We are overjoyed to welcome Elena Roussakis to the Classroom today! We are positive that you have seen Elena's show-stopping work and you have probably been just as heart-eyes as we are! We are always hoping to be invited to one of the beautifully paper-crafted parties she creates and Elena has spoiled us by bringing a holiday party to the Classroom today!
You can see more of Elena's creations on her blog, Just Me Prints. And while you are there, filling up on eye candy, make sure you leave Elena some love on her blog (you & your comment might be randomly chosen to win a $50 credit to our store before September 15th).
Thank you for inspiring us Elena and sharing your talent! We can't wait to have you back again!!!
Hi there! Elena (from JustMePrints) here, to show off a trio of Christmas treat packaging. I have to admit, I make more tags and Christmas gift boxes than I do cards. I always end up printing up my official Christmas cards (but whether they get mailed is another story!)
I'm so thrilled to be working with Tree Farm and Light Parade, both designed by the amazing Brandi Kincaid.
My favorite thing to give out for Christmas are tiny chocolates. With cute packaging, you can get away with giving out a single one and no one feels gypped.ha.
I started out by stamping and die-cutting Light Parade images to create 1 boy and 2 girls, since that's the mix I have at home. I colored their pjs in my favorite red and white stripes, and gave them all rosy cheeks.
I folded each kid and placed them onto Lawn Fawn Tiny Gift Box(es.) I then heat-embossed the sentiment from Light Parade onto a piece of black cardstock, which I die-cut using an Avery Elle flag die (Pierced Banner Layers Elle-ments.) I like the graphic punch that the black cardstock gives!
Inside each box, I placed a Lindt chocolate - yum!
Here's a little look at how I went about creating the toppers:
All you have to do is fully color and assemble your image (with the head on, please!) and then fold at the knees and again at the waist. It's easy to do this by putting the kid on the edge of a book or a counter. The box itself is not sturdy enough. Once she was folded, I added adhesive to her bottom (hee hee) and stuck her onto the box. Easy peasy!
My next project is a cookie box:
I combined images from both Tree Farm and Light Parade and used the Gift Box die from Lawn Fawn to create this packaging. I love the little mouse handing the boy something hot to drink! Did you notice that the boy looks dressed for the outdoors? And (hopefully you'll agree,) in a snowsuit and not in pyjamas? I added the hat and scarf found in Tree Farm, and doodled on some little boots.
It was the simplest thing. I used a copic multi-liner pen (0.3 size is my favorite) to draw the boots right over his footed pjs. Then, I colored it in using a black copic marker. Nothing could be easier, and it takes him from the home to the tree farm in no time!
Who wouldn't want spicy ginger cookies for the holidays?
My last project features something warm to drink. Because, with this awesome sentiment, and mulling spices in my cupboard, how could I not put this together?
I heat embossed the sentiment in white onto a piece of Wax Lips Bazill cardstock. Then, I adhered it to the mason jar lid before securing on the ring.
I used some Lawn Fawn peppermint twine to attach a tiny tag.
I couldn't help but use the little boy's face again! I added the same scarf and hat as I did on the front of the box, but colored them in a festive red to match the jar's top.
I hope you've enjoyed my Christmas treat packages! Thanks so much to the Ellen team for having me here for the first time.
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