Die-cut 6 of the larger sides and 2 bases from your base colour. Pre fold all the scored glue tabs.

Adhere one piece to each side of the first hexagon base piece as shown.

Flip over, and add the second base, to really hold those bottom glue tabs in place.

Die-cut and layer up your decoration for the bottom layer, and adhere them onto the sides.

Use the long side glue tabs to build the base.

Then move onto the tiny glue tabs at the top…

Tiny pegs are very helpful to hold these in place as they dry.

Die-cut 6 of the side pieces for the top of the box...

Decide on your decoration, die-cut and layer as before…

Glue all of your side panels together with the long glue tabs as shown, then add to your decoration too. 

Finally glue the last side.

Repeat the process from steps 6 and 7 for the top and bottom tiny tabs of this top section of the windmill body. 

For the top of the windmill, cut 3 of each of the 2 pieces depicted above. 

Glue the 3 with the hexagonal piece together like so… 

Then use the remaining glue tabs to form it into this shape…

…It looks like this from the other side.

For the next section down of the top lid piece, you’ll need to glue together the other 3 pieces shown in Step 13 together like shown.

And once you adhere that final side, I'll look like this. Leave these 2 pieces to dry while we make the sails.

I wanted to have vellum in my sails, so I cut 8 of the sail pieces, 2 for each of the sails, plus a piece a gold pearl vellum per sail too.

Adhere one sail to the vellum, then trim off the excess.

Flip it over and stick the other sale to the back, just to make them nice and sturdy.

Repeat this for all 4 sails.

Begin attaching the sails together, we want them to all be at 90 degrees to each other, the grid lines on your glass mat help tremendously with this.

Add the last sail and leave to dry...

To hold the sails onto the windmill, we need 2 of these die set, pre fold all the score lines for easier assembly...

... Then add glue to the tiny triangular glue tabs...

And bring the pieces together like so.

You can now use a brad to attach the sails to this black piece...

... Opening up the legs of the brad inside like so to secure them into place, then should still be able to spin...

Back to the lid portion, add some red liner tape to those top curved tabs...

... Then add to top piece like so.

Finally you can add the sails, using the 2 remaining glue tabs on that black hexagonal 3D piece.

Finally we need a nice neat base, so die-cut 2 of these pieces, and pre fold all the score lines...

... Twist the 2 pieces round and adhere together like so...

... Then use the tiny triangular glue tabs to bring up the sides...

... Add glue to this section, and tuck it under so it sticks to the base ...

... So you end up with a piece like this once all the pieces are tucked under.

Add some glue into the centre, and place the base inside.

Now you can decide where you want to adhere the piece, you can make the whole bottom piece whole, as shown...

... Or you can stick the lid to the top half and have the box opening in the centre ...

You’ve also got plenty of extra craft dies to add windows and doors to the windmill too :D

You will need… The red pens, glitter, nuvo drops and blue and yellow card from the bundle, plus the thinking of you craft dies

Take the red Nuvo alcohol pens and draw some wavy lines on your background (10 x 13 cm white card) using the chisel end to easily get a wider line, and using the fine tip to refine anything. 

Use the Jewel drops to add some accents above and below the section of red waves. 

And for an extra special touch, sprinkle them with some yellow glitter while they’re wet.

Die-cut the decorative thinking of you strip die from the yellow glitter card. 

Use your guillotine to trim down the border, to only have the middle section.

Add this to your card, then die-cut the thinking of you intricate die twice from blue and once from white, and the bubble from vellum too. 

Stack the 2 blue die-cuts on top of each other, then shadow with the white, and stick this shadowed sentiment onto the vellum bubble.

Then simply add your finished panel to your card blank (10.5 cm x 13.5 cm) 

The finished card with the main supplies used. 

You will need… the red crackle paste, yellow glacier paste and glitter from the main bundle, and the golden stars from the supporting bundle, plus the birthday wishes sentiment die too. 

Take your crackle paste and a spatula and spread it onto a piece of a5 card as shown, you want about a 1mm thickness of product on your card to achieve a decent crackle. 

Repeat with glacier paste, but in the other 2 corners, deliberately letting the two pastes mix a little as you swipe the glacier paste on. 

