Medallion Gift Box and Card

Hello to you.
At the moment some of us are having the delight of our children being on school holidays.
I think when they do go back we will need a holiday of our own (LOL).
This month is a busy month for birthdays, really it easy nearly every month.
Here is what I made for my step daughter who turned 23yrs old
and needed to send something special to the UK.
I decided to create a box and a card to match.

I used the Medallion background for the theme on the card and box and the colours are Very Vanilla,
Cherry Cobbler and Soft Suede.
The box measures 4 1/8 x 4 1/8" and the depth is almost 2".
If you pop over to Chic n Scratch  you see will where I got my inspiration from.

Center of Medallion stamp cut out and placed in the middle of the box on top of scallop circles.
As you can see I finished it off with Very Vanilla Taffeta ribbon and a pearl.

Here is a close up of the card center in coordinating colours.
I coloured the dots with the Cherry Cobbler marker and then dotted over them with Crystal Effects.
The Happy Birthday is from Well Scripted stamp set. I just love the font from this set.
Well that's all from me on the post.
Enjoy looking.
Michelle

BFF's Birthday

Hello and good day to you.
Time has flown by since my best friend and I sat down and made birthday invitations for her big 30th
birthday and here I am again making something special for her again this year.
Her birthday was a couple of weeks ago and then shortly after it was her husbands birthday too, so I
waited until that came round before sending their cards together.
For my friend Leisa this is what I made.

My colour pallet was a bit different to what I usually go with. I chose Rich Razzleberry, Certainly Celery, So Saffron and Pear Pizazz.
The box idea was from my lovely team mate Kerry Bunting of course and co ordinated with the birthday card. In the box I placed a box of brads, they fit perfectly.
Now for the male card.

I was really please how this card turned out. I wanted to give the card a subtle shimmer look. I did this

with a watercolour brush and shimmer paint and the colour of the shimmer paint I used was Champagne. It gives it a great shadow effect and not too much with the shimmer to still look masculine.

My colour pallet for this card was Marina Mist, More Mustard and Basic Grey.

I used Watercolour paper for the stamped image and Staz On in black.

I hope you enjoyed this post today.

Hope to be posting soon.

Michelle

More Birthday's With A Box

Hello to a very wet day in Sydney.
I said this month is busy for birthdays and here is another card and box to show you.
Now I'll warn you it is bright.

See I told you it's bright.
Now this card is special to me. Apart from the person it went to I learned how to do a bow from a very clever and talented Teneale Williams. It is from her Workshop Wow card 1 from convention and I just had to have a go. I had always been curious how she does those bows so perfect and now we know why.
The colours used for this two items are Daffodil Delight, Melon Mambo, Very Vanilla and Pumpkin Pie.
Top Note Die for the big shot and scored across 3/4 of the way up and fold and their is your purse.
A button is placed in the center of our purse and there you have it. So simple.
Well I hope my post brightened up your day especially if it is miserable outside.
Not looking forward to the school pick up run to get soaking wet again :(
Till next time.
Michelle

A Special Birthday Present

It was someones very special who had her birthday last Sunday and a lot of you may already know her. She is my upline Marelle Taylor.
I wanted to make Marelle something special for her Birthday other than a card and whilst on Stampin Connection I saw that Amanda Brown had made these Tote Bags in various colours and thought that would be great for Marelle, so this is how it turned out.

As you can see I made a mini chocolate box which I saw on Chic' n Scratch and they fit 4 small Twirls nicely. I of course made a Birthday card to match. The DSP used is from Love Letter mixed with Very Vanilla and Basic Black. I threw on some antique brads to give the illusion it looked real but in miniture form.
Once I finished making this my twin daughters were begging for their own. I'm sure I'll have to give in at some stage.
Well I know marelle liked it as I hand delivered it and couldn't bear for it to get damaged in the post.
Hope you all like to see it too.
Michelle

Supplies:
Stamp Sets: Party This Way, Baroque Motifs
Inks:Basic Black
Cardstock: Very Vanilla & Basic Black
DSP:Love Letter
Other:Bigshot, Butterfly Embosslit, Antique Brads, Dots Embossing folder,
Creations By AR Tutorial

Stampers Anonymous Blog Hop

Welcome to our Stampers Anonymous SU blog tour! Tonight we are delighted to show you projects using products that were available to us in our demo sneak peek from the 2010-2011 Idea Book & Catalogue.

