Easter Treat Boxes & Mini Cards + Video

Happy Thursday! I have some fun treat boxes and mini-cards to share with you today. All supplies were from the Whimsy March Card kit. The kit is on pre-order now and will ship out March 16th. Please be aware that there are a limited amount of kits available and once they are gone, they are gone. So if you don’t want to miss out, be sure to to and get yours HERE.

Since the kit has a Spring/Easter theme, I created some Easter treat boxes and mini cards. One piece of 8.5” x 11” cardstock can make the base for one treat box AND two mini cards. There is hardly any wastage going on at all! The pink ones were made first and then the green/blue ones were made as I did the video tutorial.

Here is a close-up of the box. I absolutely love this multi-colored chevron paper that is in the kit. The little bunny is from the rubber stamps set that comes with the kit. The stamp set will also be available to purchase separately on March 16th.

Video Tutorial:
Click HERE if you would prefer to view on my YouTube channel.

 

Directions for Treat Box:

1.      Cut a piece of cardstock to measure 6” x 11”.

2.      With 6” side running along top of score board, score at 1” and 5”.

3.      With 11’ side running along top of score board, score at 1”, 5”, 6”, 11”.

4.      Fold all score lines.

5.      Cut tabs on top and bottom and in the middle.

6.      Fold and adhere tabs.

7.      To create mat for top, cut a mat that measures 3.75” square, one that measures 3.5” square and a piece of patterned paper that measures 3.25” square.

8.      Adhere together on top. Add die-cut “friend”, cut out image and tie with ribbon.

Directions Mini Cards:

1.      Cut a piece of cardstock to measure 2.5” x 5.0”

2.      Score at 2.5”

3.      Create contrasting cardstock mat to measure 2.25” square

4.       Create patterned paper mat to measure 2.0” square

5.      Decorate card front as desired. Stamp image inside card with light ink.

Supplies:

Whimsy Stamps March Kit

 

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Above is a photo of what I have made so far with the kit and below you will see what I still have left over! I have loads of product to make more spring-themed projects!

Next week I will be sharing two more videos. One is a coloration video for the Jillian and Friends Rubber stamp set that comes in the kit and the other video is a tutorial on making a side-step stair card!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Hugs Jeanette xxo

Gate Fold Card Tutorial

Happy Tuesday! A couple of years ago, I created this tutorial for a store’s blog and I had a link to it in my tutorial tab. I was just alerted to the fact that the link no longer works so I thought I would put it here for you all :)  I am glad that I had kept all these photos!

 

The stamps are Magnolia from the Yummy in my Tummy Collection. The paper is also Magnolia :)

Hugs Jeanette xxo

Whiff of Joy Christmas Aperture Card

Happy Thursday! Hope your week is going well so far. We are over the hump and the week-end will soon be here! Today,  I would like to share a tutorial that I made that was published in a Russian  Magazine earlier this year. It is an aperture card and I chose to showcase a few of the images from the Whiff of Joy 2010 Christmas stamp line. You could certainly switch this up to use any of your favourite stamps to create a lovely scene.

Materials:

• Whiff of Joy Christmas Blessings Stamps 2010
• Memento Tuxedo Black ink
• Neenah Solar Crest paper
• Various Copic Sketch Markers
• Cardstock (Stampin’ Up Early Expresso)
• Designer Paper (Basic Grey Wassail, Kaiser Craft Devonshire)
• Adhesive tape (Score-Pal)
• Dimensional Foam Tape
• Score-Pal or scoring tool
• Die Cutting Machine (Cuttlebug)
• Assorted Cutting Dies (Nestabilities 3”circle, 2.25” long oval, fancy tags; Nellie’s Multi-round die)
• Leaf punch (Martha Stewart)
• Ribbon (Stampin’ Up Victoria Crochet Lace)
• Sharp scissors
• Star embellishment
• Adhesive pearls (Kaiser Craft)
• Thread
• Brown ink for sponging sentiment

 

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Instructions:

1. Cut two pieces of cardstock 5-inches x 7-inches and score each at 0.5”, 1”, 6”, 6.5” as shown in photo.

 

2. Cut an aperture from one of these pieces using a cutting die and a die-cutting machine. Center the die as shown:

3. Fold the score lines on both pieces. It should look like this:

4. Add a strong adhesive tape along the sides of the folded tabs as shown:

5. Align the two pieces and press together. It should be able to stand alone.

 

6. Cut 2 pieces of designer paper to form 4.75-inch squares. Adhere one to inside of aperture card. Cut an aperture in remaining piece with the same cutting die used in step #2. Be sure to center the die in the middle.

7. Create a decorative mat for aperture. Use the die used in step #2 and a larger one. Cut both out at the same time, placing the smaller die inside the bigger one as shown:

8. Create stable roof. Cut cardstock to measure 1.5 x 7-inches and score at 1”. Cut across from edge to 0.5” score line as shown:

9. Punch multiple leaves out of leftover designer paper.

10. Attach roof over the aperture with adhesive tape and attach star embellishment to top with thread. Glue punched leaves to top of roof.

11. Stamp and color images from Whiff of Joy stamp kit. Stamps used for this project were Mary, Baby Jesus and Donkey. Images were stamped on Neenah solar crest paper and colored with various Copic Sketch markers. Cut out and adhere images to inside of card using dimensional foam tape.

12. Attach ribbon to each side of aperture and add decorative mat. Embellish with adhesive pearls.

13. Stamp sentiment on Neenah cardstock and cut out with cutting die. Sponge edges with brown ink. Cut decorative tag out of cardstock. Adhere the two together and then to front of card.

I hope this will inspire you to create your own aperture card using some of your favourite Whiff of Joy stamps! There are so many lovely ones to choose from and shhhhhh wait until you see the ones that are coming next month ;)

Hugs Jeanette xxo