Season of Green & Gold papers....

Love these Season of Green and Gold beautiful foiled papers... so quite a few different designs made... starting with this set of 5... 4 cards and a Book Treat Box for the christmas table...

I do have lots more photos of these cards to share... however technology is not on my side today... the watermarks being larger than the cards!!! So (somewhat annoyingly) I will have to come back to them another day....

Happy Easter Bunny Treat Holder

A few tasty morsels for friends and family... using the beautiful Regency Park papers , Easter Bunny stamps and (the very cute) Loose Daisy Embellishments to display the bunny amongst flowers... and eggs! 

Hope you (and I) are enjoying some tasty morsels today!

By the Way ... Regency Park papers currently discounted in the Last Chance Sale...

60% off Sweet Gingerbread stamps & dies...

Couple more Sweet Gingerbread projects I forgot to post yesterday... earlier post duly updated too... as Sweet Gingerbread stamps & dies will be only £19.20 (instead of £48)...  

This years Lindor/Ferrero treat holders for the christmas table... 

In both the Santa Express papers (60% off too) 

And the long retired Candy Cane Lane papers...

And a set of lights to hang in some greenery... when we get it down from the loft!

Click HERE for more details and projects using Sweet Gingerbread... and/or HERE for the full Last Chance List and more details...

Tuesday Team Treats Trio... For The Record Flap Boxes

Bet you cant say the first half of the title on repeat for very long!!! What a tongue twister... 

So I thought it high time I said hello and thanks to some very special & creative ladies I know... namely my team of lovely and super talented Craft Therapists! 

As I do like to send out a little treat from time to time... just 'cos! That is .. for no particular reason... but just to show my appreciation... and to remind them they are "awesome"...

So to give them a sweet treat... the For The Record Flap Box Treat Holders remained the order of the day... but brightened up this time round... 

Love these even more in these bright and happy colours... in Coastal Cabana, Polished Pink and Fresh Freesia... Hope they do too... Enjoy...

Click HERE for the Flap Box Treat Holder Tutorial.
And oh... as I forgot to mention this before... the papers used are the retired Merry Music papers from 2017... which seemed so perfect as these sheets have either "catherine wheel" shapes or music notes...

Oh and I do have a few extra sets of liquorice catherine wheels left if anyone would like to join my team during the Sale A Bration offer of 2 extra free stamp sets... and have one made especially for them... LOL!! 

Happy Valentines Day - Flap Boxes and Card

Happy Valentines Day... with a tutorial for you today to share my love... 

Along with another slight variant of my Double Treat Flap Box . I actually don't know if my son likes liquorice... but he loves Caramel Nibbles... so I thought I had better make another of the Double Treat Flap Box... so that I could fill the large drawer with chocolate treats that I know he likes...

In the image above... see the box to the top left...  as this time round I didn't add any ribbon... as luckily the flap sits so nicely onto the box section... and so it doesn't actually need any ribbon to keep everything closed... 

I have to admit that I prefer this simpler version... what about you?

Oh and click here for more details on the Valentine Pop Out Concertina Card shown... 

Fancy making this Double Flap Box Treat Holder Box for yourself... well here you go...

Flap Panel 

• Cut card 26.5 x 10.5cm. 
• Score LANDSCAPE at 10.5 & 16cm
• Valley Bone Fold
  
• TIP - if you valley and mountain bone fold the score line that will sit on the top... then the fold is much neater and flatter... and so it doesn't need the ribbon...
• Add ribbon if required to inside

Sleeve

• Cut card to A4 long x 10cm
• Score whilst LANDSCAPE at 4,14, 18 & 28cm
• Mountain bone fold
• Adhere using narrow tab

Large Drawer

• Cut card 17.4cm square
• Score at 1 1/2" on all 4 sides
• Bone Fold & Dart on 2 opposing sides
• Adhere to form open box
• Poke a central hole and add a brad as a handle

Open Top Box

• Cut card 12.5cm square
• Score at 1/2" on all 4 sides
• Bone Fold & Dart on 2 opposing sides
• Adhere to form open box

Large Inner Section

• Cut card to 16.5 x 9.9cm
• Score LANDSCAPE at 1, 1.5, 2.5, 7, 8, 8.5, 9.5, 14, 15 & 15.5cm
• Bone Fold M, M, V, V, M, M, V, V, M, M (where M= mountain/up and V = valley/down)

Small Inner Sections

• Cut card to 11.5 x 8cm
• Score at 4.5, 5.5, 6 & 7cm
• Cut in half- PORTRAIT at 4cm
• Bone Fold V, M, M, V
  
  

Decoration ... Then just decorate as required. 

• I used the retired 2017 Merry Music papers as so perfect... as these sheets have either "catherine wheel" shapes or music notes... 
• I used card mats 9.9cm square, Paper panels 9.4cm square and 26" of Ribbon
• Be sure to add any ribbon on the inside of the Flap Panel before you adhere any boxes or other panels...
  
