Christmas Table Place Names

Hello and welcome back....

I have been busy preparing for Christmas day, we are spending Christmas with my Best Friend and her family so I will be away from home for a week so this could be my last post for a while....maybe...
So my friend decided we needed place cards for the Christmas table.....

So here they are..... using two of my favourite stamp sets, Santa's Gifts and Snow Place. I did a bit of brayering, I masked off the bottom part of the Place card and brayered Soft Sky on the top part, then stamped the trees from the Happy Scenes stamp set in Garden Green.

 

I removed the mask and added some snow detail to the trees and ground using a white gel pen. The names were made using the Rotary Alphabet Stamp and Word Window Punch.

 

I decided to do half of them with Penguins on and half with Reindeers on, I stamped them in Basic Black and then used a blender pen to colour them in.

And I couldn't forget that little bird, here I made him a little Robin....

I think everyone liked them....

I have listed all the products used to make them below, but hurry because there is only 9 more days left to order from the Autumn/Winter catalogue and then they are gone....

Hope you like, thanks for stopping by...
Happy Crafting X

Curvy Keepsake Wednesday

Hello and welcome back to another Curvy Keepsake Wednesday,

This weeks box features the beautiful Wonderland Stamp Set, you so need this set if not for those gorgeous trees then for the Antlers to make your Penguins into Rudolf the Red Nose Penguin....lol.

 

These would be great filled with treats on your Christmas table, or for favours at a winter wedding...

 

I cut out two parts for each box out of Soft Sky card, and then using versamark ink I stamped the trees on each panel of the box, (I masked off one panel whilst working on the other.) Then I sprinkled White Embossing powder over the image and heated it to set it. I did this for each panel individually.

 

Then once all the trees had been done I stamped snowflakes on each panel and heat embossed those with White Embossing Powder too.

 

I stuck each box together using Tombow Glue. Then I cut out two trees for each box out of soft sky card using the Perfect Pines Framelits Dies. I used the smallest tree die first and then I used the die which cuts out little circles on three of the trees I had cut out already to create a little tag.

 

I added some stitch detail to the other three trees and tied them together with White Bakers Twine and attached them to the boxes.

 

And there we have the finished boxes so beautiful, I love them....

I hope you like this weeks Curvy Keepsake Box, thanks for stopping by....
Happy Crafting X

Gold Curvy Keepsake Boxes

Hello and welcome back...

I am sharing the Gold Curvy Keepsake Boxes today, I felt yesterday's post was getting a bit long so decided to post the Gold ones today......

 

The first has been made using Gold Glimmer Card and it's so sparkly....

 

I used a Mini Metallic Peg to attach a bow, made from Gold Glitter Ribbon, to the box. That Ribbon is just gorgeous....Just sayin'

I also added the silver star I cut out from Silver Glimmer Card to the peg...

 

Then to finish this one off I cut out Noel from Red Glimmer Card and attached it to the box. It can be used for all sorts of occasions, not just Christmas, depending on how you decide to decorate the box.

 
Oh My! this next box is just so pretty, again if you don't want to emboss the box it looks great as is, but I just love what the Boho Chic Embossing Folder has done to make it just that little bit more special.

 

I teamed it with some Gold Sequin Trim....

 

Then using the same method as yesterday I cut out a Silver Foil Card Star Frame and stuck a Seasons Greeting to it using a glue dot. I may go back and redo the sentiment using Silver or gold embossing powder, I think it will look better.

 

I tied a bow made of 1/8" Gold Ribbon to the Gold peg and attached everything to the box using the peg....

 

These have got to be amongst my favourite boxes so far and definatly on my list for the Christmas Table this year....

 



 

So which is your favourite and have you been inspired to make some gorgeous boxes...I do hope so.

I have listed everything I have used to make these boxes here, just click on a product to go directly to my online shop, if you have any queries don't hesitate to contact me, I would love to hear from you.

 



Thanks for stopping by....
Happy Crafting X

Curvy Keepsake Wednesday.

Hello and welcome back to another Curvy Keepsake Wednesday....

This week I have gone all sparkly...lol. Just look at these.....

 

Don't they look amazing, this die is so versatile as you have seen over the past few weeks you can literally turn it in to anything you want to.......and you are not limited to your own imagination, you have the world of Pinterest and thousands of other peoples imaginations too, so you will never be short of inspiration.

 



 

This first box has been made using Stampin' Up! Silver Glimmer Paper, (not sure why they call it paper because its a sturdy card) and it is gorgeous, these photos don't show how glitter it is.

 

I made up the box as normal but I used Fast Fuse to stick it together as Tombow struggles with glitter card..

