{Re}kreasjoner

I've been on holiday and completely mixed up the dates for the new challenge at Charisma. And when I realized it the Turkish Internet wouldn't let me access Blogger. But better late than never, right? So here it goes, my inspiration for the buttons and bows challenge.

My sweet friend, Elin, came up with the idea for a tag pocket easel dresser card and I've been thinking about trying it since the first time I saw it, but I haven't had the opportunity to do it until now when I needed a card/present for a christening.

The cute little box has an easel on top, made with GoKreate die and gorgeous Inkido papers. When I took a closer look at the papers I realized that they were propably ment for weddings, but it wasn't all that obvious, so I guess it will be ok.

The top card is sewn with machine around three edges to make a pocket for the tag. I've die cut a Spellbinders Stately Circle and stamped a text with a stamp from Papirdesign. A few flowers from WOC and some pearls are the only decor apart from the seambinding and Divine Twine bow and button from my stash on the tag.

To make the easel stand I die cut an oval with Spellbinders Floral Ovals where I put the name of the baby and the date of the christening and adhered it with foam pads.

I had planned to use a TH knob on the drawer, but since this was finished on holiday and the handles was at home, I had to improvise and ended up with just a piece of seambinding to open the drawer.

Here I've taken the tag out of the pocket and stamped it with another sentiment from Papirdesign. I've also left room for a personal greeting.

Inside the drawer is the room for the gift.

I made a card slightly wider than the drawer to  make the card bend up and partially cover the knot for the handle.

It also makes a nice display for the little bracelet we gave her. And I stamped a sentiment from Papirdesign on the background.

When the gift card is removed it shows the bottom of the drawer with another piece of the same paper from Inkido.

And that's it. Super cute if I may say so myself.

Now I hope you'll join in the challenge at Charisma, even though it's just a few days left of the challenge.

Challenges:
Ett Trykk - Trykkpressa August - Esker
Crafty Creations #269 - Flower Power

Det har vært et par tøffe uker med et brått, men ikke uventet dødsfall i nær familie. Selv om jeg har hatt litt scrappeabstinenser de siste dagene, merket jeg likevel at mojo'en satt litt langt inne når jeg endelig fikk muligheten til å sitte litt på lekerommet i dag. Da var det greit å varme litt opp med å gjøre ferdig et prosjekt jeg har hatt liggende ganske lenge.
*It's been a rough couple of weeks with a sudden, but not unexpected death in near family. Even though I've had a little scrapping withdrawal the last few days I still noticed that the mojo wasn't all there when I finally got the chance to sit in my playroom today. So a little warm up with finishing a project I've had around for quite some time now was just fine.*

Jeg har laget min egen variant av et Sjokoklem-kort. Dekoren er nok sterkt inspirert av sjokoladekortene jeg lagde før jul. Et enkelt tekststempel fra North Star Stamps, stanset ut med Spellbinders Labels Fourteen og noen snøfnugg fra en MS punch. Snøfnuggene har jeg satt Stickles Frosted Lace på, og rundt teksten har jeg brukt Liquid Pearls Platinum og et par Storyteller perler i hjørnene.
*I've made my own version of a "Chocolate hug card" (the chocolate bisquits inside are called "Chocolate Hug".) The decor is strongly influenced by the chocolate cards I made before christmas. A simple sentiment stamp from North Star Stamps, die cut with Spellbinders Labels Fourteen and a couple of snowflakes from an MS punch. The snowflakes are covered with Stickles Frosted Lace and around the sentiment I've used Liquid Pearls Platinum and a couple of Storyteller pearls in the corners.*

Innsiden er like enkel. Jeg syns Maja arkene er så lekre i seg selv, så jeg følte ikke behov for å dekke dem til med mer pynt. "Vinduene" til kjeksene er stanset ut med Spellbinders sirkel og scallop sirkel dies og pyntet med Liquid Pearls. Plass til å skrive en hilsen må man ha og jeg har brukt Labels Fourteen her også.
*The inside is just as simple. I think the Maja papers are so gorgeous in them selves so I didn't feel the need to cover them up with more embellishments. The "windows" for the bisquits are die cut with Spellbinders circle and scalloped circle dies and decorated with Liquid Pearls. There has to be room for a personal greeting and I've used Labels Fourteen here too.*

Kjeksene ligger i en skuff som kan skyves ut for å få tak i godsakene. Forhåpentligvis vil det falle i smak hos en mottaker etterhvert. :)
*The biscuits are in a drawer that pulls out to get the goodies. Hopefully this will be tasteful for some recipient at some point. :) *

It's Thursday again and we're ready for a new challenge over at Charisma and it's a fun one too, and as always we have some great sponsors.



So here's what I did for today:


Unfortunately I was in a bit of a hurry to upload, so I didn't have time to get pictures of the inside, but I'll add them here later today.

Challenges:
Simon Says Monday challenge - Anything goes
Crafty Creations #246 - Make it Yourself
Simon Says Wednesday challenge - Anything goes