It's Penguining To Look A Lot Like Christmas

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing a fun Christmas themed card and treat box that I created recently. I just love this cute penguin, which is one of Creative Craft Products Honeycomb Collection. I picked this up from Craftstash a couple of months ago, but as it is from last years release it is no longer available. There are a number of other honeycomb dies that are available either with a Christmas theme or a generic theme. I just glad I managed to get hold of it, as this is an image that could be used all year around.

In the photos above you can see how the honeycomb portion of the card and treat box is attached to one half of the penguins belly using hook and loop tape, this allows for easier postage and/or storage of the finished items without squashing the honeycomb.

For my card I used one of the Easy Fold dies from Creative Craft Products, this is the Hexagon fold die set from that collection. As I used red and green waterfall glitter cardstock on the penguins, I decided to also use it for the layers of my card to tie the green on the penguin to my card. I just love the unusual texture of the glitter cardstock and I will definitely be getting more. As I didn't want to waste the glitter, I die cut a hole in the centre of each of the layers, so I can use those for something else.

As the main focus of this card is the penguin, I decided to pull out a penguin themed Christmas sentiment. This one is from Mama Elephant from their Cool Penguins stamp set. 

I kept the inside of my card fairly simple, adding a strip of the same patterned paper I used on the front to the right side of the card. This can be seen when the card is closed.

The sentiment is from Honey Bee Stamps St Nick stamp set, and I added the cute penguin in a box which is also from the Mama Elephant Cool Penguins stamp set.

A few months ago, when Creative Craft Products released their 2022 Christmas Honeycomb Collection, Sam Calcott also feature the penguin creating a cute little gift box to hold a treat or small gift. As I love the idea, I decided to create one using my penguin die.

I also used White Fluffy Stuff Cosmic Shimmer to the bobble on the penguins hat for both the box and card.  It gives it a puffy look.

Here is a side view of my treat box, the penguin on the back is just plain with the box sandwiched between each of the penguins. In the photo above, you can see that I have the lid of the box open, so you can see how it opens, so the treats don't fall out.

Other Supplies:

Honeycomb Christmas Penguin - Creative Craft Products/Craftstash (discontinued) 

Holly Jolly Christmas 12 x 12 Paper Pack - Simply Made Crafts/Craftstash

Divinity Designs - Festive Favors

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing 2 more projects using some of the Divinity Designs January Release products. Today I am  focusing on the new Festive Favors die set and the coordinating Festive Favor Tag Sentiments Clear Stamp set.

The Festive Favors die set contains 20 dies which includes both a large heart and circle for the window in the front of the box, 6 different styles of tiny tags, a sentiment, balloons and flowers to decorate your project. Everything you need to create beautiful favor boxes for just about any event. The Festive Favours Tag Sentiment stamp set contains 32 different sentiments which fit on the tag in the coordinating die set for just about any occasion. 

For my favor box, I used the Festive Favors die set along with the coordinating Festive Favors Tag Sentiments stamp set. 

To decorate my box I used papers from Divinity Designs Beautiful Blooms and Boho Bolds 6 x 6 Paper Pads. I used the flowers that are included in the Festive Favors die set to decorate the box.

 

To finish off the favor box I added a tiny tag with one of the sentiments from the Favor Box Tag Sentiments Clear Stamp set.

For my card today I decided to create something that would coordinate with the favor box.  The hearts and flowers are all dies which are included in the Favor Box die set. 

For the base of my card I decided to play with Divinity Designs Centre Step A2 Card die set, this is an older die set but brand new to me and I love the smaller size of the card. The layers on the card were die cut using the coordinating Centre Step A2 Layers die set.

I used the same papers I used for the favor box, using the plain colors included in the Beautiful Blooms Paper Pad for the flowers, and heart so that everything coordinates.

Here is another look at my card so you can see the folds of the card a little easier.

I always like to decorate the inside of my card when I am making a card. For this card I used one of the decorator dies from the Centre Step A2 Layers die set along the bottom of the card.

I added the "For You" sentiment which is the sentiment included in the Festive Favors die set and layered this using ovals from the Double Stitched Ovals die set. As I had a few flowers left over from decorating the front of the card and the favor box, I added them to the inside of the card.

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