Little gifts!

A very quick post from me to show you some little gifts I made for my class ladies last week. A few weeks ago I came across these little bath confetti pods (above right) and, as they were in SU colours, I couldn't resist them!
The little boxes were made with the Envelope Punch Board and each one held two of the confetti pods. They were decorated with matching DSP, a Bitty Butterfly, a little bit of Petite Petals stamping, a sentiment from Chalk Talk, an Itty Bitty flower and finished with co-ordinating ribbon.

I am on half-term this week and yesterday I came down with a cold - why does it always happen when I'm on holiday??

Bye for now

Margaret x

Thank you for lunch!

Firstly I must explain the title of today's post. I was invited to lunch by a friend (and ex-colleague) at her house today, along with some other friends and these are the gifts I made to take along as a thank you. The box (above left) was made with the Natural Composition Specialty DSP and decorated with a flower, made with several punches (Pansy, Petite Petals, Boho Blossoms and one from the Itty Bitty Shapes pack), in Crisp Cantaloupe and some Stretch Ruffled Ribbon. This held a box of After Eight Mints. For the other ladies I made a cute little basket with the Envelope Punch Board using a tutorial which I had seen on a fellow SU demonstrators blog - Lindsey's tutorial can be found here. For this I used Baked Brown Sugar cardstock and decorated with a flower made in the same way as for the box.

The lunch was delicious and it was good to get together with friends and have a good old natter!!

Back soon

Margaret x

Birthday Duo

Yesterday was the birthday of a friend who is going through a bit of a tough time at the moment so is in real need of a bit of cheering up.
I made this matching card and gift wallet for her using some of the new products in the Spring catalogue alongside some current main catalogue goodies.
The card was made using Wisteria Wonder DSP from the Subtles Paper Stack. flowers from Petite Petals punched with the co-ordinating punch, a sentiment from Sassy Salutations and a piece of Whisper White Taffeta ribbon.



The wallet contains a Stampin'Up! gift voucher and was made using the Envelope Punch Board and the new Scallop Tag Topper Punch.
The sentiment is from Bring on the Cake punched with the Large Oval and matted onto a Scallop Oval

Margaret x

Another matching pair!

Firstly I must apologise for the rubbish photos but it was dark when I took them and I need to take them to work with me tomorrow! Anyway this is another matching card and treat box made for a work colleague who has recently had an operation. The treat box shown at the top and above right was made with the Envelope Punch Board, measures approx 3" x 4" x 0.5" and holds a small truffle bar. I used Whisper White to make the box and decorated with a bellyband made from Sweet Sorbet DSP (from the SAB brochure) and Petite Petals flowers punched out with the co-ordinating punch. The card was made with Stippled Blossoms and Sassy Salutations in Crisp Cantaloupe and Pear Pizzazz.

Thanks for stopping by

Margaret x

Gift set

My apologies for the lack of posts recently but I am trying to get back into the 'work' routine after quite a long Christmas break! Being back at work also means I see very little daylight for taking photos so today's set has been taken using a daylight lamp and I don't think they've turned out too badly.


This is a little thank you gift set I have made using some retired Twitterpated DSP and Island Indigo ribbon but the cardstock and 'tools' are all current.
The chocolate bar treat holder below was made using the Envelope Punch Board, the tag with a new punch coming soon - the Scalloped Tag Topper Punch.



The matching card above was made with the same supplies but, this time, the Tag Topper Punch was used for a decorative panel on the card and layered with the DSP, also shaped using the punch. The tiny flowers on both the treat holder and the card were punched with one of the Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack and have a Basic Rhinestone added to the centre.

Hopefully I won't be away for so long next time :0)

Thanks for stopping by

      Margaret x

Chocolate Wrapper

Since buying the Envelope Punch Board I have been having a go at making various things which I have seen on YouTube and other demo's blogs but, this time, I have actually come up with an idea of my own!!!!
This is a chocolate bar wrapper which makes a simple bar of chocolate into something a little bit special. I started with a piece of Pink Pirouette DSP (from the old style DSP pack) and made a simple box envelope but, instead of overlapping two of the flaps, I took them both to the centre and folded them back - a dab of glue keeps them in place. I then wrapped a piece of Pink Pirouette Taffeta Ribbon around to conceal the join and added a butterfly punched from the Elegant Butterfly and Bitty Butterfly punches.
Simple but quite effective I think (and even better that I managed to come up with an idea of my own!!!!)

Margaret x

 

A Bit of a Cracker!

 

Here are some more little boxes I have made for the Christmas Present Evening, to be held at a friend's house, which hold a pale lilac cube candle. I won't pretend that this was my idea but I was inspired by a similar box I saw on Monica Gale's blog (here) made with the Envelope Punch Board and I simply measured the candle and made the box to fit. Basically they are made in the same way as the crackers I showed you the other day, except at one end you punch and score to make the 'cracker' shape and the other end is simply a box closure (does that make any sense??)
I used Elegant Eggplant and white cardstock along with a stamp from Flower Shop, punched out with the Pansy Punch, and tied with Elegant Eggplant Grosgrain (retired) and Whisper White Taffeta Ribbon.

Back soon

Margaret x

Envelope Punch Board Crackers

Today's project shows you that the Envelope Punch Board is not just for envelopes! A fellow demo and Pinkies team member, Caroline Hallett, has done a fabulous video showing you how to make all three sizes of these lovely crackers which you can see here. Caroline makes some lovely items so, while you're visiting, take time to look around the rest of her blog for some great inspiration.
I made all three of my crackers with Whisper White cardstock, tied with Whisper White Grosgrain ribbon with toppers made from various flower punches, inked around the edges with Silver Encore Metallic ink and finished with a circle of Silver Glimmer Paper. The leaves were punched with the now retired Build a Blossom punch.
When you watch Caroline's video she suggests trying the Mosaic Punch instead of the Envelope Punch Board so I tried this on the smallest cracker and it worked brilliantly. Thanks for the tip, the inspiration and the measurements Caroline!
I will be back tomorrow to show you October's card I received from Alison (Card Swap Group).

Margaret x