Christmas hanging petite box

Morning Everyone,

Well yesterday I had a lovely day my girlfriend and her hubby came up from the Gold Coast to spend the day with me, so we had time to catch up on all the gossip even though the coast isn't that far away, we don't get to see each other that much. Mainly because my other half tends to work on a weekend and neither of us drive.... Yes shock horror I don't drive nor do I want too, I think I would be one of those road rage drivers so why even go there, and the promises of an old jaguar (my favourite car) dosn't even tempt me to get a licence.....

The last day I have been working on a petite box ornament for one of the kid's teacher's I thought I would do something creative to go with their xmas present's this year so I have made this one for Daunte's teacher

I have to say I really enjoy making these and the little art frame moulds just fit perfectly on these size matchboxes.....
I'm expecting my new prima and 7 gypsies order today from Blue Bazaar so I'm waiting patiently for my postie to rock up and ring that doorbell so hurry up already I want it now lol....

Then I am going to start work on my private swap with Tabitha I have the perfect image that I received from Lynne just for adding this website button 

to my blog so girls click on the link add Lynne's blog button to your blog and you will receive two image sheets of your choice, how wonderful is that....

Now I'll be back later with a photo of what the postie delivered, catch you soon and thanks for dropping by my blog....

Well my postie just dropped off my order gosh it was quite heavy so here is what I got....

And then of course I got some of the papers this is really the only one I liked out of the collection so I stocked up and brought a few of each paper....Don't you just love those carnation vines these really called out to me to buy them, I wasn't really fussed with the other flowers no doubt I will buy them but the vines are fabulous....
Can you guess what papers I'm going to use on my private swap with Tabitha now lol?

First 7 matchboxes for the Chrissy Swap and hosting a new Cameo petite box swap

Okay well I posted on Monday that my goal for this week was to finish five of my christmas matchboxes and hello I did 7 today and burnt my finger on my hot glue gun, forgot that it gets so damn hot quickly so note to self quit checking with your finger to see if it's hot lol...
I'm doing a mixture of colours for mine so it's fun putting each matchbox together wondering who will get each one, I already have a couple of favourites one is the one with the little girl I've used skeleton leaves to give her wings and I so love the way number 4 turned out I think I' going to make a bigger sized matchbox for my tree just like that one....

Now I'm hoping to get another 7 done by the weekend so keep your fingers crossed that I can find the time to craft in peace, normally my household on a weekend is action/drama packed what with teens having their friends over, the little ones fighting over whose going to play with the toy that of course they both want to play with, and then the kids arguing over what movie/game to play on tv it's never ending in my house.....
And of course the other half hides himself away playing his guitar so he can't hear anything ohh what a life lol....
I'm thinking of hosting a new swap I think it maybe a cameo inspired petite box swap so if you think your interested just leave me a comment.......Here is all the details

Marias Cameo Petite box swap
Sign up's until Wednesday 13th Sept
Send out date by Oct 15th....
Sending to two swap partners

You will need to decorate a big sized matchbox and fill it with at least
three cameo's
lace
ribbons
vintage buttons/beads
a small bunch of flowers
5 different charms (good quality ones)
And then make a tag for your swap partners

You will be sending to two different partners if you can only send to one let me know as there maybe others who can only send to one person.
Please don't sign up if you don't feel you can get this swap signed up, bad swappers beware...
Email me at topendgirl2000@gmail.com or leave me a comment here.......

Tea caddy/cigar box swap sent spoiler alert....

Well yesterday I posted off my cigar/teacaddy box back to school swap to my swap partner in Canada so I thought I would show and tell what I created and sent Sandi.I really enjoyed creating this one and actually didn't want to send this one off as I so love the image and just the way it turned out....
I used a mixture of 7 Gypsies/Graphic 45 papers to decorate it,

Now what's inside the box are these:
3 tiny vials of german glitter glass
4 different sprays of flowers
1 pack of buttons
1 pack of collections pins
2 different white laces
hidden under the wadding is a container of assorted glass beads
A packet of mixture ephemera (book pages, vintage tickets, playing cards, flashcards, valentines day cards etc)
Collections tile prints
Collections 6x6 designer paper in Sepia
Heidi bling strips
2 Prima stamps
A Jenny B framed rubon
A package of white German scrap trim
and a little sweet sachet to make it smell all nice

Thanks Tabitha for hosting the swap......

