The Paper Shelter #619 ~ Add a Number

    Hello crafting friends and welcome to this week's challenge

at the The Paper Shelter. 

Team A - our challenge this week is 

~ Add a Number ~ 

I used The Number One Hot Dog digi set from The Paper Shelter to create my card.

I uploaded this cutie to Silhouette and used the print and cut feature to cut it out twice.  Remember I always print my digi images on photo paper to get a crisp vivid image.  Not that cardstock doesn't print well, I just prefer the vivid colours on my printer when printing on photo paper. 

I adhered the two layers together using foam squares.  By now you guys know that I always do this to give my cards a little dimension.  I normally use the 1 mm foam squares from Hunkydory or from Marianne Designs.  This adds dimension but very little bulk which is important for me as I mail a lot of my cards overseas. 

Since she is selling hot dogs, I thought I would add a few of my other favourite "fun" foods, burgers and fries! Don't know why people call them junk!  I think they're awesome!!!!😁  I especially love the fries (chips) you buy in Holland.  They come in cones with a large dollop of mayonnaise and a tiny fork, just as pictured above.

I used the following materials to create this card:

Card Frame - SL35 - Studio Light

Cactus Hillside Border - Lawn Fawn

Fries Die Set - Marianne Design

Hamburger Die Set - Marianne Design

Red Cardstock - Bazzill

White Cardstock - Colorbok

Pattern Paper - DCWV

Silhouette - Greeting and Sentiment

Stampin' Up Punches for mats of Sentiment

Twine - The Paper Studio

For the birthday greeting, I made it in Silhouette and then printed it on photo paper too.  I just didn't have a Happy Birthday die that would fit on this small card front.  Lastly I threaded a piece of white and silver twine through the side of the card. When closed and ready to mail, this card measures 6" x 4" and fits perfectly into an A7 envelope.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  Before I leave, I would like to invite you to come play along with us.  Remember that The Paper Shelter has fabulous prizes up for grabs. Check out the details below ...

I do hope you will come join the fun and share your projects with us.

You'll find our challenge blog HERE.

Crafty hugs,

Christmas Table Treat Decoration

 Hello everyone.  I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas with your loved ones and that Santa was very kind to you 😀  I'd like to share the treat box I made to decorate my Christmas table that was all decked out in white and gold with red accents in the form of poinsettias.

To make these, I followed a tutorial by Sam Calcott from Mixed Up Crafts.
You can find the tutorial HERE

I used papers from the DCWV White & Gold Foiled Premium Paper Pack.

I made the pretty tags to adhere to each box by using the Anita Frames Pop-up dies by Karen Burniston.  I cut one in white and a slightly larger one in gold foiled cardstock. The Merry Christmas sentiment and jeweled holly are stickers bought at Hobby Lobby.

You can turn these into ornament gift boxes too.  You see the little loop at the back? Well, you can thread a thinner ribbon or a piece of twine to make a loop to hang on the tree.  Alternatively, you could use a Christmas tree hook directly onto the little loop.

And here they are, all 8 of them :-)  Sorry about the glare on the photo. This paper is stunning but the foiled accents are extremely reflective.

And Ta-Da!  I put a little Tunnock's Tea Cake into each box.  I was lucky to find these at the World Market, imported from the UK, and bought two boxes 😀  I grew up with Sweetie Pies which are almost the same, just the South African version.  The closest I have found to these, here in the US, are the Mallowmars by Nabisco.

Everyone loved the little faceted origami boxes, and it's contents even more, so it was a win-win!

That's all for today, I'll be back tomorrow with my Fairy Stamper Friday share.  I hope you'll come back and visit, if you have the time. 

I'm so sorry that I haven't been around to visit all of you.  I was so behind on so many aspects of my life, that since the Christmas holidays started, I've been playing catch up.  Good news is that I'm almost done, so I'll be able to come visit each of you as from the New Year.  That is definitely on top of my New Year's resolutions for 2022.  

Crafty hugs,

Crafty Gals Corner Challenge #220 ~ One for the Boys!

  Hello crafting friends and welcome back to another fun challenge starting

 today at Crafty Gals Corner! 

Challenge #219 ~ One for the Boys!

(in honour of Father's Day, but it does NOT have to be a Father's Day card)

Our wonderful sponsors for this challenge are ... 

Dr. Digi's

Prize ~ 2 Digital Images

Ike's Art

Prize ~ $10 Gift Certificate

Pattie's Creations

Prize ~ 3 Digital Images

Since hubby is a very tropical kinda person, I chose this beautiful image from Pattie's Creations called  Tropical Paradise. to make a card for him.

I used copic markers to colour in the image. Flip flop and sunglasses dies are from Marianne Design.

The patterned paper is a very old sheet from DCWV.  I'm sorry, friends, but I have not details on the Happy Birthday stamp.

Thank you so much for stopping by. I hope you liked my card, and feel inspired to get crafty and come play along with us. You have until 12:00 pm, CST, on 13 July 2021, to link your project to our challenge.

Stay safe and healthy!

Hugs,