Samantha Walker July Blog Hop & Giveaway!

Welcome to the Samantha Walker Creative Crafters Team Blog Hop!  

You should have arrived here from Diana Fisher's blog!

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This month you could win the All Boy Stamp Set!   
This stamp set is 6" x 8" and includes 35 Clear Stamps!

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Our theme this month is Family Fun!  I used Samantha's Square Puzzle Silhouette Cut File and the Cool Summer Collection to create a double-sided puzzle, with one side being more challenging than the other!  I put the puzzle in Samantha's 3D Tuck Bag and included a score sheet (because we are crazy competitive around here!).  I love that the kids can sit down and do the puzzle on their own with a timer and then add in their time!  

The bike side is much harder than I thought it would be but I love challenging the kids.  For the initial score sheet I will have them do the Ice Cream side and then next week I will change it to have them do the Bikes!  

How perfect would these be for traveling this Summer?

Samantha Walker Supplies:

Silhouette Cuts: Square Puzzle and 3-d samantha walker tuck bag 

Papers: Cool Summer Collection (Carta Bella) 

Other supplies:

Ribbon: Baby Pink/White Polka Dot Wired Ribbon (Ribbons Unlimited)
Twine: Solid Caribbean (The Twinery)

Here's how you can make one of your own!

Tutorial:

 1.  I cut out the puzzle with a thick white cardstock to use as the base and then I cut out the ice cream paper.  I took each piece off my mat and adhered it on to the white puzzle base.

 2-3.  These images show the puzzle being completed by gluing the pieces.  It looks like a lot of work, but it goes super quick!

 4.  Next, I placed the bike paper down on my mat and cut the puzzle again (you could flip the image as well if you do not want to put your paper down on the sticky mat).  It just needs to be reversed since it will be on the back of the puzzle.

 5.  Flip over your puzzle so the backside is up.

 6.  I removed one corner piece and adhered it on the puzzle while it was still on my mat.  This is for placement.

 7.  Apply adhesive all over the back of the puzzle on the mat then lift up your puzzle and press the white side down to adhere, making sure to line up your puzzle with the placement piece.

 8.  Once you have your puzzle glued together, remove the pieces from the mat.

 9.  Next, cut out the box and fold on all the score lines.

10. Adhere the mat pieces on the box as shown.

11. Place adhesive on the side tab and bring the side over and adhere.

12. Glue the bottom of the box together.

13. Insert your puzzle pieces.

14. Tuck the top of the box in the slot.

15. This is an image of our score sheet, which is included inside our box!

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