Mojos' done a runner.

Well i was on an absolute roll on wednesday making things. Not so yesterday i'm afraid! I went into my den and sat and sat, then i tried to make a new type of box but it just wasn't having it. After 3 attempts i decided to make some cards,no joy there either,my mind was blank. I had loads of paper, card and ribbon out chopping it all to bits for nothing. Three hours later all i came up was this lazy little card.

 The little flip flops were from The Works which has now closed down in Chester,i think the little sentiment sticker was from there too.I also ate loads of the choccies i'm supposed to be making easter gifts with!

Oh and i also made THIS!!

Lovely mess hey? I really enjoyed tidying that lot up (not). I'm in work today so i won't be able to do any more damage.
Thanks fo visiting.   Di. xxx

Milk Cartons.Mooooo!!

Unaccustomed as I am..... I've done a little tutorial for these milk cartons because although there is one on SCS. it's a bit more complicated.

Take a piece of card 6"x83/4" .Score it at 2", 4", 6", 8".

Turn it the other way and score at 1" and 4". Fold all score lines and crease well with a bone folder then cut between creases at bottom edge (you can just about see in pic).This is the best time to decorate your box while it's still flat. Join down the side seem with DST.  EDIT. my original post said 2" and 4" .Oops that was wrong apologies to anyone who tried to make one with those measurements.

Fold the bottom flaps up and adhere with DST or glue (not sellotape please!)

Use both hands at once to do this(,unless there's a camera in the other one) push the sides in whilst closing the top together. Try and keep it central and press the box downwards slightly to create the carton shape.
Always practice on cheap card first.

Sweet or what??? I got the little paperclips at Wilkinson's, can't remember how much but very cheap, chocs are Tesco £1 for a net.
                     Thanks for looking, now go and get making!!    Di. xxx

Easter boxes.

Hello everybody, what a lovely day! Spring has definitely sprung and thoughts of Easter are filling my head. This morning I dug out my free stamp from Quick Cards and made these little boxes for some marzipan sweets I bought from Aldi.

There were ten sweets in the pack so poor me, I had to eat one! Boxmaking is very easy once you've worked out your measurements . To do these I first lay my 3 chocs on a piece of paper and drew around them. Then, as i needed the box to be 2cm high I added 4cm each way and scored 2cm in along each side.

Always remember the lid needs to be slightly larger than the bottom, not much only about 2-3mm each way. I always use scotch quick dry adhesive (white bottle, red label) for my boxes.

This afternoon I'm going to make some little milk carton boxes and I'll photo some instructions for you. See you tomorrow.     Di.xx

Over the hill.

Here's another card using Art Impressions stamps.The paper is from the DCWV floral prints stack.As it's a nice small print it was perfect to paperpiece the old dear's frock.You can't see it in the photo but i used some 3D glaze on her specs.

Just a shortie post today as i'm off to work in a few mins and i forgot to schedule one last night. Di.xx

St Patrick's card.

Well i am neither use nor ornament today.I went out for a barmeal with Speedy last night and when we got home it was still quite early so we drank the rest of the wine leftover from saturday.When that was gone Speedy asked if i fancied a little G&T.By this time all sense of logic had gone so i found myself saying "there's another bottle of wine in the cupboard". Big mistake! My mum, who drinks wine by the thimbleful is always saying the devil lives halfway down the bottle waiting to get you.,and didn't i know it this morning.
No cardmaking today because of the shaky hands but i made this one yesterday.

I made it for my boss who's name is Patrick but believe me he's no saint,love him to bits though.I only have one little Paddy's stamp set and i didn't want the card ending up the same as last years so i used a heart stamp and drew the stem in.A few blobs or glitter glue and a bow and that was that.
Thanks for visiting.   Di. x

Happy Mother's Day.

Here's a card for all you mums out there. Happy Mothers Day. xxx

Of course i wouldn't dream of sending such a hideous card to my own mum! The image is a Dolly Mama from Stamp happens.The sentiment was done on the computer.I made it for my mate's birthday.
I've been up since half six but i can't do anything much as we live in a flat and the sleeping beauty is still asleep,bless,so i'll put the kettle on again and stalk a few blogs and galleries until he wakes up. Ahh, bliss!!
   See you soon.  Di.xx

Another gift bag.

Another quickie post today as I'm working this morning and "quaffing" with hubby this afternoon. I had a look through my picasa photos last night and found this version of the double pocket bag posted on Thursday.

I made it for a little girl for her 10th birthday. I covered a little notebook and added a pen a mirror and some lip balm. She loved it. The contents really do need to be fairly flat so I'm looking for suggestions, if anyone has any please leave a comment.           Bye bye for now. Di.xx 

Gone fishin'

Just a little quicky post.I call these type of cards flatties because thats what they are.....flat.No buttons or bows etc.The stamp is from a clear set by Clare Curd and the paper is fom my scrapbox.

