Pretty Gift Box tutorial

I made this box recently for my Mother-in-law's birthday.

It was filled with her favourite chocolates. 

I used mirri card for the bottom and papers from an old stack

from We R Memory keepers for the lid.

I had some nice blue ribbon which made a lovely big bow.

I cut out a die shape and stamped the sentiment and name

using Happy Birthday to You and Alphabest stamp sets (SU).

I cut some birds from the leftover papers to decorate.

As I haven't done a box tutorial for ages I decided

to give the old grey matter a shake and do one!

I did make it smaller than my first one but you can make this box

any size you want and the design will work.

For this one I used papers from Paper Discovery and some

co-ordinating card for the base from my stash.

It was decorated using punched flowers and leaves.

The sentiment was stamped using Itty Bitty Birthdays (SU)

and finished with some gems.

You can watch my tutorial here

Measurements needed to make this size

Paper - 5 3/4" x 8 1/4"

Card - 5 3/4" x 8 1/4"

Score all sides on both at 1 3/4"

I would like to enter these into

The Outlawz - no cards

Crafty Catz - anything option wet or dry embossing

Creative Fingers - anything goes

Ally's Angels - anything goes

The Creative Crafter - anything goes

Girlz & the art of letters - L for lilac colour, leaves

Wet and murky day today with leaves lying everywhere

after yesterday's heavy rain.

Clean up on aisle four 😂

Have a lovely week and thanks for dropping by.

Double Post

It's time for my midway post for our challenge over at

STAMPING SENSATIONS

where the theme is Autumn or anything goes.

We have a great prize up for grabs so come and join us.

Our prize this month is a £25 store voucher from Personal Impressions 

For my card I kept is pretty clean and simple.

I used a stamp set called Gather Together (SU)

and stamped and masked to create my pumpkin scene.

Everything has been coloured with markers.

I matted it onto a scrap of wood plank paper (SU)

and added some rustic gems to the corners.

The sentiment is from the same set.

I would like to enter

Little Red Wagon - captain's log (wood)

Passion for Markers - square cards

Creatalicious - anything option Fall colours or Halloween

Unicorn - Autumn and/or Halloween

Pearly Sparkles - Pumpkins and/or Autumn leaves

The Creative Crafters - anything goes

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It's also time for my midway post over at

WE LOVE STAMPING

where the theme is anything Autumn/anything goes.

The prize over here is also amazing so well

worth your time to get an entry in.

For my card I just went crazy attempting to make a scene.

Looking at it now my moon looks like it fell

from the sky 😂

The stamp sets I used are called

Stylish Sketches and Mountain Air (SU).

I used a scrap of paper top and bottom, probably SU,

then added string and handwrote the sentiment

in white pen.

The background was inked using distress inks.

The fox and leaves were coloured with markers.

It was good fun to make and obviously

a learning curve lol.

I would like to enter this into

Crafty Animals - include an animal

Critter Crazy - feature a critter

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Try it on  Tuesday - Autumn colours

Fab 'n' Funky - Autumn colours

Needle felted pumpkins

I was very tempted to buy some pumpkin decorations for my hall

for Autumn. There are so many variations and sizes out there,

lovely colours and patterns.

Then my sensible head kicked in and I got out my needle felting wool

and had a go myself.

I made three different sizes in a wool that has a mix

of orange, yellow and deep pink running through it.

The wool is from World of Wool.

The colours didn't pick up well in my photo but

I am well pleased with them.

I would like to enter this into

PINspirational - pumpkins

The Outlawz - no cards

Classic Design Challenge - anything option Autumn splendour 

Twisted Thursday - AG option all tied up

 

Autumn fun!

It's time for my midway post for our

Autumn challenge theme over at

Tag-along (and ATC's).

For this one I used some background paper

from a set I bought years ago from Lidl would you believe!

It is gorgeous papers, partly embossed and sparkled.

So I ran it through my printer with this gorgeous image

from Mo's Digital Designs and printed the sentiment,

dog and leaves.

I then stamped the little dog out on my colouring

card so I could add colour with my markers.

I then cut him out and stuck him on top

of printed area.

I added some colour to the leaves and

finished the tag with some ribbon and a

cute bone brad from my stash.

I would like to enter this into

HQFSCAT - shaped card or tag

Paper Rock Scissors - paper and/or scissors

used paper and cut dog with scissors

Critter Crazy - feature a creature

Crafty Animals - include an animal

Try It on Tuesday - Autumn colours

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For my ATC I just used some scraps from my stash.

