Sick, Sick, Sick... The Perfect Wallet For It!

Good evening,
I don't know how you spent Mothers Day but I did some crafting and went on one of my favourite blogs, Sabine's blog.  Love her and everything she makes.  So this is what I made....

 Now I am already for winter.  Sabine has a great tutorial on how to make them.  I have now given two away as I think they are the cutest present.  The only problem is that our tissues are bigger!  The newspaper print is the same size as Sabine's and the other two are slightly different sizes as I had two different packs of tissues but it really isn't that hard to just add a little extra length to most of your paper.

 The decoration inside, holding tissues, lollies and a tea bag

 closer look at the sentiment

 Now you can see what is inside

 On to newspaper print

And the look at the back.  So easy to make you will want to make heaps.
Thanks for stopping by.......

Valentine Window Box

Hello,
We have had another hot day today but at least there was a lovely breeze.  So today's post is a Valentine box that was made to go with this envelope card (where I can also put quite a few pictures - I have posted this one earlier).  I have been going through my stash and making that something extra to go with previously made things.  I followed a tutorial for this from Gretchen Barron, dated back in October 2001.

 The front view with heart cup and heart tags

 The back view, I have a ribbon wrapped around a brad to keep it closed.  All four flaps folded down and I wanted to do something extra with them....

 Top has a flower on top for my Mum

 Open the first flap and there is somewhere to write or put a little picture

 Second flap up and another place for photo or message

The last flap I left bare and used a 3/4" circle punch to punch half a circle to lift flap easily.  So now I just need to get the photos together over the next few weeks.
thanks for stopping by.......

Back to School Chocolate Pencils

Hello,
My computer is playing up again today, I suppose it is a couple of years old now!!!  I was going to show you another Valentine project I made but it is also only another couple of weeks away for school so I thought I would make my son's teachers (ex and present) a present.  I have seen these on heaps of blogs, starting off with Lorri's blog and then on Pintrest.
I had a friend come and play for the day and this is one thing she wanted to make (as she had seen them on Pintrest and loved them too) so I finally got to make these and every child that has come into my house has picked them up and wanted one.  I swear they will go to school with lots of dirty finger prints on them!!

The bottom one is my first attempt with a milky way bar, just had to make one before my friend got here.  Then she bought dairy roll ups and kisses and then we had some fun.
I rolled the chocolate on a ruler to see how wide I needed to make it (just in case yours is a different size). These worked out :-
yellow card - 5 1/4" x 3 1/8" or 12 1/2cm x 8 cm, put some score marks on it as that makes them look cool
pink card - 1 1/2cm x 8 cm and sorry I forgot to work out how many inches that was but the 3 1/8" is equal to 8 cm. Don't score this one as that is the rubber.  I then used a 3/4" punch for the bottom.  I used the glue gun to hold this all together.  Then of course the Hershey kiss on the tip and I made some little tags and a glitter love heart on them.
thanks for stopping by and have a good one....

My Second Present From Angie and Sneak Peak at Salebration

Hi everyone,
So here is my second installment of Christmas presents from Angie, she definitely spoilt me this year!!!

 A handmade envelope (which I love) and cards

 These cards are also show casing one of the sale-a-bration sets

Thank you again Angie and thank you everyone for popping in, have a lovely day.....

Rolled Flowers, The Perfect Gift

Hi all,
I am so sorry I haven't posted much, it has just been hard to sit down and craft and then when I do I can't find the time to post but I will assure you I have been on a mission and even made a couple of Valentine things to show you (later of course) as I have these beautiful flowers that I absolutely love and can't get enough of.  Most of you have probably made little ones that you have put on cards or scrap booking pages but I saw these (big) and fell in love. And I have fallen in love with this site Tipnut but if you are interested in making these rolled flowers you will find them here.  Now to show you my floral arrangement!!

And I need to work on mine more to get them looking as beautiful as the ones I have seen.  They use floral wire but I used one piece and my flower kept falling over so I used skewers instead, I just need to finish off the backs a little better.  I also used the glue gun and will be using that a lot more in the future as it is SO much easier to use than tape etc.
I did try and post last night but my computer  wasn't letting me download my photo's so a friend suggested I go on Firefox and WOLLA, (don't know if that is how you spell it but I'm sure you know what I mean, hehehe.
Oh this is a great way to use up all those pieces of pattern paper lying around.
Thanks for stopping by...

Post Christmas Gifts

Hello,
Yes I know, I am officially the worst.  I keep saying I will get on here and post every day and I don't, truly I don't know where the time goes.   But I did try and post last night but my camera needed charging so I am sorry but I had to do that today and so here I am.
So I told you I would show you what I received from Angie and what I sent her and here it is....

