Butterfly cage

Hello,
Sorry about the long time in between postings but my life can get a little crazy. I have had a chance to slow down since I have been ill the last two days and home from work. I can only take so much bed and T.V. so I ventured into my craftroom this afternoon. This is what I created. It is just a prototype and I plan on working up a cleaner more refined version this weekend.
Any suggestions on how to improve it would be great.
I used George and Design studio for this using squares and rectangles.
The large butterfly inside is from Art Nouveau and the smaller ones are from a MS punch
The door was an after thought and will need to be improved upon.
Hopefully the next one photographs better
It stands about 9" tall and is 6" square at the base

pic from inside the door little dark sorry

thanks for looking

Blast from the Past Snow Globe

I have been swamped at work and home lately and have not had a chance to complete anything new. I thought I would post some Older cards and things that I have done in the past until I can get time to create again.
These are some Snow Globe Christmas Cards that I made back in 2007 when all  I had was the Baby Cricut and a handful of carts. Sometimes I feel I was forced to be more creative back then and have to too much to choose from now.
 NOOOOOO I won't go back to using scissors and plastic templates. You can't make me.


The globe is from Doodle Charms
cut at 5" x 2 the back is folded at the top about 1/2 inch from the top and glued to make the "card"

I then cut a bunch (don't remember the exact number) of silhouette circles from George I think they were at 4.5 but you might have to play with the size. (DS or Craftroom will make this easier but as they were not around then I had to cut a lot of different sizes to find the right one) Layer these and add a little glitter and embellishments. Add a piece of clear acetate on top and one last silhouette circle to match the card. I ran glue all around the edges of the built up circles to seal.

I hope that my instructions were some what clear. (as mud right)

Sweet Tooth Boxes Houses

Here are a couple of House boxes I made for the give away for my companies Christmas Party.
They were cut at fit to page on my E2 with the 12x12 mat
There were filled with candy and were a big hit at the party
Thanks for looking

Art Nouveau Butterfly

Here are a couple of Easel cards I made with my new Art Nouveau cartridge and my E2
The butterfly is cut at 3 in
The cards are standard A2 size easel cards
I used pop dots on some to raise the butterfly off the page

                                                                             Thanks for looking

Cook Book Barage

Whew......... I am finally done with all the cook books for another co-worker.  His mother passed this summer and his wife came across all her old hand written recipes, They asked me to make a cookbook (or 15) out of the favorite 20. This has been an enormous amount of work. But now that they are all done I am happy with how they turned out. I hope they are too.

After this many I think I know most of them by heart.

all 15 done and ready to delivery

little closer

other side of stack

close up

sample of inside pages

sample of inside pages

boxer Rescue Project

Whew, I am finally finished with the Boxer Rescue Project. My Co-workers wife loved them and ended up keeping one set for herself.  The silent auction is next Sunday and they are going to let me know how much money we make for the organization.
The Hex box or Gazebo boxes are they are called in my house are cut by hand using the pattern in the post below.
I cut the sleigh from Winter Woodlands and 6" and hand cut the box to create a 4x6 box.
The front and back panels where 4 " pieces of paper that I curved around the front and back to make the sleigh look more realistic and not so "boxy"
The cards where cut using George and A Childs Year. They are luminary cards. Battery op candles are placed inside and they glow through the vellum.

Thanks for looking

Hexagon (Gazebo) box Template

Sorry about the delay in getting the template for the Hexagon Box (or as it is called in my house The Gazebo Box) I was hoping to get a video done over Thanksgiving but just did not get to it due to several large projects that came up at the last minute.
Again I would like to acknowledge that I go the inspiration for this box from Sarah Youde.  Please click on the link below and watch her video. Top can be a little tricky the first time and this will help.
http://www.sarahyoude.com/2010/09/exploding-hexagon-carousel-box-video-tutorial.html

Thanks for stopping by.

sorry about the long delay in posting

Sorry I have not posted anything in a while. It has been very busy around my house lately. Plus my computer crashed and I have been trying to rescue files and recreate DS files I lost.
I am almost finished with the cards for the Boxer Rescue and will be posting them this weekend

Boxer Ornaments

Hello,
 I thought I would do a quick post of some ornaments I am making for one of the guys I work with is involved with a Boxer Rescue group. He asked me come up with something with no real direction. I am making four of these and a couple of sets of luminary cards as well. I will post a pic of the cards when I get them done. This may not be the final box that they are in as this is one I had already finished and left over from another project.
Thanks for looking

Hexagon box with ornament hanging inside

I hand painted the boxer head on the outside of the ornament and
 glittered the inside with  floor polish and glitter

back of ornament just a simple stenciled paw print