Surprise gift for a Crafting Friend.....

Well, what a lovely sunny morning it is today.... what a shame I will be at work all day.

Anyway, I hope you all had a relaxing Bank Holiday weekend... I managed some crafting, spent time with family and also had some "ME" time which I don't get that often so it was all the nicer!

On Saturday, Sandie Brain, a fellow Stampin' Up! demonstrator from the same team I'm in came over to spend the day crafting with me. We always have a great day and this one was no exception! So I saw a gift for her a while back and decided I needed to make something to put it in..... come and have a look at what I did.

It needed to be sturdy and strong... so I reached for the Natural Composition Specialty Paper (It's more like card stock) and then I knew it had to have some pink on it as the lady in question LURVES pink!!! And it also had to be sparkly....

I did a whole lot of measuring the present to work out how big, wide and tall the box had to be, and it fitted perfectly - phew!

I wanted a simple sentiment... nothing soppy or OTT (over the top!) and I love this stamp set called Occasions Alphabet, it's one of my "go to" sets.

Here is a close up of the sparkles and the tag.

And here is what caused all this.... the gift!

The chocolate was a must and the mug saying is sooooo her, and she howled with laughter when she opened the present and gave me permission to share it with you all today! Thanks for a great day of crafting Sandie...

You can buy all of these items used in today's project from me, just drop me an Email or call me on 07828 149666 and I can have the order delivered to you anywhere in the UK for £4.95 direct from or warehouse in Germany, great huh? Okay, how about this - anyone who places a £25 or more order from 7th - 12th May for any of these items used today will get a FREE emailed tutorial of how to make this gift bag.... but you have to quote "gift bag" on your order....

Stampin' Up! products used:

Box - Natural Composition Specialty Paper (Pg 162)
Paper - Floral District DSP (pg 163)
Sparkly paper - Glimmer paper - Silver (pg160)
Stamps - Occasions Alphabet (pg 147)
Heart stamp - Spring Sampler (Spring/Summer Catalogue pg 23)
Ink - Melon Mambo (Pg 153)
Ribbon - 5/8" Organza Trim in Whisper White
Lid - Top Note Bigz die (pg 193)
Punches - 1 3/4" scallop circle, 1 3/8" circle, 1 1/4" circle (pg 184)
Accessories - Stampin' Trimmer, Tombow glue, Snail, Dimensionals.

Thank you for stopping by today.... see you again!Luv Lynne
xxx