Saturday 31 October 2015

sorry for the delay



Just a note to apologise for the delay in adding my Christmas creations, and the templates for my bon-bon boxes and the exploding box I did at my demos.
I have been on holiday in Scotland and also had a computer problem, but it has been away and is now fixed, so I can now keep this up to date.

Monday 12 October 2015

a commissioned handbag card



I like doing these cards, as you can go over the top with flowers.





















had to decorate a bag for it too


                                      
 



some cards made with the Tweed Gorguss collection



I like doing the pop up box cards, so here are 2 of them


details how to make these cards are in an older post.



and here is a Gorguss one made using the large parenthesis xcut dies to make the card blank, 
and using the Natures Gallery cardstock, it matches so well to the Gorguss colours.
went a bit mad with the small gems, but it looks good.




and a little card made by running through the tartan embossing folder, and inking lightly
add a few buttons a bow and hey presto...



Sunday 11 October 2015

some of my Christmas creations




below is an unusual shaped card that I love to do, it is really easy and is made from 1 piece of A4 card - just cut it in half lengthways at an angle, fold into 4, then on 1 piece cut halfway UP the first and last creases, on the other one cut DOWN halfway, then slot these together and there you go, a lovely shaped card.





above is a 6 x 6 box I made to fit the card in,
and below are pictures of the card decorated with the Folk collection










below is a card made using the new build a scene





and I used the same die set for the one below, just to prove you can use it not only for Christmas




below is a card made using the 'folk Christmas' tree stamp set




below is one made with the 'floral Christmas' collection'.
I like to do  something a little bit different.




this one is from the 'jolly Santa' collection




and one of the card kits from 'wellington'




and this is one using the stamp from the 'floral' collection




and a decoupge card from the 'folk' collection




and another using scraps from the 'folk' and the nesting hexagons, simple but striking.




and last in this little lot is a wall hanging, made with the 'floral' collection'



Saturday 10 October 2015

exploding box


sorry for the delay again, but it is here at last,
 my Christmas version of the exploding box


I like using card candy, but had to make my own because I wanted it out of the same papers,
it is just small punched circles, shaped with an embossing tool, then put on with foam pads.


the tree is made from 5 trees cut using the nesting dies from xcut - the smallest one and cut the bottom off to fit, then stuck back to back.



below is the template for the box and then the lid






Christmas creations, bon-bon box




sorry for the delay in getting this on here - holidays and computer glitches to blame, but I have put the template below for this one




this is from the Jolly Santa range







and another, with different colours







and this one is a Wellington one




these are so easy to make, the template is below, it is 21cm square, but you can make any size as long as it divides by 3, so fold as in the template and punch holes in the 4 corners, to add ribbon. The panels are 6.5cm square, for the inner fold, just cut through a square diagonally, then decorate as you wish.
Happy crafting