Trimcraft Template for Ribbon Boxes

This week Trimcraft have posted a fantastic free template for ribbon boxes on their forum. It is designed for eight small reels of ribbon. And each box can be created from an A4 sheet of cardstock.

Here is my take on these organiser boxes. I have made a few, as I have had already boxes for larger reels but nothing for the small ones that were consequently just piling up in my craft room. Now they are all stored nicely and so much easier to use.

I kept the decorations on top of the lids deliberately flat, as this will allow me to keep the boxes on top of each other.

The 'ingredients' for the boxes:

* Free Trimcraft template
* Kraft cardstock
* Black textured cardstock
* First Edition border dies
* First Edition doily dies
* First Edition window dies
* First Edition tea party dies
* Crop-a-dile for punching the holes
* Quick drying PVA glue
* Toolbox essentials

First Edition Dies

Leaving Christmas projects behind (at least for a couple of months) it is now time to focus again more on the other Trimcraft collections and on some fabulous new products.

For the card, which I would like to share with you today, I indulged a bit in the brand-new First Edition die sets. I used the script alphabet set, the lock and key set and the border set. And as if this was not enough, I combined the die-cuts with patterned paper from the new 6" x 6" First Edition Sail Away premium paper pad.

A product list and instructions for this card can be found in my Trimcraft gallery.

Creations in 'Kraft' with Fun Fair Dies

Fun Fair - Where's the Duck?

What happened to spring? Today was just another chilly, dull and wet day here. I even had to put the heating on for a while, as the house had cooled out so much.

Today I would like two cards with you for which I combined the new Fun Fair collection by Helz Cuppleditch and Trimcraft with kraft cardstock. I really like the combination of vibrant colours, which bring  bit of sunshine into a day with such dire weather, with material in a natural and more neutral tone.

Fun Fair - Fun of the Fair

I have again prepared product lists and step-by-step instructions for both projects.They are again in my Trimcraft gallery, and you can access them by clicking onto the links below the images.

And in case anybody is wondering, the square and rectangular dies that I used for the second card are from layering die-sets by Tonic Studios.

More Fun at the Fair

Today's card is again featuring the gorgeous Fun Fair collection by Helz Cuppleditch and Trimcraft, but this time I have teamed up the products with kraft cardstock for a slightly different look.

And the long awaited gorgeous ticket die has also arrived in the meantime. But the dies must have been flying out at the Glitter Pot. Although I jumped into action as soon as I spotted the dies, I missed out on the initial delivery of the carousel dies. So the carousel die will have to wait a bit longer, but at least the ticket die has already become part of my collection. And I am thoroughly impressed. I worked with 280gsm kraft cardstock, which can be tricky with some dies, but this one cut perfectly and embossed the cardstock beautifully. Releasing the cardstock was also easy.

The sections between the three tickets are so well designed that it is also easy to tear the tickets apart, which looks a lot more natural than cutting them. And this also makes the die more versatile, as the entire strip or just individual tickets can be used on projects.

Fingers crossed that Trimcraft will release many more dies from now on.

I have again prepared a product list and step-by-step instructions for this card. You can find these in my Trimcraft gallery.