 
I teamed it with some Silver Sequin Trim and made a tag using one of the frames from the Chalk Talk Framelits. I cut out the 25 using the Little Numbers Thinlits, I used Silver Foil Sheets for the tag and tied it on to the box with 1/8" Silver Ribbon.

 

Isn't it beautiful...and it could be perfect as a favour at a 25th Wedding Anniversary Party, imagine these on your table at Christmas........

 

I used the Silver Foil Sheets for this box, now you don't have to emboss them as they look fab, but they do look amazing embossed, I used the Lucky Stars Embossing Folder for this box and it looks so good...

 

For the tag I used the middle two dies from the Stars Framelits, I cut the larger of the two out of Silver Foil card, then I cut the smaller out of Silver Glimmer card, when you cut out the star it will leave an imprint on the scrap that's left, if you carefully cut around this you get a star frame, which I used to frame the Rock Star sentiment.

 

I used the 1/8" Silver Ribbon to attach it to the box.

 

So many uses for this box a birthday, Christmas, graduation, any type of party......

 

 

Don't they look amazing.....

 

I have listed everything I have used to create these boxes below, If you don't have a Big Shot now is the time to ask Santa for one as it is (in my opinion) "the best", you might even be cheeky and add the Magnetic Plate to your Christmas list it make life so much easier....

Pop back tomorrow to see the Gold boxes...
Thanks for stopping by....
Happy Crafting X

Curvy Keepsake Wednesday

Hey there and welcome back to another Curvy Keepsake Wednesday....

This weeks box is a little different as its see through!

 

Its made with Acetate sheets, I used Stampin'Up! Window sheets, they go through the Big Shot just like card. I assembled my box using Fast Fuse Adhesive its not invisible but once you have something in the box you can't see the adhesive.

 

I filled mine with Mint Imperials as they kind of look like snowballs. Then I used some of the gorgeous sparkly New White Glitter Ribbon to make a bow and stuck it to a mini peg which I had coloured White.

Then I took some of the New Wooden Snowflake embellishments and heat embossed them with white embossing powder and added them to the peg with some white bakers twine.

 

Then I popped the peg on the box, the great thing about using pegs is that you can take the embellishment off the box without having to disassemble it to get to the contents...

 

If you didn't want your box to be totally see through you could always stamp something on the acetate with White Stazon.

 

I hope you like this weeks box, thanks for stopping by.....
Happy Crafting X

Curvy Keepsake Wednesday

Hello and welcome back to another Curvy Keepsake Wednesday,

This weeks box is a little Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer and he is oh so cute....

 

So I started off by cutting out the pieces for the Curvy Keepsake Box from Chocolate Chip Card and then sponged around the edges with Chocolate Chip Ink.

 

Then I punched out the pieces for the Rudolf head, I used the extra large Oval Punch for the face, the 1/2" and 1/4" circle punches for the eyes out of Whisper White and Basic Black, the 1/2" Circle for the nose out of Red Glimmer Paper and the tree trunk from the Tree Builder Punch for his antlers. The ears are cut from an extra large oval punch by putting the oval back into the punch and cutting off each end.

 

I sponged around all the pieces before assembling them as above..

 

I used the White Gel Pen to add some highlights to the eyes and then I attached the head to the box with dimensionals.

 

The trees look so good as antlers don't you think......

 

And the finished boxes such cute little Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer.....

I hope you enjoyed this weeks Curvy Keepsake Box, thanks for stopping by...
Happy Crafting X

Super Cute Gingerbread Man

Hello and welcome back....

It's been a busy weekend, crafting and otherwise, but I can't share it just yet.... I am off to Belgium in a few weeks time to the Stampin'Up Convention..."On Stage Live" and I am getting super excited. So as is the tradition of such things I have been busy making Swaps.
I have decided to make 50 which may seem a lot but when you consider there will be between 300 and 400 attendee's its really not...
Anyway I find that when doing something repetitive I like to have a little diversion so I do something a little different.. maybe sewing, crochet, Decopatch, jewellery......
So I dug out my felt and made a Gingerbread man for my Christmas Tree...

 

He is all hand stitched..ie. no glue!!!! I don't like gluing materials it just never seems to last...

Oh look I did manage to get some Stampin'Up! product in there too....lol. This lovely Ribbon is from the Autumn/Winter Catalogue, you get a reel of Red and a reel of Green perfect for Christmas for £7.25.

 

The button are Stampin'Up! too but they are from my retired stash... I have a bottle of retired SU buttons which always come in useful when doing unexpected projects...

 

 

So here we have the little chap, I think I may need to do another with a green bow...I like to have things in two's!!!!!

Thanks for stopping by, come back soon...
Happy Crafting X