tea light lantern with giving gifts dies

Tea light lantern with Giving Gifts dies

Did you know you can make a tea light lantern with the Giving Gifts dies? It tickles me when you can use product for something else other than the obvious. Apart from making gift tags, you can find another use for the dies by making a lantern. These lanterns can double up as “place name” […]

triangular box for chocolate

Triangular gift box for chocolate

Today I have a triangular gift box for chocolate which I made to hold Hershey Kisses. It’s really easy to make and it always gives me pleasure when I re-visit forgotten die sets from the Annual Catalogue! Can you guess what they are? You probably can’t tell from this photo. This box is tiny! I […]

bespoke gift box for wine and chocolate

Bespoke gift box for wine and chocolates

I have a bespoke gift box for wine and chocolates in episode 12 of 12 in my 12 week Christmas Countdown series, . For my final episode, I decided to create a bespoke gift box which holds a 200 ml bottle of Cava and some Ghirardelli chocolates. Ghirardelli chocolates and Hershey nuggets are difficult to […]

christmas gift card holder pillowbox dies

Gift card holder & Free Shipping today!

Free Shipping – 1 day only subject to qualifying orders Stampin’ Up! is offering free shipping for one day only on 8 December on all orders reaching 40 € | £35 or more! Gift card holder with Pillow box die Did you know you can make a Gift card holder with the Pillow box die? […]

box with integral squash lid whimsical trees bundle

Box with integral squash lid

In week 11 of my 12-week Christmas Countdown series, I have a box with integral squash lid. I made a smaller version way back in 2010 for my Technique Club which you can see HERE. You need to scroll down to see it, but that was in the early days, and I didn’t post any […]

christmas gift wallet in a box with Merry Snowflakes and Sweetest Little Stockings

Gift wallet in a box with chocolate

An unusual Gift Wallet in a box with chocolate! Yes, you heard right! I made a box with a window in the front to fit the 40 g Lindt snowman. They say all good things happen by accident! Let me explain. The base of the chocolate is wider than the top, so the snowman was […]

pillow box hanging with pretty pillowbox dies

Pillow box ideas for Christmas

Pillow box ideas for Christmas in Week 10 of my 12 week Christmas Countdown series. I’m really excited about this one. The July-December 2021 mini didn’t launch until a month later in August owing to global shipping issues. In my personal opinion, I felt that August was too early to post Christmas projects, but I […]

gift packaging with christmas season bundle

Gift Packaging – Christmas Season bundle

Gift packaging with the Christmas Season bundle. I have fallen in love with the Kraft Gift boxes and they’re so useful for putting treats, or cards in. In week 8 of 12 in my Christmas Countdown series, I show you how to dress up the Kraft Gift box. The Kraft Gift boxes are made out […]