Ok so here is a fun way to give some Easter chocolates this year. You may have seen my Pillow box die slippers instructions that I posted some time ago well I have made some cute bunny faces to go on the front of the slippers, being autumn here it took me ages to get my feet warm last night and this idea came to mind lol. I also found out that putting these on a card can make it quite heavy so I used my new die set called Card & Photo Easel from Lifestyle crafts and it worked a treat at holding my card up! very happy :) so here are the punches i used for the bunny face.
click here of the Pillow box die Slipper instructions and enjoy!
HI all, more than a week solid of rain here with lots of local and coastal flooding along NSW and today its finally stopped and come out hot humid and steamy! very draining weather.... a lot of work outside the home and family coming and going to summer camps etc. I also got to see my older brother and my twin sister which was nice. Happy belated Australia day to all my Aussie blog readers it was so rainy that day we just ducked (pun not intended) out to visit some friends and give then a cake and lamingtons... no BBQ this year :(
Madaleine started back at senior school yr 11 only this and the next year and all our kids will have finished their schooling .... where dose time go! have a happy day Madd we will miss you... she worked almost all holidays and her bosses gave her a $50 gift voucher in appreciation of her working hard without complaining. Good on ya darl!! very proud.
Beth and Ben are relaxing before they start back at Uni, Beth goes straight back to another prac at Cessknock primary teaching grades 1 & 2 towards the end of Feb. Ben has bought himself a cool little sports car ..... still not sure how he's going to fit all his stuff in to go back to Uni though! Dave started back at traffic control just before all this rain and received in the mail a $50 appreciation gift voucher from the company thanking them for the great work they did at a bad truck accident site last month, that was nice :) anyway enough of my ravings .... here's the link where I first seen these great toilet roll pillow boxes http://bellsinspires.blogspot.com/2011/07/tutorial-tp-roll-pillow-boxes.html
Decorate these any way you wish..... cover in designer paper, paint it, glitter it, etc. To decorated mine I first ran it through an emboss folder keeping in mind there will be an emboss and emboss side to your box. I left the colour of my box the natural toilet roll look, I then cut a grapevine wreath die and wrapped it around the box added a few diamonds and lastly tied on a hand made crochet heart. These are so easy to make here's the link http://littlebirdiesecrets.blogspot.com/2010/01/how-to-crochet-heart.html
I can't read a crochet pattern all that well but I could follow this very easily, plus there's a video YES, love those instructional videos!
Hi all, having fun today with my punches and came up with this flying angel. This could also be used for valentines day by replacing the trumpet with a heart or using it as a fairy as the wings looked a little more fairyist then angel ;) All the pattern and punch details will be in the video below and you can also purchase a written pattern for only $2.95 Flying Angel punch art instructions
Blessings to you
Hi all, We all like to save a few dollars where we can so today I wanted to show you how to make those cute carrot gift boxes using the largest heart Nestibilities die instead of the expensive petal cone die. I will say though this makes a smaller box and pouch but hey it's a great alternative especially when all the kids are really interested in is whats inside! You could use the pouch to hold some money for the older kids in your life ;) and smaller is sometimes better when it come to sweets! all the details will be below and I hope you will enjoy!
Hi all, Ive seen some great heart box dies out there but you know me if i don't own it I'll see how I could make something similar with what i do have. So this is what I have done..... you will need your scallop and plain heart die set from Nestabilities and I used the largest dies from these sets. To create the insert to make this into a box please see the instructions below. The punch art lock and key are made with these punches from stampin up: (key)modern label, word window, heart to heart. (lock)Large and small oval, 1 3/8" circle and the jewelry tag. Stamps used are from this years sale.a.bration so don't forget to check out those great deals with stampin up
Lastly please pray for the people in Queensland from Port Douglas to Townville as they are just about to be hit with a category 5 cyclone, the biggest we've ever had in Australia. Your prayers are needed! all other details on this project you will find below...enjoy
Check out these great hearts made by Chris of Calla Lily Studio they are great!
Hi all, I have a new project for sale! You will love this cute little favour box for an up coming wedding, shower, or christening. With only a few supplies needed you could easily make quite a few of these fun boxes for your guests in a short time.
Hi all, two projects (not my own) to show you that i have really enjoyed doing. The first is the cute little bag from Kim, her blog is called Clearly inspired and you can find the video tutorial for this here. the second is this great pop out star made by Tami, her blog is called Stamp with Tami and she gets really excited about all her paper craft projects. You can find the video tutorial here. The above pic shows it closed and open. Last year i received this petal card
Beth on the left, so good to have her home from Uni, she keeps the fun in our family :) Madaleine in the center a solid rock she is! and Ben on the right a beautiful young man just starting to grab hold on life :) they help keep our hearts happy and are a constant reminder how God abundantly blesses.
Hi all, I was laying in bed the other night and this idea popped into my head, pillow box die slippers! and I love how they turned out ....everyone loves a favorite pair of slippers. These you could pop inside some money, a chocolate, gift card, or something small and the decorating ideas are endless! Ive made just a few.... Christmas slippers, Mothers & Fathers day slippers. You could make funny kids slippers, wedding slippers, new mum slippers, retirement slippers etc etc :) How you decorate them is only limited by your imagination!
Hi all, here is the video instructions for the elf shoe box ( sorry the resolution is not as good as other videos my son and I have been fiddling with all that ), here is the original post back in 2007...and you can get the pattern here....gotta fly been busy getting things ready for our son's year 12 formal tomorrow night, will post some pics later. enjoy! :)
Hi all, Ive had another workshop since i posted last and thought id share some more chrissy cards with you all. Plus i wanted to show you this neat box card. i first seen the instructions on stampingvideos and she had done this in a more origami style, still a great idea if you want to use those designer papers so pop over and check out her original version of this idea. Here's a pic of it open. I put some tags inside made with the Delightful Decorations stamp set from Stampin up. cool hey! :) you can download my version of the pattern here
so here are a few more cards ive been making....enjoy
and a last thought
Hi all, its another cold rainy day out today a couple of spring days have poked there head out here but that will all happen soon enough I guess. My daughter and I have been playing around with bottle caps and having heaps of fun with them so I wore one that I'd made with Stampin up DSP to a workshop a few weeks ago and ended up with another booking from that to learn how I made them. I recently did this workshop and created a gift box idea that holds the necklace and a matching card. It all went well despite having no electricity from power lines being repaired and me racing home because I forgot something...... lucky I was close to home! some days are just like that. I have done up some instructions on how I made this. It makes for a great workshop! If you live in my local area email me for workshop bookings
Bottle cap neck lace and gift box instructions $2.95
