Creating Kindness Blog Hop - 3D Gift Giving

Hello...and welcome!  I'm super excited that you're here...and super duper excited (and incredibly honored) that I get to be the guest designer with this month's Creating Kindness (around the world) Design Team Blog Hop!  The Creating Kindness Design Team is an incredible group of Stampin' Up! demonstrators from around the world working (and hopping) together to inspire us to kindness through card making and paper crafting.  Yep....it's all pretty amazing...but that's not all!  There's a video hop, too!  Check out the link list at the end of the post to check out to all the video fun!

And now...on to the projects!  So...this month's hop theme is all about the gift giving and 3-D projects.  Um...yeah. Perfect for me...because if you've been here before you know that gift packaging is my jam!  I could literally sit in my studio all day every day and create packaging.  With matching cards. Like these.

The A Little Wild Bundle was on my first list for the new, 2017-2018 Catalog.  Love it.  And though I don't have a lot of "littles" to create for...I'm ALWAYS inspired to create something to have on hand.  You know...just in case.  So I pulled out the A Little Wild stamp set and Little Loves Framelits Dies for this gift box and card.  I adore the wild about you sentiment in the set...because it leaves it all open for a new baby or for a baby's first birthday.  Or...just because you found something cute for that little him or her that you want to spoil a bit.  Seriously...gift packaging can never be too much...

and I'm not sure there can ever be too many layers!  Here I've used DSP, ribbon, linen thread, sequins and an OH SO ADORABLE Mini Gift Bow.  I also added a couple of die cut vines in Lemon Lime Twist...and I wrapped them around a thin pencil to get them to looks more like an actual vine.  And yes...I see many more of those vines in my future!

I also frayed the ends of the Berry Burst Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon to add to the little wild look.  Ha!

I used many of the same elements for the matching card... changing a few elements that made design sense.  Together, though, they came together just the way I hoped they would! 

Thank you so much for stopping here and for hopping with the Creating Kindness (around the world) Design Team today!  Maria Willis is up next...and I know you'll want to hop over to see what she has to inspire you!  It's sure to be fabulous!

Oh...and in case you're looking for it, here's the Creating Kindness Design Team July Blog Hop blog roll, too!

1.	Jenny Hall
2.	Janneke de Jong
3.	Marcy Denning
4.	Satomi Wellard
5.	Jay Soriano
6.	Jessie Holton
7.	Sue Plote
8.	Maria Willis
9.	Carolynn Sander

And finally...let's not forget about the video hop, too!  Here's the links list you'll need see them all!
Jenny https://youtu.be/WIAE-lxEspI
Marcy https://youtu.be/1iUqKfZM07w
Satomi https://youtu.be/rNmvRoMFxtM
Jay https://youtu.be/UrwelJya6GI
Jessie https://youtu.be/OpdR60Nx8EY
Maria https://youtu.be/27gPyaw8jqM
Carolynn https://youtu.be/ykI0lOuJBn8

Have an amazing day!

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Product List

A Little Wild Wood-Mount Stamp Set [143671] $29.00	A Little Wild Clear-Mount Stamp Set [144344] $21.00	A Little Wild Wood-Mount Bundle [145327] $50.25	A Little Wild Clear-Mount Bundle [145328] $43.00	Bundle Of Love Specialty Designer Series Paper [144143] $13.00	Naturally Eclectic Designer Series Paper [144185] $11.00
Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [101650] $9.00	Soft Sky 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [131203] $8.00	Lemon Lime Twist 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [144245] $8.00	Berry Burst 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [144243] $8.00	Versamark Pad [102283] $8.50	Embossing Buddy [103083] $6.00
Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder [109129] $5.00	Heat Tool [129053] $30.00	Metallics Sequin Assortment [144214] $5.00	Gold Faceted Gems [144141] $5.00	Mini Gift Bows [144127] $6.00	Linen Thread [104199] $4.50
Berry Burst 5/8" Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon [144191] $8.00	Banner Triple Punch [138292] $23.00	Gift Bag Punch Board [135862] $20.00	Big Shot [143263] $110.00	Big Shot Magnetic Platform [130658] $40.00	Big Shot Die Brush - New Configuration [144262] $12.50
Little Loves Framelits Dies [143743] $27.00	Layering Circle Framelits Dies [141705] $35.00	Eclectic Layers Thinlits Dies [143774] $30.00	Layered Leaves Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [143704] $9.00	SNAIL Permanent Adhesive [104332] $7.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $4.00
Glue Dots [103683] $5.25	Fast Fuse Adhesive [129026] $10.00