For an added touch, while everything is wet, sprinkle in some glitter and golden star confetti. 

Once dry, brush off the excess using the nuvo surface sweep, and you’ll be left with a gorgeous crackle and sparkle background like this. 

Trim your background down to 10 x 13 cm

Then die-cut the birthday wishes sentiment twice from blue and ones from white. 

Stack the 2 blue die-cuts together, but this time add the white die-cut on top, to show the blue shadow underneath. 

Adhere your sentiment, then simply add your finished panel to your card blank (10.5 cm x 13.5 cm)

Finished card with main products used. 

You will need, the blue and yellow card and the red crackle paste from the bundle, plus the decorative die set. 

Die-cut a selection of the 2 different designs from the blue and yellow card…

I also cut a few from red card, and used the red crackle paste to add some crackle too them, just tap the product on, a thin layer should result in a crazing effect… 

…Like so 

Then simply layer up the pieces, and add them haphazardly to your white card panel (10x13 cm) once happy, glue everything in place

Then flip the card over and trim off the excess from the back. 

And simply add it to your card blank (10.5 cm x 13.5 cm) 

Finished card with main products used. 

Grab the ivory white 4”x5” card and lemon drops marker. Using the chiseled side of the marker, color the top 3rd of the card. To get rid of harsh lines just color over in same color.

Next, use the bright sunflower in the middle third of the card and color.

To blend the two colors together, grab the lighter marker in lemon drops, and color over the top part of the bright sunflower a few times.

For the remainder of the card, color the bottom with Indian Saffron. Blend with bright sunflower.

Using a spatula, grab a small amount of glacier paste and apply it at an angle and slide it across the paper. Continue to scrape lightly all over the paper to help pick up excess product and spread at the same time.

When the card is completely covered with a light layer of paste, set the card aside to let dry.

Die cut using the love word die in the jet black card and Venetian gold card.

Glue the Venetian gold love die on top of the black piece and center it so you cannot see any of the edges showing. This will help lift the word slightly on the card.

Die cut using the large banner, on the smooth white card and smooth ivory white card. With the white banner, use a pencil to write sending. Trace with a black marker and erase pencil marks You can cut after the word now or wait.

With the ivory white banner, write your way in pencil, then trace in marker and erase pencil marks.

Using the soft taupe marker, lightly trace behind the words to give a slight shadow to the words.

Grab your black card 8.5” x 6.5” and fold it in half to create a card measuring: 4.25” x 6.5”

Now open the card and grab the white 4”x5” and on the right side of the fold, glue it onto the card. There should be a thin black border on all 3 sides.

Grab your “your way” banner and place foam tape behind it. Then place it below the white card leaving a space between the card and the banner.

At the bottom of the white card, decorate with sequins by placing a few glue dots and adding the sequins to the top. It doesn’t have to be a lot just how much you think is best.

Set the card aside and grab your ombre card. It should be completely dry. Using your guillotine, measure at 1 inch increments and cut. Place cut pieces in order as its cut.

Starting with the top piece that you have cut, place foam tape on the backside, and with the card base closed, center it closest to the top leaving a small space between the top.

Repeat the process for the remainder of the cut pieces, leaving small gaps between each.

Now grab your “sending” banner and glue it just beneath the last ombre piece with the word being close to the right edge. Cut off the excess piece.

Grab the love die and glue the back, place just below the banner.

Grab your white card piece and lemon drops marker. Color the top third diagonally in this color using the chiseled side. To get rid of any harsh lines just go over in the same marker.

The next middle third, color in bright sunflower. Use the lemon drops marker to blend where the two colors meet by coloring over it.

The last section will be colored in Indian Saffron. Blend this with the bright sunflower.

Tip: Do not worry about perfecting the blend as the die you will be using will be small enough to hide it.

We will be using the hello word die. Place at the top left at the angle we have been drawing and make sure the whole word will be placed on it closest to the edge without cutting any words off, and die cut. Use wash tape as needed to keep the die from moving.

After its been die cut, place it in the same location onto the white card blank without gluing. Placing it will help with assembly later.

