Stampin' Up! Artisan Design Team Blog Hop - Upcycling for Christmas Gifts!

Hello friends, and welcome back for another Artisan Design Team blog hop - we are the official design team of Stampin' Up!, and we're thrilled to be sharing some fabulous projects ideas with you today!  You're most likely coming from Rachel in France, you're visiting me (Shannon) in Calgary, Canada, and you'll be off to Steffi in Germany next.  Please be sure to hop through all of the designers for some fabulous inspiration!

Recently, I had a stamping first - I finished an entire Project Life collection.  All 100 cards and the entire accessory pack were gone - WHOA, right?!  And that meant I had a beautiful, sturdy box left.  And I can't just throw something like that away!

  

The divided inside was the source of my inspiration, and it called for a christmas giftable.  But first, that box needed some decoration!  

This Christmas Specialty Designer Series Paper is thinner than regular DSP, which means it was perfectly malleable to wrap the box.  Using a Bone Folder to loosen the fibres of the paper and Fast Fuse adhesive to stick it on, the box was covered and ready for embellishment in no time!  A faux-wrap of burlap ribbon ensures the box opens normally, and the embellishment is adhered only to the top.

And inside?  Check it out.  

In what turned out to be one of my most labour-intensive and time-consuming projects EVER, I came up with this collection of cards, tags, a matching gift box, and a pen.  The little divided slots were perfect to package everything up and keep it organized!  

I wanted each card and tag to be unique in its own way, but the collection to be cohesive as a whole.  By using the same paper - This Christmas - and a simplified group of embellishments, it was easy to coordinate the cards and tags to match each other, as well as the box they're packaged in.

Gold metallic doilies and gold-accented ribbon add a little bit of bling.  

Embossed images add a festive touch.  

The sentiments in Oh, What Fun and Peace This Christmas coordinate beautifully together.  

The Simply Scored scoring tool can help create some fun embellishments.

And punches add interest with ease.  

I usually struggle to make tags, but sticking with the same set of supplies really made things easy.  

They'll be perfect on your holiday gifts, won't they? 

I'm so happy with how this collection turned out; it was worth every late night I put into it!  

Thanks SO much for stopping by, and be sure to click through the hop - next up is Steffi!

Cheers,
Shannon

This Christmas Designer Series Specialty Paper

Peace This Christmas Wood-Mount Stamp Set

Peace This Christmas Clear-Mount Stamp Set

Oh, What Fun Photopolymer Stamp Set

Gold Metallic Thread

Gold 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Natural Trim

5/8" (1.6 Cm) Burlap Ribbon

Linen Thread

Gold 1/8" (3.2 Mm) Ribbon

Very Vanilla Thick Baker’S Twine

Bow Paper Clips Embellishments

Metallics Sequin Assortment

Brights Sequin Assortment

Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder

Delicate White Doilies

Metallic Foil Doilies

Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

Garden Green Classic Stampin' Pad

Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin' Pad

Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad

Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

Vellum 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

Gold Foil Sheets

Decorative Label Punch

Duet Banner Punch

Scalloped Tag Topper Punch

Flourish Thinlits Dies

Layering Circle Framelits Dies

Big Shot

Precision Base Plate

Big Shot Die Brush

Paper Snips

Simply Scored

Bone Folder

Fuse Fast Adhesive

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