Cake Kit

I got this idea for a Christmas present for my friend from Becky Roberts (see here). My friend (who now has 3 kids) is really getting into making cakes (from Birthday Cakes to gorgeous cupcakes for kids), so for Christmas I decided her present would have a Cake Theme, and this packaging for the cake mix and accessories was perfect.

Inside the box was a Betty Crocker Cake Mix and 2 different icing tubes and a 3 pack of small icing tubes. To go with this box was a Cupcake Carrier and kids party cookbook. I think she loved it (apparently a cake carrier had been on her list for a while) - love it when a plan comes together.

I didn't have a lot of time to decorate the package so I used a Magnolia image that I had coloured in some time ago and the Yummy stamp from last years Sale-A-Bration. Ohhh that reminds me, Sale-A-Bration starts again soon (25th January), and is a great opportunity to get a free stamp set with every order of $100.

To go with the pack I did up a quick Christmas Card using a Christmas Magnolia stamp and Stampin' Up! Real Red cardstock and ribbon, teamed with some Ski Slope DSP from the now ended Spring Mini (loved that paper). I added some dazzling diamonds to her hat (but it often doesn't show up well in photos).

I am loving being on holidays from my full time job at the moment, I am reorganising my craft room (I reorganise my craft room every year, and helps to get me inspired to create when I can actually find everything). Better get back to it.

Handmade Memory Game

This is a little gift I made for my friends kids. I had collected the Cuttlekids animals some time back and had started to them into a memory game. The other night I decided to finish it off.

There are 9 animals altogether and I made 2 cards of each. I started out with jungle animals (lion, zebra, hippo, elephant, but drifted into others like pigs and penguins!).

I made the cards out of Kraft and Vanilla cardstock from Stampin' Up! and made a little box to put them in. I was really pleased in the way they came up.

A Belated Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to All

I hope you have all had a very merry christmas and that you have had the chance to enjoy the season (amidst the chaos). I had some friends over today for the last of the 'Christmas' festivities. I did roast chicken instead of turkey - would you believe it is a little hard to find turkey straight after christmas, but I think they enjoyed it and their kids had a ball. It's off to the shops tomorrow - Stocktake Sales (a girls dream). I will be back again soon with a couple more things I made for Christmas.

All the best for the New Year.

Christmas Card/Box

Just a quick post today.

Here is another Christmas 'project' I have made. It is a card/box and I got the template from an earlier UStamp (you can see my earlier version here). It is so quick and easy to put together.

I really wanted to do a Christmas version, so this has been made with the Tree Trimmings Stamp Set from the now ended Spring Mini Catalogue (loved that catalogue). It is perfect when you want to give a little gift, you can just pop it in the little drawer (even Chocolate will fit!).

Can you believe that it is only 8 more sleeps to Christmas - where did the days go???

Christmas Bags

I love these Kraft Bags they are so versatile and go brilliantly with our Kraft cardstock. You can pick them up at various craft stores.

I had made cards similar to the fronts of these bags and thought I would do some bags to match. One of them was my Regional Swap (see here), and the other I had done some time (see here).

Christmas Pillowboxes

Pillowboxes are cute and versatile (I made one for the shoebox swap for the Stamp Camp - I will show you this one soon). To make these for Christmas I added the Riding Hood Red striped ribbon that was in the Spring Mini Catalogue (love that ribbon), and the Do not open 'til Dec 25 Stamp from the Winter Post Stamp Set (love that stamp set). I stamped it a second time and cut the centre part out to pop it up on Stampin' Dimensionals.

Christmas Sunnyboy Containers

I have made sunnyboy containers before, but these ones were inspired by Margaret on our Stamp Camp, they use DSP measuring 6 x 4 inches, and they end up as these cute little packages, at this size they could be hung on the tree or placed on a table setting.

I left the double sided tape at the top so that people could put in whatever they wanted and seal them up.