Earring stand/up-cycle frame

I found this idea on pinterest a few weeks ago and as soon as I saw it I knew I had to make one! It was so easy to do all you need is a picture frame, some paints, wire, and a stapler! Discard the glass and backing from the frame and paint it (the frame) the colours of your choice! Then all I did was twist some wire together and cut three lengths of it. Staple to the back of the frame and your done! I made this one for my sisters birthday present as she has lots of delicate dangly earrings. It's her birthday today and she loved it! Now to make one for me...

Good luck card

Oriental good luck card using some of the items out of CCBox4. (sign up at www.craftycreatives.com) I used the pages from the Chinese new year fortune book, red cord, Chinese coin and black ink (I used this to do the symbol in the centre which reads good luck...hopefully anyway!) hope you like it!

CCBox3 Oriental!

This is the third box from Crafty Creatives. The theme this month was oriental! Once again the box is full to the brim with goodies! I can't believe we get all this each month for just £10!!!!

Inside this box we received;

• CC Kit - Asian book binding
• 3 Chinese coins
• Chinese symbol sheet
• black ink
• 1 sheet of oriental peel-offs
• 1 wooden kokeshi doll
• 3 sheets of origami paper
• 1 fat quarter of Chinese brocade fabric
• 1 large cinnabar bead
• 3 pages from a Chinese new year fortune book
• 4 metres of red cord
• set of needles
• fortune cookie!

I love the red cord and Chinese coins and these will be transformed, along with the pages from the Chinese new year fortune book, into a few cards I think! I also love the red carved cinnabar bead although I have no idea what I'm going to do with it???

Each box comes with a different kit and this month its something I've not done before, Asian book binding. I'm looking forward to having a good go at this and learning yet another new skill through the Crafty Creatives team!

Some of the items in this box I am struggling for ideas with so I shall head over to the Crafty Creatives website/blog for inspiration. I also use pinterest for inspiration too!

Happy Crafting!
Carrie
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Wedding card binder!

This is a great idea if you like to keep all your special cards like me! I used the Crafty Creatives box two items to make this and I love it! Our wedding theme was nautical so the items i used from box two were perfect! All you need to do is make a front cover for your binder and punch holes through it for the binder rings (and punch holes in all the cards) and there you go! An easy and lovely way to keep all your cards safe, and practical for when you want to have a look through them!

Crafty Creatives Box2!

Sorry for the delay in posting this but life seemed to have taken over!
Last months box was by far my favourite so far! The theme was "Ahoy there matey!" a fab nautical themed box! This has been my favourite box so far as it arrived on my wedding anniversary and I had this theme at my wedding!
I have already posted the bracelet I made from this kit which was so easy to do and the finished product was fantastic! I shall post a few more of my makes from this box before I post the CCBox3 (arrived a couple of days ago!!) X

Another fantastic box full of goodies!

looking forward to making the kit this month as always!

Kit from CCBox2

The bracelet I made with the kit from box 2! So easy to make and I love it!