To the left of the hello on the paper we are using to die cut, place the hello die in front of it leaving a small gap between the o and H. It will be just a small piece that will be die cut but that is ok as this will happen with the pattern we are making. Die cut it and place the cut piece onto white card.

We will be repeating this process all the way down to the bottom right of the paper, all while placing the cut pieces in the same locations onto the white card.

When completed, cut one last hello in the Venetian gold mirror card.

Now we are ready to glue down the pieces to the card base. Make sure the opening of the card is at the bottom. Starting at either end, glue the backside and place it onto the card. Repeat for all pieces.

Grab the Venetian gold hello and in the bottom right should be another complete hello. You will want to glue the gold piece to the top of it and line it up.

Now that all pieces are glued down, trim off all excess pieces.

Grab your glue and sequins. Place a few dots at a time randomly onto the card and put sequins on top. Repeat until you have finished from top to bottom of the card.

Open the card and we will begin decorating the bottom half of the card. Grab your congrats die and majestic gold pearlescent card and die cut it.

Glue the congrats to the card centered just a little below the fold.

With a pencil, under the right part of the congrats, write “and” and in the center of the card, using a ruler as a guide, write in large letters “Good Luck!”

Once you like the placement, trace back over with a marker and erase pencil marks.

In my original card I enclosed the “Good Luck” in a yellow rectangle, if you’d like to use this shape you can use a ruler to help create an outline in a yellow marker (I used lemon drops) and then fill in the rest of the shape with the same marker.

As an extra border, add a few drops to the outline of the yellow rectangle and add sequins.

All done!

First we will go ahead and cut out the sentiments we will be using. Die cut using the small banner on the ivory white smooth card and the snowbound specialty card.

Then, cut one each in snowbound and Venetian gold using the congrats word die. Lastly, cut one each in the majestic gold and Venetian cards using the congrats background die.

To create the 3 circles, you can hand draw 3 circles or trace the bottom of a Nuvo bottle since they come in many sizes of circles. Choose one to the size of your liking. I used the bottom of a Nuvo embossing powder bottle and traced two circles on a scrap piece of majestic gold, and one circle on the back of the Venetian gold.

Carefully cut out all 3 circles.

Grab your jet black card and a guillotine to cut the paper balloon strings. Place it so that there is just a little bit of the black hanging past the blade. How thin you want it will depend on placement. Then carefully cut the paper to reveal the thin paper strings. Repeat until you have 3 pieces complete.

Go ahead and grab your precut congrats dies. Glue the backside of the snowbound and carefully put it onto the other one. You will want it to look as though the Venetian gold is a shadow. See the photo for reference.

Repeat step 5 with the congrats background dies. Majestic gold on top with Venetian gold on the bottom.

Now grab the congrats word dies and glue them to the background die. Set aside.

With the Venetian gold circle, place several foam tapes behind it and carefully center onto the card base about 1.5” from the top.

With the other two circles, only place glue in the center of the circles and place one at the bottom left and right of the Venetian gold circle

To curl the black paper strings. You will need a pen or something similar in width. Grab the end piece of the paper string and hold the shaft of the pen. I hold it with my left hand, then use my right hand to grab the rest of the string and carefully wrap the paper around the pen

When the paper is all on the pen. Carefully slide the ends together to get rid of the

gaps between the paper.

Now you can carefully slide the paper off the pen to reveal a spring like paper piece.

Hold both end pieces and gently pull to make it a long string piece. Repeat with the remaining two strings.

Grab one of the strings and put a small bit of glue on the end piece of the paper. Carefully slide under the middle balloon and attach it to the back of the balloon. You can gently press down or use tweezers to help grip.

Pick up your second string at the end. Place a small amount of glue on the top and bottom and carefully slide under the left balloon. Since the glue was just in the center, the ends should lift up just enough to slide the string under and attach.

Repeat with the right side balloon and string.

About half an inch under the balloon, you can place a glue drop on the curl that touches the paper. It will help separate the string and also help keep the shape. Do this to each string.

Before gluing the rest of the string bottoms, grab your congrats sentiment and place

several foam tops underneath.

Carefully put the strings together and about halfway between the balloons and the bottom of the paper, place the congrats right on top of the strings.

