Box Clever Paper Crafts

favour cake take a simple box make a stunning display

2010-07-09T22:39:00.003+01:00

found this idea on the net a great way to display a simple favour purse and make a stunning display more pictures on my wedding blog

Wedding card sunflowers

2010-07-09T22:35:00.004+01:00

another commision same client, bless her she has two event on the same day
morepictures and details on my wedding blog

Christening word book

2010-07-09T22:31:00.001+01:00

here is one of my latest commisions a Christening word book used hello kitty font lots of detail in this one more pictures on my wedding blog

another great day crafting

2010-06-26T22:59:00.006+01:00

well we had a small bunch of crafters today you must have all been at the beach, was nice & cool where we were, was still noisy though as Deb & Kate were back this week, although Dorothy claimed she got more work done listening to thier antics & was very entertained! I managed to help our Daphney with 2 scrapbook pages & I made two yes two cards! unheard of me making a card let alone two, 1 was inspired by Gay who shared an unusual template for a double diamond card have seen a few of these about but not made one until now

& a baby boy card

I will try to add better pictures tomorrow just scanned these

Sorry it's been so long

2010-05-22T08:45:00.004+01:00

ife has been getting really hectic of late & I can't beleive its been that long since my last post
we have a craft day today too but I know lots of me old faithfulls are away today so not sure how many will be there, nothing planned to do just be nice to all get together

NEWS Flash! I have a web site now

2010-04-20T19:03:00.000+01:00

Well it has been a busy week or so as I have been putting the finishing touches to my new website, exciting stuff eh! I have finally found some decent suppliers & have a wonderful range that I can offer along side my bespoke box designs.
Box Clever Wedding can be found here please do have a browse & let me know what you think.MIB launch event is happening soon too on 30th April @ Angel Place Shopping Centre in Bridgwater from 10am -2pm where all 6 Mums in Business displays will be available for the public to view some of us will be manning the event to answer questions, sign autographs etc!!!! well we were in the local rag last week that counts as nearly famous! Hope to see some of you there.

Look what my neighbour made me!

2010-02-04T21:17:00.002Z

measures 12.5 x 23 x 56cm

will hold 30 stampin up ink pads

the horizontal dividers can be removed to

make larger storage holes

he will take orders if you want one or if you want a specific design he could probably make it for you too, he's such a star!

Valentines Challenge with Lily-boo's

2010-01-05T10:09:00.002Z

join us again this month for the Lily-Boo's challenge

the theme this month is Love, get you nice & ready for Valentines

the hearts are coloured then clear embossed

paper piercing challenge from Lily-boos

2009-12-10T21:09:00.002Z

this is another lovely image from Lily-Boo's

our challenge this month for the design team was to create a card using paper piercing, I decided to do some stiching a task made a little easier by using the Christmas tree from the Christmas cheer cart which already has the stiching on! I enjoyed making the paper chains althought a little fiddly, will be making some with my children in a larger size to decorate.

Here he is, cheeky chappy

2009-11-19T23:04:00.003Z

Lily-boo's have done it again a smashing set
of very affordable prints that are wonderful to colour

Christmas rectangles

2009-11-09T14:28:00.005Z

my creative juices have been flowing with this lovely range of lily-boo Christmas images, finally I got to play in my new craft room, still not totally settled in but loving my play times, I hope to have some inspiring craft demo's for you @ our next craft day

bit of white glitter here

some gold embossing here

snowman bauble

2009-10-29T22:45:00.003Z

the background on this one was a cutout from a Christmas advertising brochure I had hanging around from last year, coupled with the so swirly roller SU stamp in brocade blue they were made for each other

buttons on a dufex type ribbon

SU circle of friendship stamp, Lily-boo's image coloured with promarkers

a little glitter here & there

bauble card

2009-10-29T22:13:00.002Z

Another one of Lily-boo's digital images from the bauble range

images from the Christmas noel cart & PDDU

Christmas Baubles, new set from Lily-boo's

2009-09-29T10:58:00.003+01:00

So here it is the next selection from lily-boo's

remember Sam's selections are just £1.99 a set

such a great price for so much, they are a joy to colour &

just as wonderful to print off & use as fabby toppers check

out the inspiration & challenge blogs too for great ways to use

Sam's sets

A Real Treat!

2009-09-29T10:52:00.002+01:00

here is the last of my submissions for the Lily-boo's halloween images this time I have used the image on the pillow boxes to create treat boxes, also embossed through the CB & a little black ribbon to finish

WIN A CART!!!!

2009-09-17T09:03:00.003+01:00

follow the instructions below for your chance to win
link to message board posts is here

Help us celebrate our 100th Cricut cartridge—Winter Woodland! That’s right, we reached 100 cartridges. As a thank you for our great Cricut community members we want you to celebrate with us. So, we’re giving away 100 cartridges over the next five weeks (20 per week). Here’s how it will work. Each week we will be posting a thread. When you respond to the thread you will be entered to win. You can enter once by replying and you can enter a second time by posting on your blog about the celebration and linking back to the cartridge product page. Here is the link to include in your blog. Once you’ve posted on your blog with the link back you can post again to this thread. http://www.cricut.com/shopping/ProductDetails.aspx?id=361&s=1&sc=2 Thanks for your continued support. Good luck.

BOO!

2009-09-06T17:55:00.003+01:00

such a content little cat happily snoozing no doubt by the fire when suddenly!

Boo

poor thing naughty ghost! PDDU for cat & ghost & boo is from WC

lily-boo's up & coming design is now here!!!

2009-09-05T21:14:00.000+01:00

here is the 1st of my takes using the new designs by Lily-boo's another wonderful set by Sam, just too Cute to Boo!

used my promarkers to colour & I now have a white highlighter!

I cut the spider web out from PDDU cart & glittered then cut the halloween greeting from WC

check out Lily-boo's boutique for these new designs for halloween

ain't no BOO about it!

Challenge on!!!

