Anything Christmas BUT A Card

Good morning all!

(I apologise if you've seen this post before, I scheduled it a 

week too early, much to my embarrassment! lol)

Christmas is fast approaching & I've been busy getting things ready for craft fairs

& helping out with bits & pieces for parties etc.

I was invited to be GDT for Crafting For All Seasons, this month,

where they are having a month long challenge this time!

The theme is Anything Christmas BUT A Card.

I of course jumped at the chance to play along with my past DT friends!

So, I thought I'd share with you some of the bits & pieces

I've been making!

First up, this cute little man !

He's a Sock Snowman.
Filled with rice & made from a single sock, with

some buttons, ribbon & a little candy cane to embellish!

There are lots of tutorials on the internet for these, so you shouldn't be stuck for ideas!
He's been very popular, in fact, I spent last night making a whole little family of these!

Next up, Snowman Poop! lol

Again, there are lots of tutorials on the internet for this & the image I've used 

 is a little freebie from Whimsie Doodles here

Next, up, Grinch Pills!

A similar idea but just a little bit different.

I found the image here

For both of these projects, I made a little cutting file on my SIL Cameo.

I'm still getting to know it & haven't played as much as I'd like to but 

I'm determined to use it a whole lot more!

Finally, a little Santa Sleigh

A great little alternative to a selection box with lots of chocolate treats!

Again, there are lots of tutorials on the internet.

You can find one on my blog here.
I've been making these for a few years now  & they have proved to be very popular!

I've learned that it's best to wrap the little chocolate bars as when the littlies get 

hold of these & pull them apart, the contents go everywhere otherwise.

It also helps to keep them busy for a little longer, unwrapping things!
They also make great table decorations for place settings! 

There are 3 fantastic sponsors for this challenge, 

Bugaboo

Lacy Sunshine 

&

Stitchy Bear's Digi Outlet

I hope you can play! I'm looking forward to visiting your blogs!

I've been so busy lately I've not had much time to hop!

Don't forget to enter my giveaway here, even if you don't sew yourself,
it's a lovely e-book to look at & it would be a perfect present for anyone who sews,
You have until Saturday to add your name to the link up!

Not A Card - Take 2

Hi all, I'm back with my second post today!

This is the DT Project I made using a

Delicious Doodles image, for the new NOT A Card challenge at

The Crafting Cafe! 

I used Teri's fantastic Bark At The Moon image to decorate a candle!

I didn't have a lot of time but I really wanted to do this!

I printed the image on to tissue paper, put on to the candle then 

wrapped with greaseproof paper & heat set it!

Next I added some black Jaipur Lace from my stash et voila!

I packaged the candle in gusseted bag with a card backing using a couple of glue dots 

to keep it in place & added a little ribbon & a matching gift tag.

I hope you like it,

Don't forget to play along at The Crafting Cafe!

I'd like to enter my candle in a few challenges:

Animal Friends Challenge: It's Cold

Mema's Challenge - Anything Goes

Delicious Doodles: Baby It's Cold Outide

Seemacrafts: Monchrome

Digitally Sweet: Anything Goes

Not A Card

Good Morning all!

It's Saturday! Yay!!!

Were you all bothered with Ghosts & Ghouls last night?

I locked my door & put out the lights & watched a movie!

Mwuhahaha!
Actully, I was ready but no one came to the door!
The kids on our street are all grown up now!

Anyhoo, being the 1st of the month, we have a brand new challenge over at

The Crafting Cafe

There are two brilliant sponsors this month!

Delicious Doodles & Artbymiran

Our theme this month is

NOT A Card

Here's my Artbymiran project!

A little wine bottle topper with a pocket on the front.

I did intend to put something in there but hey ho, or ho ho ho lol!

The image I have used is Christmas Elf, I love this little guy!

I coloured him up with a mix of promarkers & flexmarkers,

fussy cut him  & added him to the little wine bottle topper.

(I found the file in the Sihouette store)

I added a few little self adhesive gem stars too!

Closer look at the  little cutie!

