Advent Boxes

It's just a week to go before the opening of advent calendars gets underway and this is 

one I made last year actually, using the Triangle Box die from Neat and Tangled. 

I think the die sold out quickly last year before I could share it so I'm getting it ready 

for Sunday and thought I'd show you...

I used an old 12 x 12 Christmas Paper collection to cut 25 boxes from, that way I knew they'd 

all look pleasing together. The boxes come together quite quickly and then I used double sided

 tape to assemble them into the triangle shape....

I have used a wide strip of jute to wrap around the whole triangle shape which adds to 

stability and also gives a lovely finish. I used the small triangles in the set to cut card and 

vellum which are layered for the numbers..... the numbers are heat embossed in gold or 

white using the Lawn Fawn Celebration Countdown Stamp set.

The boxes either open up or down and are a perfect size for a small chocolate.

I used a small loop of twine attached behind the numbers to help opening the doors, 

I also had to add a loop of twine to the top so I could hang it up which helps

 with stability when fully laden! 😉

Now I best getting adding the chocolates!!

 

Thanks for stopping by :)

Jenny x

No Need for a Llama!!

Hello, helloooo :)

Jenny here again and I'm back to my love of puns today as the blog title suggests. I saw this sentiment on a card in a shop and just knew I could illustrate it with MFT's Llama Love stamp set for a family members 30th birthday card....

and then on the inside.....

I started by stamping the Llama onto white card and used Copics to colour him and his rug, adding final details with Polychrome pencils. I trimmed around his top half with scissors as I don't have the dies for this set which you could easily use for a partial cut technique. I continued a cut line to make a banner the width of the card and then added a sentiment from Lawn Fawn's Celebration Countdown...... this stamp set is so useful outside of the Christmas season.

On the inside I've used the Llama that's looking forwards and altered his features by rubbing the ink away from his mouth and eyes before stamping the image. I used a pen to draw an open mouth and wide open eyes...... well, he is looking alarmed !!

The background is stamped with the Make Your Mark background to lift the plain card base with a tone on tone pattern. The Balloon is from the Birthday Chicks stamp set and I've used a couple of Lawn Fawn alphas for the sentiment inside and numbered balloon.

 

Thanks for stopping by :)

Jenny x