Seashell Gift Set
Well, this isn’t complete, but it will be a Gift Set when done! I only have 1 card to show you, and there will eventually be 6, all with the same layout, just very slight variations. And I made a small desk top box to store/display them in. This box is wider than the last box I did in a similar design. At 1.5″ wide this box will easily hold 6 cards and envelopes.
I’ve had this gift set idea in my head for a few weeks, and when I spotted Beate’s Weekend Sketch Challenge this week, I instantly KNEW it was the layout that would work for this project. So, my card is for Beate’s WSC36. This is also the project I will use for a Cuttlebug class I will teach later this week. Girls sure love their Bugs!!!!
I used the new folder called Shell Collage for the Cuttlebug and another small folder in a set of 4 called Collage. I think this one is a sand dollar — how perfect. The stamp set is a new SU set called Seaside. That interesting open weave fiber is something I’ve had for many years. When our local Hallmark store went out of business, this was on clearance, so I picked up what they had. I don’t use it often, but I think it’s just great for the seaside theme!!!
And here’s a closer view of the box — no top, just holds the cards on a desk or table for convenience and display. The starfish is stamped on Vanilla, colored, cut out, mounted to Chocolate Chip and cut out again with a narrow frame. It is adhered to the box with mounting tape.
To make this box start with a sheet of cardstock cut 7 x 7.5. With the 7″ side pushed up against the rail of your Scor-It, score 2 3/4″ from each edge. Turn the paper so the 7.5″ side is pushed up against the rail and score 1.5″ from each edge. Cut on the lines as shown in the photo of my template below. Again, I like to slightly angle cut those center pieces so they tuck up inside nicely when the box is folded.
Hope showing the template helps — it’s a quick and simple little box! Fun!!! I am totally addicted to simple, little boxes!!!
- Stamps: Seaside and Season by Season (might be retired?)
- Paper: River Rock, Soft Sky, Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla
- Ink: Timber Brown Stazon, Chocolate Chip, Soft Sky
- Accessories: Aquapainter, Mesh Ribbon, Hemp, Eyelet, Cropadile, 1.5″ Round Punch, Cuttlebug and Shell Collage and Collage Embossing Folders, Mounting Tape, Pop Dot.
Guess that’s it on this one! Hope you all had a wonderful weekend!!! My next upload should be a sample from the Occasions Mini, if all goes as planned — LOL — and we know that never happens!!! But that’s my goal!!! As always, thanks so much for stopping in!!!