Scented tarts gift box

 This is for my daughter in law Emma`s birthday today.

She is the mother to be, that is expecting our second grandson .

you can see the new baby card that I made  ready for them HERE.

Well the little man was due last week and still no sign of him arriving.

We are all off out for a Birthday Meal tonight ,I hope he does not decide to arrive in the middle of it.

Emma said she is finishing her meal no matter what.

 Marie over at simply me has done a fab tutorial on how to make this book card, you can find it 

HERE.

The topper comes from crafter`s companion popcorn CD along with the backing papers , I have also used a few backing papers from Bearly mine 

 I bought Emma a Yankee Candles Tart burner, so filled the box up with some different scented tart

Here we have a close up of the front , the flowers are from Wild orchid crafts.

Thanks for looking

Challenges Entered

Art impressions- funky folds
Forever friends- Animals
Cooking up with Katie- anything but a card
Crafting for all seasons- Texture
Bearly mine challenges, anything but a card

Christmas Gift Box Tutorial

 Every Wednesday Over on Crafter Companion Forum at about 7.30pm we have a live craft event.

The members follow the on-screen step by step instruction to make a craft item,.

Best thing is we don't know what we are making.

Last week Karen did the tutorial and the girls made this little folded box, 

Well I just had to have a go myself, It is so easy thanks to Karen`s great instructions and step by step photos.

 I used Crafter`s Companion Humphrey s Christmas CD to print the box and toppers.

I just needed to add some glitter and some pretty ribbon as finishing touches

Here is a close up of the Decoupage all glittered up.

 This box, its so easy to make using 2 A4 sheets of printed card stock.

Well I searched Karens blog for a tutorial on how to do it so that I could give you all a link.
And here it is


Karen s Tutorial

Challenges Entered into

Crafter Companion- Let it Snow
Bearly mine challenges -anything goes
Forever friends- animals
Cooking up with Katie- anything but a card
Art Impressions- funky folds

Stamp n doodle embossing challenge

 This weeks Challenge over on Stamp n Doodle is Embossing it can be Wet or dry Embossing.

So get making your cards Now ready for when Audrey puts the challenge up

The Image I have used is Pet shopping soon to be in the store HERE

I have coloured it using Spectrum Noir pens.

I used cutlebugs embossing folder swiss dots for my background mat.

The sentiment is from Create with TLC, 

So pop over to our challenge blog and show us what you have made you could win some free

New Baby Card

 This is the card that I have made ready for my Grandsons arrival.
He is due today, but looks like he is going to keep us waiting a few more days.

The top photo is of the box all closed up with the card inside

 This is the front of the card, all the images and backing papers are from Crafters Companion Humphrey's Corner CDs 

 These two photos show the the card open

 In the photo below you can see the first two sections, I had to take the toppers into another graphic program to change the sizes a little, but this is very easy to do with CC CDs

 Here we have the next two sections of the card, I do love the high chair and crib toppers so much

 In these two photos you can see the back four panels/

I have also added a few bows and flowers to finish each panel off

 In the bottom photo you can see how the card looks open from above

 This last photo is the back of the card,this was where I chose to put our message

Pam has done a great tutorial on how to make this card you can see it on her blog here along with a few others

http://hookedonkrafts.blogspot.com/2011/09/tutorial-double-pop-out-card.html

Thank you Pam

Stamp n Doodles challenge

We have a Halloween theme again at Stamp n Doodles blog this week

So do pop over and join in the fun

this week the DT got to play with Frankenstein Parker

This time I made my image a little larger to be added to the front of this Kraft goodie bag.

I though it would be fun to do something different from a card

 My image has been coloured with spectrum noir pens, and the sentiment and bats came from a Craft Artist digi kit.

they were the perfect thing for this project

So pop on over to the Stamp n doodle blog and have a play along you dont have to use a Stamp n doodle digi but get two entries into the competition if you do.

Challenges entered

Bearly mine- anything but a card 
Scrap creations-Use a digi
Shopping our stash - Halloween
the stamping boutique - Halloween 
Crafty boots_Halloween
Make it Monday- anything goes

Show me 47

 Sassy Cheryl has a show me what you are working on every Thursday .

This week I am joining in the fun

In the photo above you can see two of the card that I have just finished this morning.

I have turned around the large bag as this is for a DT Challenge coming next week,So pop back to see how it looks.

I also have some blue beads and a watch face, I am leaving it on my desk to encourage me to get it made up and finished, I have been outting it off for two weeks now so should really crack on with it.

I was just aboput to colour this Stamp fairy image when I decided to go blog hopping, so will be getting back to that later this afternoon.

Snapped a few photos of the country companions card

 This was designed on the PC using Digital Designer . 

Entered into

Sassy Cheryl`s - Show me

Ruby rainbow- cute cuddly

Would you like a Brew

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With Halloween just around the corner. I was looking for some nice Halloween themed images,I just love this image from the Stamp fairy, as soon as I saw him I just had to get him, I wonder what he is brewing in the cauldron of his.

I have coloured him with Spectrum Noir and a few pro markers.

The bubbles from his pot and the stars on his hat have been glittered with glamour dust.

The background is fron a digi kit that has been on my PC for ages so not sure where I got it from sorry

Just a quick close up of the image.
This will be on the mantelpiece along with another project that I have done for  Stamp n Doodles DT ready for next weeks challenge

I have entered this card into the following challenges

Stamp fairy challenge- Spooky, scary, Halloween

crafting for all seasons- Halloween 

Divas by design- something spooky

more than favours- Halloween 

7 kids collage fund- Halloween

Wimsical Wednesday-Halloween

Stamp-n-Doodle time

 Well it time for another Stamp-n-doodle challenge

Our brief was to

 Make it a Gothic Theme, using only the following colors: Black, Gray, Purple, Maroon, Pink

I just love the Digi we had to work with this week 

Vampires

I coloured the image using spectrum noir pens using lots of shades or purples, lilac and pinks for her dress

The wings are all glittered up with glamour dust

I wanted the hair to look really dark and Gothic, but could not resist adding streaks of glitter  

 the Backing papers are all from Nitwits collections

Just love the bat just look at his bow tie.

So pop over to the STAMP N DOODLES BLOG and join in, you could win yourself some free Digi images to play with