Chocolate Treat Holder Cube Tutorial for 3D Thursday

A re-make of this very popular Ferrero Rocher or Lindor ball treat holder (in Foil Frenzy papers)... as requested by my lovely ladies! Re-made in the Share What You Love papers this time round...

And... as a result ... I realised that I didn't share the Tutorial at the time... so now there is a Tutorial for you all.... a simple little cube box with lid... be it for chocolate treats... or rings... or even earrings...

Recipe
Base - A4 card- 10.5cm (4 1/8") Square ( I used Berry Burst here)
Lid - Paper (or Card!) 3" (7.6cm) Square

Tutorial
1. Base cardstock panel. Score at 3.5cm (1 3/8") on all 4 sides 
2. Lid paper panel. Score at 2 cm (3/4") on all 4 sides (Note that I used 2 cm which is actually a generous 3/4" for those of you in the US that have no choice with your equipment...)

3. Dart 2 score lines on 2 opposing sides.
Tip - for neatness - I cut straight up the inside of the score lines on either side of the central section... but then with a slight diagonal dart on the narrow/outside sections...

4. Assemble and stick Base
5. Assemble and stick Lid (using your Base to stick it on... so you know your lid fits!!!)
6. Decorate as necessary.
I used a Stitched Shapes die cut small square, with Cake Soiree greeting and a few fussy cut flowers from the same Share What You Love paper

Oh and if you are using stripes or a paper with a particular pattern orientation... click here to check out how to get the pattern the same all the way round the lid! Simple but effective!

3D Thursday... Chocolate Makes Everything Better Treat Boxes

Little box with lid designed by yours truly to hold my favourite ball off chocolate!! Whether in Red, Gold, Black or Copper... But a box that would also fit the other ol' golden ball itself...

Made for 20 special ladies.... that spent time with me and each other on the Saturday night after On Stage 2018 in Telford... These were the table gifts that greeted them at our favourite On Stage team outing at Zizzis! And we all had a lovely collection... thank you for my other treats friends!  I felt truly spoilt... it is so wonderful to move in such creative circles with such clever people!!

I will come back to this little box another day... but I will point one thing out... as it is something that I hadn't ever though to do before... until it came to the lid...

I wanted the stripes to all be vertical... on all 4 sides around the lid... which isn't possible when you glue the flaps of a stripy paper on the inside of the lid as you would do normally!! So I went "out of the box"... and just stuck the flaps to the outside instead (on the sides)... perfect stripes all vertical...

Decoration care of Lemon Lime Twist & Tangerine Tango Foil Frenzy stripy Papers for the lid... 

Along with a stamped Stitched Shapes die cut small square using a More Than Chocolate greeting ... and finished off with a stamped and 3/8" circle (retired but still going strong!) punched chocolate... and a gemstone...

And here are the 20 together... actually 19... as the 20th had already gone off on an adventure of its own elsewhere...

And here we all are at Zizzis...

 What a great team of girls!!

And with special mention and thanks to Pip our waiter... who knows how to take care of a large group having a great meal out!!! Still can't believe he remembered us from last time!!

Special 12 Days of Christmas gift Part 2

Now this will be very familiar to the ladies who came here and created my 12 Days of Christmas House last year...

But you may have noticed that it has been extended!

Yes I created a co-ordinating His & Hers 12 Days of Christmas gift... 

12 Days of Ports for the guys... 

12 Days of Gins for the the ladies!

And don't they fit together well!!

Hence the need for the retired papers...

Never heard so many WOWs at my creative endeavours from the family before... but maybe the full little jars had something to do with that!!

A special 12 Days of Christmas gift...

My regular blog readers may remember that I didn't plan for an Advent Calendar... but a Gin-vent calendar for myself instead.. well I did that... using small jam jars that suited the job perfectly... and I LOVED the experience during the whole of December...

So I decided that I needed to share the experience... so I came up with the idea of a 12 Days of Christmas gift box along the same theme...

So this one is a 12 Ports of Christmas box... which went down incredibly well with my family and friends... unfortunately I couldn't go with 12 different ports... but they each got 4 port trios... so all were happy...

I also had to keep the box simple and flat in design... well my brother will have to carry it back to the States in his suitcase... so I couldn't go too mad!!

Now some of you will have noticed that this box is decorated with retired papers... there is a GOOD reason for that.... come back tomorrow and I will spill the beans...

And of course the 12 Days of Christmas stamps are also retired... so so glad I kept those!

More Advent Calendars

So today was the first crafting session making my Advent Calendar... and I am absolutely delighted with everyone's Calendars... so I have to share.... though I apologise for the photo quality...taken mid-class in a rush!

My 4 ladies had all decided to make the version with the Home For Christmas papers... and they had the whole pack to choose from... so they all picked the holly papers - and either the newspaper or candy stripe... our only surprise being that only the black showed up on the holly papers!

