Wednesday, 1 October 2008

Candle Box Tutorial.

Firstly take a piece of card that measures 14 cm x 14 cm. Then measure and score a line from each side measuring 1.5 Inches in depth as shownThen cut along the line to the meeting point to creat 4 tabs
Then fold along your score lines and glue the tabs to the inside of your box as shown
Your box should then look like this.
Then as shown below score every 6.3 cm along the bootom of an A4 piece of Acetate to create the four sides of your box. Trim the remainder to measure one inch.
On the remaining inch place small glue dots down this edge and glue to create a square box
as shown here

Then place a glue dot on the bottom of each side of your acetate on the outside and then slide into your card box. (Acetate should be on the inside of your box)
Then push the sides of the acetate in at the top to create a fold and use a Cropadile to punch the holes for your ribbon as shown below.


Thread your ribbon through the holes and tie in a bow.

Then to finish take a piece of coloured card measuring 2 and a quarter inches and at the top use a punch to create a decorative edge. This piece of card should be anout 27 cm long to stick around the bottom outside of your box. Always make sure that the seems are both at the back of your box. I hope everyone is able to understand what I mean... lol. If you don't please feel free to email me at maricardmaking@hotmail.co.uk
Maria x


Sunday, 28 September 2008

Happy Birthday Vicki..

Just wanted to wish Vicki a very Happy Birthday. I am afraid I cannot show the card I made her because I accidently deleted from my camera!!

Happy Birthday Vicki x x

Friday, 26 September 2008

Craft Show..

Yesterday I went to the Creative Stitches and Hobby crafts Show at Westpoint Exhibition Centre in Exeter. I had a fantastic day with my mum and we shopped until we dropped!! There was several displays of my favourite Penny Black stamps. Here are the goodies that I bought..


I am hoping to get sometime over the weekend to have a play with it. Hope everyone is ok and hope you have a great weekend.
Maria x

Wednesday, 24 September 2008

Michelle's Blog candy

Michelle Is giving away some great blog candy to celebrate reaching 25,000 hits. All you have to do is post a link on your blog telling everyone where to find her Blog Candy, leave a comment and then add her to your list of blogs that you follow. The closing date is 8th of October so pop over and take a look at her amazing blog, and all the lovely pics of her Donkey friends..

Monday, 22 September 2008

Get me..... 4 posts in 1 day!

I Found the tutorial for this Card Organizer on Splitcoasters you can View it here so I thought I would have a go. I don't know if I have finished the cover or not as i'm trying to decide weather to write card Organizer on the front. The tutorial is very easy to follow and is quite easy to make. I decided to put cute images inside of mine instead of stamping patterns inside as they have.It has a free download on the tutorial to print of the little calender pages
It really is worth taking a look.
Let me know what you think.
Maria x

Triple Embossing

I hadn't done any Triple Embossing for a long time. So for a change I did some today. I also had a change from making cute cards and went for something more simple.
The Bronze flowers have been made using the Triple Embossing method.

Backing paper- Bazzill Card Stock
Ribbon - Anita's
Image - Clear set by Inkadinkado (97622)
Oval Greeting - CWC
Maria x

Tri-fold Pocket Card

After seeing the Tutorial for this Pocket card on Splitcoasters I thought I would give it a go and make one. Here is the result.For the Pocket and the card I used Bazzill card stock in 3 different colours.
The verse stamp was inked with my Whisper pens and stamped onto the front of the card.
The stamp is called Fabulous Birthday (C4633) and is made by Hero Arts.

The Flower stamp is from a clear set by Inkadinkado. Patterned paper is by Dovecraft as is the Ribbon.

I would also like to thank Natalie for leaving me a comment with the instructions on how to make a link on my posts. Thank you Natalie x