Blossom Punch Easel Gift Box

Hi everyone,

The project I'm sharing today is part card & part gift box, and is a project I designed for one of my recent craft workshops at Doncaster Dome.

The box itself is a matchbox style with a little drawer which slides out & can be used to store a gift. You could if you wanted, add a brad or ribbon pull to the front of the drawer.

I've used the mixed bunch stamp set to decorate the easel card & the outer part of the box too. The 3D flower has been made using the fantastic Blossom Punch - I've made so many things with this punch, it's a definite must have!

Hope you like my project, if you would like to join our craft workshops at the Doncaster Dome and learn how to make projects like this then please let me know, we'd love to welcome new members into our group!

Happy crafting!

Hx

Finn McMissile

Hello!

I'm sharing a card I made for a 5 year old boys birthday. The request was for a Finn McMissile (Disney Cars 2) design, so I had to use a photo I found on the net as the focal point of the card.

I decided to stick with a simple circle design & limit my colours too. The card went down really well so I'm happy with that.

I will be back soon with more projects, if you would like to place an order for any SU products, please let me know.

Hx

Wedding Acceptance Card

Hi,

Today's post is a really clean & simple card that I made as a wedding acceptance. I didn't have a rubber stamp for the greeting so i printed it from my computer directly onto the card blank.

I've used the Heart to Heart punch & the Twitterpated papers to make little fluttery hearts - I've folded them & glued just the centre part... Like with a butterfly!

That's it for today, hope you have a good day!

Hx

Oooooohhhh spooky!!

Hi everyone,

Arn't I doing well with all these blog posts ;)

Today's is a sneaky peak at a little project I made using some of the new SU goodies that will be available from 1st September in the new (not so) mini catalogue!!

I just need to add a few sweet treats & that's it :) I don't normally do much for Halloween but this cute little guy & his friends really caught my eye! And talking about eyes.... How cool does his look ;)

I will be back tomorrow with another project... I might even treat you to another sneaky peek over the next few days!

Happy crafting!
Hx

Wedding Card

Well I'm hoping this post works ok as I seem to have had a few blog gremlins!

Here we go....

Today's share is a wedding card I made for some friends of ours who are getting married very soon!

I've seen the mr & mrs towel design before but again I've altered it to make my own card design.

I've used a white 6x6 scalloped card blank (but you could cut your own using the SU scalloped square die if you own it!) I've scored the front & back to make it into a gatefold card and I've embossed two whisper white panels to go on the front. You might be able to see that I've used the same square lattice embossing folder but I've used it one way for the panels & turned the embossed design over for the actual towels so it looks like two different designs!

Next I've used the fabulous labels collection framelits dies to create my mat for the front using pool party & whisper white card. I've stamped the pool party layer with the swirly stamp from everything eleanor stamp set.

The towels are made from whisper white & I've punched a strip of pool party card for the "trim" . The mr & mrs greeting is from the petite pairs stamp set ...( Got to be one of my most used greeting sets!!! ) the towel rail is a thin strip of pool party & two of our tiny silver brads to act as "wall fixings".

The inside has a panel of crumb cake & pool party again stamped with the swirly Everything Eleanor stamp... This is to hide the original score line as I've created this gatefold from a regular card blank ;) ... A nifty little trick!

I hope you like my design, remember the Summer Mini Catalogue will be no more at the end of August so if you want to order anything you need to let me know ASAP, or if you want to order any other items just let me know :)

Going to play with my new SU goodies that have just arrived... Will share a sneaky preview tomorrow :)

Hx

Male 40th Birthday Card Photo

Sorry, blog was playing up so this is the photo to go with my last blog post

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40th birthday card - man

Well, firstly let me say I'm soooo sorry for neglecting my blog recently. It's these school holidays that's to blame!

Today I'm sharing a card I made recently for a 40th birthday card which is for a man. I saw the basic idea done by another SU demo & changed it slightly to fit my design. We often see cupcakes for female birthdays so this is a male take on cupcakes but using pints of beer instead!

The beer is from a retired SU set and the cake stand is from the crazy for cupcakes set in the main catalogue. I have to say the cupcakes set is a really useful set, and as you can see from my photo I've only inked the very bottom section of the cupcake stand stamp which is a cool little technique you can use with other stamps too!

Tomorrow I will be waiting in for my SU delivery to arrive which includes some of the brand new Christmas & halloween goodies that us demos can pre-order before the new (not so) mini catalogue goes live on sept 1st! I'm really excited & can't wait to get my hands on them!! Each year I tell myself I've really got enough Christmas stash without needing to buy any more... But as I'm sure you will know that just doesn't work! Especially when you see the new products available!! Can't wait to show you :)

Ok, that's it for now, I will try to post some more projects over the next couple of days, if you would like to order anything please drop me a line & I'd be happy to help.

Hx

Test post

Having blog issues... This is a test post
Sorry guys!
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August Offer from Stampin Up!

Hi everyone,
A really quick post to tell you about a great offer that Stampin' Up! are running for the month of August. Place an order with me for £60 or more & you can receive the fantastic stamp set shown in the photo!

I have lots of crafty projects to share with you over the next few days, I just need to squeeze a few more hours into the day to post them :)

I will be back soon with a project, I promise!

Happy Crafting
Hx