2009-08-29T10:50:00.006+01:00

How exciting!! there's a new challenge in town! with some lovely downloads from Lilly-boo's for the lucky winner! check out the challenge blog here & get your entry in for a chance to win, you also get a free download you can use to get you going of this lovely house with cute birdie!

just follow the challenge rules

use the image

4 brads

2 ribbons

& 3 flowers, simple!

how fortunate that I was able to have this card for my very dear friends who are moving in today!

lily-boo's Birthday card & book mark

2009-08-27T08:53:00.005+01:00

using promarkers I coloured the images
both are from the garden collection here
the greeting is computer generated

Today I am 40!

2009-08-13T12:16:00.010+01:00

Here are the cards I got from my wonderful friends, I feel so loved up x

from my sweet bud Debbie Buttle, you clever girls you! she did this smashing card from a mag & will bring it on Saturday to the craft day so we can all have a go! & thank you for my cupcake pamper set x

this one is from Izzy think this one is one of my favs as so much going on with the hidden bits & glitter & a shaker bit

such an unusual card Lou has done I love it!

thank you Misty (Sandra) lots of layers on this on x

Rita love the spotty swirly bit if this is a stamp I need to borrow it!

Steph! thankyou I did not have to wait a year afterall! was a nice natter on Saturday

Pauline you did a smashing job on card & I love that it is long & has some wonderful words in it x have a nice time in wales we will miss you @craftday

Maxine, very glitzy I love the way you popped this & thank you for my promarkers x

Pam you used some nimble fingers to stick all those layers on the little letters I love the simplicity of this & the card stock you used x

from Kate Farrell, how did you do the 40 Kate fabby colouring & the verse inside is one to keep & I can use it now!!

Mitch, such a yummy cake, & this one arrived a while ago so it missed the postal strike!

Gay, such a pretty card thank you, hope to see you @craftday too x

Kazzy73 (Karen) you out did yourself on the colouring here love it so much detail thank you my sweet

craftylicious(Michelle) a lovely swirly card i hope you submitted this for this weeks challenge it was swirls wasn't it?

I love the peeloff technique of this Kerry I have not tried it yet but it is very effective, thank you

Eileen, thank you for my lace tree embossing folder
I am wearing my badge with pride very oh lala dress wish I had that figure, how did you get the bubble texture on the card front?

Beris you sweetie love the butterfly, I recognised your handwriting on the envelope 1st, great card design think I need to get my Girls to demo some cards too.

Crafty Emma: Its Candy Time

2009-08-10T23:52:00.001+01:00

Crafty Emma: Its Candy Time.....
some wonderful candy from a lovely lady

fishing card

2009-08-09T14:29:00.009+01:00

I have pulled a few cuts from WIMG & WC for this one
again another lovely boy sketch from Lily-Boo's newest release now available they really are lovely to colour & such good value as you can print them in any size you want as many times as you want!

I used a brown whisper pen to mark the grain detail on the sign then out lined the notice & sketched a plank to obscure the NO there are 2 metal brads in this as nails, I used several browns from promarkers to colour the sign which is from WIMG

the bullrush is from WC & matches the inside paper is dcwv

the fish are from WC too I coloured these so they were chubb like

the inside panel again from WC with the greeting from BB

don't forget there is a new challenge blog coming soon!

Lily-Boo's new collection revealed

2009-08-09T14:15:00.000+01:00

I used the soccer solution cart to create the football frame I stretched it a little in DS & cut the bit of grass from this cart too, I coloured the image with letraset pro-markers my newest toy xx

So here we go as promised the finished

card for Lily-boo's
this wonderful selection will be available from today, Sunday
don't forget to check out the new challenge blog just for Lily-Boo's for a chance to win some smashing downloads.

SK8ER BOY another Lily-Boo's

2009-08-09T09:31:00.006+01:00

Another fab image from the new collection, I used SU stamps for the back ground, this is an A4 bit of card folded in half, the backing for the title is from Indie solution cart & the title has been welded in DS using hello kitty font cart the corners were punched with a Xcut corner punch. you can click on any image for a close up detail shot

I popped the title for dimension

I used promarkers for the colouring

the inside greeting is usingseveral fonts from hello kitty again & the wicked is from Indie art, then mounted on to a ripped bit of SU black card

Challenge #11 Passion for Pro-Markers

2009-08-08T12:47:00.008+01:00

well I have just started using pro markers & I have to say I LOVE them! my friend Liz from cricut MB introduced me to passion for pro markers site
I used my forthcoming Birthday money a few weeks ago as I was in my local craft shop & decided to buy a few packs & Mum had already given me my budget so knew what I had to spend, I spent that evening colouring & am hooked I should'nt of really as my Birthday is not til this wednesday

here is my take on this weeks sketch I masked the bottom layer & used SU roller stamp alphabets as it went so well with the Lily-boo's download, I love Sam's designs they are such a joy to colour, the blue block paper is DCWV I think

I cut leters out in hello kitty font for the flower placement W2G for way to go i coloured these in lime green, Cyan & yellow then I popped these for dimension thought this would make an excellent graduation card etc

this is a top tie card with hot pink satin ribbon & lime organza to secure

computer generated sentiment, I have 35 pens so far & I ordered another 15 last night to treat myself so far I am keeping them in old VHS boxes but already my blues are bustin out!

