Category: Floral

Hexagonal Thanks

I enjoy making unusual shape boxes – anything that isn’t square or rectangular. I also love making big boxes that can house lots of treats and goodies. This box was meant to be a flat bottomed, tall box with a hexagonal top to it. However, when making the net of my sample, I got the idea to turn both ends into the same.

On my second version, I switched things up a little by using ‘Tis the Season Designer Series Paper to make a Christmas version. The paper is absolutely gorgeous and so many designs to choose from – I went for a Cherry Cobber candy cane pattern.

My most favourite part is the gold cord that I used to tie up the two ends of the box. I’ve always loved cord to tie boxes and bags together, it is so forgiving when tying bows and is easy to untie to gain access to the contents.

Which colour do you prefer – the Night of Navy or Cherry Cobbler?

Best Wishes,
Suzanne

Colours Used:

For Boho Indigo version:

For ‘Tis the Season version:

Measurements:

  • Cardstock = 73/4 x 11 inches
  • Designer Series Paper (6 pieces) = 11/2 x 4 inches

Scoring:

  • Long side (11) = 13/4, 31/2, 51/4, 7, 83/4, 101/2 inches
  • Short side (73/4) = 13/4 inches on both sides

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For ‘Tis the Season version:

Happy Boho News

Stampin’ Up! make simple cards so easy – the products in the Annual Catalogue are beautiful and co-ordinate with one another perfectly. To make life even easier, they bring together Product Medleys – one of which is used in this project. The Boho Indigo product medley is gorgeous, full of floral patterns, shades of blue and finished with gold accents.

This card uses three simple items from that medley – a piece of Designer Series Paper, a gold edged die cut for a sentiment and two gold pop out die cuts for decoration. All I added was the card base and stamp a sentiment – which is ideal for those last minute cards that are needed or for someone who is new to crafting and isn’t sure where to start.

But I think you would agree – Boho Indigo makes great projects every time?

Best Wishes,
Suzanne

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Hexagon Kuwaii

Birthday Party Live – Project #7

It’s the last project of the Birthday Party Live series!! It’s gone by so fast! I thought I would end the series with this cute Kawaii inspired hexagon pencil pot. And you don’t need a lot to make one! Each one turns out differently because of the random stamping technique used to decorate each of the pots.

I chose to keep these ones quite simple, with a cute flower pattern and a face. Both stamps are from the Hippo Happiness stamp set. As you can see from the photograph, the pots are a good size and fit pens / pencils, glue, stamp blocks and many other things.

The Petal Pink version in the video below was done in the same way. All three are glued together with Tombow and helps to keep things together on a craft table. My daughter has stolen the Purple Posy version from me, but I still have the Petal Pink one.

Which colour do you prefer?

Best Wishes,
Suzanne

Colours Used:

Measurements:

  • Biggest Hexagon = 6 x 91/2 inches
  • Medium Hexagon = 41/4 x 91/2 inches
  • Smallest Hexagon = 31/2 x 91/2 inches

Scoring:

  • Biggest Hexagon:
    • Long Side (91/2″) = 1/2, 2, 31/2, 5, 61/2, 8 inches
    • Short Side (6″) = 2, 51/2 inches
  • Medium Hexagon:
    • Long Side (91/2″) = 1/2, 2, 31/2, 5, 61/2, 8 inches
    • Short Side (41/2″)= 2, 33/4 inches
  • Smallest Hexagon:
    • Long Side (91/2″) = 1/2, 2, 31/2, 5, 61/2, 8 inches
    • Short Side (31/2″) = 2, 3 inches

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Matchbox Library Part 1

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Today’s project is a special one – the idea came to my head following a struggle with my desk space and a lack of storage for my many embellishments. Prior to making this project, my embellishments were stored in spare stamp cases, but this meant I had less space for stamp sets on my shelves. But I still wanted my embellishments close to hand for quick reference when bringing a project together.

I then decided to see if I could make something suitable, which could fit in a small space on my desk, and keep them in close reach. I didn’t originally intend for these boxes to be like a matchbox, but an accidental ‘slip’ of the scissors turned into a happy surprise.

In the end, I decided to go with the matchboxes as I liked how I could personalise the outer cases into any pattern I wanted. As  the boxes were brought together, they started to remind me of books – so I started to decorate the spine to reflect that of a book.

For the spine, I used Harvest Hellos and the Playful Alphabet dies, popped up with foam adhesive to give a bit of dimension.

I would love to see your versions!

Best Wishes,
Suzanne

Colours Used:

Colors

Measurements:

PLEASE NOTE: The measurements below will make seven books as shown in the video:

  • Matchbox Base = 5 x 6 inches
  • Coloured Wrap = 81/2 x 4 inches
  • Decorative Strip = ¾ x 33/4 inches
  • Letter Piece = ¾ x 1 inch

Scoring:

Matchbox Base:

  • Score at 1 inch on all four sides.

Coloured Wrap:

  • Long side (81/2): ½, 31/2, 41/2, 71/2 inches

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Blends Gift Box

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I am absolutely loving my TFI Crafty Friday Lives – it’s nice to be online, crafting with like minded friends sharing ideas and inspiration. Hosted on Facebook at 7:30 every Friday, I bring a new project and showcase the items used to make it. Yesterday, I made this gorgeous gift box which holds 10 Stampin’ Blends pens.

I was inspired by the amazing Helzie over @ SlimmandStylish.com who used the ‘All Things Fabulous’ stamp set during a Youtube Live. It was a set that I had skipped past when I looked through the catalogue and hadn’t really paid much attention to it. Then I saw Helzie use it and immediately loved the dimension you get from the triple stamping.

It’s an amazing set to use to make your own version of Designer Series Paper (DSP) and you get a different result every time and because they’re stamps, you can change up the colours as you wish. As you’ll see on my video below – I switched the colours round to suit the feature colour of the box.

I love it – and the box is a great way to gift a set of blends (or other stationery) to a friend or family member.

Best Wishes,
Suzanne

 

Colours Used:

Colors

Measurements:

  • Lid and Base = 81/4 x 73/4 inches
  • Coloured Cardstock for Lid = 6 x 61/2 inches
  • Whisper White for Lid = 61/4 x 53/4 inches

Scoring:

  • Base and Lid = ¾ on all sides (using a shim for the lid piece)

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