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Two Awards, A RAK and A Box!!

Still busy with buckets of water!!! My Brother is here at the moment trying to sort out a temporary measure but is struggling so it looks like we're going to have to put up with it until the Plumber can fit us in!! When I was catching up on my blogging last night, I visited Andrea's blog and she has made a card which is so apt for me at the moment.....it really did make me giggle, so please take a look and tell me what you think!!!
I received some lovely post yesterday from Sue who kindly stamped me some images and look at the gorgeous folder she made to put them in. It's beautiful Sue and thanks so much!


I also received two more awards!! This one is from Fran and was awarded to the Tilda and Friends Forum and I've been informed that as I'm a Member, I'm entitled to it!!!


The second award is from Zoe......



.....thank you so much girls. Makes no difference to me if I've received the award before, because I always feel touched that people consider me when handing the awards out!

The PTW challenge this week is a box tutorial by Claudia. I know I'm late again completing another challenge as the new one will be set tomorrow but thought I would have a quick go while the boys were out this morning. To be honest, I'm not happy with the finished article as I think it's too plain but at least it will do the job!!!




The actual box was really quite simple to make and looking at it now, I wish I'd used patterned card, however, couldn't find two of any pattern which tells me I should do a bit of shopping!!! I've used Bazzill c.s. in a turqoise and lime green and used my Cricut to cut out the flowers. The letters are stickers from Sue Dreamer. Brads are from my stash and ric rac ribbon is from Doodlebug. Did get a bit adventurous and made some dividers for the inside and used my SU punch to make the tabs. Fixed these onto the dividers with eyelets from my stash. Anyway, it serves a purpose because I have received loads of lovely images from all you kind girlies out there so I can now sort them and know exactly what I've got!! I can even fit Sue's image folder in the box as well!!

Time to stop now for lunch......hope you all have a good Sunday!!

Comments

Mandy said…
Jo, box looks great, really like the way you have made the dividers to go inside.

Mandy
Tarasdesigns said…
great box, great idea as well to put the dividers in it!

hope your plumber gets to you quickly

Tara x
~Denise Lynn~ said…
Sorry to hear that there's still trouble with the plumbing...too true about Andrea's card. That gave me a giggle too! Hope the plumber rescues you soon. :)

Love the box! What a neat idea too. I need to find a way to store all my images and that looks perfect! Love the colors, a great display piece too. Great job with the challenge. :)
Andrea, said…
Fab box Jo, I love the colours you have used and your card is so sweet, the Tilda is a real cutie.
I hope your toilet is fixed now!!
Dawn Wheeler said…
Brilliant box Jo ,love the colours and the dividers ,Dawnxx
Jilli said…
The box is great and I love the dividers. The colours are great too.
Jackie said…
What a good idea for the box (it's lovely by the way!) Now I'm using my leftovers I keep finding stamped images and am gathering a nice pile on my desk LOL
Maureen said…
Love the box - the colors are so pretty! And what a great idea for an image box!!
Richelle said…
Wow....what a cute box! love the cricut flower.
Richelle
Crafting Queen said…
Great box, like the idea of the dividers.
Mrs Mayne said…
Lovely box Jo and I love the dividers - great idea! Thanks for joining us for the challenge1 x

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