Tealight Delight! WITH a Tealight Tutorial

Hi everyone, hope you're all having a fab weekend. I've had a really chilled out day today. Popped into town with my sister to do a spot of shopping and have some lunch and then managed to squeeze in a spot of crafting!!

It was my Husbands Nans birthday on Thursday and we're actually meeting up with his family tomorrow to go out for a meal and celebrate. I brought her lots of lovely things today but also thought i'd make her a gift. I've had this idea for a while so thought i'd try it out. You start off with a plain and simple tealight:

And then punch out a '1-3/8" Circle' from your favourite 'DSP' (I used the beautiful (but sadly retiring 'Springtime Vintage DSP') and punch a smaller hole in the centre using your trusy 'Crop-a-dile':

Then you've guessed it, slip the 'DSP' over the wick:

There is no need to stick these 'DSP' circles down - and of course you must tell your recipients to remove the paper circle before lighting!!

I made six of these pretty tealights and then packaged them up:

I popped the tealights into a 'Cellophane Bag' and sealed it up. Ran a piece of 'Pretty in Pink' cardstock through the 'Big Shot' using the 'Top Note Die' and folded in half length ways. Cut a 3cm wide strip of 'Very Vanilla' card stock, and then layed a 2cm wide strip of 'Springtime Vintage DSP' over top. Punched out a 'Rose Red' tag, using the 'Extra Large Tag Punch' and a 'Very Vanilla' tag using the 'Large Tag Punch'. On the 'Very Vanilla' tag i stamped 'best wishes' (in 'Rose Red' ink) from the 'Silohouette Sentiment' stampset. I punched a hole out of the tag using my 'Crop-a-dile' and ran some 'Rose Red' 'Seaming Ribbon' through it. I tied the tag around the 'Very Vanilla'/'DSP' strip and then stuck it all down using some 'Sticky Red Tape'... and there you go a lovely little gift!! It came out even better than i expected!! I'm definately going to be making lots of these to give as christmas gifts!!

I'm entering this project into the 'Daring Cardmakers' challenge - which this week is 'How Many Candles? I know it's not a card, but hopefully the'll appriciate it anyway!They are sponsored this week by 'Funky Hand'.

In Love with the In Colours!

I'm completely in love with my new 'In colours DSP' pack that i recieved as my free gift with my last Stampin Up! order, i have been using it in all sorts of projects.

Today i have a little gift package to share with you that is made simply out of one side of 6x6 DSP paper and a few quick folds... perfect to wrap a small gift or a few sweets. I think these will make fab wedding favours!!

Once i had folded the 'DSP' i simply punched a 'Scallop Circle' and a '1-1/4" Circle' out of 'Concord Crush' and a '1-3/8" Circle'  out of 'Very Vanilla' and layered them all up on one another. I then stamped out the butterfly (from the 'Strength and Hope' set) in 'Concord Crush' onto 'Very Vanilla' card. cut it out with my 'Paper Snips'. I simply popped a 'Basic Rhinestone' onto the butterfly to add a little bling!!

Finally i popped some chocs in a 'Cello Bag' and tied the top up with some 'Silver Elastic Cord'.

Why not check out this fab pack of 'In Colours DSP' yourself - remember if you host a party/ workshop you could get them for FREE!!! Email me to book your workshop now - i have some dates left in August: amyjtidd@gmail.com

Only one more sleep!

Only one more sleep until the new mini catalogue is available for public viewing!! I can't wait to share with you, all the lovely new products,  including something very big and exciting!! So check back here tomorrow, as soon as i can i will put up an electronic version of the mini catty and a few of my most recent craft projects using the new products!!

Today i want to share a couple of projects i have been working on using the 'All in the Family' stampset. They are both on the same theme - babies!! Everyone seems to be having them at the moment!!!

So the first project is a card i have created and plan to send tomorrow to some friends of ours who have recently announced that they're expecting their second baby!!

The cardstock used is 'So Saffron' and 'Certainly Celery' edged with the 'Eyelet border', trimmed with some grosgrain ribbon and a 'designer button' from the 'subtles' range. The baby has been contructed from the 'All in the Family' stampset and has been coloured in with 'blender pens', the sentiment is from the wonderful level 3 hostess set 'Occasional Quotes'.

The second project is a 'brag book' that has been constructed with 'Melon Mambo and 'Regal Rose' cardstock and DSP from the 'brights' collection. I have made this for my cousin who has recently become a daddy to a beautiful little girl, named Summer Marie! (This is a sneak preview as i plan to pop this in the post to him tomorrow!)

The baby has been created using the same method as above, and because i wanted to personalise this project i used my computer to create the sentiment. I have used 'cellophane bags' inside to place the photos:

I hope you like this project, a 'brag book' is quite an easy project to complete. If you would like to learn how to make one then why not get in touch to arrange a workshop in your home? If you're interested in having a workshop drop me an email: amyjtidd@gmail.com.

Anyway, please check back here to see the mini catalogue!! I will be placing an order on the 4th April. So if you would like to make an order please email me! (I will be holding a mini catalogue launch party towards the end of the month - with a free make and take and lots of cake!! Everyone will be welcome!)

Night Night! xxx

Flight of the Butterfly!

My lovely friend Sally has lent me her 'Flight of the Butterfly' stampset and Butterfly punch, and as soon as i got it home i couldn't help but have a little play. I created a card (dimensions 6x6) and a little 'outer' box (the idea is that you can fill a 'cellophane bag' with sweets and stick it inside using sticky red tape! It has been made quite simply using a piece of cardstock (dimensions 3x12, scored at 2",6",8" and 10") Here are the results:

The cardstock is the wonderfly versatile 'Old Olive', along with  'Regal Rose', the pink spotty paper is from the 'Brights DSP'. The butterfly's have been created with a two-step stamping technique using the 'Flight of the Butterfly' stampset and 'Regal Rose' and 'Melon Mambo' ink. They have some 'basic pearl' embellishments on them to give them a bit of bling! I have used the 'eyelet border' on the 'outer box' and both projects have been finished off with ribbon ('Old Olive' Satin Ribbon and a (retired) 'Melon Mambo' Polkadot ribbon) Hope you like!