Fourth of July Party Favors / Milk Carton Box

Milk Carton Box Fourth of July Party Favor

Here is another cute idea for the Fourth of July.  This is called a “milk carton box”.  It is very easy to put together and makes a great party favor.  I’ve used these for Easter, birthdays, little treats to give to co-workers.  You just change the decorations and you have a sweet treat!

They can be filled with candy or you could use them to wrap earrings or a small gift.  You could even roll up some dough as a gift for a graduate…..etc.   If it fits, it will work.

On this one I just changed the color of the box.

Here are the items I used for the little boxes.  If you'd like a free tutorial for the Milk Carton Box just follow my blog and send me your email address.  I'll send you a PDF within 24 hours.

Happy fourth!

Love, Peace Stamps,

~Kim

Bootiful Occasions Wood Stamp Set

$24.95

Be The Star Wood-Mount Stamp Set

$28.95

Work Of Art Wood-Mount Stamp Set

$29.95

Stars Framelits Die

$26.95

Night Of Navy 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

$6.95

Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad

$5.95

Real Red 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

$6.95

Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad

$5.95

Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

$6.95

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Great Stamp Sets for the Fourth of July

 Happy 4th of July!  Well, it’s almost the 4th.  I'm really looking forward to July because....first of all my family has a huge party which is almost like a family reunion. Second, the Stampin' Up! convention is in July and this will be my first convention.  I can't wait to go!  It's in Salt Lake City.  My hotel and airline tickets are paid for and the convention registration was free because I'm a new demonstrator.  That saved me $295.  Three days and an entire convention center full of fellow enthusiastic, stamp crazed, hard core paper artists with ink running through their veins.  Yea Baby!!

There will be classes and workshops and prizes and swaps and ideas and free stamps and.....oh my!  Is that a goose bump? 

Speaking of goosebumps, I made another card-in-a-box in honor of the Red, White and Blue.  I'm obsessed with the cards-in-a-box.  They are fun to make.  It's like paper art meets floral design.....kind of.  The only problem with my cards-in-a-box is that I make them big, and they don't want to fold, and they're hard to mail.  But that's OK because I like them big and full.  And I don't want to fold them anyway.

So here's my 4th of July card-in-a-box.  I'll tell you the supplies I used and try to explain how I did some of the things.  I really need to learn how to do tutorials.  This blogging, tutorial, idea sharing on the internet thing is new to me.  (If you click the product name it will link you to the product in case you want to check it out.)

I used Real Red card stock and stamped the outside bottom of the box with Real Red ink using the chevron looking stamp from the "Work of Art" stamp set.  Then I stamped the remainder of the outside with the small stars from "Be the Star" using Night of Navy ink.

For the flaps I layered Whisper White with the Night of Navy striped paper from the Designer Series Paper Stacks.  I also used the same paper for the back panel of the card.  The little flags are Whisper White mounted on Real Red and the stripes are strips I cut using my "Fringe Scissors" and spaced them evenly. (I just eyeballed it)  Then just attach a star on the top using a dimensional.

The assorted stars used on the card are from the "Be a Star" stamp set and then I cut them using my "Big Shot", the "Magnetic Platform" and the "Stars framelits".  By the way, if you don't have the Magnetic Platform to use with your framelits you have no idea what you're missing.

 The tassels or bursts or whatever you want to call them were made with my Fringe Scissors too.  I just cut pieces of paper most of the way down and rolled them.  Then curled them with my bone folder.  I used a glue dot to adhere a star on one of the tassel thingies.  (sorry for all the techno language)

Add a stamped, cut out star layered with a larger star to the front flap and "Ta Dah!".  I'm seeing fireworks here!  OK, maybe I'm exaggerating a bit, but it's a really cute card, even if I do say so myself.  Oh yea...for the star, I stamped two star images and cut the center star from one of the images and glued it to the center of the other image using my favorite thing in the world, a dimensional.  

Hope you like my card-in-a-box.  Please comment and let me know what you think.  For the rest of the week I have more cute 4th of July creations to share.  They all use these same two stamp sets.  I'll be posting them Thursday and Friday so FOLLOW MY BLOG so you don't miss them.

Have a great day!

Love, Peace, Stamps,

~Kim

Join Stampin’ Up! for $50

Even though, in the teacher world, Friday marks the end of another precious summer week I can’t help but be excited that it’s the weekend!

So……“Let the Wild Rumpus Start”

And speaking of Wild Rumpus, how’d you like to be a part of one of the most fun, creative, wild, crazy and downright wonderful groups I know.

Yes, I’m talking about Stampin’ Up!  This is a job that is designed to be fun.  You take your hobby, that you love, and you include others in doing what you love. 

And for the remainder of this month, you can have all this fun for only $50 a month.

(click here)  www.lovepeacestamps.stampinup.net

For $50 you get:

1.  $55 in free products of your choice ($55 value)

2.  Catalogs ($15 value)

3.  Order Forms ($7.95 value)

4.  Other business products.

5.  A Paper Pumpkin kit  (how cool!!!) ($19.95 value)

6.  An extra discount on your first order

7.  Free registration for convention in Salt Lake City (July 17-19) ($295 value)

8.  And endless opportunity by owning your own business.

9.  Two free months of your own Demonstrator Website where your customers can    shop online. ($30 value)

Perks of being a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator:

1. There are no bossy bosses breathing down your neck.  Only people who are there to offer as much or as little support as you want.
2. The customers you deal with are all happy because this is what they do for fun!
3. There are no penalties if you decide it’s not for you.
4. You can just sign up for the discount.  That’s right!  We have demonstrators that are just “Hobby Demos”.  They signed up so they can receive a discount when they purchase Stampin’ Up! products.
5. There are oodles and oodles of prizes and promotions you can earn in your business.
6. Did I just say YOUR business?  That’s right, you have your own business.
7. All the people you work with are happy because they are doing what they love to do….just like you.
8. We have hundreds and thousands of creative ideas for you to share with your customers in case you get "stamper's block".
9. You get access to new products and promotions ahead of time.

This offer is a win, win opportunity.  For every penny you spend you get free products plus +++ a Paper Pumpkin kit.  And if it's not for you, you just stop.  There are no automatic shipments if you don't cancel in time...etc...etc...etc..

Interested?  Click here --->www.lovepeacestamps.stampinup.net  and go to the top right and click "Join the Fun".   You'll also find my phone number where you can call or text me any questions you may have.

Or email me here ---> kimdglass@yahoo.com  

Hope to see you on my team!  "Let the Wild Rumpus Start."

Love, Peace, Stamps,

~Kim

*disclosure-Free conference registration does not include transportation, meals or lodging.  But it's jam packed with fun!  <rumpus, rumpus>

Stampin' Up! a Fourth of July

I love patriotic decorations.  I think it's because my family has always had great get togethers on the 4th of July.  When I see red, white, and blue it brings back memories of homemade ice-cream, bare feet chasing fireflies and loved ones who have long since gone.

So now that summer is here I'm bringing out the Americana decor.  I'm having so much fun creating accents for my home and cards for my friends and family. 

I started last night with these easy, yet adorable, cards.  Do you see the beautiful Fourth of July Stampin' Up! colors?  Well, they're actually just Cherry Cobbler and Night of Navy, but they fit the 4th of July theme perfectly.

Love, Peace, Stamps,

~Kim