From Trash to Vintage Gift Box

Take an empty teabag box........

And a couple of hours later....

Altered Vintage Wine Bottle Gift Box

Pearl trim on top of lid 

Marianne D Cuttables click on the link for one of the sheets its not the same one I used but from the same range

Texture ribbon from the Autum theme ribbon box

Shabby Chic Altered Jumbo Peg

Hi I have used one of the lovely Jumbo pegs from Natalie and Amys shop they are fab, I need to get some more they are great brill to decorate  for holding photos or name tags at weddings or birthday partys

I have a YouTube video on my Tutorial blog 

if you want more info on how to decorate this

lollydollycrafts.blogspot.com then click on the tutorial link

Christmas Wishes ~ Mulberry Wood

I love traditional rich red, green and gold colours for Christmas cards so these gorgeous Dovecraft 'Vintage Christmas' papers are just perfect for me ... in fact they are my favourite Christmas papers this year :-)

* Card Recipe *

Most of the products used on my card are available at Natalie and Amy's online store by clicking on the links.

Image ~ Mulberry Wood 'Christmas Wishes'

Papers ~ Dovecraft 'Vintage Christmas'

Dies ~ Cheery Lynn 'Holly Corner' and Marianne D 'Miniature Poinsettias'

Sentiment, Ribbon & Gold pearls ~ Stash

Live in the moment

Almost everything I have used here is in the shop. I started with a 5x5 card blank I have matted and layered a 13cm x 13cm square of white card on to it. I inked the white card with all 3 of the distress inks in the spring seasonal set I started with the Squeezed Lemonade and mad it go almost to the middle of the card then put on some peacock feather not going quite as far into the centre then finished it off by adding Shaded Lilac around the very edges. Then I stamped the flowers at the bottom and the sentiment in brown ink. They are both from the Silhouette Grasses set. Then I have added some texture with tiny dots of platinum liquid pearl. The butterflies are from Local king rubber stamp and the set is just called Butterflies. I used the squeezed lemonade distress ink again just to give the butterflies a bit of colour and then added some gold stickles so they sparkle. I have used collall all purpose glue to do my matting and layering and I have to say I am so in love with this glue. I use it all the time now I don't think I will ever go back to tape. To attach the butterflies I have used collall silicone glue so they stand away from the card a bit and look more 3D. 

Polar bear - C.C. Designs

How cute is this little guy!?! I just LOVE him and to add to what you can see I have added a wobbler to his head so he really moves :D You can get your hands on him in my store HERE. He was so easy to colour and to give you an idea of size he is on a 5 x 5 card. The beautiful frame die that I have used you can also get in my store it is from Lea - bilities and is HERE. I have inked through the dies as well to give it a bit of colour and for my inking I used Dreamweaver brushes and Salty Ocean distress ink. I thought I would add a bit of sparkle so put some Glamour dust on to I hope look a bit like snow. The paper I have used is from the Dovecraft back to basics modern pack and then to finish it off I added some clear gems for a bit more sparkle.

 

Party Time

How cute is this little man!?! I just LOVE him. He is called Party Time and you can grab him in my shop HERE. I have coloured him in the following Spectrum noir pens:

 

Trousers and bowtie: JG5,JG1, CG4

Top: TB8, BT8, IB3

Shoes and hat: TN5, TN3, TN1 for shadow on white areas

Present: GB5, GB4, CT2

Humprey: IG3, IG2, IG1 and FS6 inside his ears

 

The papers are from the papermania capsule collection from 2 different packs ( BURLEIGH BLUE and LINCOLN LINEN). The gems and sentiment are from my stash.