Heartfelt Creations Alumni May 2021 Blog Hop "Explosion Gift Box"

Hello Friends!! Welcome to the Heartfelt Creations Alumni May 2021  Blog Hop, where you can have a chance to win a $25,00 Gift Certificate from the Heartfelt Creations Store. The hop begins at 8AM EDT on Friday, May 28th, 2021 and runs until 11:55PM EDT on Monday, May 31st, 2021. The rules are simple. Leave each designer some love {comments}on their blog.  The winner will be announced on the Heartfelt Creations blog and Facebook page on Wednesday, June 2nd. Once the winner has been announced on the Heartfelt Creations BLOG and Facebook page, he/she has 72 hours to claim the prize by emailing socialmedia@heartfeltcreations.com. Please write “Winner of the May 2021 Alumni Hop” in the subject line.

I decided to do something a little different, besides a card or a layout. I have been having so much fun creating explosion boxes! What a perfect way to use Heartfelt Creations products to create them! They are so easy to do. Once the base is done, Just start adding paper and your flowers and leaves!! I chose a variety of floral dies and leaves to adorn my box.

I have listed below all of the stamps and dies I used to create the flowers and leaves. I just sit in front of my TV while binging on Netflix or Hulu and create all of my leaves and flowers by the batches, so when it is time to adorn something, they are already done. It is so easy to do this. I find it very addicting as well!! I started with placing the leafy vines on my box top. Then added the flowers and leaves in clusters. I have them cascading down 2 of the corners of the box top. 

I created the explosion box base using the We R Memory Keepers Explosion Board using the small size. For the corners, I used their templates to cut out the hearts in the corners. 

Amazing that this small gift explosion box only used an 8x8 piece of cardstock for the base, and an 5.5x5.5 inch for the top.  I used heavy duty cardstock for stability, as it will hold a small ring box. 

This is the view when the base is open. I love the Wild Rose paper. There are so many other things you could do to adorn the inside. I imagine photos framed on the square pieces. 

And don't discount the smallest piece to the Elaborate Oval Die. I die cut it using the Lux Gold paper and created the corner filigree's for the top of my box. They look like real metal. I just wrapped them around the corners. 

Kathy- https://wp.me/p34lmI-5Q9

Carole- https://theprettypaperpatisserie.blogspot.com/2021/05/28th-may-heartfelt-creations-alumni.html

Monica- http://scraps2treasure.blogspot.com/2021/05/alumni-hop.html

Candy- http://candyscreationsblog.blogspot.com/2021/05/heartfelt-creations-may-alumni-design.html

Vicki- https://allidoisstamp.blogspot.com/2021/05/heartfelt-creations-may-alumni-hop.html

Amarilys- https://amadrian8.blogspot.com/2021/05/fridayheartfelt-creations-may-alumni-hop.html

Lisa- https://what-a-beautiful-mess.blogspot.com/2021/05/heartfelt-creations-alumni-may-2021.html

Magda- https://scrapdesign-handmade.blogspot.com/2021/05/heartfelt-creations-alumni-blog-hop.html

Oksana-  https://everydaycrafting.blogspot.com/2021/05/heartfelt-creations-may-blog-hop.html

Emily- https://emmielouwho.blogspot.com/2021/05/heartfelt-creations-may-blog-hop.html

Alissa- http://willrunforstamps.blogspot.com/2021/05/cherry-blossom-retreat-heartfelt.html

Heartfelt Creations products used:

Wild Rose paper collection

Small 3D Wild Rose Shaping Mold

Small Wild Rose Cling Stamp Set

Small Wild Rose Die

Sweet Magnolia Blooms Cling stamp set

3D Magnolia shaping die

Small Sweet Peony Cling stamp set

Small Sweet Peony die

Leafy Accents Die

Leafy Accent cling stamp set

3D Leafy Accents Shaping mold

Rock and Roll Prills 12 pack

Lux Gold Cardstock

Rajni Chawlas Crystal Clear

Ranger Archival Ink Pad Fern Green

Ranger Archival Ink Pad Majestic Violet

Ranger Archival Ink Pad Cactus Flower

Ranger Archival Ink Pad Coffee

Elaborate Ovals Die