Whittakers Peanut Slab box

Another swap sisters project a whittakers Peanut slab gift box

cupcake basket with baby

Again the Swap sister gave us a challenge and this is a punch art baby and I have loaded her onto a cup cake holder.

Swap Sisters Seed challenge

This is the card I made for the swap sisters challenge for 26.05.10
I need to use the pic, a stamp an embellishment and some tearing. the Pic is the ladys with the seeds, the stamp is from SU on a flower from spelbinders and the stamp used on the background orange which has been stamped embossed and sponged, the embellishment is the daisies.

Cup cake holder

this is a cup cake holder and I'm practicing for the baby shower. It is done on the cricut with instructions from punch art Tuesday from the swap sisters blog

Name badge for work

owl from Create a critter @ 1", Black letter writing and of course paper doll 2".

cute little owl and frog

made at 1" high from Create A Critter

ATC for swap sisters

My first ATC for swap sisters challenge. Boy theme, background template scalloped octogan, ink colour SU Brilliant Blue, sentiment from LIAB cricut and SU Best Yet, Paper embellishment paper doll, 3D object blue button smilie and waves. Used stickles to try to represent the wet sand hair, shirt and boardies and to try to make the waves sparkle.

Mothers day

Well Mothers day rolls around again and I decided to do a pot of flowers. flowers from AE, Lady bugs from WIMG and bee from (oh thank God for Gypsy where I don't have to find the cartridges all the time I just word search. The pot is from a piece of callendar that had a garden theme. the box I made to put the card in and the top is pop dotted. The sentiment is stamped and then embossed in gold. Again it les flat in the box but stands up propprd by the sentiment to show a pot of flowers.

Get Well soon

A good friend is not so well so I have made her this card. Thank goodness for the gypsy. I used multiple carts. Doodle Charms lady bug, gyspy wanderings leaves, WIMG pot and ladybug, AE flowers, sentimentals bee, home decore more leaves. the flowers are put together three together and then an eyelet through the centre. the flower petals have been glitter glued or stickled. the sentiments are done with spellbinders nestabilities and stamped with a variety of stamps. My card was sort of the gift as when you open the card it stands up like a pot of flowers so I made a small card as well the sentiment inside is from SU If nothing ever changed there would be no butterflies" I stamped it with butterflies and used spellbinders to make the outside and used ribbon to compliment the front.

Well no card is complete without an envelope but it just didn't fit so I made a box. I have been practicing an origami type method where most of it is folded and crossed this with boxmaking from crafters companion and decided on the size and made it. the difference with this box is that the sides are folded over making it a bit stronger. I made the bottom first them added about 3/8-1/2 inch for the lid and it worked out quite well. I used a pretty paper for the top and a plain paper for the bottom. A double sided paper would also look good but what I did was put the lid under the box so the inside was coloured and the lid showed on the outside and then stood the card up inside the box. It worked out well and the 3d effect looked good.

My cards always have hidden meanings the flowers are a gift they are pretty and colourful, the lady bugs are the "get well bug" and the butterfly for the flight to wellness. The bee to bee better soon.

Angela's birthday

for Angela a bag for her birthday, Bag from TBBM lettering from BL frame from another cart. TGF gypsy.

Happy Birthday Lisa

Lisa is the daughter of a friend and went to school with my daughter and they went to pony club together. Alough they both still ride Lisa does Jousting so for her birthday card I decided to do this card for her. EDPD comes to the fore again with the little people and the horse and the arches. the tree is from another cart but can't remember which one as I used the tree on another card and for this I used the outline and sponged the tree through using it as a stensil. It looked a bit bare so I stamped it as well. the footprints are a roll stamp from a wombat footprint and the for you and HB stamps are from SU.

Happy easter to clients and staff

Well easter is here and although eggs are not supposed to be till Sunday I wasn't going to see these people on Sunday so I decided to make some easter baskets and take them into work for the clients and the staff. Each basket is about 2 inches high and has just one very small egg. The cut is from cricut TBBM and the handle is made from curling ribbon which nicely held in place poked through the little handle holes in the box cut. The stamp is from stampin up. All but one I decorated as the above ones but one for a special client who was allowed to go out for several hours I attached 2 of my paper dolls one a nurse and one a doctor. The theory being he could now go out on leave as he had a doctor and a nurse to look after him.

HB DH

12x24 card. withsome of the things hes done. using stamps, cricut cuts and stickers

sentimentals card

This is a card from sentimentals the fold is a little different so I used the one side to make a pop up card and the other flap to add something you may like to give ie a gift card etc.

this is another little card with the button on the front and the threaded ribbon it is so cute and the sentiment is lovely.

This is a cute little back pack that you can put small items in as a present it would be real cute. Both the top and the little bag on the front open.

Tauranga SU an explosion box

This is a wee explosion box which holds one easter egg. I tyhink it is so cute and a very inexpensive presie to give to people for easter.

Tauranga SU day

Another card made at the SU day. Loved the reflection and learning how to do it

March Tauranga SU day

20th March and there were 50 people doing cards and projects of all shapes at the St John church hall. My friend Julia from Auckland came down for it and was one of the demonstrators. Here are 4 little cards they are about 3 inches square and are so cute for gift tags.

The end to 2009 Liam came to visit

Well its 2010 and its March and the year is going so fast I am having trouble catching up with myself. we had our son and daughter-in-law bring our grandson out in December for christmas so we were able to see him and what a cutie he is. I am bias of course but he is a delight and loved the little swing that grandad put up in the tree outside the lounge.

He also had a go at driving.