Wow!  It's been quite a while since I've posted.  Thanks for all the kind emails asking if eveything's okay.  Everything is fine, I've just been really busy these last couple of months. 

Anyway,  I have a really cute project for you today.  It's called an explosion box.  It is such a unique way to display photos and it is really easy to make. This box is the perfect gift and it doesn’t even need gift wrap!  The box holds up to twelve photos and folds up into a 4 x 4 box.
 

You will need the following to create your explosion box:

3 pieces of  12 x 12 cardstock

1 piece of 8 1/2 x 11 cardstock

Decorative Cardstock

Outside Box:  12 X 12 piece of carstock scored at 4" on all four sides. Cut out the four corners and fold on score lines like a big plus sign.  Cut 4 pieces of decorative paper to 3 3/4" square and attach to the 4 corners of your box.

Middle Box:  10 1/2 X 101/2 piece of carstock scored at 3 1/2 " on all four sides and again cut out the four corners and fold.  Cut 4 pieces of decorative paper to 3 1/4" square and attach to the 4 corners of your box.

Inside Box:  9 X 9 piece of cardstock scored at 3" on all four sides and again cut out the four corners and fold.  Cut 4 pieces of decorative paper to 2 3/4" square and attach to the 4 corners of your box.

Lid:  8 X 8 piece of cardstock scored at 1 7/8" on all four sides.  Cut the corners of the lid as shown here and attach with a little piece of adhesive.

 Attach some ribbon and /or some other embellishments to decorate your box.

Here's an explosion box that I recently made.  I will be posting this as well as a few other photo boxes in the Moonlight Creations Store a little later this afternoon. 

This is a photo of a "Scrapbook In A Box" I recently made.  This box is the perfect gift and it doesn’t even need gift wrap.  This gift holds up to twelve photos and folds up into a 4 x 4 box.

I used the newly retired soft sky cardstock along with the Le Jardin double sided paper to create this box along with some ribbonand bows.  I do have a couple still available in my Moonlight Creations Store if you are interested in purchasing one. 

For detailed instructions on how to make one for yourself visit my tutorials page

We will be making this adorable altered corkboard at a class I am having for a friends’ daughter and her little friend too.  Isn’t it cute.  I hope they all enjoy the project.  We’ll be making a couple of marble tacks to match.

We will also be making a simple frame using the top note die and the big shot. 

For detailed instructions on how to make one for yourself see Altered Corkboard Instructions.

Stamp Set: None

Cardstock:  regal rose, tempting turquoise, or purple, flowers for you designer series paper

Accessories: corkboard, matboard, thumbtacs, grosgrain ribbon and marbles.

If you’re looking for quick and easy cards to make that’ll "wow" everyone you give them to, then this class is perfect for you! You’ll use the Upsy Daisy stamp set and Urban Garden designer paper to create these four stunning cards and a sleek little box to hold them in. 

Class Dates

Thursday 2/26 Saturday 2/28

**Bring a friend (someone who has never stamped with me before) and take $5 off your class fee

Dawn Downey.  Congratulations, Dawn.  You are the winner of the Christmas In A Box.  Please send me your address and I willl send this out ASAP.

Thanks for playing everyone!

Hi There,

I just wanted to remind everyone to leave a comment on my Christmas In A Box post in order to be entered in the drawing for a FREE Christmas in a box.  I will be holding the drawing this monday at 8am.

Thanks and Good Luck!

Here’s a couple of photos of this years’ cocoa cones.  These make great gifts for teachers, bus drivers, postman or anyone you can think of really and they fit perfectly in a christmas stocking too.  I made several of these for this years’ craft fairs.  I sell them for $3 each.  If you are interested in purchasing some or would llike the instructions on how I made them send me an email

Thanks for looking

Here’s a scrapbook I made recently for a craft fair.  I used the stampin’ up stamp set, winter post, along with ridinghood red cardstock and the matching ribbon.  The front cover is embellished with felt flurries and a flower from the flower fusion too collection. Inside I used a couple of silver brads from the hodgepodge hardware set to hold it all together.  There are 10 pages and room for 20 photos.  The pages are made using the clear envelopes available from stampin up. 

Supplies:

Stamp Sets:  Winter Post

Cardstock:  ridinghood red and whisper white

Ink:  riding hood red

Accessories:  flower fusion too, felt flurries, hodgepodge hardware, dazzling diamonds glitter, ridinghood red ribbon, clear envelopes,

corner rounder, crop a dile and scallop square punch

I sell these scrapbooks for $12 plus shipping

If you are interested in purchasing a scrapbook email me

Thanks for stopping by

I made these for a recent craft fair.  They are call magic reindeer food.  I cased this idea from Angie Juda.  I used the sizzix big shot top note die to create the bag topper.  The bag is filled with quaker oats and gold glitter.  The reindeer stamp is from the stampin’ up set, Winter Post.  The cardstock and ink colors are riding hood red and chocolate chip.  I also used the stampin up scallop punch, 1 3/8" circle punch and 1 1/4"punch.

The poem reads, "just a sprinkle on the lawn at night, the moon will make it sparkle bright, as Santa’s reindeer fly and roam, this treat will guide them to your home.

Thanks for looking

Supplies:

Stamp Set:  Winter Post

Cardstock:  chocolate chip, ridinghood red and very vanilla

Ink:  ridinghood red, chocolate chip

Accessories:  medium bags,scallop circle punch, 1 3/8" circle punch, 1 1 /4" circle punch, alpine ribbon and ridinghood red striped ribbon.