Seasonal pillow box

Hello Sizzix Friends!
Autumn is a wonderful season.
I love everything about it: colours, weather, seasonal food, home decorations.
There's magic in the air.

Today I share you my last gift package, perfect for this seasonal mood.
I hope you like it.

You need:
Sizzix Big Shot Plus Machine Only (White & Gray) (660020)
Sizzix Movers & Shapers L Die - Pillow Box w/Labels (658268)
Sizzix Accessory - Premium Crease Pad, Extended (656159)
Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 3PK - Winter Wishes (660882)
Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 3PK - Decorative Trees
Sizzix Framelits Die Set 8PK - Tag Collection
Brown kraft cardstock
Black adhesive paper sheet
Stripped cardstock orange-white
Lace ribbon
Baker's twine grey-white
Double sided sticky tape
Scissors
Stapler

Die cut the pillow box using Sizzix Big Shot Plus Machine Only (White & Gray) (660020), Sizzix Movers & Shapers L Die - Pillow Box w/Labels (658268), Sizzix Accessory - Premium Crease Pad, Extended (656159) and a brown kraft cardstock.
Arrange the box using a piece of double-sided sticky tape.
Close the box.
Add a lace ribbon and fix it on the back of the box with two pieces of double-sided tape.
Die cut a tag using one framelit from Sizzix Framelits Die Set 8PK - Tag Collection and a stripped orange-white cardstock.
Die cut the word JOY using the thinlit from Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 3PK - Winter Wishes (660882) and a black adhesive paper sheet.
Paste the sticky word JOY on the tag.
Add the baker's twine on the box and, before make a box, add the tag.
Die cut three branches using the thinlit from Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 3PK - Decorative Trees and the same cardstocks use before.
Fix the three banches together with a stapler and put them under the twine.

The seasonal gift package is done!

Enjoy your sunday.
Silvia

 

*Per i lettori italiani*

 

Buongiorno amici creativi.
L'autunno è una stagione meravigliosa.
Adoro tutto: i colori, il clima, i prodotti stagionali, le decorazioni per la casa.
Le finestre si chiudono e le luci di accendono nelle case.
Trovo ci sia qualcosa di magico.

Oggi voglio mostrarvi una nuova confezione regalo pensata proprio per questo periodo.



You need:
Sizzix Big Shot Plus Machine Only (White & Gray) (660020)
Sizzix Movers & Shapers L Die - Pillow Box w/Labels (658268)
Sizzix Accessory - Premium Crease Pad, Extended (656159)
Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 3PK - Winter Wishes (660882)
Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 3PK - Decorative Trees
Sizzix Framelits Die Set 8PK - Tag Collection
Cartoncino marrone
Carta adesiva nera
Cartoncino a righe arancione-bianco
Nastro di pizzo
Spago grigio-bianco
Nastro biadesivo
Forbici
Pinzatrice


Fustellare la sagoma per la scatola a cuscino utilizzando Sizzix Big Shot Plus Machine Only (White & Gray) (660020), Sizzix Movers & Shapers L Die - Pillow Box w/Labels (658268), Sizzix Accessory - Premium Crease Pad, Extended (656159) e un cartoncino marrone kraft.
Comporre la scatola utilizzando una striscia di nastro biadesivo.
Chiudere la scatola.
Aggiungere un nastro di pizzo avvolgendolo sulla scatola e fissandolo sul retro con un paio di pezzi di nastro biadesivo.
Fustallare una tag usando uno dei framelit presenti nel Sizzix Framelits Die Set 8PK - Tag Collection e un cartoncino a righe bianco e arancione.
Fustellare la parola JOY usando il thinlit presente nel Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 3PK - Winter Wishes (660882) e una carta adesiva nera.
Togliere la pellicola protettiva dal retro della carta adesiva e incollare la scritta JOY sulla tag precedentemente fustellata.
Aggiungere lo spago grigio e bianco avvolgendolo sulla scatola.
Prima di fare il fiocco inserire la tag.
Fustellare 3 rami usando il thinlit presente nel Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 3PK - Decorative Trees e gli stessi cartoncini usati prima (marrone kraft, a righe bianco e arancione e la carta adesiva nera)
Disporre i rami a ventaglio e fissarli tra loro con un punto di pinzatrice.
Posizionarli quindi sotto alla spago.

Il pacchetto autunnale è completo!

