July Card Class

These are the three cards we are making in the July card class.  They use the Happy Everything Operation Smile stamp set and the Blossom paper pack.

Friendship Box

These cute little boxes are from the Artiste cartridge, page 40
     5", 3D Object, 0 for the base
     5", 3D Object, Shift, 0 (cut 2) for the top and bottom

Tips - crease all folds before taping.  Tape the two edges of the top and bottom, then fold around one of the flaps.  Tape the base to the middle piece for sturdiness and looks.  You can get two boxes from two sheets of paper.  Cut the two middle sections from one piece.  Cut two of the lids from another sheet, leaving the zip strip on the paper.  After cutting the first set of two, remove the paper from the mat, turn so the unused piece is lined up at the top and cut the second two pieces.  The cuts will take a small piece of the zip strip, but it will fold in and be unnoticeable in your finished product. Stamp before taping together.

I used the following items on this project. 

Treasured Friendship stamp set
Seaside paper pack
Chocolate ink
Desert Sand ink
Foam tape
Teal shimmer trim
Clear sparkles assortment
Surf's up assortment (available only online, in while supplies last)
Vogue alphabet (retiring at the end of August)

Jet Set

The month of July is traditionally my month to try and use up some of the papers I've been saving/collecting since the last CTMH catalog came out last August.  This paper pack I've pulled from my stash is the last of  the Tommy kit - which is more than a year old.  I scrap lifted the idea from a site on Pintrest.  The background is from another long retired set, Dakota.
The black net in the background is a found object - from ham in the freezer, if you can believe it, attached with mini staples. The sequins are from the Oceanside pack, old hemp in the string of flags, some star and anchor charms, and the last of the Tommy assortment pack.
This is busy, artsy page but I had a lot of fun putting it together.