Ruth's Stamping Corner: Doggone Friendly Box-VIDEO

Wednesday, January 17, 2024

Doggone Friendly Box-VIDEO

I've received lots of comments on the super cute Doggone Friendly Background Stamp. Everyone loves it but it's intimidating. It's a LOT of coloring and that can sometimes push people away especially if you don't love to color. Well, I'm here today to show you a project that uses the stamp, or at least part of it and there is zero coloring! You can easily take the elements from this box and put it on a card for some simply stunning results. Let's break down how fun this giant background stamp is to use!

To stamp my image I placed my background stamp face up on my glass mat-TIP-it will stick to your glass mat making it easy to ink and stamp! Get the Stampin' Glass Mat Studio FREE when you join my team during Sale-a-Bration! Join today! With the stamp face up I inked up my stamp in Pecan Pie. If you're only making one of these boxes you don't have to ink up the entire stamp, just a portion big enough for your paper. If you are making a bunch ink up the entire stamp and place a few on there at a time. After your paper is on the stamp, grab a scratch piece of paper and place it over your cardstock and gently rub the stamp. Stamping it upside down like this will make it easier to get a clean image with the big stamp and it's a lot easier than trying to manage a giant block. Peel off your scrap paper and gently lift your image and viola-a perfectly stamped image! There's no need to color it, it's ready to go as is onto your box.

For my box I'm doing a basic clamshell style box. I've made a ton of these, they're easy and quick. I'm jazzing up the front with a curved edge and the sides are trimmed at an angle for even more interest. I've never done this and I kinda LOVE it! Because the sides are being trimmed I wanted to have some DSP peeking through, I love the Glorious Gingham DSP in the Annual Catalog. It's simple patterns go with any project! Inside my box are six Hershey Kisses. I found some Valentine ones at Costco-Snoopy themed keeping with our dog theme. I've also seen the Snoopy Hershey Kisses at my local Walmart and Target so check around in your area.

Make your own:

Pecan pie 5" x 7"

On the short side score at 1" each side

On the long side score at 1", 3", 4" and 6"

Sweet Sorbet 2 7/8" x 1 7/8"

Basic White 2 3/4" x 1 3/4" plus scrap for greeting

Glorious Gingham DSP two pieces 1 7/8" x 7/8", one piece 2 7/8" x 7/8"

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