Now you can finish gluing the rest of the string bottoms with small glue in curl spots to hold the curl in place.

Grab the snowbound banner piece and the ivory white banner piece. In my video, I did this step backward so I will do it correctly in the instructions. Write in pencil on the ivory white banner, Happy Christening. Depending on how much of the words and banner you want to show will determine if you will be cutting any of it or not.

Retrace with a black pen and erase pencil marks.

You can now measure onto the card by placing in the bottom right placing the last word just before the end of the paper (it's ok if the rest of the banner hangs off) This will show you how long you need the next banner to be on the card.

Now that you know how long you would like the banner, you may glue it to the bottom right corner of the card leaving a small space between the banner and the bottom of the card.

Next, glue the bottom of the happy christening banner and place a little on top of the snowbound banner piece.

Trim off any excess paper pieces from the card edges.

We can begin decorating the card with the sequins. Grab your glue and spread some of the sequins onto paper or a little tray. This will help separate the tiny pieces for easier grabbing and also a quicker cleanup. At the top inch of the card, this will be the most clustered area for the sequins, so place all dots closer together leaving some space between. Reference the photo at any time to help with this step and the next few.

Tip: Do about 6 drops at a time to keep the glue from drying as your trying to put the sequins on.

The 2nd inch of the card, you will begin to the place them further apart, don’t worry too much on perfect placement. All of this will be random.

For the rest of the card, place the glue dots even further apart. It should look as if the sequins are starting to spread out.

Once all the sequins are on, you are done!

You can cut out all the pieces which are shown in the instructions before you start or you can cut them as you follow along with the steps which I have written here.

Die-cut 3 side panels, and two top and bottom panels as shown.

Use your glide folder to pre fold all the score lines (do this throughout the construction, but I’ll skip showing this step going forward) 

Adhere the 3 side panels together like so.

Then add the top and bottom pieces, using the glue tabs from the side panels to attach them together. 

Repeat Step 1-4, so you have 2. 

For the back portion of the music box, die-cut 6 side panels, and one of the half octagons. 

Use your trimmer to cut off one of the glue tabs from one of the side pieces. 

Adhere them together as shown, adding the side panel with the missing glue tab on the bottom left side. 

You now need to attach the 2 side portions to the back, using the remaining glue tab from one of the side panels, make sure this joining bends nicely, as these pieces will open and close. 

For the stage section, use the outside rectangle with the glue tabs on all sides along with the curtains to cut one panel, and with the stars to cut 2 panels. 

Take your curtain panel and adhere the bottom glue tab first, in the position shown, then glue the sides too. 

Add your star panels behind the curtains, using the glue tabs from the curtains as a spacer for the distance…

Flip the second star panel over and add this one behind, again using the previous ones glue tabs as a spacer.

For the ballerina, die-cut 4, keep 2 intact, and remove the feet from too.

Stick the whole ones back to back and splay out the feet, then use the other 2, one on either side to make her sturdier, or to add colour depending what you cut her out of. 

Add your chosen dress to each side of the ballerina. 

For the base, take 4 of the largest octagon die-cuts, three long side panels (with the glue tabs top and bottom) and 2 short side panels (again the ones with the glue tabs top and bottom)

Adhere the sides together alternating long and short panels, then add red liner tape around the perimeter of the octagon. 

Adhere the sides to the base as shown. 

Then add a second one over the top to sandwich in those glue tabs. Repeat this with to the top of the platform too. 

You’ll now have your drawer outer piece, and we can add our feet.

Add your feet to all 8 corners, and to really secure them/hide the glue tabs, add an extra smaller octagon to the base. 

For the drawer itself, die-cut 2 of the smaller octagons, and 4 long sides and 4 short sides (these are the ones with the tabs on only one side) 

Adhere all the sides together alternating long and short to give a ring as shown, then add red liner tape to the perimeter of one of the octagons. 

Add the octagon inside the ring and remove the red liner tape to attach the glue tabs. Then finish with the second small octagon die-cut. 

You’ll now have your drawer that fits inside the base, and you can make as many of these as you want, this could even be the whole project too. 