Lily-Boo's Garden Ovals

2009-08-04T13:40:00.005+01:00

This is a little bigger than 8x8 & I
followed the polkadoodles sketch from last week
I had designed the cut using DS but was too busy to get it done
in time for the deadline, I have used funky hand minty madness
stripey paper for the backing & Lily-Boo's for the main picture
this image is from collection 13 Garden Ovals

behind each of the doors is it's your day cut from WC in gold

I just love this wedding confetti I picked up from the states
finished them with a gem on each

I coloured the picture with letraset pens

Phoebe's 3rd Birthday Gable Lunch Boxes

2009-08-01T10:40:00.004+01:00

My sweet baby is now 3 years old! we had a
smashing party today with a bouncy castle
& good weather which is amazing given our
current climate

I created the gable boxes using DS
the font is from hello kitty
I drew the base & then cut out in shadow format

hello kitty cats & the trucks are from mickey & friends

Teal & Cream Wedding Card

2009-07-24T11:20:00.009+01:00

another commision but a joyfold card this time
in Teal & Cream, box is hand made with reflecting embelishment to inside SB swirly frame cut in DS

forgot to phot but the inside has a protective lining covering the card this has been inked with so swirly SU roller stamp
used so swirly inked & heat embossed on the cream backing which is overlayed in vellum & another SB swirly frame, letters are from hello kitty in basic & shadow in cream & muted silver mounted on teal card with velvet ribbon runners

the star flower is Su punch with weding confetti cream star flower on top

& a pearl, I also used some teal velvet ribbon

the top layer of letters were embossed CB birds & swirls folder

used some heart brads & blue jewel brad

the inner panel has a message to Bride & Groom & their wedding date

this has been computer generated on vellum then mounted on cream card with the so swirly stamp & held in place by 4 silver brads

on the opposite side to where you write your message I have stamped doves with docrafts stamp this has been inked & heat embossed

polkadoodles challenge card

2009-07-20T10:10:00.007+01:00

this week Polkadoodles challenge was to use the download provided & if you wanted to you could follow the sketch so I did both! I experimented a little with my stampin up! ink pads as the sky for the most part was done with this using rubbing alcohol instead of water I think it came out quite well the rest of the colouring was done with my letraset markers

the ladybugs were cut 1" using WIMG the red parts I tripple embossed with red but had to go over them with a red marker as had some whiteout happening I think this happens if it gets too hot

the notes are peel offs, I cut & coloured an additional branch which is popped on the front

the grass is cut using DS & PDDU
the fence was cut following the sketch LO using DS & GBS which I then embossed & coloured the feature lines in a brown marker to give definition to the bark effect

the inside I have created a backing paper with the bird on the branch image repeated

The sheet music is in the tune of 'Happy Birthday'

which you can change the name on to the person you are sending the Birthday card too, neat eh! this is to my dear friend Debbie (don't look Deb!)

Tool Belt card

2009-07-18T12:33:00.005+01:00

Thanks to Ruth I made this lovely tool belt for my Dad's Birthday you can see the cut file here she is a very talented lady who comes up with some fabulous cut files this one is cut using GBS I used BB for the greetings & SU card stock

Retirement word book

2009-07-16T01:09:00.018+01:00

so here is the retirement word book I have been busy working on
Mrs Pike the dpty head is retiring at the end of this term after 25yrs
the occassion could not be marked with out a special card from all the staff
so I offered to make one

hand made box tied with gold organza ribbon & a flourish from HA in gold & cream topped with star flower from america & the purple star flower is SU punch

I had trouble photographing as it was bigger than my light box so please excuse the poor photos, I used chocolate brown as a base for most of the card with muted gold & cream SU card which has been embossed with flower & bird CB folder I used rings to bind but had to take these off as they were too heavy for the card & I hand tied in ribbon instead like I usually do

font on letters is from hello kitty in normal & shadow

detailing on the card is carried throughout my reference point were music, tag rugby with favorite things being North yorkshire, cat stevens & Raspberries

this is the music card as Mrs Pike played the piano the notes & piano are peel off's the frame is from SB

this is the favorite's page there are 4 cat stevens music song's reduced & held with a brad & reduced map of North Yorkshire & a lovely basket of raspberries

the rugby player is from soccer cart as did not have a rugby player but I have squashed a football cut to make a rugby ball which he is running with, Mrs pike was in charge of the tag rugby at the school the H from the happy is the uprights with our school colours on.

all the letters on this card have been embossed

& the reverse of the card is room for all the staff to sign well wishes

Head Master was well impressed when I took it in this morning

so I am chuffed job done x

polkadoodles challenge card

2009-07-11T22:02:00.011+01:00

I am just lovin my new letraset promarker pens I have to admit I was a little sceptical about buying them against getting a standard felt tip pen, my word they are wonderful I enjoyed myself a lot with these, this is the first Tilda I have coloured got in a recent swap & the first thing I coloured using promarkers I am chuffed with my finished piece & what a joy is was to couple it with lilyboo's flower images too. So the challenge this week on polkadoodles was to create a get well card incorporating a bug of some kind & using a different medium of ribbon I used partly unravelled raffia string which I made into a bit more foliage & then completely unravelled to tie in a knot," just because I care" is an SU stamp. I would like to send this to one of the children my Friend Enfys introduced us to the other day if you would like to take part here is the link its for children dealing with long term illnesses. "Get well soon" would not have worked in this case as most of them won't for a very long time & sometimes even never so is a cheerier card just to bring a little sunshine. I used a roller stamp with SU ink & then clear embossed, my bug is the bee tilda is holding although my 6 YO did point out she ought not to be holding a bee as it might sting her! here is the link for the stair step fold card

polkadoodles challenge card in matching box

2009-07-07T15:14:00.007+01:00

I love presenting cards in boxes this one
was made to size & the tag is a reflection
of the card inside, your greeting can be
written on the reverse

the challenge this week was to use a fruit shape &
a hidden dimension, I linked this with the cricut uk MB
challenge to use red & came up with a shiney apple

I clear embossed the red card

& welded two apples from HA cart

punched a hole through 3 layers

created the apple centre using cream & green

card stock the pip's have been coloured brown

then clear embossed as well

& hiding under the swing flap is our little

wiggly catterpillar so that's who made the hole!

cheeky little critter!

challenge card

2009-07-05T11:33:00.007+01:00

from the hello kitty font cart
I used chocolate chip ink then clear
embossing powder ontop to give a glossy
finish to the so swirly stamped image

this one is the flower flourish from tinkerbell
& friends cart I welded Fran's name to it
the embossing was the same
format but because it was on gold pearlised
card it came out like caramalised toffee

