Missing in action

Hi all sorry for the Lack of post these last few weeks.

I have been poorly With a bad chest infection.

Also Mum is not doing so well these days, so I am spending a lot of my spare time at the home visiting her.

I hope to be back crafting as soon as things settle down a bit

thank you for all your lovely comments

December Stamp Of the Month

I should of posted this yesterday, But had to spend time with my mum as she is a bit poorly.

So sorry its late 

We have a great offer on the stamp image that I have used below

 if you pop over to Store

STAMP OF THE MONTH 

Its only $1.85 You can find it by clicking the link above

I have used the song lyrics and printed them onto my backing papers.

Coloured the image with Spectrum Noir pens from crafter`s companion

Stamp n doodles challenge DT card

 This is my DT card for this weeks challenge over at stamp n doodles challenge blog

Wow this week has sure flown by

theme this week is RED and GREEN with ONE EXTRA COLOUR of choice you can also use Neutral colours For hair and skin etc

So pop over to the blog and join in 

I have used Stamp n doodles Tree Digi stamp that will be available in the STORE Soon.

I coloured the image with my Spectrum Noir Pens, added lots of green glitter to the tree, Dotted clear glitter around the image to look like snow.

I then punched out and glittered some Snow flakes to dot around the Card mats.

The Mat and image I placed at a joint slant for a change.

I used one of my Nesties to cut out the image.

Look out for  my post on Thursday, Stamp and doodle STORE have a stamp of the month at A reduced price .

I and my other DT members will be Showcasing this stamp On Thursday and I must say he is very cute and not to be missed
Challenges
Daisy doodles- christmas
Make it Monday - Anything goes
Craft your Passion - tis the season
paper ink - Christmas

Stamp n Doodle time again

We are at that time of the week again, there is another challenge just about to start over at 

stamp n doodles blog

And the theme this week is Snow

the lovely digi you see below will be available in the store soon

 As you can see I have made another one of those super easy boxes that Karen did the tutorial for

HERE

 Again I have used my Spectrum noir pens to colour the image.

Used some nesties for the mats . the background paper for the box is from nitwits and it has been printed onto card ready to be folded onto this box

To finish I just added some snowflakes and ribbon.

Then inside the box I Ripped and scrunched some tissue paper.

All ready for a special gift

Challenges

Daisy Doodles- Christmas

Make it Monday- anything goes

Make my Monday- snowflakes

Paper creations ink- Christmas

Whoopsi daisy - Christmas

A free sleigh Template

Just pop over to Card Carousel for this lovely free Santa magical sleigh card making template/

You can find out how to get the template Here

http://www.cardcarousel.co.uk/store/index.php?main_page=page&id=29

Cant wait for mine to be emailed so that i can have ao at making it.

So watch this space for my version 

A little gift

 Just love this little guy from stamp fairy 

He has been coloured in using Crafter`s Companions Spectrum Noir pens.

 The backing papers are from Crafters Companions Winter Swalk CDI used some white pearl drops on his hat fur and pom poms , this was sprinkled with glamour dust to give a real sparkle not showing to good in the photo .

I used a Martha Stewart punch for the wall he is sitting on, the top part of this it has been scored on my score board to give a brick effect, then rubbed lightly with chalk inks to bring out the bricks.

I then added some glitter along the brick edges to look like frost

I then punched out some snow flakes and added a Christmas sentiment

Challenges Stamp fairy - Glitter 

crimbo crackers - sparkle 

Crafter companions- Let it snow

creatalicious challenges,- Christmas make it sparkle

Paper shelter- Snowflakes 

Digital Tuesday- Christmas time

Tuesday taggers - Anything goes

make it Monday - Anything goes

Stamp n doodle challenge time again

Its challenge time again over at Stamp n doodles 

We are playing Tic tac toe this week

Just pick a line and add the elements to your card

 Here is mine

I went for Digi, die cut, Glitter

The image is Flying Saucers 

It will be available soon in the STORE

So come along and play at Stamp n Doodles challenge

HERE

Blog Background

Sorry back to plain old boring for awhile.

I just had an email from nitwits asking me to remove my background and header.

I had used items one of their kits that I bought a few months ago to make my Background.

They have asked me to remove it as they don't allow their stuff on the web

Seems a bit sill as I was only using it for my own personal use , and do not sell blog backgrounds for any profit.

When I put up the Background I always do a post linking back to their store to give them credit for their lovely designs.

Well if the powers that be don't want me to display their work, that's fine with me.

