It's a Cracker!!!

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Today I have been making these fun Mini Christmas Crackers....

Here is a box of six crackers that I made which would be great to give as a gift, especially if you filled the crackers with gifts personal to the recipients....

The box has an acetate lid so that you can see the contents, check back tomorrow for more details on how to make it.

The crackers are simplicity itself, you start with a piece of DSP 4 1/2" x 6 1/2". I used the lovely Merry Moments Designer Series Paper. Then using your scoring board score at 1",1 1/2",2" and 4 1/2", 5", 5 1/2" along the long side, then turn and score at 1", 2", 3" and 4" along the short side.

Once you have done that you can fold all the creases ready to go in the Envelope Punch Board.

Place the long side in the board and line it up at 1 1/2" and 5" and punch. Do this for each of the creases and it should look like this....

You do not punch the smallest tab which you use to glue it together...

Once glued you can push the ends in a little and it will look more like a cracker....

Put some ribbon around one end and carefully tie it into a bow.

Before tying the other end pop in the gift or chocolate and then decorate it, you could put names on them and use them as table favours..

They are so cute and ideal for any occasion not just Christmas, I'm thinking about doing some for Halloween, but they would be great for parties of all kinds...

I hope you enjoyed, pop back tomorrow to see how the box is made...
Thanks for stopping by...
Happy Crafting X

Minion Mayhem

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To a little Minion Mayhem, I don't normally make large A5 cards but I just couldn't resist making this birthday card big, if you follow my blog you will know I am Minion Mad.
I have just bought a Silhouette Cameo Cutting Machine which I have been playing with, its brilliant, you can download files for next to nothing... I Had a very basic Cricut Machine but it was very limiting and cartridges cost around £65 exch.. So when I came across the pattern for this little fellow I was hooked, especially as I have been hand cutting all my paper piecing up till now....so time consuming....

So I cut out all the pieces using Stampin'Up card stock ( Pacific Point, Daffodil Delight, Basic Black,Smoky Slate and Whisper White) and inked around the edges of each piece before sticking them together, then I used the Perpetual Birthday Calendar Stamp Set to stamp the stars in the background...

The Celebrate is a retired Stampin'Up Stamp Set, which I stamped in Pacific Point and coloured in with my  Daffodil Delight Stampin'Write Marker....

I am sooo pleased with how he came out as I did a little tinerking to the pattern, so really happy with the results...

I made an envelope with my Envelope Punch Board using a sheet of Brights Colour Collection DSP to co ordinate....

Well I hope you enjoyed today's post thanks for stopping by....
Happy Crafting X

Marvellous Minions

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Well you either love them or you hate them!!!! I'm talking Minions and I have to say that I love them.... I went to see them at the cinema and I was not disappointed. The rest of my family not so easily swayed by these cute little yellow critters....but you can't please everyone......lol
So I thought I would make some small cards, these are 10 1/2 cm square....and I think they are soooo cute...

This is Tom.

I cut a template for the body and the dungarees, and used Stampin'Up! punches for the rest.

This is Phil.

For the hair I cut small pieces of black card and stuck them to the back of his head. For his mouth I cut a large circle and then trimmed a bit off.

This is Jerry.

For the eyes I used 1/2", 1/4" and 1/8" circle punches.

This is Dave.

For the motif on his dungarees I cut a circle, then a square and finally a circle..

This is Stuart.

For his eye I used the 1", 3/4" and 1/8" circle punches. Th mouth is a tiny portion of a 1/4" circle..

This is Kevin.

He was the easiest as you can't see his dungarees or his arms as he is quite tall for a Minion....

And here they are all together, I also made matching envelopes and a little bag to keep them in....I love them I think they are really fun...

I hope you like my Minions cards, thanks for stopping by...
Happy Crafting X

Summer Silhouettes Beautiful Birthday

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I am so loving this Stamp Set Summer Silhouettes it is definitely a favourite. Now when I first saw this colour combo I wasn't too sure about it! But it is actually really pretty, Bermuda Bay and Rose Red.......What do you think..... 

The stems are stamped in Old Olive, the flowers in Rose Red and Bermuda Bay and the sentiment in Bermuda Bay and punched out with the Decorative Label Punch.

I made an envelope using my Envelope Punch Board and the Brights DSP and decorated it with the Summer Silhouettes Stamp Set to match the card...

And the finished card....beautiful....

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

Butterfly Basics Note Cards and Envelopes in a Bag.

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Today's little project is a small Hand Bag with 6   3" x 3" Note Cards.
I actually made the little bag first, just because I wanted to try out some of the New Brights Designer Series Paper Stack which I have just received.... Then of course I thought I need something to go in the bag, the paper I used just screamed Butterflies so out came The Butterfly Basics Stamp Set and before I knew it I had a bunch of 3" x 3" cards....

The bag has been made in the same was as previous bags, the size of the base is 2" x 4 1/2" scored at 1/2" on all sides. The DSP was 10" x 4". This makes a perfect little bag to hold 3" x 3" cards and envelopes.

I used the 2 3/8" Scallop Circle punch and the beautiful butterfly from Butterfly Basics, which I stamped in Bermuda Bay onto Whisper White Card Stock. This little butterfly has its own die to cut it out.

 I made 3 White and 3 Bermuda Bay Cards.

Each has a piece of the matching Bermuda Bay DSP.

I punched out 6 Scallop Circles from Whisper White Card and using my Paper Piercing Tool and Mat, I made a hole in each scallop, then using my Bermuda Bay Stampin'Write Marker I did some faux stitching around the edge.

I made some little envelopes using my Envelope Punch Board and stamped them with the butterfly to match.

So very pretty, they will make a nice gift for someone.....

I hope you liked today's cards, thanks for stopping by..
Happy Crafting X