Little gift bag punch board pouch

Just popped by to share with you a little package I made,

to make a friend smile, she's been through a lot lately.

I thought it would be really simple to make on the

Gift Bag Punch Board, (GBPB)

except

it wasn't wide enough,

and I only needed a depth of 1/4".

So, plan B...used the scoreboard to make the sides,

and front n back,

used the GBPB to make the tops and bottoms,

cut off excess bits,

and punched holes.

First time I've used the hole punch,

and if you line it up you can punch gift tag too.

Threaded some lush satin ribbon

and made a very wonky bow!

Tried to unwonky it,

but it wasn't having it!

I'm sure she'll like it anyway!

Hope you are having a good week

Lesley

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Just for you

First of all a very big welcome to my new followers!

I will always try and follow you back,

it might just take a while......

If you'd like me to pop up automatically in your blog list,

it's really easy to do!

Just click the 'join this site' or 'follow' button and see!

Happy Birthday to my sis-in-law today,

I sent her one of my bokeh makes.

I wasn't sure if it was a bit pale, so added some coloured circles.

Just shows you should never give up on a project,

just try something different!

Enjoy a restful Sunday if you can

Lesley

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Rudolph Day in June

It's that time of the month again!

Rudolph Day!

This is when we enter our latest xmas cards

into ScrappyMo's challenge

Playing with my new dies,

I cut a slither of trees, added it to an embossed snowy background,

added some faux stitching et voila!

I'm still in the habit of making two,

so this ones two layers of trees, inked and faux stitch edged,

plus a stamped and punched tree form SU.

Have a fab weekend

Lesley

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Gesso Bubbly

I hope you are sitting comfortably for this one!

Sarn taught us how to make Gesso Bubbles!

First we blended ink onto the card that had already been prepped.

(Sarn glued a diecut to the card, and painted over the whole thing.)

I went for a soft pink and green inks,

which we then stamped onto randomly,

using the same inks.

We then splodged gesso through a stencil,

and heated it until the circles bubbled and stood proud.

White pen enhance the flower petals.

The bubbles are delicate and would squish in the post,

which is also a lovely texture, but I'm not sure I can part with this one!

Thanks for sharing Sarn,

and thank you for visiting,

I really do appreciate you dropping by and leaving your lovely comments.

Have a wonderful weekend

Lesley

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Fresh Flower Shop

Jan brought us this simply elegant card to make.

The card front has been cut diagonally to add interest,

then an embossed triangle layered on top.

She supplied an avalanche of coloured vellum petals,

which was very difficult to choose from!

I went for the new Mint Macaron,

and added rhinestones in their centres.

We also made a matching envelope with the new envelope paper from

Stampin' Up!

I hope you like this Midweek Minty Macaroni Magic!

Lesley

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Pictogram Punch perfect

How cute is this little envelope from Liz,

with the button and tag adding detail.

Just shows that all small packages.....

Liz also helped us make this lovely window blind effect card.

She had us ripping eeek!, but with a template,

so it was 'controlled tearing' lol

We pierced above the rolled up blind to thread the twine through,

and added the cute tag above the flower pot from Pictogram Punches.

I hope your week is going well

Lesley

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Play day swaps

Happy Monday everyone.

Here's some samples to make your week sparkle

From Sarn a stunning stepper card

with matching envelope,

completely awesome in all ways

From Liz a flowering wall of loveliness.....

she scored all the bricks by hand!!!!

From Jan a tagtastic splendour of butterfly beauty,

with all that softly blended ink 

It was only when the sun shone on it yesterday,

I realised quite how sparkly it is!

Hope your week is as sparkly!!!!

Lesley

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