Birthday Gift Box card

I have made another of the gift box card. I made it for a very dear crafty friend. Ann made some gentle hints when I made one filled with Yummy chocolates I made it for a swap all the way over in Australia .. that she would very much like to receive such a card for her b'day. It was only sending it off for posting did I think maybe not a good idea to send chocolates due to them possibly melting and poor Ann receiving a horrid mess. Fingers cross it has all arrived safely and the chocs. survivied. I did make some errors in making the inner for the chocs. Next time I will have to rethink a little to get it right. I made a 'pulley' from a strip of card and a sweetie RS Image, so the sweets could easily be removed without damaging the gift box.

List of Supplies
Bazzill Basics Card
Smooth White Card
Elzybells 'Chocolate' RS
Molly Bloom 'Bunting' RS
Sugar Loaf 'Sentiment' RS
Paula Pascal 'flower' RS
Tulip Digital Image (Unknown)
Digital Hearts Image (Unknown)
Marianne Designs Die
Nesties Oval
SU Window Punch
SU Tab Punch
Acetate
ProMarkers
ScorPal
Fluid Chalk

Sheer Ribbon



Mother's Day Gift Box Card - Cupcake in a Cup

I had my Mother's day treat a week early as my youngest was going to be away on her Hols. I had the most Wonderful breakfast at our local Cote Restaurant ..I hope to get round to somtime soon of making a scrapbook page of my fab. morning.
Here is a pic. of the Boxed Gift Card and cupcake in a cup I made for my mum on Mothering Sunday.


I have added a cupcake into a pretty bone china cup and saucer
Wrapped it in chiffon fabric, added a tag with a lady/cupcakes
stamped image from Sugar Nellies, finally I attached some pretty charms.



This is the inside of the box card. The gift is a partylite 'fig fatale' large tealight.

List of Supplies 

DS  Card

Red Bazzill Basic Card

Green Bazzill Basic Card

K&Co Stickers

Peel off Flowers

Acetate

Daffodil RS Image

Chain/Clasp/Jump Rings

Charms

Sheer Ribbons

'Especially for you' Ribbon (bargain from Tesco's Christmas Sale)

Button

'Mother' Lavender Bone China Cup and Saucer

'Cupcake'

Sheer Fabric

Lavender Ribbon

TeaBag Charm

Made with Love Charm

Sugar Nellie Lady/Cupcake RS Image

Sizzix Bigz Tag

Big Shot Tag

ProMarkers

ScorPal



Gift Card - Filled with Yummy Choc.

I have made another Gift Card  I have been trying to make a few over the past few weeks but it just hasn't happened - so I knuckled down last night and am pleased to report I have now finished it. Maybe it will now spur me on to make a few others I am wanting to create.
I am taking part in a 'Chocolate and Card Swap'  - This Gift Card is destined for Austrailia -

My swap partner says she likes all chocolate .. so it was quite easy to fill the gift box with a varied selection of Chocs. in both Milk and Plain.




Front of Gift Box Card




The 'inner' Various Chocs and Gift Tag



List of Supplies

Bazzill Basics Card
I will add company details of other card used later - have forgotten details.
Elsybells Clear RS - Choc. Themed
Fancy Pants Flourish Clear RS
Adirondack Ink Pad - Lettue
Stazon - Cherry Pink
Sizzix Primitive Hearts
Sizzix Bigz Clear Tag
Marianne Creatables Swirl Frame
SU Tab Punch
Soft Metal Sheet
CB Folder - D'Vine Swirls
Circle Nestie
Scor-Pal
Bakers Twine
Doilie
'Made with Love' Charm
Silver Chain
Various findings
Tim Holtz Fastner
ProMarkers
Sheer Ribbon
Eyelet
Crop-o- dile
Various Chocs. - Red Nose Day Malteser Bunny, Ruffles Bar, Green and Blacks Mini Bars and Elizabeth Shaw Mints.


*I heard today, 7th March, that my package has arrived safely with its recipient in Australia .. she sounds very pleased, but states she hasn't yet delved into the chocs. I do hope she will like the selection of chocs.

Box Card

I was inspired to have a go with making a box card while browsing through the latest issue of 'Craft Stamper Mag.
Craft Stamper Feb. 2011 Issue


The article states, the designer, Debbie Dolphin,  was inspired by the 'tealight holder' Box Cards featured in 'blogland' I came across this beautiful blog recently featuring the tealight holder box card - I said then I would be making one and I now have .. just not added Tealights .. that is for next time round.
TeaLight Holder Box Card

The tutorial can be found here
TeaLight Box Card Tutorial

The box card featured in the Craft Stamper mag. is labeled as "A gift for him" I was needing to make something more feminine - The gift to go inside the box as featured in the Mag. article is Ferrero Rocher of which I had .. so I got cracking .. I am not really at all good at following instructions, even basic ones can flummux me at times! To say I found the tutorial hard to follow was indeed very true - I had thought I got everything right, the most important being the measurements for the box/scoring lines etc. I cannot have done so as I cannot get the Ferreo Rocher to fit in the box ..... the box is too small or the chocs too big - ever which way you look at it So I have had to rethink of which Chocs. to put in. I put in some of the chocs I used for choc. boxes. I placed the chocs in a cellophane bag and placed in the box that way. No matter that the Ferreo Rocher didn't fit the box .. I so, so enjoyed making this box card, Has taken me a couple of nights to complete. I am most definately going to be making some more - fingers crossed I can learn from my mistakes 1st time round and get the Ferrero Rocher to fit the box

This is my finished box card.

