Blossom Box Turkey Tutorial

I hope you enjoyed the Big Shot Blog Hop over the weekend.  Today I have the details of how to make this adorable little turkey.

Here are a couple side views to give an idea of the shaping and construction.

I made a little box with the Double Petal Card Punch and filled it with dried beans to give it weight so it stands up.

MATERIALS:

Cardstock:

Spice Cake Designer Series Paper,  Pool Party, More Mustard, Early Expresso, Pear Pizzazz,  Basic Black and Whisper White Cardstock

Accessories:

Blossom Box Big Shot Die,  Punches:  Double Petal Card, 1-3/4" Circle, 2-1/2" Circle, Owl Builder, Bird Builder, 5 Petal Flower, Boho Blossom and Itty Bitty Punch pack.

1. From the paisley printed paper, die cut the tail using the Blossom Box Die.

2.  Cut the two flaps off the bottom as shown.  Snip between the notches, following the score lines, up to the first set of horizontal score line to form the feathers.  

3. Snip the bottom flap in the center and fold on the score lines.  

4.  Crease on the lower score lines that form a half circle.  

 5.  Adhere the tail section to a 1-3/4" circle of Early Espresso.

 6.  Make a box using two double petal card punches, fill with dried beans and wrap with a strip of cardstock.  (I have a tutorial for the little boxes HERE.)

 7.  Adhere the box to the circle base and to the indented section of the tail

 8.  Make a body with a 2-1/2" circle and the head with a 1-3/4" circle punched from Early Espresso.

 9.  Cut the beak from a More Mustard 5 Petal Flower as shown.  Cut the waddle from the paisley print DSP.

 10.  The feet are cut from the largest flower of the Boho Blossom punch.

11.  The hat is a 1-3/4 X 1-3/4" square of Pool Party cardstock with two sides cut at a slight angle.  The brim is a thin strip 2-1/2" long.  

12.  The hat is decorated with a 1/2" wide strip of DSP and 3/4" X 3/4" More Mustard square.  The stem is punched with the leaf of the bird punch and the flowers are punched from the Spice Cake DSP with the smallest flower of the Boho Blossom punch and the flower from the Itty Bitty punch pack.  The eyes are punched with the Owl Builder punch.

Stampin' Addicts 2011 Big Shot Blog Hop

Welcome to stop #9 on the Stampin" Addicts Big Shot Blog Hop.  If you have been hopping in order you just saw Paula's Positively Perfect Pennant Projects.  Personally, I am particularly partial to the pretty princess pennant.  (I couldn't resist the alliteration!)   Cute, cute, cute projects!!!


Each stop on the hop features a different Big Shot product.   For my portion, I am showcasing the Blossom Box Die found on page 221 of the 2011-2012 Stampin" Up! Idea Book and Catalog.  This die is designed to make a sweet little box that folds together to make a flower design on the top.  There are many wonderful examples of the die used in this manner on blogs and forums.  For my projects, I experimented with different ways to use it; the result was a set of Thanksgiving decorations.  

First is a happy little turkey--

The tail section is made with the Blossom Box die.  It is cut on the score lines to form feathers which are curled slightly to give dimension.   Although you can not see it from the front, the tail section behind the body is bent to give it depth.  (I will have a tutorial next week with more pictures).  


The body is made with various punches and the waddle is a little paisley flourish cut from the DSP.  I just love the expression!


Next I made two candy dishes--

Both of these are very simple to make.  Just a few cuts on the score lines, adhere the sections together again and you are ready for Holiday entertaining.   Mmm!  

Lastly, a pretty wall decoration to match--

Accordion flowers are very popular right now.  It is SUPER easy to make a larger one with the Blossom Die and NO scoring is required!  Just simple folding!  


I will have tutorials for all these projects next week after the blog hop ends so stop back then!  


Now it is time to hop, skip and jump over to Carmen's Blog to see what great projects she has made with the Candy Wrapper Die!  


Thanks for stopping by!

              

                                                  

99th Birthday!!

My Grandma celebrated her 99th birthday this weekend.  It is amazing to think of all the changes she has experienced in that time.  I made a few small things for her.

I wrote down 99 memories I have of things I recall about her and put them in a little scrapbook.  Because we lived only a few miles apart, many of my childhood activities included things we did together.  Things like gathering huckleberries and hickory nuts in the woods.  Family dinners with special foods- frosted gingerbread cookies for Christmas, turkey and dressing for Thanksgiving, and custard eggs for Easter.  Sewing and cooking together.  Her singing and playing the piano.  And always flowers-- she grew all kinds of flowers: gladiolas, roses, cannas, calla lilies, and even gardenias.  She made corsages to wear to church, and made my wedding bouquet.

This little box has 99 M&Ms in it (chocolate is her favorite).

The card has flowers of course.

