Hello Everyone- We are so thrilled to have Melisa Waldorf as our Guest Designer... Here is a post from her blog... If you have NOT stopped there, you really need to check it out! You can see her BLOG HERE.
Good Morning! August 1 was the beginning of my fun Guest Designer gig with Creative Cuts and More and my goal is to show you how awesome and easy these products are. Creative Cuts and More sells pre-cut/pre-scored die cuts. There products range from simple image die cuts to AWESOME 3-D templates to pre-cut mini albums, and much more!! If you have ever wanted to create 3-D boxes or bags, this is the way to go. All you have to do is fold along the scored lines and adhere. She carries a HUGE list of colors for you to select from. And why am I so excited?? Because I have always secretly admired all those cool boxes and bags over at SCS, but was to lazy to try it!
This project is a Cupcake Box. Perfect to drop off on a co-workers desk or give to a friend. It comes with this cool insert to hold the cupcake in place and an acetate window. I put together my box and began embellishing. I decided to cut panels in a lighter shade of pink and run them through the cuttlebug with an embossing folder. And then I distressed with pink ink that matched the box. Then I glued the pom-pom fiber around the edge of the lid.
Now another great option would have been to stamp the box, but keep in mind that you would have to do that before folding.
These cards come with different shaped windows for you to choose from. The pink glitter on the icing on the inside didn't really match, but you get the idea. And as you can see, I lined up the cupcake on the inside so that it is not visible from the outside.
The Card Front
To create the embossed front of the card begin with a rectagular piece of cardstock that fits just inside the card front, leaving a border. Mine is 4 x 5 1/4. Run it through the Big Shot using an embossing folder of you chose.
The Cupcakes
I started with 2 pink and 2 white. Cut the icing tops away from 1 of the white and 1 of the pink switch them up, layering the white icing over the pink die and vise versa. Now your pink cupcake liner will have a white icing and vise versa. DO NOT GLUE them down until you have stamped the liners. Stamp both the liners with a decorative stamp. I chose polka dots. Ink edges black. Color both candles black. Cover the pink flame with white pigment ink. Apply adhesive to both flames and sprinkle with glitter (Stampendous). Now adhere the white cut out icing on the pink cupcake and vise versa. I used Liquid Applque on my white icing but didn't like how it looked. So I applied adhesive (Aleene's Tacky Glue) and sprinkled with glitter. I did like that it was raised though. The dimension looks really cool. I should have used my Puffy Paint (local craft store) instead of the Liquid Applique. It would have been smoother and more like real icing. Apply adhesive to the pink icing and sprinkle with glitter. I used pink and it doesn't really match, I should have stuck with the white, because I think the pink would have still shown through the glitter and matched better.
I used a piece of the lighter pink cardstock to create the label on the inside. I placed it inside the card so I could plan the positioning of my sentiment. I centered it up and helped to keep it in place by putting a small strip of tape runner on the back of it. I was afraid I would mess up the sentiment, so that's why I waited to adhere it down. Close the card. Choose a birthday sentiment and slide your cupcake over the front to figure out the best position. Stamp your sentiment. If you got it right the first time, great (I had to do it twice). Now you can adhere that inside label. And adhere the cupcake to the outside. Now you can slide the cupcake on the inside of the card until you get it directly under the one on the outside. Glue it down to the inside of the card.
Your done!!
Please stop back by this month to see all of my Creative Cuts and More projects. If you miss one, go to the labels on my side bar and click on Creative Cuts and More. This will bring up all my projects using their products.
Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a blessed day!
It will hold 6 A2 cards! I only made 4 because I made matching envelopes with liners.
I used a lot of labels. I LOVE all of Creative Cuts label dies. They make such nice embellishments!
The brads, buttons and ribbon are from my stash. The stamps are all dollar stamps from Studio G or Inkadinkado! Thanks so much for stopping by today!
This is the Mix & Match album. I used Jenni Bowlin Crate Paper and a button to create the flower. I stickled the flourish and added the Antique Label.
I added tag shaped pages in between the mix and match pages. The inside of the cover is a pocket for more recipes. I used the hinge die cut on this page. I googled free recipe cards and printed them off.
Here I used the Scallop Circle Frame in tacky tape and covered it with Doodlebug Sugarcoating Glitter. I also used more hinges and Doodlebug rhinestones. .JPG)
A close up to show the glitter and rhinestones.
More hinges and rhinestones..JPG)
I used Smooch on the hinges that were cut out of chipboard.
On these pages I used the Antique Elegance Frame, Scalloped Circle Frame and more rhinestones.
And finally the last page. I used more hinges and created another pocket to store more recipe cards.
These are just a few of the wonderful die cuts from Creative Cuts & More and they are all just perfect for a bride!! 
The card is a 5x7 size with the little dress cutout window. Joan added some lace to a piece of scrap white paper and then taped it to the backside of the window. A cover piece will cover the inside. The flower corsage consists of sheer ribbon, silver cording, and the sugared rose from Prima. The Slice Tag Maker heart rims are by Making Memories and the sentiment is from Papertrey Ink's Simple Little Things. A pearl flourish and the silvercording and pearl on the dress finish it off. 
The corsage on the cake slice was created like the one on the card. Pearl trim and pearl flourishes were also added to the sides and top. The is the cutest little box that opens in the back and would be perfect for wedding favors or bridal shower treats.
The little dress and tuxedo boxes are just so adorable...wouldn't they look cute as favors on the guests tables, as decorations on the guest book table, or even on the food tables....toooo fun!!!
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