Feature a Creature

Over on Hazel's Xmas challenge blog the theme this week is 

'feature a creature'

I chose these cute mice carol singing :-) from my Penny Black set

which I coloured using my copics

matted onto plain & coloured card

snowflakes at the top (cut with my sizzix die on my Big Shot)

and at the bottom too

both lots coloured with platinum coloured ink

added the Merry Christmas sentiment this time stamped onto the patterned paper & matted onto the plain.

I'd like to enter this into the

Penny Black Saturday challenge - pretty in pink

as well as

CHNC challenge 7 - feature a creature

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!! :-)

Hearts and flowers bag

This is the bag that I made for the members challenge over at Charmed Craft Talk, set this time by Carmen - thanks Carmen.

I'd got this bag cut out a while ago but hadn't got any further with it & then Carmen set the challenge! It is made from a not so old sweater that had shrunk in the wash!

The above photo shows a bit of both sides - hearts & bobbles on one side & flowers & buttons on the other.

  

This shows the flowers & buttons side.

The flowers are felt & cut out with my Big Shot using the Build a flower Sizzix die, then sewn onto the bag. The tag is backed with dark pink felt & again cut using the Scalloped tag die from Sizzix.

This shows the hearts side of the bag & the ribbon trim which also helps to shape the bag. I blanket stiched around the handles again in the co-ordinating dark pink wool to match.

This shows the magnetic clasp & also the felt ball that I cut in half & sewed either side of the fastening.

Whiff of Joy challenge card

This is my card for the Whiff of Joy challenge. This time it's a recipe 1 ribbon 2 buttons & 3 papers.



The leaves were punched using my Martha Stewart branch punch & the swirl was cut using my Big Shot & Sizzix Bigs die.



The sentiment was stamped & then punched out & matted onto the punched scalloped circle.



The image was coloured using Copic pens & I used my new dies to cut the shapes that she is mounted on.

Maddy & Rachel play!

Maddy & I actually had a crafty play in her craft room the other day & made this cute box from the instructions on here We had a lovely afternoon. It makes a change for us to actually do some crafting together for ourselves rather than for Sticky Fixers craft club :-)




Yesterday I used my new sizzix build a flower die that I bought at the Papercraft Fair at Harrogate on Saturday & used it to decorate the top of this cute box.




The faux 'ribbon' was made using Maddy's Martha Stewart punch, slightly offset on one side. I really want/need some of these gorgeous edging punches :-)

Edited to say that I forgot to say that one of the measurements on the box plan I had to revise - the 9 3/4 should be 9 1/2