Sketch Saturday ~ Sketch #153

Good morning to you all on this gorgeous, if a tad windy, sunny day in the UK!  I had a lovely relaxing day yesterday watching the Royal Wedding and texting my beautiful friend who was watching the celebrations in Trafalgar Square!

This weeks challenge is sponsored by our generous regular sponsor The Craft Barn

"We are a UK based business selling a wide range of craft supplies including stamps, dies and embossing folders, punches, an extensive range of items to alter and decorate and much more for your scrapbooking and card making projects. We are committed to providing the best, most up to date craft products at great prices, coupled with first class service.
Some of the leading companies that we stock include Stamping Bella, Ranger, Tim Holtz, Crafty Individuals, Martha Stewart, Katzelkraft stamps, Nestabilities, Craftwork Cards, Copic Pens, House Mouse, Viva Décor, Eco Green crafts and Cosmic Shimmer to name but a few.
We are constantly adding new products to our range of craft supplies so be sure to add us to your browser favourites so you can pop back and see us."

The Craft Barn offer a wide range of goodies for all crafters from all things 'Cuttlebug' to grunge paper, from cottage cutz dies to cosmic shimmers, then there's your essentials like cardstock and papers and adhesives.  Not forgetting their HUGE stock of clear and rubber stamps to tantalise you!  

For all the latest products that have been added to the site PLEASE CLICK HERE, including their range of COPIC pens.

Would you like to spend a crafty day at The Craft Barn?
They are hosting a First Saturday Demo Day on Saturday 7th May with Karen Maccoy, Carole Cann and Lina McDermott, who will be focusing on masculine cards and gifts ready for Father’s day. This will be such a benefit for anyone who struggles with ideas for the men in our lives.

Also, over the weekend of Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th of June they will be holding another EXTRAVAGANZA weekend, these are really exciting and have 24 demonstrators in attendance! This year the theme will be 'The Best of British', focussing on products manufactured in the UK.
The demonstrations are great for picking up tips and techniques, and best of all the demos are FREE, and run continuously throughout both days, so you don't need to book in advance - just turn up and watch! :)

So this weeks challenge ... The Craft Barn are offering TWO Tatty Button stamps to this weeks lucky winner!
Sandy, Thank you for your generosity! (I so want these)

 

And all you have to do to be in with a chance of inking up those little beauties is to make a card using this weeks sketch...

and this is what i did with it ....

 

I know Easter was last weekend, but i'm chasing my tail here slightly.  I just don't know where all my days are going too.  I still have Easter images all coloured up ready to go on cards LOL!  I think I can salvage a couple and use them on birthday cards with a clever sentiment from Create with TLC

To make this box I used:~

1 x Tea Bag Box

CS ~ Stash

DP's ~ Sammy D ~ Easter Kit

Image ~ Magnolia Tilda in Egg

Sentiment ~ Create with TLC

 Flowers, Pearls & Raffia ~ Stash

Tools ~ Sewing Machine, Pencil Crayons, Blending Stumps, Sansodor, Butterfly Die, Chocolate Easter Egg Mould, Cello Bags, Chocolate & Sweeties 

Just Magnolia Challenge #102 ~ Happy Birthday

This weeks challenge is a special one . ... It's a 'Happy Birthday' challenge. Why is it so special,  it's Just Magnolia's 2nd Birthday!! 

The Sponsor is Simon Says Stamp. One lucky participant will win a whopping $50 gift certificate!!

This card was made for a friends birthday and of course I had to make a matching box of choccies to go with it.  Pernod flavoured creme's would you believe!?! ... I don't half have some strange requests!

To make the card and choccie box I used:~

CS ~ Stash

DP's ~ Shelley Rae ~ Polka Treat

Image ~ Magnolia Tilda

Sentiments ~ Create with TLC

Pearls, Flowers & Brads ~ Stash

Tools ~ Sewing Machine, Sansador, Pencil Crayons, Blending Stumps

Bearly Mine Challenge #5

This weeks challenge was picked by  Judith and the theme is Birthday cards!

And the prizes for this challenge are ... 

Bearly Mine Design

2 Digi sets of the winner's choice


Wildorchid Crafts

selection of flowers and lace


Tickled Pink Stamps

  2 Digi stamps or 1 rubber stamp of Winner's choice

Go Kreate

3 Rectangular Dies worth 13.99 each

" the challenge is to make a birthday card, and there are four chances to be a winner, as chosen by the Design Team.  Challenge ends March 14th.  Winners will be announced with the next challenge."

This was made for Jo, the boss, for her birthday on Tuesday.

To make this card and box of choc's I used:~

CS ~ Stash

DP's ~ Bearly Mine ~ Floral Fantasy & Pink Petticoat Gingham

Image ~ Magnolia Tilda with Small Gift

Sentiments ~ Create with TLC

Flowers, Pearls, Butterfly & Pins  ~ Stash

Pearl Rik Rak ~ Market Stall

Tools ~ Nesties, Cuttlebug, Pencil Crayons, Sansodor, Blending Stumps, Woodware Leaf Punch, Sewing Machine, Chocolate Box Tray Insert, Corner Punch

Bearly Mine Challenge #4

Challenge # 4 has been set by Sarah-Louise, she has picked the theme of Ribbon and Pearls which are 2 of her favourite embellishments.