Buona domenica
Silvia

 

 

 

 

"Never Give Up" by Gerry van Gent

Happy Sunday friends!

Hope you are all doing well!

For my blog post today I am sharing a pillow box I created with 

a coordinating quote card. It's one of those small, hand-made things you

can give to a friend for encouragement and to show you care.

660515 Sizzix Big Shot Plus Starter Kit

660844 Sizzix Thinlits Plus Die Set Box, Pillow

660094 Sizzix Thinlits Die Delicate Wings

656554 Sizzix Bigz Die Corners, Flourish #2

660500 Sizzix Thinlits Die Set Intricate Tribal Florals 

660220 Sizzix Thinlits Die Set Mixed Media

660159 Sizzix Paper Punch Large Butterfly

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After die cutting the Pillow Box I began decorating it by adding

 different embellishments including die-cut flowers and flourish.

The coordinating card was cut to sizes fitting the pillow itself.

I added a pearl in the centers of the die-cut Intricate flowers.

As usual, I punched the butterfly multiple times and adhered

on top of one another in order to give more dimension.

Thank you for visiting us today!

Have a creative week ahead!

Gerry

Watercolor Birthday Card and a Pillow Box

Hey everybody,
for some reason I love matching birthday sets. A cute card with a matching box for a small gift are always a fun idea. Yesterday, I had the chance to give away this summer set.

Before I used the Intricate Tribal Florals Thinlits to create these pretty flowers, I prepared watercolor paper with some paint. Just a little tipp: use a lot of water and let the color drop into it! So the color can swim wherever it wants to.

And use the magnetic platform for die cutting! It´s just awesome that your thinlits stay were you put them on and don´t slide away. ;)

Do you like this set? Tell me what you think about it. :)

List of supplies I used:
Sizzix Big Shot Plus Starter Kit (White & Gray) #660515
Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 5PK - Intricate Tribal Florals
Sizzix Accessory - Cutting Pads, Standard, 1 Pair (Mint)
Sizzix Accessory - Standard Magnetic Platform for Wafer-Thin Dies
Sizzix Pillow Boxes
Watercolor paper and paint, brushes
Light green cardstock and vellum
Heat tool and white embossing powder, versamark stamp pad

Have a nice weekend and a lot of sun in your life! :)
xo Julia

One die - three ways with the Thinlits Plus Pillow Box Set

Today I was inspired by a series of projects that Sizzix recently did on one die many ways, in which 6 bloggers took this Pillow Box Thinlit set and each made a different version. (You can check them here part 1 and part 2!). But this time I wanted to highlight the fact that you can use the inner panel dies to create beautiful fronts of cards.

 Let’s Celebrate Pillow Box Thinlits Plus Die

For this project you will need:

Sizzix Big Shot Plus Machine Only - 660020
Sizzix Pillow Box Thinlits Plus Die - 660844
Sizzix Accessory - Precision Base Plate for Intricate Thinlits Dies - 660320
Sizzix Accessory - Die Brush & Foam Pad for Wafer-Thin Dies - 660513

I took a landscape A6 folded card, and placed the intricate inside die for the pillow box and secure it with low tack tape in place (just right to the scored line). I used instead one of the cutting plates the awesome Precision Base Plate. 

Because there is so much detail in this die, you may have to run it two or three times through the machine. After running through machine just turn it over and check that you can see all the cut lines.

While the die is still in place, use the die brush to release all the die cut small bits. I love this brush! It comes with the black mat that  its quite static so all those pieces don't fly away.

Then I place the same die in the other part of the card. I tried to link them as closely as possible. There are many possibilities, I could have left a bigger gap  or even not die cut it at all.

Once run it through the die cutting machine, I saw that I overlapped it too much, but not too worry!  

I  trimmed a piece of the same white card and stamped the message on it. Then just attached it to the front.



To finish it off, I just added the wooden hearts.

Finally I just added a contracting panel for the background. If you are wondering where would you write the message, there two options, the back of the card or make the pink paper a folded one so that you can write inside.

The box is simple, and you can add a contrast panel for the flap.

And with the other panel you can create this simple card too. As you can see a single pass through the die cutting machine

I hope this inspires you to try your dies in a different way!

Paula

Happy Summer Pillow Box



Good afternoon Sizzix Friends!

Today I'd like to share with you a new pretty gift package idea.

