Mini Treat Box using Tabs for Everything

Watch video tutorial here!

I was looking at the Tabs for Everything stamp set and notices the square of lines and wondered what that could be used for.  After experimenting I found that by stamping once and then again over the top at a 90 degree angle it gave a nice effect that reminded me of gingham table clothes and summer picnics. So I decided to make something using this design and this is what I came up with. A small little treat box.

As well as the Tabs for everything stamp set I also use the Flower Garden set and matching punch.I made a box in each of the 2017-2019 in colours.

I used a piece of Whisper White card stock - 5 1/2 x 4 1/8
This means you can get four out of a sheet of A4 card stock or a standard sheet of cardstock in America, you just have a larger flap or you can cut it down.

Card scored on the long side at 1/2 - 1 3/4 - 3 - 4 1/4
Turn 90 degrees and score on short side at 1 1/4 - 2 1/2 - 3 3/4

Then I cut away the parts indicated in the video or in the photo, used a 1/2 inch circle punch to make small thumb hole, stamped the square sections and stuck the sides and bottom flaps,

I stamped 2 flowers on a scrap of whisper white and punched out - the petals were curled using a bone folder and glues together and onto the top of the box.

Then I stamped the greeting and circle border and punched out using 3/4 inch circle punch, and using a dimensional I stuck in the centre of the flower.

Triangular Gift Box

Watch my video tutorial



I wanted to make a little gift box for a small gift for my tutor group to say goodbye.  I wanted to be able to make a box with a 6x6 piece of DSP to make it economical. I used paper from the clearance rack so it really was very economical :-)



Paper size: 6x5 1/4
Score on long side at: 1 - 1 1/2 - 2 - 4 - 4 1/2 - 5
Score on short side at: 1 1/2 - 3 - 4 1/2

Then using the envelope punch board the box was punched on the long side at each score line twice by matching the 1 1/2 and 4 1/2 score line with the centre of the punch.

Bonus Days in July

Stampin Up like to give you a bit more so this July for every £45 you spend on products they will give you a voucher code for £4.50 to spend in August. How fantastic is that???!!!

Watch my video showing what you can get for £45

Pop over to my shop and place your order today, you can earn as many vouchers as you like so for a £90 order you get 2 x £4.50 vouchers,  for a £180 order you get 4 x £4.50 plus the hostess rewards as your order is over £150.

Don't for get to use my hostess code and you will receive an extra thank you gift from me for shopping in my shop :-)

July's Hostess code is PXMZQVWS

Shop here!

View Catalogue here :-)

Join My Team :-)

Ideas of how to spend £45 and grab some bargains on the clearance rack.

Pootles Retreat Swaps

Watch video tutorial here!

I am so excited to be going on my first Stampin Up retreat with Sam from Pootles and the rest of the team.  I am even more excited to be taking part in swaps!

I am a relatively new demo so have limited current products from the new catalogue (got shed loads of retired products and paper!) so it was important to use minimal products.  I bought a bag of mini Smarties.  Using a sheet of A4 cardstock I cut it in half at 4 1/8 (on the short side) then cut again at 4 1/8 on the long side, cut again and repeated on second piece.  You now have 4 squares (4 /8 x 4 1/8) and 2 spare pieces.

Using the envelop punch board I scored and punched at 2" and 3" and then repeated the punch and score on other sides using the scored lines as a guide to where to punch and score.

Then I created flaps by cutting down the side of the 2 small squares on the smallest pointed sides and notched them.  I then cut approximately 1/2" off the 2 larger pointed ends and applied Tombow to these 2 sections to glue together and form the belly of the box.  The 2 smaller pointed ends were rounded off using the corner rounder on the board and the flaps were folded in and the ends tucked in to form the box.

The Belly band was cut from 12x12 DSP - 2"x5" - so you get 14 out of a sheet.

I then decorated using the balloon punch and a balloon stamp from Happy Birthday Gorgeous but you can decorate how you wish.  I stuck this to the from of the box with a dimensional and added a bow made from bakers twine - I took whisper white twine and coloured it using ink that matched the cardstock I used.

I used Eastern palace DSP
Dapper Denim - Tranquil Tide - Very Vanilla - Lemon Lime Twist cardstock
Matching ink

Stampin Up Planner

I just love my new planner!

Watch the video tutorial here!


I love how I am going to be able to be organised and also creative.  I have used the label punch stamp from Happy Birthday Gorgeous stamp set to make tiles and arrows for check lists. I have also used the Text Ya Later stamp set for emoji's, speech bubbles and statements. I also cannot wait to get the Tabs for everything bundle to use the icons and tab. I am also thrilled that I found a use for the tabs that are punched out when you use the envelope punch board. I will also be using washy tape to partition the days.

I will show you how my planner develops as time goes on so as they say 'watch this space!'

Tri-Folded Card

I decided to redo one of my first videos - did not intend it to be so long, but it does show my thought process when making cards!

Watch the video here!

I used the same template as before as I am still using an A4 sheet of card stock.

I also used the same dimensions for the matted card stock. (sorry this is on its side) I have put both metric and imperial measurements on the templates.

I used:

Card Stock:

• Crumb Cake
• Very Vanilla

Ink:

• Crumb Cake
• Powder Pink

Stamp sets:

• Background Bits
• Butterfly Basics

Die sets:

• Butterfly Thinlits

This was a labour of love, I hope you like it, if you want to purchase any items then please visit my shop and don't forget to include the hostess code :-)

Butterflies made easy with Tim Holtz Stamping Platform

I was so excited to finally receive my new Tim Holtz Stamping Platform, I ordered it months ago and had to wait as orders were held up.  I couldn't wait to have a go and decided to use the Water Colour Wings 3 step stamp set as the first go on it.  It makes lining up the stamps so easy and accurate. 

I stamped the butterflies and cut them out using the corresponding die.  I then used the platform to stamp 2 of the back ground stamps at the same time.  I then placed the sentiment where I wanted it and stamped this on each card. I created 11 cards backgrounds in less than 15 mins, great for bulk card making.

To create this card I used a standard A6 card and the die cut butterfly, I used my bone folder to curl the wings and stuck it on with dimensional's.  I used 2 on each wing at the top and one on each at the bottom to give it dimension. The colours I used were Powder Pink for the first layer of the butterfly and the background, Flirty Flamingo for the edges of the wings and Berry burst for the middle.  I then used Basic grey for the butterfly body and the sentiment.

I hope my students like the cards.