The Art
With Heart Team are back with another inspirational Blog Hop. This month we are
featuring Gift Bags and Boxes, just in time for the Christmas gift giving
season. The bags and boxes featured are all made using current Stampin’ Up!
products and any of our wonderful team members are happy to help you with the
supplies you will need to reproduce these beautiful projects.
This is a very timely blog hop as I am in the middle of Christmas preparations, and making wine bottle sleeves is a part of that. The only thing that holds me back is having a suitable supply of 12" by 12" card. I've used the Noble Peacock Specialty Designer Series Paper from the Annual Catalogue. I've made so many of these bottle sleeves that once I set up the Score Board with the little marker pegs I can do them very quickly.
The part that often takes the time is making the labels, because I tend to want each one to be different. For this one I used Making Christmas Bright, a Christmas stamp introduced last Christmas, and carried over in the Annual Catalogue. I added a quick stamped image from Yummy Christmas, because it was on my craft table, and I could quickly colour and fussy-cut the image. Speedy is the name of the game when it comes to Christmas prep!
This sleeve made with a decorative foil is extra-quick because it doesn't need decorating, but I found that it doesn't really like being scored, even on the reverse as I have done, so in future I would use regular card and adhere the panels of foil to that.
That is my usual technique, and it is also a great way to show off the gorgeous papers that Stampin' Up! has for any occasion or to use up the last of any leftover DSP.
Tutorial
- 1 piece of 12" by 12" card, trimmed to 11" by 12"
- 6 DSP strips to match or contrast 7¾" by 1½"
- Tear 'n Tape for side and base, adhesive for attaching DSP
- Score Board
Begin by placing the side measuring 12" to the top of the Score board and score at 2" and 10". Rotate the card 90 degrees and score at 1¾", 3½", 5¼", 7", 8¾" & 10½". (That is where I use those markers).
Burnish all the score lines with a bone folder.
One end scored 2" in is the base, and is cut with snips to the first score line, the other end (Top) needs to be marked on the wrong side in the centre of each square at 7/8", 2 5/8", 4 3/8", 6 1/8", 7 7/8" & 9 5/8".
The base is easiest to place with a bottle in place, empty for safety perhaps! It is a matter of easing the sleeve to fit and applying Tear 'n Tape to each base flap, and going around, sticking them in turn. I often cut a 2¼" - 2½" circle to reinforce the base, and give a tidier finish too.
Next talented demonstrator to share her project is the wonderful Sharon Davern
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