Maze Book

I made a couple of these little Maze books

recently to pop some photos of my 

Grandkids in.

You get one book from a 12" x12" sheet of paper.

Super quick and easy to make

and great for eating into your stash!

You can watch my video tutorial here

I finished them off with a matching box

to store them and make into a

perfect little keepsake.

I used papers from an old pack from

Basic Grey called Sultry.

I teamed it up with brown card

and braiding for the closure.

The stamp set is called

Part of my Story (SU).

Measurements needed to make one

12" x 12" paper score at 3", 6", 9".

Turn right and repeat same score lines. Board for covers - 3" x 3" Dsp for cover - 4" x 4" 20" piece of ribbon and two smaller pieces at 2 1/2" (optional)

I would like to enter this into

 

Gift Box idea

Another set of gift box ideas.

These will hold money and some chocolate.

I have used red card, glitz paper (SU), stickers from

Do-Crafts, some tulle for the bow, a Christmas clothes

peg for the closure and a star punch (SU)

and my embossing board.

I do have a video tutorial if you would like to

make one

Measurements need to make one

Red card - 11 2/8" x 7 4/8"

Score long side at - 1 1/8", 2 2/8", 4 4/8", 6 6/8", 9", 10 1/8"

Score short side at -  2 2/8", 5 2/8"

DSP to decorate

two pieces at 2 6/8" x 2"

two pieces at 2" x 2"

I would like to enter these into

The Creative Crafters - anything goes

Creative Aunts - Christmas/New Year's Eve gifts

A Perfect Time to Craft - anything goes

Ally's angels - anything goes

Have a lovely week everyone.

Gift Card Purse

My stash buster project today is these little

purse type gift card holders or cash,

whatever your preference.

My first one has been laminated then stitched

which was not easy as it made it very slippery

but I like the rough look 😂

This one is obviously for a birthday.

The flowers and leaves have been stamped and coloured

with markers using a set called Floral Essence.

The paper is from my stash and is from We R Memory Keepers.

My next one I didn't laminate and the stitching was much better

but I found the card took a bit of abuse when opening

the popper closure whereas the one that was laminated

opened very easily.

This was has been made for someone passing their

driving test.

I used a stamp set from We R Memory Keepers teen angst

called road trip.

This one was my practise one and I stupidly

added my popper closure before running it through

my sewing machine and the stitching was all over the show.

So I punched out some paper daisies, cut them in half

and stuck over the stitched area.

I stamped, punched and coloured the butterflies from

a set called Butterfly Gala and the papers are from my stash.

No name but they have gorgeous glittery leaves.

I think it might have come from Lidl.

You can watch my video tutorial here

Measurements to make one

Heavy paper or card 12" x 4"

Score long side at 2 1/4", 4 1/2", 8", 11 1/2"

I would like to enter these into

Mirtillamente Challenge - May challenge

Love to Scrap - anything goes

Love those Pretty Papers - use patterned papers option florals

CRAFT - birthday

The Outlawz - anything but a card

Spring clean!

Happy Monday.

I have delved into more of my ribbon mess and this time

I made a quick video of things to helps with

different sized reels and a quick and easy method

to get through to the end quicker!!

This was my second drawer, and thankfully my last!

And this is how it cleaned up

If you are like me you will have off cuts of ribbon

no longer on a spool and they can be so

tangled and messy, so......

I ordered myself some bone shaped bobbins

along with some clips to hold them on.

Very cheap off Amazon and they did the job great.

I still have about 25 left for future left overs.

You can watch my quick video here

Feeling very organized!!

Pretty Gift Box

Happy Monday!

Hope you all had a lovely day yesterday

with lots, but not too much chocolate!!

The older I get the less I can tolerate it unfortunately!

Today I have a tutorial for this cute gift bag.

Great for tearing into your old card and paper stash

and even those embellishments that

get neglected too!

I used papers from K & Co, card I think is

either Hunkydory or Create & Craft.

I added ribbon, brads and a paper flower

and the sentiment is from a stamp set called

Itty Bitty Birthdays (SU).

You can watch my video tutorial here

Measurements needed to make one

Base - 10 3/4" x 4"

Score at 2 1/4", 4 1/4"

Two Sides - 2 3/4" x 3"

Score at 1/2" on 3 sides

Handle - 1/2" x 6"

Score at 3/4" at each side

DSP to decorate

Flap - 3 3/4" x 6 1/4"

Two Sides - 1 3/4" x 2"

Front - 3 3/4" x 2 1/4"

I would like to enter these into

The Outlawz - no cards

Creative Crafting Uncles - anything but a card

Love those pretty papers - pretty papers option Springtime

Let's Craft and Create - anything option add flowers

The Neglected Stuff - use old stash

Creative Fingers - anything goes

Stash Buster 16

Back to some stash busting!

