Boxer Scrapbooks Design Team

card using the daisy stamp

So with the craziness of last minute school shopping, I forgot to post my project for Monday.  So, here it is...

 

I love daisies - whether they are real, paper, silk, or even stamped.  For this card, I stamped the daisy image onto white cardstock and then cut out each flower.  This way I can curl each petal to give them some dimension and add a button for the center.  For the leaves, I stamped the daisy onto green cardstock and cut out just the petals.  I added some foam tape under the white mat for even more pop.

Boxer Supplies used: Small red dot paper, yellow grosgrain, Daisy stamp, black  pen (Sakura), yellow buttons

Additional supplies: White, blue, and dark green cardstock, blue ink pad, black ink pad.

Until next time, Happy Scrapping!
Laura

 

 

New Products! Black and White Retro Waves

I love the new Black and White papers from Boxer! Just add ink, markers, pencils, or chalks to make these papers really pop! Other Boxer products include die cut flowers, Turquoise Dot Paper, and Thank You Flower Sentimental Single stamp.

 

Other: Circle Punch, Border Punch, Cardstock, Stamping Ink, Markers.

Tina

You're in my thoughts card

I think orange is becoming one of my favorite colors.  I love how the patterns mix so easily in the Cat line of papers.  Then there are the coordinating paper embossed flowers and the button mix - I am set with everything I need to make the perfect card with my favorite color!  To add some glitter, I used the Dazzle border stickers and the stardust pen.  I used the thin strip of black cardstock behind the border stickers to really make them pop. 

Supplies: Small orange dot paper, Cat paisley paper, Orange argyle paper, Cat Lover's paper embossed flowers, Cat Lover's Button mix, You're in my thoughts Sentimental Singles stamp, Dazzles Border stickers - silver, white gelly roll pen, Stardust pen, glue dots, foam tape

Additional supplies: black and white cardstock, orange ink pad

Happy Scrapping!

Until next time,

Laura

 

Tags in a tin

This cute little project was fast and easy to make. I used a 2" scallop punch to created the round labels and stamped with Boxer's Simply Sentimental Stamps. These are great to have on hand when you need a quick little tags for a gift. I covered the tin with a beautifully bright and cheery GHP Beach Stripe 315 Paper.

Boxer Supplies: Boxer Tin, GHP Beach Strip 315, Boxer green pola dot, Boxer Orange Paisle, Boxer blue houndstooth, Simply Sentimental Graias, Make a Wish, To/From stamps.

Other Supplies: Sizzix daizy stamp, 2" scallop punch, scallop scissors, craft string.

~Becky

Stamp Challenge - Love card

I always love a challenge and stamps are definitely a challenge for me.  I love to see what people can do with them.  But I think I see the black image on the packaging and then the image of my project is that black stamped image. 

So for being stamp challenged, I absolutely love the Sentimental Singles stamps.  For this card, I used the Hugs and Kisses and Love Postage stamp.  Across the front of the card, I repeated the Hugs and Kisses.  Looking through the clear stamp and block, they line up perfectly to cover across the card.  Then with the Love stamp, I stamped one image, cut out the heart and traced it onto red cardstock.  Inked the edges of the heart and added penwork and glued over the other heart on my second image.  Adding the stardust pen around the edges of the black stamped image cleans up the edges of my image and adds some sparkle.  After inking the edges of the trimmed stamped image, I added the red mat.  For the rest of the card, I used the striped paper and black cardstock and trimmed them to like pieces of an envelope.  Add the ribbon, some penwork and added foam tape under the Love for dimension.

Feeling a little less challenged now and really like how easy this card was to make.  Now the hard part is to decide who to send it to.

Supplies: Red and Black stripe paper, Hugs and Kisses Sentimental Singles Stamp, Love Postage Stamp Sentimental Single Stamp, Stardust pen, white gelly roll pen, Love You ribbon, Red grosgrain, 3D foam squares, Glue dots

Additional Supplies: black ink pad, black and white cardstock

Happy Scrapping!
Laura

 

Stamp challenge

We were challenged this week to use Stamps for our designer challenge and whenever I hear "stamp challenge" I think greeting cards! There are many products I love from Boxer, and the sentiment stamps are my joint first place (tied with Dog papers!). Personally I am a HUGE card maker and I'd rather make cards than layouts anyday so stamp challenge on I decided to break out the sentiment stamps and get busy!

