Just a few more

 Stampin Up paper, Altenew stamp

 Sorry, just realised this one is a bit out of focus! Altenew flowers and leaves stamps, Sentiment Papertrey ink

 Altenew Flower stamp, sentiment from stash, origin unknown.

Leaf stamp - MFT and background paper Stampin Up. The rest were bits and bobs I picked up from a $2 shop.

Variations on a theme. Day 1

Two stamps from Hero Arts and their Ombre ink pads, a few hours and this is what I came up with. The beautiful stamp scenes and the great inks make it a breeze to whip through your Christmas card making.

Let's celebrate! Day 1.

Due to various commitments and holiday, my friends and I were unable to get together before Christmas to exchange presents, so we decided to set a date in the new year. This also enabled us to wait for the Stampin Up sale a bration so we could get some new products. Over the next three days, I will be showing the packaging I have made to hold the new purchases.

 Embossing folder

 Sweets
I made a template to create this item from a chocolate box I received at Christmas.

 Ribbon spool

 Bow punch (Front)

 Back

More chevron gift bags

 I made larger bags this time and used the Background Basic Chevron Stamp set from Papertrey Ink.
















Love this stamp set - Delightful Dahlias (and the additions set) another Papertrey Ink design. Stamped on Stampin Up! cardstock, Pink Pirouette with Real Red and Cherry Cobbler as the accent colours. The leaves are Lucky Limeade and Old Olive. Die cut leaf swirl from Fancy That dies.

Just a change of arrangement on this bag, this time using a Stampin Up! punch for the sentiment.

I will have a gift box to show you soon using the Delightful dahlias stamp set.

Gift bags

 I have seen these little gift bags for sale but thought they were a tad expensive. Instead I bought a metre of calico for $3.99, brought my sewing machine out of hibernation and whipped up 12 bags, six each of two sizes.

 The first one I stamped with pine cones and branches

and the second with holly leaves, berries and a flourish. Both of these bags use Waltzing Mouse stamps apart from the flourish which is Inkadinkadoo.

I took apart a small flat bottomed paper bag to make a template for myself and created this cute little gift bag. I should have take a side a side view to give you a better view, never mind I am sure you get the gist.

A close up of the tag, I double stamped the sentiment to give it a shadow.

Sentiment stamp - Waltzing Mouse

Star die - Memory box

Zig Zag edging and die cut for sentiment - Stampin Up 

Paper - Collage Press

Thank you card

Just a short post today with a card I made recently for a friend. My poor old punch is suffering, I now need to stand on it to get a better quality cut. I think it is time to throw it away and buy a new one, unless anyone has a good tip on how to sharpen it. I have tried the tin foil approach and have never found it particularly successful.

Stampin Up cardstock - Soft Suede and Baked Brown Sugar

Stampin Up ribbon - Soft Suede

Thank you stamp - Papertey Ink

Punch - Martha Stewart

Cream card, button and rose -unknown

Birthday packaging

 It was my dear friend Christine's birthday on Wednesday of this week and she wanted Stampin Up! buttons. To start with I was just going to put them in a decorated bag but then decided I would make a purpose made box for them.

The hanging star dies are from Memory Box, they are so cure, aren't they? I plaited the twine (The Twinery) before adhering it to the box because it is thicker it makes it easier to apply the adhesive.

I first cut the holes for the containers by drawing around them but realised when I assembled it that they needed a little more wriggle room in order to go in and out easily, so I had to take it apart and make them bigger. A good tip to remember if you are going to have a go at making it yourself.

 My photo of them does make them seem wonky but they do look better in the flesh.

Here is the card I made for Christine. Somehow I have failed to edit this correctly and the colours look a little dull, they are actually quite bright and cheery.

All products used were Stampin Up! other than those I have mentioned separately in the post.

Packaging

I have been a bit quiet on the old blog of late, life just seems to keep getting in the way. Today I have aside some time to get my photos off the camera and onto the computer and then the blog. It was a toss up between that and housework, so you can see what won. Here are some packaging examples I have made recently to hold items purchased by friends from my website, any excuse to create, right!