& the embossing on the green is gold

So Glad Polka doodles challenge card

2009-06-23T10:01:00.007+01:00

So I got some wonderful fabric sample books lately
& I wanted to try & bring different elements into
my cards the colour of this is raspberry pink
& the ribbon is red & white, I stamped directly
onto the cream fabric square used stazon ink,
SU stamp, used zigzag on sewing machine &
vintage buttons. The oval was created in DS
with GBS where I welded flowers down one
side then cut additional flowers to layer,
the girls image is one of Lily-boo's betty's
& I coloured using whisper pens
the background is SU so swirly roller stamp in
Chocolate chip. Go to polka doodles & join the challenge!

the inside has a flavour of the front just to bring it all together

Baby Card

2009-06-21T09:24:00.005+01:00

Here we have another commisioned card in my 8x8 formula
this one I used pearlised white & SU pink card
MS punched the edge Baby is cut in OA shadow &
normal welded in DS then top white layer
embossed the scalloped squares were cut
using DS & SB the panel was cut in SB
the white oval will have the birth details on
but did not show them for privacy reasons

the inside is computer generated on tracing

paper poor mans vellum! punched & white eyelets or the pink ribbon

finally its all presented in it's own box & tied

with a organza ribbon, light was not brilliant at

1am so will upload a piccy of it in it's box later

Hoot Hoot Horay, It's your Birthday, Polka doodles entry

2009-06-15T16:46:00.009+01:00

here is my card for the polka doodles challenge
the site can be found here the owl is a digi stamp
image from Lily-boo's boutique which I printed 3 times & layered
I love being on her design team
this was hand coloured using pencils & ink with water pen
the shape for the base was designed in DS with GBS cart
& the ivy is from PDDU the home sweet home is hand written
& the little fence was hand cut too, I embossed using CB wood folder
used chocolate chip SU ink to distress & ran the
message page through the sewing machine

Something Fishie Going On!

2009-06-13T22:49:00.008+01:00

If you haven't checked her out already you should, some wonderful doodles for so many occasions, I am luck to be on her design team, here are some of my creations using this wonderful talent. Lily-Boo's Boutique her creations are available to down load for £1.99 a set, you will be able to download & keep using these designs over & over again with the ability to
re size these images you can use them in so many different ways on your craft work, how cool is that!
These are individual invite's to a costume Birthday party with an under the sea theme.
I created the seahorse cards using welding in DS, PDDU & TBBM for the vellum pocket
the background is so swirly roller stamp from SU

the images were printed onto green pearlised card stock & hand coloured using whisper pens

on the reverse of the cards I have the invite details for the party

challenge card diamond fold

2009-06-09T16:38:00.005+01:00

light green pearlised card on khaki
embossed & dotted with gems & a
diamond panel from WC

text was GBS welded in DS in muted gold

inside is greeting from WC

this shows the colours a little better

Polka Doodles challenge card (I came joint 2nd!)

2009-06-09T11:31:00.007+01:00

Anna Griffen papers Stampin up! bloomin
with beauty set, I love the colours in this
they all fell into place think it has a French
fell to it

I have created a second fold which I turned
into a pocket for the greeting pullout, linned in
blue vellum, punched using Martha Stuart
the ink is SU brocade blue

flower is cut in 1 layer of blue vellum & 2 layers
of tracing paper place on a blue cutout edges inked
with blue brocade the brad is a brass brad from staples
which I enamel painted in pink

ribbon is white & blue satin but I used the

backside of the white a mistake as poor light

today but I rather like it like this

open

sweet bee.

Joy Fold Card

2009-06-08T16:18:00.005+01:00

this is the Joy Fold card, instructions were on

split coast stampers here a nice idea to have two

interlocking cards, you can make a real feature of

the tuck under button, I used Laura Ashley butterfly

stamps & stampin up! so swirly roller stamp

tri fold from Liz

2009-06-08T12:08:00.007+01:00

email me for the cut file if you have DS
chobland@yahoo.co.uk
if not cut your card stock 11x5.1/2"
measure in 1.5" from the long edge & cut from 2" to 9"
turn around & repeat this creates the centre slits
if using the cut file the scoring is a little easier
as you just score at each rounded point.
when looking at you card in landscape you will
see you have 3 sections top middle & bottom
your scoring for your first score is 2" but only
score the top & bottom section, now score at 4"
all the way through, the same at 7" then at 9"
only the top & bottom sections, it does not matter
how you fold you card as it will fold either way
just start with your top & bottom fold the same
way & your middle fold must be the opposite

a lovely design of folding card, closed

open

I used SB, HA, HEA & WSC

Lovely new neighbours

2009-06-06T12:31:00.007+01:00

well we are very lucky to have a wonderful new couple move next door, this is the welcome card I made for Jo & Vic

as I had cut two lots out I made another for my card box.

a whole heap of cards

2009-06-06T12:23:00.006+01:00

made loads of cards just not had time to blog them so here they are

love this new "Bloom" set I got from stampin up!
the cakes were kindly stamped by Kate I am not lucky enough to have this set yet, I did quite a few of each design

My challenge card

2009-05-25T11:38:00.003+01:00

so here's mine, I used a lovely fairy paper for the base which I didn't want to hide with a large circle so I made mine in acetate which I embossed through the CB & edged with stazon ink to difine, the glitter line I did one first which I did wonky so I did another in a long cross over to correct my mistake, this is ultra fine glitter just stuck on a line of DS tape, buttons are from stash, retro ones & the ribbon is from 99p shop, the greeting is stamped onto the ribbon using stazon, the corner is turned down & secured with a dress makers pin. you can find the challenge at Polkadoodles

Challenge card by Margaret

2009-05-25T11:34:00.005+01:00

Margaret has used some very bold colours on this one which I love, I like the way you have mirrored the pattern from the circles to the turn down edge.

