Hi there! It's time for Flourishes Timeless Tuesday challenge. This week I'm your hostess and my challenge is to make a fancy gift bag or box for the holidays. Today the Blog team will be featuring a new release set from Flourishes called Fancy Lables. Perfect for all your homemade gift giving items. For my project today I started with this easy to make A2 box. Here's the link on SCS to the tutorial made by Beate. I stamped and colored the side of the lid using the Fancy Label set. The top of the lid uses the Dove and Holly set.
Layered on the lid is a piece of Chocolate and Flourishes Ivory cardstock stamped in Artichoke using one of the smaller stamps in the Fancy Label set. I used that same small stamp on the recipe card you will see later in this post. I distressed all the edges with Distress ink and Choclate Chip ink. The main image was colored using Copic collection from FLLC.
You may remember I love to give homemade gifts for the holiday this box contains some very yummy Spiced Pecans!
The final picture shows you the box open with the recipe card and lid. I used the slit punch on the recipe card so the directions are in the inside.
Here's the recipe: Spiced Pecans
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons butter, melted
- 2 tablespoons light corn syrup
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 4 cups pecan halves
Directions
Preheat oven to 250 degrees F.
Stir together first 5 ingredients. Add pecans, tossing to coat. Spread coated nuts in a single layer on a large jellyroll pan. Bake for 1 hour stirring every 15 minutes. Let cool; store in an airtight container up to 2 weeks.
Check out the wonderful samples from the Blog Team! Guest designer Makiko- Betty Wright --Team Coordinator
- Cindy Haffner
- Silke Ledlow
- Kim Crawford
Gorgeous and yummy all at the same time...and so nice to share the recipe!!
Posted by: Diane H | November 10, 2009 at 05:51 AM
GORGEOUS Dee, thanks for the wonderful challenge.
Posted by: Cindy Haffner | November 10, 2009 at 10:48 AM
Beautiful, Dee!!! Wonderful colors, coloring, and stamped dp!!! Fantastic treat box!!!
Posted by: Betty | November 10, 2009 at 10:54 AM
Yummy and so gorgeous - Dee!!! Your box rocks!!! This was a fun challenge and you really made my gray cells go into overdrive - LOL!!! Hugs ~S~
Posted by: Silke Ledlow | November 10, 2009 at 11:15 AM
What a delightful surprise to find the recipe for your yummy spiced pecans listed here today!! I'm writing it down for my Christmas baking. Now to see if spiced Texas pecans are as tasty as Georgia pecans!!
Your stamped treat box is gorgeous and the perfect gift presentation of your wonderful pecans!!
Thank you, Dee!
Posted by: Lynn | November 10, 2009 at 11:16 AM
Dee, this is so gorgeous and the recipe sounds yummy!
Posted by: Pinky | November 10, 2009 at 11:54 AM
Absolutely gorgeous!!!
Posted by: nancyk | November 10, 2009 at 12:36 PM
Beautiful Dee, great little box and I love what you did with the labels in the set.
Posted by: Stacy SCS Twinshappy | November 10, 2009 at 12:38 PM
Oh, my word! Have mercy, Dee! Your box is so gorgeous! The stamping with the label set is beyond beautiful. What a wonderful gift!
Posted by: Leslie Miller | November 10, 2009 at 04:20 PM
Such great details you've put into this box Dee! And those spiced pecans look just delicious too!
Posted by: ChristineCreations | November 10, 2009 at 07:05 PM
Just beautiful Dee - makes such a wonderful gift. You have my snail mail addy, right?
Posted by: lisa somerville | November 11, 2009 at 12:12 AM
What a beeeeeautiful gift box, Dee!! I love how you mixed the label set with Dove & Holly!
Not only that,the pecans also look yummy :) Mmmmm.
Posted by: Makiko Jones | November 11, 2009 at 05:18 PM
Terrific box ... not to mention the yumminess tucked inside! Love the bordering along the lid rims!
~Be
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