Crafty Advent - day 16

A touch of Scandinavian Style from me today.

We have letraset as our sponsor today with a fab collection of pro markers.
You all know what to do by now the Inspiration blog is here

We all know what the Scandinavian Style look is....
Simple white and red chic.

 

Felt white hearts edged with red blanket stitch and finished with classic red and white gingham ribbon

They look wicked on the tree

I used two layers of white felt.

 

The gingham is just perfect for this Scandinavian Style.

Why not finish the look with simple red and white parcels.

Saddle stitch ribbon and plain white tissue paper.
Super simple.

More inspiration from the design team on our Inspiration blog. 

Crafty Advent - day 14

Only TEN days to go!  Not that I am excited or anything.

My creation today is another Christmas prezzie for................

......first off our fab sponsor today is LOTV again

with another super voucher for their goodies.  Thanks LOTV.

....any idea who these two canvases could be for?
Ummm Rachie and Mollie maybe!

 

I found a pack of canvases in The works a while back, they had the outline of tractors on them - not my style!
But they were square and I had a germ of an idea.

 

I used a selection of our Basics 2 Go buttons and added them to some felt on fabric.
The dotty fabric was a pack of two tea towels from Wilkinsons - I love my tea towel creations!

I stretched the fabric (tea towels) over the canvas and secured in place.

I made Rachies canvas less embellished and just added a few dotty ribbons

I am hoping Rachie will hang these in her dinning room, they will match her curtains and her table cloth!

Remember to add your name on our Inspiration blog for a chance to win the voucher,
but be warned the DT girls have more inspiration for you.  

Crafty Advent - day 13

I love making and giving hand made presents.  Todays creation is a classic.

But before I share you the pics today's sponsor is..........

They have very kindly given us  a voucher as a prize.

Ooooh a new website to go and visit,
but don't forget to add your name to the list for a chance to win on our Inspiration blog here.

A classic hand made gift for Christmas.
Always good to have a few in the cupboard for those unexpected visitors!

How simple is that!

A couple of modern colours or.......

Or go Traditional with hessian and Christmas red ribbon, they do look festive.
I just hope they make it to the friends I have made them for.......
..........I am very partial to sweeties!!!!!!

When I cropped the image above Mollie was sitting on my lap.  I said "ooooh they look like the three wise men"
and Mollie replied "and Baby Jesus is in pink"

What more can I say apart from do not forget to check out all the other DT creations. 
They have all worked extremely hard to bring you all such inspiration.

Crafty Advent - day 12

Half way through our Advent - are you getting lots of inspiration?

We have EXTRA Inspiration today as it is Thursday it must be our Challenge day.

We have a super voucher for you to spend in our web store today, as we are todays sponsors.

We would love to know what would be heading into your basket if you were to win.
Add your name to the list on our Inspiration blog here for a chance to win.

I have had a wonderful play with ribbons and buttons and am pleased to show you todays creation.

Several years ago I made one similar to this for Tony, and have been wanting to make a similar one for me!
I used several different ribbons  - Red Snowman, lime polka dot, Snowflake and Happy Christmas Go Grosgrain and 3mm satin.

I checked it out on Rachie's fire place.

Just to make sure it hung correctly!
Now all I have to do is leave it lying around so that Tony will get the hint.

Why not join in with our Challenge this week - it is anything goes with ribbon.
Find out more on our Challenge blog.

Also do not forget that our £15 voucher is todays prize on our Inspiration blog.

Have fun today.

Crafty Advent - day 11

Thanks for your emails yesterday telling us how much you are enjoying the Advent,
and big hugs for the orders you placed for the Goodie Bags.
They really are great value and we are sure the person receiving them will enjoy them

We have Delicious Doodles as our sponsor today

With the offer of 4 digis as todays prize.

The DT girls have been busy so please check out their inspiration here.

A question for you - how do you wrap your presents?........paper and gift tag or
..........paper gift tag and Ribbon (thanks)

Ever do anything a little different?

Both these prezzies contain edible creations.

This one has macaroons and uses our Exclusive Have a yummy Christmas ribbon

Plain and simple Gingham ribbon on this parcel of cookies.

Fingers crossed my family will enjoy these goodies.

Visit our Inspiration blog, and add your name to todays prize.

Crafty Advent - day 10

Hello everyone, how is your Christmas Advent going?  Are you enjoying ours?
I felt a bit like Cinderella yesterday afternoon. 
It was Sydney's school play and she had very important part, she was a Angel. 
But, the tickets were very limited and Bev could only get 1 extra.

Sydney decided that she would ask Uncle T to go. With tears in his eyes he accepted.
It was not until later, he realised that I was not going................

...................I have the delight of the recorder concert later this week!!!!!!!!

Kenny K is our special sponsor today with the prize of 3 digi images of the winners choice.
There are lots and lots to choose from. Pop over to their site and have a look, all the details are on
our Inspiration blog here

My creation for today is very simple and was inspired by a customer in France at the Paris show.
She asked where we got our Brown Paper bags from. 
Tony was a little confused, they are just plain grocers brown bags, and thought he had misheard her.

 

She wanted to put Chocolates in them and wrap them with ribbon.
We gather you can not buy brown bags in Paris.

 

These would look fantastic on the Christmas table, just a little something extra!

I used our Exclusive DO NOT open until the 25th December ribbon, it comes in three colours
Santa Red, Elf Green and Fairy Pink.

They inspired me to make these.

Goodie bags for the website.

 

Each goodie bag is £10 and has goodies to the value of £19
Buy any 3 goodie bags for an amazing price of £25

NOW that would make a fantastic little extra prezzie!!!
Check them out here

 Also do not forget to check out the design team creations on our Inspiration blog, and add your name to todays prize.

Crafty Advent - day 9

I really have tried to think "outside" of the box this year for the advent creation.
To try and give you something different to see and maybe even try.

Our fantastic sponsor today is 

They design some unique papers and have given us a whopping $25 voucher.

  Going back to my boxes..............I have been collecting these.

I do really mean collecting them.  I no longer go to the supermarket to buy a specific cheese.....
.....I pick the little wooden boxes I like then eat the cheese.
I must admit it has expanded my taste buds a bit as well as my nasal passages.

Have you ever had Pont l'eveque cheese? 
DO NOT put it in the boot of your car for a 8 hour ferry crossing.
We had a very aromatic drive back from Portsmouth!!!!!

Back to my creation, I like candles at Christmas but I never have any candle holders.
And putting them on a saucer somehow changes the atmosphere of a candle!

How about these...........

Yep just my cheese boxes.

I put a little decorative sand in the bottom just to keep everything stable.

I think they would be a conversation piece around the table, especially when you bring out the cheese board!

Check out all the other design team creations on our Inspiration blog.