Art with Heart Creative Showcase - October 2020

Designer Series Paper and Snowflake Splendor

Hello. Welcome to Valley Inspirations with Andrea and the Art with Heart Team Monthly Creative Showcase for October 2020.

This month the Team is focussing on the delicious and delightful Designer Series Papers (DSPs) that Stampin' Up has on offer. There is such an amazing array of styles, colour themes and topics, ranging from various styles of florals, bright colours, photographic, abstract designs, wood or textural and Christmas papers  - there is so many to choose from to ensure you can find something suitable for your projects. The difficulty is choosing which pack to buy!

The really great news is that all through October, there is a sale on many of the DSPs offered by Stampin' Up! - its 15% off. Any of the demonstrators participating in this Creative Showcase would be delighted to help you if you have any questions or would like to take advance of the sale price.

One of my favourite ways of using DSP is in making boxes and with Christmas coming up I decided to made a number of boxes to hold gifts for giving this Christmas. They have been decorated and tied with ribbon. I hope you like them. 

As I was making boxes, I decided to make a couple extra to give as a hostess gift for a Technique Class I was asked to hold last night. I also made a Christmas card to match one of the boxes. Here we go:

All my projects use the gorgeous Snowflake Splendor Designer Series Paper. It is so beautiful with soft muted tones. One side displays a range of beautiful snowflakes and the other side has even more of a watercolour feel with less defined snowflakes.

Project 1: A Set of 3 Boxes

As mentioned, my first project is a set of three boxes. The bases were made with coordinating card-stock and the lids created with three different designs of the Snowflake Splendor DSP. Each base has a depth of 2" (5cm), while the lid has a depth of 1" (2.5cm). These days I usually work in centimetres but with box making I often go back to my early years and work in inches. With the different depths of base and lid, both base and lid can be seen from the side. This also facilitates easy removal of the lid.

The largest box is 8"x8" (20cmx20cm) square with a depth of 2" (5cm). The base was made from 12"x12" (30cmx30cm) Coastal Cabana card-stock and the lid was cut to 10"x10" (25cmx25cm). When box creating I usually use my Simply Scored Scoring Tool with my Take Your Pick Tool, however, Stampin' Up! has a brilliant Paper Trimmer that includes a scoring blade along with the cutting blade - so this tool can be used instead - it's so versatile. The Snowflake was die cut from the Rainbow Glimmer Paper and Coastal Cabana card-stock using the So Many Snowflake dies. Blue Adhesive-Backed Gems that had been coloured with a Light Bermuda Bay Blend were adhered in the centre. 

The 2nd box is 6"x6" (15cmx15cm) square with a depth of 2" (5cm). The base was made from 10"x10" (25cmx25cm) Balmy Blue card-stock and the lid was cut to 8"x8" (20cmx20cm) from DSP. The Snowflake was cut from Balmy Blue Glimmer Paper and Balmy Blue card-stock using the So Many Snowflake dies with a Blue Adhesive-Backed Gem adhered in the centre.

The 3rd box is 4"x4" (10cmx10cm) square with a depth of 2" (5cm). The base was cut to 8"x8" (20cmx20cm) of Highland Heather card-stock and the lid cut to 6"x6" (15cmx15cm) from DSP. The Snowflake was die cut from Balmy Blue Glimmer Paper (which was then coloured with a Light Highland Heather Blend) and Highland Heather card-stock using the So Many Snowflake dies. A Blue Adhesive-Backed Gem that had been coloured with a Dark Highland Heather Blend was adhered in the centre.

The labels for each of the boxes were cut from Whisper White card-stock using the Tasteful Labels dies. Each was stamped with tiny snowflakes from the Snowflake Wishes stamp set the different sentiments all came from the same stamp set. Aren't they lovely sentiments? The colour of Classic inks to stamp the sentiments were all chosen to coordinate with the particular DSP. Each of the boxes were tied with the luscious Metallic Mesh ribbon. It is so beautiful.

