Flurry of Wishes Archives - Bluegrass Stamper

Test Tube Treats

December 21, 2016

Test tube treats seem to be very trendy this year. I made these for a craft fair last month and sold quite a few as stocking stuffers.

Many people have been making these, but I got the idea from my friend and fellow demonstrator, Anne Burnham. If I make these again, I will fill them with a different candy, as not all the M&Ms would fit in the tubes, and we had to sort through the candies to find ones that would. It was not a fun project for my husband! LOL Although he did have a lot of “leftovers” to eat.

Stamps: Cookie Cutter Christmas, Flurry of Wishes, Good Greetings (vintage)

Cardstock: Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Red Glimmer

Inks: Basic Black, Real Red, Smoky Slate, Marina Mist, Night of Navy, Crumb Cake, Garden Green, Early Espresso

Paper: Trim the Tree DSP (vintage)

Dies/Punches: Triple Banner, Flower Medallion, Snow Flurry, Cookie Cutter Builder

Other: Basic Rhinestones, M&M candies

Thanks for stopping by today!

Snow Place Box Card

December 31, 2015

I had a request from Stacey, a Stamp Club member, wanting to learn to make a box card. So, this is one of our projects from December Stamp Club. I’ve seen several box cards on Pinterest, but I wanted ours to fit in a medium envelope, so I did change the dimensions a bit from the ones I saw.

Here’s the fixin’s!

So that you can see the measurements, I’ll be using white CS for my tutorial, but the Snowman sample is made with Night of Navy.

Our box base is a half sheet of CS (5 1/2″ by 8 1/2″). With the CS horizontal, score at 2″, 4″, 6″, and 8″.

Turn the CS to a vertical position and score at 2″.

Cut on the four score lines (2″,4″, 6″, 8″) on the “short” side (2″), up to the score line. Cut the 1/2″ x 2″ piece off, and cut a small angle off of the 1/2″ x 3″ piece, so it will adhere nicely.

Fold on the vertical score lines, and three of the horizontal lines (to make the box flaps). DO NOT fold the “flap” closest to the 1/2″ piece. This will be the back of the card and will stand up straight.

Place a strong adhesive (glue or tear & tape) on the 1/2″ flap and adhere to the other end of the CS to form the box.

Cut two strips of CS 1″ x 3″. Score each piece 1/2″ from the end.

Fold the ends, and adhere into the center of the box, one in front and one in back. This will be the base to attach your decorations.

Decorate your box card as desired. We used the Flurry of Wishes Bundle and the Snow Place Bundle. Ink colors: Memento Tuxedo Black, Marina Mist, Garden Green, Cherry Cobbler, Night of Navy.

Supplies for this card may be purchased by clicking on my shopping basket.

Until next time…….stay inky, my friends!

November Stamp Club Tag

December 4, 2015December 4, 2015

In my last post, I showed you a card we made at Stamp Club using the Delicate Ornament Framelit. On that card, we cut an Ornament from our layer and filled the negative space with the Sleigh Ride Edgelits.

Instead of tossing the ornament we cut out, we used it to make this tag, using the Flurry of Wishes stamp set.

Here’s the fixin’s!

We randomly stamped the ornament with the smallest snowflake from the Flurry of Wishes stamp set in Soft Sky ink. We stamped the next size snowflake in Lost Lagoon on a Whisper White scrap and punched it with the coordinating punch.

We used the Banner Punch to trim the ends of a strip of silver glimmer paper. (you’ll feed it through the back of the punch to trim only the ends). We used one of these pieces that was punched from the strip at the top of the ornament. All of these pieces are adhered with dimensionals. Before adding the ornament top, punch a hole and add bakers twine. The glimmer “top” will cover this hole.

Add a rhinestone to the center of the central snowflake, and you’re finished!

You can purchase any of the products used to make this project by clicking on the shopping basket.

If you don’t have a demonstrator, I’d love to be your demo. Or, if you’d like to be your own demonstrator, I’d love to have you on my team!

Until next time………stay inky, my friends!