Messy Rabbit Card & Gift

Hello! I hope everyone is having a great week! I can't believe nearly four weeks of the summer holidays have gone already!

I made this card and some earrings in a little gift box for my great-grandma, who turns ninety-two in just over a week. Sorry the photos aren't very clear. I took them last night in my garden and the light wasn't that good, and I couldn't take anymore today because I've packed everything up to post off to Reading, where she lives.
Anyway, I used this cute Messy Rabbit image by Joanna Sheen, as I thought she might like it. I also tried out my mum's new Magnolia Doohickey die, which I really like because it'll go with a lot!

Materials:

Image: Joanna Sheen - Messy Rabbit

Sentiment: Printed Off The Computer

Papers: K & Co. - Classic

Flowers: From My Stash (Green One Coloured With Pro Marker)

Ribbon: From My Stash

Swirls: Magnolia - Doohickey Die

Swirl Stamps: Lizzie Ann Designs

Doily: From My Stash

Colouring: Polychromatic Pencils

Dew Drops: From My Stash

Pearls & Pearl Hearts: From My Stash

Distress Ink: Tim Holtz - Brushed Corduroy

Here are the box and earrings I made to go with the card. I really like making earrings - they're so quick and easy and make really nice simple gifts!

The papers I used for it are from the same pad as the card, K & Co. Classic; the flowers and pearls are from my stash and the sentiment was printed off the computer.

I'm going to enter the box and card into a few challenges, but separately.

I'm entering the card into these challenges:

- A Spoon Full of Sugar - Happy Birthday

- Oldie But A Goodie - The Great Outdoors

- Papertake Weekly Challenge - Bingo (Top Line - Blooms, Pearls and Doily)

I'm entering the box into just one challenge:

- Allsorts Challenge -Anything But A Card

Anyway, have a nice week and weekend and I will be back soon hopefully with some more cards before the end of the summer holidays!

Thank you for looking, bye for now!

Love, Georgia xx

Handmade Gift Box & Jewellery

Hi everyone! I'm so glad it's half-term, yay! This term has gone so fast, as it's only been four weeks long!
The other day, I made a pair of earrings and a little gift box for my grandma's birthday, but I was in a bit of a rush to make it, so that I could take it to her, so I didn't really have time to take a picture of it, but I made another pair tonight and a gift box to give to my other grandma for her birthday in July.
I had lots of jewellery making equipment for Christmas, and earrings are so easy to make and I think they make a nice handmade gift for someone. Plus, you can personalise it and make it suit the person you're giving it to with different colours and beads.

Materials:
Cardstock: Crafters Companion
Papers: Basic Grey - Pyrus
Flowers: From My Stash
Leaf Punch: Woodware
Sentiment: Borrowed From My Mum
Distress Ink: Tim Holtz - Brushed Corduroy
Pearls: Bunny-Zoe's Crafts
Flower Centre: Assorted Gems



I am also entering the box into these challenges:
- Colour Create Challenge - White, Cream & Brown (Optional - One Extra Colour - Blue)
- Creative Card Crew - Anything Goes
- Papertake Weekly Challenge - Pale, Pretty Pastels
- Stamp Something - Something Sentimental

The box was really easy to make - it's just a really simple cut and fold process that I learnt at an arts and crafts workshop years ago and you can make it any size you want, which is good, depending on what size card or paper you have.













Thank you for looking and have a great weekend!
Bye for now!

Love, Georgia xx

Something Different

Hi everyone! Sorry I haven't posted in so long, I've just lost my mojo to make cards a little bit, which I think is partly because of the fact that I'm moving house in a couple of weeks and we'll be starting to pack pretty soon, which I think has just put me out of the mood for getting crafty, for some reason.

Anyway, at school every Thursday at school we have a special afternoon where we are off-timetable and do something different that we wouldn't normally do and the activity changes every new term, so at the moment, I am doing crafts. We are doing different types of crafts, like cardmaking (yay!), ceramic-painting and jewellry-making, which is what we did last Thursday.

A lady came in who owns her own craft shop in a town near where I live and gave us tutorials on making jewellry, and I found it really interesting and relaxing to do and really enjoyed it and I was really pleased with the end result.

I made this necklace and matching earrings to give to my mum for Christmas, so she has had strict instruction to not look at my blog for a while, hee hee!

I also made a little label out of card to attach the necklace and earrings onto, but I don't want to wrap it because the earrings keep coming out of their holes, and it's just easier to give it to her as it is.

I've also bought her a set of Russian dolls, as she's always said how much she likes them and I just thought it would be something she'd be really pleased with.

I missed school on Friday, because I had a sore throat and a bad cough and cold, but I was feeling a lot better at the end of the day, so I went to see Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows at the cinema with a couple of friends, and it was fantastic, I loved it! I would definitely recommend it to anyone thinking of going to see it, it's brilliant!

My cough got worse over the weekend, so I stayed off today as well, but I think I'm going to back tomorrow, I'm glad I still got to see Harry Potter though!

Thanks for looking and have a lovely week!

Love, Georgia xx