Gifts under £5 - Karen

Hi, 
Lovely girly project this week Karen made... flowers, butterfly, lots of glitter, pink.... and sweets inside.... I know one little girl in my house who would love this. 

The crown box comes in a set of 3, the flower row in a set of 3 and the butterfly in a pack of 12. Initial outlay of more than £5 but individually the boxes work out under the £5. I have decorated this one for a little girl I know and filled it with sweets but you could add any little gift inside and of course use other colours! They not only have the little gift inside but also a pretty box to keep!

I have used Fresco paints throughout on this project. The colours blend so well together and work on the papier mache & chipboard like a dream! I used brilliance ink around the edges of the box and added a little bit of texture with the Impression Obsession crackle stamp. The chipboard has been covered with Crackle Accents and a light covering of DecoArt Glamour Dust. 

Set of 3 Crown Shaped Boxes

Tando Creative Grab Bag - butterflies

Tando Creative - Flower Row

PaperArtsy Fresco Paints

DecoArt Glamour dust

Brilliance Ink

For my calendar this week, I used Distress Inks for the background and splattered with water to give the effect of splattery rain. The wellies and the umbrella are from Dylusions Ruby Rainbow set, stamped onto coloured card and cut out. The words are computer generated.

Dylusions Ruby Rainbow Stamp set

Distress Inks

Calendar

See you tomorrow

Gifts under £5 - Neil

hello, 
A lovely cute idea from Neil today which would make a perfect gift for teachers or grandparents.

I've used the Tando bird and owl that come in one packet (I've used two sets) I've used acrylic paints to colour them in. What's nice about these shapes is that all the details like the eyes, beaks etc have been laser cut so it is easy to paint.

Once the paint has dried everything was covered in a clear glaze and left to dry overnight before adding a magnet to the back and painting the rest of the back black to neaten it up.

To present them to the recipient in a more special way I took tags that had been inked, stamped a branch onto it and added a large metal brad.

The brads keep the bird nicely in place and I think it makes it look nice and special. Attach the tag to a card blank and you have a card and gift in one or slip the tag and magnet into the card

Tando creative Cute owl and bird

Acrylic paint

Triple thick glaze

Tags

Magnet

Large metal brads

Distress inks and stains

Branch stamp from urban tapestry - Tim Holtz (I've separated the bird from the branch)

Our special offer this week: 

Each order of £ 25 or more will get a pack of free Tando Minis

added to their order.

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Gifts under £5 - Gio

Hi, 
Our upcycling queen has done it again. How to use your craft stuff (as in packaging) and turn it into a beautiful sample? 
I absolutely LOVE those, such a great idea !! Let us know what you think.

I found in the shop some beautiful glass beads, and I use them for my jewels and my mixed media projects. Also their package it is so cute that I decided to alter it.

It could became a little gift, since it can contain beads, charms, a note or, in my case, a handmade body cream (you can find lots of recipe in internet, mine is made of almond oil, olive oil, beeswax and lavender infuse)

The vintage version: I made a little hole on the upper side to use it as keyring, then I covered the little tube with Tim Holtz Tissue Tape Sketchbook. I coloured it with some Ranger alcohol-inks using the felt applicator. I cut an image from Crafty Individuals picture book: People and places 2 in an oval shape then I melted some Cosmic Shimmer Ultra Thick Embossing crystals: Bronze Lustre along the border. I glued the image and some lace to the tube. I put some Glass bead mix: Sand on several head pins, then I added to the upper hole of the tube using some jump rings. I covered the image with Ranger Glossy Accents and I set aside to dry. Meanwhile I stamped a little butterfly using CI-347 and Coffee Archival ink for the lid and I printed with my computer the ingredients of the cream. I put the hand-made cream inside the tube.

The green version: I coloured the tube using several alcohol inks. I stamped the main image using a PaperArtsy - Lynne Perrella collection 007 stamp with Black Archival ink, then I cut it in an oval shape and I coloured it with Distress inks using a cotton buds (Q-tips). I glued the image and some lace to the tube. I put some Glass bead mix: Lollipop on several head pins, then I added them to the upper hole of the tube using some jump rings. I covered the image with Ranger Glossy Accents and I set it aside to dry. I stamped the crown using the same rubber plate as the lid and I printed with my computer the ingredients of the cream. I put the hand-made cream inside the tube.

