Me and My Yeti Gift Boxes

Hey stampers, Anni here!

You may have already noticed that I am totally into gift boxes - they make any gift better!
But what I  love even more are these super cute yetis by Mama Elephant! Let's be honest - the set Me And My Yeti has to be the cutest set ever! Don't you think?

I wanted to make some boxes for some crafty friends. So I started by die cutting Lawn Fawn's Scalloped Treat Box from patterned paper that I found in my stash.

Then I stamped both yetis three times as I wanted to make six boxes. I am not a fan of creating twice the same so I tried to make the boxes similar but each a little bit different. And I am a very slow crafter also. That's why I knew I had to keep the colouring to a minimum. I decided to keep the yetis in a light shade so I hadn't a lot of blending and shading to do.
I chose to colour them in a cool grey, a warm grey and a very light brown. To make them match the boxes I coloured the faces, the paws and the horns in the colour of the box.

After I finished the colouring I added some highlights to the cheeks with a white gel pen and deepend the black of the eyes with a black gel pen. Then the fussy cutting began (of course there are coordinating dies available, too).

As I wanted to give the boxes to some crafty friends I decided to use Altenew's Crafty Friends for the sentiments - just perfect for the occassion. There are so many great and cute sentiments in the set - I just love it.

What is your favourite stamp set at the moment? Let me know.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend.
Anni

      

A Birthday Set

Hey stampers, Anni here!

Sometimes when I struggle to come up with an idea I just start by grabbing a stamp set and stamping and colouring all the images in the set. A few days ago it was the super cute set Wild Ones by Neat & Tangled.
When I finished the fussy cutting I was starring at all the images. At first I thought I could put all the critters on one card. But I decided that was way to much cuteness for just one card and the idea for a set of a card, a gift box and a gift tag was born.

For my card I let the monkey with the balloon ride the giraffe. For a little more party mood I added a party hat to the head of the giraffe.
I die cut a rectangle with Waffle Flowers' Lacy Layers from white cardstock. For the background I added some ink blending. For the ground I die cut just a stripe of kraft cardstock.

For the box I used Lawn Fawn's Scalloped Treat Box and die cut it from white cardstock, too. I added ink blending in the same colour like on the card. For all three parts of my set I embossed Happy Birthday from Lawn Fawn's Happy Happy Happy stamp set in white on stripes of aqua and pink cardstock.

And for the tag I die cut Reverse Confetti's Thanks Tag again from white cardstock. And here also ink blending happened. For the ground I masked of a stripe on the bottom and added some warm grey ink.

So what do you do when your mojo is lacking? Let me know!

Thanks for stopping by and have crafty weekend!
Anni

            

Pretty Peonies Treat Boxes

Hey stampers, Anni here!

This week again I had the pleasure to meet some crafty friends. And of course if you meet crafty friends you need some crafty gifts. So I made little gift boxes. I used a die by Lawn Fawn called Scalloped Treat Box - as I told you before: one of my favorites. I die cut it from cardstock.

 

For the decoration I stamped some of Mama Elephant's Pretty Peonies and embossed them in white on watercolor paper. For the colouring I used ZIG Clean Colour Real Brush pens. I just added colour to the edges of every petal and let the water do the work. Then I fussy cut the peonies.

For the sentiment I die cut a label included in Lawn Fawn's Fancy Box die set and stamped one of the messages from the Mini Messages by Mama Elephant on it and embossed it in white.

Thanks for stopping by and have great weekend.

Anni

         

Critter Gift Boxes

Hey stampers, Anni here,

From time to time we all need a gift box to give away not so romantic gifts as money - for teenagers for example. I made some in advance to be prepared.
These are easy to make if you have a die on hand to cut them. I really like Lawn Fawn's Scalloped Treat Box because it has just the right size and is just super cute.
I die cut it two times from patterned paper -  I still have some 12''x12'' papers in my stash from times before they came up with these cute 6''x6'' paper pads. These big sheets are perfect for these boxes.

For the decoration I stamped a fox and a skunk from an all time favorite set called Into the Woods by Lawn Fawn on white paper. I used alcohol markers to colour them and added some highlights with a white gel pen. I also stamped the trunk in brown (it is a solid stamp) and some leaves. I fussy cut all the images (but there are coordinating dies available, too) and arranged them on the box.

For the sentiment I die cut clouds with Lawn Fawn Spring Showers die set from white cardstock. As these gift boxes are supposed to be given away as a birthday presents I stamped Happy Birthday on them (surprise, surprise). I chose a little sentiment from the set  Mini Messages by Mama Elephant. You may have noticed that I use this set a lot. I just like the size of the sentiments in this set.

Thank you for stopping by and have a fun weekend - and make some gift boxes - you never know!