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I have been quite prepared this year and made a whole batch of 24 little coffin treat boxes. I bought the boxes when they were on the clearance rack so they were 75% off which is a great price if you are giving stuff away. Then at the last minute I decided to go visit my daughter and newly born Grandson in Canada so I have left them in the safe hands of a lady called Gaby in our village who is decorating up her garage for trick or treaters this year.  It probably just as well, as I'm not sure everyone will walk up the hill to my place anyway! Although the boxes are from last years catalogue (or maybe the year before?) the stamps that I decorated the boxes with are from this years catalogue and called 'Celebration Tidings' stamp set. I stamped the border image on each side of the coffin in silver ink. Then I cut one of the co-ordinating stitched label dies to make the tag and stamped Happy Haunting sentiment in black ink and stamped the spider image onto white card and cut i

My little craft room has a fishy theme with fish curtains and pictures and so when I saw the Whale of a Time stamp set with matching punch in the catalogue I had a little think about how to use it to decorate. The papers that go with the set make great backgrounds. Of course - The set can also ne used to make cards. The card above is a small square notecard and I made it using the papers cur into waves following the lines of the pattern by hand - then I stuck the paper so that I could hide the little whale down into the card. Then I made 8 little note cards and decorated envelopes to match. I used two shadow box frames joined on one side with magnet closures at the other to make a cute box to present them in.  I may need to put something across the corners as they keep falling out! I have made a video on how to make the shadow box frames and box but I am waiting for a visit to a friend to be able to upload it as my internet is lacking!!  Take care  JoP x

I bought these dies years ago and they are only just now going into retirement - I use them a lot in the back ground for my scrapbooking but I thought I would give them a run in on a box and a card. I decorated this mini pizza box with some designer series paper - this paper is currently on reduced price in Last Chance Products. It is the back of the Silhouette papers. I layered the largest flower onto some of the background paper and cut around it before putting it down on top of the other die cut arranged pieces - this prevents all of the criss-crossing pieces showing through the flower. For the card, I used this flower swirl on top of another piece of the designer series paper but this time I gold embossed the edges and some splashes onto the paper first. I added another flower die cut image on top of one of the circle buds and tiny gold pearl on top of all of the other circle buds. I also heat embossed the 'happy birthday' which came for the Bonanza Buddies stamp set. This

mac2604 I cannot help it! I love the mini curvy keepsakes box and it really looks cute in this paper alongside the notebook and pen! I cut the spare butterfly from the papers they're are so many images to cut out in the mosaic and the beads are tied to the end of the crinkle ribbon which is light and silky. I covered the notebook and also cut a butterfly and used a little vintage frame from long time ago stampin up stash and a strip of paper rolled up and inserted into the pen so it all matches. The notebook has a catch at the side made from a folded piece of paper for the pen to latch onto. The notepad was from Wilkinsons and about 22p so I have bought about 100 and often send to friends as gifts. I have now bought the larger size notepads too- they are great for students and gardeners. I'm onto a different stamp set next - going to use my See A Silhouette stamp set and papers - the stamp set and dies are not retiring but the papers are - Im going to buy some spare papers alon

I used the Welcome Easter Stamp set and mini curvy keepsakes box die to make theses little treat boxes. The background stamps in the set are my very favourite part of the set. The little bee, flower and leaf images have been stamped onto the box before assembling in black memento ink. The sentiments also stamped onto white card and cut into thin strips and attaching with white bakers twine tied in a box. The boxes would look lovely with just the labels - but you can also add the images from the set, coloured with watercolour pencils and cut with scissors. I just attached them with some glue to the handles of the box. The bunny looks as if he is leapfrogging over the box! See yesterdays and 23 feb blog for other ideas using this stamp set. JoPx 

This is a fairly simple box that will hold 6 cards and envelopes so you can make a notecard gift set as a gift. The cards in this set are 15cm x 10.5cm and the envelopes are slightly larger 16cm x 11.5cm. 1. Cut the back and front piece from a piece of black cardstock measuring 30cm x 12cm. Then score along the long edge at 17cm and 19cm. 2. The front panel is a piece of black card measuring 10.5cm x 7.5cm 3. The card for the box part is black cardstock measuring 16cm x 20cm. Score along the 20cm edge at 8.5 and 10.5 and along the 16cm edge at 2cm, 14cm (see photograph of pattern)  You make this piece into a box and then glue piece 1. to the back of the box piece. Then you offset piece 2 at the front and add a velcro dot to close. After I had made the box I decided that if I was gifting it the person concerned might like a choice of sentiment on the front so I have added a small pocket on the front. This holds a batch of sentiments such as 'thank you' 'hap

I made this gift box using one of Stampiin'Up's mini pizza boxes. They have been designed so they are food safe and are the right size to hold a cookie. I made this box by cutting a bold shape out of the lid before assembly using a heart shaped die which is from the main catalogue dies called Be Mine framelit dies. (they were last years spring/summer mini catalogue. I kept them because I like the folk heart shape and there are tonnes of other dies in the set that co-ordinates with the Meant to Be stamp set. I'm glad I held on to it because I like it much more than this years heart shapes in the catalogue. It is still available on my shop and I have put some images below of the details of the sets designed to co=ordinate together.  To get the label the same colour as the box I stamped and cut the other pieces from the die off-cut.  The pizza boxes are also available and are flat packed but ready to make up and don't need any glue unless you want to seal them. A

Both of these two fabulous projects are made using the Music From the Heart Stamp Set. This is a stand alone set and includes images and some fancy script sentiments as well. The two projects I cased from other people. The piano card was actually made by a lady who is a million dollar achiever with Stampin' Up and she got to design her own stamp set as a reward. How cool is that. So she designed the stamp set as well as this lovely easel card. Her name is Dianne Olsen and she has a YouTube on how to make the card which I adjusted slightly to take into account that the European paper sizes are different to those in the USA. The gift box I cased from Ratzis Bastelkuche over on Instagram. Be sure to follow me on Instagram if you use it, I am under craftyjop or I am starting my own hash tag #joppy.co.uk These starmps are really cute I like the birds silhouettes and they can be used as musical notes!! I can't wait to design a few cards of my own using these. The cute box was

The Golden Honey Papers in their pristine black white and gold said 'office stationery ' to me and so I used them together with the Honey Bee stamp set and Detailed Bee dies to make some coasters, a gift box holding 6 notecards and envelopes, a post it note holder and a cute giant paperclip topper. I put the photo onto a Facebook page that is for Stampin' Up demonstrators today and was totally overwhelmed by the response and requests for instructions on how to make the post it note holder - so I have quickly put this post together and it is mostly a photo show of the instructions because that was the fastest way I could do it! To make this desktop holder you will need some basic black cardstock. The holder has been made to fit post it notes that measure 3 x 3 inches. I originally made it around the post it notes in and cut in centimetres - So I have taken the original box apart and measured it all and have put some photographs of the measurements and how to put it to