Halloween Treats Basket

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Today I have been making baskets using the Berry Basket Bigz L, I have had this die for some time and I can't believe I have not used it until now!!! I have cut out several for Halloween and while I had the Big Shot out I thought I might as well cut a few Christmas ones as well....

I cut some Pumpkin Pie Card Stock 5" x 8 1/4" which fits over the die with minimum wastage. You will need two of these as you will put it through the Big Shot twice. (although I put them both through together and they cut through fine)

You will get two scalloped pieces and two plain pieces, you can  use either, I chose the scalloped pieces. Then before I stuck them together I stamped the Basket, Trim and Handle with the Hardwood stamp, I masked off the bottom of the basket with Post It notes as I wanted it to be plain.

The Trim has two score lines which you can crease and you used the little tabs to stick the two pieces of trim together. You then stick the two main pieces to the trim one at a time. Lastly you add the handle, I attached mine with some tiny brads.

Then you can decorate them as you like, I stamped some white tissue paper with pumpkins and put that in the basket before adding some bags of treats.

Then I made a tag using the scalloped Tag Topper punch, added a pumpkin and some leaves and an oval which I stamped first with the Hardwood Stamp and then with Happy Halloween from the Stamp Set And Many More.

All finished, you may be able to see that one basket is stamped and the other is not... I definitely prefer the stamped basket....what about you?

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Happy Crafting X

Teddy Christmas Decoration

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Today I have a really cute Teddy Bear Christmas Decoration to share with you.....

Love this cute little chap, without his Christmas hat he would fit on an A5 card (A4 folded in 1/2), he would make a lovely card but equally he would make a lovely Christmas Decoration too.. Which is probably what I will do with him.

I made his banner with the Scalloped Tag Topper Punch and stamped it with the sentiment from the Flurry of Wishes Stamp Set. I added some Cherry Cobbler Baker's Twine.

His hat is just a triangle of card with the 7/8" Scallop Circle as the pom pom and the scallop edge border punch to make the bottom of the hat.

If you would like more details about any of the projects I have made please leave a comment or e-mail me at arjay1962@sky.com and I will be happy to get back to you.

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Happy Crafting X 

2015/2016 Diary

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Every year I make a Diary for the next year, and as I worked in a school my year always goes from August to July....


To make my diary I usually buy a cheap diary ( this one cost me £1.75 from Tesco) then I pull it apart discard any bits I don't want, add a few lined pages for notes etc.. and then bind it with my Bind It All Machine (which I have had for years and well worth the investment). I also tend to recycle the binding combs, so you might be able to see that the comb on this one is two holes short which I did't notice until too late....lol

So I started by covering my front and back boards with the stunning English Garden DSP and if you are a regular follower of my blog you will know that blue is my favourite colour..so rather pleased with this...
TIP..You can buy board but I tend to save the card from packs of DSP and the thick card from the back of A4 note pads, if the card is a little bit thin I just double it up to make it thicker..

Another favourite of mine is the Seam Binding Ribbon, I don't know what it is but I love it and more so when its blue....lol.. Here we have Night of Navy....swoon....

I used the fabulous Scalloped Tag Topper Punch to create my label and it is the perfect size for the seam binding ribbon to thread through....a little bit of Gorgeous Grunge going on there too...

And can you see what the first thing in my new diary is.....Stampin'Up! On Stage Live in Brussels...WooHoo....I'm booked and raring to go...

I like to decorate some of the pages, just to make the diary less boring and also to highlight important events like Birthdays, Anniversaries...etc,  Here I have decorated the inside front cover with the flowers from the Stamp Set Crazy About You and added a Butterfly cut out using the Butterfly Thinlits.

I hope you like my new diary I know I will enjoy using it....

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Happy Crafting X