Aloha, all!
My Sizzix Big Shot finally has permanent home all its own. It’s been in temporary quarters on this table or that since it arrived on my doorstep right after Convention 2008. So now every time I work on a card or scrapbook project, I don’t have to think about whether it’s worth it to drag it out from where ever I happened to stash it last. It’s always at home on a sturdy shelf in my closet, with plenty of room for even the XL dies to go through it with ease.
And they have been going through the Big Shot often! My current favorite die is the Box #2 die, which I’ve shown off here before. This being March, though, I’ve been anxious to try out something that looks like a treat box for a St. Patrick’s Day party. Now you know as well as I that there just aren’t the cute M&Ms and Hershey Kisses in St. Patty’s Day green as there are wonderful reds and pinks for Valentine’s Day and pretty pastels for Easter. March 17th is just another in-between holiday (and it’s not really even that!). But M&Ms do come in their "Premium" variety in a green mint. Oh, those are SOOO delicious. Unfortunately, the Box #2 die makes such a good, large, box that it holds more than 1/2 a pack of those tasty treats!
Well, I guess I’m going to have to try out the little Pillow Box die and see how many that will hold. Hopefully not as much so that I can make lots of treat boxes instead of just a few.
I made the box on the left using standard transparency plastic that you can buy at any office supply store. But Stampin’ Up! is going to start selling its transparent Window Sheets again, beginning April 1st with the Occasions Mini Catalog. It will come in both 7 mil and 20 mil thicknesses. I’ve ordered up a preview of both and will report back here when I get them so you’ll know what to buy for your OWN Sizzix projects.
For the box on the right, I used one of the Stampin’ Up! Background I Sizzix Terturz plates to texturize the Certainly Celery Card stock before I put it through the Sizzix again to cut the Box #2 die. Both boxes are tied with the Certainly Celery Poly twill ribbon featured in his month’s Sale-A-Bration catalog, and I got them FREE for ordering $50 worth of Stampin’ Up! projects. You can, too, by just placing your OWN order of $50! As always, you can order online 24/7, or call (808.854.6145) or e-mail me and I can place your order for you.
The Shamrocks on both boxes were made using Garden Green Card stock and one of the hearts from the Heart to Heart Punch. To make the smaller of the two, I just placed a Mini Glue Dot in the center of the tag and attached the point of each of the three hearts and one end of the stem to the dot.
If you already have a Sizzix Big Shot, the Box #2 die is really a winner and I’d suggest that this be one of your next purchases!
Happy Stamping!
