Christmas Days 2012 with Creations by AR - Day 8

It's all about Christmas Packaging! From December 6th -15th,  the Creations by AR Design Team is sharing ideas for presenting holiday gifts using templates from Creations by AR! Be sure to join us daily on the Creations by AR FaceBook Page or at our group page on Paper Craft Planet.  Continue reading below, to see how you can enter to win one of the Daily Prize Giveaways and also the Grand Prize Giveaway.

My project uses the Ornament Box Template.  This template comes in two sizes, I used the Small Ornament Box on all three of my projects, with all pieces being cut with the Silhouette. The finished size is 4" x 3-3/4", and is perfect for giving Gift Cards or small treats.

I wanted to add some additional layers to the ornament pieces, to do this I used the Silhouette Designer Studio Software to create Offsets.  I created an offset to add the Chocolate and Hunter panels, and  Internal Offsets for the Ornament Hanger piece and band that runs across the ornament.  All projects use stamps from Our Daily Bread Designs .

All images are stamped in Chocolate.  The Snowflake Background was used on the Ornament panel, Warm Wishes for the Sentiment and Sparkling Snowflakes for the Snowflake embellie and stamped tissue paper.  The Snowflake was die cut using Our Daily Bread Designs Snowflake Die, I created the larger Chocolate offset die using the Silhouette Designer Studio.  To further embellish I added some Zva Creative Crystal Gems.

Details:
Stamps - Our Daily Bread Designs Sparkling Snowflakes, Snowflake Background, Warm Wishes
Card Stock - Vanilla, Chocolate
Ink - Chocolate
Other - Silhouette, ODBD Custom Snowflake Die, Creations by AR Ornament Box SVG, Tissue Paper, Ink Blending Tool, Zva Creative Crystal Gems, Scor-Tape, Big Shot

For this Ornament Box, I used pattern paper from the Bo Bunny Rejoice Collection.  All images are stamped in Hunter Ink on Vanilla. The Snowflake Background  was stamped to embellish the band.  The Sparkling Snowflake stamps were die cut using the ODBD Custom Snowflake Die.  Again, I created offsets with the Silhouette, cutting from Hunter card stock to layer under the die cut snowflakes. To embellish, I added Zva Creative Crystal Gems to the pattern paper and snowflakes.

Details:
Stamps - Our Daily Bread Designs Sparkling Snowflakes Snowflake Background
Ink - Hunter, Ranger Gathered Twigs Distress Ink
Card Stock - Cobbler, Hunter, Vanilla
Other - Silhouette, ODBD Custom Snowflake Die, Creations by AR Ornament Box SVG, Tissue Paper, Ink Blending Tool, Zva Creative Crystal Gems, Scor-Tape, Big Shot

For the Ornament Box, I embossed the Vanilla layer using the Sizzix Snowflake Embossing Folder.  The sentiment is from  Snowflake Sentiments, stamped in Chocolate.  The small snowflakes are from the Snowflake Mini Set.  There are no dies for this snowflake, so I created one for both the image and the offset using the Silhouette Designer Studio Software.  I stamped the Snowflake Background on the tissue paper.  The centers of the snowflakes are embellished with Zva Creative Crystal Gems.

Details:
Stamps - Our Daily Bread Designs Snowflake Mini Set, Snowflake Sentiments, Snowflake Background
Ink - Chocolate
Card Stock - Chocolate, Vanilla
Other - Silhouette,  Creations by AR Ornament Box SVG, Tissue Paper, Ink Blending Tool, Zva Creative Crystal Gems, Scor-Tape, Big Shot, Sizzix Snowflake Embossing Folder

DAILY PRIZE GIVEAWAY: One winner each day will receive one template of their choice. The Daily Prize winner will be chosen from comments left on the designer's blog. Winners to be announced the following day on the AR FaceBook Page and AR Group on PCP.

GRAND PRIZE WINNER: One random winner will be chosen to receive ONE TEMPLATE A MONTH FOR SIX MONTHS beginning January 2013! The Grand Prize Winner will be randomly chosen from comments left on the AR FaceBook Page and AR Group on PCP.  Winner to be announced December 16, 2012.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Yesterday's project was posted by Amy, tomorrow's project will be posted by Sue.

Have a great day!