For the magnetic ballerina, die-cut to of the handle pieces, and get two 10mm magnets. 

Adhere one magnet to the splayed out feet of the ballerina, and sandwich one between the 2 handle die-cuts. 

While the glue dries, we can finish assembling the music box, adhere the long side panels together with their glue tabs, as shown.

For the inside behind the stage, trim a piece of card to size and add it in a curved fashion to give a nice solid background, this could also be a scene, photograph or patterned paper too.

To add the magnetic ballerina to the music box, we need to add the handle in between 2 of the pieces, so first of all, check the poles of the magnet, and then one that matches the ballerina, make that face up in the position photographed above. Then add foam tape in the places shown in the photo on the base of the music box…

Adhere the 2 pieces together to give your finished base music box… 

Then go to town with your decoration, keeping it as simple as you like, or making it as elaborate as you want 

1. Cut 12 lilac pieces and 12 gold pieces with the die shown

2. Glue 6 of each colour together to form a circle/ wheel.

Repeat so that you have 2 large lilac wheels and 2 large gold wheels.

TOP TIP. Because the gold mirror card tends to curl slightly when die cut, hold it in place with double sided tape on the back.

Die cut 12 of each of these shapes. (There are two similar dies of each. These are the “thicker” dies)

Glue these to the reverse side of the gold wheels as shown, checking from the front that they are aligned correctly.

The wheels will look like this from the front.

Die cut 6 small bars and 1 large bar from gold mirror card. Burnish the score lines, fold and glue to form tubes, leaving the tabs open at both ends.

Insert the small bars through one of the lilac wheels from the “wrong” side up to the glue tabs. Fold and adhere the tabs to the “wrong” side of the wheel. Place and adhere one of the gold wheels to the back of the lilac wheel to hide the exposed glue tabs 

Die cut 12 small circles from glitter card

Use these circles to cover the exposed holes on the front of the gold wheel.

Die cut 12 Ocean Blue carriage pieces and 12 each of the decorative panels in glitter card.

(OPTIONAL) I have used 216 gsm card and therefore decided to reinforce the carriages by cutting extra panels, trimming to fit the sides and gluing in place. 

Rotate the carriage pieces as shown and glue the bases together.

Fold up the side glue tabs and glue in place to form carriages. Make 6 carriages.

Place the carriages onto the small bars.

Place the 2nd lilac wheel (right side facing inwards) over the bars then fold and adhere the tabs to the “wrong” side of the wheel. 

Place and adhere one of the gold wheels to the back of the lilac wheel to hide the exposed glue tabs.

When the gold wheel is in place, cover the holes with the remaining glitter circles.

Die cut 2 front/ back stands from Ocean Blue card and 2 decorative panels from glitter card. Glue the panels in place.

OPTIONAL - I have cut 2 extra panels and removed the glue tabs, then glued these to the reverse of the main panels to reinforce them.

Die cut the sides 6 times – 2 in white (300gsm card) and 4 in Ocean Blue.

Remove the glue tabs from the white sides and 2 of the Ocean Blue sides.

Die cut the plain panels in lilac card and use both dies together on gold card to create the decorative panels. Glue the decorative panels onto the lilac panels.

Die cut 2 bases. One from white (or matching colour) 300gsm card and the other from Ocean Blue card.

Glue the 2 decorated sides onto the white base.

Glue white sides to the inside of the stand and then glue the remaining Ocean Blue sides on top with the right sides facing inwards. 

Glue the front and back in place as shown.

Glue the Ocean Blue base into the bottom

Die cut 2 white circles (with holes) and 2 glitter card decorative circles.

Finish by threading the large bar through the holes in a white circle , the Stand, your wheel and a second white circle die cut. Fold and glue the large bar glue tabs to the white circle outer faces and glue a glitter card decorative circle onto each end to hide the exposed glue tabs. Finally, glue a handle die cut to one end to complete your Ferris Wheel.

Enjoy 😊

The Showcase Eternity Vase is a joy to construct with my condensed steps. I have made the 4 sided one but you have all the elements in the set to create a 6 and 8 sided one too. You simply need to die cut extra pieces and the hexagon and octagon shapes instead.