Today I have a video showing how to make these cute little notebooks.

I used some very old stash for the covers

and the insides are from an old sketch book.

The covers have been decorated using some of my

tags created a while back for Tag Tuesday.

These little books will be going to my local

Charity Shop.

You can watch my video here

Measurements needed to make one

Cover

paper - 5 3/8" x 4"

Inside pages

paper - 5 2/8" x 4"

I have used

retired papers (SU) and HOTP.

Various SU stamp sets

Elastic thread and stapler.

I would like to enter these into

Pearly Sparkles - no cards

crafty Calendar - more than one fold

Love to Craft - anything goes

Ally's Angels - anything goes

Creative Fingers - anything goes

The Outlawz - no cards

Love fresh sunny day here today!

The garden might be calling to me.

Have a great week!

Easter Pockets!

I have a quick tutorial today showing how to make these

cute little Easter packages.

I made these ones a good few years ago

and have had numerous requests to do a tutorial,

so I have finally got round to it lol.

You can watch my tutorial here

I have used papers from my stash which need to be

6" x 6" and the stamp set I used was called Fable Friends (SU).

The bunnies have been coloured using my markers.

I would like to enter these into

Crafty Animals - include an animal

Love Those Pretty Papers - use pretty papers option red

Creative Fingers - anything goes

 

Double angled pillar card!

I was inspired to make this card when I saw a lovely card my crafty friend

Carol made recently. Carol had followed a tutorial from Iced Images

for a right angled pillar card.

So I went to check it out and as I watched the tutorial this designed

popped into my head so I went about making a double angled

pillar card.

The first one I made is a 2" x 2" panel but I thought it stuck out too much

so I went back to the drawing board and came up with this one.

See how my pillar is half the depth of the previous one?

It also still folds flat even with the two angles

and fits into a 6" envelope.

I have a tutorial you can watch to make this particular one

with the double angles and smaller pillar

Measurements needed to make one

Card Base

One by 5 1/2" x 4 1/2"

Score short side at 4" 

One by 5 1/2" x 6 1/2"

Score long side at 1/2", 2 1/2"

One for pillar by 5 1/2" x 4 1/2"

Score short side at 1", 3", 4"

DSP to decorate

four pieces at 3/4" x 5 1/4"

two pieces at 3 3/4" x 5 1/4"

two pieces at 1 3/4" x 5 1/4"

Items used from old stash

Papers - delightfully eclectic (SU)

Stamps - Daisy Lane (SU)

Daisy punches,

Bumblebee card and ink (SU)

Glossy dots (SU)

I would like to enter this into

Beautiful Blossoms - anything floral + option mood board

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Fab 'n' Funky - all things bright and beautiful

cardz 4 Galz - anything but square

Stash Buster 6

Happy Monday!

 Holy cow! Christmas is exactly one month away

and I am feeling so disorganised!! 

I found a great written tutorial over at Nikki Spencer's blog

from about 10 years ago I think!

But goodness it is the easiest milk carton box I have ever made!!

If you need a table favour or gift box then

definitely made this one!!

You can watch my tutorial here

Measurements needed to make one

Card - 2" x 10"

score long side - 2", 4", 6",8"

Card - 2 1/2" x 10"

score long side - 2", 4", 6",8"

score short side at 1/4", 2 1/4"

Paper to decorate

5 pieces at 1 3/4" x 1 3/4"

For my boxes I have used

Blueberry bushel card and ink (SU), country lace dsp (SU),

bakers twine, scallop tap punch (SU), 1" circle punch (SU)

metallic pearls, ribbon (SU), snowflake dies (Tutti Designs)

Tiny Keepsakes stamps and dies (SU)

I would like to enter this into

Everybody Art - blue

Papercraft challenges - monochrome

CRAFT - Christmas

Craft Rocket - Christmas and/or winter

Crafty Catz - anything goes option blue Christmas

Allsorts - ribbon or twine (anything goes)

The Outlawz - no cards option furry friend

Stash Buster 1

As some of you know, I am in the process of using up a lot of

my stash making mini albums, cards and boxes.

So this weekend I decided I would hunt down

some very old tutorials by various artists,

which I will give credit to of course,

and remake them with my stash!

So my first one is from The Crafty Thinker from way back

in 2017. It had no video tutorial so I thought I would do one.

As you can see this makes up into a cute gift package for

some kit kat bars.

It uses one sheet of card and a strip of fancy paper.

