Michele Reynolds
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Snailed It Heart Bubble Treat Box |
F un Valentine treat box using Stampin' Up! products.
Cut cardstock and designer paper pieces to the following sizes using a Paper Trimmer:
- 4" x 9-3/4" of squiggly red lines on pink background design from Snail Mail Designer Series Paper, cut so the lines are horizontal on the vertical rectangle
- 2" square from Whisper White or Basic White Cardstock
- 1-1/2" square from Whisper White or Basic White Cardstock
- 1" x 2" from Real Red Cardstock
- 1" x 1-1/4" from Bermuda Bay Cardstock
Fold together a Love You Always Treat Box using a Bone Folder.
Fill the box with treats and close it up.
Put strips of Tear & Tape Adhesive on the short sides of the BACK of the Snail Mail Designer Paper strip. Put lines of Stampin' Seal down the BACK side of the designer paper strip as well.
Remove the protective backing from one of the short strips of Tear & Tape Adhesive. Start adhering the designer paper to the center of the box sleeve on the bottom of the box. Wrap the paper around the sleeve and crease on the corners as you go. Remove the protective backing from the other short strip of Tear & Tape and adhere the end of the designer paper in place on the bottom of the sleeve.
Mount the snail with an envelope on his back image from the Snailed It Set on Block C. Ink it up with the Memento Pad. Stamp the image on the larger square of white cardstock. Don't worry if you don't get all of the sentiment, you will be cutting it off anyway.
Pick out the matching snail with envelope die from the Snail Dies. Put it on top of the stamped snail image on a platform on your Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine so the snail is centered in the die. Run through the machine.
Put the snail cut out on some Grid Paper to protect your work surface. You need to make sure that you protect your work surface with paper as the Stampin' Blends Markers do bleed through.
Use the Dark and Light Real Red Stampin' Blends to color in the snail's body and antenna, but leave the eyeballs white.
Use the Dark and Light Bermuda Bay Stampin' Blends to color in the snail's shell.
Use the Dark Real Red Stampin' Blends to color in the heart on the envelope.
Use the Color Lifter Stampin' Blends if needed to remove excess color.
Adhere the colored snail cut out to the top of the box sleeve so it is about 1" from the left edge and about 1/2" from the bottom edge.
Mount the speech/thought bubble image from the Snailed It Set on Block B. Ink it up with the Bermuda Bay Ink Pad. Stamp it in the center of the smaller white square.
Pick out the speech/thought bubble die from the Snail Dies. Put it on top of the stamped speech/thought bubble image on a platform on your Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine so the bubble is centered in the die. Run through the machine.
Adhere the speech/thought bubble cut out to the top of the box sleeve just to the right of the snail's head.
Pick out both little heart dies from the Snail Dies. Put them on top of the Real Red strip on a platform on your Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine. Make sure the dies do NOT overlap Run through the machine.
Use a Mini Stampin' Dimensional to adhere one of the small red heart cut outs to the center of the speech/thought bubble.
Pick out one of the small mushroom dies from the Snail Dies. Put it on top of the small piece of Bermuda Bay Cardstock on a platform on your Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine. Run through the machine. Use the Take Your Pick Die Brush Tip to remove the pieces.
Use Fine-Tip Glue Pen or Multipurpose Liquid Glue on the back of the top of the mushroom cut out to adhere it over the remaining, upside down red heart cut out so the red shows through the cut outs in the top of the small mushroom cut out.
Use Mini Stampin' Dimensionals to adhere the layered small mushroom cut out to the top of the box sleeve so it overlaps the back of the snail cut out.
Use the mini spatula on the Take Your Pick to carefully peel up 3 red hearts from a sheet of Resin Hearts making sure that you get the adhesive backings as well. Adhere one over the heart on the envelope on the snail's back. Adhere another above the snail on the left side as shown and the final one beside the snail on the right side as shown.
Use the mini spatula on the Take Your Pick to carefully peel up 2 white hearts from a sheet of Resin Hearts making sure that you get the adhesive backings as well. Adhere one to the center of the red heart cut out in the center of the speech/thought bubble and the other below the speech/thought bubble as shown.
Use the mini spatula on the Take Your Pick to carefully peel up 2 rhinestones from a sheet of Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels making sure that you get the adhesive backings as well. Adhere them over the snail's eyeballs.