Baptism Explosion Box

I love May. It's the best time of the year. Far from Winter and close to Summer. A beginning for the nicest season of the year.


So be it April May season requests for Christening/Baptism, Wedding and Holy Communion Cards are in popular demand here.


I was asked to do a Baptism card by a good friend of mine Grace.


I worked on a green/blue colour explosion box.

I tend to delve away from the normal light blue or pink baby colours for these cards.

I used organza ribbon around the box and the alphabet die by Sizzix



For the middle of the card I used these lovely shoe dies and again coloured organza in light green colour

I have used circle dies all throughout except for the centre

A poem was placed on the other side as well.

I am in love with this envelope die I tend to put it in for these kind of occassions as it is quite normal to give monetary gifts on these occassions.

Flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts.

And to make it a bit more flashy I sprayed it all with Liquid Pearl Spray to give it that twinkling look

Hope my project inspires some of you today

xxx

Claire

Fruit Salad Collection Blog Hop winners

Hi everyone!

It is time to reveal the winners of the 

Magnolia DT Fruit Salad Collection

Take a look, 

maybe you are among the lucky winners!

If you find your name here, 

you must visit the blog you won in, 

and there the Designer will ask you to send her 

an e-mail with your full name and address.

1. Monique - Plony
2. Maki - Karen
3. Tanja - Chris
4. Debbie - Suzi
5. Claire - Nuno Miguel
6. Camilla S. - Elly
7. Maria Irene - Margaria
8. Janny - Martine
9. Yuri - Mlarisa
10. Lillemor - Hazel
11. Jiwon - Sol
12. Diana - Elin
13. Becky - Davinia
14. Camilla H. - Donna
 15. Mae - Jirawadee
15. Nancie - Laura Corkill

Congratulations to all the winners!!

And a huge thank you to all of you who participated in 

our Fruit Salad Blog Hop!!

 A special congratulations to Nuno who won in my blog!
Will you please send me your full name and address 
to asamobackup@gmail.com

With love,
Claire xxx

Fruit Salad Collection .... another blog hop from us DT Members

Fruit Salad Collection Blog Hop


Hello Magnolia Lovers!


A very welcome to our new Magnolia Design Team Blog Hop. The design team is proud to present you the beautiful stamps from the latest Fruit Salad Collection.


This blog hop is sponsored by Magnolia Rubber Stamps Sweden  and of course you have the chance to win one gorgeous price from Magnolia Rubber Stamps on every single blog you leave a comment!!! So be sure to hop on every blog and leave some love!


The blog hop runs until 23. April!! The DT will announce the winners on 24. April in the evening on their blogs.
And now let’s start the fun blog hop!!! If you came from Debbie you’re on the right track! If you just happened on my blog, please from here CLICK HERE   to start at the beginning.


It was great fun creating this card for a friend of colleague who is leaving my team tomorrow.

I have used this stamp from the wonderful collection and coloured her with distress inks - Dusty Concord of course :)

I have used another stamp from Magnolia as a base for this gorgeous girl. I have used a blackboard sort of note on top to write my friend's name on it

Heart tag die is also from Magnolia and I have used purple ribbon to give it more dimension.

Can you spot the leaves in this picture? They are something I formed from extra light clay which is easy to use if you have proper moulds for it. And to finish this project off, I have used the glass beads to give it that extra look.

Hope you like my project xxx

Claire

Now it’s time to hop over to my very inspiring DT friend Camilla S  ! The blog Hop runs until 23. April!




And remember you only have the chance on winning a lovely price from Magnolia Rubber Stamps, if you leave a comment on the blogs! Thank you so much stopping by and leave some love!


Good Luck!


Here is the whole blog hop list:






1. Monique


2. Maki


3. Tanja


4.  Debbie


5. Claire


6. Camilla S


7.Maria Irene


8. Janny


9. Yuri


10. Lillemor


11. Jiwon


12. Diana


13. Becky


14. Camilla H.


15. Mae


16.  Nancie

Winding your way down on Baker Street

Hi everybody hope you had a good start to your weekend with lots of sunshine....can't wait for Summer to return and for my travels to start!


