Wrap Around Gift Boxes with Juliana and Mendi

Hello friends! It's Juliana with you today to share a Happy Birthday gift box featuring the Wrap Around Box Dies and a mix of stamps from the Best Fishes Stamps and Oceans of Joy Stamps. I recently shared a sloth themed birthday gift box featuring this Wrap Around Box Dies.

To get started I took a piece of Bristol Paper and die cut the gift box using the Wrap Around Box Dies. Following the instructions, I assembled the box and put it to the side. Next, I took the stitched rectangle die included with this die set and cut 4 panels from Bristol Paper. I choose to use Bristol Paper because I wanted to color them using Distress Inks and I find this ink blends wonderfully on this paper.

I knew I wanted to create an underwater ocean scene. However, instead of regular die cutting and layering, I decided to go for an inlaid design. To achieve this, I took the Catch A Wave Dies and the Woodland Border Dies and used them to create an inlaid design on the die cut stitched rectangles. Using Therm O Web Purple Tape, I taped the dies down onto the die cut rectangle piece and ran them through my die cut machine. I then applied Distress Oxide ink in Salty Ocean to the water pieces and Frayed Burlap and Vintage Photo to the bottom piece.

To give the wave die cut pieces a more underwater look, I splattered water onto them and dabbed it dry with a paper towel. This removed some of the ink and gave me the look of water bubbles. For the sand, I splattered these pieces with watered down brown and black paint. White I waited for everything to dry, I die cut 4 more stitched rectangles. I then put each of the panels back together, and adhered them to the rectangles. They were then ready to attach to the gift box. For the top section of the gift box, I once again used Bristol Paper and inked it with Salty Ocean Distress Oxide.

I then went about stamping and coloring a bunch of images from the Best Fishes Stamps and Oceans of Joy Stamps. To color the images, I used Copic Markers and then die cut them using the Best Fishes Dies and Oceans of Joy Dies. Once all of the coloring was finished, I began grouping the images together to create a scene for each side of the box. I used double sided foam adhesive to adhere some of the images for a bit of dimension.

To complete the gift box, I die cut a tag from Wrap Around Box Dies and then added a sentiment and a couple of starfish from the Best Fishes Stamps. I then punched a hole in one of the top pieces of the box and tied on the tag with a piece of green and white baker's twine.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you enjoyed this bit of birthday gift box inspiration featuring the Wrap Around Box Dies!

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Hello there!  Mendi here, filling in for Angelica today. I'm excited to be sharing a patriotic themed treat box using the Wrap Around Box dies. To carry out my theme, I turned to my favorite Classic Gingham and Polka-dot Parade 6x6 Paper Packs.  

I started by cutting four of the box panels from white cardstock and then four of the stitched rectangles to decorate the sides from the white gingham patterned paper. This type of pattern doesn't matter which direction it's turned so I was able to get all four sides from a single 6x6 sheet, by turning the die horizontal for two and and vertical for the remaining two. I then just die-cut portions of the rectangle from the red and blue versions, hanging the die off my paper and trimming them down to just over an inch.

To embellish my box, I turned to star dies from our Window Trio Square Dies and Fancy Frames Square Dies sets, cutting them from Red, white and blue textured cardstock. To add a little something extra, I then layered each of them with some Americana Star Crystals.

As a last touch, I created a matching tag from my scraps using the Wrap Around Box die set, stamping and heat embossing it with a sentiment from our Happy Thoughts Stamps (and the word "happy" from our Fabulous Flamingos Stamps).

I hope we've inspired you to create some fun summer themed treat boxes of your own. They are so much fun to decorate for all sorts of occasions! 

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Oceans of Joy Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Oceans of Joy Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fancy Frames-Square Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Window Trio- Square Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Classic Gingham 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio
Polka-dot Parade 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Happy Thoughts Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Woodland Borders Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Catch A Wave Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Wrap Around Box Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Best Fishes Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Best Fishes Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fabulous Flamingos Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio

Sweater Vest Cards with Eloise and Leanne

Hello friends, Eloise here and today I have a Father’s Day Card using the Sweater Vest Dies along with the Silly Sloths Stamp Set.

I started off with die cutting the Sweater Vest Die from some navy cardstock and a few of the accent dies from green, white and brown cardstock. I also die cut an additional panel from brown cardstock as well. I ran through the brown and navy pieces with the Cable Knit Embossing Folder to give it some texture as well. I cut down the brown panel, added some foam tape and adhered it on the top of the navy piece. I also added liquid glue to the accent pieces and adhered them into place as well.