• Adhere the Sleeve to the bottom section of the Flap Panel.. pop in the drawer... and then adhere the Open Top Box on top... 
• BIG TIP!!! Only apply glue on the back of the Open Top Box  to adhere the sections to the Flap Panel... if you apply glue to the central section of the Flap Panel and/or the back of the drawer... then you will not be open to open the drawer!! 
• White panels 8cm square on the front and 5cm square on the inside...
• 4 spogs in the liquorice wheels just a 3/4" punched circle and a small punched heart (using a long retired punch)
• Record is embossed on Basic Grey card using black embossing powder and die cut using Layered Circles dies
• Centre of the record is a 1" punched circle plus a die cut heart (Sweet & Sassy dies) and a larger die cut heart on the inside...
• Quickly snip the sentiment " You're My Favourite Song" to remove the word "song" ... and add eg HUSBAND as required...

Thursday Treats - Valentine Double Flap Box Treat Holder

Another For The Record treat holder Flap Box...

I decided that more liquorice treats were required for the husbands... 

So I added a sleeve and drawer to the Single Layer Flap Box version shared here... for which I have now added a tutorial... 

And decorated it to co-ordinate with the Valentine card shown below and shared here...

Edited To Add - Double Flap Box Treat Holder Tutorial HERE...
NOTE - posting 14 February 2022 if you see this a day early!! 

And here are the 2 Treat Boxes together...

Allsorts at the ready... yum!

Tuesday Treats -Valentine For The Record...

Sometimes you just have to buy a stamp set to create a "little idea" that comes to you... and you can make one of these Flap Boxes too as the tutorial is shared below...

This was the case with For The Record... and IMHO... the "ends definitely justified the means" in this case!! 

Note that the very quick snip of the sentiment " You're My Favourite Song" made the perfect sentiment for a SON required here...

Though I couldn't find real " Catherine Wheels " with the jelly SPOG in the middle - so I had to buy " Disco Wheels" and create my own spogs! Don't you just love that word!! And no... I didn't know they were called that before either...  Edited to add - and I am reliably informed that they are also called Jelly Buttons and Horsecakes ...

Really love this one... back with more soon...

Though I have to admit that lots of liquorice had to be eaten in the name of research... and then when prepping for classes!! I'd completely forgotten how much I love liquorice...

See a co-ordinating Valentine card posted here... Though the papers used this time are the retired 2016 Halloween Night papers from way back when... as I just fancied using orange for a change... 

Fancy making one for yourself... well here you go...

Flap Panel 

• Cut card 22.5 x 10.5cm. 
• Score LANDSCAPE at 10.5 & 12cm
• Valley Bone Fold
• Add ribbon as required to inside

Open Box

• Cut card 12.5cm square
• Score at 1/2" on all 4 sides
• Bone Fold & Dart on 2 opposing sides
• Adhere to form open box

Large Inner Section

• Cut card to 16.5 x 9.9cm
• Score LANDSCAPE at 1, 1.5, 2.5, 7, 8, 8.5, 9.5, 14, 15 & 15.5cm
• Bone Fold M, M, V, V, M, M, V, V, M, M (where M= mountain/up and V = valley/down)

Small Inner Sections

• Cut card to 11.5 x 8cm
• Score at 4.5, 5.5, 6 & 7cm
• Cut in half- PORTRAIT at 4cm
• Bone Fold V, M, M, V
  
  

Decoration ... Then just decorate as required. 

• I used the retired 2017 Merry Music papers for my other red-coloured Valentine Makes... as so perfect... as these sheets have either "catherine wheel" shapes or music notes... but I used the retired 2016 Halloween Night papers on this version for the flash of orange I wanted...
• I used card mats 9.9cm square, Paper panels 9.4cm square, and thin paper panels just 1.3cm wide x 9.9cm and 24" of Ribbon
• Be sure to add any ribbon on the inside before you adhere any paper panels or the box...
• White panels 8cm square on the front and 5cm square on the inside...
• 4 spogs just a 3/4" punched circle and a small punched heart (using a long retired punch)
• Record is embossed on Basic Grey card using black embossing powder and die cut using Layered Circles dies
• Centre of the record is a 1" punched circle plus a die cut heart (Sweet & Sassy dies) and a larger die cut heart on the inside...
• Note that the very quick snip of the sentiment " You're My Favourite Song" made the perfect sentiment for a SON... otherwise I snipped off the word song and added as required.... eg HUSBAND in the case of the card or Double Flap Box...

Simplest Smarties Treat Holder ever!!

 

And now for something completely different...

So I picked these little Smarties eMoji beauties up from somewhere on a half price offer... maybe Sainsburys?... and thought that I could decorate these really simply for one of our Christmas tables this year! As time will be of the essence more than ever this year!

