To Love Gift Box

Hi friends! I am taking a little break in all the Christmas crafting and preparations to share a gift box made with Simon Says Stamp new To Love release.

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You can find the entire To Love release here. The release has a Valentine's theme, but hearts and messages of love are really great all year around. I am also very happy to have designed some of the products in the To Love release, namely the Outline Hearts stamp and Outline Hearts Stencils, the Love Letter stamp set, the Retro Hearts stamp set and the Groovy Love die. I won't be using them in this post, but I am looking forward to crafting with them soon. 

I made a little gift box, which can hold a small gift or perhaps some candy. For the box, I combined the Simon Says Stamp Sweethearts Box and Friends Furever set, both from the To Love release. The box was watercolored and I just added some gems and hearts die cut from glitter paper.

Start by die cutting the Sweethearts Box from watercolor paper and fold along the score lines.

Stamp one of the stamps from Simon Says Stamp Friends Furever on the front of the box. This cute stamp fits perfectly. This is a really cute stamp set.

Use one of the hearts from the Sweethearts Box set and die cut a window in the stamped heart balloon.

Watercolor the image. Leave some of the paper showing for highlights.

I decided to add some sentiment stamps and more heart balloons. By mistake, I dropped the heart balloon stamp on the project...not a fun thing to do if you are a stamper. Later, I managed to cover most of it with a gel pen.

Watercolor the rest of the box. Add a light layer of blue for the sky.

I glued a piece of Simon Says Stamp vellum behind the heart window.

Splatter some watercolor paint on the project.

This box closes in a very clever way.

I die cut the small heart from Simon Says Stamp White Glitter cardstock too and added some Pawsitively Dazzling Peachy gems.

Use a white gel pen to add dots as highlights.

This sentiment also comes from the Sweethearts Box set and was die cut from left-over painted paper and white glitter paper.

I stamped one of the sentiment down the side of the box.

Assemble with a strong adhesive, such as Red Line Tape.

When the box is open, you can see the sentiment at the top too.

Thank you for visiting!

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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