I decided to use two colours perfect for summer: neon yellow and light teal.

They are so wonderful mixing together!

Let's start!

You need:

Sizzix Big Shot Plus Starter Kit (White & Gray) (660515)

Sizzix Movers & Shapers L Die - Pillow Box w/Labels (658268)

Sizzix Accessory - Premium Crease Pad, Extended (656159) (I've the Extended size but Stardard size is okay too!)

Sizzix Framelits Die Set 5PK - Stars (657567)

Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 3PK - Happiness Phrases (66080)

Neon yellow cardstock

Teal glitter cardstock

Double-sided tape

Scissors

Stripped ribbon

Alphabet stickers

Multi-sized hole punch

 

Die cut a start  from Sizzix Framelits Die Set 5PK - Stars using a neon yellow cardstock.

Die cut the pillow box using Sizzix Movers & Shapers L Die - Pillow Box w/LabelsSizzix Accessory - Premium Crease Pad, Extended and the same cardstock used before paying attention to the start position.
Cut a piece of teal glitter cardstock and fix it behind the star with some pieces of double-sided tape.
Arrenge the pillow box using double-sided tape.

Realize two hole on the box using the multi-sized hole punch and then close the box.
Take a white card and die cut the word Hello from Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 3PK - Happiness Phrases.
Add some stickers in order to compose the word Summer.

Cut a piece of neon yellow cardstock and fix it behind the card using the double-sided tape.

Realize a hole on the card with the multi-sized hole punch.

Add a stripped ribbon in the three hole (two on the box and one on the card).

Make a knot and a box.

Cut the excess of ribbon.

That's it!

Hope you enjoy it!
Happy Sunday!

Silvia

 

 

 

*Per i lettori italiani*

 

Buon pomeriggio!

Oggi vorrei condividere con voi una nuova idea di confezionamento.

Ho deciso di utilizzare due colori perfetti per l'estate: giallo fluo e ottanio chiaro.

Li trovo bellissimi abbinati tra loro.

 

Iniziamo subito!

 

Ho usato:

Sizzix Big Shot Plus Starter Kit (White & Gray) (660515)

Sizzix Movers & Shapers L Die - Pillow Box w/Labels (658268)

Sizzix Accessory - Premium Crease Pad, Extended (656159) (io ho la versione estesa ma quella di dimensioni Stardard va ugualmente bene!)

Sizzix Framelits Die Set 5PK - Stars (657567)

Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 3PK - Happiness Phrases (66080)

Cartoncino giallo neon

Cartoncino ottanio glitterato

Nastro biadesivo

Forbici

Nastro a righe ottanio e bianco

Perforatrice

Adesivi alfabeto

 

Fustellare una stella del Sizzix Framelits Die Set 5PK - Stars usando un cartoncino giallo neon.

Fustellare la scatola a busta usando Sizzix Movers & Shapers L Die - Pillow Box w/Labels , Sizzix Accessory - Premium Crease Pad, Extended e usando lo stesso cartoncino usato in precedenza facendo attenzione alla posizione della stella.

Tagliare un pezzo di cartoncino glitterato ottanio e fissarlo sul retro del ritaglio stella usando del nastro biadesivo.

Componete la scatola usando del nastro biadesivo.

Realizzare due buchi sulla scatola usando la perforatrice posizionata sul foto più grande e infine chiudere la scatola.

Prendere un biglietto di cartoncino e fustellare la scritta Hello presente nel Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 3PK - Happiness Phrases.

Aggiungere alcuni adesivi fino a comporre la parola Summer.

Tagliare un pezzo di cartoncino giallo neon nella stessa dimensione del biglietto bianco e posizionarlo sul retro fissandolo con il nastro biadesivo.

Realizzare un foto sul biglietto con la perforatrice.

Aggiungere alla scatola un nastro a righe inserendolo nei 3 buchi (due sulla scatola e uno sul biglietto).

Fare un nodo e infine un fiocco.

Tagliare l'eccesso di nastro.

Cosa ne pensate?

Semplice ma carino, no?!
Buona domenica! 

 

Silvia



Owl be home for Christmas!

Oooh! that's a bad pun, even by my standards which are pretty low!

Last week when I was making the Santa/Rudolph gift boxes I mentioned in passing that people are doing some amazing things with owls. Owls seem to be one of the things to hang on your tree this year so I thought why not?

