Diamond Jubilee Crafts - Envelope Gift Bag

Marc has been nagging me to make one of these gift bags from an envelope forever, so with Diamond Jubilee ideas buzzing in my head I thought I would give it a try with a Jubilee twist ….

I’ve used an ordinary white envelope, plus a die cut crown and cut up Union Jack paper chains from Poundworld to decorate both sides.

Now I admit to being very lazy and rather that do my own tutorial I have cheated and found this film by Hero Arts on YouTube which will explain far better than I ever could.

Here is another tutorial you might also like to have a look at:-http://iwannabuildamemory.blogspot.co.uk/2011/11/envelope-gift-bag-tutorial-for-kraft.html
or failing that just Google – envelope gift bag.

Diamond Jubilee Crafts –Elizabeth Shaw Favours

No celebration would be right without getting out the old Elizabeth Shaw chocolate crisps! For the Diamond Jubilee I have kept everything very simple – but they are still pretty cute!

I found a circular Union Jack and simply resized it to produce a sheet of images to punch out with my plain 1 3/8” Stampin’ Up circle punch,

Then I layered the punched image on to a gold scalloped circle (also made using a Stampin’Up punch) to cover the front and back of an Elizabeth Shaw Butterscotch Crisp,  chosen especially for the matching gold foil wrappings!!!

I haven’t been able to find any packets of small, plain, gold crown stickers (yet) so I’ve used a flat backed (plastic!!) diamond to continue the Jubilee theme. Done and dusted!

Diamond Jubilee Crafts –Sweetie Jar

Recently I found a great Poundshop in Stourbridge High Street  called Poundbazaar that was selling these sets of four jars in a rack for just £1 (!!!!), so needless to say I bought copiously, because at 25p a jar they are brilliant bargain and a jar of funny sweets always makes a good “emergency” present. I am not sure what to do with the racks yet …. but I might use them in some of my displays at work.

I  found a circular Union Jack image and resized it to fit the front, back and top of a jar with a blue lid …. adding a Cuttlebug die cut crown to the sides and a large blue gem to the top.  Then finally filling it with red, white and blue bon bons … nom, nom, nom and simples!

Diamond Jubilee Crafts - Another Competition Card Entry

The other day, I showed you the Diamond Jubilee card that I intend to enter in a competition in one of the popular card making magazines, but I had some of the Papermania paper over and it seemed a waste not to use it, so I decided make another card using what was left and similar embellishments, but re-jig them to get a new design.

I’ve taken a section from my own design A4 Union Jack sheet to cover the front of the card and then have added a centre panel cut from the remaining Papermania paper, which I mat and layered on gold.  To add a little more patriotic colour, I’ve filled the stamp in red, washing over it with a water pen and adding three flat backed gems to the Queen’s crown.  The final touches have been made with  bunting, this time cut into triangles, the same wording using my old faithful Dymo label maker  and a die cut crown to top it all off.  Done and dusted!

Diamond Jubilee Crafts - Competition Card Entry

This card measures 5.5ins x 5.5ins and is made using a white linen effect hand cut blank.

I recently bought this PaperMania Bookprint paper pad (£4.00 from Hobbycraft) mainly because I love the effect of using “printed” text paper on cards

I wasn’t too fussed about the illustrations until I came to this one, which screamed Queen’s Diamond Jubilee to me, and as I have seen a few Diamond Jubilee card making competions that I am tempted to enter …. this paper was the spur I needed.

I decided that I wanted Big Ben to be a feature on the card, so I cut out a section of the paper that completely covered the front of the card blank that included it. I then smudged Big Ben and the postmark with just a hint of brown colouring chalk to age it a little.

For the flags I used part of the A4 sheet of Union Jacks that I had created previously using Publisher, cutting out quite a few individual flags, for the bunting, which I double layered to give dimension and then others to form a higgledy piggeldy mix at the bottom to resemble the top of a flag waving crowd, some of which I double layered too.

The finishing touches were made using my old style Dymo label maker for the wording, a thin peel off edging strip on the bunting and a scattering of gold stars for good measure.

