die. I used this to cut one of the bees from the DSP. A Stampin’ Dimensional was placed behind the bee and attached to the card front.

The card insert has a 1/2″ strip of the DSP and I also adhered DSP to the back flap of the envelope. The card front also has some of the new Classic Matte Dots added. These dots are white, vanilla, gray and black. Each colour comes in two sizes.

Although the Pale Papaya card base is a light colour I always prefer to add a piece of Basic White or Very Vanilla cardstock as an insert. I think it gives my cards a quality finish.

This is a close up image of my Facebook Live card. You can really see the detailed texture from the Hives 3D Embossing Folder in this image. You can also see the difference when the tags are spread further apart … and the ‘texture’ of the Designer Series Paper background.

The card insert and envelope, for my second card, were stamped with one of the floral images from the Blessings of Home Stamp Set.

In this product image you can see the Hives 3D Embossing Folder and Honeyee Blooms Dies that I was able to pre-order and use for this project. I’m not sure why I forgot to add the stamp set to this product image.

I am using a new ring light for my photography and am still working through some teething issues. Hopefully, I can figure out how to lose the reflection of the rong light from shiny surfaces.

For this card there is no white in sight, but I still think that it looks pretty good! What do you think?

Until next time, happy stamping.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.

Because some of the products I have used to make this card are not yet available to customers, I am not able to show them at this time. As soon as product images go live, I will create this section.

Tailor Made Tags Dies [155563] $38.00	3/8" (1 Cm) Diamond Weave Ribbon [156507] $17.50	Cinnamon Cider A4 Cardstock [153083] $15.25	Pale Papaya A4 Cardstock [155669] $15.25	Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock [106550] $17.00
Cinnamon Cider Classic Stampin' Pad [153114] $13.00	Pale Papaya Classic Stampin' Pad [155670] $13.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $6.00	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $8.00
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $209.00	Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [150673] $104.00	Paper Snips [103579] $17.00	Paper Trimmer [152392] $44.00	Very Vanilla C6 Envelopes [106589] $13.00