Gift Cards

Isn't this a brilliant idea?  I love it!  A blank dvd style box decorated beautifully and filled with cards.  This is the last project that I made with Amanda and it's one that I hope to replicate at my own classes in the future.
 Decorating the box is dead easy, just a piece of Blueberry crisp dsp cut to size.  Then we added a label to the bottom at the front using a circle punch and letters.  I called mine "Cards" original huh!  but you could call it anything appropriate.
Inside the box I attached a length of ribbon each side with sticky strip for strength so that the cards can be tied in place. Then all was left to do was make the 5 cards that live inside.
I'll share those over the next few days :)

Starry

 Oh dear, something's wrong here but I can't seem to fix it. This photo is upside down!  On my computer I have turned it round but when I upload it to blogger it's always upside down again!  How's that work ??? Fortunately this design can turn almost anyway up (just as well really!)
I have to confess that I was a little concerned about this one, I'm just not sure about the colour scheme of So Saffron and Certainly Celery, maybe I would be happier if it was brighter colours; the ladies at Make Do and Send liked it so that was ok. 
I punched a star out of the whisper white base card and mounted it onto the celery base card then, using the Seeing Stars stamp set, stamped it all over with a mixture of saffron and celery stars.  For a bit of dimension I punched out some more stars from Saffron designer paper, 3d mounted them and added a few rhinestones.

CupCake

Another from the Lets Make Cards Paddington kit. I'm lovin the cupcake paper, just perfect for a birthday card. I added the coordinating tag and inked the edges. And just a few balloons for that party atmosphere.

more Paddington

Another couple of quick cards from the Paddington papers and embellishments from Lets Make Cards. I'm intending to use the Union Jack card for my Nephew birthday - can you guess how old he is going to be?!

Please Look After this Bear!

Two slightly different views of the same card here, you can almost see the inside! I discovered a "Lets Make Cards" magazine that I hadn't opened!!!! and the embellishments enclosed with it were all Paddington Bear related, so, here is the first card I made (lifted straight from the magazine suggestions, no imagaination required). The card is really quite tiny, made from the front half of an A6 card. Three Paddingtion images layered to the front edge and inside is a greetings tag attached by a cord and some gold stars for decoration.

Cards

These are two more of the cards I made from a recent copy of Let's make cards.

Birthday cards

I made these cards a little while back from an issue of Let's Make cards. All the bits and pieces and the cardstock too came together with the magazine. :O)

Mother's Day Cards

These are the cards I have made for Mother's day for my mum and mil. I am all out of inspiration at the moment so I was really pleased when the latest edition of Let's Make Cards landed on the mat this morning. I have more or less copied the designs from the magazine but hopefully it will provoke something more creative from me over the weekend.