STAMPIN UP ONLY CHALLENGE - CASE THE CATALOGUE #SUO238

Welcome back to another Stampin Up Only Challenge.  Our Challenge for this #SUO238 is to CASE this project from page 6 of the Autumn/Winter SU Catalogue. Well I have to admit this one threw me this month - it took me ages to come up with something.  I decided to do a gift box rather than a card.  I've used some retired SU Christmas papers here and the wonderful Merry Little Labels - retired also but still a firm favourite of mine. I'm glad I purchased the matching punch at the time also.

The finished box measures 3" x 4.5" and is great for table favours or nestled in the tree with some goodies inside.  There are hundred's of box ideas on You Tube but I was inspired by Crafty Caroline for this one as it was just the right size.  She is no longer an SU demo but her videos are lovely.  Here are the dimensions for the box - 

Box - card stock measures 8 1/2 inches by 7 inches.

score on all four sides at 7/8 inch and 2 inches.

Wrap - card stock measures 9 1/4 inches by 4 5/8 inch.

Score at 2 1/2 inches, 3 11/16 inch, 6 3/4 inch and 7 7/8 inch.

 

STAMPIN UP ONLY - FAVOURITE HOLIDAY STAMPS - #SUOC235

 Our challenge this week at Stampin Up Only Challenge is choose your favourite set from the SU Holiday catalogues.  At first I thought I couldn't join in as I don't have anything from the current set.  I'm no longer a demo and don't always have the opportunity to purchase all the new stuff.  But luckily Cindy said it could be from any Holiday Catalogue and so I grabbed my favourite set Merry Little Labels. 

I used the Eat Drink and Be Merry stamp from this set and decided to make a little tea bag holder which could hang on the tree.  Gosh you can see I'm in Christmas mode already!!  This was inspired by a crafting friend of mine Chris Margrie who doesn't have a blog but is part of my Facebook Group.  In the summer we had a craft get together of some of our members and this was her gift to us.

I started with a piece of Pear Pizazz card stock and added some of the Pressed Petals DSP with the music sheet.  I love music paper at Christmas. I even took it to my piano to play it to see what it was! The tea bag holder folds up in a triangle and you can pop a tea bag inside.  I cut out the sentiment with a stitched framelit and added some sparkly red paper behind.  I added a few rhinestones and coloured in the holly and added some gorgeous SU satin ribbon as a holder.

I'm also sharing a box I made a few years ago with the same set - there is a You Tube video from when I used to do videos just in case you fancy having a go.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6IU2VAcnpk&t=29s