Exploding Boxes

Hi Crafters

Had another play with the exploding boxes for my workshop
This has been made from a 12 x 12 piece of card and decorated with coordinating papers
The corners have been cut into hearts by hand but if you own an automatic cutting machine you could use that. I am still happy to pencil around a template and cut out by hand

The workshop is at the end of October and I have a magic exploding box this one and a Christmas themed box to give ideas along with the instructions for the two sizes.

The craft days are great fun and I enjoy sharing my enthusiasm for card crafting and flowers, they are also an opportunity to get back to basics with stamping, embossing, die cutting and shaping cards for special occasions.

The centre boxes give an opportunity to  add a treat or present

They can be made as a stack as this example shows or a taller box as shown below

Here's one I have made for my husband on the occasion of our 40th anniversary

I will probably add some chocolates from Hotel Chocolate Shh it's a secret  

 

 

Happy Crafting

Dee

Flower Centres as Gift Embellishments

Hi Crafters

This lovely weather has resulted in limited crafting while I make the most of the sunshine.

So I thought I would just show you an alternative use for the flower centres I made for my large flowers

The examples below are quick to make (now I use scissors instead of a cutting machine) and very eye-catching.

This Time A Very Large Flower

Hi Crafters

Well back to paper crafting and yet more flowers

This time it a very large background flower. Saw it on YouTube by a lady called Pearls craft, and loved the centre so had to give it a go.

On the video she said she sold the flower templates but I cannot find where, as I like several of her flower designs.

I made the centre and as they worked out well I made a petal template myself and finished the flower.

What do you think??

I love it, just do not have anywhere to store it, so it will probably go to the next car boot, in the hopes it will inspire someone else.

 

Jeanine's Art Dies

Hi Crafters

At the Taunton Show I purchased a die from Jeanine's Art, (they were on the Oyster Stamps stand)
and I said I would let you see the results, so here it is

I found it relatively simple to cut, it is intricate so required several runs though the machine, but then tidied up with my pokey tool quite easily. I thought it was worth the effort as this was a very straight forward card. What do you think?
Once I had cut the design I layered onto a scalloped card and added some sparkle to the ends of the stars and a poinsettia  to add colour.

I have since purchased a couple of other dies as I liked it so much and the dies are good value.

Recycling clothes into flowers

Sorting out the wardrobe and found an old pair of culottes/shorts that are old and now too big, hurrah.

A bit old for the charity shop so I cut them into strips to make flowers.
When I sit down in the evening I will sew some flowers from the scrap fabric and pop them into my box for decorating my craft items .

I enjoy checking out new styles of flowers to make on you tube and learning how to make different leaves from ribbon.

Here are some of the end results.

Hope they inspire you to recycle

New Stash at Basement prices

Hi Crafters

Today I had a delivery from EveryCraftsaPound

Needless to say not every craft is a pound but there are many bargains to be had from this company.

If you make particular items and do particular projects it is probably not for you, But doing workshops means I need lots of everything so this company is great. You do need to spend £40 to get free postage, but the delivery, packaging and service is excellent.

The items are named goods so for example I purchased a First Edition 12 x 12 stack of papers for £5.99 when it would normally retail at £15.99.

The £1 items included sets of Santoro stamps, small dies, and some really lovely sets of ribbon 6 reels of 1 metre. The ribbon would normally retail at minimum of £4 and the stamp sets probably more.

The one thing I would caution is that new items are added Thursday/Friday and if they are great deals they sell out very quickly so if you want it, do not hesitate.

I quickly worked out that the parcel today was approximately £130 worth of goodies for £41 so I am a happy crafter.

Check out the website at www.everycraftsapound.co.uk

Dee

More Toilet Tissue Flowers

Hi Crafters

Having made a floral display from toilet tissue,(see previous post), I got to thinking about other uses and how it would be helpful to be able to make last minute corsages if you forgot to order one for a special occasion.

Using a carnation style and rose style flower I put together a floral pin/corsage. It needed some foliage and colour and although slightly cheating I thought it probable that everyone had some greenery available either in the garden, hedgerow nearly or from a houseplant, so cut 2 stems of foliage from a plant pot in the garden to finish it.

I would be happy to wear the result, so we have another use for toilet tissue flowers.