Though I have to laugh as they all rejected the vanilla ribbon I had bought  - and use my retired ribbons stash instead... no such choice for the next session... all gone!

We will be making Advent Calendars next on Wed 25th Nov... but any day can be booked for you and group of friends... half day session required (2 1/2 hours)... or combined with other projects to make a full day session if you prefer...

Firstly Karen's...

Secondly Nicola's...

Thirdly Heidi's... which was hiding when I took the group photo! Oops...

And lastly Denise's...

Aren't they all fab!

2015 Advent Calendar

Been wanting to make an advent calendar for a few years... but everyone always wanted more cards instead! 

But this year is my year! Finally we get to make an Advent Calendar...

So out came a pack of Tiny Treat Boxes and a couple of retired Stampin' Up! stamps ( 25 Days and 25 & Counting) that were purchased in order to make calendars in previous years - and I got to work...

And this is the result - one clean & simple style embossed calendar ready to fill with treats... I have a plan to fill mine with gin... 24 different ones the target... anyone with me!!?? Gin-vent Calendar here I come...

And I LOVE it! Can't wait to share... In fact I am making a few more as pre-Christmas presents... as I know a few more people that will love it! With or without the gin....

Love it too? Why not arrange a group of friends and come here to The Craft Spa in Great Ouseburn (half way between Harrogate & York) and make your own... Just contact me for more details and to arrange a date... half day session...£20 a head for 4 people... which includes ribbon (but no gin!!)

Kraft card not your thing? No problem - can be made with Home For Christmas papers instead... only £5 more for the papers...

Into Kraft but not into black!? No problem... I have a host of coloured embossing powders for you to use! Here is one in Pool Party... Great match in my kitchen!

And here are some more - made by my ladies...really fabulous...in fact ( shhhh!) I have a new favourite...

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Stacked with Love Chocolate Rose for Happy Valentines Day

Happy Valentines Day!

Just popping on to share a simple make for the 2 boys in my life! Though watching them try to get into the chocolate rose was a hoot!! Rather well sealed at the top…. which I knew – because I had planned to change the leaves in the tube…and I gave up trying to get in…..

Couple of chocolate roses I picked up from my favourite bargains store! Wrap Stacked with Love paper around them. Made a bow using the Bow Builder Punch. 5 minutes later & there you have it!

And a couple of Tiny Treat boxes – one of which I shared earlier – crammed full of yummy wrapped chocolate hearts & caramel hearts. Two happy boys today…. 

But it was a shame there wasn’t enough room for all the chocolate when I packed them….yum!!

Many Merry Stars REVISITED….

Thought I had better quickly share my other Star makes from the fabulous Many Merry Stars Kit. Fancy your own kit to make the NOEL and stars…. please read on to the end of the post….

Yesterday I shared this version … using a smaller star for the O…

And then I got to thinking…. these Noel ones are perfect as a gift for my postman (who is called Noel!)

But then there is my friend Len…

And of course the lovely Nell… ( thanks for your L Karen!! Couldn’t have done this without it!!)

Right silliness over and done with….. oh but there is Neil too!!!!

Bad photo but here is the kit as intended…. though lots of my other stars are still on the mantelpiece with NOEL or used in my other ideas! And I can’t wait to get the greenery down from the loft and display them properly on the mantelpiece…

And here is a cute little tree….. this part of my display has really caught the eye of everyone... though he does look a bit wonky in this photo!!!

And a Christmas tree decoration… the thick Bakers Twine even comes in the Many Merry Stars Kit

And finally a tag….

And I have to admit…. I loved this kit so much that I have ordered another. I will be making the NOEL small star arrangement for a few friends & family  - and reckon I will have enough stars left over for my tags too!

Here are the 3 essential items I used to create these projects – the boxes and the papers just being used for NOEL…

Stampin᾿ Up! Supplies

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Many Merry Stars Simply Created Kit	Under The Tree Specialty Designer Series Paper	Tiny Treat Boxes

 

A Class To Go kit for these can be yours for £41.70 plus £4.95 postage as follows… 

Order these 3 items  through my Online Store quoting hostess code DJBN2STF where prompted (BUT PLEASE do not check out as a guest or I cannot contact you!!) They will be shipped straight to you from Stampin’ Up! within 4-6 days (subject to stock availability). The step by step instructions to make the letters will come from me separately – as well as a close up of all of my stars!!

Or email me & I can place the order for you...

I also used these stamps & basic items to dress a few up a little bit …. So add anything to your order that you feel essential!

Stampin᾿ Up! Supplies

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Many Merry Stars Photopolymer Stamp Set	Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin' Pad	Garden Green Classic Stampin' Pad	Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad
Versamark Pad	White Stampin' Emboss Powder	Heat Tool - Uk Plug	Embossing Buddy