Life is Like a Box of Chocolates

Oh, hi!  Are you tired of this mouse yet?  No?  Good!  Cuz neither am I!  And I'm very excited to recreate a chocolate box that I taught in a class wwwwaaaayyyy back in January of 2015.

I had to make a few adjustments so I could use the Stacking Hearts Honey Cuts, but I promise, you guys, this is soooooo easy to make!

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The first thing I did was stamp the mouse on a piece of Desert Storm card stock and color him up with Copics.  Then I stamped the rose and envelope on a piece of Solar White card stock and colored them up (individual colors listed at the end of this post). I used the coordinating dies to cut out the mouse, the rose and the envelope.  For his overalls, I stamped them on a piece of blue paper and fussy cut them.

To create the chocolate box, I used 110# Solar White card stock because it's nice and sturdy.

I used the largest die from the Stacked Hearts set and cut two hearts from the white card stock, and one from patterned cardstock.

I used the third largest heart die and cut it from pink card stock and then embossed it with an embossing folder.

Next up, I made the box.  Here's what I used:

A score board and bone folder
One piece of 110# card stock measuring 4 1/2" x 4 1/2" (this is the bottom of the box)
One piece of 110# card stock measuring 4 5/8" x 4 5/8"  (this is the top of the box)
Scissors
Strong Liquid Glue

Here's the video for the step-by-step:

Supplies used:

Mae the Mouse stamp set
Mae the Mouse Honey Cuts
Stacking Hearts Honey Cuts
110# Neenah Solar White Card Stock
80# Neenah Solar White Card Stock
Neenah Desert Storm Card Stock
Extreme Black Hybrid Ink
White Gel Pen

Copics used:

Mouse - W4, E43, E42, E41
Mouse Ears and Nose - R20, R00
Glasses - B000
Rose - R29, R27, R24, YG67, YG17, YG25
Envelope - C3, C1, 0, R29, R27

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