With all of the inspiration from all of the Dream Team Members this month, have you been dreaming of “Tiny Treats”?  This month’s Dreamweaver Stencil’s challenge is called “Tiny Treats”….party favours, wedding favours, end of school year treats, teacher appreciation gifts, baby shower favours, co-worker treats, in other words…small tokens of appreciation for those you care about.

For my 2nd project this month, I have created a Baby Gift Box.  I wanted to follow-up on my 1st project by showing you another box created using the same method as my Teacher’s Gift Box.  The box is created the exact same way but only the measurements have been changed.  For the lid, I cut a piece of white cardstock to measure 5 1/16″ X 5 1/16″.  Each of the 4 sides were scored at 3/4″.  The Yellow Cardstock for the base was cut to 10 1/2″ X 10 1/2″.  Each side was scored at 3 1/2″.  Refer to the instructions from the Teacher’s Gift Box explaining how to put the box together.

Dreamweaver Stencil that I used:

•  LS 1013 Rubber Ducky

Dreamweaver Paste that I used:

• Pearlescent

Memories Mist:   Mango Lemonade

Dreamweaver Metallic F/X:  Glacier Lake

May Arts Ribbons:

• White Ric Rac & Yellow 1 1/2″ Sheer ribbon with white stitching

The topper of the lid was created using the NEW Dreamweaver Stencil LS 1013 Rubber Ducky.  Here’s how I created the topper:Puddle:

1. Apply Pearlescent Paste to the “puddle” section of the stencil.
2.  Then dip  a paint brush into the Metallix F/X Glacier Lake and tap it over the “puddle”. 
3. Remove the stencil (place the dirty stencil in a warm soapy bath).
4. Heat up the ”puddle” area using a heating tool.  This will cause the paste to “bubble”.  Make sure that you do not over-heat or it will burn the paste.
5. Once cooled, trim out the “puddle” section.

Ducky:

1. Apply Pearlescent Paste to the “Ducky” section of the stencil.
2. Remove the stencil (place the dirty stencil in a warm soapy bath).
3. Heat up the ”Ducky” area using a heating tool.  This will cause the paste to “bubble”.  Make sure that you do not over-heat or it will burn the paste.
4. Once you have cleaned and dried your stencil, place it over the pasted/bubbled image again. 
5. Now take the Memories Mist (Mango Lemonade) and spray over the Ducky.  The Memories Mist gives great coverage!  I only needed to apply one spritz!
6. Remove the stencil (place in a warm soapy bath again!…Have you started singing “Rubber Ducky, you’re the one….”?!).
7. Wait for the Ducky to dry….I left it overnight but you wouldn’t need to wait that long.
8. Once dry, I used COPIC markers to add detail to the face (bill and eyes)
9. Then hand cut the Ducky out.

Other Special details:

1. The White May Arts Ric Rac ribbon was changed to Yellow to coordinate with the project by spraying it with the Memories Mist (Mango Lemonade)….again fantastic coverage and it dried quite quickly!
2. Topper:  I cut out a Sizzix Scallop Rectangle Frame and folded it to create a “topper handle”.  An extra piece of white cardstock was adhered in between the fold of the frame.  This created the backing which the Stenciled images were adhered to.
3. The “puddle” was adhered direct to the topper.
4. The “Ducky” was adhered using Foam Dimensionals.
5. The yellow sheer ribbon was wrapped around the box and the ends were attached at the front using Sookwang tape to give a strong hold.  They were also gathered before adhering.
6. The Yellow sheer ribbon bow was created then adhered (using Sookwang tape) on top of the ribbon already on the box.  It was adhered to hide the ends of the ribbon.

….and of course, what better to put in this box but a RUBBER DUCKY!  The picture below shows the box open.

I hope that I have inspired you to create a “Tiny Treat”!  We would love to see your creations for this month’s Tiny Treats challenge.  A random winner will get to choose ANY one item sold by Dreamweaver stencils!  Leave your thumbnail on the linking system  through the Dream It Up! blog.  If you don’t have your own blog email Lynell a picture of your creation at lynell@dreamweaverstencils.com, and she will blog about it for you. Our random winner will be chosen at the end of the month and posted on the Dream It Up! blog on the first.

For more inspiration on this month’s challenge, please visit the other Dream Team Members (team B):

Dream It Up! 
Lea Kimmel 
Louise Healy 
Stacey Rumsby 
Terrece Siddoway 
Caroline Duncan 
Pam Hornschu 
Cherylynn Moser 

Happy Stenciling!

Stacey

With the weather that we have been having here in Victoria, BC all week, it sure reminds me that another school year is coming to an end….and quickly!  Time to think of “Thank You” gifts for teachers.

For the month of May, the Dream Team is dreaming up “Tiny Treats”…party favours, wedding favours, end of school year treats, teacher appreciation gifts, baby shower favours, co-worker treats, in other words…small tokens of appreciation for those you care about.