You can watch my video here

Measurements needed

Card - a4 x 11"

Score long side - 3", 3 1/2", 7 1/2", 8"

Score short side - 2 1/2", 3", 5 3/4", 6 1/4"

DSP - 1 3/4" x 8"

White paper for inside - 2 1/4" x 3 3/4"

I used old olive card, Love this Moment stamp set (SU)

and papers are called Delightfully Eclectic (SU).

Image has been coloured using markers.

I would like to enter these into

Mix it Up - anything goes option smooshing

Creative Fingers - anything goes

Crafty Catz - anything goes option Autumn colours

Dragonfly Dreams - anything but a card

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes

Lovely fresh morning here. Washing is on

and a bit of crafting maybe then hopefully

a trip to Omeath!!

Have a great week.

Sweet Treat Box

I had a box to make for an upcoming birthday so decided

to do a wee tutorial while I was at it.

I saw the original tutorial from a lady called

Crafty Little Miss K over on YouTube.

I have changed the score lines to make it a bit easier to follow

and changed the inside flap to make it open easier,

but other than that it follows her design.

I used black card and Country Woods for this one as it is

for a masculine birthday.

The sentiment came from a retired set called

Tiny Keepsakes.

I popped a candle in there to show how deep it is.

It is a 2" square box.

You can watch my tutorial here

Measurements needed to make one

Black card - 6" x 10"

Score 6" side - 2", 4"

Score 10" side - 2", 4", 6", 8"

DSP to decorate

6 pieces at 1 7/8" square

one party straw

I would like to enter this into

a Perfect time to craft - July challenge

Love to Scrap - anything goes

The Outlawz - no cards optional theme travel

Back to rain again today but yesterday was such a lovely day

in the garden and we had a visit from our Granddaughter Aimee!

We have a very exciting gaelic match to watch this weekend.

Our county team has made it to the All Ireland Finals,

so come on ARMAGH!!

Cluster Embellishments

Today I have made some cluster embellishments for

my cards and mini albums.

These are such good fun to make.

So quick and easy and great for using up scraps

or left over stamped pieces from other projects.

You can watch my video tutorial here

I would like to enter these into

Everybody Art - last crafty item you bought

The country birdhouse stamps and dies

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

A Place to Start - anything goes option no cards

Paperminutes - circles and/or stripes

It's been such a busy week here for us.

Between babysitting, sports days and helping with MIL it's

all go. Now hubby has sore throat so hopefully nothing comes of it!

Apparently there is a bad outbreak of COVID in the hospitals along

with the Norovirus!

Be careful out there! 

D.I.Y Embellishments

While making my mini albums I kind of struggled when

it came to decorating them, especially if the paper pack didn't have

anything suitable to cut up.

So I decided to make my own.

I  choose the Country Birdhouse stamp and die bundle

and just went to town.

I made small envelopes using the envelope punch board

to hold a tag and decorated it up.

You can add an appropriate sentiment depending on your project.

These would be perfect for decorating up a card as well

as an album.

I did do a quick tutorial but of course it depends on

the stamps and dies you intend to use.

I would like to enter these into

Critter Crazy - feature a creature

Do-Al(I)Kreative - anything goes option animals

Triple B - birds, butterflies, blooms + optional mood board

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes null

Make My Monday - B is for birds null

A Place to Start - anything goes option no cards

Any challenges above with null beside it is my only way of linking

to the challenge. Hope it's ok.

Country Birdhouse Bundle (English)

[163401]

Bright & Beautiful 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[161449]

Very Best Trio Punch

[159878]

Girlie Gift Bag

My video tutorial today will be my final one for a while.

I will still be crafting away but just not making videos.

They take up a lot of my time and I am ready for a wee break

plus my Saturday class takes a bit of prep time too!

This little bag was made to hold a brush and comb set for my

Granddaughter Aimee.

It would make a lovely gift bag for a variety of items though.

I did use die cuts to add her name to the front but didn't photo that🙈

You can watch my video here

Measurements needed to make one

Base card - 9" x 8 1/4"

Score 9" side - 1 1/2", 7 1/2"

Score 8 1/4" - 1 1/2", 2 1/4", 4 1/2", 6"

DSP to decorate

two pieces at 5 3/4" x 2"

three pieces at 5 3/4" x 1 1/4"

two pieces at 5 3/4" x 1/2"

two pieces at 2" x 1 1/4"

Handle - 8 1/4" x 1/2"

I would like to enter these into

A place to start - anything goes option for a lady

Get creative - ladies only

A Perfect Time to craft - May challenge

Creations in Pink - anything mostly pink

Product List

Country Lace 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[163415]

£11.75

Bubble Bath A4 Cardstock

[161727]

£10.75

Country Birdhouse Dies

[163400]

£30.00