Challenge card by Gay

2009-05-25T11:30:00.002+01:00

here is the card submitted by Gay, I love the use of the rustic buttons on here some wonderful colour grouping on this one

Another great craft day

2009-05-25T11:05:00.007+01:00

here is the stands I had at our last craft day, we had one for all the wonderful buys I got in America & the other was all my Stampin Up! kit, once the girls had had a good look at it all I let them play with it, as you know I love to share all my stuff, during the day I highlighted the Lovely as a tree set of stamp these are wonderful stamps & you don't have to just use them on cards, here I have shown them being used on many different mediums, candles, glass, canvas & wood

Triangle challenge

2009-05-19T13:00:00.004+01:00

here is my take on the challenge set on Cricut MB for UK'ers triangles was the mission used the trangle panel from WC which I mounted on a square card so then had to cut in half these are mounted 1 side flush & other is on foam pads to give dimension, used zigzag ribbon in the divide the cream triangle is an off cut from my handbag cards (I was wondering what to do with them bits) & the greeting is from BB.

Embellished Wedding Album

2009-05-15T22:14:00.005+01:00

Had a request from a lovely friend's daughter to embellish a wedding album so on my visit to US I found this beautiful oyster 8x8 album & I cut bells from WSC in 3 layers of a hammered matching card stock embossing the middle layer in swiss dots & Our Wedding greeting from WC cut twice then layered slightly off to give definition, I took the photo's in my home made photo light box I made last night am quite pleased with the resulting piccy's but think I need a bigger box! & a better light. did not want to over embellish it.

Bespoke Birthday Card, Phoenix Blue

2009-05-15T19:38:00.010+01:00

I had a request from my special friend Lori to make her Daughter a bespoke Birthday card, the design was to incorporate her daughters favourite colour blue & a phoenix a personal symbol to her, she liked the blue valentine card layout I did previously, so with this in mind here is what I created, finished off with a lined box of its own, pictures are a little yellow due to fluorescent light really need to get a photo light box

Birthday cards

2009-05-12T23:50:00.005+01:00

decided to use the whole range of lily-boo's boutique for this set you can find them here I think these are very cute & bubble gummy enjoyed playing with the colouring pens used whisper pens cause that's all I got, had a play with my MS doily punch too this is a great punch one I've wanted for ages

set of notelets

2009-05-11T23:16:00.006+01:00

I have a table at a craft day come the end of the month so I thought I'd better get cracking on some stuff, these are a set of stamped images that Kate kindly sent me so I could practise my techniques I have to say I loved doing them & think I will have to invest in this set now they are a set of 6 two of each design, I used Sage Shadow for the mat & the card is from a set I already had the stamped images is from Bloom from the main catalogue & soft summer from the mini catalogue I think they work very well together but now this means I need two set's, I used inks Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery & Passion Pink very watered down with an aqua pen, I roller stamped So Swirly jumbo stamp in Certainly Celery on the Sage Shadow matting & I finished off with some organza I found in the $1 bin on holiday

Black & White challenge

2009-05-10T17:17:00.003+01:00

here is my take on the challenge set by the UK CMB thread the circles are the only cricut cuts which I stamped with SU stamp the black patterened paper is a wallpaper sample the greeting is SU stamp & the border is the so swirly roller stamp from SU the scalloped edges are the SU punch & used a few black & white flat backed pearls from stash really rushed this as went through the thread this afternoon catching up & saw the deadline was today! hope you like it

Did I go shopping!

2009-05-09T22:45:00.006+01:00

Got back today lunch time from our family trip to Orlando FL had a wonderful time & just had to get all my shopping stuff together, am totally shattered so no energy to play, must give a really big thank you to TuMadre AKA Sandy who picked me up from Hard Rock Hotel where we were staying & took me shopping, we hit several Micheals & Joann's & Walmart just look at all the wonderful stuff I bought, Sandy even saved some coupons for me so I got some great discounts including a bonus purchase nudge nudge! the Disney carts were on sale at $30 I was like a kid in a sweet shop, If you are going to a foreign place I would highly recommend seeking out a buddy to help you shop this is what I did & it was such a pleasure to meet Sandy I would never of found the shops without her. the holiday was wonderful too although we felt a little out of our league as the hotel was so expensive, was a fantastic prize to win & the whole family had a great time, I really need to get off to bed now

Mans Birthday card with buttons

2009-04-29T22:59:00.003+01:00

This is for the UK thread challenge on cricut, to make a masculine card using buttons I have used one of my topper previously mentioned the card has photographed a little yellower than it actually is the base card is a hammered oatmeal colour & the green is mellow moss from SU subtle range, black twill tape 2.5cm was from a bale of tea towels I just bought! I didn't have black buttons as most of my crafting stuff is still at church after my last craft day so I used a permanent marker on some lime green ones, greeting & tree stamp more details on blog, really need to finish packing now xx

I have been playing

2009-04-29T20:45:00.006+01:00

well things have been moving so fast this week, got my new stampin up! stuff on Monday & my new camera on Tuesday so been playing with both, will be able to get those nice close up pictures now, this is from the "Lovley As a Tree" stamped in "chocolate chip" & with the sentiments from "Cheer & Wishes", these are only some toppers I have been working on as most of my stuff is still in church cupboard I first chalked the sky whilst masking off a with a circle to create the sun using a cotton wool ball, I think I need the "sponge daubers" now, I used the blender pens to stipple some detail & to create the flowers in the grass, I have to say once I'd got the technique down these took 5mins a card, am loving the new stuff, also got the 5 petal flower punch & the scallop edge punch as I know how much you liked the punches, will be getting more of these

birthday card

2009-04-25T13:10:00.002+01:00

here is a Birthday card I made for my DD's friend, the party was today, I used PS for the letters which I welded onto a square in DS to make the back of the card. I like the jumbled look of GS but don't have the cart but with DS you can make your own anyway, the top layer is CB embossed with swiss dots & I have embellished with beads the backing card is a pink gingham CS the size of this card is 6" x 6"

baby boy card

2009-04-20T17:43:00.004+01:00

here is my latest a friend of our had a little boy so just had to make a card, another big one with OA baby in shadow & normal MS arch punch down the side & 4 stamp cut outs from CB & baby boy embossing set which I chalked in green a few buttons & some organza ribbon, the inside is computer generated words & picture again with organza ribbon & a arch border to match the front, the box is hand made too & decorated to match then tied with organza

