Book in a Box...

...that looks like a book (IYKWIM)

This is my first completed (apart from photos) book from the UKS summer minibook event. Surprise, surprise, it is one of Annette's LOL

I decided to go with a wintery theme so that I could use blue & silver and lots of blingy bits.


The box has been kept quite plain as it is made from holographic mirri board. I just covered it with panels of PP from the Daisy & Dandelion Christmas range and a couple of gems. I cropadiled 2 snowflake brads to the cover and attached silver ribbon as a closure.

The inside of the box is lined with more D&D Christmas PP.

I had some blue and silver beads and some pearl snowflakes so I strung them on navy thread and wrapped them around the front panel of the cover on the book. I also made a little dangly to hang from the binding wire.

The pages are white pearl CS and I have kept the decoration very simple. The first page has been punched with the Fiskars Effervesent (sp?) border punch. Each page has just a small PP highlight and a bit of bling.

If the pics are naff it is because my battery died and I was faffing around try to find some with enough charge to take the piccies.

Hope you like my take on your lovely little book Annette.....................

Minibooks...

...everywhere LOL

The Summer event over on UKS is a fortnight of minibook instructions - oh there are some really super ideas. I have been merrily printing off the instructions each day (a copy for me and a copy for Kristy) but at the moment I'm spoilt for choice and don't know what to start on first LOL

I have cut & folded the card for MaryAnne's squash books that were the 'run-up' to the event. I have bought some brown velvet paper to make the darling little Owl book.

Tonight I have hunted high & low for some stiff A4 card that I know I have (why can you never find stuff when you need it..."rollseyes") and failed :o( Nevermind, I did find some very stiff holographic card so I have made a start on Annette's fabby "Book in a Box" - if she thought hers was 'blingy' she'll need sunglasses for this one LOL

Right, the box & covers are cut, scored & folded - now let's go hunt for some PP to decorate it with...I could be gone a while........................

Amaaaaaaaaazing RAK...

...Random Act of Kindness.

Ingvild has reached 200,000 visits on her blog "My Paper Art" and is offering the most amazing stuff by way of a thank you - do drop by her blog her work is lovely.............

A Day...

...to remember.

Kristy, I think you and Dan should have organised something like this for the wedding last week.........LOL

Still, you could always consider this for later..........

For bloggers in general - these two clips appeared on You-tube and the first one seems to have sparked a spate of similar 'wanna-be' type weddings. Whether real or spoof, I think the idea was fun..........................

EDT: you need the sound on c",)

A very, very...

...busy week.

Lots of cards made.

The week started with me making a card for my sister's birthday - she isn't overly into papercrafting so I tried to keep it fairly simple but I wanted to play with my Martha Stewart Heart border punch. This I did on the edge of some handmade paper that I used as a wrap.








Wednesday was Dawn's card workshop "Christmas in July". The cards we created were lovely and very enjoyable to make. The first one here was a cute little Angel card in its own box - everything was made as part of the workshop including the box. To help show off the Angel a little more clearly I took a pic with some white paper behind it. The Angel was printed onto acetate and then decorated with glitter and some netting.
This one was an outside-looking-in card and again the box was made to fit the card to make it more of a gift.





I'm going through a phase of making Quad cards at the moment - they look so complicated but are really very easy. I just loved the way we decorated this one.





More printing on acetate and a bit of rubber stamping...Santa & Sleigh are actually stamped on the card behind the printed scene on the acetate.




I have loads of ideas for more Christmas cards but it is getting the chance to sit down and put them into practice. Still, at least I've made a start - how many days to Christmas?................................

Yuck, yuck, yuck...

...if there is one thing that I hate more than ants it's FLYING ants. They make me feel all itchy.

The walk home from the station this evening was horrid.

The platforms at the station were swarming with ants (flying & non-flying varieties) and the walk from there home was truly YUCK - forever being bombarded by the nasty flying things. Gosh I'm glad to be indoors, but I still feel itchy.............

Well I said I'd been...

...busy. Here is the proof.

A wonderful 3D LO inspired by Carole Janson (see link to the right - under blogs).

This was what I did today at the monthly Artbase Sunday crop.

Margaret came up with this fabulous idea after seeing some of the lovely 3D work that Carole does and shows on her blog.

One of the things behind todays project was to use lots of punches (you know, the ones you just had to have but have never seen the light of day since you got them home LOL) and some die cutting.

There were little circles, BIG circles, tiny & large flowers, hearts, squares, leaves and grass.

Most of the elements are attached to the LO on acetate hinges.

A bit of inking, some blinging-up with Stickles and some pretty little flowers cut from Core-dinations card and then sanded.

I've taken loads of pics of sections of the LO so you can see some of the detail.

Making up the various elements of this LO was what took the time but once they were done it was quick and easy to put everything together. Although you might not realise it, this LO will lay flat and slip into an album but for the moment I am enjoying having it sat on the mantlepiece.

Kristy came along to this and this was her first 'All-day' crop. She was very pleased with herself as she managed to get everything completed before the end of the crop - and a fab job she did too......................