Project 2:

One of the boxes in this box stack is the same as the 3rd box shown above. In fact, it was this box that inspired me to make a stack as a hostess gift, as the DSP for the lid was cut to 6"x6" (15cmx15cm) so I could make a 2nd box from a pre-cut piece of DSP. 

The smallest box is 2"x2" (5cmx 5cm) square with a depth of 2" (5cm). The base was cut to 6"x6" (15cmx15cm) of Pool Party card-stock and the lid cut to 4"x4" (10cmx10cm) from DSP. 

The two boxes were stacked together and tie with the same Metallic Mesh ribbon. The Snowflake was die cut from Balmy Blue Glimmer Paper and Highland Heather card-stock using the So Many Snowflakes dies. Both a Blue Adhesive-Backed Gem and the Glimmer Paper were coloured with a Dark Pool Party Blend. The "Thank You" sentiment also came from the same stamp set.

My hostess was delighted with her gift and mentioned she would use the Box Stack as a Christmas decoration this year.

Project 3:

A Christmas card was created to coordinate with the Balmy Blue mid size box from Project 1. I was able to use for the card, the DSP that remained after cutting the piece of DSP out of a 12x12" (30x30cm) piece of DSP for the lid.

A standard card size (in Australia), ie half a A4 piece of Balmy Blue card-stock was scored in half and then the front scored in half again. Two labels were cut from both Balmy Blue and Whisper White card-stocks using the 3rd largest dies from Hippo & Friends dies. Tiny snowflakes were stamped in Balmy Blue Classic ink on the white labels; with one of the labels also being stamped with the sentiment in Misty Moonlight Classic ink. The Balmy Blue labels were both cut in half and adhered to the underneath side of the white labels with a tiny bit of blue showing on either side of the front of the label. 

A piece of the DSP was cut so that it would show a small boarder of the card base on the bottom half a card and a 2nd piece was cut to similarly show a boarder and adhere to the top quarter of the card. The label without the sentiment was adhered directly to the middle of the decorated bottom of the card base. The label with the sentiment was adhered on the LHS to the top decorated card front, ensuring it fully covered the label underneath.

In line with the box, Snowflake pieces were die cut from the Balmy Blue Glimmer Paper (1 x large and 2 x small snowflakes); and from Balmy Blue card-stock (2 x mid-size snowflakes). To create the larger snowflake the 3 different size pieces were adhered together and a Blue Adhesive-Backed Gem adhered in the middle. The smaller snowflake was created from the remaining 2 snowflakes. This smaller snowflake was adhered to the side of the top label and the larger snowflake to the side of the bottom label ensuring most of it would be seen when the card was closed.

Thank you for visiting Valley Inspirations. I really appreciate you spending time on my blog as we showcase some gorgeous Designer Series Papers that are on sale throughout October.

 

I am so blessed to be apart of such a talented team. Knowing each of my colleagues in this Creative Showcase, I am sure that they have some amazing DSP projects to share with you. Don't miss checking out each of their blogs. Rachel is our brilliant host of the Art with Heart Monthly Creative Showcase. If you haven't finished visiting all of the team's amazing masculine creations, you can visit/revisit Rachel's page at Handstamped by Rachel, where she hosts all the links to the other Showcase participants. I'm certainly looking forward to checking out everyone's creations. I always find inspiration.

I hope you join us again next month for October's Art With Heart Team Creative Showcase. when we will be showcasing cards that only use 5 products. This is going to be a challenge for me but I am sure my colleagues will inspire you with #simplestamping using the Stampin' Up! products we love. 

Please don't hesitate to contact me if you are in Australia and would like a copy of the  Stampin' Up! 2020-2021 Annual Catalogue or the August - December Mini Catalogue; or if you have any queries that I could help with. Also, if you are interested in buying Stampin' Up! products, I would delighted to serve you.

Take care of yourself and your loved ones. Stay safe and stay heathy and sane.

Andrea 😘