... NOT THE POST I'D INTENDED

... but there I was, having my breakfast and watching Create and Craft this morning when I spied THIS. I thought "I could do that" and off I scurried to my craft room to see if I really could. If you haven't come across them before the beauty of them is that they fold flat to fit into a normal sized envelope. I made mine from scratch but you can buy a kit from Craftwork Cards if you can't be bothered with measuring etc.

I've been wondering what to do for this month's challenge at Penny Black (which is Pearls and Lace by the way) and DESPERATE to play some more with these gorgeous stamps I got from Clearly Besotted, so I thought I'd marry the two...

I used a piece of plain white A4 card for the basic folding box base. Couldn't be easier... honest!

Now, it's not perfect and while I was doing it I was thinking "change this; move that" BUT I think it's okay for a first go. Once you see how something goes together it's easier to think about how you'd use it. I've got a feeling you'll be seeing these all over the place in the coming months. I know I plan to make more...

Meanwhile, we had an appointment at the V.E.T. today. Here they all are pretending they're fast asleep to avoid going...

All went well and it seemed only right that The Crew got new teds. I think it's lurve...

(don't worry about the dirty eye. The Beast had been digging in the compost heap when I took this photo... enough said I think... (just be grateful you can't SMELL her!! Chanel No 5 it ain't...!?)

Lx