TGIF – Thinking Outside the Curio Box

Good morning and happy Friday! I’m back again for this week’s TGIF. I hope you don’t mind another Curio: Confections card! I have this set out on my desk and have been having so much fun with it. We’re expecting another batch of these dies to arrive here today, so watch for them to come back in stock in the shop very soon! I was inspired to use this die in a bit of a different way for today’s project!

I’m loving the natural trend I’ve been seeing in home decor…dried florals, warm woods, and linen textures. That whole vibe was what inspired today’s project. I thought it would be fun to take the Curio Confections candies and instead turn them into little frames, paired up with the bitty flowers from our BotaniCuts Wildflower Mix die.

I started out by diecutting the Curio Confections from both white cardstock and some cotton fabric. I really wanted something with more of a linen texture, but couldn’t find any in my fabric stash, so opted for just some lightweight cotton muslin instead. I backed a piece of the muslin with a double-sided adhesive sheet before diecutting it with the Curio: Confections die. I used these fabric diecuts as my “canvases” for creating the flower designs. To create the tiny “wood” frames, I used my cardstock diecuts and inked them up with shades of brown Oxide inks. I used Gathered Twigs and Ground Espresso. For some of them, I diecut the plain “candy” shape from the center of the “wrapper” portion to create frames. I layered these over my muslin diecuts.

Inside each frame I arranged small leaves and flowers cut with our BotaniCuts Wildflower Mix die. I snipped the leaves from the stems, since I just wanted to create small clusters. The coloring on the flowers was done with colored pencils. I also added some “hangers” for my frames using brown twine and tiny brads. I assembled my card by first adding the outer wood frame to my card base using our Curio: Cover die. Then I took my assortment of frames and played around with different arrangements until I settled on this design. I stamped a sentiment in the oblong frame in the upper left corner, using a sentiment from the Pitcher-esque set. You could swap out the sentiment and use this card for all sorts of occasions.

Thank you so much for popping in with me here today! I hope you enjoy your weekend and get to sneak in a little creative time! 🙂