Sneak Peek - First Sight Part 5

This is the final card made for the Sneak Peek of the "First Sight" stamp set.

Again, I did some background stamping, and one of my favorite techniques, ink blending. For all the background stamping, I second stamped so that ink was lighter in colour.

Here is a close up so you can better see the stamping and Ink blending work, as well as what I did with the sentiment. I stamped the sentiment onto the banner, and again on a scrap of Old Olive cardstock, and used the Word Window Punch for the "Happy Thoughts" part of it.

With the side view you can see the layering of this card.

For the butterfly, I first blended inks onto a scrap of Whisper White, and stamp the butterfly with Old Olive ink before punching it out.

For the inside I second stamped just a bit of the scroll stamp at the corners. I can leave the inside as is for a lot of writing, or I can add another stamp for a sentiment when I use the card.

So there you have the final Sneak Peek for the "First Sight" series. What will be next?

Check out what I used to create this card, with the exception of the new stamp set.

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Whoops! I forgot to include this stamp set above.

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It was so nice of you stop by today. Thank you. Be sure to check out what will be posted tomorrow!

Happy Stamping!

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ALL BOXED UP KIT

I would like to share with you my creative ways of embellishing the little boxes from the "All Boxed Up Kit".

I started by making one of these boxes nearly as directed in the photos of this kit, and the rest I used my creativity to make my  own.

So you can better see what I did, I'm showing you each box individually, with the first one being the closest to the Stampin' Up photo.

For this next one, I knew that here would be a lot of the little gold stickers left, so I used them to create a pattern at the base of the box.

I had also received in this order, along with this kit, two background stamps that I was eager to use.

I also sponge inked the base of this next one. Love the effect.

For the next two boxes, I used some of the text stamps around the base of the boxes to create a pattern of sorts, as well as on the tags.

I then thought, why can't I make these into Christmas boxes for little gifts or Advent boxes...

For this next one I used two different stamp  sets - Flurry of Wishes & Antique Tags (Hostess Stamp Set).

Holiday Catalogue Antique Tags (Hostess Stamp Set)

For this next box, in addition to the "Antique Tags stamp set, I used the other Holiday Catalogue Hostess stamp set "Six Sayings".

Holiday Catalogue Six Sayings (Hostess Stamp Set)

For the last box I'm showing you, there are two photos so that you can see all the sides of the box as there is a different stamp on each side.

I used the "All Ye Faithful" stamp set on this box. That's it for this project.

This kit was so much fun to work with! Everything was included except for the different stamp sets and ink pads! Use your creativity for this fun kit. I was keeping it simple for a class, but if making for myself, I probably would have put some windows into some of these boxes!

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