I cut my base in deep purple and

ran it through my embossing folder.

I then cut the scraps to fit with

a little hint of gold mirri here in there.

I only had a tiny little big left.

I then stamped and gold embossed the

dragonfly from Dragonfly Garden (SU),

punched it out and stuck in place.

I edged it all in black and added

a black word (Hunkydory).

I would like to enter this into

A Perfect time to Craft - anything goes

Dream Factory - anything in mainly purple

Crafty Catz - anything option wet or dry embossing

GCFAOS - use designer paper

Unicorn - Autumn and/or Halloween

Daisy Chain - Autumn and/or Halloween

Remember have this amazing prize up for grabs so

be sure and join us!!

Wedding card and album

Happy Monday!

My Son and Daughter-in-law's good friends were

married in Italy in September and

Milo wanted me to make something nice to give them.

So I went with a cute little tag album using a set

of dies from Alinacutle. You can buy it on Amazon.

I have linked her YouTube channel on my video.

The papers are from a pack called Garden Blooms from

Anna Marie Designs.

I filled the album with photos from the wedding and

some from their earlier days together as a family.

This is a view of the inside and the back of the tag album.

Inside there are lots of wedding themed quotes etc.

I used flowers, ribbon and tulle from my stash.

You can see the full album here

I would like to enter this into

HQCOLCB - wedding theme

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Creative Fingers - anything goes

Hope you all have a lovely week.

Yummy cake!

I have another card for my Mother-in-law to give to

her Great Grandson Max who is turning one this month.

I used an image from Mo's Digital Pencil called

Kai is One boy.

The papers are from Nitwits called Big Top.

He has been coloured with markers

and the embellishments have been printed,

cut and layered to decorate.

There is a dimensional square paper sitting on his name lol.

Luckily I noticed before popping in the envelope!

I would like to enter this into

CRAFT - Grandparents/anything goes

Passion for Markers - favourite colours (kids red and blue)😄

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Everybody Art - stars and/or stripes

Girlz & the art of Letters - K - kid

I hope you all have a lovely weekend.

Shutter card

My Mother-in-law's 86th birthday is coming up this month

and I always like to make her a funfold card.

I used a Tattered Lace die for this shutter card.

The papers are from a Basic Grey set called Sultry.

Stamp sets used

Happy Birthday to You, Alphabest, Approaching Perfection

and Painted Seasons, all SU.

I added ribbons, brads, pearls and a leaf punch.

The flowers have been double stamped and cut and layered.

This is a side view.

It does close flat and fits into a larger envelope.

I would like to enter this into

HQFSCAT - shaped card or tag

Paper Rock Scissors - use paper and/or scissors

A Perfect Time to Craft - anything goes

GCFAOS - anything using designer papers

Mix it Up - anything goes option fancy folds

Simon Monday Challenge - think pink

Biscuit Buddies!

I had a pile of scraps left after a recent project

and it was a wet Sunday so I decided to make a little

book and fill it with ideas from my newest stamp set from

Card-io stamps called biscuit buddies.

Here are my scraps.

The book is tiny, measuring 2" x 2 1/4"

but it holds lots of ideas using the stamps

which will hopefully inspire me when I need it.

The inner pages are only printed on one side so

I joined them back to back which made the book

nice and sturdy. I then machine stitched

the pages together and covered the spine

with some washi tape.

Papers - basic grey and SU

Die - Tattered Lace

Embellishments - washi tape, ribbon, inks,

white ink, markers.

You can watch a quick run through here

Or you can check it out here for an even quicker look!

I would like to enter this into

Snippets Playground - use leftovers on your project

Pammie's inky Pinkies - anything goes

Festive Friday - I went with Christmas theme

Allsorts - woodland animals

Autumn has arrived!

Our new challenge has started over at

STAMPING SENSATIONS

and the optional theme is Autumn.

We have a lovely prize up for grabs so be sure and join us.

£25 gift voucher!

For my card I used some old paper from a pack I

bought in Lidl many years ago.

It is gorgeous paper. The squirrels and leaves are embossed

and glittered.

I used my plank embossing folder (SU) for a band

across the card which also had ink added.

I then stamped the leaves, corn and pumpkins using

Gather Together stamps and dies (SU).

I coloured the pumpkins and corn with markers.

I added a piece of jute along the bottom

of my border for some texture.

The sentiment was stamped on the border

then I arranged everything in place.