Die cut one base side panel and 2 squares from rose pink card and 4 decorative strips from fresh mint card. Stick the decorative strips on to the base side panel with glue. Join the long piece together to form a square and put glue on the top tabs then stick on to a square. Turn it over and apply glue to the tabs on the other side and stick the second square on the top to form your base. 

Die cut 2 of the side panels from mint green card, 4 decorative strips and 8 decorative side elements from rose pink card and 4 side elements from princess pink card. Adhere the decorative elements to the side panels with glue.

Stick the base to the bottom of the body with glue.

Add glue to the top tabs and stick together to form the vase.

Die cut 2 lid lower tier panels from rose pink card and a square, together with 4 elemental strips and 1 elemental square from fresh mint card. Adhere the elemental pieces on to their respective bases with glue as shown.

Stick the 2 lid lower panels together by adding glue to the side tabs. Fold the top tabs down and add glue before sticking on the decorative square to form the lid. Put the lid on the Eternity Vase

I decorated my Eternity Vase with die cut bows on all the sides and stuck a gem in the middle. I added Nuvo drops to some of the decorative elements and made a tag which I stamped with ‘A Little Gift From Me’.

I’ve always thought photos are such a wonderful way to share memories with loved ones. When I made this gift I trawled through all the photos on my phone and printed out the ones which meant the most to me for each month. In this way I ended up with the best of 2022 in photos – perfect for a keepsake!  

- Showcase “Superb Slider Box” die set

- Tangerine A4 die cutting machine

- Craft Perfect Ivory 300gsm Smooth Card

- Craft Perfect Classic Card – Ivory White

- Craft Perfect Satin Effect Mirror Card - Baroque Rose

- Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive

- Patterned paper of your choice

Score full A4 sheet of patterned paper lengthwise at 1” from the top and 1 ½” from the bottom. Then score along the other side at 1 ½”, 5 ½”, 7”, and 11”. The small portion left at the right will be the side glue tab.

As shown, notch away the side glue tab corners and the bottom bag base tab areas along the score lines. Notching those areas away at a slight angle will make for a more finished look.

Bone fold the top 1” score line toward you,this will create a decorative and reinforced bag top. Glue this top border areadown. Then, bone fold the paper on all of the remaining score lines away fromyou. The bag shape will begin to appear.

To assemble the gift bag, apply glue to the side glue tab and adhere to the opposite side creating the bag shape.

Apply glue to the bag base glue tabs and assemble, creating a nicely reinforced base. I usually fold in the small tabs, apply glue to them, then bring in and glue down the larger bag base flaps.

This bag can be finished several different ways. You can punch holes in the reinforced top and add handles or a bow closure. It can be closed plainly across the top, or left open. Then decorated with toppers, rosettes, and tags! Optional: crease the bag in on the sides beginning at the top to about 3” down for a gusseted look.

Once all 4 sides have been cut, you will be left with a perfect frame. Repeat this to ensure you have two frames. Alternatively, you could use a set of A2 dies to create the frame. 

Stamp out the leaves, and flower pots onto Alcohol friendly cardstock, and color with alcohol markers. Once dry, add a few white gel pen details to those images. Die cut the images and the plant hanger twice and large planter in smooth white card. Color the large planter. 

Adhere one of the plant holders to the back of the frame. 

Carefully glue the colored plant holder into the hanger, and then stick the second plant hanger behind. This gives the hanger a little extra durability. 

Add some of the leaves to the hanger. 

Trim a piece of white smooth card, 5.5” x 4.25” or A2 size. Use Blue Mineral (or any light blue) Hybrid ink to create a soft blue background.

Use 4mm foam pads (2mm double stacked) or shaker tape to add your frame to the background panel. 

Add two planters to the bottom right of the card.

Place foam pads on the other frame previously cut out (steps 1-3)

Add the second frame directly over the top.

Add another leaf to the bottom of the hanging planter. Add a plant pot directly onto the frame in the bottom right corner.

White heat emboss, ‘just for you’ onto black cardstock, and die cut with the banner included in this set.

Adhere the sentiment, and then add your dimensional card to an A2 cardbase.