 

Boxer Products: Black & White stripe paper; Lavendar 3/8" Rick Rack; Purple button mix; Birthday Dots Stamp;

 

 

I like that I used the stamp in a way that shows it's more versatile than it's alloted circular shape. The slide mount I used is old stock of Boxer so yu may have some in your supplies. Dig those out and just place them over a stamped sentiment, add some paper and ribbon and VOILA! WQick and Easy greeting card Done!

 

Remember feel free to join in the challenges, link us to your blog post or gallery image in the comments!

 

Di

Sketch of the month - January layout

Happy New Year! Welcome to 2011 from all of us at Boxer HQ and the Boxer Design Team. 2011 is going to be hopping here on the design team blog, we have LOTS planned this year with a bigger, better and more active blog. Each week we plan on sharing new projects and also challenging you to join in the fun.

 

Each of us on the design team has strengths, things we excell at, and mine is design. I LOVE making sketches, and so I thought what better than to share some of those on the Boxer blog!!! So each month we'll be dedicating a week to a featured sketch of the month. As I love creating sketches for both layouts and cards I figured we'd alternate months, starting this month with a layout sketch.

 

This month you'll be seeing this design again as our talented team share their creations inspired by the sketch. Today though you get to see my layout with the sketch.

Boxer supplies: small pink polka dot paper; white 5/8" rick rack; Small Fish Lovers Alpha ; Large Fish Lovers Alpha; Princess Stamp Set, white mini brad; photo turns small black;

 

Look for more sketch inspiration throughout January. And please feel free to share any layouts you make with the sketch in the comments! Link us up to your blog so we can see your creations :)

 

Happy scrapbooking!

 

Di

 

 

Reindeer Christmas

A simple, classy card with a touch of humor. I just added some red mini brads to the tip of each reindeer nose.

Tina

Materials: Boxer Basics Red Dot Paper, Reindeer and Sentiment from Christmas stamp set, Red Mini Brads.

Other: Cardstock, Ink.

Princess Card

What little (or big) girl doesn't love things that shimmer? For the background on the upper portion of this card, I stamped the crowns from the Princess stamp set with gold shimmer ink, and the decorative scrolls with pink shimmer ink. I finished the look with Bubblegum mini brads, pink rick rack, and Princess Paisley paper.

Tina

Get Well Card

This Ladybugs & Daisies paper is just so cheery that they seemed a natural to use on a get well card. This card features a peekaboo window so you can see the Yellow Gingham border I used along the bottom edge on the inside. I cut an oval slightly larger than the "Feel Better Soon" Sentimental Single stamp image in the front of the card, then adhered a strip of Small Red Dot Paper so that I could adhere the sentiment over the opening. When stamping the sentiment, I stamped only the sentiment in black, then masked over it and stamped the rest of the image in red.

Tina

Purrfect Passions chipboard album: Pg 1 & 2

Finished the first two pages in my album. It seemed only right that my family come first, since they do in life also.  I had a lot of fun playing with combining new products with older ones, and using some in new ways, like using the small dot from the Spring clear stamp set to make a dotted border around my gingham circles.

Tina

Products used: Butterfly Garden, Small Dark Pink Dot, and Green Gingham papers. Yellow Die Cut Flowers, Orange 1/8" eyelets, Spring, Winter, Invite Me, and Calendar Numbers Background clear stamp sets.

Other: Ink, Glitter Pen, Circle Punches.

Gracias Card

I really love all of the new Sentimental Singles stamps. They are great for quick and easy cards, one of my favorite things during the summer when time at my scrap desk is limited. For this one, I used the Gracias stamp, Dog Geo and Woof Texture papers, 1/4" rick Rack, cardstock, and two circle punches.

Tina

Bright and Sophisticated New Products!

This is an older photo of my daughter that I had been waiting to scrapbook. It had to have just the right feel. This mix of bright with black and white was exactly what I had been looking for. Supplies used include Black and White Paisley, Black and White Stripe, and Small Turquoise Dot papers, Turquoise and Red Buttons, Photo Turns, Red 1/4" Rick Rack, Celebrate Chipboard Accents, Princess Stamp Set, Horse Lovers Alphabet Stickers, and Light Blue and Red Mini Brads.

Tina

More cards

Sharing a couple more cards I made recently. First up this card using all new products from Boxer. This card features the new pink/green paisely paper (YUM), new Pink/green stripe paper, ric rac, and the new sentiment stamps!

Also sharing a card for St Patrick's Day coming soon! This card features the lucky clover paper from the calendar series, green gingham, metal rim tags, brads and winter stamp set.

More projects from me soon!

