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Casing the team – no. 8

Casing the team – no. 8

Another CASE from my team swaps today. And this one is Andrea’s scrumptious muffin basket. I decided to make mine a teeny bit smaller to fit a cupcake (not that I've got around to making the cupcake yet  but I've put a cupcake case inside to give you the general...

A matching candy wrapper box

A matching candy wrapper box

This little box was made to match yesterday's card. A Candy Wrapper (120890) was die cut from Lucky Limeade card and wrapped around with Twitterpated DSP (125406). To make the matching flower, 5-Petal Flowers were punched from Lucky Limeade and Blushing Bride card....

Tutorial – create an origami box

Tutorial – create an origami box

I've had a lot of requests to post a tutorial for this origami box: So here it is ... To make this size (which holds 4 Ferrero Rocher chocolates), you will need to start with a 9" square piece of DSP for the lid and an 8-1/2" square piece of DSP for the base. The box...

Another stepper box and an update on events

Another stepper box and an update on events

Today hasn't quite gone to plan. We should have been raising money today for : through our Oxspring Open Gardens. The dreadful rain and flooding that we had on Friday though (a month's worth of rain in a single day), resulted in the event being rescheduled.  Hopefully...

Another birthday card and gift

Another birthday card and gift

A quick post today, to share the lovely birthday card and gift that my talented Stampin' Up! Mom, Joanne, made for me a few weeks ago and that I haven't found time to blog yet. First the card, which uses a variety of different elements but the focus is the Nature Walk...

A stepper box for some Wow! packaging

A stepper box for some Wow! packaging

I shared this box with a lovely group of ladies this morning, before it was quite complete (hi all, *waves*, especially Ros, as I know she'll read this today ). This afternoon, I've added the flower to the top to finish it off. The instructions (which are really...

A sweet little box

A sweet little box

This cute little box was one of the projects that made at our Regional Training last month. The sentiment is from a teeny, tiny set that I always tend to forget about - You're Cherished (W123684). You can find it on page 104 of the main catalogue with the Simply Sent...

An origami box

An origami box

I'm loving the Buy 3, Get 1 Free offer that's running this month - it's such a great excuse to actually use some of those papers that I've been hoarding and stroking for all these months  I made this little box to give as a door prize at a recent workshop. It uses...

A quick and easy box

A quick and easy box

I've been using my Scoring Tool again today to make this really quick and easy box. Ideal for a small set of notelets and envelopes or for a few chocs. Recipe DSP: Sweet Shop (125408) Punches: 1″ Circle (119868) Tools:  Simply Scored Scoring Tool (122334) Being a good...