Mid week blog #176 - Gifting solutions with the Suitcase treat boxes.

 Hello & welcome. 

My name is Alison & I live in beautiful Melbourne, Australia. 

For those of you who have previously visited my blog & are now returning, thank you. For those of you who are here for the first time, welcome! 

 Here's a little bit about me. 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, embossing folders, projects & sometimes special DSP and Wednesday evenings when I highlight a technique, fun folds or tools & tips. I would love to hear from you if you have any questions or suggestions & my email address for that is craftedbyalison@gmail.com.

As this post goes live I am still enjoying the lovely sunshine in Queensland, catching up with my dear friend from England, exploring the Gold Coast for the first time without our kids & celebrating my retirement. 😁 🌞

This week's project has a travel vibe as it uses one of Stampin' Up®'s precut gift boxes - cute mini suitcases! I hope you enjoy what I have made as much as I enjoyed creating it. Here is my finished project...

The Suitcase Treat Boxes come in a pack of 12 cute little treat size boxes, ready to assemble. They are easy to stamp directly onto but this time I decided to use some lovely Beautiful Bokeh DSP to decorate the outside plus some embellishments from the Frames & Flowers Specialty DSP pack.

I burnished all of the score lines & folded the box together so that I could get an idea of where to place the DSP (no point putting it on an area that will be glued or hidden!) & cut strips of DSP to fit the 5 areas I wanted covered.

Next, I chose some of the diecut foliage from the Frames & Flowers pack plus a cute little butterfly from the Something For Everything Ephemera pack. An Old Olive tag was diecut with one of the tags from the Mixed Labels dies & the foliage was arranged behind & over this. The Butterfly was added then a small White 1/4" ribbon bow was the last addition.

Assembling the suitcase is quite easy, tuck in some of side tabs,  fold in sides & then fold down the top & it's done! As you can see from the following picture, there is a slit on one of the panels that allows the 'handle' to slide through. This helps to keep the case closed.

This was a really quick project that fits a bar of soap nicely & makes a lovely way of wrapping a small gift look so pretty. I added a co-ordinating card & the birthday gift for my leader at work was ready to go.

There are still lots of suitcases left to work with so I'll have a play around & share other creations in a future post but for now that's all I have for you.

My next post will be on Sunday where I will share a fun way to create with punches.

Next week's mid week blog will look at how to use inset stamping - a really cool way to make a simple stamp really stand out.

I hope you can join me for both of them but until next time, take care & keep creating.

XX Alison