I love all things 3d really but especially boxes, so I was excited to see that this week’s Case-ing the Catty challenge was the Gift Packaging section of the catalogue. There are lots of great packaging options in the catalogue from bags, boxes and more.

I decided to make 2 projects this week. For my first project, I thought I would case the box on page 65 of the catalogue. (It has a silver doily on it, so I was sold!!)

But I decided to not make a box, but try a bag made with the new Gift Bag punch board. I decided to add a flap to the top of the bag so that it would have a closure and the tag could be attached to it.

I reversed the colours used from the sample and went with a piece of dotty Melon Mambo from the Brights Collection DSP stack. I hope you like my gift bag!

Here’s a close up of the flap.

For my second project, I wanted to try the hamburger box on page 61. Only one problem, I don’t have the Hamburger box die. So I got out my trusty gift box punch board and a piece of the Color Me Irresistible Specialty DSP and 60 seconds later, voila, I had a box!!

To make the flower, I used a piece of whisper white envelope paper. It’s a lighter paper which made it easier to work with. I cut out a number of petals from the Bouquet Bigz L die, and curved them slightly with my bone folder. I then stuck the petals together with glue dots. You can use either tombow glue or hot glue but I didn’t want to make a big mess and I was in a hurry to get it done! I also cut the black flower centre from the die. I attempted to make the yellow flower centre but as you can see, there’s a pearl in the middle. Less said about that, the better!!

Now I have to mention, I had a bit of trouble getting a good photo of the box, so please excuse my photos!!

Here’s one looking down through the top of my light box.

I hope you have enjoyed my project today. The next stop on the CTC hop is Monique. I’m sure she has a fabulous project for you!!

If you happen to get lost on the hop, just click here to go to the Case-ing the Catty blog and you will find all the links there.

I’d love if you could leave me a comment.

Happy Stamping

 

 

 

 

 

Product List

Perfect Pennants Clear Stamp Set [133230] $42.00	Gift Bag Punch Board [135862] $32.00	Banners Framelits Die [132173] $45.00	Bow Builder Punch [137414] $31.00
Brights Designer Series Paper Stack [138434] $38.50	Tempting Turquoise A4 Card Stock [108598] $12.25	Tempting Turquoise Classic Stampin’ Pad [126952] $11.50	2″ Circle Punch [133782] $31.00
Metallic Foil Doilies [138392] $7.00	Whisper White Craft Stampin’ Pad [101731] $14.00	Gift Box Punch Board [135863] $32.00	Color Me Irresistible Specialty Designer Series Paper [138439] $22.75
White 1-1/4″ (3.2 Cm) Jute Ribbon [137904] $15.75	Bouquet Bigz L Die [137367] $66.00	Neutrals Envelope Paper [138310] $10.50	Pearl Basic Jewels Embellishments [119247] $8.75