Day 9 - 12 Gifts of Christmas

So we are up to Day 9 already, today is a really nice one, made from something you would normally throw in the bin. I have not included measurements today as you can use any tin you would like and they are all likely to be different, as today we are altering an

Altoid Tin

First of all I took an altoid tin and some Patterned Paper (wahey guess where it comes from??) yep it comes from the I Wish Simply Scrappin Pack... I drew around the top and bottom and cut out.

I then covered the lid of the altoid tin in glue....

And then I stuck the Top piece of Patterned Paper to the top.... like this...

I then did the same with the bottom (as the bottom had a lot of writing on I wanted to cover it up.
I found it easier to glue a strip of 1/4" grosgrain around the rim of the lid, and then cut a piece of Patterned Paper to size to go around the sides of the base of the tin. I only put the paper up as far as the lid reached down so it wouldn't get scuffed when the tin was opened and closed...

Then we come to the inside. I again traced around the top and bottom of the tin and cut slightly inside the lines so that the patterned paper would fit inside the top and bottom of the tin...

And stuck double sided tape to the wrong side of the Patterned Paper so it would sit securely inside the tin...

The Patterned Paper was then stuck to the inside of the tin.

I traced around the top of the tin again onto vellum this time, and once again cut out slightly inside the lines.. this was then cut just over halfway up and decorated with one of the strips from the I Wish set.

and using strongbox adhesive was glued slightly around the edges and glued in place on the lid of the tin.

And as you can see I had decided to make the tin into a small sewing set as this is always handy to carry around with you in your handbag...

I then needed to decorate the outside of the tin, so again I turned to the wonderful scallop circle punch and a stamp from the Level 1 Hostess Stamp Set Best Yet. For this I used Very Vanilla, Old Olive and Real Red Cardstock.

I stuck some 1/4" Real Red Grosgrain Ribbon across the top of the tin and topped it off with our assembled scallop embellishment, and then further decorated it with some of the Stampin Up Buttons in Old Olive and Ruby Red.

And voila a very smart looking tin for next to nothing (the sewing set cos £1.99 from Tesco)... a wonderful give for just about everyone...

I also wanted to show you today how versatile the Rub-Ons are, and they have 20% off until 30th November, so if you would like them, please get your orders in quick to me before the 30th November. Just fill in an ORDER FORM at the top of this post (click on ORDERFORM/WISHLIST at the top of this post).

I bought this Frame from Tesco and put a beautiful photo of my DD, her DH and newly born baby (he was only about 30 minutes old when this photo was taken as I was there at his birth), and I decorated the frame with Rub-Ons to personalise it a bit...

And I also decorated a vase and filled it with baubles for a Christmas Decoration this Christmas..

For the photo frame I used the Rub-Ons Cherished Memories and for the Vase I used Hidden Garden Blossoms.

Will be back tomorrow with Day 10 of the 12 Gifts of Christmas, nearly finished now... take care, have a good evening xx

20% Off Rub-Ons and 12 x 12 Textured Cardstock & Free P&P

Sorry I haven't updated my blog for a while, but have been busy with some card orders, so now they are all out of the way, I will be updating a lot more this week.

I am really thrilled to find out that I have been promoted within Stampin Up to Silver 1, I never thought I would ever get there, and the guy from Stampin Up told me last week I was the quickest promoting Silver 1 so far..... so I am rather pleased with myself... and to thank all my customers for their support I am offering free P&P on all orders placed from the current catalogue before Midnight Sunday. So you can take advantage of the following deal...

Stampin Up have a special offer that runs from 10th November until 30th November. If you spend £20 in the current catalogue (and dont forget Christmas is fast approaching) you can buy any of the Rub-Ons or 12 x 12 Textured Cardstock for 20% less than normal. Check out pages 68 and 69 for the cardstock and page 77 for the rub-ons. These can be used on lots of surfaces, like cardstock, christmas baubles, glass photo frames, mirrors etc, the list is endless.

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And if anyone wants to take advantage of becoming a Stampin Up Demonstrator before the end of this month, just sign up through me and not only will I give you a free Stamp Set of your choice for any amount from the catalogue, I will also give you £25 of free items of your choice from the catalogue and ship them to you with your free Stamp Set....

Keep checking back to my blog as very soon I am going to be doing the 12 Days of Christmas, well its 12 days of ideas for Christmas including Christmas Cards and lots of gift ideas... so don't miss out if you want some inspiration.

Have a good evening all xx