I’m never sure what judges of card making competitions look for, but at least it will be a change from images of the Queen and corgis, crowns and palaces…. oh and handbags!

Diamond Jubilee Crafts–Party Poppers

I’ve seen a few packs of Diamond Jubilee party poppers in the shops but thought how easy it would be to decorate my own and save a bit of money ……

….. especially as I already had a packet of these paper chains (below) from my local Cancer Research shop and which I have used in several projects previously. They only cost £2.00, are double sided and there are 240 links in a pack, which will last forever!!

http://giftshop.cancerresearchuk.org/jubilee/union-jack-paper-chains.html#

All I have done is cut each link in half and colour the gaps between the flags with a matching Promarker pen as the original white was a little harsh.  Then I applied double sided tape to the link and rolled it round the popper …… simples!

The “ordinary” poppers cost 99p for a pack of 20 from The Works. It was a very spookily find because although not branded as Jubilee items,  their plastic bodies match perfectly the vintage colour red, white and blue of the links, how brilliant is that??

Party poppers are not suitable for young children.

Diamond Jubilee Crafts–Elizabeth Shaw Chocolate Soldier

This is a Queen’s Soldier chocolate I came up with.

Made from parts of circles using my Stampin’Up 1 3/4” circle punch …..

(above back view) ….. some googly eyes and gold peel off outline stickers. 

…. and a bit of artistic licence!

Diamond Jubilee Crafts The Queen’s Handbag - using first4magnets

As you know a while back I was contacted by Jonathan at first4magnets to try out some of his products and in my review I remarked that I thought that the round flat magnets would make good clasps on something like handbag favours….. because in the past I have used Velcro which tends to pull at the paper….

…. And with the Diamond Jubilee fast approaching I thought that making “the Queens’s Handbag” would be an apt idea, but please this is just a “prototype” to see if the idea works, so you’ll have to excuse any globules of glue that you can see.

I’ve cut a strip of Bazzill card – 5cms x 14cms, and then scored it at across 2cms, 5cms, 2cms and 5cms to make the bag.

I have then stuck one of Jonathans 6mm magnets at each end of the inside of the handbag.  I will admit to having trouble sorting out the poles, and should have read the instructions on first4magnets website first as my magnets always seemed to repel!!! But as I thought, when opening the flap on the bag there is no tugging and so the paper doesn’t get damaged.

I’ve decorated the bag with a small Union Jack cut from a paper chain (available from most Cancer Research Charity Shops), a die cut crown and red ribbon handle. Inside I have put four of my Jubilee decorated Cadbury miniature chocolates

These would be lovely as table favours at a Jubilee Party, but because of the magnets would not be suitable for small children.

http://www.first4magnets.com/

Diamond Jubilee Crafts - Union Jack Sour Cream Boxes/Lucky Dip Favours

Marc gave me this idea for either a kids Diamond Jubilee Lucky Dip or party favours. 

I created my own A4 sheet in Publisher after  finding a shabby chic style Union Jack image, which I resized,  then copied and pasted to create a pattern in Publisher. Next I saved it as a jpeg (picture/image)  so that I could use it for other projects to keep the pattern in proportion. A little long winded and fiddle farty but it works for me.

To show you how to make the box I have copied the pictures and instructions I  put together for the humbug carton I made a couple of Christmas’s ago to save repeating myself.

First I cut a 8in x 5ins oblong from my patterned paper and applied double sided tap down as illustrated in the photo above.

With patterned side facing outwards I rolled the paper to form a cylinder.

And then flattened the bottom end, where the double sided tape had also been put -  (see below)

To complete the box I squeezed it together in the opposite direction to the bottom of the bag (I hope that makes sense) to form the boxes triangular shape.

With the box almost complete I put in a sealed bag of red, white and blue bonbons to go with the theme.Then I  sealed the end with glue, which I held in place with a couple of paperclips until the glue was dry.

The finishing touches were made by  trimming  the bottom and top edges with pinking shears.

I know my instructions are not perfect so have a look at youtube or : -http://www.ehow.com/how_8224188_make-sour-cream-favor-box.html#ixzz1rHXNqDrH