Sweetie Boxes

I have a really cute project to share with you today.  This isn’t my idea, I watched a video tutorial by Sam at Mixed Up Crafts and I loved this box so much I went straight to my craftroom to make some. My hands hurt when shaping the box the way Sam did so I […]

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Background Stamps – Marbled Stamp

A few days ago I shared the Wood Effect boxes I made for Geoffs cloak clasps, pendants and belt buckles that he had made (click here if you missed this post). I have made several boxes for Geoff where I used the Marbled background stamp and he really likes that effect so he asked me […]

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Tutorial for the Countdown Plaques

Last weekend I took part in the Wedding themed InspireINK blog hop. Our Son TJ and his fiancée Hayley are getting married in July 2019 and I made them a Wedding Countdown plaque and an elegant gift box in their wedding colours Black and White. I wanted to make a plaque that could be re-used after […]

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Cute Coffee Cafe Box

Do you ever have one of those days where you only have 1 sheet of cardstock to make a box and then you make a mistake when scoring it? That’s what happened to me when I was making this box, it was meant to be a milk carton style box but I put a score line […]

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Half Cracker Boxes

Yesterday I was in the mood to make some boxes so I had a rummage through my inspiration drawer.  As soon as I spotted the Charlie Body Spray I knew what I wanted to make. I hadn’t made a half cracker box for quite a while and they are so pretty. I had several sheets […]

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A Whopper of a Box

I have a HUGE box to share with you today.  This Whopper of a box measures 12″ x 3-1/8″ x 3-1/8″ and only needed one sheet of 12″ DSP to decorate it. When I was on the Hobbycraft website looking at storage boxes I came across some really beautiful Vintage style Glass Bottles.  If I […]

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Pootler’s Design Team – Week 1

Thank you for joining me today for the Pootler’s Design Team challenge. Every month my upline Sam Hammond chooses 5 members of her team and challenges them to make 4 projects with the stamp set of Sam’s choice.  For the final challenge Sam has chosen 10 Pootler’s and has given us the Crafting Forever stamp […]

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Swirly Snowflakes All Year Round

To cut down on the cost of Christmas I’ve been making some handmade Christmas gifts. One of the things I’ve been making is covered notebooks, I went Christmas shopping with my daughter recently and I couldn’t believe how expensive they were. It is definitely a lot cheaper for me to buy some plain notebooks and cover […]

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