Creations by AR - May Release DT Blog Hop - Tux and Gown Box Set.

Welcome to the May Creations by AR release Design Team Blog Hop.  Just look at the cute template Ardela has for us this month! Just in time for the prom/wedding season!   It's called Tux and Gown Box Set.  All of Adela's templates come in 3 formats - PDF to print and hand cut, SVG and DXF to use with cutting machines.

After checking out prom dresses on Pinterest for color and design inspiration -

I quickly created two sets of treat boxes using  the template SVG files and my Silhouette Cameo machine.

For my first Tux/Gown set - I went with a sweetheart/Valentine's theme.  The white part lifts out so you can put treats inside the 'boxes'.  The boxes are 2 1/4" x 2" x 2".  But you can re-size if you are using the SVG files.

I made the ladies gown red adding a layered die cut flower with a rhinestone heart on one side and balancing it by adding the bow-tie piece along the waist.

 

For the gentleman - I coordinated with the ladies gown by making the bow tie red and adding red heart rhinestones for buttons.  The pleats are made with my Scor Pal as per Adela's instructions. Gosh, aren't these the cutest things??

For my second set I went with spring prom colors -  making the gown and tux yellow.  What a well coordinated couple!!  I used the same die cut flower here but made two of them adding rhinestones to the centers

  I was never brave enough to wear a strapless gown (!) so I thought  I'd try to add spaghetti straps to this one.

 I used  black jute for the straps and just taped each piece to the inside of the box and wrapped them around to the other side and taped them on the other side.  This shows the top of the box lifted out of the gown piece.

 

 Here's how it looks from the back. (Do these spaghetti straps make my back look fat??!! LOL!!) The jute is a little feathery but it was the only thing I had in my stash that would work as a thin strap. (I tried cutting a satin ribbon and a velvet ribbon but they frayed!)  I added a piece of black satin ribbon along the 'waist' of the dress.

 

And, of course, there is a PRIZE!  You could win this wonderful new template:  Tux and Gown Box Set

HOW TO WIN:
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Comments accepted until May 24 (12:00 noon EST)

One random winner will be announced May 25th in the following locations:
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So there you go - two different ideas on how to use Adela's new Tux/Gown Box template!   I'm excited to see what the other DT members created aren't you?   Let's go see!  Here are their links:

AR:  

Jak: 

Julia: Me!

Lisa: 

Lyn:  

Patti J:  

Sue K:  

Sue M: 

Paper:  white, true black, pure poppy, harvest gold - PTI

Accessories:  glue pen, Scor Pal, Scor Tape, glue dots, red heart rhinestones - Michaels, black and yellow rhinestones - Kaiser Craft, black satin ribbon - May Arts, flowers - Primula Blossom Die/Memory Box, black hemp twine - from stash, Silhouette Cameo, Tux/Gown Template - Creations by AR.