I would like to enter this into

Crafty Gals Corner - FALL colours

PINspirational - pumpkins

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - Halloween/Fall

Love those pretty papers - option Halloween colours

Girlz Creative Fun art of scrap - use designer paper

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Our challenge has now started over at

WE LOVE STAMPING

and the optional theme there is also Autumn!

So you get to enter your card into two challenges.

We of course, have a lovely prize up for grabs.

I really want this prize myself!!!

For my card I used a set called Autumn Days

which I got from Simply Cards & Papercraft many moons ago.

The background was inked with my blending brushes,

the trees stamped in brown and the

leaves were stamped in orange, green, yellow and brown

along the bottom.

I then stamped the sentiment in orange.

I added a bit of sparkly braid along the left of

my card then mounted it onto some orange card.

I would like to enter this into

Cardz 4 Guyz - Autumn/Fall

Simon Monday challenge - trees

Love to Scrap - anything goes

A Perfect time to craft - anything goes

The Four Seasons - anything Fall

Fun birthday!

This card has been made for my Grandson Sean

from his Great Granny.

He will be turning 12 this month.

So hard to believe!!

He has settled into big school well and

already looks so grown up.

For the card I used a Nitwits set called po-cake masc

and the image is an old one from Jelly Park

called teenage boy gaming master.

I have colour it up with my markers.

I would like to enter this into

Paper Rocks Scissors - use paper and/or scissors

embellishments and sentiment cut with scissors

Kreativtanten challenge - anything goes

Creatalicious Challenge - anything option Happy Birthday

I 💓 ProMarkers - anything option stencilled background

Creative Fingers - anything goes

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes

Have a lovely weekend.

Let's hope it will be a bit dryer than last weekend!

Storm Amy is arriving at 12 today so probably pretty wet...AGAIN!

Take care!

Autumn vibes

Our theme for October over at

Tag-along (and ATC's)

has been chosen by Brenda and she went with

AUTUMN.

For my tag I used some orange card for my base

which I punched using my tag topper punch (SU).

I then cut a piece of yellow card which

I ran through with a floral embossing folder.

I then ran my finger over with some lustre rub-ons.

Next I stamped some leaves using

Gather Together (SU) stamp set and cut them out.

I used my markers to add green, yellow

and orange colour to them and then cut as above

to fit my tag.

I finished with a sentiment (Hunkydory)

and some wool at the top.

I would like to enter this into

Festive Friday - anything with theme - colours of the season

Creative Inspirations - autumn or something spooky

Passion for Markers - autumn colours

Pearly Sparkles - pumpkins and/or autumn leaves

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For my ATC I used the same stamp set,

Gather Together (SU).

I inked up my ATC with yellow and purple

inks then stamped the large leave

coming off the edges.

I coloured them with markers in the same

ink colours then added some gold ink to

highlight them. I stamped some grey dots

from the same set between the leaves

then flicked some gold ink over it all.

I finished with a quote from Hunkydory

and inked around the edges.

I would like to enter my ATC into

Classic Design  Challenge - anything option trees and/or leaves

Crafty Catz - colours of autumn/fall

Papercraft Challenge - amazing autumn

Make my Monday - autumnal festival/ autumnal fall

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - Halloween/fall

Remember we have a great prize up for grabs

so come and join us.

You don't have to follow the theme and you

can enter up to four times.

Christmas Penguins

Happy Monday.

Today I have another little journal to share,

again with a penguin theme and perfect for Christmas.

This little book came together so quickly and

was great for breaking into more stash!!

You can watch a walk through here

or a quicker version HERE.

I have used stamps called Penguin Place and Sparkling Snowflakes (SU).

Papers are from an old Brenda Pinnock set.

Embellishments used

pompoms, sizzix snowflake dies, gems,

shrink plastic and various inks.

I would like to enter this into

Girlz Creative fun art of scrap - use designer papers

Girlz & the art of letters - J for journal

Merry Little Christmas - anything Christmas

The Outlawz - no cards

Stamps + Fun = creativity - animals

Game time!

Final card of the week.

This one is for my MIL's Great Grandson Eoghan.

I followed the sketch from Mo's Digital Pencil.

The papers are from Nitwits called diggersndosers.

The image is from Mo called Baron and Butch

and I have coloured it up with markers.

I would like to enter this into

CD Sunday Plus - use a CD, USB or digital download

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes

Twisted Thursday - get your game on

Krafty Chicks - masculine

Ally's Angels - anything goes

Unicorn Challenge - circles

Girlz & the art of letters - J - jumper, jeans

Girlz Creative fun art of scrap - use designer paper

Have a lovely weekend.