Christmas Gift Box

Hello Everyone, hope your week is going along nicely.  Here is a sweet little gift box and some tea light candles we made at the Christmas in July class I held earlier this week.  The tea light candles are in a plastic holder instead of the usual aluminium which works nicely when you use the coloured candles.  The white candles are citronella scented and the red candles are strawberry, they smell great.  This is a nice but practical little gift.

Project Recipe:
Stamps: Beautiful Season
Ink:  Lucky Limeade
Card: Pear Pizzazz, Whisper White, Twitterpated DSP, Silver Glimmer Card
Big Shot etc: Gift Box #2
Punches: Curly Label, Eyelet Border
Accessories: Pear Pizzazz, Cherry Cobbler Markers, Cherry Cobbler, Dotted Scallop Ribbon, Adhesive, Dimensionals

Christmas in July

Hi All, hope you've had a great weekend.  Mines been very productive, did some cooking and a bit of a spring cleanup and also had a Christmas in July class on Saturday morning.  Thanks to the ladies that came along and had some fun.  I'm also holding this same class tomorrow evening Monday night at 7pm, I still have some spaces available if you're interested contact me on 9844 8878.

We used one of my favourite Christmas stamp sets for this class the Beautiful Season stamp set.  I so love the gorgeous bird and mistletoe image.  I used a sketch from Mojo Monday click on this link to see the sketch Mojo Monday Sketch 248. 

Project Recipe:
Stamps:  Beautiful Season
Ink:  Early Espresso, Pear Pizzazz
Card: Basic Grey, Cherry Cobbler, Pear Pizzazz, Whisper White, Twitterpated DSP
Big Shot etc: Petals a Plenty Embossing Folder, Labels Collection Framelits
Punches: Scallop Trim Border
Accessories: Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Pear Pizzazz & Cherry Cobbler Markers, Sponge Daubers, Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding Ribbon, Frost White Shimmer Paint (mixed with Isocol to make a spritz spray), Dimensionals

Sweet Cupcakes

Hi All, my post today is of a 3D cupcake I made as a swap for convention.  It was also a project we made at this months stamp club.  It is a handy little cupcake I designed for last years convention, this year I made a couple of little changes to the look of the top of the cupcake and of course new colours and DSP.  I'll share last years cupcake with you in another post.  But here is the 2012 version...

This sweet little cupcake is just the perfect size to hold a little container of Dazzling Diamonds or Embossing Powder, such a cute little gift.  Here's a peak of how it looks with the lid open.

1. To make this cupcake I have used the 2 3/8" Scallop Circle Punch and folded up the scallops to form the base. 
2. I have then adhered a 1cm x 18.8cm strip of card to the inside of the scallops. 
3. I have then adhered a strip of card 3.2cm x 18.8cm on the outside of the scallops.  The two strips help provide you with a nice firm base and reinforcement for the sides of your box. 
4. Ive crimped a piece of Twitterpated DSP and adhered to the outside. 
5. The flower top is made using 9 x 2 3/8" Scallop Circles - 3 in Whisper White, 3 in Pool Party and 3 in Island Indigo.  Ive daubed the Whisper White with Pool Party Ink and daubed the Pool Party & Island Indigo with Island Indigo ink.
6. Pierce a hole through the centre of each Scallop Circle
7. Spritz with Shimmer Spritz or Water and scrunch and then unscrunch each Scallop Circle.
8. Push a brad through the centre Whisper White on first then Pool Party and lastly Island Indigo.
9. Scrunch up each Scallop Circle individually (make sure the first one is quite small). Then press out the scallops to look like a flower.
10. Fold a 7cm x 2.4 cm rectangle in half this is the hinge for the lid and adhere between the middle of two Scallop Circles.
11. Lastly adhere your flower to the top.

Project Recipe:
Ink:  Island Indigo, Pool Party
Card: Island Indigo, Pool Party, Whisper White, Twitterpated DSP
Punches: 2 3/8” Scallop Circle
Accessories: Sponge Dauber, Crimper, Piercing Tool, Matt Pack, Metallic Brads, Frost White Shimmer Paint (mixed with Isocol to may Spritz), Sticky Strip

Mocha Grunge Rock

Hiya Everyone, hasn't the weather been gorgeous lately.  So much sunshine it's very nice to see especially when it's still a bit chilly out.  Definitely no cause to complain about the weather here lately.  During the week has been overcast and miserable and the weekends glorious... looks like this week is the turnabout a glorious week and they are predicting rain and chilly weather for the weekend.  A good excuse to stay in and cook, stamp or while away the time with a bit of company or a good book.

Today's card was one I made a bit ago, we made this card for Stamp Club last month and it was also one of my swaps for convention.  Every convention I try to make at least one masculine inspired card.  This year my Mocha Morning/Grunge Rock combination was the one.

I so love our DSP and Specialty DSP in the current catalogues they make projects look so great and make colour co-ordination so easy.  Sorry that the photo is a bit dark I couldn't seem to get the angle right no matter how I tried it... woopsie.  You can see what looks like little smudges on the Very Vanilla panel behind the guitar it's actually Gold Glow Smooch Spritz.

Project Recipe:
Stamps: Grunge Rock
Ink:  Soft Suede
Card: Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Very Vanilla, Basic Black, Mocha Morning Specialty DSP
Punches: Pinking Hearts Border Punch, 1 ¼” Circle Punch

Accessories: Gold Glow Smooch Spritz, Crumb Cake Taffeta, Dimensionals, Paper Snips, Adhesive

Enjoy the rest of the week and especially the weekend, make the most of the sunshine while you can.