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You might remember a matchbox swap that I was working on a few posts back...the idea was to make using any craft/art method something small enough to fit in a matchbox. Originally I had started on a tiny doll that...

These tiny boxes make such a gift will certainly bring a smile on the face of the recipient.

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Making a miniature art exhibition with the kids out of things we have at home. Blogged here: craftandcreativity.com/blog/2012/01/07/minitavlor/

I have been working on these little match box ornaments a little at a time while I was working on a few other projects. Just to clarify, these are made with real matchboxes--I have many match sticks left over, if anyone needs some! To start I opened up the cover of each matchbox and unfolded into one flat rectangle. I used Tim Holtz' Movers and Shapers dies to cut the postage stamp and bottle cap openings. I used a Stampin' Up punch for the oval. Next I gave both the covers and the drawers…

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I hadn't altered a matchbox in about a month or so. These were so much fun to make! I did fill them--however I neglect to take a picture of them full. Also, on the bottom of the drawer on the cat matchbox I used a paw print stamp and distress ink. It turned out very subtle and cute. No picture of that either.

Hello everyone! It's Monday and a new Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge is up, and a favourite theme of mine this month - Botanical Bliss. I just got a Tim Holtz Mini Configurations Book, which I was really looking forward to altering. I love Tim Holtz new botanical papers, stamps and embellishments and since they fit really well together with memories from childhood summers at my grandmother's, I decided to use that as the theme for my book. She loved birds, flowers and plants, and had a…

If you are the kind of person who hates to waste anything that comes from your home, then you will just love this article. And then if you want to inculcate this habit in the young ones at home, have them give full freedom to their creativity and encourage them to do simple projects without involving much

If you are the kind of person who hates to waste anything that comes from your home, then you will just love this article. And then if you want to inculcate this habit in the young ones at home, have them give full freedom to their creativity and encourage them to do simple projects without involving much

The theme for this swap was 'Sparkly Blue Winter'. A description and more photos may be found on my blog . There is a closer up photo of the ouside of the box here in my Flickr photostream.

Oh, you all know I love to do Craftster swaps :) This time around, the swap was an altered matchbox with a "Wicked Forest" theme. I lo...