Thanks for visiting. Di.xx

Double pocket bag.

This is something else i found at SCS, and I've made quite a few of them. Once again they are very easy, even easier if you have a scorepal.

The little bag is made from one sheet of 12x12 paper, I'm sure we've all got plenty of that! It looks very weird from the side......look...

The old codger is a stamp by Art impressions and so is the sentiment on the card. The sentiment(insult) on the bag is by funstamps.I can't remember what make the paper is because I lost the front cover but it is called the retro stack.

A 5x5 card will fit but it sticks up about 1cm it the top.my little card is 4x4. don't worry if you have no envelopes,  you don't really need one. The little bag will only take quite flat items like a gift card, diary, minature cigars etc. So how's it made I hear you ask. Have a look here.  http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/double_pocket_bag/      
             See you tomorrow with a scheduled post,(another for the men).   Di. xx

Easter gift pouches.

I love making cards but I'm even happier when I'm making boxes bags and gifts. I saw these a while ago when stalking the gallery at Splitcoast Stampers.

I've been hankering to have a go ever since and when i saw these chocolate bunnies in Aldi I thought "now's my chance". The deal was that I had to do the mothers day cards first. Of course I couldn't wait until tomorrow so here they are. Sweet or what? I haven't got much double sided paper so I'm going to use some single sided paper and stamp and colour the two opposite reverse corners to tone with the paper for my next ones

If you fancy making some they are so easy, just follow the instructions.http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/diaperfoldpouch/ My squares were 17cm square to fit these little bunnies.
                    Thanks for visiting .Di.xx

Mothers day cards done!!

Well they're done.As i said,if i have to do cards for a specific person or occasion my mojo goes to pot.So i've shut myself in my craft den this morning and made myself do our mums cards.I've had another little project i've been itching to have a go at but i needed to do these first.

Both mums are in their late 80's so i didn't think a cutesy card would be suitable.This flower fairies image by Incastamp has only ever been inked up once and i don't think a actually made a card with it then.I used backing paper from a K&CO stack and coloured the image to match with promarkers. Yippee, finished!!
Now i can go and play with my new project.
               See you soon, Di. xx

Kanban set two.

This is the other kanban stamp set i bought on saturday, completely different to the other one.

I made a quick card with it yesterday and here it is.I'm not too impressed with it really. My heart wasn't really into it because i know i should be making 2 mothers day cards. I love both mums to bits but when i need to make a particular card for particular occassion, it upsets my mojo.I'd much rather cut and stick willy nilly and see what comes out. That's it i've GOT to do them on wednesday come what may!!
       Oops, i was just about to wander off without uploading the card! Here goes. Ugh...even the sentiment is crooked!

This is a scheduled post as i'm at work today.   Hugs,  Di.

Funny story.

At work on tuesday i was unpacking some magazines and ticking them off on the invoice (dead hard my job you know!). I picked up a mag i hadn't seen before.There was a dolly bird in a bikini on the front and her head was hiding some of the title. All you could see was  SI            TS  Illustrated. I said to my workmate "sluts illustrated, thats going straight back" and chucked it back in the box because we don't want to encourage "that sort of man" into the shop. I was only when i couldn't find it on the invoice that i realised it was actually called  SPORTS Illustrated.It was full of sports swimwear. Well, didn't we laugh!!

Scraplings

These little things are such fun to make.They measure about two and a half by six inches and are made from the bit you cut off when making a 6x6 card from an A4 sheet.

I haven't found anyone who supplies envelopes in this size,but they can be tucked into a gift bag as they are.

The recipient can always use them as a bookmark, other than that they don't serve much of a purpose except  for being a bit sweet.

Bye bye for now, i'm just going to do a quick scheduled post for tomorrow as i'll be in work. Di.xx

More notecards.

Yesterday i was toying with the idea of nipping to Hobbycraft (just to have a look you understand),but I managed to resist and decided to go to Abakhan instead. It's only a short walk fom home and far less dangerous as they don't have much card stash, mainly ribbon and a few embellies etc. So there i was mooching around with a couple of spools of ribbon in my hand and i spotted a few clear stamp sets plonked in a pile on a shelf in true Abakhan style. They weren't much cop except for three Kanban sets.Up to now i've always associated Kanban with "topper" style kits on shopping channels. I bought this one and another one which i'll show you another time. I made another quickie notelet set but my big mistake was to stamp my tree in olive green.I have absolutely NO paper or card in olive green so i spent ages trawling through my stash and ended up with dark red.Next time i think i'll do the trees in grey to give me more scope.Ichalked the edges of the images,2 in green and the other 2 in dark red.Now.....,i wonder how long i'll be able to resist that third set of stamps........Hmmmm.....

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