Petal Cone Die Archives - Inkspired Treasures

It's time!!! It is the monthly Tour de Freaks brought to you by the Control Freak Swappers! As usual, we have a wonderful lineup of blogs for you to tour…only 11 stops this month, so it won't take you long at all! This month's theme is Wrap it Up! Boxes, bags & bows for your holiday gift giving. You've probably arrived from Lisa Martz's blog…weren't her projects FUN…love that elegant stocking!

I have two boxes for you to see…both are complete different! First the more "elegant" one!

This one reminds me of a wine box, but…of course…much smaller. It might fit a small personal sized bottle of wine or Bailey's, though! lol! It is quick and easy to put together, too. I took a regular 8 1/2 x 11 sheet of cardstock, score it at 2 1/2, 5, 7 1/2 & 10 on the long side and 2 1/2 on the short side. Cut slits up on the score lines to the cross line and remove the small tab. Add Sticky Strip Adhesive to the long tab and put it together. Fold up the bottom and adhere. Oh, before you put it together, I added the Holly Berry Designer Paper on each of the sides.

The lid is the Scallop Square, scored at 7/8" all around. I embossed it with the Snow Burst Impressions Folder. Again, cut up the score lines on opposite sides, fold in the tabs to form the lid. I punched holes in the sides of the box with the Crop A Dile, then fed the ribbon thru the sides and up around the top of the lid to tie a knot. You'd have to untie and pull out the ribbon to get to the goodies inside, but that just makes it a little more special…takes more time to savor the anticipation of what is inside! lol! The tag I made with the Oval Frame Folder out of Wild Wasabi and cut it out. I inked up the stamp from Pines & Poinsettias with my Stampin' Write Markers, stamped on Very Vanilla, then punched with the Extra Large Oval and adhered it inside the frame. I stamped Christmas with Early Espresso on Real Red and cut out the banner, the placed it at the bottom of the oval. I used the Crop a Dile to punch a hole at the top, then tied it on the bow with Bakers Twine.

My next one is whimsical…I hope you can tell that it is a ELF hat…and not a Jester Hat. I added the Jingle Bells because they just seemed like SO much fun on this little box made from the Petal Cone and Perfect Pennants Dies! It was REALLY easy to put together, too. I had the idea in my head for a while…I'm amazed that it worked out like I thought it would! lol!

I used the Petal Cone Die, one in Poppy Parade and one in Lucky Limeade and put them together, folding the bottom flaps together to hold anything inside (see photo below.) Then I cut six of the medium size pennants from Perfect Pennants Die, three in Poppy Parade and three in Lucky Limeade. I adhered them with Sticky Strip to the base of the Petal Cone, curling the tops outward. I added the Jingle Bells with Mini Glue Dots. Here is the bottom of the Petal Cone Elf Hat box.

I think they would be FUN party favors sitting at everyone's place setting for the holidays!

Hope you enjoyed my two box projects today! Continue on the Blog Tour with the FABULOUS Mary Brown at StamperCamper's Corner! I know you will LOVE her projects using the Winter Wishes Stitched Felt!

It's time! Time for the monthly Tour de Freaks! Check out what the Control Freak Swappers have been up to this month! You've probably just come from Lisa Martz's Blog…didn't you LOVE her projects? If you are here prior to February 20th, please note that not all links may be working yet!

Our theme this month is Birthday cards and projects! I had SO much fun with my creation! It all started with some inspiration from Mercedes Weber for her mini gumball machine made with the Cupcake Punch. Using her idea, I designed my Mini Gumball card for my Punch Class this month…then went on to expand the idea…

I started with a base of Pear Pizzazz cardstock and ran the front thru the Big Shot with the Perfect Polka Dots Impressions Folder. I used a piece of the numbers pattern from Celebrations Designer Paper and layered it on Pacific Point cardstock. The base of the Gumball Machine is the Cupcake Punch Base turned upside down and with the scallop edge trimmed off. The black is the Small Oval Punch cut in half and a Silver Mini Brad. The globe is the 1" Circle punched from Whisper White and sponged with Bashful Blue around the edges. Of course, the "gumballs" are the sprinkles for the top of the cupcake on the punch. The Real Red topper of the machine is the very top scallop of the frosting with a little sliver of cut cardstock added. I added a square of Real Red cardstock in the background and stamped "Bring on the Cake" from Stampin' Up!'s Bring on the Cake stamp set. I also added three more "gumballs" as decoration over the greeting!

So, I thought if I could make a mini gumball from punches, how could I made a JUMBO sized one for the front of a card? Can you tell what the base of the gumball machine is????

If you guessed the Petal Cone Die...you are RIGHT! It is just the center part of the cone with the round top trimmed off and turned up for the base and the point trimmed off! I added the Basic Black Wide Oval Punch cut off and added a 5/16" Silver Jumbo Brad to the top…with some colored gumballs falling out. The other mechanism for the machine is just a 1/2" Circle of Real Red layered on a 3/4" Circle of Basic Black. The globe was cut with the 3" Circle DIe from Whisper White and the Medium Window Sheet (hard to see in the photo!) I sandwiched the 1/2" Circle Gumballs between those two layers. The top of the gumball machine is the round top I cut off from the Petal Cone Die and then a 3/4" Circle punch added behind it and a strip of Real Red cardstock for the front. The check background is the Celebrations Designer Paper again. The "From All of Us" from Family Phrases is stamped in Basic Black on Pacific Point and punched with a 1" Circle Punch. I LOVE how this turned out!

So…I thought if I could do a large Gumball Machine card…how about a FAVOR, too!

I cut TWO of the Petal Cone Diecuts from Real Red, cut off the points and round top, turned it upside down and build a "pyramid" looking box with an opening at the top. I did the front of the machine the same way I made the large card. I used a Medium Cello Bag, filled it with gumballs, tied it off with 1/8 Pumpkin Pie Taffeta Ribbon, and formed it into a rounded shape. I turned it upside down and placed the tied end into the opening of the box. The top of the Gumball Machine hides the pointed edge of the Cello Bag…I sandwiched it between two layers of the machine topper. Isn't it FUN, too? I do LOVE it! What a great party favor to use too coordinate with the card! And you could easily expand the theme with cupcake toppers, invitations, whatever!

So…hope you enjoyed my Gumball Machine Birthday Theme projects for the Tour de Freaks this month! Leave me a comment…I'd love to hear what you think about the projects! You can continue on the tour to visit my good friend, Mary Brown's blog and her AWESOME projects, by clicking on the button below! You'll circle around to my blog again when you are completely finished…there are 12 stops this month! Have fun!

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