Circle card, cuttlebug challenge, not a square or rectangle

2009-04-14T22:33:00.006+01:00

this card kinda reminds me of an eight ball, is for a very special friend of ours, I have used WC in DS to get the biggest size envie to card, card size when finished is 4.5 x 4.5" I used bazzill red devil & truffle, an oatmeal hammered card & a pearlised paper for the sentiment inside

the red is embossed with birthday folder, oatmeal swiss dots & the inside sentiment page is embossed with cow parsley, the front sentiment is from WC & is cut out of black faux suede, the writing inside is computer generated & took a few printed attempt to make sure it would be in the cut out zone, I used the cutout from the oatmeal sheet to marry up this bit, also had a little trouble getting this one to stand up so snipped a little off the bottom to stabilize

wedding card, challenge

2009-04-13T15:01:00.004+01:00

so here's my entry for the UK crafters thread challenge, to make a wedding card, I used A4 white hammered card stock & cut out a panel using DS then welded the name together using OA & DS cut in pearlised gold card, I cut a panel to go inside the cut out hole then covered this in Cath Kidston mini strawberry paper then crossed it twice in a lush red velvet, the front of the card is an oatmeal hammered card stock with a cutout from SB in same colour & I have punched MS arch lattice down the side, the inside is printed in draft the same as the front strawberry panel on white pearlised paper & the text is computer generated, 8 red eyelets again with two cross overs of the same red velvet ribbon & the inside has the same punched edge

Cath Kidston inspired boxes

2009-04-10T18:50:00.007+01:00

My Step Sister Jessie is getting married & I offered to make her favor boxes she is having a garden party type event & likes the Cath Kidston style so I have made a few boxes for her to choose from I think these would look great with polka dot ribbon but I don't have any, accent paper is a cut & paste from the wallpaper range called rose sprig & mini strawberry which I printed out, heart flower box & bag are from TBBM & the pillow boxes are from WS

6 year old card

2009-04-10T18:38:00.005+01:00

Here is the card i made for my daughters best friend, I welded 2 no. 6's back to back using DS in shadow SB then cut out a smaller no. 6 in paper can't remember the name of the paper but it's nice & happy, I welded the name Maisy again using SB & DS & cut this in mint pearlised card & used pop dots to raise it a little on the inside I used the birthday girl cut from SB in shadow & normal in an orange pearlised paper & a coloured paper underneath, I had to snip a bit off the bottom of the card to make sure it stood okay.

wedding word book& matching 8x8 scrapbook

2009-03-24T16:16:00.012Z

another commissioned piece this time a word book for a wedding T&J4 ever with lots of bits from HA, WSC & SB she also asked me to cover an 8x8 scrapbook & embellish the same as the word book so its matching, believe it or not this was pink gingham fabric before I started, I striped it all off then re-covered in a thin lining paper first then white cotton material, finished with white organza ribbon & the same embellishments as the card

Minty Mothers day card

2009-03-21T17:05:00.003Z

here is the card I have made for my Mum. Mothers day here tomorrow in UK, this is an A4 card stock in silver with flower embossing for base folded in 1/2 then I cut an oval from SB using DS to re-size first in mirror silver then in pearlised mint green card stock, the MUM is cut using BB in shadow & normal cut in white card & mint, the flourish & leaves are from HA & the hibiscus is SB again all in white & mint. popped & layered the flower part to give dimension, the layout of this card is influenced by Bunny lover & Izzy from the cricut message board, thanks for your inspiration guys

Circle compartment card from Faith Scrappers UK

2009-03-17T12:15:00.024Z

Cut out 5 circles of card & 6 circles of patterned paper
Cut one of the card circles into ¼ you will need 2 of these as your end caps for your card
Fold you card into ½ then open up & fold in ½ the other way so you create a cross then open up & fold again in ½ you will end up with 2 ¼ sections & 4 1/8th sections use your bone folder to make sure your have a good creased edge
Now cut out one of the1/8th sections & you have your
Pac Man do you remember them?
Now cover the pac man with one of your patterned paper circle I find PVA type of glue best, then cut down the middle of pac mans mouth & fold the flaps over & stick down again using PVA.
Take another patteren circle & cut it into ¼ then stick one of the ¼ onto the opposite side to the opening over your other creased mark, this just makes it nice underneath
So here is your first compartment, to stick together swing the 1/8 piece over the front of the LH ¼ piece & stick with PVA glue, effectively this is a card & you could just complete this with end caps to make it nice, to make it a multi compartment card continue making compartments following the previous instructions on this page, you can make 1-5 compartments, any more & I think the card would not open properly

So here are 2 completed compartments all you need to do is stick them together ensuring the peak fold is in the same position on each compartment hold these together, a good PVA only takes 1 min to dry
So now take your 2x ¼ pieces of card & cover them with ½ piece of patterned, choose some ribbon so you can secure your card shut
Loop your ribbon over the spine of the closed card secure with double sided tape then tie your ribbon to keep the card closed, now stick your end cap on using PVA, & there you have it!

