RobsCreations

Ok, let's be honest here: I've been waiting for this for weeks!!! I started working on fall's projects in mid-August ... you know, it was hot and sunny, and the only thing that relieved me from the heat was thinking about Autumn! I recently bought several interesting fall-themed items among which a set including Halloween stamps (from My Favourite Things ) and dies (from Die-namics ), 2 sets of Distress crayons (I'll dedicate a post to these special, yet debated crayons!!!) and few other things... That's what I came up with: a Halloween explosion box with an elegant look but with the traditional  trick (actually a treat ;-)) inside! Top view Outside of the box   Inside of the box   Details... I have created the white background by using a white Distress crayon I've coloured the monster's face with pastels Hand-drawn spider and cotton made spiderweb (spiderweb has been a brilliant suggestion of m...

It's my second explosion box and it's for a friend who recently gave birth to a beautiful girl ! Box : 8 cm x  8 cm x  8 cm   Lid :  8.5 cm x  8.5 cm x 2  cm  Top view Double butterfly was created with a Xcut 3D butterfly die.  Decorations are from a pack containing baby design paper, buttons & other embellishments. Safety pins were left over decorations from I don't remember where :-)  Box has 3 concentric layers, a baby shoe in the center and a flag banner. E verything, but the square decoration paper,  has been hand-cut !!! Let's take a closer look at each layer! Layer 1 Two spots for pictures and two spots for baby weight and length. Tags: I've die cut the squares, rounded the border with a punch, printed with an ink-jet printer the the written part and the small butterfly and dabbed the edges with VersaColor ink pads.    Layer 2 2x spots for name and birth date. Tags: same...

I recently joined an amazing FB group on  scrap-booking  and other craft-related hobbies . People are very nice and laid-back , tips are useful and, above all, I have the feeling that people are really enjoying what they do and they're are not out there to judge you! I've been admiring a lot of beautiful creations including explosion boxes (never heard about them before!) which I totally fell in love with. Yesterday was pretty hot and sticky here (and no A/C) and I needed some sort of distraction to spend the day (no chance to go out with that temperature after 10 AM)... I decided to make my first explosion box without any expectation... but at the end, after hours of work, I managed to give life to this cute little thing  I have referred to  this tutorial  (simple and clear) but scaled down the dimension (hummm, I had paper constraints...  :-D ) I have cut and assembled everything (cake included) by hand , with the exception of th...