I will be adding another background when i have time to get one finished and uploaded

update
hated plain one , so found an old one in on my Pc that I had a few years ago.
so this will stay until I can do another

Digi scrapbook layouts

There is nothing like a new Baby in the family to get those cameras flashing.

some of these photos were crying out to be scrapped 

 Keaton and Cameron meeting for the first time.

Keats sure loved his little brother 

Keaton and baby Cameron

Keaton first meeting with his new baby brother Cameron

Our second grandson

Our second grandson arrived this morning at 4.11am weighing 6lb14oz 

Baby Cameron

Another gift box card

You can see my tutorial for this gift box

HERE

 This was the one I made last night , while hoisting  the live craft tutorial on crafter companion Forum.

The papers and toppers I have used are from nitwits collections

 This time I left the box without and acetate in the centre, just to show how pretty it can still look with just a little decoration

Thanks for stopping by

Gift box card tutorial

Gift box card

And open

Ingredients

A4 card – I have printed borderless onto both sides of my card,

I used two different patterns . But Card that co ordinates

with your topper will do.

8x8 inch or 20x20cm Card -I have printed onto this also.

Topper – Must fit 5inch or 13cm Square card, It can be birthday or

Christmas .

Acetate – 4 inches or 10cm square optional, but does look nicer

Scoring tools

DST

Scissors

step 1

take your A4 card cut the length down to 5 inches or 13cm

see photo.

Step 2

using boxer or other score board score at 5inches or 13cm, turn and score other end at 5 inches, or 13cm, fold and burnish edges it will look like photo

Step 3

take the 8inch or 20cm square card and score 3/4 inch and 2inches or 2cm and 5cm around all 4 sides. Fold and burnish all the score lines

Step 4

Look at your scored lines and at one edge of the card cut down from second score lines to second score lines, cut out the corners on both sides, see photo

step 5

at opposite end cut to match the photo,its easier to see than explain

this step,

fold in you are making a box shape, you will have to fiddle with the tabs that you just cut trimming of small bits to help it close .

see second photo , don t stick down yet.

How it will look folded ,This is the back view

Step 6

if you are using Acetate you will need to cut a hole in the centre of the front of your box, now because this is a small card if you fold in some of the scored edges this does go through my bigshot, so I was able to use one of my dies if, not you can just cut out a small centre square, stick acetate over the hole using DST .

You can see the scallop oval I cut in the step 7 photos below

If not using acetate just add another topper or embellishments to the front of the box, to make it pretty .

Step 7

fold up box, stick bottom the end with the tabs down with DST , to give the box its shape, DO NOT stick top of box.

Then put double sided tape all around the edges like in photo.

Stick to the inside back section of your folded card, see photo.

Step 8

Decorate the front of your box card with your topper and embellishments, to make pretty, I also decorate the inside cover with a pocket and some tags, or you can add another topper.

Fill box with scented tea light, or chocolates, even jewellery for Christmas or birthday presents .

Some Ferrero Collection have found their way into this box for a lucky someone.

Or add some Scented tea lights, or a jewellery gift would be very welcome im sure

Thanks for stopping by.

Please leave me a link if you make one of these, I would love to come see your creations
Challenges
Toptip Tuesday - anything goes

Small gift card box

 This is such a cute size of box 5 inch square , its great for little gifts

I have used Crafter Companions popcorn Cds for my backing papers and decoupage image

 Inside the box I have added 4 Yankee Candles scented tarts

I have added a ribbon to keep the box closed and a tag to write a message on in the pocket.
I am doing a tutorial on how to make this box card so please pop back this evening

Challenges

Top tip Tuesday - Christmas
Make it Monday- anything
Gem of a challenge - cold frosty
papertake weekly - Chrismas

Stamp n doodle challenge card

 Stamp n Doodles weekly Challenge is about to start over on the challenge blog HERE

this week its

Sparkle and Shine

So come on over to the blog and show us what you all are making

The image I have used will be available from the STORE Soon

For the background I used a cuttle bug embossing folder, This has been sprayed with my Crafters Companion iridescent spray and sparkle.

I coloured my image with Spectrum Noir pens , and used glamour dust around the edges of the mat cut using nestabilities 

thanks for looking please pop over to the store and challenge blog

Challenges entered

digital Tuesday - anything goes 

Bows and berries - Clean and simple

Crafty boots- young at heart

Make it Monday - anything goes

Stamp n fun - winter

I did it creations - winter

A gem of a challenge- cold and frosty

Catch the bug - anything goes

Ellephantastic - weather related