Gift Card Box

Hi fellow crafters

Today was one of my niece's 18th birthday. I didn't just want to give her a gift card as it seemed boring that, that was all she was going to get to open. So I came up with what I call the Gift Card Box.

Inside the Gift Card Box I placed a little something she had been looking for a couple of days ago when we were shopping together.

And when she removed the ribbon she got a further surprise!

 

On the one side, a gift card in a pouch and on the other, the "card" portion of the Gift Card Box. So with one small box I took care of the

1. gift wrap

2. the gift card holder and

3. the "birthday" card (Yay!)

Stay tuned as I am drafting a template for the Gift Card Box with a tutorial which I will post in the coming week. In the mean time I have been busy with Valentine treats with a template which I will post tomorrow.


Happy Crafting

Heart "felt" valentine

Hi fellow crafters

As I mentioned yesterday I wondered what my little love bug would look like in felt. So I got cutting and stitching and this is what I came up with.

A "U pull on my heart strings" treat baggy.

I pieced the teddy using applique paper. I ironed all the pieces to the front of the baggy initially and then did a blanket stitch around the pieces.

Here is a pic of the appliqued bear, showing the pouch which has been left open for the heart on a string to fit into.

 

This is what the teddy looks like with the heart taken out of its pouch.

The baggy is made using:

2   5"x6"  pieces of pink felt (front and back of baggy)

1   5"x2" piece of pink felt (bottom of baggy)

1  10" piece of ribbon (handle)

Below are some visual "instructions" on how to sew the bottom of the baggy and proceed up the sides.

 

 

(Hope this makes sense.)

For FREE teddy image see this post.

Happy crafting.

U pull at my heart strings

Hi fellow crafters


I felt like drawing the other night and have been wanting to try my hand at drawing something "graphically" for some time. I am by no means an artist, but do love teddies so this is what I drew using Word Art.

FREEBIE: Right click and save image as... to save him for yourself.

I then cut him apart and pieced him together to make this Valentine gift. Keeping this saying in mind: U pull at my heart strings, I made a small pouch into which a heart attached to a string could fit.

  

I used a heart box pattern found here (with a tutorial). I plan on putting a shortbread heart cookie inside.

Some close up shots.

Once I had finished this one I thought: I wonder how cute he would be in felt? I will post the outcome of that thought tomorrow once my project is complete.


Happy crafting.

You gotta try this!

Haven't been doing much lately but did find this cool site Wordle that allows you to generate your own randomised text. Go check it out here.






Happy Crafting

Welcome 2010 and thinking of Valentine's day

Hi

We finally got home after a wonderful 3 week holiday by the sea. Refreshed and full of new found resolve I have decided that 2010 is the year of purging all the clutter in my home. So needless to say I will be concentrating on that for the next few weeks as my kids go back to school on Wednesday.


I have however started thinking of Valentine treats for my boys to hand out on the day. Every year I make something for my boys to hand out to all their classmates (one year I only gave to the girls and the boys were very upset so now I just get them mini chocolate slabs so they don't feel left out ; -) .

This is what I made for 2008. For my youngest a simple pouch tied closed with a ribbon, filled with heart chocolates the boys helped me make.

For my eldest a small drawstring pouch also filled with chocolates but topped off with a bracelet my son made.

For 2009:

Little houses filled with heart chocolates, inspired by this post by Lauren Meader and the pull treat (mini chocolate slab) can be found here on Splitcoaststampers. Apologies for the poor photo's - my DH was overseas with the camera and the back up was in for repairs. The flowers around the house are made using a small heart stamp with hand drawn stems.

 

The larger house was the teachers Valentine's gift.

I hope I get some inspiration for this year soon- must say I've seen some great projects on Splitcoaststampers already.

Happy New Year

Wishing you all a Happy New Year and all the best of all things good for 2010.

See you in the new year.
Paola

Oh Christmas Tree.

Hi

Just some of pictures of my tree with various ornaments I have made over the years, paper, fabric, wood and beads.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for looking.

Happy Crafting.

Paola