Gift Box and Wallet

I love making boxes and bags.

I made this gift box to put money in for a birthday present, it is similar to the one we made at the Tithe Barn class.

I first saw a picture of the box on inkingidaho blog, I couldn't follow the link for the instructions so I fiddled about until I was happy with the design and look of the box.

We also had a male birthday so I made one of the wallets that I like, luckily I had kept a note of the measurements that I had taken from my sons real wallet!! He still wants me to fill his wallet!!!

Picnic Basket

As it is summer and we have had some good weather, I thought I would make another picnic basket, this is made the same way as I made the Easter basket this Easter.

 I think the pink highlights on the flowers and swirls go beautifully with the green gingham. I made the rose using a six petal flower cut out three times and rolled and glued in place, I like making these but somtimes I think they do end up looking like squashed roses but not this time.

 When I thought I had finished the basket it still looked like it needed something so a butterfly came to the rescue yet again.

Little black bag.

I am so sorry I have not updated my blog for so long, I have no real excuse, only that my computer is still playing up and to get it to do anything takes for ever.

This is a gorgous gift bag that I made for my son's girlfriend to hold her birthday gifts. I first saw the design in a book, so I read how it was made, a bit like browsing the magazines before you choose which one to buy,  then made my own when I got home.

The bag is made from bazzill black card 

The flowers are fabric ones I found in my cupboard but I now wish I had made the flowers.

 

To finish the bag I added silver stitching for the flower stems and around the handles.

Valentine Box

This darling little box holds one chocolate, just right for a loved one or for someone who has everything!!

Zana, who comes to the Craftbuddies Crop, put me onto a blog called 'min lille blogg', on it are the most delicate boxes and cards that I have seen for a long while. I adapted the instructions to suit me as I prefer to work in inches, this is my take on the chocolate box.

The heart edge is made from a fiskars punch that I bought second hand, a very good buy I think as it is just right for this project.

The little hearts are the punched out bits from the the edge with 2mm gems glued on.

 

The flower is made from a strip of white card concertinaed and glued together, unfortunately I forgot to measure how long the strip of card was before I made the flower. I made the flower centre from the same paper.

 

The chocolate fits snugly in the centre of the box. But not for long in my house!!

Tree Decorations

I have just realised that I have not posted on my blog for over two weeks, I am very sorry but hope the next few posts make up for it.

I made 24 of thse mini triangle boxes to hang on my christmas tree but I think they look better on this tree, which my friends Ann and Ellie bought me for christmas two years ago.

 The christmas puddings are made from one brown circle and a pearlesent (? sorry my spelling is really bad at the mo.) cream semi circle for the custard. The holly are sequins that I purchased from my local supermarket.

 I tied the boxes together with red ribbon then threaded gold thread through for the hanger, this is when I also added the bell, I wanted to buy the papermania ones I had seen but when I went looking everywhere had sold out so I bought hobbycraft own make and I must say I am very impressed with them, I got more for less!!

If you wanted to make these into advent boxes you could add the numbers onto the reverse of the box.

Bag or Box

I love how this looks, all vintagey and distressed. I used four different makes of paper on this project, Fancy Pants French Press, Making Memories Je t'Adore, MME Mabel 'Love' Letters and Prima Ashton.

The chipboard shape was cut using the sizzix caddy die, before I glued it together I covered some parts with the paper I had chosen, to make this easier I could have die cut the paper but me being me, I didn't do that. The flower is from the Tim Holtz Tattered Rose die.

 Once everything was glued in place I inked round all the edges. Of course I used my distress ink guide to help me choose just the right shade of ink.

I finished off this bag or box by adding the cream organza ribbon at the top. This could sit on a desk and hold pens and pencils or it will hold 3"x3" cards and envelopes.

Next time I make this I think I will either crackle the back or stamp over some of the paper to give it a different look.