Just simple hand cut holly sprigs to decorate all those "Smarties hats"... care of Christmas Gleaming...

Too cute!

But now I SO wish I had bought more of these... for our Boxing Day meet up with another (somewhat larger) family! Though actually I have just thought up a cunning plan for those!!

Otherwise my Christmas Treat Holder creative plans have gone rubbish this week... as I ...
(A) couldn't pick up ribbons & embellishments (from my low shelf) to finish them off...
(B) just needed a stamp or ink pad or something that is already in a box ready for classes next week... and yup! Boxes on the floor!!
(C) have now partially moved many things around... so I now don't know where anything is!!
(D) keep dropping things onto the floor... and then have had to wait till DH gets in to pick them up for me!

Though today I finally remembered my grabbers (which I had put on the back of a door for safe keeping...which of course means that I had forgotten them!!) Doh!

But I may have to admit defeat from the weekend.... and resort to Plan C for blog posts for a little while... as I have lots of other great projects made by fellow friends and demos around the UK... and it does seem a shame not to share those with you too... as they are such a talented crowd!

On Stage 3D Swaps - the Final Batch... the Neutrals...

Saving the best for last!! LOL!!!

Seriously though... I do LOVE my Black & Whites... and these are made by my fellow friends and Jems teamies... so I have to say that!!

A beautiful Botanical Butterflies no glue belly banded box by Susannah Jepson...

The perfect size for a Tombow...

Although the original Drumsticks lolly is a bit tastier!

And a fabulous Foliage Frame die cut on half-a-PillowBox from Anna Pickering... greeting from Lots of Happy card kit (gosh... took me a while to find this one!!)

Full of lucky golden eggs... yum! 

Though I have to admit to having now turning the sentiment round... as this way it sits up nicely in front of you... 

Amazing what you can do with half a box!! Sealed with a brad...

Bit like my Selfie Stick holder idea for my Centrestage swaps... but without both halves and the acetate... and yes I forgot to confess... the gift was a selfie stick (with remote control!! Hence why the selfie stick is off to the side...)

Monday Mini Madness...in the Pinks...

Some more of my lovely mini 3D Swaps from fellow demonstrators at Telford UK On Stage event for you today... so I bring you the Pinks range...

We have Karen Varley's All My Love Nail File holder

Esther Howard's Oh So Eclectic Triangular Treat Holder...  I salute Esther and all those that can tie that many beautiful bows!!!

Angie Ralph's Happy Tails Tissue Holder...  for all you dog allergy sufferers out there!

And last... but by no means least... Rebecca Willmore's Swirly Bird Tealight Candle Holder... on which the ribbon closure particularly pleases me!!  Both tails just pushed through a loop...so no bow!

Love that so many of these (and my other swaps) use stamp sets that I don't possess... so by swapping I have samples to show my class customers... and you guys too! One of my major reasons for swapping at these events...

Remember to contact me if you would like any further information ... as I can often find the source and so point you in the right direction... or do a quick measure & work out if not! Though I will admit that my feet aren't touching the ground at the moment... So it will be next weekend before I can realistically do much...

And check out these Green & Yellow 3D swaps if you missed them last Friday... as I got my scheduling wrong... Oops! So about 2/3rds of you did miss them!! Sorry!!!

Re-purposed Treat Holder...

So the lovely Donna shared this re-purposing  - or altered - idea with us... Thank you Donna... Just brilliant!

But before I start... don't forget that the Online Extravaganza sale event is coming this week! Deals start this Friday, 23 November (Black Friday) through 28 November. 

She quickly gobbled all the chocolate and is re-using the Table Gift from our On Stage Team meal like so!

Fantastic idea Donna... and I will be greedy... as I have 2 of these left... so one for pens & pencils... and one for my trusty Tombow multi purpose liquid glue!

Click here for more details on the holder...

3D Sweet Treats...

And there's more...

As explained in my post here... we demos like to meet up on the Saturday evening for a post-On Stage meal ... catch up some more and share a sweet treat or two... and here is the beautiful table setting I was presented with last Saturday night at Zizzis in Solihull..

And here are the treats close up... thank you so much girls... beautiful!

And apologies for this very quick share today... but not only have I got back to back classes this week...

But my mum is not good at all... so I am very stressed and meeting myself going backwards...

Good job I am (very almost) perfectly OK after my radiotherapy treatment... 

So please do not worry if I do not achieve my usual daily blog post service for a  few weeks...

It just may have to be...

But it won't be because of me... I am feeling great!!

And I will be back to it as soon as I can...

And a sad story about this last Malteser reindeer picture (though Angela may not be happy with me!!!)... just in case any of the team didn't know...  

Angela spent all her time making the 28 or so treat holders to pop her treats in on the day ... but then left the packaging at home!!! Don't you just hate it when that happens...