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3D Name Frames
Wednesday, April 15, 2015
I have spent a long time trying to sort out the girls room and the decor that goes in there. I really wanted to put up some frames with their names in them and decided to make them 3D.
I went with the Ribba frames from Ikea as I love these frames and have them in all different sizes as I have used them here, here and here!
I typed out the names in Microsoft Word and them printed them on some heavy weight paper but you could use regular if you are careful or card.
As I have a lot of different craft punches, I decided to make use of them and punched out some butterflies, flowers and hearts to decorate the picture.
I also added a little pink gem on the letter I to add some colour.
I made sure that they were 3D and added some gems to some of them to add some bling.
I decided to hang the frames close together with some of the other decor I had put up as well.
What do you think? Would they make a great gift? Would you like to receive one? Let me know.
Felt Name Garland
Monday, March 02, 2015
For our youngest nephew, for Christmas, I decided to make a felt garland of his name. I decided to do this as I didn't want to buy any toys or clothes as he already had enough and would get more for Christmas from others anyway.
For the embellishments, I used the Sizzix stars dies and cut out lots of small stars and some slightly larger ones. On the larger ones, I sewed on smiley faces.
I then hand sewed all the embellishments onto the letters and hand sewed the front and back together. I could (and should have) machine sewed them but didn't want to keep changing the threads every time, which would have been easier really.
I filled the letters with some hollow fibre filling which I bought a big bag from Dunelm.
I decided to use some ribbon to hang the garland up rather than using string as I thought it would be stronger and just attached the felt letters to the ribbon.
Having your child's name in their bedroom wall is quite popular at the moment but I think it's great to help them learn their name.
What do you think? Is it something that is lovely to have on their wall or to much decor? Let me know.
Handmade photo album
Wednesday, February 18, 2015
I love to give family and friends photos of the girls and for Christmas I decided to make some handmade photo albums to put some photos in and give as presents.
To make the photo album I used a 9 1/4 x 5" piece of card and a 6 1/4 x 5" card.
On the large piece, I scored it at 1" and 2" on the 9 1/4" side. Fold over the card at the 2" mark to make the album spine. Adhere the front piece to the back piece on the first inch of the card.
To store the photos in the album, I added some clear card envelopes to the inside of the album. I just stacked them on top of each other until you have the amount you want and fit in the album and then adhered them into the album back piece.
Next I punched 2 holes to secure the clear envelopes into the album and then added some ribbon.
On the front of the albums, I used some patterned papers from My Mind's Eye. I added a label from Spellbinders Nestabilities Label eight and stamped the word photos on to it. I punched out some flowers and butterflies using some Martha Stewart punches.
To jazz up the butterflies and flowers, I added some pearl gems.
These photo albums were quite easy to make and I think they make a cute little gift if you want to give a selection of photos but don't want to use a whole big album.
What do you think? Do you think they make good gifts? Would you be happy to receive one? Let me know.
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Gift wrap box
Wednesday, February 11, 2015
For a few of the people that I needed to buy presents for, for Christmas, I decided to make them a gift wrap box for them.
I started off with a white box from Ikea and simply added a label to the front of the box with the words gift wrap stamped on it. I decided to keep the outside of the box simple so that it could fit in with any decor.
This is what I added to the box.
I started by adding a few stationery pieces like scissors, tape, binder clips, a notebook, pen and post it notes. I added some twine, some labels that could be used on presents, envelopes etc and some pretty washi tape.
I put in some tissue paper in a few colours and also put in some paper bags that I just added some patterned paper to, to jazz them up a bit.
A long with these items, I decided to make some cards and some gift tags too. I made some female that had bows and butterflies on and then some masculine cards with banners on. I made some gift tags with a punched heart or flower and added some bakers twine to them.
I wanted to add more but didn't get the time and I thought that they could add things to the box they already have or get in the future and then can keep it altogether.
I think that a gift wrap box is a great gift and the people I gave it to loved it.
Would you consider making a gift wrap box? Would you like to receive one as a gift? I Would love to know.
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Card gift boxes
Saturday, January 04, 2014
For a few Christmas presents, I decided to make some handmade cards and wanted to make some boxes to store them in.
I decided to make them with the envelope punch board. I found a tutorial on YouTube by Lizy Bartaby where she makes a card box that was big enough for UK c6 size envelopes, as most tutorials on YouTube are for US size 51/2 x 41/4 cards.
The box fitted 4-5 cards and envelopes depending on how much embellishments the cards have on them.
I also used the envelope punch board to make some bows like I have made for these boxes in my last post.
The front was still quite bare, so I added a label die cut from Spellbinders Nestabilities label one and then added a heart from the Clearly Besotted Love Hearts stamps and then some little punched hearts.
To secure the flap at the back, I used a small piece of Velcro and it worked very well.
I made three different coloured boxes but kept the bows the same colour.
I really love these boxes. They make great little gifts and are great packaging to store cards and are nice and sturdy.
Hope you have had a great week and have a nice weekend.
See you soon.
Link Parties I have linked up to are here.
Cute elephants frame
Tuesday, November 05, 2013
A couple of months ago we had a new baby boy in the family, technically to me and my husband he is a great nephew but I think we will leave it at nephew!
For a present I decided to make something rather than buying clothes etc. I chose to make a picture and went with these little punched elephants in a frame.
I really wanted to use these little elephants but I don't have the Martha Stewart punch to create them, so I decided to purchase them from Ebay.
I went for the colours blues and greys and I think it looks really colourful. As the elephants were on foam adhesive and were sticking out of the frame, I took the glass out and also it makes it safer in a child's room.
It was really simple to make and isn't too fussy either.
If you are off to see some fireworks tonight, I hope you enjoy them.
See you soon.
Happiness butterfly card - Mojo Monday 279
Wednesday, February 06, 2013
Yesterday was one of my sister in law's birthday and I decided to make a card for her using the Lastest Mojo Monday sketch 279.
I decided to break out the sewing machine and stitch around the outside of the layers and it worked out great. It is something so easy to do if you can use a sewing machine but for some reason, I couldn't manage it.
I have been making good use of my Clearly Besotted butterfly dies and used the small one on the card.
Papers - Basic Grey Lemonade | Stamps - Amy R Best Birthday Wishes and My Pink Stamper Fabulous Phrases | Ribbon - American Crafts | Border Punch - Fiskars | Butterflies - Clearly Besotted die | Gems- Hobbycraft | Gllitter - Stickles Star Dust.
This is the sketch.
Also I made my sister in law a notebook and decided to personalise it too.
I used the American craft cardstock as the base to keep it sturdy as I took the original front off the notebook.
On one of the papers from the American Crafts Dear Lizzy Neapolitan papers is a picture of a jar with hearts on it so used that as the main image.
I also added some glitter to the hearts in the jar and some glossy accents to the heart at the top to make them shine.
At the bottom of the notebook, I added a wooden flower embellishment and used some foam alphabet stickers for her name.
Card - American Crafts | Paper - American Crafts Dear Lizzy Neapolitan | Border punch - Martha Stewart doily lace punch | Ribbon - American Crafts | Foam Stickers - Papermania | Wooden flower - Kars | Glitter - Stickles star dust | Glossy Accents.
I have been rearranging my craft space so I better go and tidy up the mess I have created.
See you soon.
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