Stampin’ Up!® Nested Treat Boxes – decorated for Christmas gift giving

 

I absolutely loved the Stampin’ Up!® catalogue sample showing the Nested Treat Boxes in the September-December Mini Catalogue, and couldn’t resist recreating it for my December Crafty Friday class. 

Snow Globe Scenes dies green non-shaker card

A bonus Sunday project because time is running out for cards unless you're going to hand deliver them!

I made this project using the beautiful Snow Globe Scenes dies, although I didn't make a shaker card because I was sending this abroad so wanted to keep it as flat as possible.

I sponged the globe shape with Granny Apple Green and Pretty Peacock then splashed it with some water to give it a snowy sky.

I die-cut the snow globe base but it didn’t quite cut through on the first rolling. Instead of die-cutting again and poking all those little pieces out, I left them in and attached them to the card with double-sided tape to keep them all secured. 

Snow Front Christmas woodland scene

This is one of the ones that got away when I was designing a project for a Make & Take recently. I like to keep things really simple for Make & Takes – particularly when there are lots of people at the party – so this one didn’t quite cut the mustard.

It uses some Christmastime is Here products – specifically the Designer Series Paper, Gold Enamel Dots and Gold Shimmer Ribbon – but these are now only available while supplies last, so do check before setting your heart on any of these. In fact, the same goes for any products from the Autumn/Winter catalogue, apart from carryover items. If you’re not sure, just check with me, or your own demonstrator.

Repeat the stamping of the trees without re-inking your stamp to get a paler effect which looks more natural.

Cute triangle treat boxes with Christmastime is Here

 

I saw this cute project on Facebook and just had to have a go. It's by UK demonstrator Gez Carpenter, who has helpfully provided a tutorial here. 

I skipped the diagonal scorelines as I didn't find them necessary and they still turned out ok. Cute, aren’t they? I filled them with tiny chocolate Santas (from Lidl) but I stupidly forgot to include those in the photo. I say “filled”... you can only fit about three in but that’s ok because it meant there were some left for me to test!

The body of the box is made from Christmastime is Here Designer Series Paper and slides out of the Old Olive Sleeve. Again, I don’t have a photo of that - what I can I say? I can only apologise and and say, in my defence, I have been poorly!

This tip could be life-changing... when I bought the Christmastime is Here Designer Series Paper, I confess it didn’t “wow” me. It just wasn’t for me. However, I soon realised that this meant I had no qualms about cutting it up and have now used nearly the whole pack! So from now on, I may just start buying the DSP that I don’t love, because then I will be more inclined to use it!

Want a more practical tip? Ok... don’t make the outer sleeve too tight or it it will be difficult to slide the inner box in and out.

Simple Christmas card with Snow Front

How long does it take to make a card? How long is a piece of string? This quick card was stamped in less than a minute - I know this because one of the guests at the party was timing me.

I simply loaded up the Stamparatus and bish, bash, bosh: Early Espresso, Cherry Cobbler and Old Olive all stamped in seconds.

I finished it off with some gold accessories – ribbon and dots – from the Christmastime is Here Suite.

Set up the Stamparatus then practise your design on some scrap paper before stamping onto your note card. That way you can ensure your images are straight and where you want them.