Gift set using my small heart punch

The starting point for today's post was this beautiful solid perfume-in-a tin that my daughter bought from the Body Shop for a friend. I loved the packaging which gave me an idea for a box. Here's what I did:

I wondered whether the perfume would fit in a hole made by the large heart punch and, with a little bit of tweaking at the top, it did! So I made an insert to fit it into and then made a box base to fit around that.

Here it is - snug and happy in its new home!

The Melon Mambo and white colour scheme is so summery and the rainbow of hearts on the tin inspired this heart design on the lid of my box. It was easy to cut the hearts out of scraps of card stock using my small heart punch.

I made them more dimensional by folding them in half and piercing five holes along the fold with my paper piercer. They're attached to the box lid with glue dots.

I was on a bit of roll by now, so naturally I made a card to match the box!

And here they are together! By the way, you might be interested in this box tutorial  I put together a little while ago. It's so easy to make boxes any size you like with your Fiskars trimmer and a scoring blade.

Supplies needed for this project:

Stamps: Occasional Greetings

Ink: Melon Mambo 

Card stock: Whisper White, Melon Mambo, scraps for the hearts

Other: Large and small heart punches, Fiskars trimmer and scoring blade

You can buy any of these supplies from me and I can have them delivered to your address in the UK. Just send me an email or give me a call on 01280 820593.

It was Grand Prix day at Silverstone on Sunday and every year we all walk up to a high point near us to get a great view of the Red Arrows performing over there. They really are phenomenal and it is such a treat to see them! At one stage, while the jets zoomed in together, trailing their red, white and blue lines of smoke, my youngest son said: "The Red Arrows - sponsored by Aquafresh!" Both boys have me in stitches with their versions of adverts and their teamwork is impressive!

Thanks for your visit today - I'm always so pleased that anyone wants to come and spend time here and if I've inspired you to make something, I'm over the moon! I shall be having another vintage moment tomorrow so do pop back if you have a minute.