The dies I used are;

• Sizzix Movers & Shapers L Die - Pillow Box w/Labels (658268)
• Sizzix Sizzlits Decorative Strips Die - Mini Paper Rosettes (657177)
• Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 4PK - Holiday Greens (658759)

 I started by die-cutting, folding and gluing my box from heavyweight ivory card. Next I die-cut a selection of festive greenery from the same card before delicately inking the tips using 'Antique Linen' Distress Ink. Next I applied a little glue to the tips with my fingers and added some Distress glitter and a strategic smattering of sand coloured glitter before using them to cover the box as shown below.

I die-cut two of the smaller paper rosettes and inked the edges before assembling each one and placing a large pearl brad in the centre. Next, I used my finger to apply a little PVA glue around the edges before dipping them in Stampendous Glass Glitter.

To make the owl's beak I die-cut a small heart using one of the Framelits Heart dies before inking and applying more glass glitter.

All that was left to do was to attach the eyes and beak with a glue gun before inserting a loop of string through the hole in the top. The beauty of this decoration is that it can also contain a few goodies or a small gift. I hope you enjoyed it, I know I had fun?

Boxing Clever

Boxing Clever is an interesting idiom which I have hijacked for another of my cringe worthy little word plays. Pillow boxes it seems are a favourite amongst the paper crafting community when it comes to customisation (there are some stunning owls out there!) so I decided to create some festive themed custom jobs just for you.

the ideas are not completely original however I will show you a few little tricks of how to give them a little extra spice by using your favourite Sizzix dies.

Here is a list of dies used, click on each link to see the products:

• Sizzix Movers & Shapers L Die - Pillow Box w/Labels by Tim Holtz
• Sizzix Framelits Die set 8PK - Circles#2
• Sizzix Framelits Die Set 8Pk - Squares
• Sizzix Framelits Die Set 6Pk - Squares, Scallop

I wanted to make a couple of festive gift boxes which will compliment each other and what better double act than Santa and Rudolph.

I started by die cutting and assembling the box from red patterned paper (My Mind's Eye Collectable Collection) 

Next, I die cut a scalloped square from gold matt card and a square of black card. I then cut a strip of black card long enough to wrap around the box and trimmed one end to a point. I scrunched the strip and black square into a ball to add a little texture before lightly applying a little pewter coloured gilding wax with my fingertip.

 The rest was easy, I wrapped the 'belt' around the box and matted the black square onto the scalloped buckle before attaching to the belt. For the finishing touch I threaded a couple of small wooden buttons with raffia and attached to the box using a glue gun.

Isn't it amazing how a few simple shapes and colours combine to leave you in no doubt as to who or what the image represents?

Rudolph is a little more challenging and even though you can find some ideas on the internet, I made this without seeing any of them as I had a few ideas I wanted to try out.

I wanted to start with Rudolph's eyes. He may be the baby of the reindeer team but he's been pulling that sleigh for centuries now so I wanted to give him a Sagacious, world weary disposition and the best way to convey a characters emotion is through the eyes which after all are the windows to the soul!

I folded a piece of white card in half and placed a circle die so that it slightly overlapped the crease, I ran this through my trusty Big Shot and ended up with two linked circles. I then repeated these steps using a slightly larger circle and corrugated card.

I folded the two corrugated circles back together and trimmed at an angle to make Rudolph's eyelids. Next, I die-cut two small black circles and carefully snipped away a couple of triangles before attaching to the whites of the eyes, This adds the illusion of highlights (Check out early Mickey Mouse cartoons). Finally, I gently inked the edges of the eyelids to add contrast using Vintage Photo Distress Ink and attached them in place with adhesive foam pads to add a little dimension.

I die-cut and assembled the pillow box from corrugated card and gently inked the edges before mounting the eyes. The nose was cut from red glitter card, after all, as the song says, it was 'very shiny' 

To create the ears I die-cut a circle from corrugated card and folded it in half before placing my circle die back onto the folded card in such a way that I ended up with two leaf shapes which I then inked around the edges.

The ears were attached with a glue gun and the last thing to do was brave the elements and collect a few suitable twigs to use as antlers. I sealed the top of the box and used a craft knife to make a couple of slits at the corners into which I inserted the trimmed twigs.

I think they make a lovely couple, I hope you agree?