For the calendar: I cut a piece of white cardstock to size, then I sprayed it with Dylusions ink: Cut grass, Lemon zest and Vibrant turquoise. I added some texture with Claudine Hellmuth gesso, using a spatula and Crafty Individuals mask: Magic roundabout. I stamped the lady and the hand from the PaperArtsy - Lynne Perrella collection 007 stamp with Black Archival ink on Specialty Stamping Paper Inkssentials and I coloured them with Distress inks using a cotton bud. I added the stamped images to the cardstock along with a piece of lace and the month.

 Material

Glass bead mix: Lollipop, Sand, Think pink

Tim Holtz embellishments: Tissue Tape Sketchbook

PaperArtsy - Lynne Perrella collection 007

CI-347 - Row of butterfly

Crafty Individuals picture book: People and places 2

Adirondack alcohol inks - Gold, Rust, Sunshine yellow, Sailboat blue, Citrus, Butterscotch

Alcohol ink applicator

Ranger Glossy Accents

Crafty Individuals mask: Magic roundabout

Cosmic Shimmer Ultra Thick Embossing crystals: Bronze lustre

Distress inks

Specialty Stamping Paper Inkssentials 

Head Pins (hard): silver

Black Archival ink, Coffee Archival ink

Claudine Hellmuth gesso

Our special offer this week: 

Each order of £ 25 or more will get a pack of free Tando Minis

added to their order.

See you tomorrow

Gifts under £5 - Helen

Hi, 
A beautfiul gift/calendar today with Helen Chilton. 
I like making those calendars and send them as xmas card/new year's cards as they are kept all year instead of just a few weeks. 
Helen has used the Distress re inkers to alter her bisque tile, which is very effective. 
What do you think?

Stamp the collage using StazOn Jet Black onto the bisque coaster, masking where necessary. 

Rub over some Weathered Wood, Stormy Sky and Seedless Preserves Distress reinkers - the bisque soaks it up so it will appear paler than normal. Add details with Distress Markers. Add the embellishments, cutting the legs off the brads so you can stick them to the surface. Cut out some felt for the back. Staple the ribbon loop to the felt, attach calendar and then stick felt to coaster using a tacky glue.

Note: By attaching the hangy bits (ribbon, wire etc) to the felt you get round the problem of not being able to drill through the tiles.

Material

PaperArtsy Hot Picks 1218

Bisque coaster

StazOn Jet Black

Distress reinkers

Distress markers

Wire

Brads

Ribbon

Our special offer this week: 

Each order of £ 25 or more will get a pack of free Tando Minis

added to their order.

See you tomorrow

Gifts under £5 - Jane

Hello, 

Final week for our "gift month" with gifts under £5. You know... the quick and easy ones you can make at the last minute.. 

After all, with less than 30 days before xmas, quick and easy is probably the way to go. 

So let's start today with Jane and her really cute little box with 6 notecards and envelopes. 

That's a lovely, useful little gift.

I have left my notecards plain but if you have any little sentiment stamps, you could add Best Wishes, Thank You, whatever you like!!

You will need three pieces of A4 card. This will give you a box and 6 x 3" notecards

Make your box. I cut 2 squares measuring 5 3/4".

Using ordinary photocopier paper, make six little envelopes

Follow this pattern, scoring on the dotted lines, cutting away the excess paper and rounding off corners as marked

They will fit nicely in the box.

The notecards were decorated with Hopscotch papers

Decorate the lid of the box, add a ribbon and use a circular punch to cut out semi circles on two sides of lid

3 x A 4 sheets of card @ £0.45 each

Hopscotch papers - Puddle and Classic @ £0.90 each

Organza Ribbon @ £0.20

Several sheets of Photocopier paper

Our special offer this week: 

Each order of £ 25 or more will get a pack of free Tando Minis

added to their order.

See you tomorrow

Calendar challenge # 9

Theme this week:

Colour combination

Play with colours this week: teal, rust and white. Although if you want to do different shades of blue and orange you are more than welcome to do so.
Remember to email me to get your 15% discount code ;)

For more details on how to enter our Calendar challenge, 

please click here. 

All the samples for this challenge should be posted below. 

Looking forward to see what you come up with.

Have fun creating !! 

