I have spent the last few day watching my Grandson’s Trent and Kyle, and their 2 dogs Peta and Leisha. The one dog is part wolf and the other a Great Dane. Both are still in their "baby years". It has pretty much been raining for the past 2 days so this means we have 4 dogs and my Grandsons and I pretty much in the house.. yikes.

You will notice I said watching instead of babysitting, Both of my Grandsons are teens now, so we don’t babysit anymore. Trent and Kyle are homeschooled so this allows for a fun break in the middle of the week, My daughter had a chance to go on a date away for a few days with her husband, so I got to enjoy this time with my Grandsons.

Trent had an Art Class in town on Tuesday, so Kyle and I went into the stamp room and he made the Candy Heart Box I pictured in a previous post, for his Mom for Valentines Day. Kyle loves to work with me in the Stamp Room, including checking in orders. hummmmm a future helper?

Several of you had  asked how this cute box is made, so I will attempt to describe the process. I have seen this box in several places so don’t know who to credit for it.

1.  Cut 2 each of the Big Shot Petal Box Die using solid colored cardstock. (I used Riding Hood Redcard stock)

2.  Cut 1 each of the Big Shot Petal Box Die using designer paper (I used Bella Rose Designer Paper)  Trim the 2 bottom petals off to form a heart. Cut the heart down the center to create 2 heart halves. Adhere 1/2 heart to each solid colored Petal Box.

3. Stamp the heart and scallop stamp from the Love You Much Stamp set, on Ultra-smooth White Cardstock  (item 113756 $25.95 page 27 of current catalog) Cut the heart out and adhere to the front side of the heart box. Punch the Scallop out with Scallop Punch and adhere to the back side of the box. Punch heart using our new large Heart punch (Item 113694 $15.95 Page 184 current catalog) from Real Red cardstock and adhere to the front of the box.

4. Cut a 1 1/2 X 5 1/2 strip of Riding Hood Red Cardstock and fold in half.

5. Fold the the bottom 2 petals from the Front Die Cut and adhere to the strip. Adhere the Back Die cut the same way.

6. Add your ribbon handles using the wonderful Riding Hood Red Taffeta ribbon (item 111365 $6.95 page 179) and 4 gold brads.

7. Fill with the candy of your choice…or fill it with stamps for a friend…or yourself.

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