 Hey stampers, welcome to another week of watch it weekly Wednesday I'm Beth part of the creative team with stamping Jill and I am so excited about the project I have to share with you today. I wanted to create a cute little gift idea But I wanted to challenge myself and do it using only one piece of designer series paper. It was amazing I chose the tropical oasis designer series paper pack because I am in love with this paper So all of our DSP with stampin up is double-sided So you have this really really great pattern on one side and then you have more of a solid pattern on the other side So when you're using both sides in a project, it makes it great because they coordinate beautifully together So I had a hard time choosing the designer series paper that I wanted to make this project out of because in this pack There are so many beautiful pieces the flowers and the tropical colors are just gorgeous So you really could make this project using any of these designer series papers from this pack Let me first show you the project so you get an idea and then I'll walk you through how to make it yourself So we have this little box that I made with a little belly band that says hello pretty general and easy to give slide that off and it opens up and You have a little box here with four note cards and envelopes I Thought they turned out so cute our little note cards are The size of the card is five by three and a half. So they're just the right size To put your little greeting in or give as a gift anybody could use them And then you always have to decorate your little envelopes too So that's what fits in our little card box All of these cards and the box and the belly band only take one piece of 12 by 12 designer series paper I'm so excited to show you this The stamp set that I've used on these cards and with the box is called timeless tropical It has great sayings in it. The sentiments are awesome and that's why I wanted to use it for this project They're nicely sized. They're not too big and not too small And so it makes it fit great on that little note card sized. So let me show you how I did this I Had to choose another piece of designer series paper from that set to show you It's just beautiful on this side You've got that bright splash of color and on this side. You've got the more solid old olive looking color This is how you cut your designer series paper in Order to get all of these pieces that you need It's a little crazy looking from the template, but I'm gonna walk you through step-by-step on how you can do this So you don't waste your paper But these are the measurements that you'll need for all of the cards and the box and the belly band that we're making today Let me first start with the box This is what we're gonna do with our seven and an eighth Inch piece by 12 inch piece of designer series paper that we're gonna cut off first This looks a little crazy We'll post a still picture of this on our blog so that you can have it for you when you recreate this project But I'm gonna walk you through step-by-step and show you how to do it first. We'll take our paper the first piece I'm gonna cut is a seven and an eighth inch piece by 12 inch piece I'm gonna set this aside. This is what we're gonna use for our cards in just a minute I'm gonna take this piece that we're gonna use for our box and I'm gonna score it On our stamping trimmer, we have a cutting blade and a scoring blade Something that's so great about our scoring blade is it's a little wheel So it doesn't break through your designer series paper Even if you push hard, which I tend to push a little bit harder on these heavy pattern papers because it's easier to see So with your seven and an eighth inch side pointing up in your trimmer You're going to score this side at a half inch And then scooch it over and score it at one inch You're gonna flip your paper over and on the other side score it again at a half inch And then at one inch. Okay, you see that Now I'm gonna turn it to the 12 inch side I'm gonna score it first at three and a half inches and then at four inches seven and three-quarter inches and Eight and a quarter inches So if you can see that on the video, you're gonna have something that looks like this Three and a half four seven and three-quarters and eight and a quarter Okay, you want to figure out which side is your three and a half inch side because that's gonna be the bottom of your box I think it's I think it's this side Yeah, three and a half right there So I want to make sure that that's the right side that I've got here fold on my score lines It's really great to use a bone folder for this Because it folds it nice and tight. It's gonna give you a really crisp box. Hold on your score lines This is gonna be The bottom of our box and this is the flap that's gonna go over But we have to get rid of some of the sides here I want to cut off And I'm gonna use my trimmer because I like To have really straight lines, but if you're nervous you can always use your Scissors for this part. I'm just gonna cut up to that top score line on both sides at one inch I'm gonna cut along that score line To get rid of those extra flaps that I don't need you go And then I'm gonna trim that little piece off with some scissors and I don't need these pieces So here's where we're at These are the parts you cut off That's what I've just done. This is the part we're gonna have We also need to punch this with a two inch circle punch. I'm gonna fold my score lines here really well For my one inch and my half inch so I get a nice tight box and then I'm gonna bring in my two inch circle punch About right in the middle And I'm gonna punch it Half way in So this is how our box is gonna look when it's totally assembled Just like that. That's where the note cards are gonna sit and that flaps gonna come down over Super cute Now I like to use tear and tape because I feel like it keeps my boxes together really really well So let's see how nice it will be to me today You place the tear and tape right on top and then you pull off your little piece there And then do it on this other side And pull off that piece and then I'm gonna take my box. I'm gonna put it right on there and right on there Then I'm gonna take my bone folder and I'm gonna just push it down nice and tight on the inside Just like that. Okay, so then you've got your box here your little designer series paper box Super cute and you can just set that