Stampin Up Independent Demonstrator Dawn Howard

Box Frame using Flower Patch and Swallowtail Here's a box frme I made a few months ago. Today seems a good day to share it as the sun is shining , there was a rather beautiful red admiral butterfly in my green ouse and all my seedlings are flourishing. Roll on summer ! I love this set as it gives such a summery feel. Happy Crafting

STAMPIN UP WINE BOTTLE TAGS I'm not really much of a drinker. It would mean I certainly couldn't stick anything on straight! In fact it is something of a family joke that 1 glass of wine and I am as giddy as a hipper, so my daughter looked horrified when she saw me carrying 3 bottles of wine up to my craft room. She didn't say anything  till I said " don't worry they're only props for a photo shoot and then she just look relieved. Any way - this is what I used my props for - a wide selection of wine bottle gift tags. There are great and easy to make, use up lots of scrap paper and best of all they are not something you will find in a shop so have the advantage of really adding a personal touch to your gifts. Let me know if you would like the measurements - and I am even wondering if these should be a topic for my first ever tutorial. As always you can buy any of the products used here or other Stampin Up goods via my shop   http://www2.stampinup.co...

Unique Blog Hop Welcome and today I'm taking part in the unique blog hop. I was invited to take part by my Stampin Up upline Zoe Tant  and you may have reached me from her blog, http://stampingscene.blogspot.co.uk/search?updated-max=2014-09-24T07:30:00%2B01:00&max-results=2 As part of the Unique blog hop I'll be answering the following questions 1. What am I working on? 2. How does my work differ from others of its genre? 3. Why do I write/create what I do? 4. How does your writing/creative process work? So what I am working on ? Well at the moment my craft desk is as clear as it gets because I have had a lot of visitors this weekend to celebrate a family birthday. So a fair bit of last week was spent cleaning and tidying. Now cleaning is not my favourite activity in any way and I'm not normally so very tidy, particularly when it come to crafting. So before the big clean up I was working on lots of little Christmas gifts for some upcoming fairs I will be d...

Advent Calendar using Stampin Up Tiny Treat Boxes and 25 days stamp set. Well what can I say ?- sorry seems to be a good choice. I just can't believe that I haven't blogged since May. I have however been busy making things and enjoying the summer months. The allotment has done well and I've spent many hours picking fruit for my husband to eat it ALL in a few minutes. I've decided to get ready early for Christmas so here's my first make for the year - an advent calendar. It uses the tiny treat boxes and 25 days photopolymer stamp set from the Autumn/Winter catalogue. These boxes are fantastic value for money at £6.25 for 25 sturdy kraft boxes that measure about 5cm. I've almost finished my second advent calendar which has been made using some now retired stock of the mini milk carton die and an old alphabet/number die. Come back soon to see a picture. If you want to buy any of these items or just browse the catalogues here's a link to my store....

Here are a few pretty thing that I have been making recently. Dress up framelits are so easy to turn into these pretty gifts/favours that hold an Avon lipbalm.  The avon colours and flavours matched so well with the Stampin Up colous as well. I think I'll be using these as gifts for my daughter's friends. and here is my business card holder. I've used a sizzix XL die for the window box and decorated it using stampin up punches and papers.

I'm rather addicted to making these card in a box cards and decided to combine this with one of my other favourites - punch art. I've thrown a new matching stamp and framelit set called Just Sayin and word bubbles into the mix .These are some of the latest fab products from the Spring and Summer Catalogue. Let me know what you think.

Here's a little something I made to share ay my Women's Institute meeting tonight as it's Valentine's Day.