This is a challenge for calendars only

Ce challenge est pour les calendriers uniquement

See you tomorrow

Simply Saturday - Gifts under £10

Hi, 
Michelle and Jane with us today for Simply Saturday. 
Michelle has made lovely handbag set which, I'm sure, will make someone very happy this Christmas. 
Jane made a new calendar/tag using the Memento inks. Simple but very effective. 
Hope you like them too. 

I decided to make a handbag set of a tissue box, nail file and note pad. The tissue box was just made to fit a small pack of tissues. the base for all three was cut out of black card to contain the bits and pieces then I coloured white card, slightly smaller that each side, with mustard seed, crushed olive and festive berries.

After stamping the images with Versafine I just bleached out areas with a water brush filled with a mix of thin bleach and water.

I did cheat a bit though, as I had all the products needed for this project in my stash so all it cost me really was the cost of the card. Any stamp set would work for the project, have a look at Artemio stamp set - Hearts or Mini Paisley, both would work brilliantly!

I've made one of these for each of the women in the family - a very affordable stocking filler!

Black Card

White card

Kanban - Mocha Boudoir

Distress Inks

Versafine Inks

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Oh to keep it simple, really simple......how does Gay manage to make it look so easy!!!!

First I used two colours of Memento Ink on my stamp

Then I picked one Copic pen, YG25 to highlight just a few areas

I didn't like the white calendar tab on this tag so I coloured it with a Copic, Y21. Then mounted it on matching Coredinations

Just a few ribbons to finish

Ranger Manilla Tags #10

Memento Inks - Rose Bud, Lilac Posies

Crafty Individuals Stamp - CI-175

Copics - YG25, Y21

Ribbons

Cor'dinations cardstock

This week again we have a prize draw feature across the blog, newsletter, Facebook and Twitter 

Three vouchers are up for grabs: £25, £20 and £15.   

It’s easy to enter, simply place an order on line with us.  Everyone who places an order between 23rd November and December 1st will automatically be entered into the draw and at the close three lucky people will be drawn at random to win the vouchers

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Gifts under £10 - Helen Chilton

Hi,
Helen Chilton is with us again this week, which is fantastic as she is always sharing beautiful samples.
This week, she has been working with bisque and Stampbord, altering them with Distress inks and markers. Just gorgeous...
What do you think?

you can find the bisque HERE on your site

3 x 6 bisque plaque

PaperArtsy Hot Picks 1006 

Distress Reinkers and Markers: Ripe Persimmon, Mustard Seed and Broken China

Bag Charm on Stampbord

PA HPXT02

Distress Reinkers: Squeezed Lemonade, Mowed Lawn, Broken China

This week again we have a prize draw feature across the blog, newsletter, Facebook and Twitter 

Three vouchers are up for grabs: £25, £20 and £15.   

It’s easy to enter, simply place an order on line with us.  Everyone who places an order between 23rd November and December 1st will automatically be entered into the draw and at the close three lucky people will be drawn at random to win the vouchers

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Gifts under £10 - Izzy

Hi, 

I will join in again this week as we have 2 DT members on a break at the moment. I have altered those hearts for a friend as a birthday present. I really enjoyed it, and will order more to make  a "love" one for my daughter's bedroom. It's really pretty once it's finished and very easy to make. 

I used the Four hanging hearts you can find in the altering section (click on the picture to find them online). 

And here's the finished project.

A - I painted the hearts with PaperArtsy Fresco Finish paint (Melted Chocolate) and dried

B - I added a very thin layer of Crackle glaze with a palette knife and dried

C- Added a mix of Vintage Lace and Snowflake paints on top and dried to watch it crackle. The back is painted with the same colour mix

D- Repeat for all hearts

I then painted my chipboard letters (you could die cut some with one of the TH alpha die) with the Melted Chocolate paint and embossed them with Crystal embossing powder.

The hearts were stamped with CI-173 swirls using Archival ink, and I added a few self-adhesive pearls and gems to finish off.

Four hanging hearts: £ 1.75
PaperArtsy Fresco Finish paint
Archival ink
Stamp: Swirls CI-173
Crystal embossing powder
Pearls and gems

This week again we have a prize draw feature across the blog, newsletter, Facebook and Twitter 

Three vouchers are up for grabs: £25, £20 and £15.   

It’s easy to enter, simply place an order on line with us.  Everyone who places an order between 16th and 22nd November will automatically be entered into the draw and at the close three lucky people will be drawn at random to win the vouchers

See you tomorrow