This bag uses the Harvest berries stamp and die set from Papertrey Ink, with the addition of a flower punch. I originally just stamped it on the bag but the bag was slightly glossy and the ink wasn't drying properly despite using a heat gun so I gave up and used the dies cuts instead.

This bas uses the Fabulous Flourishes stamp set from Papertrey Ink, MFT flourish die, Stampin Up framelits, butterfly stamp and punch. The antenna on the butterfly is from a butterfly die by Memory Box. The sentiment is from a set by Flourishes. Flourish seems to be a recurring theme on this one!

 

Third and final example for today creating a Papertrey Ink clean sweep, because this item was stamped with their Rosie Posie set. The small white flourish is from their Fabulous Flourishes set. The leaves and wreath are Memory box dies.The Crumb Cake base for the wreath has been cut with a Stampin Up framelit. Last but not least, a fab stamping set just for paper crafters from Woodware.

Memory box dies available here 

Thank you card

Here is a thank you card I created with a birthday gift from my good friend Judy. It is a Sizzix/Hero Arts stamps and die combo that I had had my eye on for some time. It stamps beautifully and layers up very easily. I finished the card off with some Stampin Up paper and card.

Pressie packaging

 Went out with my good friend Leanne for lunch at Warren Glen in Warrandyte on Friday 15th to celebrate her birthday. This is the wrapping for her presents. On this I have used a Cherry Lynn doily die and Stampin up Stamp and label die. The leaves are Fresh foliage by Memory box available here

This package is layers of tissue paper with the top layer stamped with Daydream medallions by Stampin Up. The large doily is Martha Stewart and the small one MFT. I have used the fresh foliage die again.

Packaging

 I had some products to deliver to a friend and created this packaging to hold them. I stamped all over a plain craft bag (buy from Coles in packs of 100) with doily stamps from several sets (mostly Paper TreyIink with a little Stampin Up)

 I closed the bag with a large doily and staple and then made a tag to cover the staple. The tag was cut from a Stampin Up die and the stamps used were Paper Trey Ink. The Kraft doily was cut using an MFT die, topped with an SU punch and a bit of bling.

Close up of one of the stamps.

Last of this years Christmas layouts

This layout covers Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. The basics of the layout came from a kit I purchased from Stampin Up! and I teamed it with Kaiser Christmas Paper.

This layout is from Christmas afternoon down on the beach. The beach huts were from Silhoutte and the grass behind the sand is actually an icicle die but it worked just fine for this layout.

Workshops

I am due to do a couple of workshops over the next few months and I thought I would show you the display board I have made to showcase what we will make.

Cover case

Here is my version of the cover shot on the SU Holiday catalogue. I used the Ornament Keepsakes bundle, Mixed Medley stamp set, snow flurry bigz die and the 11/4 Scallop circle punch. I took the snowflake dies apart and only used five points instead of six. It looks much better in reality than this photo shows.

It's a wrap

 I created some of my own Christmas wrapping paper using the new SU stamp sets - Snowflake Soiree and Joyous Celebrations. I brought ordinary brown paper and stamped randomly. I was very pleased with the finished result.

I wrapped a parcel and decorated it with tissue paper and die cut shapes.

Lastly I made a tissue paper flower using the new framelits - Floral flames.Cutting four layers of each die and then holding them together with a brad in the centre. I pulled up and shaped each layer individually, time consuming but worth it. I love the effect the finished flower has.

A card for a friend

Here is a birthday card I made for my friend Fiona who works with me.
The green paper, sentiment stamp and tag are from Kaiser craft.
Quatrefoil die is Papertrey Ink which has been die cut from Pool Party paper with Pool party seam binding both from SU.

This are Lauren and Damian on Valentines Day, photo taken at a restaurant in Brighton.
Apologies for the wonky photo editing, some days I get it spot on and other day,well, I think you can see!!

Paper and Ribbon SU
Bird and Cameo - Websters pages
Flourish die - Papertrey Ink
Chipboard sentiments - This and That by Echo Park
Title cut on my Silhoutte