PS made my first christmas matchbox for the big swap hoping to get at least two more done tonight, but now I have to go and get Max ready for his Prep meet his teachers session....

What I've done a layout you betcha...

Okay so I have been so slack with not doing any actual scrapping but I really was motivated to do the August Scrap with V challenge Pip wanted us to do an all white layout so had to kind of think about this one before I actually worked on it.....
So this is it

For mine I have used, a white oval doily, white cotton cheesecloth material, an assortment of lace, white prima packaging, white crepe paper trim, an atc canvas used as a tag, it slides out from under the Prima packaging on the left handside of my layout, a small white drawstring bag which I have attached to my floral vine made up of white sprays, a mixture of old and new white flowers and then a vintage button.....
I just got a knock and my postman was standing their with a parcel box in his hands hmmm wonder what's inside the box

and these were what were inside my flower order from iamroses if you havent shopped their before you should fast delivery I got mine in just under a week and postage is 50 cents per package of flowers....

What's going to go inside my xmas matchboxes

Now I've finally made a start on my matchboxes for the swap at A swap for all seasons, thankfully I did my first one and decided to check the post giving all the requirement details and realized my matchboxes are too big so my first one went into my christmas decoration box so have to go and hunt down smaller ones tomorrow when I go grocery shopping...
Also that meant my little mini frames won't fit so had to think of something else and this is what I've made so far a couple of keyrings and a couple of magnets, I've also spotted a little cameo art mould on ebay and think if I can get it I could make some little brooches but I will have to buy it and see if it will fit into the matchboxes.....
These are what I made last night and my gosh they were so time consuming what with cutting them all out, painting, gluing and just putting them together it took ages especially as I broke my finger nail yesterday and it hurts like the dickens, yes going to get it fixed tomorrow they were all booked up today....

So this week I am on a mission to get at least ten of my matchboxes completed and do another 6 of the gifts for inside, I'm also going to start on my personal swap for Tabitha a paris inspired teacaddy box just have to get that thinking cap on and start planning on what to use on it.....

So this week I plan to

Post my tea/cigar box to Sandi (back to school swap)
Finish off reading my book called The Passage
Take my son for his Prep open day session he is so not excited lol
See 3D Piranah on Wednesday night with my other half
Wrap up the first lot of christmas presents that I have brought for Drew
Make at least 10 matchboxes for A Swap for all seasons
Wait patiently for my I am roses flowers order
Also need to get my thinking cap on for my swap partner Maree's handmade item hmmm what will I make I have a few ideas for that
Oh and I need to preorder the new True blood book coming out next week

So what's on your to do list this week?

Just having one of those days

Morning Everyone,

Well I received my order from Scrap Matrix the other day thanks Rae for the all the little extras that was so sweet of you just love those tiny little birds you put in my order there so cute.... So now their is no more excuses need to get cracking on making my 25 matchboxes for the Swap with all Seasons countdown to Christmas swap,

...Now when I placed my order at scrap matrix I brought this fabulous frame art mould which I was going to use to make all my lift ornaments to go inside each box but when I got it I realized its too big to fit inside any of the matchboxes that I was going to use so had to think again, so have come up with another idea of altering tiny little frames and making them into a christmas ornament for their tree.
So the first image is of the cute little frame this is actually going to be added to a challenge otp that I'm going to do as its a 3d kind of challenge this is the frame I wanted to put inside each box all decorated up.

And this is a photo of one my first ornament made for one of the matchboxes I'm going to use the same image for the ornament that goes on the box, and I've found some sweet images to use, these will all be done in a couple of colour combinations like pink silver and white, red, gold and white and silver, red and white.....

Also I've been working on my altered cigar box/teacaddy swap for my partner Sandi and its all done nearly ready to post so this is a tiny sneak peek of it.

and this is a sneak of some of the goodies inside the box.

Right now I must go have to get the kids out the door and get ready to go to the shops have to stop off and get a few goodies for embellishing my matchboxes and also pick up my Paris goodies for my swap with Tabitha of http://creativewingsboutique.blogspot.com

PS
Blue Bazaar just got in Graphic 45's steampunk paper and their staples so yay I ordered some and they are being delivered today so woo hoo so love Graphic 45.....

Swaps received, sneak peak of swaps sent out, and something I have made for a new swap

Well I haven't done much of anything this last week gone I've been battling getting over this horrid chesty thing I came down with given to me by Max now talk about one horrid bug...

