Driving By

Please, please excuse the photos on this posting! I had to use my iphone and then upload them on a friends computer with no editing software so they are not brilliant!

It was Marks birthday last Friday and I wanted to create something a bit different so I cased a card from the very talented Darlene her blog is here http://darlenedesign.com/wordpress/

I used the driving by set and created a pop up card with this inside:

I used sponges to create the grass and the sky and then used the smallest heart from the 3 heart punch to attach some hearts to craft wire.

It was a really effective card and Mark loved it.

This is the front of the card before you open it.

My new niece was also born on Marks birthday so I am busy making her a welcome to the world card which I hope to show you if I can ever get my camera and computer working at the same time!

Enjoy the sunshine

Ruth

Circle Circus

I started off as a scrapbooker years ago and whilst I was moving into my new craft studio I came across some photos of our holiday to Spain a couple of years ago and I just happened to have the circle circus stamp set on my desk and one thing kind of led to another.

I cut out a large circle of plain cardstock and then edged it with different coloured circles stamped with the circle circus stamp set.

I used the new label punch to punch out the mum and boo title

I also used some of the sweet pea papers from last years mini catalogue to follow the circle theme and to frame the page.

It's always great to have another page completed. I love the fact that when my daughters are 18 they will have something far more precious than just a photo album of their lives and that's what's so great about scrapbooking, you can take your favourite photos and make them into mini works of art!

Have a great day!

Ruth

Pillow Box Die No. 3

I have been trying to upload this for a while but my blog has been misbehaving - sorry.

This pillow box has been made using acetate and it was full of mini eggs until Summer found it!

It is so quick to make and so effective. If you have a go, please post a link in my comments section so I can go and have a look.

Have a great weekend

Ruth

Pillow Box Die day 2!

As promised this is day 2 of fab uses for the pillow box die and not a box in sight!! Just this gorgeous basket.

This is the inside of the basket. It uses 3 pillow box die cuts and is a really good size.

I decorated it with the springtime paper again and used the baby blossoms stamps with the easy to use stamp a majig.

Let me know what you think and I'll see you soon for another idea for this fantastic die!

Have a great day

Ruth

Pillow Box Die

I wanted to show you how versatile the new exclusive dies are from Stampin UP! Over the next few days I will show you what you can do with one of my favourite dies - the pillow box.

I got the instructions for this box from this very talented lady here StampinT

The top and bottom are made from the Springtime papers from the new mini catalogue and the pink bias binding is from the same catalogue.

The bottom is decorated with the bis binding in baja breeze and one of the gorgeous new bitty buttons This is the box opened.

You can close it as small as you need and it fitted the earrings I had bought as a gift perfectly!

You can buy all the items I have used here from me. There is a link to both current Stampin UP! catalogues on my blog and I would be more than happy to help you with any stampin UP! purchases or projects you would like.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend

Ruth