Hand Made Cards and Gifts and an Altered Jewellery Box

Hello Everyone

Today I am sharing some of the WONDERFUL hand made cards and giftsI had from my lovely crafting friends this Christmas. There is so much to see here - let me take you through these projects. First photo from left to right thank you to...

• Sara- for the fabby bauble card - how sparkly is that? Love that special fold too.
• Yvonne, Elaine & Laura for the fabric bauble Christmas decoration  - they are the MOST talented ladies!
• Rachel - two beautiful matching projects - tag and card, (Santa on the tag lying down)
• And in between them - Sophie - my lovely niece who made a card with dried bayleaves and gold leaf  - wow!
• That sweet little red tree gift card came from Jennifer along with the beautiful basket of flowers. The message brought tears to my eyes. She is a very special person who has been very poorly recently.
• Elaine - a beautiful card made with one of the level 3 hostess sets. Just stunning - she had a great style, (and I don't have that set - so now I can show you all how wonderful it is!)
• Over on the right is a lovely card by Jan, (see her decorated gift bag on the following photo). This card is a great adaptation of one we made at a recent class - I wouldn't have thought of it as a Christmas card - but it really works doesn't it?

 So now for photo number two...once again going from left to right...

• A beautiful Cream Christmas Creation by Jan O - we did a similar card in blue and I LOVE this version.
• Thank you Vera, (aka Auntie V), for the Bird on a Branch card. I was SO sorry when this stamp set retired last year so it was lovely the bird came to visit me at Christmas!
• Jan S - what a beautifully decorated gift bag! I love all the little stars.
• The blue snowflake card is from Helen - it has dazzling diamonds too - but they didn't show so well in this photo
• Wendy's creation is amazing. Each panel is hand stitched - what a talent.
• How cute is that skating penguin? He is wearing sparkly skates too - thank to Jenny for this one.
• On the far right is SUCH a pretty snowflake card from Sara - love the colours.

Thank you again to each and every one of you talented ladies. XXX

I am also sharing a little altered Jewellery Box. I bought this sweet box at a Christmas fair from Michelle and Jane who sell wonderful Shabby Chic goodies.

It was sweet as it was- but I had to have a play with it and decorate it up using some Stampin' Up! goodies.

I used Elegant Soiree designer paper and taffeta ribbon in Marina Mist and punched tiny hearts in Baja Breeze and Very Vanilla cardstock. I also added adhesive pearls under the bows, (I must have done that after I took the photos! LOL)

When you close the top down it looks like this. I stamped the hearts using the Punch Potpourri heart which is one of the sets you can recieve FREE for hosting a Stampin' Up! workshop.

I also used the designer paper inside the little drawers...

How cute is that???

OK - back soon with more projects. Hope you liked todays offerings.