It was so good to be back with a group of crafty ladies again at the weekend, for my first major craft event in 19 months.
It
was a Christmas-themed event and everyone received the Christmas Season
stamp set from Stampin’ Up!® as part of their kit.
We made several
cards, which I’ll show you in a future post, plus this lovely Mini Paper
Pumpkin box to hold an ornament and some tags.
You may have
noticed that I have a bit of a thing for pine cones and woodland themes.
The Christmas Season stamp set feeds into this obsession quite nicely
so it was my first choice for this all-day event.
I have always
loved the Mini Paper Pumpkin boxes; they’re such a great size for lots
of gifts, although not so great for posting as the depth of them bumps
up the postage to small parcel rate here in the UK.
I’d saved a
load of Designer Series Paper from Sale-a-Bration for the projects, so
the guests could have half a pack each to work with. This silver birch
design makes an ideal backdrop for the pine cones and berries on the
Mini Paper Pumpkin box.
The stamped images are enhanced with a
piece of ribbon made to look like a fir branch. We did this using the
Evening Evergreen Chevron Weave ribbon. I sliced off one side seam, then
frayed it to create the fringe you can just see below the greeting
label. The strands I removed to create the fringe where then folded in
half to create this fan of threads to resemble a branch of a fir tree. I
can’t believe I thought of that all by myself!
Inside the box we
made a little tray to separate the tags from the ornament, although
guests had the option to leave this off if they wanted to use the box
for something else.
They could also choose how they made their
tags. I knew some would be fed up of die-cutting by this point so they
had the option to punch these using a Tag Topper punch. We used Shimmery
White cardstock for a touch of subtle glimmer.
But those who were still up for some die-cutting could use the coordinating Seasonal Label dies to make pretty gift tags.
All were stamped using the Christmas Season stamp set with added greetings. I used the lovely little word stamps from the Christmas Whimsy Card Kit which everyone is loving so much at the moment. (Hint: don't delay if you want this! While it’s still available in the Europe market, the French version has sold out and the English version is selling fast!)
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