I wanted to make Easter treat packages for the office but I wasn't sure if time would allow. I finally decided to go for it this weekend and I picked a simple container that wouldn't takke too long to embellish. I realized that if I made pillow boxes, I could use my Hello Easter 6" x 6" paper stack. You only need a 5-1/4" x 4-3/4" piece of paper to create a box. There are many pillow boxes available - mine is the retired Bigz from Sizzix by Stampin' Up!
I pulled out the Easter Party stamp set that Lawn Fawn released last year. I had barely had the time to use it before Easter was over, and the cute characters are easy to color and die-cut. I looked for options on what I could place them on and finally decided to use the rectangle frame from the Mini Picture Frames dies. Since I was using double-sided patterned papers, I was able to simple turn the center upside down and get two different colours for the frame and the inside rectangle with only one cut. I had also grabbed the Say What? Gift Tags dies as another possible option, but the speech bubble caught my eye and I decided to have the characters say "For You." Because the duck is facing the other way, I had to improvise and die-cut those speech bubbles from the backside of the paper so that I could turn it around and the speech bubble facing right. The sentiment was embossed with clear embossing powder for a bit of shine.
I initially used pink and turquoise ribbon on all boxes depending on what created the most contrast with the paper but I found the turquoise ribbon was clashing with the turquoise frames, so I switched a few of them to chocolate ribbon. A dab of Fairy Wings Drean Drops were added to the top of the speech bubbles to fill them out a little bit and I was done.
Supplies
Stamps: Easter Party (Lawn Fawn); Voeux mignons (Teeny Tiny Wishes - Stampin' Up!)
Patterned Paper: Hello Easter (Echo Park)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento); Early Espresso (Stampin' Up!)
Dies: Easter Party, Say What? Gift Tags, Mini Picture Frames (Lawn Fawn);
Pillow Box Bigz (Sizzix by Stampin' Up!)
Accessories: Fayr Wings Dream Drops (Nuvo); Markers (Copic); Pretty in Pink Taffeta Ribbon,
Chocolate Chip Satin Ribbon, Baja Breeze Striped Grosgrain Ribbon (Stampin' Up!)
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