I filled these Santa pillowbox ornaments with treats to hang in the Christmas Tree. Cut a pillowbox out of Real Red cardstock. Cut a scallop circle from Whisper White and fold the top over to make the hat band.
To make the face, punch a wide oval and 1/2" circle from Blush Blossom. Sponge on some pink for colour. Cut two of the petals from the 5 petal punch to make the mustache.
This was my first chance to play with my sweet treat cups. To make the gingerbread man I traced the shape from a cookie cutter. The card ended up being a little top heavy so I made some 3D cardstock gifts at the bottom of the card for support. Next time I'll fold my card at the top instead of the side.
My Little Piggy card was made with SU punches and some Designer Series Paper.
I've seen a lot of requests lately for easy Christmas tree patterns. One of my favorites is the origami trees pictured on page 161 in the Stampin' Up cataloque. Here's a tutorial for an Origami Tree
Below are a couple more easy trees made with the pop up Tree die. For the first tree I used just the 2 largest pieces and tied on some elastic cord after stringing it with 1/2" circles. The other tree is made using the large tree shape from the die as a pattern. Trace 4 trees, fold them in half and glue them together.
This is my favorite projects so far made with Stampin' Up's new Table Setting die. Cut out the napkin ring, score it just below the bumps, fold, tie a ribbon around the whole thing and you have yourself a quick and easy gift card holder. I attached a gold cord to this one using the thingy?? from the die so my gift card could be hung in a tree. On the back I cut out an ivory tag and stamped a sentiment.
Here's my first project using the table setting die. I used basic grey cardstock and ink. Score the napkin ring on either side of the centre bump to form the bottom . I taped a pkg of candy to the inside and used a black brad to hold the top together.
Here's a quick and easy box. The lid is the bottom of the sizzix matchbox. Here is a mini tutorial.
I just realized I never posted the instructions for this quick and easy card box. Cut a piece of DSP 10" wide x 12" high. Score length wise @ 2" & 8". Score width wise @ 5" & 7". Cut the two horizontal score lines up to the vertical score lines and fold your box up to assemble. To make the flap, score a 6" x 6" piece of cardstock @ 1" & 3". Attach the 1" piece to the back of your card box.
Here's a sample I made with some old sale-a-bration paper. I cut the swirl shape on the lid free hand. I ran the lid through my big shot using the polk-a-dot texture plate before attaching it to the box.
I saw this at our local stamp store and thought it was the cutest idea. You need a pair of flip flops. I used the largest pair I could find and cut them shorter with a pair of scissors and sanded the rough edge with a sanding block (I didn't want my pages to be long and skinny). I used the daisy die to make the flower.
Trim a scrap rectangle of paper or cardstock to establish how large your scrapbook will be. Keep trimming the rectangle until it can be hidden by the sole of your flip flop. My rectangle ended up being 6" x 2.5". I used 3 pieces of 6" x 10" cardstock scored every 2.5", accordian folded the pieces and attached them to each other to make one long piece for my album. Attach it to your flip flops using sticky strip.
Save your scraps of window sheets to make a pop up for your matchbox. The piece I used was 2/3" x 2-1/2". Stick it to the inside front of your box. I used a flower for this sample but a pop up sentiment would work well too.
After youve finished your flower fill the box, fold the flower down as shown below and slide the box closed. When you open the box your flower will pop up.
I've been seeing Pizza Boxes everywhere so I'm not sure who to give credit to. I sized this one to fit 3x3 cards and envelopes.
To make the Pizza Box cut a 6” x 11” piece of Regal Rose Cardstock and score @ 1”, 5”,6” and 10” turn and score @ 1” down both long sides.
Cut on each of the score lines along the long sides stopping at the vertical score lines. Fold up like a pizza box and tape the corners with sticky strip.
