Birdhouse and Curtain/Drapery Card for Linda

Linda, our church secretary is really resourceful and is a wealth of information.  She’s always there when you need her and I wanted to show my appreciation of her by making her this Birdhouse Gift Box with an accompanying card.  She is a bird lover and also a lover of dark chocolate.  I added chocolate covered mints inside the gift box.

Stamps for Birdhouse:
Sea of Textures (Sentiment on birdhouse)
Free as a Bird (Images)
DSP:  Bird Ballad, Soft Suede
Card Stock: Pool Party, Very Vanilla, Whisper White
Inks: Petal Pink, Pool Party, Daffodil Delight, Calypso Coral, Old Olive, Petal Pink, Soft Suede



Stamps for Curtain Card:
Rose Wonder (Sentiment on front)
Beautiful Friendship (Inside Sentiment)
Four Feathers (Inside Image)
DSP: Bird Ballad
Card Stock: Pool Party, Whisper White, Soft Seude
Inks: Soft Suede, Pool Party, Daffodil Delight, Calypso Coral, Old Olive, Smoky Slate

Card and Gift Box

A view of the inside of the card

Decorated Gift Bag






The idea of the Birdhouse Gift Box was CASED from YouTube Channel of http://craftylittlemissk.stampinup.net

Post Cards

Decorated Box (Closed)

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Box - Complete - Undecorated

Box - Assembled

Box - Scored.

This box is for Inspiration Challenge 401 - Michele Varian.  I was inspired by the Wooden Postcards found HERE.  I just ordered and received this Post Card stamp from Stampin' Up! and thought it to be perfect for this project.




Here is the box decorated and open.  I made extra Post Cards to go inside but I am not finished.  I will probably give this to my sister-in-law who is in Germany.  Maybe she will drop us an occasional line so that we will know what she is up to.




This is the box, closed, completed, and undecorated. All supplies are from Stampin' Up!

• Ink: Cherry Cobbler
• Card Stock: Cherry Cobbler, Naturals Ivory
• Ribbon: Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding
• Brads: Regals (Cherry Cobbler)
• Stamps: Post Card; Designer Typeset Photopolymer

Assemble the box using strong adhesive.

This is what the completed, undecorated box looks like open.

• 8 1/2" x 11" Card Stock
• Score at 1", 5", 6", and 10"
• Turn once and score 1" on each of the remaining ends (box will have a one-inch scored border all around)
• On the long side, cut on score lines up to the score line.

Box Card

These are great for gift cards. I will use this to place a Home Depot card in for DH. Directions can be found in the Resources section on the SCS website. I used 'Sweet Pea' DSP (Stampin' Up... Retired), Early Espresso Card Stock, and Spellbinder dies for the tools. I could not find my twine so I used Ecru DMC Floss.

SCS Wednesday Tutorial

Envelope Card Box. Instructions can be found here: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/envelopegiftbox/

Pyramid Box

This is how I presented DH with his birthday gift this year. He loved it.

Cookie Boxes

I am trying to get inspired to do my holiday baking, decorating, and shopping. I ran across this cookie box and decided to make a couple. Directions can be found here: http://inkingoutofthebox.com/cookie-box-tutorial.

I used So Saffron and Basic Black card stock on the first box. I also used the Martha Steward Butterfly punch and a border stamp from Stampin' Up!

The second box is made using Cherry Cobbler and Whisper White card stock. The flower was made using the Stampin' Up! Scallop punch and Whisper White card stock.

Masking Tape Tool Belt Box

Another Tool Belt Box based on this project from Mel Stampz's blog:
http://melstampz.blogspot.com/2008/0...plate-for.html

Directions:
1. Tear off pieces of masking tape and cover a sheet of 12" x 12" card stock with it.
2. Swipe the entire sheet with a brown ink pad (I used SU! Classic Chocolate Chip).
3. Take a paper towel and wipe off ink.
4. Follow project instructions on Mel's blog to complete box.

Tool Belt Box

It's been a while since I've posted but I have not been idle. I finally decided to try my hand at this neat project that I saw on Mel Stampz's Blog:

http://melstampz.blogspot.com/2008/05/tool-belt-box-gift-box-template-for.html

I couldn't decide on the color card stock I wanted to use so I made three, each one a different color. I used silver card stock from DCWV's Metallic Stack on the first one I'm sharing today.