Tea Cup Gift Holder

 

Use some pretty decorative card to make a holder for a tea cup gift package

This week I thought I'd make a wrapper so you can gift a tea cup filled with homemade biscuits and a few individually wrapped tea bags. It makes a brilliant little gift for someone feeling under the weather, having a bad time at the moment or just needs a little gift to say hello. :)

You can buy some really pretty and fairly inexpensive cups and you can fill it with hot chocolate sachets, sweets or whatever your friend may like.

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Tea Light Decoration

 

Make these cute little tea light decorations to light up these dark evenings

This week has been quite overcast and my thoughts turned back to Christmas when my house was covered in lights which created such a cosy feeling So this weeks blog will show you how to turn a homemade bakers box into a tea light decoration for a little battery operated tea light. Please don't use wax candle tea lights as you would set light to your house and that's obviously not a good idea.

I started off making a leaf patterned tea light decoration but then thought it could easily be used for other occasions, so I went on to make a heart one for valentines or anniversaries and a Christmas one (not that I probably need any more lights at Christmas !)

I decided to have a tie top on the box, so it could be undone to turn the light on and off. However once I had done that, I realised that actually it would be easier to seal the top with a miniature peg rather than keep tying and untying a ribbon. So my photo's may show two holes in the top of the box - just ignore them, unless you obviously wish to have a ribbon tying the top of your box together

I've made mine from a bakers box die but you can use any box die you have. If you don't have any applicable dies, scroll down to the bottom of this blog and I will show you how to fold a box using card and a guillotine with scoring and cutting blades

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Tree Birthday Card

 

Masculine birthday card made using Beauty of Friendship stamp set by Stampin Up

I haven't done some stamping for a while, so todays card uses Beauty of Friendship stamp set by Stampin Up. I also use the matching Designer Series Paper pack and die set to complete the card.

You could amend this card for the different seasons, just by changing the colour ink pads - for example using orange and reds for a more autumnal card

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Lacy Birthday Cake

 

Use any lacy border die you have to create this really pretty cake card

I've got a few lacy border dies and I very rarely use them. So this week I wondered what I could make using the lacy border die as the main part of my card - the answer was a cake!

You can use any lacy border die or use lots of different ones to create the cake shape. If you don't have any lacy border dies, then just cut some thin rectangles and layer them in the same way.

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