You may have just come from Melissa's blog, but if you are starting here, don’t worry … you can make the complete tour just by following the links at the end of each post. There are 14 stops along the way and we hope you will visit each one to see the wonderful creations we have to show you! Please feel free to leave some comment love along the way …

At the end of each post there will be a link to take you to the next stop on the tour.

So grab a cuppa, sit back and enjoy!

I would just like to say this is my first attempt at joining in a BLOG HOP,so I hope I did o.k and I had fun creating for you.
My first creation came from a new stamp set we were given to come up with an idea for the recent Stamp Camp for our team.
We did a shoe box swap and I was given the Look Who's Turning .....with young children in mind.You can find this set on pg 50 of our new catalogue and it was really fun card to make.

As you can see I stamped the animals then cut them out by hand.I did the same with the party hats and randomly placed them on the card as well as giving each animal a party hat. With this stamp set you have a row of numbers so you can be specific as to the age the child or grown up who is to be having a birthday. So as I have a son turning 5 next month I thought ahead. You can't see it, but I used plastic sheeting over the number and punched it out with a 1" punch circle. I also used Versa Mark for the background.
Supplies used:
Stamp Set:Look Who's Turning
Cardstock:Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, Real Red and Whisper White
Ink:Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, Tempting Turquoise, So Saffron and Old Olive
Other:Oval Punch, Scallop Oval Punch,1" Punch, Plastic Sheeting Dimensionals & Versa Mark

Next up is something new for me in more ways then one.
Along time ago I purchased a template from Becky Roberts which is called a Valentines Box. I never had a chance to use it until now and because I wanted to use the lovely DSP Greenhose Gala for this I thought I would have a go. What do you think?

To add to the box I also used the new co-ordinating stamp set called Friends Never Fade which you can find on pg 71 of the new catalogue. On the front of my box I made 2 paper flowers which were so easy.
For each flower you just punch out 5 scalloped circles. Pierce a hole through each, then dampen them with water and scrunch them.Once they are dry put through a brad and unfold them to the desired shape. With alittle bit of 2 way glue stick I just went around the edges and dunked them into dazzling diamonds.
The tag was a stamped image from the Friends Never Fade in Baja Breeze and placed onto a Chocolate Chip punched scalloped circle. I then tied on a button and that was tied to the Real Red Grosgrain ribbon.

Now for the inside.

The contents of inside are 4 cards which are 4x4" in size all with the Greenhouse Gala DSP.
A sweetie or mouth mint box.
A miniture chocolate box.

1. Front left.
Corner punch was used on the Real Red cardstock. Not that you can see so well, but Versa Mark on the backgound.Brass eyelet place in the centre of the scalloped circle and I tied a bow in the middle and stuck on punched out hearts.
Supplies Used:
Stamp Set:Friends Never Fade
Cardstock: Real Red, Pumpkin Pie & Whisper White
DSP: Greenhouse Gala
Other: 1/4" Whisper White Grosgrain Ribbon,Brass Eyelet, Heart Small Punch & Dimensionals

2. Back left.
First of all this wasn't easy for me to make a weave card, but I am happy with the end results.
The strips I cut 8 into 1" x 3 3/8th" and stuck down the edges with Sticky Strip to stop it from lifting.
I punched out an oval circle which I then folded over onto the edge of the card with piercing a Build A Brad through it with the matching DSP. I have stamped a butterfly from the Stamp set Great Friends pg 84.
I copied the image onto the plastic sheeting and let it dry. Cut this by hand and placed alittle bit of snail to keep them together.
I did the same effect to the tag hanging off the butterfly and thread through twine.
Supplies Used:
Stamp Sets: Great Friends
Cardstock: Baja Breeze & Whisper White
Ink: Baja Breeze
DSP: Greenhouse Gala
Other: Build a Brad, Plastic Sheet, Twine and Crop-a-dile

