GDT FOR ADVENT COUNTDOWN AT CREATIVE CRAFT WORLD

Morning everyone,

I am so excited today.  It is such a great honour to be invited to take part in the Advent Countdown over at Creative Craft World  .  The Design Team have been so busy creating lovely Christmassy makes and today is my turn to show you what I have made.

I decided to try something a little different so I have two different items here and it is my first time in making both of these.  It is quite a long posting so I will try and focus on the relevant and cut out the waffle! lol

1.  Altered CD Gift Box 

I basically made this in the same way I would a card using the box as the base.

Recipe:

Box:  purchased locally some time ago

Papers:  Forever Friends 'A Christmas Tale'

Stamps:  Both are LOTV

Doiley:  Cheery Lynn die-cut

Flowers:  Prima and Wild Orchid Crafts

Lacy edging and leaves:  Martha Stewart punches

Stickles:  Red, Gold and Stardust

Glossy Accents

2.  Corner Bookmark

I have been wanting to make one of these for simply ages!  I found a tutorial on U-tube ( Tutorial found here )   

Would you believe there are no papers on this one, apart from inside the frame!  It basically consists of card, Nellie Snellen circle die-cut, ribbon and Martha Stewart punched border for the base layers. 

I then cut a Nestabilities circle frame, embossed it with Swiss Dots (Cuttlebug embossing folder) and mounted this onto the patterned paper circle.  

This lovely Polar Bear image is by Imaginisce and I have coloured him with copics and added lots of glitz.  Isn't he just the cutest!  This stamp was a birthday present!  The ribbon came from my stash.

and the reverse side:

Thank you so much fro droppng by today and bearing with me in this post.  Do pop over and take a peek at what is going on over at Creative Craft World and have a lovely day.

I would like to enter the following Challenges with one or both of these creations:
Wags n Whiskers challenge - Christmas 
Dream Valey Challenge - Anything Goes  
Paper Sundaes Challenge - Rectangle 
Simply Create Challenge - Bear (Bookmark) 
Stamp and fun = Creativity - Winter

Judy x