easter vignette

Happy Easter and an Easter Vignette

I hope you’re enjoying your long holiday weekend over Easter wherever in the world you may be and if perchance you find time to visit and read my post today, HAPPY EASTER!!!   No, I’m not shouting, just turning the volume up a tad to wish you a Happy Easter Day! I had fun making […]

squeeze open easter treat box

Squeeze Open Box – Intrigued?

The best things happen by chance don’t they?  I was having a fiddle with making quirky boxes and stumbled on this, so with Easter coming up, they would be great for easter treats.   After Easter’s been and gone, these boxes would still be useful as gift boxes for trinkets too!  Enjoy! Video Tutorial Share […]

line a berry basket

How do you Line the Berry Basket?

How do you line the Berry Basket – I’ve been asked a lot about this so I thought I’d do a quick video on how I did it. It’s really easy once you know how. Video tutorial Gather your supplies. You’ll need a scoring tool, the Berry Basket die, and embossing folder, Designer series paper, […]

inspiring inkin annual catalogue 2014-2015 launch blog hop

Inspiring Inkin’ Annual Catalogue 2014-2015 Launch Blog Hop

Inspiring Inkin’ Annual Catalogue 2014-2015 Launch Blog Hop. Hi there!  Today is the much anticipated Inspiring Inkin’  Blog Hop showcasing products in the new annual catalogue.   You must have arrived from my lovely team mate Jessie’s blog – aren’t her projects just amazing? To all my regular visitors and those of you visiting for […]

wedding favour idea front open sandwich box

Wedding Favour sandwich box

Did you ever consider a wedding favour sandwich box? It’s a neat idea for putting a slice of wedding cake for wedding favours. Of course you can put other treats in too. I created a “see through” window so you can see what treat there is inside. There are patterned acetates, clear, or even vellum […]

egg cups with fringing scissors

Fringe Scissors Egg cups

These easter egg cups were made by using Stampin’ Up!’s fringe scissors.  Originally they had Cadbury Creme  Eggs in them but the wrappers didn’t float my boat.  I found these pretty polka dot ones at our local garden centre and they were perfect to compliment the Polka Dot Parade DSP.   You can vary the […]

Flowers made with fringing scissors

Funky Flowers with Fringing Scissors

Hiya!  Back with another Wednesday Workshop Wow – this time showcasing the new fringing scissors Stampin’ Up! have introduced in the Spring/Summer Catty this year. The video illustrates how to make the above flowers but it also shows what other possibilities there are for using the fringing scissors.  You can fringe an embossed border, a […]

no glue box 12 x 12 sheet

VIDEO #2 – WORKSHOP WOW WEDNESDAY – Origami Gift Box

Hi! Welcome to the second episode of Wednesday’s Workshop Wow. Today’s Workshop Wow is a video tutorial on how to make a gift box out of one sheet of 12″ x 12″ patterned paper. It doesn’t require any glue (except for the belly band). This project has been devised especially for Leigh who was my […]