Di

Updating older layouts with new products

Sometimes it's good to look at past layouts and see how we can improve them. On this layout the old background paper was the lavender polka dots, which worked ok overall but didn't really go 100% with the page layout. When the new papers were released and I saw the pink argyle I thought it would be a great choice for updating the look of this page and I was right! On this page: New pink argyle paper, trike paper, start your engines stamps, brads, and photo anchors.

I recently made another page with the Boxer ballet stamps and papers but the new Boxer embossed cardstock flowers really make it POP now! On this page: Ballet paper, Ballet stamps, New pink cardstock flowers, and brads.

More projects from me every Saturday!

Di

Cards with New Products

Sharing a couple of cards I made recently using the new Boxer products. First up is a card using the new black & white stripe paper, new stamps, black grosgrain and the new cardstock flowers! Love this design for quick and easy cards.

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I also made this card using the new black & white stripe paper, new daisy paper, black grosgrain and the new sentiment stamps. Loving these new card stamps!!!

More projects soon!

Di

Princess layout - new papers!

I am loving the new pink papers from Boxer!!! I especially love how they coordinate with some of the older papers in the Boxer store, for example the new crown paper, and new pink polka dot paper go great with the existing pink gingham paper! So cool that Boxer do this!!!

Also on this page are the new Boxer princess stamp set and new luggage tags! Loving those luggage tags!!! To finish off the page I used Boxer brads, ribbon and stickers.

More projects coming soon!

Di

Birthday Card - New Papers!

More sneak peeks with the new papers! This card features the pink and green paisley and the pink polka dots! LOVING these new papers!!! Paired with white grosgrain, circle clip and birthday stamps. Quick and easy card but it sure pops with these great new papers!

More projects soon!

Di

More with the Winter Stamp set

Even though Winter is already on it's way out and the days are getting longer I am still on a kick using these Winter stamps! The snowflakes are probably my favorite in this set. Nice sizes and styles, and perfect for stamping on the Boxer metal rimmed tags! They can also be paired with the Christmas stamps for greeting cards. On the card below I used: white grosgrain, blue grosgrain, assorted tags, winter stamps, holiday words paper; Christmas stamps

My favorite type of card is one that is simple, and focuses on the sentiment. I like lots of open space on cards. It helps that these tend to be the quick and easy kind of cards too! On the card below I used:blue grosgrain, assorted tags, winter stamps, holiday words paper;

More Winter stamp set projects coming soon!

Di

Sneak Peek at Boxer NEW RELEASES!

Hi Everyone! Popping in today to give you all a sneak peek at some of the NEW RELEASES coming your way! Seriously I think the Boxer Design Team is in heaven right now, I know I am! So many new papers, new stamps, new chipboard, new flowers and so much more coming!!!

The layout below features the newest Boxer patterned papers featuring black and white paisley (be still my heart!) and the new daisy print paper. Also new on this page are the Princess stamps and the awesome embossed die-cut flowers!!!

I'm sure all the team will be sharing more of their projects using the new supplies over the upcoming few days/weeks! More to come over the upcoming Saturdays from me! Including cards from the new sentiment stamp set!!!

Di

Perpetual Calendar: June

 

June is my favorite of all the summer months...it is  just warming up, but not too hot. The flowers are all in bloom, kids are happy to be free from school and not yet bored, and the months ahead are full of BBQ's and camping. This page sums this all up perfectly for me...Summer...Relax!

Materials used: Perpetual Calendar,Calendar Number Stickers, Small Calendar Stickers.Vacation Transparency, Summer clear stamp set, Cold Lemonade, Orange Houndstooth, Meow Texture, and Orange, Yellow, and Green Stripe. Other: Paint.

 

Chipboard mini album/desk art

In need of a quick, fun, and easy gift idea? Mini albums that can also be used as a freestanding desk art are a fun idea. This album could also be done vertically and hung from a ribbon as a wall piece. For attaching the pieces, I used hinges, but used mini brads in place of the screws that came with the hinges. You could also use ribbon, or Flip Flop Fasteners.  It was great to come up with a piece for my hubby's desk and be able to put it all together in one afternoon! The Dog Lover's coordinating products made it easy.

Tina

Products used: Small Rectangle Chipboard Album, Brown Argyle, Brown Dot, Woof Words, and Dog Breeds papers. Dog Lovers Cardstock Stickers, Dog Lovers Clear Stamp Set, Woof Grosgrain Ribbon, Dog Bones Grosgrain Ribbon, Brown Button Mix, Red Button Mix, Black 1 3/8" rick rack. Other: Inks, pop dots.