 This is what Angie gave me and I was so surprised, love opening handmade gifts.  Sorry the photo is a little blurry but I do have individual photos

 A very cute card and of course I forgot to send Angie one (mainly because the world is about me, me and me, lol)

 Not a great picture of the box but I love it

 And of course she cased Becky Roberts and I am so glad she did as I have been wanting to make these and didn't, so thank you so much Ange

 I had to show you a pic with the light on, so cute!

 Yet another blurry photo but the next one is better

 Yes that is right, she sent a box full of Christmas lollies, how lovely is that...

 Oh my, I get a Stampin' Up rubbish bin, I scored big time, thank you so much for making my Christmas that little bit more special Ange x

 Now this is what I sent Ange, I know, it pails in comparison but you have to remember it is the thought that counts, lol.  I tried to trick her by putting it in a shortbread tree box and guess what?  She got me.  I talked to Ange a couple of days after she opened my present and she kept saying she was going to make the tree; and me having a very big blonde moment (No I am not blonde, but should be!!!) didn't get what she was referring to.  I was sitting there on the phone racking my brain trying to think of what I had given her.  I know I had given her angels so I just asked her about them and Ange does not know this;  But Christmas day the penny dropped!!!!!!!!!!!   I know, how bad is that!!!!!!!!!

 I made a box and put four angels inside and thought I would decorate with a couple of tags (don't ask me why, just thought it would be a good idea) and used dotto (which of course I didn't tell Ange and should have) so she could peel them off and re-use them.

 The tag and belly band off with the acetate lid

 One Angel and I cased this off a girl from Stampin' Connections (previously mentioned) but I am still unable to find her name - it will happen.  This time I actually put her collar on (seeing it was for Ange) which did dress the angels up

 Oh I forgot to mention that I used the scallop edge on the green/white angel and on this blue one I used my favourite, scallop trim border.  Sorry, the photo did not show it up as well as I hoped!

 I was proud of myself for lining my box, just for something else!

 Oh, here you go, I have tried to show you the scallop trimming.

 Love this box, quick and easy to make with a little tag (I tried to make sure everything was matching)

 And I had to put some chocolates in there, ummmmmm

 Even though this is the hottest, driest time I can remember, I sent Ange some hot chocolate, though Santa did get hot chocolate in our house too.

 A close up of my little ornament and blinge at the bottom of it.....

And last but not least a little box with some malteezers in there.  I will give you directions on all these.  This box is my next favourite thing and I will be making these for Valentine's day, so sweet.
Well, thank you for popping by and tomorrow I will show you what we gave the teachers.....

Star (Flower) Ornament

Hello,
We have had another very hot and humid day here today, it is more that we need the rain badly and our poor plants are not coping very well.  So I have been cleaning the house getting ready for Santa to arrive, very exciting when it is only a couple of days away.
Today I have a very cute Christmas decoration to show you and it is so easy to make.  I have made heaps that I have put on to presents.

 You need to make two so you can put them back to front on each other, so cool.

So where did I find this?  Good question.... I will just go and see if I can find it again as they are worth making.  Guess what, I found her, so happy and I have her blog so you can pop over to Sherry for the tutorial.
Okay have a lovely evening/day.....

Christmas Mouse Book Marks

Hello again,
I thought I would do a double post seeing I missed yesterday and I do have a few things to show you.  I made some cute bookmarks for some special children I know and hopefully I will see them using them next year in their reading books...

 Aren't these just the cutest!  These were made using the ornament and owl punch for the face, eyes and nose.  I used the three quarter and half inch for the ears.   I used the square scallop punch for the white of the hat and cut a triangle freehand and added a flower from the itty bitty punches.  I also used magnets inside the bookmark so they slip over the top and of course one of my favourite dsp Christmas packs.

Also in a blue, which I love.  Oh I used the gel pen for the whites of his eyes.
Have a lovely evening/day.....

Reindeer Punch Art

I know, I was going to post every day till Christmas and then a visit to a friend got in the way!!!!  But on to today's project...  I made some punch art Reindeer's that are on numerous sites and so easy to make, love them, they are just so cute

 Mainly made with the owl punch except for the horns which are the leaves from the bird punch and I drew on the mouth.

 A close up of the Reindeer face and of course I picked out the one face that had a wonky eye (trust me, lol)

 A close up of the bag and there is a very cute poem on the net but unfortunately my printer is playing up and I couldn't print it.  I was making lots so didn't feel like hand writing that many..

And here are all my little bags for some work mates.
Thanks for stopping by......