So another week closer to Christmas…how are your preparations going? My kitchen continues to progress – albeit slowly – we are now in week 3 of a scheduled 2 weeks! However although it is slow, the quality of work does seem to be good with some great attention to detail in the finishing – so… Continue reading Advent Countdown Week 5 Paper Star
So this is the smaller version of the double foldover box I made last week and this time it uses the lovely Flurry of Wishes to make a pretty ornament. The base box is made from Very Vanilla 6-7/8 x 4-1/8 ( 17.5 x 10.5) Score the short edge at 1-3/8 , 2-3/4 (3.5, 7 cm) Score… Continue reading Ferrero Friday Single Foldover Box
Well in the midst of kitchen fitting, I haven’t been able to get as many projects copleted as I would like, so I decided to finish off some of my MDF stack and store units. They are easy to construct with some PVA glue as they are slot and tab construction. I then paint with… Continue reading Storage solutions
Well, I originally was going to make a hexagonal or maybe even a octagonal box, hence the carousel name…..but then the giftbag punch board came on offer so I thought I would make a box using it – and now it’s a prism topped box! It’s a bit of a fudge for Ferrero Friday (… Continue reading Ferrero Friday Carousel topped box
Hello again, this week is chaos in my house, a new kitchen means everything has had to be moved out…… how many trips to the tip? And I suspect a few more when I declutter when it’s finished! They stripped out on Monday and started plastering Tuesday….so much dust! Still I’ve managed to get a… Continue reading Advent countdown week 2 Origami Star Tag
Christmas is coming and my cats are getting fat! well a bit plumper than when they arrived – I expect they will thin out a bit once they start going outdoors, but we are waiting another couple of weeks for that as on Monday I am getting my new kitchen! I figured that we would… Continue reading Ferrero Friday Fold Flat Box for Four Ferrero
So, as the holiday season is fast approaching, my thoughts have started to turn to decorations, in fact my thoughts are actually around how to kitten proof my christmas 🙂 The little monsters are growing fast and Ninja is putting on about 400g a week! with his sister Skyla catching up. I fear for the… Continue reading Advent Countdown Week 1
Hi everyone, I’ve had a busy few days during 1/2 term week here in the UK. We adopted two 5 month old kittens last week so they have been setting in….more to post on them later this week! Then at the end of the week, I took my youngest son to London to visit… Continue reading Sunday Scoring Stair Step Card
well, it’s been a funny week, getting back from holiday and trying to catch up on my blog posts. I was together with 51 other demonstrators on Sunday, which was a hoot. Our chief Pinkie (the name of the bigger group of demos I am part of) Michelle Last had us running around on Sunday playing… Continue reading Fererro Friday Lots of labels basket
So this is a card design that I made for a recent class with other demonstrators. All of the instructions for this style card I have found used 12 inch cardstock, so I have created one using UK A4 card (which also suits US A4) I have made two versions – one with the… Continue reading Sunday Scoring #54 Double Gatefold display card
