January 15, 2023 – Luv 2 Stamp Blog Hop

Welcome to the Luv 2 Stamp Group’s 2023 Blog Hop! We are excited to share projects with you again for the third year. This year we are shaking things up and bringing you all new monthly themes to inspire your next project!

Once you are done with each post, scroll down to the bottom and you will see a list of Blog Hop participants, you can click on their name to go to their post, or you can click the next button to go to the next post in line. Happy crafting!

This month’s theme is “Sweet Treats.”

 

Red Hearts Country Floral Lane Sweet Treats Box

The products for todays blog hop are primarily from our upcoming January – April 2023 Mini Catalog. I love getting a new catalog. It’s like Christmas morning for me. I love seeing the new products and designing projects with them.

I made this cute little treat box using DSP from the Country Floral Lane pack in our new January to April 2023 Mini Catalog. This paper is so cute & I can see it being applicable to many things besides just Valentine’s Day.

HINT: The piece of DSP used here can be punched using the Country Bouquet Punch! I LOVE when our DSP can be punched or die cut.

I also LOVE the fonts used for the sentiments in the stamp set & these sentiments are appropriate for many occasions.

This is a great way to present those sweet gifts of treats to your loved ones this Valentine’s Day.

Treat Box
Finished size: 2 1/4” W x 4 1/4″ H (3D)

The products used are:

  • Bundle: Country Bouquet
    • Country Bouquet Stamp Set
    • Country Bouquet Punch
  • Punch: Happy Labels Pick-A-Punch
  • DSP: Country Floral Lane
  • CS: Basic White, Real Red
  • Ink: Real Red
  • Ribbon: Real Red & Burlap Ribbon Combo Pack
  • Embellishments: 2021-23 InColor Opal Rounds, Wink of Stella

To duplicate this project, measurements, a project tutorial, and links to products used are below.

Imperial Measurements

  • Sweet Treats Box Base: Basic White Cardstock – 10 1/2″ W x 6 3/8″ H
  • DSP: One sheet of Country Floral Lane – 9″ W x 4 1/4″ H
  • Sentiment Tag: Basic White Cardstock (scrap) – 3″ W x 3/4″ H
  • Hearts Layer 1: Real Red Cardstock (scrap) – 1 1/2″ W x 2″ H
  • Hearts Layer 2: Country Floral Lane DSP (scrap) – size to fit punched heart
  • Ribbon: Real Red – 2 pieces cut at 12″ long
  • Ribbon: Burlap – 1 piece cut at 9 1/2″ long & 1 piece cut at 12″ long

Project Tutorial

Step 1 – Cut the Basic White cardstock to 6 3/8″ H x 10 1/2″ W. Score and fold as shown in the image below. This will be your base for your Sweet Treats box. Use your Bone Folder to burnish the folds to get crisp edges.

Step 2 – On the Basic White Cardstock, cut the bottom flaps as shown in the image below.

Step 3 – Assemble and glue the Sweet Treats box together. Tuck the 1 1/2″ wide side flap INSIDE when gluing together. Tuck the bottom flaps as explained in the image below.

Step 4 – Choose a piece of designer series paper from the Country Floral Lane DSP pack and cut it to 4 1/4″ H x 9″ W, making sure to account for directional print. This piece will surround your box so you want the direction to lay the correct way.

Step 5 – Cut your DSP into 3/4″ W strips. NOTE: Keep your strips in order so when you glue them to your box, they make one continuous pattern. HINT: I numbered mine lightly on the back in case a cat jumped up on my desk and got them out of order. 🙂

Step 6 – Using your Happy Labels Pick-A-Punch, punch the SCALLOPED top on the top of each of your 3/4″ W DSP pieces.

Step 7 – Glue your DSP strips onto your Basic White Sweet Treats box, starting on what you want to be the “front” panel of your box. Glue strips 1, 2, and 3 – starting at the left edge, making sure to line the strips up flush at the bottom and flush at the left and right edges of that side of the box. Move to the next side on the right. Continue until all strips are glued on the box in the order they were cut. TIP: Use liquid adhesive for this so you can move them around and position them as needed. You want both the bottom and top of all pieces to line up straight with each other. The top of the DSP will be a little taller than the box itself. This is “by design” – so the scallop isn’t lost by the background white of the box itself.

Step 8 – Using the small piece of Basic White, the red Stampin’ Ink Pad, and a sentiment from the Country Bouquet Stamp Set, stamp the sentiment on the Basic White and cut to the shape and size desired.

Step 9 – Using the Real Red Cardstock Scrap and the Country Bouquet Punch, punch out a red heart.

Step 10 – Using the scrap piece of the DSP, align the Country Bouquet Punch such that a heart can be punched out of an area that is white with multiple small hearts on it.

Step 11 – Glue the two hearts together, with some of the red heart showing behind the DSP heart.

Step 12 – Glue the two hearts to the front of the sentiment tag.

Step 13 – Adhere the sentiment tag and hearts to the front of the Sweet Treats box with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

Step 14 – With the 9 1/2″ long piece of Burlap Ribbon, glue it to the box by wrapping it around the bottom of the Sweet Treats box, starting on the “back” panel, keeping it aligned flush with the bottom of the box.

Step 15 – Embellish the sentiment tag with the pink dots from the 2021-23 InColor Opal Rounds.

Step 16 – Using your Wink of Stella, brush over the small hearts on the DSP heart you punched out.

Step 17 – To finish, put your treats inside a small cello bag and tie off with the three pieces of remaining ribbon – 2 pieces of Real Red and 1 piece of Burlap, all 12″ lengths. TIP: BEFORE tying it off with ribbon, put it in your box to make sure there are enough treats to be seen over the top of the Sweet Treats box.

Products Used

Country Bouquet Bundle – 160383

Country Bouquet Stamp Set – 160377

Country Bouquet Punch – 160382

Happy Labels Pick-A-Punch – 160693

Country Floral Lane 12″x12″ Designer Series Paper – 160375

Basic White 8-1/2″x11″ Cardstock – 159276

Real Red 8-1/2″ x 11″ Cardstock – 102482

Real Red Classic Stampin’ Pad – 147084

Real Red & Burlap Ribbon Combo Pack – 160386

2021-23 In Color Opal Rounds – 159185

Wink of Stella Glitter Brush – 141897

Stampin’ Seal+ – 149699

Stampin’ Dimensionals – 104430

Multi Purpose Liquid Glue – 110755

Tools Used

Paper Trimmer – 152392

Bone Folder – 102300

Paper Snips – 103579

If you don’t have a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator, I’d love to be yours!  Start by clicking this link to get started!

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