aside while you work on your cards So now we've got this portion of our DSP to cut out We have this little piece that fits right here and we're gonna follow these cuts I'm gonna walk you through it because you have to do it in a certain order in order to get all of the cuts that you're looking for So first we're gonna start by cutting our belly band that's gonna go around our box It needs to be one inch by 12 inches So we're gonna cut a little one inch piece off and we're gonna set that aside because we're gonna work on that in just a minute The next cut you're gonna make is that you're gonna make this piece straight to three and a half So you need to cut this piece right to three and a half Because we made our box a little seven and an eighth inch You have this little piece that you could keep you could choose to put it on your envelopes Or you could use it in another way. I didn't choose to use it. So I'm gonna set that one aside The next cut I'm gonna make is a two inch cut So this will be two by three and a half I'm gonna set that one here And then I'm gonna do a three inch piece This will be three by three and a half So it's gonna look one of the cards is gonna look just like that Then I'm gonna turn my piece and I'm gonna make it One inch a one inch cut This is gonna be one by seven and I want to cut it in half at three and a half So it's gonna be one inch by three and a half inches and I'm gonna use those two pieces on one of my cards Next I'm gonna take this piece and I'm gonna cut it to five inches I'm gonna save this piece because I'm gonna use this piece on my box as the embellishment Then I have this piece left left and I'm gonna take it and cut it to one and three quarters by three quarter inches Sorry, I'm gonna cut it to three quarter inches by five and one and three quarter inches by five And those are my other two pieces. I'm gonna use on my card So we've got these cuts here And we have all of our pieces right here Okay, so now through the magic of television. I'm gonna show you these cards that I've made using these little pieces I'm gonna start with our first cut This cut was a three and a half by two inch and three inch cut And so you've got the two pieces. This is just the back side of the designers year's paper super cute and The saying I love this one rest and relax. You deserve it super cute The next cut that I made was this one It was a one by seven inch piece that I cut to one by three and a half and I love this one tip with this stamp if you choose to use a stamp set I stamped it first and then put my paper on second That made it so that I could put the paper just right by the stamp and I didn't have a hard time stamping that little sentiment in the middle Super cute though. The next cut This one just a little three quarter inch piece three quarter inch by five and it says thank you Just simple and cute and then this one is that one and three quarter inch piece by five And it says may your birthday be memorable. I've only used one stamp pad with all of my project today This one I chose for this paper was old olive and I think they all look just really cute It works really well with that paper and Don't forget your envelopes. I put the cute little flower stamp in the bottom hand of my envelopes Because it's always more fun to send a card when it's decorated Those cards are gonna go into our box that I made earlier. You can slide them in just like that And that tarant tape is gonna keep it nice and together. So you've got those just like that so cute So now we just need to make our belly band. That's gonna go around our box Along with our little embellishment this piece that you had left over from your designer series paper I used that with the little flower I liked the texture of the designer series paper on that and I thought it was really cute So I just stamped this little flower from the stamp set on there And then I stamped a hello on a little scrap piece of white paper Because I thought that was really general and cute for any type of gift So you'll take your belly band and you're gonna make it about halfway on your box And then you're gonna wrap it around your box Kind of creating a little crease as you go So it has a little bit of memory to the paper and it's gonna meet on the other side Just right there in the middle just like that and then you're gonna take a glue dot and you're gonna put it on the bottom piece of that paper and You're gonna glue dot the top piece to that You don't want to tape it to the box because then it won't slide off so that you can open your box and show off your Cards, so just a quick little belly band just like that. Then you're gonna take your Flower that you cut out of that same DSP Then we're gonna take some dimensionals on the back of our little flower And we're gonna add that to the belly band again Make sure you're not adhering it to your box because it won't slide off And we're gonna cover up the seam that we created with our belly band and Then we have our little hello Here's a little tip if you ever put a sentiment over something that's popped up You don't want to put a dimensional here and a dimensional here because it will make it kind of lopsided So I like to put look at it where I want to put it and then on this side I'm gonna put a dimensional because that will make it the same height and then you can use a little bit of adhesive or a Glue dot on the other side Because it's gonna make it then just sit just right how I want it And we're gonna add that just like that And then we've got our cute little box Okay, so let me show you how cute They look different because they have the different designer series paper But you could make bunches of these out of one pack of designer series paper 12 pieces of paper come in our designer series paper packs and each one of these projects only take one of that So if you were to purchase Whisper white cards and envelopes our note cards and envelopes And you had a stamp pad and a stamp set with some sentiments and some cute cute DSP You could replicate this project in no time if you want to see these templates in still pictures Go back to the blog at stamping Jill calm so that you can recreate this project on your own Don't hoard your designer series paper. You ought to use it. The best way to do is to give it as gifts I've hoped you've liked this if you have any questions, let us know and we'll see you next week for another watch it weekly Wednesday