Nigezza Creates: Look back at the first swaps I ever made

Nigezza Creates aka Gez, Independent Stampin' Up® Demonstrator

Thank you so much for visiting my blog today, I really hope you like my project. I was looking for ideas for my swaps for On Stage and found the blog post for the first swaps I ever made. It was quite funny to read my blog because it was so different to how I wrote them now. I am going to copy and paste some of the detail here but will make the measurements clearer!

Measurements and Materials

This swap was made using the Envelope Punch Board plus Card Stock (some are retired now) DSP that has now retired.
I was so excited to be going on my first Stampin Up retreat with Sam from Pootles and the rest of the team. I was even more excited to be taking part in swaps!
I bought a bag of mini Smarties.
From a sheet of A4 or standard cardstock I cut 4 squares

4 1/8" x 4 1/8"

Using the envelop punch board I scored and punched at 2" and 3" and then repeated the punch and score on other sides using the scored lines as a guide to where to punch and score.
Then I created flaps by cutting down the side of the 2 small squares on the smallest pointed sides and notched them.
I then cut approximately 1/2" off the 2 larger pointed ends and applied Tombow to these 2 sections to glue together and form the belly of the box.
The 2 smaller pointed ends were rounded off using the corner rounder on the board and the flaps were folded in and the ends tucked in to form the box.
The Belly band was cut from 12x12 DSP - 2"x5" - so you get 14 out of a sheet.
I then decorated using the balloon punch and a balloon stamp from Happy Birthday Gorgeous but you can decorate how you wish.
I stuck this to the from of the box with a dimensional and added a bow made from bakers twine
I took whisper white twine and coloured it using ink that matched the cardstock I used.
I used Eastern palace DSP
Dapper Denim - Tranquil Tide - Very Vanilla - Lemon Lime Twist cardstock
Matching ink

Video Tutorial

Click below to see the video tutorial :-)

I do hope you enjoyed this little look back with me. I will be back tomorrow with another project share, until then ...

Happy Crafting!

Gez xxx

Below are the products I used, if you click on the item it will take you directly to my shop where you can purchase the items.

Product List

Happy Birthday Gorgeous Photopolymer Stamp Set [143662] £20.00	Balloon Bouquet Punch [140609] £17.00	Twine Baker's Whisper White [124262] £2.75	Lemon Lime Twist A4 Cardstock [144250] £8.00
Dapper Denim A4 Cardstock [141419] £7.25	Eastern Palace Specialty Designer Series Paper [144147] £11.50	Tranquil Tide A4 Cardstock [144252] £8.00	Dapper Denim Classic Stampin' Pad [141394] £6.00
Lemon Lime Twist Classic Stampin' Pad [147145] £7.00	Tranquil Tide Classic Stampin' Pad [147146] £7.00	Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock [106550] £9.00

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