Simply Create Too - Challenge 89 - Midway Inspiration

The Simply Create Too challenge is at its midway point so time for some inspiration!  The theme for the challenge is:

Christmas

So here is an exploding box I made last year.  The large silver glitter snowflake on the back of the box is an Christmas decoration - all other snowflakes are Marianne Creatable die cuts which I've added with wire and then docorated with glitter glue and a half pearl.

All the ribbons are from my stash along with the two charms.  I made the fancy sides of the box with a Spellbinder die and then glued then onto the box - the ribbon hides any joins.

Good luck with the challenge!  I'd like to enter the following:

Bugaboo - Jingle All The Way
Crafty Calendar: Christmas In July
Sweet Stampin':  Christmas In July
Christmas Stampin' All Year Long:  Glitter
Kitty Bee Designs:  Christmas In July

Polkadoodle Challenge - Spring Is In The Air

It's time for a new Polkadoodle challenge and the theme for the fortnight (the challenges now last for 2 weeks!) is Spring Is In The Air.

I've taken the theme literally this week and made an exploding box with springy MUM letters! The papers are from Pen and Paper Circle issue 9 and I've used a Sizzix die to cut the letters and then added them to some craft wire which has been very much glued underneath the rolled flowers. I've added some clear doodle drop gems to the centres for extra sparkle - and they are reduced in the shop too!

I've also used a Sizzix scalloped tag die and handwritten the sentiment. The ribbons are all from my stash and I was rather pleased that they matched the papers perfectly!

Good luck with the challenge - closing date is 4 April.

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Divas By Design: Flowers
Paper Shelter: More than 5 Flowers
The Three Muses: Spring
Ladybug Crafts Ink: For A Special Lady
Papertake Weekly: Special Lady

Craft The Year Away!

Anice at Funky Hand has a new cd for release today! If you missed the show earlier this morning on Create and Craft then you will have missed just how wonderful this new cd - Craft The Year Away is!

It's the third cd in the Papercraft Factory format, but its had a mini makeover! You can now create your own verses and text to match the papers and there are some templates on the cd too - wobble cards and door hangers!

Each of the twelve colour collections are suited to a month of the year and to make this exploding box and baby shoes, I've used Evening In June and made the templates up as I've gone along. And it wasn't that plain sailing either as I managed to make two left feet, but I had enough paper printed to make another one!

The flowers have been cut using a Cuttlebug die and I've added buttons and string for detail.

The lid on the exploding box is a rather snug fit as I forgot to allow enough overhang!! But aren't the colours lovely?!

You'll have to wait until 1pm before you can buy the cd but the wait will be worth it! Some peeks of the cd have been shown on Get Funky! which is our challenge blog that runs from the funky fifteenth of the month for a whole month! You do need to use a Funky Hand element but with a freebie each month on offer that ties in with the challenge, you really are on a winner! And talking of winners, the top project gets a £20 voucher to spend on Funky Hand products!!

• All paperbased products: Craft The Year Away from Funky Hand
• Dies: Cuttlebug flowers
  
• Everything else: My stash
  

Simple Doodles Challenge 23 - Out Of The Box

It's time for another Simple Doodles challenge This fortnight the challenge is:

Out Of The Box

And I have taken it literally (to be honest I didn't consider anything else!) I've made these three cute exploding boxes. Not sure if they are proper exploding boxes but they are using my own template and sizing and worked fine for me!

I've used Funky Hand - Funky Daze papers and three different collections but the same patterns for each - Funky Hand papers have different collections of papers with different colours but the same patterns so if you like the pattern but wanted it in blues - no problem!

The top of the boxes show off 4 flowers on each corner made with my Cuttlebug flower die plus matching Card Candy from Craftwork Cards.

The boxes are quite dinky and they each have an inner layer which shows off yet more scary photos of Jacob! These three have been made for his three main people at nursery as a thank you for when he leaves at the start of September prior to starting school. I've got one more to make for Karen the cook but that one will be from both boys as she's been the cook from the nursery being built and her creations are always well received by the boys!



This one is for Rachel who was Jacob's key worker for the last 2 years and she's recently been promoted to full time Manager to cover maternity leave. Various photos of Jacob and some of him with Samuel from being less than 24 hours old (far right) to mid June (pic in middle with Rachel). The devil photo was taken at nursery when he was 2 and he had his face painted and it lasted all day - he didn't smudge it at all, and it was all glittery too! Mind you, it stayed for a few days after too! The very bottom photo is from a Farmer Ted's trip 2 years ago with nursery when all our kids wore wellies and no-one else did.....!!

Anyway, a bit of corner rounding and some doodling and they are complete - really quick to make once I got going!

Hope you can join us on the Simple Doodles challenge this fortnight - pop over to the challenge blog for more details on how to enter! Good luck!

• All papers: Funky Daze from Funky Hand
• Dies: Cuttlebug flowers
• Card Candy: Craftwork Cards