Valentines Treats with Lindsay

This week Lindsay (of Lindsay's Stamp Stuff) asked us to make some cute packaging for some Valentine's Day treats. I made 2 projects using Love Grows Here. The first is a project that I did on my own and the second is a project that I made with my 8-year old daughter.

I designed this box myself using Spellbinders Label One die for the top and bottom and using strips of paper to make the sides. Once I got my head wrapped around it, it was pretty easy and made a cute little box. I will put the details at the bottom of this post if you are interested. I used my Cricut to cut the heart and the "4" and "U" and paper pieced the little bird.

My daughter also wanted to make some Valentine treats. I already had an idea of what I wanted to do, but I thought I would let her do it to gage how easy it would be for a kid to make. Overall, I would say pretty easy with help from a parent to help with the printing and cutting. DD was able to trace the templates, cut, color and assembly mostly on her own.

To make the bag topper, I printed out 2 copies of Lindsay's printable recipe template from Recipe Digital Stamp set (at 65% & 63% of original size) to use as a template. (It is folded over the top and is just straight on the back.) I picked these sizes because they fit my little bag. You could also use almost any one of the Nesties label dies that you have, but I wanted to give it a go with out using Nesties just to see what I could do with out them.

The circle tag was a freebie from Lindsay's blog. (And, in case you were wondering, yes, this is for Troy Bolton. If you have daughters you probably know who that is. If not, trust me you are not missing much. I wonder if he is going to show up to get his treats?)

I hope you enjoyed my projects and have a very Happy Valentine's Day. Remember, if you want the instructions to make the little box, stick around and read them at the very bottom of the post.

Please stop by the rest of the DT to check out their projects.

Cassandra

Jennifer

Karin

Kristen

Lindsay

Nettie

Tanya

Challenges for Treat Box:

All that Scraps - Valentine Packaging

Charisma Challenge - #5 I love you

C.R.A.F.T. challenge - #36 Love/Valentine

Crazy 4 Challenges - C4C23 Be My Valentine

Creative Card Crew - #44 Valentines

Cute Card Thursday - #98 Dots & Spots

Dare U 2 Digi Stamp - #30 Hearts & Valentines

Digital-ink-co - Love

Fussy & Fancy - #3 Hearts

Lala Land Crafts - Hearts

Lexi's Creations - #7 Spotted or Striped

Lilli of the Valley - Valentines

PaperPlay challenge - Week 5 Love Notes

Papertake Weekly Challenge - Love Actually

Polka Doodles - #5 Paper Piecing

Penny's Challenge - Valentine/Love

Pile it On - #5 To the One You Love

Raise the Bar - Hearts

Stampin' for the Weekend - Love is in the air

Stamp Something - Love Somethings

Stamp with Fun - #45 Hearts

Supplies for Treat Box:

• STAMPS: Love Grows Here digital stamp set by Lindsay's Stamp Stuff at mygrafico.com
• PAPERS & CS: Love Nest by My Minds Eye, misc. brown textured CS, white Georgia Pacific CS
• INKS: none
• EMBELLISHMENTS & TOOLS: George & Basic stamps Cricut cartridge, fiber, buttons, DMC floss
  

Supplies for Treat Bag:

• STAMPS: Love Grows Here & Recipe digital stamp set, by Lindsay's Stamp Stuff at mygrafico.com, Valentine Tag freebie digital stamp set by Lindsay's Stamp Stuff
• PAPERS & CS: Georgia Pacific white CS, misc red CS
• INKS: none
• EMBELLISHMENTS & TOOL: pop dots, Stampin' Up markers, small bag

Instructions for the Treat Box:

Stick with me, this is the first box I made on my own (with out a template or using my Cricut) and it was pretty easy. I will explain the best I can. I have some photos but they didn't turn out well. The lighting was horrible. Click the pictures to make them larger.

First cut out the shape you want to use for the top and bottom of you box. I used the 2nd largest die from Spellbinders Label One Nestabilities die set. Use sturdy card stock. To make the sides of the bottom part of the box, I cut a strip 1-1/2 x 11 inches long. I scored the long way at 1/2" on the side that will be inside the box. Then, scoring the short way across the strip, I scored the width at every 2-3/4". You will be creating the 4 corners of the box and have a little piece left over. It will look something like this picture.

I then clipped the score marks that would be in the corners at the bottom of the box so that the paper would fold easier.

I then used adhesive along the narrow bottom flap and attached to my box bottom. Use a strong adhesive so that it stays together. It will look something like this.

I cut and adhered a piece of DP to the inside to make it look nicer.

I then followed similar steps to make the top of the box. I cut a piece of paper that was about 1 x 11". I scored at 1/2" to make the strip that adheres to the top of the box. Then I scored the strip to make the corners at a little less than 2-3/4" so that it would slip into the bottom to put the lid on. I have to admit I didn't write down the exact measurements. (Sssshhhh don't tell any one but I hate fractions.)

I hope these instructions make sense to you. If you have any questions please leave them in the comments or you can email me using the addy in my profile and I will answer as quickly as I can.

Thank you for sticking with me for this long post!