Smooches with the Freaks Tour

It's that time again for another Control Freaks Blog Tour!  The theme this month is our Summer Smooches Sneak Peak. You'll see tons of projects using the fun Summer Smooches products available during April.

You may have arrived from Deb's blog.   I love her work; it's so clean, simple and artistic.  I want to case every thing she makes! .

My first project is a fun little 'square' box I created using our new Petite Purses die.

Isn't it cute?!  I cut out four of the Purse die-cuts; two each from Real Red card stock and Summer Smooches patterned paper.  Then I cut off a few flaps here & there to make it a square box instead of a purse.  Here is a photo of it beside a Petite Purse on the left made as it's meant to be.

These are made with the Summer Smooches designer series paper along with the new fabric covered brads and the gorgeous Daffodil Delight seam binding.  Love this ribbon! 

I will be sharing the free tutorial 'how to' on this Square Petite Box next week.

And here is a simple card using the Bright Blossoms stamp set:

I inked the flowers and leaves with markers and stamped on Whisper White card stock.  Then punched them out with the 1" circle punch and layered them onto Real Red Triple Bouquet Blossom punch pieces.  I jazzed the flowers up with a rhinestone that has been colored with a Red permanent marker. 

I used our Labels Framelits to cut out the curved label shapes, adding a thin layer of Real Red behind the two top pieces by cutting two Red Label die-cuts in half - one lengthwise and the other vertically.  Just move them slightly outside the top layers and adhere.

Lastly is an adorable fabric covered cards box I made for my daughter Jenilee. 

Surprise!  I am not sure when I can give this up to you though.....   She had mentioned that she loved this new fabric and wanted to get some.  I think she'll love having a cute box in her colors for the cards I give her.  

This box was on our Clearance Rack last week but it looks like they're out of stock now.  Another good reason to check this place often!  I think you could use any other type of photo box for this project instead.

I used Sticky Strip tape on all edges of the fabric to adhere it to the box.  I just laid the box on top and cut, added tape and folded.  The Turquoise piece on the front is our On Board Merry Medly chipboard.  I traced around the chipboard to get the Turquoise shape and textured it with the Perfect Polka dots embossing folder.  The metal accent came with the box.  Here's a look at the inside:

Thanks for stopping by to see my Summer Smooches projects!  Now you're off to see the remarkable Jan Tink's projects.

 

Comments

[Cynthia Ferenz]

Great project. Will be back to see your tutorial for the square box using the purse die! TFS!

[Phyllis Strickland]

Wow!!!! Terrific projects. You really put a lot of creativity and time into this. Thanks so much for the inspiration

[Yvette]

Wowee! Your projects are all AWESOME! Love the little box!!!

[Christyne]

WOW!! That is an AWESOME photo box! Great job!

[Cindy Major]

LeeAnn, your projects are awesome! Love how you've transformed the Mini Purse die and I am totally in love with that gorgeous fabric box. Wow! You make me want to make one of my own!

[Holly]

Love the box made with the new die cuts!

[Sandy M]

Wow, such awesome projects, Leann. The fabric covered card box is gorgeous, and the way you did your square box is so cool and creative!

[Jenilee]

Cute!! I like it! I guess you can hang on to it for awhile.... :)

[Deb]

Awesome projects! Very creative and clever on figuring out how to make xbox from the purse die!! Love the buttons on the bottom!! Beautiful card, too! And the fabric is some of my favorite! Love how it looks on the cards box!

[Lisa Martz]

Everything is so cute! But I LOVE the card box done in the fabric! It's darling!