Daddy Cool....

To all the wonderful Dad's around the world and one very special Dad and my hero ~ 

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!

Some of you might recognise the project that I'm sharing today, as it was featured on the cover of the June issue of Making Cards Magazine but for those of you who didn't manage to get a copy I wanted to take the opportunity to share my Father's Day card in a box on this special day. As always, there's lots of photos to show all the detail and I really hope you like it...

Of course, if you haven't got time to create your own pop up box, you can buy these card blanks from Craftwork Cards but I don't make life easy for myself, lol and this particular version was made from scratch. All the dimensions and a diagram are in the magazine, together with full instructions of how to make it.

The papers that I used to cover this box, are from the Authentique Anchored Paper Pad and then I've used dies from Memory Box to create the clouds and of course, the cogs are created using the Gadget Gears die from Tim Holtz for Sizzix.

The Voyage stamp is from the Classics 1 stamp set by Tim Holtz and stamped directly onto the decorative paper.

I added some shells and twine, together with the a Happy Father's Day stamped message from a Paula Pascual stamp set to complete the card.

...and the wonderful thing about this card, it all folds down flat for you to post!!

Thanks for stopping by today and for all your lovely visits and your comments this week.

See you all soon and bye for now...love Emma xx

Cottage Garden Pop Up Box

Hi everyone...

Thank you for all your lovely comments on my Simon Says Stamp post on Monday and also the comments I've received about my samples that I created for the Craftwork Cards shows on Ideal World and Create and Craft...it always means so much to read them and they always make me smile wide!

For those Craftwork Cards fans out there, (and I know there are a lot) I'm sure you all enjoyed the shows and I KNOW some of you were tempted to put some of those gorgeous new collections into your baskets...weren't they gorgeous and didn't Julie do an amazing job on Tuesday night and throughout the day yesterday?

Now if you do have any of the collections winging their way to you and if you need a little bit of inspiration, then I thought it would be nice to share some of the samples I made for the shows so that you can see them all in close up and see all the details. So today, I'm starting with my Cottage Garden pop up box, using the gorgeous papers from this collection and as always, I hope you like what I've made...

This is the larger of the two boxes that you get in the pack and is such a lovely size to work with and when it all folds flat, it fits into an envelope.

 The flowers are all die cut from the Cottage Garden paper pad, using a Sizzix die and the foliage is die cut from the Tim Holtz Garden Greenery die and then painted with Distress Paints.

The flowers and leaves are all attached to the little tabs that you add inside the box and each flower has a Candi centre.

 Close up of the flowers

So, that's it from me for today and I hope you have as much fun with your paper collections and goodies when they arrive as I did. Have a wonderful day!!

See you soon and bye for now...love Emma xxx