Scrapbook Boutique - November Blog Hop

Good Morning Blogger's,

Today is Scrapbook Boutique's November Blog Hop and Inspirational Challenge post.   Read on.....

The Hop starts and ends at the Scrapbook Boutique Blog.  If you're following along you should have arrived from Sue K's blog and when you leave me you hop over to Therese's Blog.

The hop is open for one week, closing at midday Thursday 17th November. 

To be eligible to win the prize, leave a comment on each of the blogs, with the SB blog being the last one.  The random winner will be drawn from the  SB blog and announced on Friday 18th.

Unfortunately the blog hop prize (and the inspiration challenge) are only open to anyone with an Australian mailing address.

The Blog Hop prize this week is: Hero Arts Decorate Your Holiday.

We would love you to play along with our regular monthly inspirational challenge.

 The theme is add dots and spots. Make a project using the following picture as your inspiration

and you could be the winner of a $30 gift voucher for Scrapbook Boutique.

(Link your project on the SB Blog before 30/11/11)

I've a little Christmas gift set to share today, not too much stamping on this more die cutting and manipulating paper...... The card is pretty straight forward and this little round gift box stands just 2 inches tall.

Dots and spots.....Swiss dots embossed on my card and pretty die cut ribbon and punched spots on the gift box.

The Merry Christmas sentiment is from a Heartfelt Creations set called 'Holiday Poinsettia Candle'

Product List

Stamps:          Heartfelt Creations – Holiday Poinsettia Candle.

Paper:             SBB: smooth white, powder blue, crimson and mint.

Ink:                 Memento tuxedo black. Rhubarb Stalk and Pear Tart.

Accessories:    Spellbinders Layered Poinsettia, Edgeabilities Mix and Match Classics – Classic Petal.  Small Circle and standard scalloped circle dies. Grand Calibur.

Cuttlebug Swiss dots embossing folder.  Flourish with a Bling Latte self-adhesive pearls.

Rangers: Star Dust Stickles. Cotton twine.  Beacon Zip Dry glue. Art Glitter dries clear adhesive.  3D Foam squares. Hole punch. ScorPal.

For those who like to know how we put things together here are the instructions....sorry they are a bit long winded hope you can follow them!

Instructions: - Card:

1.     Trim, score and fold smooth white card to make a 5.5” x 4.25” top fold card.

2.     Trim powder blue card to 1/8” smaller and emboss with Swiss dots e.f. Adhere to card base.

3.     Trim smooth white card to 1.75” x 4.5”.

4.     Die cut and emboss off the left edge of the card using the 2^nd size (with the 1^st being the smallest) die.

5.     Stamp Merry Christmas from the HC set in tuxedo black. Wrap some cotton twine around the strip of white card and finish with a bow.

6.     Using foam squares add this section to the card front.

7.     From Crimson card and using the 1^st (smallest) die, die cut and emboss two sets of poinsettia petals.  Whilst still in the die sponge with rhubarb stalk ink.

8.     Using dries clear adhesive, assemble the poinsettia, adding three adhesive pearls to the centre and some Stickles to the top layer of petals.

9.     Add a spot of dries clear adhesive to the back of the poinsettia to attach within the die cut shape on the white card to complete.

Round Box.

1.     The box is made with a 2.5” x 9” length of smooth white card.  Score at .5” and snip inverted V shapes along the length to enable you to form a smooth circle or tube.

2.     Using the Spellbinder small circle dies and the 3^rd largest die cut and emboss 3 smooth white circles. (2 for the lid and 1 for the base).

3.     Loosely form a tube from the 9” strip, with the inverted V tabs sitting flat on your work surface.  Push one die cut circle to the base of your tube and alter the tube to fit nice and tight around the circle. Once you have this tight mark and trim the 9” length if needed and adhere with Zip dry to assemble your box.

4.     Using the 3^rd largest scalloped die from the large die set cut 2 Crimson scalloped circles.

5.     Adhere one Crimson scalloped die to the base of your round box.

6.     Decorate the box by die cutting from powder blue card the edge only with Insert A from Spellbinders Classic Petal set. By positioning the die carefully you can use the negative cut to decorate the lid.

7.     The lid is made in the same way from a 1” strip of white card with .25” inverted V’s cut. Before adhering the sides of the tube make sure the lid fits over the base of your box. Add the powder blue negative cut and using a hole punch. Punch some circles from scraps of the crimson, powder blue and mint card to add between the scallops. Adding the 2^nd Crimson scalloped circle to the top of the lid.

8.      Over the top of the Crimson scalloped card add the third white circle.

9.     Die cut, emboss and sponge 1 of the 1^st size and 2 of the 2^nd size poinsettia petals. Assemble the flower adding three adhesive pearls to the centre and some Stickles.

10.  From mint card die cut, emboss and ink using pear tart ink three leaves. Trim them so they just show beneath the poinsettia petals and adhere to white circle.

11. Add the layered poinsettia using a foam square to pop it up.

12. Tie a double loop bow in some cotton twine and using dries clear adhesive add this to the box lid.

Thanks so much for hopping along with us today, looking forward to seeing all your creations linked over at the store Blog..............