 

Top Dog Birthday

 

I wanted to come up with something a little different for my hubby's birthday. He is a big dog lover (we have two already and are contemplating adding a third), so I decided to grab my Dog Lover's stamps and see where they took me. I thought this was fun and masculine and he seemed to get a kick out of getting something a little different this year.

Tina

Materials: Woof Texture, Small Brown Stripes,and Woof Bones papers. Large Metal Rimmed Tag, Woof 3/8" Grosgrain Ribbon, Dog Lovers Clear Stamp Set, Dog Lovers alphabet stickers, and Celebrations clear stamps. Other: Inks, Cardstock

Perpetual Calendar: January

I have made a lot of calendars, but never a perpetual calendar, so this calendar intrigued me. I decided to do it entirely without photos, just capturing the feel of each month with papers, stamps, stickers, or embellishments. I am really enjoying this so far and look forward to just letting my mind go where it will. I will try to feature at least one page each month, so follow along and have some fun with me. Let your imagination run wild.

Tina

Materials used: 

Perpetual Calendar,Blue Dots,Blue Argyle,Snowflakes on White, and Snowflakes on Blue papers.Winter Stamp Set, Bright blue 5/8 " rick rack, and Midnight blue bradss. Other materials: ink and glitter glue.

Love those florals...

It seems like I never have enough pre-made cards for birthdays, so sat down to play and came up with this fun card. It was quick, jazzy, and sure to please whoever I decide to give it to (if I can part with it!) The inside of the card is lined withTropic Flowers Black and White Paper, and the flaps are covered with Small Turquoise Dot and Turquoise Gingham papers. Other supplies used include White 1/4" Grosgrain ribbon, Black Pearl Pin, Celebrations Limited Edition Stamp Set, Large Metal Rimmed Tag.

Non-Boxer supplies: vellum, permanent ink. 

**Tina**

Touchdown! My dad rocks!

Since the only photos I took at the annual Super Bowl party were on my cell phone, I have been waiting for the perfect opportunity to use these fun new football stamps. I was thinking birthday when I started this gate-fold card, but then realized it would be perfect for Father's Day, too! For the inside greeting (not shown) I used the word "happy" from the "Happy Holidays" phrase from the Fall Stamp Set and combine it with the phrase "Father's Day" from the Spring Stamp set.

I will definitely be making variations of this card for birthdays, since I have lots of friends who are football fans.

~Tina~

Supplies used: Brown Dot and Woof Stripes papers, Football, Fall, and Spring Stamp sets. Other supplies: Ink and Dimensional Dots.

Just Weddings

This week I thought I'd share projects I had published recently in "Just Weddings" magazine! The Boxer Scrapbooks wedding stamp set was PERFECT for this issue, and I just adore the dot papers for any formal occasion cards/invites.

Boxer Supplies: Purple Dot paper;  Purple Eyelets; Lavendar Grosgrain; Wedding stamps;

Boxer Supplies: Grey Dot paper; White Rick Rack; Wedding stamps;

Boxer Supplies: Black Dot paper; Thank You stamps; Wedding stamps;

I just love these stamps for invites, thank you cards, 'just married' and other bridal related projects! Check out the stamps for all your wedding/bridal projects!

Di

We love movies!

I have always been a huge movie fan. When I was a kid, thrillers and horror movies were my favorites. During my teen years it was rock musicals, now I love action and drama, although I will watch almost anything. My family shares this love of movies, so it is no wonder our favorite thing is to dim the lights, curl up under blankets, and turn on a DVD or Blu Ray. Do you love movies, too? Boxer has these great new movie themed stamps to make all of your scrapbook pages center stage!

Tina

Products used: Black Dot, Large Black Dot, Black Gingham, and Red and Black Argyle papers. Movie Night Clear Stamps.

Dinomite stamps

Our daughter has loved dinosaurs since before she was three. It started with the Land Before Time moved on to Jurassic Park. When she was four, I found her setting up all of her little Kelly dolls and their petting zoo, then making her toy dinos attack them all! Kids are so funny!

Boxer makes so many fun dinosaur products that creating great cards and layouts is easy. These projects were easy and fun. I used a craft knife and pop dots to make the stamped images that are layered on the scrapbook pages.

Enjoy!

Tina

 

Supplies used: Dino Stamp Set , Dino Species Paper, Blue Paisley paper, Green Dot Multi paper, Red Button mix,  Invite Me stamp set.  I used the Over the Hill tearing ruler to make the template for the grass background on the Dino-Mite card.

