CLICK ON IMAGES FOR A CLOSER VIEWId been playing with mica and thought how well it would suit butterfly wings.These are painted with mica pigment Festive Brights.The butterfly stamp is by P...
My friend Kathy asked me to make a box for her Mums 90th Birthday!The Brief:1) The explosion - pink striped roses, these were the flowers Kathys Mum grew in her garden. 2) NO BUGS, (I want...
and the winner is...Congratulations Elaine A!The goodies will be winging their way over to you as soon as you let me know your postal details.Just click on 'About me' then hit the email link in 'cont...
Thank you all for your heart warming comments. I'm completely overwhelmed by your response to my blog candy. I'm now thinking that perhaps I should have only run it for a couple of weeks! Quite ...
CLOSES FRIDAY 26th FEBRUARY 2010At last I'm back!Between the terrible weather and family seasonal illnesses I feel like I've been out of action forever!!!As a late Blogoversry celebration I've made t...
I've recently been playing with gift boxes and flowers.I'm sorry but the colour of this box is very 'punchy' so you may need your sunglasses. I think I'm missing summer already, I really do hate thes...
I made this box purely for pleasure. I was itching to use some new autumnal card stock Mum had brought me on one of her visits to London.I'm really proud of myself because I didn't use any glitt...
For Chris who shares my love of tropical gardens - Happy Birthday!CLICK ON IMAGES FOR A MORE DETAILED VIEW I used some new Woodware punches I'd bought recently. The tropical leaves are 2" and 1". Whe...
Sorry - where did this last month go!!***? I seem to have been very busy but not a lot to show for it. Anyways - here's my latest box:I was asked to make a magic box - butterflies with a Scottish 'tw...
Here's the box I made for Phyllis.It's similar to my earlier box (in March) but the background is stamped with ferns.The stamped panels are mounted onto pearlescent green card.The third and final mou...
Here's the origami box I made for Phyllis for her Create & Craft TV Show.It's being shown again on Wednesday May 13th at 1.00pm UK time 'EAZI Crafting with Phyllis'.I also made a butterfly magic ...
This is a tutorial for UK A4 squared but I have tried to explain the principle so it can be applied to any size.I am aware that Mothers Day is happening in the US, Canada, Australia and many countrie...
My News:Create & Craft TV Thursday 30th April at 5pm UK time.One of my boxes will be shown - it's a chance to see them 'in action'.Here's the link to the programme info: CreateandCraft TVThe reas...
Thank you all so much for visiting and leaving such lovely comments, I'm really looking forward to visiting all of your blogs.I'm sorry it's been a while since I posted but the last couple of weeks h...
This box demonstrates the three dimensional flowers in my tutorial below.CLICK ON IMAGES TO GET A CLOSER VIEW It was commissioned by Kieron who, because it was for his Valentine, played a very active...
This box was commissioned by Mark, for his wife Kate. He was quite clear that her passion was travel and especially India.CLICK ON IMAGES TO SEE MORE DETAILThe arched 'doorways' were cut using the Si...
I know they're dragonflies but I wanted the impression of fireflies in a ferny woodland.CLICK ON IMAGES TO SEE MORE DETAILThis is a very small box. The closed measurements are: 1.75" square by just u...
Here I've tried to show the process of the exploding box opening.CLICK ON THE IMAGES TO GET A CLOSER VIEW This next series of photographs show the box from closed to open.I'll be back with more soon!
This box was another commission. A friend asked me to make it for her friend Tina's big 'O' birthday. Tina and her partner Dave have the most beautiful garden, in Truro, Cornwall, UK, which they open...
I have a tutorial, on my gallery site, for this size box: http://www.magic-boxes.com/sma llbutterflybox.htmI made this exploding box for a friend's birthday. It's quite small - fits easily into the pa...
It's January 2009 - I can't believe how fast time flies. I made my mind up that I would have a go at a Blog in the new year and so here I am. I think it's going to take me a while to fully understand...
This exploding box was commissioned by Lindsay, for her daughter's wedding. Joanna and David were married on 4th July 2008. This box was a tricky one. The explosion needed to be a representation of t...
This was a 'New Technique Challenge' on Splitcoast stampers. The box is constructed using an origami fold - no glue - so clever!!! The wrap round lid is glued.Here's the link: http://www.splitcoastst...
This origami box folding is taking me over I think!Using UK A4 squared makes a perfect gift box size (37cm or 3.5" approx). I really wanted to incorporate some of the elements of my exploding boxes w...
Diana commissioned this box for her daughter. The theme was violets because they were "Gran's favourite flowers".I love commissions because I learn something about that person and their family or fri...
This box was a little bit of playtime for me. It's the only one that I managed to take photographs of during the 'design/making process' - I'll be doing more of this in future.CLICK ON IMAGES TO SEE ...
Can I just say that, on behalf of myself and my family, our thoughts and love are with you all.
We have snow in London! No buses running at all. My son's school is closed. We've ground to a halt!!! They say the weather is coming from Russia.This is one of my two 'Babies'. He doesn't understand ...
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