A Furry Friend

Hello there,

I'm back today with my DT project for the new challenge over at Cardz 4 Guyz, and this week Sharon has chosen the theme of

'A FURRY FRIEND'

Now my little furry friends are never very far away, usually sat on my feet when I'm crafting - I wouldn't be without them ...

OK, so here's what I made for a little inspiration ...

I made a little set of notelets and a gift box to keep them in. The stamp is an old freebie that came with my Craft Stamper magazine a few years ago - don't you just love him.

I stamped him directly onto the card, then stamped again on a scrap of co-ordinating paper and paper pieced him.

The sentiment was created on my pc, then punched out and added to the cards.

I made the little box to match, to keep them all together ready to use.

Hugz, Jan xx

H for Hats and Handbags

Hello there,

I'm back today with news of the next theme over at the Alphabet Challenge and we are up to the letter 'H'.  Team member Tammy has chosen the theme of

'HATS AND/OR HANDBAGS'

Here's what I made for my DT inspiration ..

I made a little 10.5cm square gift box using white linen cardstock and added a stamped image on the top to match the four little 'Thank You' note cards which sit inside ...

The stamps are from Katy Sue Designs and are called 'Grape Vine' - I have paper pieced the brim of the hats and coloured the rest with my Promarkers. I added a little 'Thank You' sentiment and layered them onto pink cardstock.

I also included four white envelopes in the box, which also have stamped detail on the closure.

I hope you can come and join us this time.

Hugz, Jan xx

Gingerbread Gift Box

Hi everyone

It's my turn to post over at the Studio 12 blog today and I thought I would show you another of my TV samples for the amazing Picknix 2 collection 'Gingerbread Twist'.  This little box template is so versatile and can be used for almost any occasion - this time I made a little christmas gift, using the gingerbread theme and filled it with gingerbread biscuits.

The paper and all the different elements are from the 'Gingerbread Twist' CD, with the addition of some die-cut shapes and my favourite 'Walnut Stain' ink to define the outer edges of the box.  The box template can be found on the Polkadoodles 'Paper Boutique - Vol 1' CD.

I am definitely planning a few more of these for little christmas treats this year.  

Hugz, Jan xx