A group of sparkle & shine Christmas cards made using the Humble Homes Builder Punch from Stampin' Up!

Humble Home cards – Christmas Stampathon

Here are the cards I have designed for the April Christmas Stampathon challenge where our theme is ‘Sparkle & Shine’. I have used the Humble Home Builder Punch and the 2024 – 2026 In Color Glimmer Paper to make my card.

Colours used in these cards are:

 

To recreate the humble home card, you will need:

Thick Basic White card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛”
Basic White card – 5⅞” by 2⅝”
2024 – 2026 In Color Glimmer Paper – 5⅞” by ⅜”
Scrap Basic White and 2024 – 2026 In Color Glimmer Paper

 

A group of sparkle & shine Christmas cards made using the Humble Homes Builder Punch from Stampin' Up!

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I punched houses from scrap Basic White card and from 24 – 2026 In Color Glimmer Paper, two white and one glimmer for each card.

 

A group of sparkle & shine Christmas cards made using the Humble Homes Builder Punch from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Humble Homes Builder Punch used to make a group of sparkle & shine Christmas cards – Christmas Stampathon

The sentiment was stamped in Shy Shamrock ink onto one of the Basic White houses for each card. The two white houses were then adhered at either end of the 5⅞” by 2⅝” piece of Basic White card.

 

A group of sparkle & shine Christmas cards made using the Humble Homes Builder Punch from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Humble Homes Builder Punch used to make a group of sparkle & shine Christmas cards – Christmas Stampathon

I added the Glimmer house between the white houses raised up on Dimensionals.

 

A group of sparkle & shine Christmas cards made using the Humble Homes Builder Punch from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Humble Homes Builder Punch used to make a group of sparkle & shine Christmas cards – Christmas Stampathon

The strips of Glimmer Paper were added to the top and bottom of the decorated Basic White strips. The whole piece was then glued to the Thick Basic White card base.

 

A group of sparkle & shine Christmas cards made using the Humble Homes Builder Punch from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Humble Homes Builder Punch used to make a group of sparkle & shine Christmas cards – Christmas Stampathon

A trio of 2024 – 2026 In Color Shimmer Gems completed each card.

 

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Details of the products I used for this project can be found below.

Mo x

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A pretty flip top box to hold a Ferrero Rocher chocolate made using the Season of Elegance designer series paper from Stampin' Up!

Season of Elegance Flip Top Boxes – Ink. Stamp. Share Blog Hop

Today for the Ink. Stamp. Share Blog Hop I am sharing the season of elegance treat boxes I made for the ladies at my book club Christmas dinner. The evening is such fun, we all bring part of the meal, and I also like to bring a little table gift for each person. This box was not my original idea, but I cannot now find the designer – if it was you, please leave me a comment and ‘thank you’.

Colours in this box are:

 

To recreate the season of elegance box, you will need:

Thick Basic White card – 6⅞” by 4⅛”
Season of Elegance dsp – 1⅛” by 1⅛” x 3
White Glimmer paper

 

Using my Paper Trimmer I scored the Thick Basic White card on the long side at 1⅜” by 2¾”, 4⅛” and 5½” and on the short side at 1⅜” by 4⅛”.

 

A pretty flip top box to hold a Ferrero Rocher chocolate made using the Season of Elegance designer series paper from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Season of Elegance designer series paper used to make pretty flip top boxes to hold a Ferrero Rocher chocolate

I used sharp Scissors to cut on the scorelines as shown in the photo.

 

A pretty flip top box to hold a Ferrero Rocher chocolate made using the Season of Elegance designer series paper from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Season of Elegance designer series paper used to make pretty flip top boxes to hold a Ferrero Rocher chocolate

Using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive I formed the base of the box followed by the box top.

 

A pretty flip top box to hold a Ferrero Rocher chocolate made using the Season of Elegance designer series paper from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Season of Elegance designer series paper used to make pretty flip top boxes to hold a Ferrero Rocher chocolate

Two of the Season of Elegance designer Series Paper square were glued to the box. One on the top of the lid and the other on the front of the lid. The remaining square was cut in half on the diagonal and the pieces were glued to the triangular sides of the lid.

 

A pretty flip top box to hold a Ferrero Rocher chocolate made using the Season of Elegance designer series paper from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Season of Elegance designer series paper used to make pretty flip top boxes to hold a Ferrero Rocher chocolate

I die cut small snowflakes using the Snowy Wonder Dies and White Glimmer Paper. One of these was the added to the top of each box with a cut down piece of Mini Dimensional.

 

A pretty flip top box to hold a Ferrero Rocher chocolate made using the Season of Elegance designer series paper from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Season of Elegance designer series paper used to make pretty flip top boxes to hold a Ferrero Rocher chocolate

A Gold Textured Adhesive-backed Dot was added to the centre of each snowflake to hide the dimensional.

A pretty flip top box to hold a Ferrero Rocher chocolate made using the Season of Elegance designer series paper from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Season of Elegance designer series paper used to make pretty flip top boxes to hold a Ferrero Rocher chocolate

 

A Ferrero Rocher Chocolate fits perfectly in the box.

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Order goodies/Join My Team

If you don’t have a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator I would love to be yours!  If you don’t have a catalogue and live in the UK, please let me know and I will be delighted to send you one.  To order any supplies click on the “shop online” button at the top of the page. Alternatively, contact me and I would be happy to place an order for you. To join my team either click on the link above or click on the contact me button above and I will contact you with more information.

Details of the products I used for this project can be found below.

Mo x

Supplies used: