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Hello and welcome to my latest project share. I am so pleased that you taken the time to pop by.

Today’s project is a simple 3D gift box. It was designed to hold a lovely, large block of Whittaker’s Hazelnut chocolate.

The gold and dark brown colours of the chocolate packaging inspired the colours used for the gift box.

I used 12″x 12″ Early Espresso cardstock, Gold Brushed Metallic cardstock, Gold Shimmer Vellum and White Vellum. The flip top gift box was constructed first. Then the top and sides of the box had slightly smaller pieces of Brushed Metallic cardstock secured.

A piece of Early Espresso cardstock was stamped using greetings from the Nothing’s Better Than Stamp Set – ‘Today’s Plan: Consume’ and ‘ Because Adulting is Hard’. This peice was then embossed using the checks from the Checks & Dots Embossing Folder.

A matching length of Gold Shimmer Vellum was cut using one of the Basic Borders Dies. It was adhered to the embossed Early Espresso layer. Then a piece of White Vellum attached as well. Black Stampin’ Dimensionals were used to pop this layered panel in the centre of the gift box top.

The ‘Chocolate’ was cut using one of the Love You More Than Dies. A piece Adhesive Sheet was attached to the back of the foil before cutting.

Several stamped and die cut chocolates were also added to the top of the gift box.

Finally, a length of Early Espresso Faux Suede Trim was tied around the gift box to hold the lid in place.

mmm … it is a very tasty looking block of chocolate!

Who would you give this to?

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.

Nothing's Better Than Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [152507] $38.00	Love You More Than Dies [152698] $52.00	Basic Borders Dies [155558] $50.00	Checks & Dots Embossing Folders [155432] $14.00	Early Espresso 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Faux Suede Trim [152472] $11.25
Early Espresso 12" X 12" Card Stock [124276] $9.95	Gold 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Shimmer Vellum [156471] $8.75	White Vellum A4 Card Stock [106584] $17.50	Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad [147114] $13.00	Jet Black Stāzon Ink Pad [101406] $17.50
Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.00	Adhesive Sheets [152334] $17.50	Stampin' Seal+ [149699] $21.00	Black Stampin' Dimensionals Combo Pack [150893] $10.50	Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [150673] $104.00
Paper Snips [103579] $17.00	Paper Trimmer [152392] $44.00

Hello! Thank you for popping by to see my latest project share.

This time last week I didn’t think that I would up to making a card for this challenge. I went into hospital on Monday for a knee replacement and came home on Thursday. Fortunately, I felt well enough this morning to make a card.

This week’s challenge is a colour challenge. The combination is Pale Papaya, Balmy Blue and Pear Pizzazz. How fun is this color combination?! There are so many ways to be creative with Stampin’ Up! challenge.

If you pop over to Global Design Project website you will be able to see the gorgeous projects the design team made to insire us – just click on the colour combination image above to be taken to the right place!

For this card I was inspired by Patty Bennetts, from Patty Stamps, to use my Blending Brushes to colour a strip of card stock.

To achieve the coloured strip, I laid down Post-It Cover-up Tape using the Grid Paper to ensure I had a parallel space to colour. I used three Blending Brushes and started with Pale Papaya at the top and moving down the card front blended in Pear Pizzazz and then Balmy Blue. The ink was given some time to dry before the Post-It strips were removed.

Then I added colour, from the coordinating Stampin’ Write Markers™, directly onto the selected floral Shaded Summer Stamps. These were then cut using the FREE Sale-a-bration Summer Shadows Dies. To ensure I had strong colour coverage I used my Stamparatus so that I could apply more colour as needed.

I added a swoosh of Pale Papaya Open Weave Ribbon to the card front before placing the die cut flower stems over the colour blended strip. Stampin’ Dimensionals were used to layer up these stems. I stamped and fussy cut additional flowers to pop up over some of the flowers to ensure the card front had height and dimension. I also gave each of the flowers a swipe of Clear Wink of Stella.

The birthday greeting is from the Shaded Summer Stamp Set and was cut using one of the new Seasonal Labels Dies. The stem of leaves was stamped inside the card and onto the envelope.

And, of course, the final step was to add some 2021 – 2023 In Colour Jewels.

I enjoy including a photograph of many of the products I have used to make the card. There are many items that I do not include, yet – cardstock, Designer Series Paper, adhesives. envelopes and paper cutting and some other equipment.

Who would you send this birthday card to?

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.

Shaded Summer Cling Stamp Set [155783] $40.00	Summer Shadows Dies [156618] $0.00	Seasonal Labels Dies [156299] $66.00	Pale Papaya 3/8" (1 Cm) Open Weave Ribbon [155672] $12.25	2021–2023 In Color Jewels [155571] $12.25	Basic White A4 Thick Cardstock [159230] $14.25	Balmy Blue Classic Stampin' Pad [147105] $13.00
Pale Papaya Classic Stampin' Pad [155670] $13.00	Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad [147104] $13.00	Blending Brushes [153611] $21.00	Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush [141897] $11.50	2021–2023 In Color Stampin' Write Markers [155639] $26.25	Regals Stampin' Write Markers [147155] $52.50	Subtles Stampin' Write Markers [147156] $52.50
Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $6.00	Stampin' Seal+ [149699] $21.00	Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [150673] $104.00	Paper Snips [103579] $17.00	Paper Trimmer [152392] $44.00	Basic White C6 Envelopes [159235] $13.00

Hello my crafty friends. Thank you for popping by to see my latest project.

Today’s project is for the current Colour INKspiration challenge #CI105.

It would too easy to make a card featuring flowers because of this gorgeous colour combination. So I decided to try something different.

I cut 1/4″ and 1/2″ strips of Fresh Freesia, Mango Melody and Old Olive card so that I could create a floating strips card.

I used the Stitched Stars Dies the cut several different sized stars. Stampin’ Dimensionals were used to ‘float’ them above the embossed base layer. The new Star-Crossed Embossing Folder was used to create the stars background.

The birthday greeting was cut using the Birthday Chick Dies and Foam Adhesive Sheets.

The party hat and birthday cake images are from the Party Puffins Stamp Set. I fussy cut and coloured them to coordinate.

The birthday cake was stamped on the card insert and then coloured. I added one of the stars to the front of the envelope. After I took these photos I went back and added some Clear Wink of Stella to the cake and hat.

I achieved the ‘not a flower in sight’ idea and am so happy with the end result.

This is a really cheerful birthday card. Who would you send it to?

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.

Party Puffins Cling Stamp Set [155054] $35.00	Birthday Chick Dies (English) [158200] $47.00	Stitched Stars Dies [150653] $66.00	Star Crossed Embossing Folder [156567] $13.00
Fresh Freesia A4 Cardstock [155614] $15.25	Mango Melody A4 Cardstock [147013] $15.25	Old Olive A4 Card Stock [106576] $15.25	Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock [106550] $17.00
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.00	Fresh Freesia Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [155518] $15.50	Old Olive Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154892] $15.50	Brights Stampin' Write Markers [147157] $52.50
Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $6.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $6.00	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