Picnic Box

My good friend Chris gave me a link to the most beautiful picnic basket tutorial so I just HAD to give it a go!

I covered my box using the Sweet Pea papers and then added Old Olive ribbon for the bows.

I used the flower punches to create the gorgeous flowers and cupped them to make them more 3D.

This is Summer demonstrating how the box opens. I attached little magnets at either end to hold it shut.

This is the view from the top. I put 3 flowers on the handle and a gem in the middle of each one.

I then made a card using the same flower technique.

It looks so effective. I used the corner punch for the top right hand corner.

Then I decorated inside the box.

What do you think? I love it and will definitely be making lots more of these!

Here is the link to the tutorial

Have a great day!

Ruth

Love you Much

Apologies for the rubbish pictures! My camera is not working too well this morning.

My lovely friend Chris came round yesterday and we had a play with the Love You Much set as both daughters have requested Valentines Day cards - ooeeer.

I used Elegant Eggplant and the white ink pad on this card. I then used the Boho Flower punch and one of the gorgeous brads to make the flower pop. I punched the bottom of each card with the 3 heart punch.

For this card I used Daffodil Delight and for the background I used one of the Confetti stamps. I used the Scallop Trim Corner punch to create the gorgeous corners on the Elegant Eggplant topper.

I used the Boho Flower punch again for this card. Can't make up my mind which is my favourite!

Hope you have a great day

Ruth

I'm Back!

Finally, I seem to be getting back on track. Thanks for being patient with me. We had quite an eventful Christmas with my youngest daughter being very ill with flu and a respiratory infection. My youngest has underlying health conditions anyway so swine flu on top was not good! Trying to cope with her illness, hospital stays, a new puppy and my MS was not a good combination.

However, she is now back at school and feeling much better and I seem to be in remission again so I thought I would dust off the door to my craft room and have some "me" time.

I have started back gently with the gorgeous Just Believe set. I love this set as it is SO versatile and can be used for so many different types of cards.

With this first card I used Sahara Sand and Very Vanilla cardstock and stamped the image. After I had stamped it I used the paper piercing tool to go round the edge of the image to make it pop out on the card.

I then got out Riding Hood Red cardstock and teamed it with the Sahara Sand. I used clear embossing powder for this card to get a glossy look.

For the final card I used the red again but went for a more subtle look by just colouring the flowers with my marker pen and using the gorgeous scallop trim border punch.

I am hoping that now things are back to relative normality (well as normal as they can be in our house!) I will be posting a lot more often.

Have a great day

Ruth