Birthday Box

Thought I'd share with you today the gift box that I made for a party my youngest is going to. It isn't for a close friend of hers so we really didn't know what to get for the birthday girl so the box holds a little birthday kit :- a disposable camera a small birthday photo album and a box of Maltesers.

I should have photographed the inside of the box,I'm really not sure why I didn't think of it.

The box lid and base were each made from a piece of A4 card,I then used another piece of A4 cut into strips around the inside of the box to give it more height and for the lid to sit onto.

Before assembling the lid I did something I will never ever do again, I abused my Martha Stewart punch by using it around the edges of the card. It does look pretty stunning but I could hear her grown with every cut! The flourishes were cut from the same paper as the edge strip using a large sizzix die,I then shaped it using the edge of a scoring bone. The flower was made in the same way as on this post.
I am using the box for the following challenges:-

One Stop Craft Challenge 82. Swirls and pearls, Swirly flourishes and pearl flower centre.

Paper Garden Projects, Fourth Friday,Fun Challenge, Something girlie.

I really enjoyed making this project,couldn't do it without my faithful old Fiskars cutter/scorer.

Hope everyone has had a good Bank Holiday,thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

Vincent Van Gogh

I so love sunflowers,they make me feel happy! I don't know if you've ever watched the film "Calendar Girls" but I loved the idea of giving the mourners sunflower seeds so that they could plant them in their gardens to remember John.
This lovely image is, yes, you've guessed it, another in set Suzy 2 by Marij Rahder.


I'm not sure if this card is right, I loved it when I sat it on my windowsill but I somehow feel that it looks a bit off balance now that I can see it photographed. Maybe it's just because it is a bit minimalistic for me. I've been following a blog "Simplicity" the lady makes the most amazing one layer cards, I recommend you check this blog out. I suppose that this is the nearest that I can get to making one,apart from anything else the Copic Ciao's bleed through the paper so I needed to mat the image anyway.

I'm using this card for the following challenges:-

Crafty Calendar Challenge 8, Great Outdoors.

Cute card Thursday Challenge 114, No design papers.

Crafty Creations Challenge 69, Use your favourite stamp.

Thanks for stopping by,

enjoy the Bank Holiday tomorrow,

Julie.x

Forest Gump.

When she first started at Secondary School my eldest daughter became great friends with Genevieve,Geni for short. I can just see them sat on the sofa in their awful stripey blue school blouses,giggling,sharing jokes and watching films, my daughter quoting Forest from
Forest Gump,her favourite all time film,
"I named a boat after you Jenny"



Well little Geni turned 18 this week so I obviously needed to make a card for Gemma to give her and this is what I came up with.
I stamped two images,a girl from Suzy 2 set by Marij Rahder and the boat from the Suzy 5 set, both available from "Scrapbook Sisters" I masked off Antonio and the sailor on the image and once I'd coloured the images I slotted them together so that her arms are dangling over the edge of the boat. I used permanent markers to colour peel offs to add the name to the boat.
I'm using this card for
Mojo Monday Sketch challenge 140 and
The Shabby Tea Room week 11 ,Polka Dot Tea Party.
Thanks for stopping by on this rainy Saturday,
happy crafting,
Julie.x

Weekend Starts Here!

It's been a bit of a busy week for me,I would love to stay home and make cards all day but alas,I need to work to feed my card making addiction! Still next week is a different matter,it's half term so may just spend some of it doing what I love to do!

I made this little card for my eldest daughter's friend, it was one of those cards that just happened an easy peasy one too. The lovely butterfly is from Suzy 2 set of stamps by Marij Rahder,I really must get around to playing with some of the other images in this set,they are gorgeous,will make that my challenge for next week maybe. I'm going to use this card for several challenges:-
Y.N.S. Challenge17 to use a border punch,I used my Martha Stewart,
Stamp Something Challenge where you had to follow a birthday recipe.
The Crafty Pad Challenge 72, over the edge,
Flutter by Wednesday 111, to use a butterfly in the design,
A Spoon Full Of Sugar challenge 105, Celebration and
Allsorts Challenge week 53, To use a tag in the design.
My word,that's the most challenges that I have ever entered with one card but then I have to make up for going almost a week without entering one.
Thanks for stopping by and taking a look at my little blog,
enjoy the weekend,
Julie.x

Sunny Sunday

Thought with all this sunshine I'd take an outside photo of my second entry for A Gem Of A Challenge 4 Apple Mimi looks a little overdressed for the sunshine though lol!

I added some clear Dew drop gems over her buttons to give dimension and used some 3d glaze to the apples to make them nice and shiny. I'm sorry that this is such a short post today,this is my second attempt at posting,lost the last in Cyber Space,lol!.
Enjoy the sunshine,
thanks for stopping by,
Julie.

I Must Be Getting Old!

Had my routine eye test this morning,only to be told,"Well you've not done too bad,most people need to wear glasses at your age!" lol blooming cheek,wasn't sure whether I wanted to laugh or cry so smiled politely and took a few gulps hoping not to let myself down with a few tears ( I'm sure the old hormones are also kicking in too) Told Mr B. who said,"that's good,maybe you wont take so long on the blogging once you can see the screen better then you might get time to do a bit of the ironing done too!" I think he was only joking,he does know better as he quickly added that he'd bring takeaway home tonight,that's good, I might make some cards tonight then!

Made this card especially for a challenge over at A Gem Of A Challenge 4 where the challenge is to make a card using Pink Burgundy and Green.They are also looking for a new design team member if anyone else fancies entering. Also entering this card for A Spoon Full of Sugar which specifies cute and girly,Allsorts Birthday Challenge,week 52 and Basic Grey week 20 Challenge which asks for punches to be used along with some Basic Grey products.I've used papers from their lovely Green at Heart range. Papertake Weekly Challenge is "Say it with flowers" I made my own flower,Check out this LINK to Die Cut Dreams Blog if you want to find out how it was done.So very easy but with beautiful results.
I'm not sure what I've done to change my text to this fancy italic writing but then I make cards,I don't claim to be a computer Wizz! Hope it doesn't look too bad as a post,will try to do better next time. (Maybe I'll be a computer Wizz when I pick up my Glasses!)
Thanks for stopping by,
catch you later,
Julie x

Nearly 1000!!!

Had to post tonight,I so wanted to get 1000 visitors before bedtime! My little Nephew will be 25 this week so I knocked up this little card for this occasion using another of my rather lovely stamps by Marij Rahder,I so love this chap,don't you think he looks Welsh!!! don't ask me why but I could hear his accent as I placed him on the card.! A little more practice is needed I think on the colouring of Motorbikes! As I have quite a few bike mad Nephews,I'm sure this will happen before long!
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I'm going to use this card for A Spoon Full Of Sugar Challenge No 103 which is a recipe for a card to include 3 papers and 3 buttons.Also the Allsorts Challenge Week 52 which is for a card for a birthday. I think this short post will have to do me for tonight as my stash is rather spread out and I've a few other little jobs that need to be done before I can go to bed tonight,it's a hard life,lol!

Thanks for stopping by

Julie.x