Sewing Basket Box

 This cute little sewing basket box is from My Time Made Easy.  Comes in SVG so taken into the Silhouette Cameo software and made into a cut file.  VERY EASY to put together, easy instructions.  It is called Grandmas Sewing Kit, also got the digital set so could have the designs for the top of the box, that was a little harder to understand about adding color as I don't use the color programs on my computer much but I did eventually figure it out.  The thread holder on the front of the box is from Tim Holtz sewing die-also cuts the mannequin and the buttons that you saw on the last post, Retirement Card.  Used button brads for the handles and the flower centers, have used a lot of these lately, will need to go looking for more pretty soon.

 The little boxes on the front open and have lots of room inside for gifts or candys. 

Thank you for looking, hope you are enjoying crafting. 

Candy

Retirement Card

 I made this retirement card for one of our nurses-I know it does not look like a nurse retirement card--but she also SEWS!!  So this was the perfect card for her.  The mannequin is from a Tim Holtz die and then cut each layer, scored in the middle and attached with glue, used pop dots between the layers to make them stay even on the base, then covered with lace, string beads and a flower.  Paper is from Graphic 45 Ladies Diary, should have bought more of these paper packs when they was available because I love it and can think of a million cards and projects to do with it now!!  The doily in the back is from Cheery Lynn Designs, they are my favorite die for doilies, takes some work but well worth it.  The flowers are made from different dies, the white flower is made using the new Martha Stewart fringing scissors.  Cut down a strip of paper and used my quilling tool (yes I have started quilling, hope to get good enough soon to show you some of my creations) to roll into a flower, so much fun.  The Happy Retirement tag is from Creative Times and so is the stamp.

This is the inside of the card--have lots of folks at work that needed to sign so made 2 pages where they could sign on the white and then there were 18 tags in the front and back page pockets for more personal notes to her.  The doily is from Cherry Lynn Designs, the mannequin is the same as on the front but just one of them that is pop dotted onto the page.  The buttons on the doily are from the same die from Tim Holtz that the mannequin is on, cuts great on the Cuttlebug.  The banner on the back page is from Creative Times, says 'T4', that is what we called our nurse as she was the 4th Teresa in the office when she was hired!!  Cute huh?  And the name stuck with her the whole time she was there, she eventually started introducing herself as T4.  The tags are made from Creative Time tag dies.  This card was a lot of fun to make, with 5 pages decorated it was like creating 5 cards, took me all of one day, but what a fun day it was!!  Have fun crafting and thank you for looking.

Had to add this close up of the flowers on the front.  Used button brads for some of the centers for the flowers.  Also Cherry Lynn Design dies for the heart on the back page and the butterflies.  Thanks again, Candy