Library Pocket Card and Matching Gift Box

Hello Everyone:

Anita here with a fun project which Lori designed recently called Library Pocket Card Sailboat.  You can find the file here in her store and here in the Silhouette Design store.  I also made the matching Gift Box Sailboat which you can find here in Lori's store and here in the Silhouette Design store.  I used some of Lori's Echo Park Paper collections for this project including All Boy, My Favorite Christmas and I Love Summer.  I used the print and cut feature for the library card itself.  I'm sure my nephew will love his box which I will also put some treats into for him.

This is a photo of the gift box by itself.

Here is a photo of the gift box with the card inside.

Thanks for looking and have a great day.

Hugs,

 

Lori Whitlock Teacup Explosion Box Mother's Day Tutorial

Hi Everyone:

Anita here with a tutorial for Lori's Explosion Box Teacup card for Mother's Day.  You can find this file here in her store and here in the Silhouette Design store.  I used Lori's new Echo Park collection called All Girl.  This card makes such a stunning statement and Lori has several other explosion box designs as well.

I made extra flowers and used two to put on top of my box.

Here is a photo of the box when it has exploded open.  It's just so pretty.

Here are the pieces that I cut out.  I ended up cutting out extra flowers and cut two more extra square panels, one I put under the tea cup and one in the box lid.

I put the inside of the box together and the cover as well.  I would recommend that if you are planning to put gift cards in the pockets that you put the card in and then put the pocket where you need it to be so that it will close nicely.  I popped  up the hearts and the messages for Mom.

These are the pieces for the saucer for the teacup.

These are the pieces for the teacup itself.

These are the handle pieces for the teacup.

Starting at the top left I took photos of the process of putting together the teacup.  There is a tab on one end of the cup piece and you glue just up to the tab.  I used wet glue for the best hold.  I then took the smaller perforated circle and glued it into the bottom of the teacup.  Next, I glued on the handle to the teacup.  Bending both tabs and using wet glue again for the best hold.  Similarly there is a tab on one end of the saucer which you need to glue together.  Then I attached the larger perforated circle to the back of the saucer.   Once everything was good and dry I adhered the teacup to the center of the saucer.

I then started rolling my flowers.  I just love doing this and had fun.  There are so many different ways to roll the flowers.  I have photos where I started rolling one flower with a skewer to get it going in a round shape and another one where I used a flower roller which I bought a long time ago.  My fellow Creative Team member, Corri Garza has a tutorial on rolling flowers on Lori's blog which you can find here.  I used leftover Easter grass to fill my cup so that the flowers would stay in.  I was planning to just cut my own green paper if I didn't have any grass.  Thank you so much for looking and have a great day.  Happy Mother's Day to all the Mothers out there and very special wishes to a certain mom to be.

Hugs,

Anita

Autumn Leaves Boxes

Happy Fall Everyone:

Anita here with these adorable Autumn Leaves Boxes which are from the DigiPlayGround store.  They are by Carina Gardner and just so cute.  They are actually a bit bigger than I thought they were going to be and will be perfect for my best friend's daughter's care package which I usually send her shortly after school starts in the fall.  I used some fun Doodlebug Fall Friends Collection to jazz up the boxes.

Be sure to check out all the wonderful new files including many adorable Halloween files.  It's almost October.

Here is a close up of the top of the boxes.

Hugs,

Apple for Teacher

In some parts of the country the kids are getting ready to go back to school.  This lovely treat box and pencil topper by Jennifer Rush is so easy to whip up and you know a special teacher will be tickled with a little gift to start the school year off.  It is called Apple Treat Box and can be found in the Digi Playground store.  The Apple Pencil Slide can be found here as well.  

I used some foam tape to pop up the apples on the front and back of the box and some Doodlebug Candy Sprinkles to jazz it up along with The Twinery twine.

I also put some two sided tape around the top of the pencil to hold it in the apple.

Thanks for looking and to all those going back to school soon, have a great year.

Hugs, 

Dad Happy Birthday TV Gift Box

My Father-in-law's birthday is Monday and we usually give him a gift card to a restaurant or a book store.  They love to eat out so it's a perfect gift for them.  I always feels a tiny bit bad just putting it into a card.  I saw this cute file by the amazing Jamie Cripps and knew that it would be perfect for his gift card.  The top opens so I will be able to pop a gift card right in there.  I think he will get a kick out of it.  You can see this and a lot of other wonderful cut files in the Digiplayground Store.

I added the word Dad although there are several different cut files available in the store and one does have the Dad word in a beautiful script.

#19274 by Jamie Cripps

See you around and hope you are having a great summer.

Hugs,

Happy Fourth of July Lighthouse

One of my most favorite holidays is the fourth of July. I made this little light house gift holder which is sitting on my desk right now making me a very happy lady.

The lighthouse has three separate parts which is kind of cool.  This is the top.  I used Light House Favor Box cut file from Silhouette by Sweet Afton #80203 for this adorable treat holder.

Here is the bottom of the box which would hold some M&M's or other small candy nicely.

Here is the top of the box which is decorated with a ships wheel.  I used Doodlebug's Patriotic Parade and just love this collection.

This is my last post as a CardMaker Blog DT member and I will miss posting on a regular basis.  I'll still be around and can't wait to see what the new team creates.

Project Materials:  Doodlebug Patriotic Parade, Silhouette Light House Favor Box #80203 by Sweet Afton.

Hugs,