Here’s a four compartment card I made earlier, I have inked the edges but with this thickness you could probably use peel offs to edge it

2009-03-10T23:08:00.002Z

you'll have to excuse the corsness of this card it is the humour us country bunkins live by, My Nan asked me to make a humourous card for her neice who will be 60 at the end of the month, there was a nobnail booted flea. is a rhyming game Jen & my Mum & aunts used to play as children I remember my mum saying them to me as a child too, so I drew a cartoon flea with boots on using my computer & me & DH worked on the rhyme, I used SB shadow & normal cut at 3" & cut a couple of ovals using DS, the papers used are from my stash not sure of name sorry, again another 8x8 card & I will make a box for it too

Gold & Green thank you card

2009-03-08T16:22:00.003Z

Hi Here is the card I sent to Enfys for the wonderful candy she sent me yet another one of my large cards 8" square start with 2x A4 sheets then in ladscape score at 20cm which I did on the hammerd gold card then slide the other A4 sheet behind the fold & cut to size this bit is a dark green which I rollered with my jumbow roller & then heat embossed with gold powder, the fold over edge of the hammerd gold I have punched with the MS arch punch, before I stuck the green to gold I secured 2 brass rings (some findings I had in my stash) which I tied gold 2" organza ribbon through, then I have a frame panel from SB cart which I have inked in green & hand pricked this has been layered on a rustic brown card stock & I have punched the two inner corners with the MS arch punch & then have stuck a large brown bloom on that, now I love the stampin up greeting stamps but have not managed to buy any yet, we have an SU demonstrator coming to us in April, Kate, so I had a go & making some myself this is computer generated in green on lime card stock, I enjoyed making this one made a white box to send it in wrapped in the same organza ribbon.

Mothering Sunday

2009-03-05T23:40:00.002Z

this is a mothering Sunday card I made for a friendto give to her Mum.
the text is computer generated, I first embossed through my cuttlebug the circle garland to surround the MuM then I embossed with the birds & swirls folder but instead of using a B plate I used a perspex plate I have with a 2" diameter hole cut in the center this allows me to emboss without touching the circle garland area, neat eh! I think you could use an old B plate & just cut a hole in it with a drill & circle saw attachment but i could not swear by this as I have not done that, my bit of perspex is part of a number plat acrylic that DH had lying around & I had a eureka moment ages ago, the bottom is the MS punch & I finished with a hand made bow in brown & cream spot & a complimenting ribon in cream & brown spot on the bottom

2009-03-03T11:59:00.007Z

here is my latest word book for a freind of mine, who is 40 the card is the big 40 my gosh which has been done using DS & the SB cart

Get Well card

2009-02-28T23:46:00.003Z

Here is a card I made for my friend Val,

I used some cutouts I had made to go with an acetate shaker card which I demo'd at our last crop, I cut them in DS using george, the green top layer is popped to give dimension & on the lower purple bit I have stamped & heat embossed in gold a very swirly "get well" on the inside I have hand written "soon" I have roller stamped across a few of the corners using Anna griffen vert ink pad from Enfys & ran a line down the inside too, the brads on this one are home dipped first in pink humbrol paint, this was a batch I did over a year ago before I discovered dipping & heat embossing, then I coloured using permenant purple pen I gave it a sweeping motion so it looks kinda strippy & it is much more purple IRL, I finished it off with a large organza ribbon tied in a bow & I made a box for it to go in, I really love making boxes for my cards now.

baby girl card

2009-02-26T16:07:00.009Z

here is a baby girl card I was commissioned to
make I had to lop the bottom off this one so the personal details were not exposed for some reason even thought I edited it in photobucket when you clicked to add the photo it lost the blanked out bit so had to delete that one in the end, I embossed, ribboned & punched this card mainly using the same format which I love & there you have inside my ribbon trade mark as Izzy likes to call it! Baby was cut using OA

Do you think he saurus?

2009-02-22T23:18:00.005Z

we have a birthday party to go to tomorrow so got cracking on this card, its an idea I have been thinking of for a while now to go with the joke " do you think he saurus" the dinosaur that is!!
I cut the leaves in mirri card Green from PDDU acc1 at 4.5cm & the dino is cut using DS there is no shadow feature with them so I cut the shadow by hand, to give a little definition I have inked with colour box moss green, the text is computer generated & so is the mini dino the birthday boy is from SB & one I cut out ages ago & had in a box of cutout bits, the card consists of 1xA4 sheet of pearlised card in muted gold colour which I scored down either side no measuring just wanted to allow enough room for dino to be stuck down, the front panels are there to hide the base of the plants really, so just a bit of green I had around which I stamped happy birthday on, upside down by mistake so had to stamp both ways up to match, to be honest I had very little equipment & stash to use on this one as most of my kit is still at church after the crop yesterday so had to make do & mend for the most part so I am pleased it came out as good as it did

2009-02-19T13:39:00.004Z

Here is my latest a 60th (Diamond) Wedding Anniversary card, another commissioned piece, hope she likes it, for a friend of mine's Grandparents.
I used two pearlised A4 card pieces in white & silver same layouts as before, I cut in a textured silver card the latice panel from WC expanded in DS to fit my card then I cut two diamonds in a size smaller than each other & stuck these two together this was embossed through CB & I used two clear gem brads, I cut two tags from CB die & computer generated words for Name & all the other words on the card, which my client chose, this is the wonderful thing about these cards against shop bought, hey might cost a little more but are so personal to the receiver of the card, the quote on the front is on a lilac pearlised card & the edging is punched with my MS arch punch (thank you Enfys) I made a plain white box tied with large organza ribbon, hand cut the diamond on the front & the 60th is from George cart cut in white & silver

"Hop'ing for a speedy recovery"

2009-02-16T19:59:00.003Z

One of the ladies in my church sadly slipped & has broken her leg so I have made a card to aid in her recovery.

this is the scalloped card from WC made slightly oval in DS cut from the DCWV glitter stack & I used a flower frame adjusted in DS & welded the getbetter again both from WC, across the centre & have backed in a tangerine cardstock, I have a green frog brad from my stash & I doodled a little around the edge, on the inside I have a frog cut from PDDU & a stocking from CC I layered copier paper in rough strips to create the plaster cast effect then just snipped off the hanging tag that these come with, my words inside say "Hop'ing for a speedy recovery"

Look what My Husband made me!

