Nephews Xmas Present ......

Started out like this

A plain plastic box.

It was based on this Recipe box that I made a few years ago for my daughter.

This one was made from scratch using mountboard.

as this photo of the inside shows.

I used the same paper that I covered the box with to make these reinforced corners to the box for added protection.

I used my Go Slim Sizzix alphabet to cut the Recipe letters & inked them for toning colour.

I finished it with a cardboard fastener which I again inked.

So back to nephews pressie ........

Firstly I inked all over using my alcohol inks.

As he has just left home for Uni life I've kept things quite simple

I mounted the title onto a label cut & embossed using my Nestie die, the paper was cut at the same time as the mountboard then stuck on & the edges inked to blend in ...............

I random stamped all over the box with the cover stamp from the Jan issue of Craft Stamper magazine (cup & saucer) but didn't have chance to take a photo due to the absconding camera!!

and the finishing touch was the ribbon 

which brings the eye to the opening lip.

I made sections inside using mountboard 

and added a few recipes ...

The idea is that relatives & friends can add to the box & so can he :-)

No doubt the local takeaway numbers will be included!! :-)

First Xmas Cards

I bought some of these brass charms & decided to have a play with them. I used alcohol inks & copic pen to colour them.








I used just copic pen on the first.



And the others I used alcohol ink & copic pen to colour. I mounted the snowman on matts cut by punches on a scalloped nestibility.



And stamped the Merry Christmas sentiment straight onto the card.

Susan came to play.....

Susan came to play today - we had fun - once we managed to get into my craft room!

I used my new alcohol ink to do another tin. I used brown Stazon to stamp the images. Love the vibrant colour :-)






We also made the tag using emossing powders & inks. Then we decided to join in with the Crafts by Carolyn challenge Pocket full of Posies. I used the Swiss dots cuttlebug folder & some square brads along with some of my new ribbon.






We had a lovely time & will have more fun later :-)

Object D'Art

This was my starting point for the Object D'Art challenge 'The Frame'




This was the finished frame. the photo is of my first car - a Mini (original type!!) I used old car keys & key fobs along with stamps to decorate the alcohol inked base. The Mini wording was die cut using Go Slim Sizzix coloured with whisper pens & highlighted with a silver pen. Metal glue came in useful in this project!



Loved creating this :-) Thanks Jennie for the challenge :-) It's amazing what sort of things you find have been kept isn't it!!

Altered project

I can now reveal this altered project which I had to keep under wraps until it was given to the recipient :-) It started life as a large tub of herbs :-) I alcohol inked the lid, covered the base in paper which I then stamped. The M is made from a stamp which I cut out & layered & then mounted on a punched scallop circle whith a circle middle punched from the same paper, this was attached using the small pink clip & a brad. I used a jumbo brad & piece of checked ribbon to make the handle.



It is filled with emergency supplies of coffee tea & sugar for my friend Maddy :-)

Something slightly different today

Well today I've had fun using alcohol inks, dominoes, beads & bits to make brooches. These are dinky small dominoes that I found in a charity shop :-)



The back of the domino.



This is another, slightly different, just a stamp on the alcohol inked background.

A couple of cards

I had to make a card for my friends birthday today, so being reminded of the lovely card I made during one of Maddy's classes at Sticky Fixers craft club I decided to do one on the same lines :-) The flower motif was made using ink's & embossing powder. The edge of the card was scalloped & then the holes were made with a cropodile. I used the swiss dots embossing folder & matted it onto the matching paper. The sentiment was stamped onto a circle punch & matted onto a scalloped punched circle. I used some of my new stash from Creative Treasures - the ribbon :-)

Again the photography is rubbish - the colours match much better than portrayed - the motif looks 'orangey' but is red!?

So I then decided to do one of the challenges on Crafts by Carolyn. A really nice challenge using Bingo Calls. I've gone for the 'Key of the door' 21 :-) The key is a mountboard die cut which I have alcohol inked.

Maddy's favourite!

Why is it Maddy's favourite you may ask ......................................

Well it's Maddy's favourite when it's full of sweeties!!

It's the tin I keep in the car for our expeditions :-) It started out in life as a travel sweet tin. I then, after washing it out, alcohol inked it (& unlike Calv didn't put flames anywhere near my alcohol ink!!) I then cut out weety with my Go slim sizzix alphabet in mount board & used another alphabet for the S - I then inked the letters & used a white gel pen to do the x's & then stuck them on the lid.

Hmmmm - went out with Maddy this afternoon - maybe need to replenish the stocks in the tin :-) - The fairies ate them!