Alyssa is in the school play, Shakespeare for Dummies. We saw it last night and it was delightful, but that's not what I want to write about. The cast is exchanging "secret pal" gifts for each of the three nights they are performing. So, today after school, Alyssa and I went to the mall so she could get her "pal" a gift. She got two shades of purple nail polish at Hot Topic. About 1/2 hour before she had to leave for tonight's performance she asked me if we had a small gift box. I said, "No, but if you give me a few minutes I can make you are really cool triangle box." She humored me and I went to work. I found the directions for this box on www.splitcoaststampers.com.
It's really quick and easy to do. All you need is a 5 x 10 inch piece of cardstock. I have been looking for DAYS for the Heidi Swapp masks that I KNEW I had, because I saw Tim Holtz' mask tutorial on his blog (www.timholtz.typepad.com) and wanted to try out the technique. I hadn't been able to find the masks anywhere until TODAY. When I opened up the stamp drawer to get out my Memory Box flourish stamps, I FOUND THEM. So, I used the damask mask on this little purple box. After using the foam applicator tool to apply the ink over the mask. I inked a word background stamp with the same ink and stamped right over the top of the mask. I then removed the mask and did the rest of the stamping. What a fun little box to put a small gift in. With the ribbon on the top, it could also be hung on a Christmas tree with a small gift inside. We are going to make them at our church's Family Advent Celebration coming up soon.
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