3. Back right.
This one I think is my most favorite.
The colours are very vibrant with Pumpkin Pie and Daffodil Delight. I added Chocolate Chip Taffata Ribbon and ink and Versa Mark on the background.
On the inside I stamped the flower in Pumpkin Pie and cut this out and stamped it again in chocolate chip and cut out the centre and stuck it on with a dimensional.
Supplies Used:
Stamp Set: Friends Never Fade and Great Friends
Cardstock:Whisper White and Pumpkin Pie
DSP:Greenhouse Gala
Ink:Chocolate Chip and Pumpkin Pie
Other:Choc Chip Taffata Ribbon, crop-a-dile & dimensional

4. Front right.
Again sticking to the Greenhouse Gala DSP I went for a simple look and cut a 2.5"x2.5" square piece of DSP to be placed high on the card and matted it onto Baja Breeze card stock. Punched a hole for the ribbon and introduced  a saying from Cheep Talk whicj I'm happy to say is staying in the new catalogue.
Supplies Used:
Stamp Sets:Cheep Talk & Friends Never Fade
Cardstock: Baja Breeze & Whisper White
DSP:Greenhouse Gala
Ink:Chocolate Chip & Baja Breeze
Other:Chocolate Chip Taffata Ribbon, Crop-a-dile

To finish off my samples I have one more card for you and to match the box I made.

With this card I again stamped the image twice in two different colours and cut the flower to place it over the orginal. I cheated with the bow. You fold two loops and tie them with the twine. Get a button and tie the twine through it and tie. I then put a dimensional at the back to secure it on.
Supplies Used:
Stamp Set: Friends Never Fade
Cardstock: Real Red, Baja Breeze, Chocolate Chip, Crumb Cake and Whisper White
DSP:Greenhouse Gala
Ink: Real Red & Chocolate Chip
Other: Real Red Button, Choc Chip Ribbon, Twine, Dimensional & scalloped edge punch.

Now that's enough from me and you’re off to enjoy the wonderful creations of Nikki Stalker.Thanks for stopping by!

If you happen to lose your way here’s a list of all participants.


1. Fiona Harvey  http://fionastamps.blogspot.com/
2. Juliette Chapman  http://juleskraftikrafts.blogspot.com/
3. Kerry Bunting  http://www.kbpapercraft.blogspot.com/
4. Kirrily Matthews  http://kirrilymatthews.blogspot.com/ 
5. Lorna Casha  http://www.lornacasha.blogspot.com/
6. Marelle Taylor http://www.marelletaylor.com/
7. Meighan Wheller  http://meighanwheller.blogspot.com/
8. Melissa Gillis  http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/wishflowerstudios/blog
9. Nikki Stalker http://www.nicolestalker.com.au/blog
10. Sally Williams http://www.sallycancraft.com/
11. Sam Coppack http://samcoppack.blogspot.com/
12. Sandy Quail http://www.scrappyhabits.com/
14. Sharon Wilson http://shaz.argyle.com.au/blog/index.php

Die Cut Boxes

Sorry it's been awhile, but time flies when your having fun and now that the kids have gone back to school
I have alittle more free time.
Not to long ago my upline Marelle puts on a monthly team meeting and this time round we had a play with the new products that Stampin' Up! has launched for the new Autumn/ Winter Mini Catalogue. So I had a play with the Stampin'Up!Fancy Favour Bigz XL Dies box. I really love with way they turned out and it is great for all sorts of occassions.
So take a look.

The colours used are So Saffron,Kiwi Kiss, Baja Breeze and Whisper White.
The other items used from the new catalogue are Vintage Vogue Stamp Set, Extra-Large two step Bird punch and the Stampin'Up! Little Leaves Sizzlits Dies.

The colour combo for this one is the fabulous Rich Razzleberry,Old Olive and Whisper White.
I used some of the new Designer paper called Cottage Wall. From the new Vintage Vogue Stamp set I stamped the flower about 3 times then cut them out and layered it for a 3D look.I used my crop-a-dile to punch holes at the sides to knot the Rich Razzleberry polka dot ribbon through for the handle.
Now the boxes were put to good use for a Workshop I had done, which I will post to you all later.

Keep watching.

Michelle