There will be 4 lucky winners and the prizes are sponsored by .....

Bearly Mine Designs

2 Digi sets of the winner's choice

Crafty Emma

offering Memory Box Fernbrae Paper Pad 6x6

Kenny K

5 Digi's of the winner's choice

The Ribbon Girl

a selection of cut lengths of ribbon, pins, dewdrop

So here is my project .... its not a card, although i did make a card to match it but will be entering that into this week PTW Challenge after following their Sketch!

I made this gorgeous little box to put some Viennese Truffles in.  The tutorial is from here.  I resized it so that my Chocolate Tray Inserts fit perfectly inside.

To make this card I used:~

CS ~ Stash

DP's ~ Bearly Mine ~ Delicious Delights

Image ~ Magnolia Tilda giving Present

Sentiment ~ Create with TLC

Ribbon, Flowers & Pearls ~ Stash

Tools ~ Nesties, Cuttlebug, Pencil Crayons, Blending Stumps, Sansodor, Woodware Frond Punch, Sewing Machine

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge ~ Challenge #98

This week's challenge is a… “LOVIN’ FROM THE OVEN!”  For this weeks challenge you need to create a card or project that has something to do with food!  You are free to achieve this anyway you see fit as long as it has something to do with FOOD some way, somehow! …Oh, and don’t forget to STAMP! 


This is what i made for my daughter to give her boyfriend for Valentine's Day  ....

What could be more fitting for the challenge but handmade Viennese Chocolate Truffles?!


To make this box I used ....
CS ~ Stash
DP's ~ Bearly Mine ~ Floral Fantasty & Pink Petticoat Gingham
Image ~ Magnolia Tilda
Sentiment ~ Create with TLC
Ribbon, Brads, Flowers & Charm ~ Stash
Chocolate Tray ~ from somewhere online, sorry can't remember i've had them ages.

Chocolate Boxes

I've been meaning to show you the back of the chocolate boxes that I made which shows a photo of each chocolate and tells you what flavour your about to enjoy!  

And the chocolates inside the box ....

These little boxes are made from an empty twinnings teabag box that Ellie brought home with her from work.  I cut them in half around the depth and then also in half to make them a smaller square box.  

I covered them with some plain papers that i had and then embellished with flowers, buttons, etc.  The sentiments on these 2 small boxes and the personlized digital stamp on the larger box are all from Create with TLC

Before being altered

I hope you like!

Papertake Weekly Challenge ~ Sketch #51

I loved the look of this sketch at Papertake Weekly, so decided to give it a go and enter the challenge ....

I used the sketch to help cover another one of my chocolate boxes ...

To make this I used :~

A cereal bar box

CS ~ Stash

DP's ~ Summer Driggs ~ Old Fashioned Christmas

Sentiment ~ Create with TLC

Image ~ Magnolia Snowy the Snowman with Snowflake

Pearl Brads ~ Stash

Tools ~ Pencil Crayons, Blending stumps, Sansodor, Diamond Stickles, Sewing Machine

Friday Sketchers ~ Sketch #130

It seems a long time since i played along with this challenge blog ... i must be getting organised LOL.  This week is Jeanette from Canada's turn to host the challenge which is sponsored by Lauretta's Digital Stamps.

Here is the sketch ...

Here is what i used ...

 and this is what i did with it ...

and the inside ...

To make this i used ....

CS ~ Stash

DP's ~ Ginghams & A Little Whimsy from HERE

Image ~ Magnolia Tilda with Glitter Halo

Sentiment ~ Create with TLC

Brads, Velcro Dot, Button, Raffia & Pearls ~ Stash

Tools ~ Sewing Machine, Sansodor, Blending Stumps, Pencil Crayons, Nesties, Empty box.

Sketch Saturday ~ Sketch Challenge #131

This weeks challenge is sponsored by our generous regular sponsor, The Craft Barn.  The Craft Barn have been nominated for "Best Independent Store - South of England again this year.

This weeks sketch ...

I've rotated the sketch ....

and used it to make another chocolate box ....

To make this box I used :~

An empty tea-bag box cut in half height ways and stuck back together again making a strong box.

CS ~ Stash

DP's ~ Summer Driggs

Image ~ Magnolia Tilda with Christmas Cracker.

Sentiment ~ Create with TLC

Beads, Button & Eyelets ~ Stash

Tools ~ Sewing Machine, Pencil Crayons, Sansodor, Blending Stumps, Eyelet Setter, Nesties, Gold Thread, Snowflake Punch

Sketch Saturday ~ Sketch Challenge #130

This week we are sponsored once again by the brilliant Digital Delights by Louby Loo who is offering a $10.00 gift certificate to be spent in her store!

This weeks fab sketch is ...

And this is what I did with it ...

I decided to make a gift box for some chocolates.

To make the box I used:~

An empty T-bag box cut in half all the way round the depth and then glued back together again

CS  ~ Stash

DP's ~ Digital Diva's ~ Country Christmas

Image ~ Magnolia Tilda in her Christmas Coat

Sentiment ~ Create with TLC

Pearls & Ribbon ~ Stash

Tools ~ Sewing Machine, Pencil Crayons, Blending Stumps, Sansodor, Nesties, Ribbon Slot Punch