Spending time recalling all the things we have done was very special.

Petite Pocket Sleigh Tutorial

The Petite Pocket is turning out to be even more versatile than I first thought.  It can even make a Christmas sleigh!

As I was making another project I started to see the possibilities for a sleigh.   I really wanted to use the candy canes from the Stocking Accents die as runners.  It took some manipulating and some advice from my art student son to get the arched base right but I think the end result is pretty cute.  The sides of the sleigh took some thought too but I came up with way to use the Top Note die to make them.

Materials:
Frostwood Lodge Designer Series Paper
Cherry Cobbler and Early Espresso cardstock
Petite Pocket Die
Stocking Accents Die
Top Note Die
2-1/2" Circle Punch
Petal Card Double Punch
Winter Wishes Stitched Felt
Mini Jingle Bells

Tutorial:
1. Fold the Petite Pocket die cut on score lines.  Curve the front and back sections over a pencil or marker to shape.

 2. Cut a Top Note in half.

3. Slide it into the 2-1/2" Circle punch as shown and punch.

4. It will look like this.

5. Use sticky strip to adhere inside of sleigh.  Cut a small strip of matching DSP to wrap from side-to-side across the back to hold the back in place.

6.  Cut two 1/2" X 8"strips of Early Espresso cardstock.  Score at 2" and 6".  Fold on score lines.

7. Adhere the two short sections together to form an arch.

8. Cut four candy canes from Cherry Cobbler.  Trim as shown.  Overlap and adhere to form the runners.

9.  Attach the runners to the arch and using multiple mini glue dots attach the arch to the bottom of the sleigh.

10.  For each tiny Christmas present, punch two shapes with the Petal Card Double punch.  Overlap two petals.

11.  Adhere the other side.

 12. And the ends.

 13. Wrap a strip of DSP around the box.

 14.  It will look so cute!

15.  Adhere jingle bells to wreath and decorate the sleigh with Winter Wishes Stitches Felt pieces.

Beautiful Christmas Simply Sent Gift Set

If you have looked in the stores you may have noticed light blue and cherry are popular Christmas colors this year.  My second project for UStamp with Dawn and Friends, which was posted today, uses those colors.

It highlights the special Stampin' Up! promotion for October which is buy 2 Simply Sent Kits and get a coordinating stamp set free.  My project turns the Everyday Elegance Simply Sent kit into a lovely Christmas gift set. It includes four full size cards with interchangeable greetings and four gift enclosure cards packaged in a custom designed portfolio. The masking technique uses the paper backing from the stamps so when mounting your stamps don't throw the paper away- even the scraps are useful!

For the complete tutorial (and many, many more) please click HERE to get all the sign up details.

Petite Pocket Luminary/Diorama

One project often leads to another.....  As I was making the five-sided box with the Petite Pocket die I thought the base would make a nice Diorama frame.  

I placed the frame (which you can see the tutorial for HERE) on a piece of vellum cardstock and traced around it.

For the tree I cut slivers of black cardstock with the Tabletop cutter and adhered them to the vellum.

You can either place a battery operated light behind it or just the daylight shine through.

I have another tutorial in the works for the Petite Pocket Die so check back in a few days!

Petite Pocket Five-Sided Box Tutorial

I have been experimenting with the Petite Pocket Die again and I have several projects to share over the next few days.  Today's project is a pentagon-shaped box that makes a nice candy bowl or gift container.

The Petite Pocket die makes this a breeze to put together because the cutting and scoring is done in one step.  Then decorating is easy peasy with the Frostwood Lodge product suite in the Holiday Mini.   I put some hot chocolate packets in the bottom and a cello bag filled with marshmallows and chocolate to make a hostess gift.

 Materials: 
       2 sheets Garden Green Cardstock
       2 strips Frostwood Lodge Designer Series Paper - 1-5/8" X 12"
       Petite Pocket Bigz XL Die
       Cardboard backing from DSP pack
       3/8" Early Espresso Quilted Satin Ribbon
       Winter Wishes Stitched Felt
       4" X 6" Cello Bag
       Sticky Strip
       Mini Glue dots

Tutorial:
1. Cut 5 Petite Pocket pieces from Garden Green cardstock.

2. Trim a thin sliver from each side of the tab as shown.  Fold on score lines.

3. Apply sticky strip to the tab and adhere to second die cut.

4.  Adhere all five die cuts together to form pentagon.
5. Lay pentagon on cardboard backing from the DSP and trace around it.

6. Cut out the cardboard backing.  Put sticky strip around outside edges and adhere on the inside to the flaps of the petite pocket.  If desired cut a second pentagon from colored cardstock to cover the cardboard backing.
7. Adhere the top flaps to inside of the box.
8.  Decorate the outside with 1-5/8" X 12" strips of DSP trimming as needed.
9. Add ribbon border and stitched felt.