Welcome to the December, 2023, Creation Station Blog Hop!!!
Our theme this month is Santa's Workshop. Wow! Lots of possibilities and I am sure you are going to get plenty of ideas and inspiration from this month's hop. Be sure to click the "Next" link at the bottom of each post to hop around and see all of the ideas we are sharing today!
This Santa's Elf created a Christmas Match Game using the images in the Festive & Fun stamp set (#162078). Doorbell, my grandson's Elf on a Shelf, is magically stopping by this week to take it to Easton at some point before Christmas!
There are two each of 5 designs. The cards are each 4-1/2" x 2-1/2". The images were stamped in Tuxedo Black Memento ink and colored with Stampin' Blends. After coloring, the cards were backed with the Copper Clay design from the O Holy Night designer series paper pack (#161986). I used a retired corner rounder punch to finish the edges of the cards. Before Doorbell grabs the card box, each of these cards will be laminated to handle all the use by a 4 year old and his buddies.
The cards fit inside this box designed to look like a card deck box--only a bit bigger at 4-3/4"l x 2-3/4"w x 1/2"h. It was created with Copper Clay card stock and the same pattern designer series paper as the backing on the cards. A Copper Clay deckled circle (#162286) was decorated with a fussy cut greeting and bird image from the Festive & Fun stamp set and a Shaded Spruce "tree" die cut with a die from the Gorgeously Made die set (#161202). The box is closed with a piece of Copper Clay textured ribbon (#161629). I used a retired 1-1/4" circle punch to make the thumb notch in the front of the box and a retired corner rounder punch to round the corners of the box lid flap.
Here is a sketched pattern for making the box. It is 7" wide scored at 1/2", 3-1/4",
3-3/4", & 6-1/2". It is 6-3/4" high scored at 1/2", 5-1/4", 5-3/4". It is also scored at 4-3/4" between the 3-3/4" and 6-1/2" vertical score lines. The photo shows the scored lines as dashes and the cutting lines in pink highlighter.
Hope I've inspired you to check out your stamps to make your own little Match Game. It will make a great stocking stuffer!
Now let's head over to Yvonne's blog, The Creative Teacup, and see what she has made to inspire us!