View from the side to let you see the pocket!

The sentiment was printed out, then die cut & threaded with

 two colors of ribbon which were knotted at each end.

I hope you like it!

I also hope you can play in the challenge & make something 

other than a card for a change!

I must apologise for not having a Delicious Doodles project yet but life got in the way!

It will be blogged soon so watch this space!

Thanks for stopping by!

Surprise Purse

Good morning lovelies, it's not often I'm here here on a Monday but I just

had to share this little project with you all!

This is Surprise Purse from the Spring & Summer Templates CD Rom

available from La Pashe

Here's the inside of the purse, as you open it, the inside panel pops up

to reveal a little gift card, cash or whatever you choose to put inside!

(in this case a gift card for a local restaurant)

To make this little project I used papers from Papermania, 

a little pearl ribbon slider & some ribbon from my stash.

As I don't have a cutting machine, I used the PNG file, hand cut

& used super sticky DST to stick it together.

The lovely Jak Heath will be on Create & Craft TV at 9am & 2pm today

20/01/13, to demo the CD-Rom & let you see just some of the 30 projects you can create!

The files are in both PDF & SVG format, they come with easy to follow instructions

& are fantastic fun to make!

Tune in to Sky 671, Virgin 748, Freeview 36 or Freesat 813

at 9am & 2pm

email in during the live show for a chance to win one of the projects that Jak 

will be making on the show - studio@createandcraft.tv.

You can also watch it online at www.createandcraft.tv

Don't hang about if you want this great little CD-Rom, 

I reckon it's going to be very popular!

I'd like to enter my little purse in a couple of challenges:
All Crafts Challenge - Anything But A Card
Artistic Inspirations - Anything Goes/Ribbon
Craftitude - Anything Goes/Ribbon & Pearls
Crafts 4 Eternity Challenge - Fancy Folds
Fun With Shapes - Gift Package

Anything But A Card

Good morning lovely readers!

It's time for a new challenge at Crafting For All Seasons.

The theme this time is

#67 Anything But A Card.

I've decorated a candle. I used an image from our sponsor

Robyn's Fetish he's called Carl The Snowman cute huh!

I printed the image onto some tissue paper, coloured it with Flexmarkers

then cut around it & placed it on the candle. I then wrapped a length

of greaseproof paper around it & heated with my heat gun, starting at

the edges & working my way into the middle until the tissue paper was

covered with a layer of wax.

I then added some Washi Tape, silver peel off star borders & stars from 

my stash. I've had them for years & years! 

I made a little base from some card decorated with Washi Tape,then placed in a bag

which I closed together with more tape. I also added a little gift tag.

Here's a closer look at the candle without it's packaging.

Thanks for looking & I hope you can join us for the

Anything But A Card challenge this time!

I'd like to enter a few challenges:

Just Inspirational - Washi Tape

All Crafts Challenge - Anything But A Card

Get Inky - Christmas

Perfectly Rustics - Christmas Gifts

Dream Valley Challenges - Anything But A Card

Word Play Saturday - Snowman

Totally Papercrafts - Anything Christmas (not a card)

Santas Tipple

Good morning all!

It's a  tad windy out there today! 

If you do have to go out, please stay safe!

A quick post from me today as I share my second 

Just Inklined make of the week with you!

I've decorated a candle & made a little card to match.

The image I used is Santas Tipple!

One of the nicest Santa images around & just one of the many 

Christmas digital stamps over at Just Inklined!

Printed on to tissue,I coloured him up with flexmarkers then

added to the candle. A little bit of Washi tape & some ribbon

& hey presto! The card was quick & simple.

With just some washi tape to embellish.

The candle without it's packaging

A closer look

The card on it's own!

Thanks for popping in! Enjoy the rest of your day!

I'm off to get ready for work!