Last night I altered a little foldable box that I've made for a new swap I'm in yes I will show and tell but just not going to say who it's going too so this is it.
I also have my tea caddy box already to alter for my private swap with Tabitha of Creativewings now I'm also hoping I can use one of these for the back to school cigar box swap seeing as I can't find a cigar box anywhere yes they have them but all the places I went to they were all out of stock so grrrrr....

So this is the box I'm altering were doing our boxes with a Paris inspired theme so think pink and girly so can't wait to get this box altered.....

Okay I've got a couple of swaps in the mail this last week so wanted to show and tell firstly were my petite bead box swaps from my partners Julia and Chenoa this is what I sent them this one is to Julia and it went to Russia and the other one went to Chenoa who lives here in Oz.

And these are my lovely boxes from the girls so thankyou both loved the goodies inside and can't wait to make a piece of jewellery with the contents inside.....

Now just a couple of sneak peaks at my swaps sent out for the Seaside Swap and the Shabby Vintage swap

Okay now I have a crazy pyscho kitty who loves to scratch my couch now we have just gone and brought leather reclining sofas so hubby said we had to buy him a scratching post before our sofas got delivered on Tuesday so I spotted this little scratch post while out shopping yesterday and had to get it....

But alas yes he scratches on it but I heard him scratching our sofa this morning so grrrrrr....

Okay I went shopping online the other day at Scrap matrix now Rae is having a monthly special and the one for this month is a beauty her hot deal for the month is on her Germanscrap trims so click on the link and go shopping and stock up www.scrapmatrix.com.au

My Creative Spirit project

Well Cindy from http://cindyadkinswhimsicalmusings.blogspot.com/2010/08/come-join-link-party.html invited me to be part of her Creative Spirit link party so I have finally finished making my little hanging christmas ornament box for it....
I've used a bigger sized matchbox, a vintage paper bag, prima flowers, lace,tulle and then I have made the little hanger out of beads.....

Thanks for dropping by to check my project out....

My let's get shabby box

Well I haven't done a Let's get shabby challenge in a couple of months but I liked the criteria for August so thought I would alter a box, the theme was Wings and you had to use this friendship quote somewhere on it"Friends are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to FLY...

So here is my altered box for the challenge

My latest creation and my new toy and my newest xmas project

Hello Everyone,

Well the last couple of days the weather has been so warm and sunny, not exactly winter kind of weather which I love, but at least we have been able to do all those outside kind of chores you know the ones I hate mainly weed pulling lol....
Altered a little tin yesterday which is the only thing I have done craft wise all weekend have a few things on the go that I'm working on so will be able to show and tell those later in the week.....

I found this cute little silver trim the other day while I was shopping and I have used this to decorate the edges of the tin cover, and then have painted the tin bottom silver, and used my heat gun to create this paint effect....
Well I finally got my ipad the other day and I have been playing with my new toy ever since I got it, just found out there was the next season of the Tudors so have got that all on there now, it's such a handy item the only thing that should of come with it I think is headphones but that is my only complaint....

Now a friend of mine Tabitha is hosting a swap over at her blog back to school cigar box swap she is also having a giveaway as well if you follow her blog so why don't you go and check it out...
Here are the swap details

I am invisioning book pages, flashcards, corregated cardboard, lovley trims, tea dyed tags, buttons and general crafty goodness ... This swap will be open to 20 participants or until August 7th. Your packages should be in the mail to your partner by September 1st. I know that is a short amount of time but Halloween is just around the corner.

For this swap each participant is to fill a cigar box no smaller than 5x10x2 inches. (Of course you can always go bigger) This swap is one on one and the box is to be filled with lovelies and no DESTASH . To particpate in this swap you must be an active blogger. If you are interested in playing along please email me at info@creativewingsboutique.com with your name, address, and favs. I will email everyone August 8th with swap partners.

Now for the extra bonus! If you blog about this and link to my page you are entered into a drawing for a sweet surprise. If you become a follower you get another chance. If you particpating in the you are already entered. So particpate, link, and follow and you have three chances to win. I will post some sneak peaks of the prize pack every week.

OK ladies invite everyone you know who loves to swap!!!

Okay I'm back I brought this Twiddleybitz winged shadow box last week from Scrap with V and this is what I have been working on this afternoon, now those who know me know that I want a shabby style christmas this year and my goal of making an ornament each week, so I have created a winged xmas tree topper to sit at the top of my christmas tree this year....