Papillon Potpourri

It's a very late posting from me tonight - I have had problems with my camera 

and Barry has now sorted it for me - bless him!!

I am sharing one of the cards that we all made at our all day

Quarterly Training last Saturday.  This is my favourite.

The base card is Calypso Coral, and the DSP is Natural Composition - 

you can see the shine on it in this photo - it is lush!  

The background and butterfly stamps are from the Papillon Potpouri stampset, 

the butterflies are punched using the new Elegant Butterfly punch.

The sentiment is from Tiny Tags -stamped then punched with the Jewelry Tag punch.

Crochet Trim ribbon and Linen thread finish it off.

Beautiful!!  

Thanks Julie for showing us this card

Tiny Box

Today I needed a tiny gift box to put a ring inside (for a friend's birthday)

 - I didn't want to put it in the box that the shop had supplied as it wouldn't really have been a surprise.

 To find something suitable I trawled the internet and found this little beauty on 

Sara's Crafting and Stamping Blog - complete with instructions on how to make it.

I used the Real Red cardstock and the Candlelight Christmas  Speciality DSP as Sara had done 

(because I do think that this is not purely a Christmas paper) 

To make the box I used the Petal Card Double punch to score and cut four panels

 for the sides, base and top.

 In place of the "merry" tag, I punched a "4 you" tag instead, 

using the Tiny Tags stampset and punched with the Jewelry Tag punch. 

I used 1/8" Real Red Taffeta ribbon to hold the box lid closed and to make a bow. 

Just to show how tiny the box is - 3cm square

I am so pleased with this box - thanks Sara for the instructions.
I would like to enter this into 
Craft My Life - All Crafts Challenge:2
http://sparklingblackrose-craftmylife.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/craft-my-life-all-crafts-challenge.html