2009-02-12T21:33:00.013Z

Well earlier this week you would have seen that Enfys had sent me some candy, in it was a lovely K&Company smitten valentines banner, so hubby shocked at the thought of valentines looming I suggested he made this up for me, my DH is not a creative type & winced at the thought but finally tonight he said he was going to make it but rather then me sit in the other room he insisted that I sit with him & coach, I was very hands off & let him work his way through it bit by bit I snuck off & got the camera turning the flash off so as not to startle him (like a rabbit in the head lights scampering off in the bush) but he did not flinch & was okay with the camera so flash back on I took some more, I am so proud of my sweet husband he seemed to enjoy it but felt very feminine doing it! he has to put up with a lot of crafting from me & is a real trooper, I love him to bits xx

This is a keeper. x

BBTB entry LOVE in brown

2009-02-11T18:33:00.006Z

here is my interpretation of the challenge set by the BBTB team to use the LOVE from home accents cart but it had to be in brown, I had the idea to make the heart into a little book which opens up to reveal U&me 4 Ever another big card, I think the paper is dovecraft fantasy, love those little fairy's & I continued the swirly effect onto the card stock, which is a muted white gold using Jumbo roller & a mocha embossing powder, the book consists of 4 hearts welded in DS then concertina folded, heart & shadow cuts in pink & the top is in brown I have zig zag sewn the LVE in pink cotton with a triple stitch the flourish is from HA too, cut in blackout & shadow in brown & dark brown suede, the filigree in sized in DS from the wedding cart, inside the heart book is chipboard letters which I have triple embossed with glitter pink & mocha embossing powders, the " &" +button heart are from the candy Enfys send me, the ribbon to tie the book is from my stash & the inside is computer generated my ink started running out & it is supposed to be brown text but some of it has come through green but I quite like this effect

Wedding Card

2009-02-10T23:46:00.004Z

well I just had to use my MS punch from the candy I won & I have seen some wonderful uses of the Joy's of The Season cart 2 french hens really need to keep checking those Christmas carts there is so much on them we can use throughout the year, so i started with a sheet of cream paerlised paper in 15x21cm & using my jumbo roller I versa marked & then dusted with white embossing powder, set it with the heat gun & instant glamour me thinks! then I punched at the top & side to give a feature & really wanted to show the detail of the cut so I did some more on the bottom but this time I cut all the way to the edges so it is not an encapsulated border, then I stretched the two french hens using DS & I cut the shadow in muted gold foil then cut the main in black then the detail in red for the heart & white for the birds, I cuttlebugged these in divine swirl, I hung the bird swing up with a gold brad, each of the elements I glued with art clear drying glue & popped the top layer birds & heart for definition the top corner flourish is another from JOTS cart cut shadow in muted gold & the top in dark brown suede ( love this stuff ) the text is computer generated the font is called Fiolex Girls it has such cute little hearts in it, this is printed on the same pearlised cream paper then layered on gold again & popped, all of this is then stuck straight onto an A4 gold card folded then the inside is A4 vellum with printed text same font as front & yes had to use the punch again I trimmed the vellum slightly smaller than the card & finished with a knotted white ribbon to hide my double sided tape .

Candy a dieting girl likes!!

2009-02-10T09:52:00.005Z

well I got my CANDY my oh my I am gonna have some fun with this, I love love love the MS punch already getting lot's of idea's so watch this space x thank you so much to Enfys who's blog has been an inspiration to me for a long while now & if you don't know about it you really should check it out http://going-buggy.blogspot.com/

I Got An Award

2009-02-10T09:13:00.003Z

thank you to BridgetL for the lovely award my very first! now I believe I have to pass this onto 7 other blogs I love but seen as I'm new to blogland I will have a search & add them later today, Bridget is one of my followers so click on that link to find her lovely blog x

Wow that didn't take long here is the list of 7 of you who are an inspiration to many thanks for all you do, many of you personally inspired me to blog, thanks guys x

http://www.kate-lewis.blogspot.com/
http://loopylousloopythoughts.blogspot.com/
http://jensbrainthings.blogspot.com/
http://www.thecuttlebugspot.blogspot.com/
http://donnamundinger-popsicletoes.blogspot.com/
http://going-buggy.blogspot.com/

http://aplaceformycards.blogspot.com/

Valentine's card inna box

2009-02-06T13:47:00.010Z

So here is my latest card design a commissioned piece for my friend to give her partner this valentines, I made this one a special box too, I used cricut SB cart with design studio for the border cutout & the tag from TBBM & the text on tag is from WC , I used the roller stamp for the insert in the box with plain black ink, but on the front of the card I used it on black card with clear embossing which gave the card a really luxurious feel a very inexpensive way of sprucing up plain paper. The text is computer generated, the inserts for the card are 2 A4 sheets of pearlised paper these are folded then I punched holes through both bits & set some eyelets in then threaded red satin ribbon through to give a really sexy feel to the card, the box is made to measure the size of card is approx 21x20cm the card for the box is cut @26x27cm then scored 1" all the way round, for the lid you score just a few mm less than 1" otherwise it will be too tight.

I've finally done it!

2009-02-06T12:33:00.000Z

Thats it now, I have taken the plunge after being exposed to so many wonderful Blogs shared on the cricut MB I just had to start one of my own. can't promise it will be anything fantastic but hey ho I will give it my best shot, gonna be finding my feet for a while so bear with me & watch this space!
Today see's the 2nd batch of snow we have had this week with just under a foot falling over night the children were very suprised when they looked out the window this morning, this is the first real snow my children have seen & played in so they were very excited today, with all the school's closed they are causing havoc but are now very quiet, usually means they are up to no good, we in most of the UK are never prepared for snow so when we get it most everything ginds to a holt! it does look pretty tho.