{"id":2290,"date":"2009-09-08T21:38:57","date_gmt":"2009-09-09T02:38:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stampthat.com\/blog\/?p=2290"},"modified":"2009-09-08T21:38:57","modified_gmt":"2009-09-09T02:38:57","slug":"handmade-box-of-hand-stamped-cards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stampthat.com\/blog\/handmade-box-of-hand-stamped-cards\/","title":{"rendered":"Handmade Box of Hand-stamped Cards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2292\" title=\"Wedding Sweet Handmade Box\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stampthat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/elegant-bouquet-box-1.jpg\" alt=\"Wedding Sweet Handmade Box\" width=\"302\" height=\"186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stampthat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/elegant-bouquet-box-1.jpg 448w, https:\/\/www.stampthat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/elegant-bouquet-box-1-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.stampthat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/elegant-bouquet-box-1-435x267.jpg 435w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 302px) 100vw, 302px\" \/>I totally forgot to show you this box I made before going on vacation.\u00a0 What was I thinking?\u00a0 I wanted to give a set of cards as part of a wedding shower gift and I thought I&#8217;d make a box to put them in.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2291\" title=\"Fresh Cuts stamp set\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stampthat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/elegant-bouquet-box-2.jpg\" alt=\"Fresh Cuts stamp set\" width=\"233\" height=\"185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stampthat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/elegant-bouquet-box-2.jpg 424w, https:\/\/www.stampthat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/elegant-bouquet-box-2-300x237.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 233px) 100vw, 233px\" \/>The base of the box is made out of Brushed Gold Cardstock on which I stamped the large swirly from the Wedding Sweet stamp set using Gold Encore Ink. For the top of the box I used an overhead transparency so the lid is transparent.<\/p>\n<p>The cards are very simple and yet <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2294\" title=\"Elegant Bouquet Stamp Set\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stampthat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/elegant-bouquet.jpg\" alt=\"Elegant Bouquet Stamp Set\" width=\"232\" height=\"259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stampthat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/elegant-bouquet.jpg 336w, https:\/\/www.stampthat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/elegant-bouquet-269x300.jpg 269w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/>elegant.\u00a0 It&#8217;s not very often that I make cards without any layers but this is one of those times.\u00a0 The cards are Whisper White cardstock which I ran through the Big Shot with the Elegant Bouquet Embossing Folder.\u00a0 Around the fold in the card I used the Gold Elastic Cord available in the Mini Catalog.\u00a0 The &#8220;Thank you&#8221; is from the Fresh Cuts stamp sets and stamped with the Gold Encore Ink.<\/p>\n<p>It would be very easy to take this same idea and switch it up just a little for just about any occasion.\u00a0 The box is very simple to make and with the clear top it puts the main emphasis on the pretty, handmade, hand stamped cards.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2241\" title=\"Stamping blog tour\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stampthat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/blogtour_christmas.jpg\" alt=\"Stamping blog tour\" width=\"226\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stampthat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/blogtour_christmas.jpg 346w, https:\/\/www.stampthat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/blogtour_christmas-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.stampthat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/blogtour_christmas-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/>I hope you&#8217;re looking forward to the Holiday Blog Tour as much as I am!\u00a0 I created one of the projects today that I&#8217;m planning to show you.\u00a0 You&#8217;re going to like it!\u00a0 In fact, we might even have to have a class for this one.\u00a0 With the tour there will be four days when each demonstrator featured will have a new Christmas project to show each day.\u00a0 Each demonstrator will then link to the next demonstrator on the tour.\u00a0 Therefore, if you visit my blog on the 10th you&#8217;ll see my project and then you can follow the link I give to the next person and follow their link to the next person and so on.\u00a0 We&#8217;ll post new projects on the 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I totally forgot to show you this box I made before going on vacation.\u00a0 What was I thinking?\u00a0 I wanted to give a set of cards as part of a wedding shower gift and I thought I&#8217;d make a box to put them in. 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