Christmas eve boxes

Hello all, Christmas eve boxes I think are a relatively new concept for the uk, well to me anyway haha, but are very popular in other countries especially the usa, this is my take on the project, something to treasure and use every year. It started as a plain wooden box and I decoupaged it with a stag themed Christmas paper,  as these 2 are for my boys I went for a more masculine look, the edges have been sanded to give them a distressed look and then distressed further with smokey slate ink,

The bauble and star and other chipboard decorations have been embossed with silver embossing powder and then finished with a stag decorated burlap bow……… I really enjoyed this project i hope you like it too, please feel free to comment it would be lovely to see your opinion………………………… thanks for stopping by x

Watch this space for my vintage style Christmas box!!!!

Christmas advent calender

Another week starting and another week closer to Christmas, so much to do so little time haha!! seems never ending but a lovely time also getting things ready and try new crafts. Below is one my recent projects an advent calender made from a mdf frame and wooden boxes. Each box has been decoupaged, sanded to distress the edges and then distressed with Tim Holtz vintage photo distress ink. I then decorated and numbered each box, such a lovely project to do and something to treasure each year.

I really enjoyed this project…hope you like it too feel free to leave me a comment…..thanks for stopping by x

Challenges!!!

My post today is my entry into the Moving along with times challenge ( link below) the theme this time is trees, there are some lovely projects already submitted, so I wish everyone good luck.

Card base is Whisper White and measures 51/2 by 41/4 inch, I used an embossing folder on the Whisper White mat which is 1/8 of an inch smaller than the base. layering circles for the stamped image and a flagged sentiment.

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Christmas gift card or Money wallet

Todays post is a step by step instruction on how to make Money or gift card wallets,

This is not my idea there are various options for making these and video tutorials online but this is my take on it.

I started with a piece of Whisper White cardstock measuring 8 1/4  by 4 7/8 inches and scored on the 8 1/4 side at 2 3/4 inches and 5 3/4 inches

 

Fold and Burnish both score lines and round the corners of the larger flap.

 

Place a very thin line of glue down each edge shown and adhere, start adding cardstock and dsp mats.

I used Cherry Cobbler cardstock  mats and Warmth and Cheer dsp, I think this has retired but any of the current designer series paper will co-ordinate, that’s the beauty of Stampin up everything co-ordinates.

MATS : 2 x 4 3/4 by 2 5/8 inches ( Round the corners of 1 edge on both )

1 x 4 3/4 by 2 3/8 inches

DSP    : 2 X 4 5/8 by 2 1/2 inches ( Round the corners of 1 edge on both )

1 x4 5/8 by 2 1/4 inches

Please bear in mind that if you are using a paper that has a specific pattern, that you cut it the way you would like the paper to sit.

       

I used a scrap piece of Cherry Cobbler and Whisper White cardstock to cut the Stitched shaped framelits for the” to and from” stamp inside and a scrap piece of both for the sentiment on the front which comes from the Snowflake Sentiments Stamp set.

     Products used: Cherry cobbler cardstock item no: 121651

Whisper White cardstock item no: 106549

Stamping trimmer            item no: 129722

Simply scored tool            item no: 122334

Stitched framelits             item no: 145372

Snowflake sentiments     item no: 144820

Tombow liquid glue        item no: 110755

I hope you find inspiration in this project, please feel free to leave me  comment and visit my online shop here where all the products used can be purchased.

Thank you for stopping by, happy crafting.

 

 

 

 

Craft fair idea

There are loads of ideas floating around for Christmas and craft fairs, and we use them as inspiration for us, one of these projects was shown on youtube by the lovely Amanda Charlesworth of Scrimping Mommy (link to the video is below).
I cased the idea from Amanda but changed the packaging and boxed them.

Box dimensions are : 6×6 inches square, 1 inch in depth.

Products used were:

Whisper white cardstock
envelope punch board
Snowflake Sentiments Stamp Set
Crumb cake inkpad
Smokey Slate inkpad

Gold and Silver foil sheets

 

 

 

I then decided to go one step further and create a gift pack of the bows and handmade tags using the same materials,  which can be purchased at my stampin’up online shop.

Box dimensions are: 10×4 inches with 1 inch depth.

There are 4 decorative bows, 6 silver foil backed tags and 6 gold foil backed tags.

I hope you like these projects and can use inspiration for your projects…………happy crafting and thank you for stopping by.Here is the link to original video from Scrimping mommy

Creating with Kits

I have finally caught up a bit from on the go projects and decided to finish my mixed media canvas using my Beauty and the Beast Kit and beautifully made resin pieces from the Trinket Parlour over on facebook . I am new to mixed media, including decoupage ,embossing and using colour but decided to give it a go, always learning and looking for inspiration. I hope you all like it…….. please feel free to like and share and leave me a comment…………….thanks for stopping by.