Anything but a Card for August Jems Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to The Craft Spa...

Wow! 2 blog hops in less than 12 hours...Today we have my regular Monthly Jems Team Blog Hop with a theme of Anything but a Card ...

And last night was my first time hopping with the Global Stamping Friends group with the theme of Cards For The Kids...

So today I have an altered notice board for you.... pretty but also functional in 2 ways! Either with a dry wipe pen as per my sample... or using the Gold Library Clips to pop a card in....

Though I do laugh as we all decided that it was also prettier with the clips too!!!

So we used a large 6x4 text card from the Petal Garden Making Memories card pack... plus a piece of the co-ordinating Petal Garden paper stack...

Decorative Ribbon Punched borders with Rich Razzleberry 1/4" Stitched Edge Ribbon trim. And I have to say that it is SO great to have a nice border punch again... seems like a while...

Finished off with a fussy cut rose and rosebud from another card from the pack....

And the icing on the cake to make it all dry wipe functional... just a piece of Window Sheet (acetate) cut to size.... the lines between the days/grid being perfect to hide the thin sticky tape we used... love that Stampin' Up! provide us with 12x12 acetate... my old A4 sheets would not have done the job....

So there you have it... this will proudly adorn my craft den walls... and it will be well used to plan my creative week....

And this is what it looked like before... you have to love Home Bargains for great pieces to alter!!!

So it is time to pass you on... Today's is a small group to hop around as so many of us are on holidays... and yesterday's was a much larger group! Hope you come back and get to do both hops... I do particularly love my projects posted last night!

Click on the icon below to go to the lovely Lynn's blog for more Anything But A Card inspiration....

And Click here for yesterday's Kids!

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Look what I bought!

Love these...

Spotted these last week in my local Home Bargains store... a string of lights plus loads of letters that you pop on the string...

Now what shall I spell out next...

Yes I know this is a bit different... but it is time for bed and my photos are on a slow boat in the iCloud from the iPad to my PC... so no new creation to share today and I can't even come back later and post as I have my lovely All Day Event ladies sharing the day with me... but lots coming your way... 

Easter Pyramid Pal Easter Chick... extended...

Ok ... where there is an Easter Bunny... you will always find an Easter Chick not far behind....

 

I just couldn't resist! Charlie Chick for you today.... Sitting on a Pool Party box this time....

I had to re-visit Home Bargains today... to stock up on these polka dot square muffin boxes... and would you believe it... no Pool Party and Blushing Bride in the pack any more... but hey Mint Macaron and Pink Pirouette instead... yes I am even happier!!

In fact... that may be a good enough excuse for another Pyramid Pal lidded box make at the weekend... 

Easter Bunny Pyramid Pal... extended version...

Another easy project for Easter today... lots of happy oohs and aahs over re-creating this little project....  

A pyramid bunny care of the Playful Pyramid Pals stamps & dies.... 

Popped onto a scalloped polka dot  square muffin box as a lid (mine from good ol' Home Bargains).... more than doubles the amount of chocolate you can gift! And looks SO cute!!

Finished off with a Honeycomb Bob Tail on the back ...

And a Playful Pals carrot... an awesome idea for which I cannot take any credit! That goes to Karen Fontinelle whose blog post you can visit here for more details.... 

I drew my lines in using marker pens the same colour as my card (Tangerine Tango & Cucumber Crush) - but I would stick to a black pen for a re-make!