Crate Paper

Easter Party Favors with Enza

Hello, CP friends. Easter is upon us, and today I'm sharing a pair of simple and easy gift boxes that would be perfect as party favors as well as little décor pieces for your festive table. The Sunny Days collection has lovely colors and patterns that fit the theme really well.

The boxes are very easy to make. I used a cut file for mine, but I'm also sharing a tutorial in case you don't own an electronic die cutting machine.

I started by choosing the patterned paper, which I trimmed to obtain two square pieces, measuring 5.5” and 6.5” respectively.

I then scored the 5.5” one at 7/8” on all four sides, and the other at 1 3/8”.

After pressing down the folds, I made a cut on each side (as in the photo) and used double-sided tape to secure both bottom and top of the box.

Once ready, I decorated the lids. For the first box, I fussy cut three butterflies from the Blissful paper and flowers from one of the papers in the 12x12 Paper Pad – I love the gold foiled accents of the outlines! I first arranged the flowers, adhereing them down with foam dots for dimension, then continued on with the butterflies, the mint paper flower, and a tag. For the tag, I simply cut it from patterned paper, punched a whole on one side, and added the pink bow. The “love” black puffy sticker comes from the Summertime Glossy Puffy Stickers. I finished it with three flower rhinestones.

For the second box, I used the foliage from the same Summertime Glossy Puffy Sticker as my bottom layer. Then I simply added three paper flowers in different colors to form a cluster; to fill the empty spots I also die cut some additional foliage and tuck it under them. For the sentiment, I adhered one from the Clear Sticker Book onto white cardstock and fussy cut around it to make it opaque and thicker. I placed it in the center of the flower cluster. Glossy puffy hearts finished the box.

I hope you'll give these gift boxes a try. They came together in no time, and are so fun to make.

Thank you for stopping by.

Supplies: Sunny Days – Coral (350777), Blissful (350776), Explorer (350793), Foil On Cardstock (350796), Clear Stickers (350807), Paper Flowers (350812), Summertime Glossy Puffy Stickers (350800), Charms (350810), Rhinestones (350811), 12x12 Paper Pad (350806). 

Spring Scrapbook Layout with Flora

Hi Crate Paper Fans! Flóra is back today with a new spring layout. I used the Maggie Holmes Sunny Days collection which you can buy in JOANN stores. Yay! You will find something new, the Project Pad. This includes patterned papers, stickers, matching cardstocks and even glitter papers. I love the idea that a whole pad includes everything you need for paper crafting. For my project, I used this pad along with other goodies from the collection. This time I documented our weekend trip to Rome. Since this happened this Spring, I decided to add tons of flowers.

 

 

I chose Splendor Paper for my background. It has a fun black dots frame what is super cool. I fussy cut flowers from Apple Blossom Paper. It took me a lot of time and patience but fussy cutting is the most relaxing activity for me. After the cutting was done, I adhered the cut outs on the top of the page using foam dots and double-sided tape.

 

 

I also fussy cut butterflies from Blissful Paper and 6x8 Paper Pad. I scattered them between the flowers. I placed the photo in the middle and decorated around. I used stickers from Project Pad, Ephemera pieces, Clear Sticker Book, Charm and 6x12 Sticker sheet. I love to combine different types of embellishments as the little details will make my page more attractive.

 

 

 

I love the spring look. Sunny Days collection has several floral paper what are perfect for fussy cutting. I hope you will try out my page and create something pretty with your spring photos. Thanks for stopping by here today!

 

Used products:

 

12x12 Splendor Paper (SKU 350775),12x12 Apple Blossom Paper (SKU 350786), 12x12 Blissful Paper (SKU 350776), 6x8 paper Pad (SKU 350818), Ephemera (SKU 350802), Clear Sticker Book (SKU 350807), Charm (SKU 350810), 6x12 Sticker (SKU 350803), Project Pad (SKU 350838)

Stitched Cards with Bea

Hello Ladies! Its Bea here with you today sharing two cards featuring the amazing Flourish collection within the Designer Destination program by JOANN. I don’t know about you but I love adding stitched details to my cards or scrapbook layouts. It gives a special handmade feeling to my projects, and makes everything more personal.

I started my cards by choosing a nice color scheme and selected harmonizing embellishments from the collection. Next, I trimmed patterned paper to 8.5”x5.5” and folded in half to create a vertical card base. Of course the card isn’t complete without an envelope! This was super quick to make thanks to my WRMK envelope punch board. I had envelopes in minutes that coordinated beautifully and fit the cards perfectly.

When finished, I a grabbed colorful threads, and stitched frames or other shapes to the background using various stitching techniques.

For the first card, I added chain stitching frame, and created a cluster to the center using ephemera pieces and the beautiful embroidered bird path. Then I fussy cut flowers from the 6x9 paper pad, and adhered them to the corners. I placed a sticker label under the bird to add a title.

My second card combines a number of different elements. At the bottom of the layers is a floral tag from the ephemera pack, layered on top of that is an oval gold sticker from the 12x12 project pad which I backed with patterned paper, a cardstock sticker and then a peacock sticker from the puffy sticker sheet. In springtime we can’t get enough flowers so I added the beautiful blue sequin flower to the top. I finished my card with label stickers and a black XOXO word label just to draw your attention back in to the mail part of the card.

Thanks so much for stopping by the blog today! I hope I have been able to show you how easy it is to create cards using the beautiful Flourish collection.

Supplies: Flourish Collection: Always (344367), Project Pad (350839), Embroidered patch (350821), Ephemera (350824), Phrase Label (350826), 6x12 stickers (350822), Puffy Stickers (350825), Delights (350820)

Pretty Pillow Box Presents

Hi! It's me, Sandra. And today I'm sharing three pretty handmade pillow boxes. I used papers and embellishments from the Flourish Collection, which is available at Joann Stores now. The pillow boxes are great for giving little gifts. You can use them to hold pens, washi-tape or sweets. And the fun thing: they are really effortless to make.

 

 

To make the pillow boxes, I used the Pillow Box Punch Board from We R Memory Keepers. First, I grabbed three of the pretty patterned papers from Flourish. Second, I followed the instructions how to make the gift boxes. The instructions come with the board. And you can make pillow boxes in different sizes.

 

 

Second, I used beautiful embellishments to decorate the pillow boxes. TIP: I used a heat gun to glue the embellishments onto the box. This way you can make sure that all decoration pieces stay on the box.

 

 

Furthermore, I used a doily on one of the boxes to add a more playful feel.

 

 

In addition, I made a pretty paper flower from the cardstock that comes with the Flourish Project Pad. The pad is great!!! It includes patterned papers, stickers, glitter paper and cardstock.

 

 

To round up the boxes, I also added some cute word stickers and leaves stickers.

 

 

Last but not least, I hope you like my pillow box inspiration with the Flourish Collection.

 

Have fun creating today!

Yours, Sandra

 

 

Supplies: Crate Paper - Flourish Flowers (350820), Embroidered Patch (350821), Ephemera Pieces (350824), Stickers (350825), Stickers (350826), Project Pad (350839), We R Memory Keepers - Pillow Box Punch Board