DIY Gift Packages with the Gift Bow Bigz L Die makes Holiday Gift Giving Easy and if you are like me I'm a bit Bow challenged. We used to get frustrated trying to tie the perfect bow. When the Gift Bow Bigz L Die was released we knew right away that this would be a die cut that would keep have a place in our craft studio for a good long while. After all these bows are so addictive, in a good way!
Imagine how easy your gift wrapping will be, not just for the Holidays, but for Birthdays, Anniversary's, Baby and Wedding Showers.
- You sit down at your craft table and start out by picking out your favorite designer paper, something with a vibrant color.
- You make your first bow and you are surprised at how easy it is, and it's at that moment you get excited to try another bow.
- This time you use a different paper, like the glimmer or glitter paper and you get sparkly goodness all over you from the paper but you dont care everything is better with glitter!
- Then you realize that you can use different types of materials in the Gift Bow Bigz L Die so you get down right excited, almost like a kid at Christmas!
Today we will share with you a couple projects that were
created with the Gift Bow Bigz L Die
and also share some tips with you as well.
The first project is a Large Pillow Box
that was purchased from ALD along with the Craft Metal Sheets. This was one of the first pillow boxes created.
In retrospect the bow would have been better not on an angle, but it's still a clean simple gift pillow box and the metal accents really bring it life!
The box was embossed with the Northern Flurry Embossing Folder, and the embossing folder over the pillow box and ran through the Big Shot to emboss.
The vibrancy of the Scarlet Red "Merry" from the Expressions Thinlit Dies and the bow created with the Gift Bow Bigz L Die in the bright teal blue just popsl it brings instant Happiness! You can't see it very well but the box was also spritzed with the Smooch Spritz Vanilla Shimmer.
After the pillow box was created we literally made like 5 more metal bows with the Gift Bow Bigz L Die that I can put on any gift to give it a unique and beautiful look perfect for my DIY Gift Packages! Now when we create a package we have several bows to choose from! Quick and Easy!
TIPS:
- Metal works really well in the Expressions Thinlit Die, but it's also very thin and pliable and can break easily when removing it from the die. Use care when removing it from the die.
- When removing your metal from the die use a paper piercer in the holes to push the metal through the die cut. This helps release it from the thinlit.
- I used a glue gun to attach the Merry. It it attached to the bow hidden from the naked eye.
- *Watch the Gift Bow Bigz L Die Video for assembly instruction on my YouTube Channel.
The next project was created with fabric.
It was so fun to create and we've been forever wanting to do it so we just had to try the fabric in the Gift Bow Bigz L Die. So glad we did, and so excited on how it turned out!
TIPS you will want to know when working with the Fabric.
The fabric used was very thin. We haven't worked with thicker fabric so the tips below are based on thin fabric.
- The fabric needs something attached to it to give it some stiffness. For this project we used the multipurpose adhestive sheets. It gave it just enough stiffness. We did not take off the backing to adhere the bow to the package, instead I used a glue gun to attach it to the pillow box.
- You could also try interfacing or stablizer on the fabric to give fabric stiffness as well.
- Use a glue gun or sticky strip to assemble the ribbon and attach it to your box.
We've posted some more projects on the 1st Class Creativity Facebook Page so you can hop over there to view them.
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