Ferrero Rocher Valentine bouquet

Good morning to you all, today I am sharing another idea I got from YouTube, this time using Ferrero Rocher chocolates.

I attached 3 Ferrero Rocher chocolates to wooden skewers and wound 3 Spellbinders due cut Blossoms around them. I also attached 2 glitter due cut hearts back to back on a wooden skewer and added that to the bouquet.
I then tied the sticks together and wrapped them with  2 sheets of tissue paper. I tied a ribbon round and fastened with a bow.
To finish I decorated a Douwe Egberts coffee jar with vinyl die cut hearts, some sparkly shredded paper and glitter die cut hearts.

Thank you for visiting and I hope you like this project xx

Chocolate bouquet

Good morning friends, followers and visitors to my blog, I hope you are well. So the Christmas decorations have all been taken down now, the house looks empty but so much lighter but we still have reminders of the season lurking around in the form of uneaten chocolates. So what better way to use them up apart from eating them than to turn them into a chocolate bouquet as a gift for someone else? Actually it was my cross stitching friend that suggested we made these to sell on our website and as neither of us had ever made one, I searched good old youtube for a tutorial and found this one: http://dawnsinspirations.com/?s=Chocolate+bouquet and this is how mine turned out

So having made one, I shall now have to purchase more chocolates to make more bouquets and my friend is going to do some cross stitching for me to turn into little gift cards to go with them.
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By for now
Lainie xx

3D Dragonfly Picture

Goid afternoon friends, followers and casual visitors,  I hope the weather is good wherever you are.  It is gloriously sunny and warm here in Kent but I have been busy in my craft room playing.  The project I would like to share with you is very simple and could make a lovely little gift.  I bought a box frame from The Range a while back intended to mount some decorated wooden letters in it but the frame was too small. So I decided to incorporate all my favourite craft techniques and make a picture.  Here is the result:

I stained the frame with Pinflair Gentle Blends in Lavender. The background was inked with Tim Holt Distress inks in Salty Ocean, Mowed Lawn and Shabby Shutters. I used a freebie flower die from a magazine but any flower die will do and the leaves were Spellbinders Foliage. The dragonfly is sculpted Grosgrain ribbon.

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Hugs Lainie xx

Teacher gift set

Good afternoon friends, followers and casual visitors,  I hope you are all well. I have been watching The Frugal Crafter on youtube again and she showed a great little idea for Teacher Gifts or they can be for anyone really.

I made a bookmark from white card measuring 20cm x 5 cm ( 8" × 2") and attached 2 strips of patterned paper down either side. I then added the word  'BOOKMARK' with letter peel along the centre. I added an eyelet at the top and threaded some fibres through.

The wallet is actually a bookmark wallet which I purchased from my local craft shop and attached matching patterned paper cut to size to fasten the opening. I also die cut a label on which I stamped 'Thank You' and heat embossed using clear embossing powder.

The mechanical pencils cost £1 in Tesco complete with leads and the Sharpie cost £2 for 2 but there is only room for one.

My 13 year old grandson saw this and asked for one for his form tutor, so it must be ok lol.

Thank you for visiting and I hope you have been inspired by my little project, which of course would make in ideal gift for anyone,  you could always swap the pencils for sweets if giving to younger children.

Bye for now.

Hugs Lainie xx

Notelets and Holder

Good afternoon friends, followers and casual visitors. Well it's a bit cooler today thank goodness,  so I spent a little time in my craft room making this Notelet Holder and Notelets.  I made one similar at a craft class at my local craft shop and decided to have a go using my own stash. These could make great Teacher gifts.

What I used:
3 sheets A4 card for holder
Card candi pad which was a Create and Craft member freebie
Card candi

Measurements
For the Cover - Score 1 sheet of A4  at 13.5 cm and 16.5cm then cut long side to measure 18cm

For the pockets - cut each piece to measure 17cm x 17cm and score on 3 sides at 1cm and 2.5cm attach with extra strong DST

Decorate these any way you wish

For the notelets
Cut card 14.5cm x 21cm and score at 10.5cm
Decorate any way you choose
Thank you for visiting and if you do wish to leave any comments they are always appreciated. I'll be happy to answer any questions you may have on this or any of my other projects.
Hugs Lainie xx