You're in our thoughts

I like to have a variety of cards on hand and one such card is a 'thoughtful' card that could be used for various occasions. This could be use for just a simple "thinking of you" card or a "with sympathy" card. The monochromatic color schemes gives a very calming feel to the card :)

Boxer Products: Gray Dot paper; Remembrances stamps; Gray grosgrain; Gray buttons

This card was published in the February/March issue of Ready, Set Create Magazine.

Di

Slam Dunk

This page was quick and fun to create. All it took was some inks, white cardstock, and the Basketball Clear Stamp Set. First I stamped a page border using phrases from the set, then I stamped the basketball, jersey, and basket, adding accents with red and black markers. I cut those out and mounted them with pop dots. I added the title and some pen accents for a layout to show off my daughter's excitement about seeing a big game!

Tina

"T" Riffic

I love to come up with ways to use stamps that are out of the "norm". I get so much more mileage from a set this way. For this card, I used the outline T-shirt from the Soccer clear stamp set, stamping on Pink Stripes, Pink Paisley, and Green Gingham papers. This card also features Yellow Gingham calendar paper and Boxer Basics Yellow Dot papers, and Bright Green 1/4" Ric Rack. For the greeting, I inked individual letters from the Trike Mania, Butterfly Garden, and Cat Lovers Stamp Sets.

Tina

Happy Birthday

Spring is definitely blooming and the Butterfly garden line has to be one of my favorites to use this time of year! The colors just scream spring! My all time favorite Boxer papers are the dot papers, love dots! Second has to be the ginghams! Just perfect for ANY occasion!

Boxer products: Pink Gingham; Butterfly garden stickers; celebrations stamps;

On this card I used a die cut for the leaves, and cut out the small flowers from the cardstock stickers. The card was published in the February/March issue of Ready, Set, Create!

Di

Strength & Discipline

This week I thought I'd share some projects with the Boxer Martial Arts stamps. These limited edition sets are just great for cards or mini albums, along with layouts and other projects! Plus their price doesn't break the bank either!!! I love how each set is themed yet can be used in so many ways. This first card I used the plaid paper from the Holiday line! I like how in this instance it almost looks like oriental shutters/screens. Matches the stamps great!

 

Boxer  Supplies: Martial Arts limited Edition Stamps; Blue & Purple Plaid Paper, Midnight blue mini Brads

For this card I went with the dots! I know I know, I always use dots, but I love them so much! lol! They just go great with anything! Stamped a section along the red cardstock and added stamped greeting and focal image. The dragon really is a cool design!

Boxer Supplies: Martial Arts limited Edition Stamps;  Small red dot Paper

Check out all the stamps Boxer has to offer, you are sure to find lots of great products!

Di

Just married

This week I thought I'd make some wedding cards, the Boxer wedding limited edition stamp set is perfect for all those wedding cards and bridal party invites! I like using the smaller stamps in a set for making my own patterned paper, and the little champagne bottle in this set is perfect for accent pieces!

Supplies: Small black dot paper; Wedding stamp set; Gray Grosgrain ribbon;

Of course if you're making one card, might as well make two :) So I whipped up another using this set! Nice quick and easy one, with a little simple stamping.

Supplies: gray dot paper; Wedding stamp set; Gray Grosgrain ribbon;

Enjoy the weekend!

Di

More stamping anyone?

I mentioned last week that I've been busy in stamping mode, and I had a little play around with the Lacrosse stamp set. Not knowing anyone who plays Lacrosse the stamp set was admittedly tough for me to work with but I did an 8x8 page as a sample.

Boxer Supplies: meow texture paper; lacrosse stamp set; dog lovers alpha stickers;

Not having photo's for Lacrosse doesn't stop me from using this stamp set! There are lots of uses for it! The helmets could be used for football or hockey pages! The stick through could have lots of uses! Like on this card!

Boxer supplies: Yellow gingham paper; Pink Birthday ribbon; Lacrosse Stamps

Have a great weekend and remember to think outside the box!

Di

Stamping fun!

I've been using the stamp sets a lot lately and loving the versatility of them! My favorite thing is pushing the envelope and finding new uses for each stamp set to show that even though something may be themed they go above and beyond! I made these two cards using the "start your engines" stamp set!

Boxer Supplies: Start your engines stamps; Pink Gingham Paper; pink birthday ribbon;

Boxer Supplies: Start your engines stamp set, celebrations stamp set (my favorites!); Blue stripe paper;

Have a great weekend! Di