Valentine's Box for my Rocker Girl

This is the final treat box I made using my Gypsy and Tags, Bags, Boxes, and More cartridges. For my Rocker Girl older daughter, I wanted to make something that fit with her personality, the way I did for my other two children.

I used patterned paper from Me and My Big Ideas. I put the box together and distress the edges using Stampin' Up Crumb Cake ink.

I've been working on some heat embossing techniques, so I thought this would be the perfect project to try it on. First I hand cut the star out of white cardstock. Using Versamark ink I stamped the image on the star using Inkadinkado's Rock Start stamp sent. Then I embossed the image using clear glitter embossing powder from al Mode. Then I embossed the edges of the star using gold embossing powder from Stampendous. I used Tim Holtz Distress ink in Broken China to add color to the star.

I stamped the sentiment in Versamark ink on a scrap of patterned paper from my stash and embossed using gold embossing powder. I used my Stampin' Up Decorative Label punch to punch the sentiment. I layered the sentiment and the star on pink cardstock from the Paper Studio and fussy cut them.

I used a strip of scrap cardstock and stamped the star image along the entire strip. Then I embossed it using gold embossing powder. I attached this to the box and popped up the star and sentiment. I finished off by adding ribbon to hold the box closed.

I hope she likes it. I know I do.

Thanks for stopping by,

Dana D.

P.S. All stamped images are from Inkadinkado Rock Star.

Valentine's Box for a Boy

When I posted my first treat box, I decided to make one for each of my children. The one with Love across the front that I made the other day is for my middle daughter. She's more the girly type. This one is for my son. It was cut with my Gypsy using the Tags, Bags, Boxes, and More.

Ever since he got a Wii and Guitar Hero Warriors of Rock for Christmas, he's been obsessed with the drums. I started looking through my cartridges for a drum set, but the only one I could find was on Rock Princess, but it had a girl playing them. So, I cut out all of my pieces at 3" and then cut the girl off. It worked out perfect. I put the box together using Sticky Strip and inked the edges of the box using Stampin' Up Crumb Cake ink.

I used the Decorative Label punch to cut the label our of DCWV glitter paper. Then I cut a piece of card stock at 1 1/4 x 3/4 and hand wrote my sentiment. The paper I used for the box is from Me and My Big Ideas. Even though you can't see it from these pictures, it has hand drawn orange stars in the pattern. So, I mimicked that by drawing stars in orange on yellow cardstock and cut them out. I attached everything to the box and added the orange ribbon.

I finished off by adding Stickles to the heart on the drum and the 4U on the tag. I really think my son is going to like this Valentine's treat, especially when it's filled with his favorite candy.

Tomorrow I will post the box I made for my rocker daughter.

Thanks for stopping by,

Dana D.

Full of Love Valentine's Treat Bag

 I've had my Cricut for about 6 months and never made a treat bag. So while I was looking for a project to do, I thought why not. Last fall, Provocraft gave all Gypsy owners 6 free cartridge uploads. One of these was Tags, Bags, Boxes and More. Never used it so thought what a perfect time. I cut the base of the treat bag at 7 3/4".

I used the Gypsy Font and Gypsy Wandering to cut the background paper, scalloped heart, pink heart, and letters. I used Stampendous gold embossing powder and double embossed the letters. I used the Swirls Cuttlebug folder on the pink heart. I pierced holes in the off white heart using my paper piercer from Stampin' Up. Then I inked the edges of all of the pieces with Rich Razzleberry from Stampin' Up.

 
I added Stampin' Up patterned paper to the front of the box and  added a bow to the top. Then I glued all my layers together and adhered them to the box. The flap of the box is held shut with a piece of Velcro.

The embossing makes the letters look almost metal.

Now I need to find someone special to give it to. Maybe I'll make three more and my Valentine's gifts are finished.

Thanks for stopping by,
Dana D. ;-)