Sunday, November 27, 2011

Christmas and Winter Gift Boxes

Friends liked the Thanksgiving treat boxes so much that I invited a group to create Christmas and Winter gift boxes and to get to know what FUN things they can make with the Art Philosophy cartridge and Cricut.

For my workshop, I pre-cut the first set of Cricut shapes for each person and made these "kits." 

Participants brought their Cricuts and we made time to experiment with other designs too. We also learned how to use the Glitter Rub Ons and found out how pretty they are -- they'll be showing up on some gift tags for sure!

Here are two boxes and my easy tutorials from this afternoon's workshop:




      Joy Joy Joy – Little Christmas Gift Box
1.      Use Cricut to cut the gift box from cardstock (done for you).
2.      Use bone folder to fold the box along the fold lines.
3.     While box is flat, use adhesive to attach Christmas paper squares to front and back.
4.     Stamp flower design (Olive ink) onto flower shape (cut from Cricut for you). Attach flower to box using a pop dot. Attach mini sparkle to the middle of flower.
5.     Adhere ornament shape (cut from Cricut for you) to the punched scallop edged circle, allowing space to put ribbon through the hole at the top. Attach large Sparkle to center of flower.
6.     Stamp “Joy” (Hollyhock ink) onto the small tag. Attach mini sparkles to the “O” in the Joys.
7.     Refold the box to make its shape. Use Tombow or Bonding Memories adhesive (or any other strong-holding adhesive) to the narrow edge & attach it to the box side; hold firmly.
8.     Bend small flaps at bottom of box in, then place adhesive along one of the larger flaps & hold firmly against the other large flap.
9.     Attach ornament shape and “Joy” tag to the box handle with ribbon.
10.  Fill with wrapped candies—chocolates, peppermints, small candy canes or lollipops, or any small treat.


  
            You Warm My Heart – Little Winter Gift Box 
1.     Use Cricut to cut the gift box (done for you).
2.     Use the bone folder to fold the box along the fold lines.
3.     While the box is flat, use Bonding Memories or Tombow (or your favorite strong adhesive) to adhere the “Wonderland” striped paper across the top of the box. Make sure the printed words are right side up.
4.     Adhere the dotted patterned paper to the box front.
5.     Stamp the mug shape onto the ivory paper using the Crystal Blue ink. Then stamp the mug words onto the blue mug using the Desert Sand ink. Cut out the mug shape.  Embellish with pearls for the marshmallows. Attach to the box front dotted paper with two pop dots.
6.     Refold the box to make its shape. Use Tombow or Bonding Memories adhesive (or any other strong-holding adhesive) to the narrow edge & attach it to the box side; hold firmly.
7.     Bend small flaps at bottom of box in, then place adhesive along one of the larger flaps & hold firmly against the other large flap.
8.     Use the blue and/or sand ink to stamp “You warm my heart” onto the front and back of the tag. Cut the tag to round the bottom corners. Tie to the box handle and cut off string ends.
9.     Tie the chocolate brown and the sheer ribbons to the box handle.
10.  Fill with any warm treat—hot cocoa mix, cider mix, special tea bags.

enJOY!  Blessed Advent. Come, Lord Jesus, come!

Thursday, November 17, 2011

Thanksgiving Treat Boxes









I'm so thankful for a morning of creative time!

I used the CTMH Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge to create these 5.5 inch treat boxes
for special teachers and children's caregivers.
They're filled with Hershey dark and Air Delight kisses.

I'm grateful for caring people in the lives of children,
and the theme is Gratitude at the Heart2Heart Challenges!
Be sure to check out all the creative entries there!



CTMH products used: A variety of Roxie, Splendor, Felicity, Twitterpated 
and Kraft papers and coordinating inks; 
dimensional star and heart die cuts; die cut tags; 
Sparkles; You and Me ribbon, and markers.
Other: ribbon & raffia

Thanks for stopping by to look -- 
I've had quite a few months of being M.I.A.
from the creative table and blogging world.
If you've been praying for our family, just know how much I -- and we all -- appreciate that!

Happy and blessed THANKSgiving and THANKSliving!



Paper Art from StudioJane

Samples of my created paper art ...

Clear Acrylic Cards

Greeting Cards

Mix 'n' Mingle Album

Gift Albums

Memory Keeper Boxes

Art Keeper Boxes

Thank You Note Cards

Custom Gifts

Christmas Greeting Cards

Pregnancy Journals--Display Albums

For Baby

Floral Photo Note Cards