I'd like to enter this set in the following challenges:

C.R.A.F.T. - Christmas

Crafty Little Fairies - Candy Stripes

Crafty Ribbons - Spots Or Stripes

Paper Crafting Journey - It's Christmas Time

ABC Christmas Challenge - No Squares

LEJ Designs - Christmas Is Coming

Craft Your Passion - We Washi You A Merry Christmas

Created With Love Challenges - Christmas

Perfectly Rustics - Christmas Gifts

Bird House

Good morning all!

How are you on this fine morning?

All is well here & as the cat is out of the bag, I feel I can

 share this little project with you all!

It's a little Topiary Bird House with a little treat box/planter underneath!

Read on to find out more about it!

Over at La Pashe Towers, our lovely Jak Heath has been 

working away to bring us all something very special! 

La Pashe has teamed up with Adele Rossol from Creations by AR 

and have created a CD which contains no less than 30 of her 3D templates.

The templates come in SVG and PDF format & there are full, easy to follow,

step by step instructions for each one!

So, it doesn't matter if you have a cutting machine or cut by hand,

you'll be able to create any one of these little beauties!

The first of these CDs is

Spring & Summer

So, if you're bored doing Christmas already, you can get your teeth into

a little something different!

Here's the little birdhouse with out the base!

I used some designer paper from a Papermania Capsule Collection paper pad

 to construct this little project.

I hand cut all the sections & assembled then added some little roses

which I cut from some edging trim & a bit of leaf  trim.

I have to confess that when I was trying to take my photos,

there was a moment of horror when the wind picked up & blew

 my little birdhouse down the stairs & right out into the middle of the road!

I thought all was lost but when I retrieved it, it was intact with the

exception of a couple of dirty marks on it.

Here's the planter box & the birdhouse.

I added some of the rose edging to the bottom of the planter& some

lace trim to the top. There's room in the little planter section

for a little treat or gift for someone special.

I have it on great authority that the CD Roms will be on sale at

the NEC Hobbycrats Show on Thursday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday,

if you're lucky enough to be going!

If not, they will be available online at LaPashe in a week or too.

The cost of the CD will be £19.99! Great value, I'm sure you'll agree.

Thanks for popping by today!

I'm off to look for a couple of challenges to enter this project in.

All Crafts Challenge - Anything But A Card

Craft Your Passion - More Than  One Fold

Through The Purple Haze - Anything Goes

ABC Challenge - Y is For Yellow

Charisma Cardz - Anything But Cards

Crafty Ribbons - Anything But Cards

Altered Art(ish) Fun

Hi all, I thought I'd share a little bit of fun & useful altered art for you!

This month at The Crafting Cafe, the theme is

 Altered Art.

Firstly, may I apologise to this month's lovely sponsor Teri Sherman of 

Delicious Doodles 

 This particular item does not showcase any of her fabby images.

 Also, I must confess I didn't make this item but I just had to share it with you!

This is a catscraper, made by my beloved husband for our fur babies!

The design was originally inspired by the Chrysler Building! lol

I also have to confess, he didn't design it but he did create it from 

around 10 recycled/upcycled cardboard boxes.

If you'd like to make one of these little beauties for your furry friends

you'll find instuctions and templates here!

I hope you like this project & I hope you can join our 

"Altered Art" challenge this month!

Don't foget we are looking for some new DT members to join our fun team.

If you're interested, just add DT after your name when you link up your

Altered Art project!

Thanks for popping by!

Altered Art & A DT Call

Good morning all!

Todays project is something a little different for me!

Over at The Crafting Cafe this month, the theme is

Altered Art!

I haven't done much in the way of altered art but here's what I came up with!

I altered a candle by adding the wonderful image

 Working The Land by the lovely Teri over at

 Delicious Doodles

who is sponsoring our challenge this month!

Simples! 

This is something I have been meaning to try for ages.

I changed the colour of the image in word then printed it onto some

tissue paper which I had taped to normal printer paper.

I cut around the image, leaving a border then held against the candle

& heated with my heat gun until the wax melted enough to encase the tissue.

If you try this at home remember to be careful, it's HOT!

I wanted to go with a rustic look, so I added a little magic mesh, a piece of  

cotton ribbon & a layered paper flower with some punched leaves. The items

I have used have all been in my stash for years, so it's good to use them up!

