Well, I officially finished the entire two week session of Girl Scout camp with my girls yesterday. The weather wasn't fantastic, but it ended with two full days of great weather, so that was a great send off for us. My girls were disappointed that it rained so much, but they got to do all the neat things you do at an outdoor camp like archery, boating and campfire cooking, so they didn't feel like they missed out on very much. They already can't wait to go back again next year. So for now, until then, I'm back down to just two jobs again. Whew...
In the meantime, I have not been able to post any projects to this blog, just the necessities because I've been away so much during the the two weeks. I've been dying to post the project I did for my Greenville Stamper's Club's last meeting of the season. I found the project in my Inbox, courtesy of Splitcoast Stampers Weekly Inkling a few weeks back. It's called a mini pizza box and it's so cute I knew I had to try it. It's very easy. At the meeting in May, one of the members of the club had commented on the Embrace Life stamp set, so I incorporated it into the project. Here are some photos.
This is the top of the box. I used one of my favorite Soft Subtles color combinations: Pale Plum, Perfect Plum and Mellow Moss, along with my standard Whisper White. I accented with the 1/4" Whisper White grosgrain ribbon. After I finished my project, I thought that it needed another accent, so when I did the project with the club, I offered them the option of putting a brad through the ribbon at the top of the box. They could either use the green rhinestone brads, the amethyst rhinestone brads or an artichoke mini brad. A couple of people opted to keep theirs plain like mine, and a few others opted to use one of the brads. I liked the amethyst rhinestone brad in it the best, but any would do.
You can also see that I used the Scallop Edge Punch around the Mellow Moss card stock as an additional accent. I often prefer straight, square, clean lines, but in this instance I thought the curves would go well with the flower stamp that I used to create the background of the Pale Plum card stock. Here are some additional photos.
Here is the box partially open. This photo gives you an idea of just how big the box is. It's the perfect size for gift giving purposes. Jewelry, gift cards, gift tags, 3x3 note cards, candy and more would all fit into this box, and it would make a perfect favor box for a shower or party. The grosgrain ribbon is on the front, adhered with a mini glue dot.
Here is what it looks like all the way opened. You could stamp the inside and outside, both sides of the card stock, but I opted not to do that. I wanted some contrast between the inside and outside.
And here it is, all closed and ready to go. Such a pretty gift even just as it is! Here are the dimensions, so that you can make this cute mini pizza box yourself!
For box:
1 pc Pale Plum 8 ½ x 11” cut to 6 x 11
Score at 1” and 5” (short side at the top)
Turn and score at 10”, 6”, 5” and 1” (with the tall side at the top)
Using the score lines, cut 4 cuts on each long side, making flaps. Do not cut the perpendicular score lines.
Place sticky strip tape on all the flaps.
Stamp your design all over the scored paper before adhering flaps together.
Adhere flaps.
For top of box:
4” x 4” Mellow Moss (or less if you are not planning to use the Scallop Edge Punch.)
2” x 3” Pale Plum
1 ¾” x 2 ¾” Whisper White
2 sm. pcs. white gingham ribbon approx. 2” each
Mini Glue Dots
Embrace Life Stamp Set
Mellow Moss, Pale Plum, Perfect Plum Classic Ink pads
I hope that you've enjoyed seeing this project as much as I enjoyed making it! Let me know what you think of it!
On Monday I'll post SU's next great deal of the week, and in the meantime I'm starting preparations for my New Catalog Open House, so I'll have those photos to post for you after it takes place.
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