June 2015 Tour de Freaks Blog Hop

Woohoo!  It’s time for the monthly Control Freaks Tour de Freaks blog hop!  Seems like a while since I did the blog hop since I missed May due to the Hawaii Incentive Trip!  Theme this month is NEW STUFF!  Yeah!  I can attest that I have some of that to share!  You’ve probably just come from Deb Currier’s blog, love her ideas, don’t you?

 

Here’s my first project using the Cutie Pie Box Thinlit that I turned into a Christmas Tree box!  Wouldn’t this be fun to give someone filled with treats?

 

• I used Old Olive cardstock for the box and Chocolate Chip for the tree trunk.
• The stripe pattern in the Merry Moments Designer Paper makes great “garland” for the tree and some decoration along the sides.
• In between the garland are “ornaments” of Silver Sequins from the Sequin Trim.
• At top is the new Star Punch from Silver Glimmer Paper and is added with a Stampin’ Dimensional to the top.
• Very Merry is from And Many More stamp set and stamped with Cherry Cobbler Ink, then punched with the new Washi Tape punch.
• A couple Petite Flowers punched from Real Red are added to the side with a Silver Sequin in the center.

And, of course, I needed a matching card…all using the Cutie Pie Box Thinlet, too!

• The larger size is a tree FRAME with the DSP behind the opening.  I used the larger box size and the additional smaller size framelits to make a tree frame.  A few sequins were added for “ornaments”.
• The smaller one is the framelit cut out out from the larger size and I decorated it like the box.  The flower is two Petite Petals Punches from the reverse side of the stripe DSP.
• Merry Christmas is from the new set, Lots of Joy, stamped in Real Red.
• The 3 1/2 x 4 Smoky Slate cardstock is embossed with the Elegants Dots Folder and adhered to the 4 x 5-1/4 layer of Whisper White, then the 4-1/4 x 11 base of Real Red cardstock.
• Some 1/8″ Silver Ribbon hides the seam.
• The trunks are just cut pieces of Chocolate Chip cardstock.

Aren’t they cute together and would make a nice little gift set for someone special!  OK…next up on the tour is Mindy Backes…I know you’ll love her projects, too!