Simple but effective! 

I would recommend removing the embellishments before lighting the candle!

Don't forget we are running a DT call alongside the challenge this month.

If you want to be part of our fun team, all you need to do is 

add DT after your name when you link up your project! 

Enter the challenge here

I'd like to enter my little cande in the following challenges:
Artistic Inspirations - Anything But A Card/Anything Goes
Craft-Dee Bowz - Anything Goes With A Handmade Bow
Creative Stamp Friends - Vintage
Lexi's Creations - Anything But A Card
Vitcorine Originals - Vintage
Creative Inspirations Paint - Autumn Colours
Our Creative Corner - Forgotten Things
Pumpkin Spice - Work
So Artful Challenges - A Single Flower With A Minimalist Design
Hiding In My Craft Room - Colours
Crafts - Too Challenge You - Texture - Twist: Choose your own style
Digi Haven - Vintage or Old
Simply Create Too - Vintage or old
Crafty Ribbons - Anything Goes With Ribbon

CFAS Anything But A Card

Good Morning all my lovely friends!

Here I am with a project for Crafting For All Seasons

where the theme for this challenge is

#48 Anything But A Card!

I made a little gift bag! With ribbon handles & a tag!

Not sure what's happened to the colours, they match

so much better in real life! Sadly,I can't take any

 more photos as this little bag has gone already!

The bag was made from one sheet of 12"x12" paper

My image is BBrat Girl Cupcake Sitter

who was coloured with Pomarkers.

Our Sponsor this week is

Bugaboo Stamps

The Tag was cut using a sizzix originals die.

The ribbon was from my stash!

I'd like to enter my bag in a couple of challenges:

Creative Craft Challenges - For The Kids

LEJ Designs - Add A Flower/s

House Of Gilli - Flowers & Or Ribbon

Stamp With Fun - Anything Goes

Tando Creative Challenges - Flowers
Baffies Kreativladen - Gift packaging

Santa's Sleigh

Morning all, it's time for a new challenge at 2 Sisters!

This is my final GDT project for them!
* Sad Face*

It's been great fun! Thanks so much for having me as GDT!

*Smiles*

This week the theme is
"Anything But a Card"

Here's what I have to share with you!

It's a little Santa's Sleigh made using Candy Canes & chocolate bars!

So easy to make but so much fun! 

I think they are great substitute for overpriced selection boxes! 

 I first saw these on Jak Heath's blog!
She had a link to a tutorial but I decided to google & see what else was out there!
There are so many tutorials of different styles!
I had a look at them all & decided what I wanted to do!

Here are some of the ingredients I've used!

 Candy Canes & a 4 finger Kit Kat formed the base.

I decided to wrap my chocolate as my other half was playing Santa on Christmas Day 

& handing these out to all the little ones. 

I was worried that in the mayhem, the chocolate would 

end up all over my sisters floor! 

This way, the theory was that if the kids tore them apart, 

it should just be the outside wrappers& not the actual 

chocolate wrappers that tear.

This particular model was wrapped in kraft paper,

I also did some in scraps of wrapping paper!

I tied each "present" with some twine!

Here are all the presents ready to be glued together!

I used my hot glue gun to do this!

Two of the finished articles!

The Santa's on these look really laid back! lol

I actually made 18 of them in the end as everyone wanted one!

A view from a different angle!

I can tell you that these little babies went down a treat 

with the adults as well as the kids!

Thanks for popping in! 

I can't wait to see what project you make for the

Anything But A Card Challenge at 2 Sisters this time!

I'd like to enter this project in the following challenges!

Hiding In My Craft Room Freestyle

C.R.A.F.T Not A Card

Craft Us Crazy Merry Christmas

Crazy Amigo Challenge Merry Christmas

Deep Ocean Challenge Santa Is Coming To Town

LEJ Designs Santa's Coming To Town

Craft You Passion Alter It

Unstampabelles Christmas (No Stamping)