CASEing the Catty Stampin' Up! Challenges
July 18, 2014
I'm excited to have another opportunity to share my Stampin' Up! creative projects as part of the design team for an all new challenge blog, called CASEing the Catty. I love the idea behind the challenges by the lovely Bron Eastley. The challenges are 100% Stampin' Up! and you can view the individual products used in each product in links to my online Stampin' Up! store at the end of each post. The idea of the challenge is to encourage you to case a project from a category in the 2014 Stampin' Up! Catalogue. It;s a fabulous challenge blog so I hope you will play along. This week it was Gifts and Packaging.
I chose to CASE the gift box pictured top left on page 14 of the 2014 Australian Stampin' Up! Catalogue. I liked the use of the doily and belly band, which could be customised for so many different types of projects. The base box for the project is the Tag a Bag Gift Boxes where you get 8 pre-cut and scored boxes with acetate sleeves, for just $11.95. Embellishing your own gift boxes gives extra WOW to your gifts, and lets your personality shine through to the recipient. It's a great way to use up paper and embellishment left overs and it's easy to make your gifts look SO pretty!
I chose to embellish the gift box using one of my favourite sheets from the All Abloom DSP paper stack, with lots of great colours in it including Mossy Meadow, Blushing Bride, Strawberry Slush, Daffodil Delight. I also clear embossed a similar image fr0m I Like You Hostess Set on the box for some subtle decoration.
For my actual embellishment, I added some contrasting Strawberry Slush paper from In Colour paper stack, along with some Mossy Meadow stitched satin ribbon, Gold bakers twine, Gold Sequin Trim, a butterfly and a greeting. You can view all the products I used in my online Stampin' Up! store, just click on the links below.
I hope you enjoyed today's project share. Make sure you head over to the CASEing the Catty blog and check out the other projects from the talented design team, and submit your own project. I love pretty gift packaging and I'd really like to do more projects like this to share with you, so watch this space.
Have a fabulous week.
Claire
Stampin' Up! Projects Used in this Project
Hey there lovely Claire!!!
Isn't this amazing!! I'm sooo super excited to be "working" along side sooo many wonderful crafty ladies!! I can't wait to see what else everyone comes up with!! LOVE THIS box by the way!! True vintage, wonderful CLaire style!
SMiles and excited hugs Sharnee :)
Posted by: Sharnee TOrrents | July 18, 2014 at 07:46 PM
Wow Claire,your project looks so rich and luscious, love all the gold loveliness and stamping on the box. (Glad I could find chocolate in the cupboard after glimpsing some here!)
Posted by: Rachel Palmieri | July 18, 2014 at 08:21 PM
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE. Yes I love everything about it! Just gorgeous, as always. Jess x
Posted by: Jessica Williams | July 19, 2014 at 12:40 AM
Wow! As I said to Alison, I need some of these boxes in my next order just so I can embellish them like this. Just love all the detail, bling, extra stamping, choccies! So happy that you are on the CTC DT. Looking forward to your next project.
Posted by: Bronwyn Eastley | July 19, 2014 at 08:13 AM
Totally gorgeous,Claire. Love all the embellishments and the bakers twine holding the butterfly and ribbons.
Posted by: Judy May | July 19, 2014 at 11:47 AM
I love your project Claire, I think it has an almost Christmassy feel to it, and the sequins pick up the sparkle of the chocolates inside ;)
Posted by: Monique | July 20, 2014 at 02:08 PM
love all the bling and sparkle in your project. Beautiful Work! So excited to be working with you on the CTC DT.
Posted by: Stasia Sloma | July 23, 2014 at 03:38 AM
Sweet mama this is pretty!!! And candies inside to boot :)
Posted by: Hayley's Paper Garden | July 25, 2014 at 01:31 AM