Mid Week blog #100! Gift presentation & mid week blog highlight recap

 Hello & welcome to my blog,

My name is Alison & I am an independent Stampin' Up® demonstrator in Melbourne, Australia. I love creating cards & gifts for my loved ones & this blog will show you how to create something special for those you love. I blog twice a week, once on a Sunday where I mainly showcase a stamp set or dies & sometimes special DSP. My second blog is mid week on a Wednesday where I look at techniques, colour challenges, card sketches, fun folds, tools & equipment & ways to make or improve your projects. That's what this blog is about.

In this week's blog I show you a unique way to gift some humble chocolate bars so that they look impressive rather than humble plus I will recap some of the highlights of my previous 99 mid week blogs, including links to them.

First of all, let's fancy up the humble chocolate bar with some fancy wrapping.


How fancy does a simple block of chocolate look when you put it into one of these???

I used DSP in my stash for this creation. Here are the steps I used to create the box.

To create the FAN.

  • Make a pencil mark on the 24cm x 22cm DSP 10cm down from the top right corner of the short side.

  • Place the DSP on the cutting board & cut diagonally from the left corner to the pencil mark.

  • Flip the DSP so the straight edge is at the top & score every 1.5cm along the 24cm edge.

  • Concertina fold each score line & burnish to the lines are crisp.


  • Fold the bottom up approx 5cm so that the bottom edge lines up with the edge of the DSP. Secure with some twine. 

  • Apply glue to bottom part, fold up & adhere to the top part. Apply pressure to ensure glue holds.

  • Once dry, gently pull the fan out until there is a clear straight edge.

To create the BOX.

  • If using double sided DSP, place the focus pattern face down. Make a pencil mark 10cm down on the short side of the 23.5cm x 22.5cm DSP.

  • Place the DSP on the cutting board & cut diagonally from the left corner to the pencil mark.

  • Flip the DSP so the straight edge is at the top & the long side is to the left & score at 1.5cm, 10.5cm, 12 cm & 21cm. Turn 90° & score at 1.5cm across the bottom.

  • Fold & burnish all score lines.

  • Cut up at all score lines to the bottom score line. Mitre the small squares created at the long edge & centre & cut away the square at the short edge completely. Cut a small diagonal piece from this last edge.

  • Apply glue to short edge & adhere it to the long edge, overlapping so that the edge is at the back.

  • Fold mitred squares in & apply glue. Fold up bottom flap & adhere to mitred squares. 

  • Apply glue to last flap, fold down 7 adhere to bottom flap to create a seal & the base of box.

  • Apply glue to long side of box. Carefully press length of fan along length of box & hold until glue is dry.

 

To decorate the box.

  • Create a flower or matted DSP circle large enough to cover the join in the fan. Decorate the box with embellishments, focus images, flowers etc. to suit the DSP.

             

For the foliage I used the lovely Cheerful Daisies stamps & dies, which is a two step stamp set. I started by stamping the details of the daisy in Pool Party then using Versamark & clear embossing powder I stamped the solid image of the daisy & set it with the heat gun. This allows the Basic White colour to show through but also gave the daisy a gorgeous glossy sparkle. The leaves are stamped in Shaded Spruce both 1st generation & 2nd generation stamping so that there was a darker & lighter version. The fern sprigs behind the flowers are diecut in Mint Macaron & Shaded Spruce. All of the pieces were adhered with liquid glue & glue dots once I was happy with the positioning of each item then they were mounted on dimensionals over the twine join of the fan.
The sentiment is from the Oval Occasions stamp set & was stamped in Shaded Spruce then diecut using the label die from the set, but I also diecut some foliage in Shaded Spruce using one of the Timeless Arrangements banner detail dies & adhered it to the back of the label before mounting it with dimensionals. The finishing touch was some 2020-2022 In Colour enamel dots.
I LOVE IT! In fact I love it so much that I created a document for you to keep for FREE! It's a gift to celebrate my 100th post. 😊 Click on this link to access it. Please contact me if there are any problems downloading.


Now for a recap of some of the highlights of my previous mid week posts.

I looked over all of the previous mid week blogs & there's a lot to choose from. There's funfolds, stamping techniques, diecutting techniques, masking techniques, gift wrapping, boxes & presentation, colouring, belly bands & 'step it up' to name a few. Here are some links to the blogs that I thought you might enjoy looking back over, or, if this is your first visit, to look at for the first time for inspiration. I hope you enjoy them. If you'd like to see more then simply scroll down on my home page to see what there is.

So that's it for my 100th post! I hope you've enjoyed the project I made and also enjoy looking over some of my past blogs. Hopefully there will be another 50 or 100 or even more mid week blogs to come & hopefully you'll come back to see what else I have in store for you.
My next blog is on Sunday where I show you some lovely die sets that have a deckled border finish. Next week's mid week blog is a colour challenge which I haven't done for quite a while & are always fun.
I hope you can join me for both of them. Til next time, take care & keep creating!
XX Alison














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