That's Life: You Can Leave Your Hat On...

Hello friends and welcome to a new week over on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge!

This week the DT are embracing all things MASCULINE with our challenge theme and for my project I used products from Tim Holtz and Sizzix to created a couple of gifting ideas for Father's Day which will be perfect for all those Dad's out there.

These treat boxes and bags are ideal for popping little gifts inside, and mine will be containing something very special for my Dad, as I'll be placing a ticket to see a show that he's wanted to see for a long, long time inside the box, adding some chocolate treats to the bag.

So let's get started, it's time to share all the details of how I made these...

To create either of these makes you need either the Treat Box Thinlits Die or the Curio Box Die and if you're lucky enough to have both, then your luck is in because you can make both. Of course, if you don't want to make these, then the ideas can be used for cards.

So let's get started and I began by cutting my Treat Bag and Box.

The bag is really easy to cut from Black Heavystock Card using the Treat Box Die and once assembled, I stuck the tab with red line tape and punched a hole on either side for the rope that I threaded through.

The box uses the Curio Box Die from Tim and Sizzix and I cut the base from Mat Board, which I then painted with Black Soot Paint before forming the box, attaching the side panels to each other with Collage Medium. The top of the box is cut from the Black Heavystock Card and once again, I attached the tabs with red line tape for added security.

TREAT BAG

Now to decorate the bag and I began by covering the front and back panels. For this I cut three pieces of patterned paper from the Backdrops Vol 2 pack. I machine stitched a border around the first panel of paper, matted it onto gold metallic kraft stash which I've sanded back around the edges using Tim's Sanding Disks and Blending Tool. I then inked the edges of the metallic card using Walnut Stain Distress Ink and mounted this panel onto the back of the bag.

For the front piece, take the remaining two panels of patterned paper and on the first panel, rip and tear around the edges of the paper and ink with Walnut Stain Distress Ink. Adhere this panel to the second panel, which is flipped over to show the reverse side of the double sided paper uppermost and then machine stitch around the edge. You can make the tears more defined at this point before attaching it to the gold metallic kraft panel and then mounting it onto the front of the bag.

DECORATING THE BAG

Both pieces are decorated using the Tailored Die Set by Tim Holtz, which has different dies to create different look and even though both my pieces feature hats, a boater on one and a top hat on the other, the treat bag features more of a summer outfit to compliment the box which has more of a elegant, sartorial feel. All the die cut pieces are cut from Mixed Media Heavystock Card coloured with the following inks and spray stains:

Boater: Peeled Paint, Frayed Burlap, Bundled Sage Spray Stains

Band on hat: Brushed Corduroy and Ground Espresso Distress Ink

Jacket: Old Paper, Antique Linen Distress Spray Stains

Shirt and Tie: Speckled Egg Distress Ink

Once I'd assembled the jacket, I added a tiny Bouquet Findings flower to the lapel and added white pen detail to the shirt. I also purposely wanted the collar to remain white, against the blue body of the shirt itself.

To create the texture on the boater die cut, I placed it in the Woven Texture Fade and ran this through the embossing machine. I then accentuated the embossing with a little Walnut Stain Distress Ink and then added the band to the hat.

Now to assemble my pieces and I took a Junk Drawer Baseboard piece, and applied a little Statue Foundry Wax around the raw edge of the board. I heat set the wax and then placed the piece in the centre of the bag with foam pads.

I then attached the boater and the jacket to my bag.

To complete this treat bag, I used a tiny Remnant Rub in the bottom right hand corner....

...and clipped a Mini Pin to the top right hand corner. I then hung a Word Tag that I painted with Rustic Wilderness Paint before accentuating the raised 'xo' message with a little gilding wax from my stash.

DECORATING THE BOX

Now for the box and to begin with I covered the sides using the same design of paper that I used on my treat bag, cut into panels and adhered with matte collage medium.

On the left hand side of the box, I added the word DAD. I cut each letter three times from gold metallic kraft card, and layered each piece to create the thickness of chipboard before attaching them vertically down the side of the box.

On the opposite side, I applied the number '1' remnant rub, which I then sanded for a more distressed look.

On the front of the box, I chose to emboss a panel of heavystock card using the Damask Texture Fade Embossing Folder.

To begin with I applied Speckled Egg, Frayed Burlap, Antique Linen and Tumbled Glass Distress Spray Stains to my card panel. Once dry, I then ran it through the embossing machine in the folder.

To accentuate the embossed detail, I applied a touch of Gilded Foundry Wax over the top and then heat set the wax.

I added a machine stitched border around the outside edge before matting it onto gold metallic kraft stash card, and then mounting it onto the front of my box.

Inside the base of the box, I adhered panels of cut paper from Backdrops Vol 4, and then added the Sentiment Label Sticker, 'It's Your Day" and a pointy finger.

The next layer is some stamped imagery, and I used the circular gauge stamp from The Inspector Stamp Set. I stamped the image twice, once in Barn Door Archival Ink and once in Black Soot Archival Ink before cutting each piece to create two circles, the black one slightly smaller in size than the other.

I layered the circles using foam pads and then mounted them to the front of my box.

I cut the Top Hat, Suit and Tie from the following colours:

Hat and Jacket: Black Kraft Card sanded around the edges.

Shirt: White Cardstock

Hat Band and Bow Tie: Mixed Media heavy stock inked with Candied Apple Spray Stain and embossed with Woven Texture Fade

I assembled the suit and hat piece and then added a small metal stud in the centre of the tie.

After attaching the pieces to the front of the bag using foam pads and placing them top and bottom of another Junk Drawer Baseboard Piece and then added the Limited Edition Metallic Sticker beneath the arrangement.

FINISHING DETAILS

On either side of the Junk Drawer piece, I attached hardware Heads, altered with a little Crackling Campfire and Black Soot Distress Paint to create a more vintage, rusty feel to the metal.

Finally I added the 1887 snippet number ephemera piece in the top right hand corner.

That's my project finished for this week and I hope you love what I've made. All that's left for me to do is fill them them with treats and gifts, ready to give to my Dad.

As always, if you make anything, or if you've been inspired by anything that you've seen here on my blog ~ then please, let me know by tagging me on social media or leaving a comment here and I will be right over to take a look!

Don't forget that every week, one lucky random participant has the chance to win a $25 gift voucher from Simon Says Stamp and you can join in up to 5 times, which means you could have 5 chances to win. You have until next Monday at 8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in and good luck....