 List of Supplies

Base - White Card
Basic Grey Scarlets Letter 12x12 card
Marbled card - Totally forgotten the company's name
Cosmic Shimmer scraps
Distress ink pads
Versafine Black Ink Pad
Versafine Clear
Copper Embossing powder
Fancy Pants Flourish Clear RS
'Definition' clear RS
rubbadubbadoo 'word' rubber stamps
Scor-Pal
Marianne Designs Frame Die
Acetate
*Index Press Studs - these were a charity shop purchase - they are some sort of office supply - not sure how they are used in todays offices ?* with these I pressed into your project design area - lightweight card etc. and then press  'prongs' flat the underside side - total bargain 100 for a mere 99p
Krylon Pen
Organza Ribbon
Artistic Stamper Chipboard Wings
Sizzix Sizzlits Dies - Hearts
Boss Kutz Die - Key
Sizzix and Big Shot Tag Dies - Tags
Mulberry flowers
Pins
Martha Stewart Leaf Punch
Pearl brad
*SU  Punch
* Brad
Silver Chain
'Findings' to attach chain to tag/to add other embellishments
'Made with Love' Charm
Lace
Altered Element Paper embossed wings
and finally ..

Chocolates

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge Week 2

It's week 2 of Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge
this weeks theme is to create a card using either a 'freebie' or something 'recycled'
I have used the 'Freebie Cover Stamp' from Craft Stamper November 2010 Issue

This month’s free cover mount stamp is an elegant Christmas Baubles stamp designed by Glenda Waterworth for Elusive Images.

For inspriation I used one of Glenda's fabulous 'Free Stamp Makes' featured in the magazine. I did not have any of the suggested supplies apart from the 'Frebbie' Elegant Christmas Baubles' and Stream Adirondack oh and the base card. I supplemented the following of suggested supplies
'stickles' for Twinkling H2O's
'Momento' Bahama Blue/Grape Jelly ink pads for Distress ink pads
Elusive images 'sentiment' RS for a sentiment by Elyzbells
Artylicious Spirit of Christmas for  Papermania Capsule collection
 

I ended up using a different 'flourish' RS for the first mat as I just did not think of
using the flourish from the beautiful RS. I used 'ink dusters' as the
belding tool for the distress inks, cannot find my usual blending tool!







 

I used 'Twinking H2O's instead of the suggested
Stickles, I then added some 'gems' to add a bit of 'life' and
dimension to the image.







  

List of Supplies  

A5 linen base card
Copper Card
Nesties
Elusive Images elegant Christmas Baubles RS
Elzybells Circle Sentiment Clear/word RS
Dusty Concord Distress InkPad
Tumbler Distress Ink Pad
Stream Adironack Ink Pad
Twinkling H20s
Flourish RS by 'Trimcraft'
Papermania 'Capsule' Patterened Papers
Gems
'Ink Dusters'
SU label punch
 Button

HandMade Buttons - Makin Clay

I was inspired to make some buttons after seeing a feature in this months 'Craft Stamper' Dec. Issue Craft Stamper

 I havn't used Kars Makin Clay before so wasn't sure what to expect as to ease of use etc. Thankfully, It wasn't too difficult. Once rolled out I Rubber stamped images onto this then used some small cutters to make the 'buttons' Once air dried (approx 24hrs) I coloured the buttons using Perfect Pearls, metallic rub-on. I have left 2 of them 'naked' To seal I used a cheap hair spray and allowed to dry. I made the button cards, I wanted to have something 'bold' hence the vivid colours, I have also have overstamped using versamark and then brushing over with perfect pearls to soften it a little then attached to the card. I have made the buttons as a gift for a crafty friend - I will certainly be having a go with these again.

Craft Stamper has some Vintage sewing ephemera consisting of 3 'button cards'
I may use next time round.

List of Supplies

Kars Makin Clay - Natrual

Range of mini metal cutters

Fancy Pants Clear RS

Tim Holtz RS

Dye InkPads

Versamark 

Perfect Pearls 

Metallic Rub-On

Glue Pad 

Krylon Pen

'Made with Love' Charms

Cheap Hairspray

Needle and Thread 

White Card