Dies R Us: Fancy Gift Box

Dec 18, 2017

Fancy Gift Box

Hello, and welcome to another Dies R Us Inspiration blog post. It's Judy here with you, and today I have a fabulous and fancy gift box for you to make. Since it's so close to Christmas, I thought I would show you a quick and easy way to present your beautiful present - and yes, that's a play on words.

Here is the box:

What I am going to show you is how I made that poinsettia embellishment on the top of the box. Linda Parker has a VIDEO tutorial on how to make the box, and she explains it much better than I could. She created her own patterned paper for the lid, but I chose to use patterned paper for the bottom and keep the lid plain to showcase the flower. While I used an orange blossom flower die, I turned it into a poinsettia. This is a good example of the versatility of Dies R Us dies.

Here's how I made the flower embellishment:

First I die cut all my elements. I used the Sue Wilson Orange Blossom Petals die set for the flowers and The Frantic Stamper Assorted Foliage die set for the leaves. The flowers are cut out of GKD Cherry Red card stock and the leaves with GKD Fresh Asparagus. I cut the flower centers with GKD Honey Mustard card stock.

Next I used the Sue Wilson Creative Expressions Frames and Tags - Olivia die set for the doily and white background. The doily is cut from stash gold foil card stock, and the white doily is from Recollections 110# card stock.

Then I gave the flowers and leaves some attention. I sponged the edges of the flowers with GKD Cranberry Tart Ink and the leaves and flower centers with GKD Fresh Asparagus Ink.

Then I shaped the flowers by using a stylus and foam pad. I rubbed the stylus in circles on the backside of the petals, and then turned them over and drew a line up the middle of each petal. This created the "veins" which are typical on poinsettias. I pinched the ends a little to give them dimension.

Then I layered the petals and the little stamens together, and voila, you have a poinsettia.

So that's pretty much it. Then I just added all the elements together and adhered them to the top of my box. I added some stash black gems on the white doily for accents.

Here are the dies I used:

Sue Wilson Designs-
Orange Blossom-
Open Petals

Frantic Stamper - Dies - Assorted Foliage

Frantic Stamper - Assorted Foliage

Sue Wilson Frames and Tags - Olivia

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you like these awesome die sets as much as I do!!

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