Today, I am sharing with you a simple box that can easily be filled with a gift to give to a Teacher as a year-end “Thank You”!    I created the top of the box to look like a Chalkboard.  But, keeping up with technology, I’m just not sure how many chalkboards actually still exist in classrooms.  I know that in my daugther’s class, the teacher has a dry-erase board….so why not fill the box with NEW dry erase markers ready for the next year of teaching!  Then there are boards that are magnetic…why not make some creative magnets to fill the box.  But there’s ALWAYS a good “fall back on” gift:  Chocolates!  The size of the box that I created is just the right size for A2 sized cards too (hmmm, the “Thank You” box filled with “Thank You” cards).  One last idea would be to have a layer of tissue paper in the bottom of the box and place a gift card from the teacher’s favorite store or coffee shop placed on top of the tissue paper.  As you can see, the possiblities are endless.

How to create the box:

Bottom of box:  Cut a piece of Cardstock 7″ X 8 1/4″ for the bottom of the box.  Scor in at all sides at 1 1/4″.  Fold all scor lines.  On each of the long sides, snip on the scor line until you reach the rectangular scor.  This will create flaps that you will fold inward to create the bottom of the box.  I always use a strong double-sided adhesive when adhering any 3D project together.

Lid of box:  Cut a piece of Cardstock 6 1/16″ X 7 5 1/6″.  Scor around all of the edges at 3/4″.  Do the same as you did for the Bottom of the box: folding, snipping and adhering the flaps to create the lid.

 For the “Chalkboard”, I cut a piece of Brown cardstock slightly smaller than the top of the lid and then a piece of Black cardstock that was even a bit smaller than the brown.  The brown cardstock represents the wooden frame and the black cardstock represents the chalkboard itself.  There is also a piece of May Arts ribbon as the “metal ledge”.  Dreamweaver Stencils has teamed up for the year with May Arts ribbons!  LOVE their ribbon~!

STENCILLING:

The stencilling of the box could not have been easier. (follow proper stencilling techniques and cleaning techniques:  Click HERE to follow step-by-step procedures)

• I 1st placed the 2 stencils onto the Black cardstock to determine the placement. 
• The 1st stencil to work with was the APPLE (LL 562).  I pasted it with the Regular paste.  You could wait for the paste to dry, but I didn’t want to wait. 
• Being very careful, I placed the MERCI stencil (LS 1011) next to the Apple stencilled image so it just did not touch the apple image.  I used repositionable tape to mask off any areas of the Black Cardstock that I did not want to get paste onto.  I then proceeded to paste the MERCI stencil with Regular paste.  Set your stencilled cardstock aside to dry. 
• While waiting for it to dry, I cut very small pieces of White Cardstock and rolled into tiny tubes.  These represent chalk. 
• Once the stencilled images were dry, I placed a hand cut curved piece of paper on the apple.  While holding this piece of paper in place, I dipped a sponge into a Red ink pad (Barn Door Distress ink) and sponged the colour onto the apple.  Start sponging lightly applying more until you achieve the darkness in colour that you desire.  Remove the paper template once finished sponging.
• Repeat the sponging of colour onto the leaf using Green ink (Crushed Olive Distress ink) and Brown ink (Gathered Twigs) onto the stem.  To help avoid getting the colour onto other images and ONLY getting ink on the images that you want the ink to be on, I used the Picaso tool and placed one of the openings over the image that I wanted to sponge.  The rest of the Picaso tool masks off the other images and segregates the image that you are working on.   Brilliant tool!
• The MERCI was left plain white.
• Place a piece of MAY ARTS ribbon over the bottom of the black cardstock and adhere the ends to the back.  This piece of ribbon represents the metal chalkboard ledge.
• Adhere the brown cardstock centered to the top of the box lid.  Then adhere the black stencilled cardstock layer centered onto the brown cardstock.
• Using Glossy Accents, I adhered the rolled up white paper “Chalk” pieces where desired.
• VOILA!  Your box is complete!  

NOTE:  MERCI was used in place of “Thank You” as my daugther is in French Immersion!

 Please check out this week’s design team posts:

Dream It Up! 
Lea Kimmel 
Louise Healy 
Stacey Rumsby 
Terrece Siddoway 
Caroline Duncan 
Pam Hornschu 
Cherylynn Moser 

Once you have been creatively energized, put that energy to work and create!  We would love to see your creations for this month’s Tiny Treats challenge.  A random winner will get to choose ANY one item sold by Dreamweaver stencils!  Leave your thumbnail on the linking system  through the Dream It Up! blog.  If you don’t have your own blog email Lynell a picture of your creation at lynell@dreamweaverstencils.com, and she will blog about it for you. Our random winner will be chosen at the end of the month and posted on the Dream It Up! blog on the first.

Happy Stencilling (truly such a treat…lol!)

Stacey