Jan 21 2008
Ultra-Simple Hostess Club Project
About a week or so ago my old SU! Hostess Club gang got together for a party. We’re not really a club anymore because everyone was doing more collecting than stamping, so now there’s no obligation to buy — just come and have fun! I loved the design of the “double accordian gate fold card that stays closed without tying” (and makes its own border) — instructions here – so I made that our project of the day. We made matching 2468 boxes, too. I wanted to use my new Always set and give it a fun Valentine look:
I’m a little short on current SU! designer paper since it retires as fast as I can buy it, so we used some of last year’s Au Chocolat paper with Purely Pomegranate for contrast. I also had to throw in some non-SU! turn mounts to have enough to go around. It would be nice if we could buy some of those Hodgepodge Hardware pieces separately, wouldn’t it? I guess it would be impossible to have everything in one catalog.
We did all the cutting and scoring with the Fiskars cutter sold by SU! I added the eyelets and the scallop punch feature later. The girls and I do entirely too much visiting to be able to get much done at our parties so the simpler, the better. I let them do all their own cutting and scoring so they’d be better able to recreate this on their own. It was tons of fun!
I don’t have any pictures of the construction of this particular 2468 box but it’s similar to the box in this picture:
Cut paper 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″. Insert lengthwise in cutter and score at 2″, 4″, 6″ and 8″. Turn and score across at 2″. Slit the bottom as shown in the photo and trim away the last little 1/2″ bottom section. Fold up and adhere closed like a box. It’s pinched together at the top and closed with a little clippie. Pretty simple stuff! Happy Tuesday and happy stamping to all!
Stamps: Always
Paper: Purely Pomegranate, Au Chocolat (retired), Very Vanilla
Ink: Purely Pomegranate
Accessories: Chocolate Taffeta ribbon, turn mount, brad, eyelets, clippie, small corner rounder, scallop circle punch, 1 1/4″ circle punch, 1/2″ circle punch, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Scotch brand dimensional mounting tape
Absolutely gorgeous, Leslie!! The colors and papers are beautiful, and I love the whole ensemble!!
What fun Valentine stuff. I just may need to make one of those boxes. You make it sound so easy. Thank you for the inspiration.
Beautiful, beautiful work. I absolutely adore the card — how utterly elegant!
What a gorgeous hostess set, Leslie! I LOVE the combination of pomegranate and chocolate!
beautiful set Leslie! The colors are wonderful. The box is great. Thanks so much for the instructions:)
Dee
Love this Leslie! Love the closure on the box with the clip & ribbon…so cute! And the formal-ness of the Valentine card, so beautiful with the gate fold! Definitely a great project..Love it!
Thank you again Leslie, we did have a ton of fun and did get in lots of visiting and stamping. Thanks too for letting me make my card and box out of my Ginger Blossom DP. All the projects were a little diff. because of using diff. sides of DP. Really, really fun. I am a demo now (because of my upline…Leslie
), but I still got to join our awesome group. Happy stamping to all, Nancy
Absolutely beautiful…Love the gate fold too…The Au Chocolate goes wonderfully with the PP. Great project!
Very pretty. I like this idea so I’m going to have to try it out. Love that stamp set too!
Ida
Leslie ~ Love the gatefold…I especially like the colors you used here. Bet you guys had fun at the party!! The is a great idea for any occasion
Gorgeous Leslie!!
What a beautiful set. Love how it came out. Jennie
Leslie - this is so pretty!!! The DSP and the colors are great….I might have to dig my
Au Chocolate paper out too…..
Great card and project Leslie, Jennifer
Super pretty Leslie! I love the Pomegranite paired with the Au Chocolat paper! As for your paper stash…at least you use your paper. I never seem to be brave enough to use mine (something I vowed to get better at in 2008). I still have my Au Chocolat paper which is mostly intact!
Linda
These are very striking! Love the gate fold closure and isn’t that taffeta ribbon yummy? OK, is it just me, or does that “a” inside the circle not seem to go with the rest of the Always set? I love the stamps, but the set seems kind of like there are two different sets in one.
Fantabulous!!! Love everything about this…Super!!!
Hugs,
Lisa Banks
Beautiful! Just Beautiful!
It is just wonderful! Great work!
Hugs ~ Joani
I just love that paper with the heart, very pretty. I tried this gatefold card recently and I think it turned out great, thanks for all your inspiration!
C’est fabuleux et vraiment sublime.
J’adore
Absolutely gorgeous, leslie! I LOVE it!
How pretty and fun! And I love the fact that you let them cut/score their own so they’d know how to do it - great rationalization there, missy!! LOL! Just kidding you! I’m sure great fun was had by all! (but I will have to remember that strategy for future stamp clubs… )
Ultra cute as well!!!!
What a fun project — I must try that fold on your card!!! I agree with you totally about things retiring before we get to use them — LOL!!! And boy, there is sure a lot of items from the catty I wish I could order in bulk so I’d have enough to go around — always a problem!!! I’m sure everyone had so much fun making these — so nice of you to have them over!!! Lucky girls!!!
Wow! How lucky are those women to just come over & stamp, visit, and enjoy the fellowship … plus your designs! These projects are both wonderful! I love 2468 boxes … but the funny this is that when I first read your text, I thought you meant that you made 2,468 of them! **gasp** Then I re-read … whew! That’s what I get for trying to do something (reading) fast! hahaha
~Bev
How nice to see your Hostess Club projects! I love both of them, and can see why you had so much with them. Great way to use SU’s dp to make coordinated items, and I had to laugh at your remark about how fast they’re retired quicker than we can buy them. How true, so why do I keep buying them? Linda
WOW, I just love the AuChocolat with pomegranate!! Awesome designs!
Just wonderful… I love it !!!