London was one of the first places I travelled to so it's a place I love.


Today I have used a Scrapiniec frame for my project, made of out laser cut wood They have different items which are absolutely adorable and enhance your project to perfection.

I have also used the Magnolia Little Collection 2013 rubber stamps which worked so well with my theme. They have been coloured in with prisma pencils, copics and also distress ink for the background.

With regard to the dies I have used the Magnolia doohickey dies from Volume 18 - absolute cuteness!

I have used Maja Design - Coffee in the Arbour for this frame. Even those small signs 'Take a Break' and ' Join me for a Coffee' are from that collection.

I have used the papers on the background of the frame as well.

I thought since we're in London, Baker Street cannot be left out.

Hope you like today's project and I wish you all a nice week ahead

Love, Claire xxx

The Magnolia Blog Hop Winners Announcement :)

Hi everyone!

It is time to reveal the winners of the 

Magnolia DT Sun Beam

BLOG HOP!!

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Take a look, 

maybe you are among the lucky winners!

If you find your name here, 

you must visit the blog you won in, 

and there the Designer will ask you to send her 

an e-mail with your full name and address.

Erika - Jane

Becky - Hilde

Diana - Veronica

Sabrina - Kerry

Claire - Annie

Maria Irene - Dona

Yulis - Laura

Camilla H. - Suzi

Camilla S. - Patty

Tina - Candy 

Yuri - Elin

Mae - Steffi Raffe

Maki - Sonia Lo Conte 

Debbie - Christine

Tanja - Paperpapier

Jane - Ivy Ling

Congratulations to all the winners!!

And a huge thank you to all of you who participated in 

our Sun Beam Blog Hop!! 

A special congratulations to Annie who won in my blog!

Will you please send me your full name and address 

to asamobackup@gmail.com

With love,

Claire

Magnolia Blog Hop - the SunBeam Collection

Hi everyone, and a big welcome to the

Magnolia Blog Hop

with the lovely SunBeam Collection!

The Blog Hop is 

sponsored by Magnolia rubberstamps in Sweden!

You will be able to win a lovely surprise

in every blog you leave a comment in.

 

If you came here from Sabrina you are on the right track.

If you've just happened upon my blog, you can

CLICK HERE to start from the beginning at

Erika's blog.

 

And if you want to hop a bit here and there,

here is the whole blog hop list:

1. Erika
2. Becky
3. Diana
4. Sabrina
5. Claire
6. Maria Irene
7. Yulis
8. Camilla H.
9. Camilla S.
10. Tina
11. Yuri
12. Mae
13. Maki
14. Debbie
15. Tanja
16. Jane

 

 

For my first blog hop I have done a shabby chic shadow box which also lights up.

I have used Tilda with Little Bunny, Tilda with Little Chickens, surrounded by the cutest bunnies, hedgehogs, chicks, bumblebees and butterflies.

 Image has been coloured with distress inks and I have added in lots of flowers plus the chandelier garland from Magnolia which I absolutely love here's a link if you need to buy some Magnolia Pink Gardland

 

The dies are also by Magnolia - for this project I used the Old Swedish Lace border from the Bon Voyage collection and the  Lovely Fence from the Cozy Family Autumn collection both from 2010.

Papers are also by Magnolia, named Sweet Rainbow which go very well with this collection since there is a matching bumblebee

 The box is a wooden one which I have distressed with chalk paint and wooden butterflies are what I have had in my stash for quite sometime.

Hope my project inspires some of you to create something similar!

 

 

Now it is time to hop over to my DT friend Maria Irene !

 

The Blog Hop will end this Sunday, March the 18th.

And remember you will have a chance to

win a secret prize from Magnolia

in all the blogs!!

So keep on hopping and leave some LOVE!

Thank you so much for stopping by

and good luck!

Lots of love, Claire xoxo