Teacher's Thank You Presents

Today, Charlotte and I gave her Kindy teacher and teacher's aide these little boxes fill with homemade rocky-road and coconut ice!

The Baja Breeze set was for the teacher, Mrs. Emma Folo, and it kind of made her cry!
She's been such a wonderful 1st teacher for Charlotte and I am truly grateful for her fun, positive personality that has made Charlotte's year such an awesome one!

This red/black set was given to the wonderful Mrs. Colleen Peardon. Charlotte did a bit of investigating earlier in the week and found out that Mrs. Folo's favourite colour was blue and Mrs. Peardon's favourite colour was red! That made things a bit simpler!

The girls at Just Add Ink participated in a Secret Santa this year and my fabulous SS gave me a gift voucher for "My Time Made Easy" and this is one of the templates I purchased. You can find it here.

A Present For Charlotte

Hello! It's a dark, windy, rainy night here & I've been sitting here in my comfy armchair editing pics and watching Oprah's "Sound Of Music" special! All that is missing is some chocolate! I wanted to share with you something special I've recently made.

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Inside this little number is a very special gift for my almost 5yr old daughter! (oh & can someone please tell me where my baby has gone?)

It's such a tiny little gift that I wanted to make the packaging a little extra special. I had bought these plain noodle boxes about 2yrs ago and haven't used 1 (until now!).
I covered it in the most delicious paper that I purchased from my local - it has a pearl-look to it - rather decadent I think!
What do you think the little present is? Who can guess right!?
(The present is approx. 3cm high)

Thanks for coming to look! Can't wait to see if anyone guesses right!

Teacher's Thank You Set

I've been doing a short course at my local "TAFE" and it's been such a good thing for me! I have learnt so much and made some lovely friends and as much as I've enjoyed the last 4 months, I'm ready to move on to bigger and better things next year!

The "teacher", Georgie, has been so wonderful. She has a real casual approach to teaching which made us all feel right at home with her. I wanted to give her a little "thank you" for making my transition into the "real" world such a smooth and exciting one! This is what I made for her:

I had no idea what colours she likes, and I started making about half a dozen of these in various colours, but in the end, settled for these. I absolutely love Andrea Walford's creations and CASE'd this one here. I love Pear Pizzazz! So so pretty!

This is a little Tucked-Away box and it's filled with yummy Lindt balls! Mmmm!!!!! You can see how I made ths rose here.Thanks for coming by for a look! Leave a comment so I can come visit you too!

stamps: good friend, yummy
cardstock: gloss white, In Colour DSP Patterns Stack, Baja Breeze
ink: black stazon, versamark, peac parfait
clear embossing power, clear rhinestone brads, peach parfait 1/2" stitched-poly ribbon, tangerine tango felt flower, baja breeze felt flower, black stick-on thingy (!), dimensionals, fancy flower extra-large punch, neutrals designer button, crystal effects, silver glimmer mist

Peek-A-Boo Box

I came across this absolutely cute little box and what a cute little box it is!!! Here's a link for it. This one is made in Certainly Celery with the branch stamp from Great Friends stamped all over in Certainly Celery Ink.
I cut the square out by hand with my blade and attached a little square of acetate to make a "window".

Shredded corrugated cardstock makes a perfect little nest for one of my handmade roses, ready to give as a gift or to use Hostess Gift or Door Prize, perhaps?

And here is another: So Saffron with Baroque Motifs printed in So Saffron ink.
This gorgeous rose (if I may say so myself!)...is a 4" x 4" Confetti White with Perfect Plum sponged with Sponge Dauber on the edge. I love this effect!
Perfect size for a couple of choccies inside! YUM YUM

I have made a photo tutorial on how to make the rose...you can find that here. Please let me know what you think of it...I love feedback!

Just Add Ink Challenge 5 'Thank You Love Box"

Just Add DIMENSION!
Stamp it, colour it, dye it, stick it on, stand it up - it's up to you!
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I chose a nice little simple box to make this week and "aged" it by sponge daubing Whisper White around the edges to give it a "worn/loved" look. I really love the simplicity of it and absolutely love the colours; Textured Certainly Celery and Textured Lavendar Lace. I finally have put to use my Ribbon Bundle with the So Saffron ribbon and set it off with some cute little pink heart shaped chocolates!

Thanks for coming to look at my contribution to this weeks Just Add Ink 3D Challenge! I can't wait to see what will be listed this coming week!