Friday, July 4, 2014

Happy Fourth of July!



     A quiet house on a holiday!  Perfect! 
     I "accidently" found two copycat recipes for See's candies this week.  I knew I shouldn't, but I had to try them.  Delicious and super easy.  I got that out of my system and won't do them again until Christmas.  Then I'll be sure to get chocolate sprinkles to add to the top of the "Bordeaux." 
     I decided to gift a friend with a little box of chocolates (so I don't eat them all!).  I love that with the Scor-Pal, I can easily make a box or bag.  Once I decide on the dimensions, it only takes a minute to decide how large I need my cardstock and where to put the folds and cuts.
     For this one, I cut the bottom 4 3/4 x 4 3/4 and scored 1" in on each side all the way around.  I made the top 4 7/8 x 4 7/8 and again scored 1" from each side.  I die cut the star from the center and taped cellophane behind it.  A Fiskars Border Punch was used on the top piece before taping it all together.  The cardstock was double sided, so I just flipped my star over and used it for a tag. 
Papercrafting Challenge: Magazine Mondays - Week 57 Inspiration Piece (image)
     I'm entering this in PaperCrafter's Corner's Magazine Monday Challenge, my new fave challenge!  Here's the inspiration for this week.   I went with the patriotic colors and, Steph, did you notice I used the negative space again?  :o)

     I've never entered the Scor-Pal challenge, but realized I could do a twofer this week.  I do love my Scor-Pals, yes, Scor-Pals, plural.  I bought the newer one with more grooves, but can't part with the original.  I'd love to have a Scor-Buddy, too, just because it's so cute.  The Scor-Pal challenge is "More Than One Score" Challenge #6 - Colors of Your Country/Patriotic."   This is a monthly challenge that runs through the end of July.
      Hopefully, my links will take you to both of these challenges.  Thanks for looking. 

8 comments:

  1. I love your box and your chocolates. They look very yummy. Your work is superb, as always. I've been looking at this site thinking I might join in the fun there.

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  2. Wow! Great job creating something special & making others happy - something you are good at. Just had See's candies for the 1st time on Mother's Day sent to me from DD who just moved to CA this year. I'm hooked!

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  3. Food for you, Suzi! I love your box and it is great that you could make it fit for two challenges. Someone is going to live your gift!

    I really need to figure out why my blog will not post pictures. I want to keep doing MM and it would be fun to find a few more challenges to be a part of

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  4. super cute box, like the addition of the punchwork at the bottom

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  5. This is such an adorable patriotic box! You did a fantastic job, with it!

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  6. Such a fabulous little box! I the star opening and the touch of punching on the edge, and of course the chocolates look delicious! Thanks for joining in our "Colors of Your Country/Patriotic" theme at Scor-Pal this month and Good Luck!

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  7. Your box is wonderful and I bet the chocolates inside are too! I wonder what happened to my earlier comment the day you posted this? Good luck at the Scor-Pal site too!

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  8. I think I figured out where my comment went. You have a codeword protection for your comments and it doesn't show on my screen; I need to scroll down for it. So I probably thought I was done and just moved on without typing in the codeword.

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