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Little Gift Boxes

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A quick post to show these cute little boxes I made up following Sam's instructions on Mixedupcraft - I won't give details as I followed her video to the letter, so if you like making boxes, check out her video tutorial here . Here are my boxes - they are so cute! I love how well the lid fits over the box, and how sturdy they are considering they are just made out of paper.

Christmas Rose

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I believe I have finished my Christmas cards - well, I say believe, because I really thought I had but my daughter called by yesterday to see if I had 8 spare cards for her coworkers - all men!  So we started together and had them done an hour later - I'll post those pics at the bottom. Anyway, as I believe I've now finished with the Christmas products, I decided to stamp up the Altenew Christmas Rose - we call them Hellebores, because of course they are a winter flower, and our Christmas is in summer.  But I was in the mood for some pale, pastel colours so I set to try out the new stamp, cut them out with matching dies, and in no time had a card finished on my desk.  This stamp is a two-step (or 3 if you count the centre) and looks so pretty clustered together as a bunch.  I really like that there are two sizes of leaves too! I finish the inside of the card with another flower spray.   The sentiment is by Stampin Up - Birthday Blossoms Here are the Ch

Less is More - one layer #358

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The latest challenge at   Less is More is the one layer challenge, with the theme of candles or something depicting light.  Perfect for one more Christmas card I thought, so found some time to make this CAS card.  The silver heat embossed sentiment is difficult to see, so I have included this extra photo for detail. I used Zig watercolour markers for the colouring, not using very much water as it was heat embossed on regular card.  I'm afraid the spongeing around the image is a little heavier than I wanted, but doesn't seem too bad when looking at the card in its entirety.  I should have remembered that Less is More!

21st masculine birthday

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This card is for a friend's grandson - he has already travelled a bit, so hence the world theme. Colour medium used is Color Burst powders - and then some gold paint swished over at the end.  I saw the technique demonstrated by Heather Telford recently, and the idea is to have the colour very wet to move the colour around, but you must dry each layer before adding the next.  It's a fun method, though I haven't done it justice as this is my first attempt, but I will certainly be trying it again. The number dies are by Stampin' Up! - Large Numbers - I love these dies! The 'world' die is unnamed - it isn't specifically the world, so makes an interesting focal point.

Less is More Colour Challenge

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Wow!  It's been ages since I've entered into the Less is More challenge, even though I visit often!  This week I seem to have found some time and I'm entering this simple CAS card for the colour challenge - red and green!  How appropriate as we are all trying hard to complete enough cards to send out, without having to resort to buying any. Stencil:  Simon Says Stamp - from an old kit from 2014 Sentiment:  Stampin' Up! Merriest Wishes stamp set Embellishment:  Ranger enamel dots