Party In Style...

Hello friends and welcome to the final Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge of 2017 because the team are having a little break over the next two weeks but hasn't this year flown by? I can't quite believe it's only a week to go until Christmas Day...

But if you do have some creative time, then why not play along with us for this week's challenge...it's called PARTY and is running for 2 WHOLE WEEKS, ending on the 1st January, so you have plenty of time to join in!

For my project, I created a gift box and gift tag using some gorgeous Tim Holtz products and dies that I cut with something everyone needs, the Sidekick! I thought these would be idea to place on my Christmas table, using the tag as a name place setting and filling the box full of treats.

So, let's get started and here's how I created this week's project...

To begin with I made a box from Little Sizzles Mat Board. This is a really substantial surface and perfect for stamping and adding paint to. If you don't have a box or haven't got time, then you can use any box of your choice, whether it's patterned or plain, it will work and you can use the same techniques to decorate.

Once my box was cut and whilst it's still flat and not made up, I painted it with black gesso. Heat dry the gesso thoroughly before moving onto the stamping.

For this I used the Mini Swirly Snowflakes stamp set and stamped the image randomly over the painted surface using Versamark Ink. I then sprinkled the wet ink with gold embossing powder and heat embossed my snowflakes.

I then made up my flat packed box and added some Alchemy Wax to the edges to give a more vintage feel.

To decorate the top of the box, I used the Holiday and Festive dies from Tim Holtz to die cut gold metallic kraft card and green kraft card using the Sidekick. I then frosted the ends of all the foliage by brushing Collage Medium over the tips and dipping into Rock Candy Glitter.

Tie some of the metallic trimmings gold ribbon around the box and arrange the foliage around the bow. To complete the box, I added some Bauble Findings.

Now to move onto the tag...

Once again I used my Sidekick and the tag die that is provided in the starter kit, to cut a tag from Heavyweight Mixed Media card. I inked the tag with Antique Linen and Walnut Stain Distress Inks.

I then cut some more foliage using the Festive and Holiday dies and also cut a poinsettia pieces from red kraft card. I layered the two sections of my poinsettia die cut, slightly offsetting each of them and frosted the edges of the flower with Rock Candy Glitter.

To create the centre of the flower, I used the Spiky flower punch to punch gold metallic kraft card and again layered two sections over the top of one another before attaching them to the middle of the red flower. To complete the flower I added a Bauble Finding.

Finally, I added a Christmas Clipping Sticker and some metallic ribbon through the hole of the tag.

So, that completes my final project of 2017 and I hope you love what I've created.

As always, if you do need any further inspiration, then look no further than our blog to see all the wonderful creations from all the very talented Design Team members and every week, one lucky random participant has the chance to win a $50 gift voucher from Simon Says Stamp. You have until Monday 8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in and good luck....

Thank you so much for stopping by today and I want to take this opportunity to wish all my friends and followers a wonderful Christmas and a very happy and healthy 2018!

Love Emma xxx

Recipe for project:

Tim Holtz/Sizzix: Festive Greens, Mini Holiday Greens
Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous Stamps: Mini Swirly Snowflakes Stamps
Distress Inks: Walnut Stain, Antique Linen

Idea-ology: Christmas Clippings Stickers, Baubles Findings, Metallic Trimmings
Mediums: Collage Medium, Rock Candy Dry Glitter, Black Gesso, Ranger Ink Fine Gold Embossing Powder, Versamark Ink
Surfaces: Metallic Kraft Stash, Classic Kraft Stash, Little Sizzles Mat Board
Ranger Craft Sheet

Tim Holtz Sidekick Starter Kit

Heat Gun