I then stamped the sloths from the Silly Sloths Stamp Set and coloured them in with Copic Markers. I then cut them out. I added foam tape to the sloths and liquid adhesive to the leaves and adhered them into place on the brown panel.

Lastly, I white heat embossed the ‘You’re So Slothsome’ sentiment onto a black strip of cardstock and adhered it down in the middle of the scene.

Thanks so much for stopping by today and I’ll see you next time.

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Hi everyone! Leanne here to share an idea I had for customizing some Sweater Vest cards. Tis the season for grads and dads which led me to this idea. For today’s cards, I’ve customized them with the school colors from my college alma mater and my husband’s favorite pro football team.  

I think these custom Sweater Vest cards could be used for more than just graduation and Father’s Day. They would be great as a birthday card too!  And the best part is that they are so quick and easy to make. Just pick out card stock colors in the recipient’s high school, college, or favorite pro sports team colors. 

I used the Loopy Letter dies to create the names. One tip I have for getting them nice and straight is glue the letters together on a cutting mat with grid lines. That way you can use the grid lines to line up the letters up as you glue and it’s much easier to add the complete name onto the sweater vest. 

I wanted to add something that would resemble a little price tag to the outside of these cards so I used a tiny die cut tag and stamped a sentiment. The sentiments I used are from the Team Player stamp set. 

On the inside of the Bears sweater vest card, I stamped "Happy Father's Day" using the Happy Thoughts stamp set and added a football image which is also from the Team Player stamp set. You could even take it a step further and add a mascot image to either the outside or inside of these cards if you have a stamp that fits the bill. Really the sky’s the limit with customizing these sweater vest cards. Just have fun with it!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Team Player Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Team Player Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Happy Thoughts Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Cable Knit Embossing Shop at: Sunny Studio	Loopy Letters Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Sweater Vest Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Silly Sloths Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Silly Sloths Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Sweater Vest Dies Cards with Mona and Franci

Hi crafty friends! It's Mona here, today I am showing you a funny card with the Sweater Vest Die and Breakfast Puns stamp set.

I started the card making with die-cutting. I made the card front from blue cardstock and ran it through the Cable Knit embossing folder. Next I made the other vest elements from mustard yellow cardstock and adhered them to the right place.

The next step was stamping and coloring. I stamped the images with the Breakfast Puns stamp set and colored them with my Copic Markers. After the coloring I fussy cut them.

I styled the colored images on the card, and made "the vest" words with Loopy Letter Dies from the same mustard cardstock.

I added a white embossed sentiment to the center of my card and added some shiny and sparkly tiny stars and sequins.

I really love the result, I hope you too. Thank you very much for reading through my post, I hope that you have enjoyed it and I have inspired you! If you want to see how my card works, check my Instagram for the video. :)

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Hello there and happy Wednesday! Franci here with you today with a summer card full of ... bikinis!! I'm so excited to show you this project because it's a super fun chance to stretch your supplies and create something that's completely different :)

I'm in love. With the design, the size, the colors, the details ... it's all so much fun!

Can you believe it I created my bikinis with the Sweater Vest set?! Yeah, I can tell you! I also used the Loopy Letters for some details and I'm so happy about these turned out!

First of all I created my card base out of white cardstock and I cut out a slightly smaller panel that I masked and colored by sponging Distress Inks to create this fun and colorful design. I also let the ink completely dry, I stamped my sentiments from the Fabulous Flamingos set and the Happy Thoughts one, and then I added some sprakle watercolors little splatters here and there. 

I die cut all my bikini tops and bottom out of some of the new Summer Splash papers and more out of white cardstock. I used the little shirt collar die for all the tops and the v-neck one for all the bottoms, then I also die cut additional tops or bows to decorate my bikinis! It was so much fun, Project Runway I'm ready! Ha!

I also added more details as the die cut "bow centers" that were foiled in gold and also epaulets and laces that were die cut out of white cardstock using the Loopy Letters dies.

Can you find the number 7 as a decor in one of the bottoms?! And the epaulets are all F letters! There are sooooo many combinations possible and hope you'll have fun creating your own bikini design following my card as inspiration! 

To complete my project I finally glued down all my swimsuits with foam adhesive and added some clear sparkle sequins.

I really hope you enjoy this card and thank you so much for stopping by! Have a lovely day!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Breakfast Puns Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Breakfast Puns Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Happy Thoughts Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Cable Knit Embossing Shop at: Sunny Studio	Loopy Letters Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Sweater Vest Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fabulous Flamingos Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fabulous Flamingos Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Summer Splash 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio