Some more cards and chocolate boxes on the same theme as the last post, again using the Holly Berry Bouquet Speciality DSP but this time the foiled papers and Very Vanilla card bases. The sentiment is from Petite Pairs and punched with the Oval punch, layered onto a Scallop Oval and then onto a Large Oval (or Extra Large as it's called!). The sentiment on the box is punched with the Jewelry Tag punch and the flowers are made with the Boho Blossoms punch.
It is always very difficult to guage the size of things in photos when you have nothing to compare them with but, to give you an idea, the boxes hold a single Ferrero Rocher and are perfect for that small gift to maybe show your appreciation to someone.

Back soon x

I must apologise for the lack of posts over the last few days but, despite being busy crafting, it is so dark when I leave for work and get home again I've not been able to get any decent photos. However I managed to get a half decent photo tonight of a card I made to match one of the little chocolate boxes similar to the ones I posted a couple of weeks ago. (This also gives me the opportunity to put right a mistake I made in the measurements for the boxes, here , where I said the top and bottom were made from a piece of card 4.5cm square and scored at 1cm all round when it should have been 5.5cm square. My sincere apologies if you had a go at making the boxes only to find the top & bottom were too small!)

The card and box are made with the Holly Berry Bouquet Speciality DSP and Wild Wasabi cardstock, with a touch of Real Red cardstock and Satin ribbon. The sentiment from Petite Pairs is punched with the Oval punch and layered onto a Scallop Oval and Extra Large Oval.

Only a short post today as it's now past my bedtime!

Another Matching Pair!

I cut this card blank using the new Scallop Square die and added a piece of the Holly Berry Bouquet Speciality paper to the bottom half of the card and then covered the join with a strip of Real Red cardstock cut with the Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border punch. The holly leaves were made with Wild Wasabi cardstock and the oval and circle punch and the berries with a small circle punch covered with Crystal Effects and some Dazzling Diamonds. The sentiment from Petite Pairs was stamped in Real Red. I made the cone with the Petal Cone die in Wild Wasabi cardstock, stamped with the holly leaf from Pines & Poinsettias, and decorated again with paper from Holly Berry Bouquet Speciality DSP and Real Red grosgrain ribbon.

Little Boxes

Here are some little gift boxes which are just 3.5cm square and hold a single chocolate, see picture bottom left. I made up my own template for these and it's simply a strip of Real Red cardstock measuring 15cm x 3.5cm which is scored at 3.5cm, 7cm, 10.5cm and 14cm - leaving a 1cm strip to join the box together and 2 squares for the top & bottom measuring 4.5cm and scored at 1cm on all 4 sides. The corners are snipped off to make flaps and adhered to the box on the inside (note only one flap is adhered to the top to act as a hinge). The boxes were then decorated with squares of Holly Berry Bouquet Speciality DSP punched out with the 3.2cm Square punch and one for the top with the Scallop Square punch. A small piece of Real Red Satin ribbon was stuck to the lid under the Scallop Square to enable the box to be easily opened. A flower was made with 2 layers of a flower punched from the Boho Blossoms punch with a Basic Pearl in the centre and a tag punched with the Jewelry Tag punch .