In Stitches

This week's theme over at Simon Says Stamp and Show is stitches, real or faux...I went with real, as I already had my sewing machine all set up.

I started by stamping the TC image onto white card, once with teal StaZon ink and a second time with rust StaZon ink, I then added some GM to the teal image and stuck it to a brown ATC blank.   I used my trusty sewing machine with a mix of straight and zig-zag stitching all around for the edging.         From the second image, I cut out the sentiment, using some foam tape for added dimention, and a good coat of DM, as well as some KG for some of the teal areas.     A fairly quick ATC, but lots of fun to make.   Thanks for stopping by, and don't forget there's still time to enter the challenge for this week.    For all the details visit Simon Says Stamp and Show, there's always lots of inspiration there, both from the very talented DT, as well as from the entrants to the challenges each week : ) 

Sewing on Paper

Want to know a trick or two?    Have a look HERE, happy crafting : )

Did You Miss Me?

LOL, I'm back again, & I bring my shoe with me... I took lots of photos, I can't believe how tiny & cute it turned out. This is my entry to INKURABLE STAMPERS monthly challenge, which, if you didn't guess by now, happens to be "shoes".

I used a template from HERE for the girl shoe, but you will find lots of different links in this month's post HERE .

I started by printing out the template, cutting it & tracing it onto some caramel coloured cs, I then got some Brilliance inks in pearlescent crimson & pearlescent coral, & stamped the tiny flowers from THIS Darkroom Door set (which was the perfect size, & was already out on my craft table), I dried the images with my heat gun, & then stamped once more with Brilliance platinum, & covered the images with pewter embossing powder. I then trimmed the shoe shape & with the aid of my trusty sewing machine, ran a tiny stitch all around the edges. I then stuck the body to the bottom of the shoe, & added the velvet flower ribbon (thanks Nicole) I might eventually do the other shoe to match, can't have just one shoe floating around, right? There's still time to take part in this month's theme, in fact you have until the end of the month, & don't worry, you don't need to make a shoe to take part, just use "shoes" as your inspiration, so give it a go, use your stamps to create : )

Happy (Belated) Father's Day

Just in case you're curious, the "thank you" card was for my hubby (he's a fantastic father to our DD) & what better way to remind him of that than with a heart-felt thank you from me :) The beautiful tree image is from THIS DD set , stamped with brown StaZon ink onto vellum. I added the cb heart, some ribbon & got my trusty sewing machine out for a spin :) The sentiment is from THIS DD set

The "fine suit" card is for a friend, the image from THIS DD set was stamped onto vellum, layered to cream cs, & trimmed with some deckle-edged scissors. I added some tiny staples, & went around the edge with my fingernail pulling back on thre vellum for a bit of added texture. The sentiment was stamped onto vellum, & highlighted the area by going over the reverse side of the image with a white wc pencil.

The Car card was for my own dad, I wanted something simple & I loved the way this card turned out. Some old pp (I think its Ink Boutique??), a stamped image from THIS DD set, a little Distress ink, some lovely velvet ribbon & a tiny cb heart :)



That's all for today, folks, enjoy your week, & don't forget to thank the fathers in your lives, after all, we wouldn't be here without them!

Say Hello To Matilda...

I've been very busy creating, but it's nothing paper related LOL. I received some beautiful wooden buttons from Nicole (CRAFT QUEEN) & I thought I would use them for something other than a card, just for a change LOL, so I made a tiny hat to go onto Matilda's head...until a few minutes ago, I didn't know what to name her, but as soon as I uploaded her photos to the pc, I knew! The hat is made from felt, with a strip of cotton & matching yoyo, her head is made from German mohair, & she has glass eyes, & an embroidered nose, the rest of her body is made up of calico, & the "shoes" are painted on with acrylic paint. & see her bloomers? I've used some cotton lace (also from CRAFT QUEEN) which is a lovely taupe colour (though it looks kind of grey in the photo). It's been a while since I made a bear, but I'm happy to report that it's just like riding a bicycle LOL! & see the yoyo flower under the wooden butterfly? It's a first for me, I've never made a yoyo before, but it's so easy, I think I'll be making them again.
Both the bear pattern & the clothing patterns are from various "Bear Creations" magazines, something else that is part of my crafty stash...

I hope you've enjoyed your stay : ) Come again soon, & thanks for visiting my humble palace, now go, create something!

Darkroom Door Photochips

Here are my entries to the current DARKROOM DOOR competition, where all you need to do to enter is use the photochips in a project, how easy is that!!! & Here are the ones I prepared earlier:The top photo is a close-up of the sewing & stamping & inking. After I chose my photochip, I wanted to add some texture, so I started by machine sewing (I already had my machine out, & it already had the red thread, so it was meant to be LOL), I then distressed the edges, & used some red (Marvy)ink to add the colour to the edges. I then got the Artist set of stamps, & inked up the spots image. I was going to go with a plain white base, but I find it hard to do plain white, so I went for colour, & used one of my favourite colour combinations of purple & green, a scrap of red tulle, some colouful ribbon (which I've had forever LOL) & the gorgeous thin velvet ribbon (from CRAFT QUEEN) To finish off my card I used the sentiment from a WORDSTRIP, distressing & inking the edges, & mounting with foam tape.

The next one is a card I made a while ago, but had not shared: A photochip from the music collection, a word from a wordstrip, some ribbon & you have yourself a card :)

For the next card I used my nesties label 1 to cut the shape out of the photochip, distressing the edges & adding the tiny words (from an old book page) & set aside.

I then got a piece of teal cs, & some velvet fabric & again, put my sewing machine through its paces, I sanded the edges of the cs, added the glitter ribbon (from CRAFT QUEEN) & stuck it to a base of black cs. The music word is from a wordstrip (surprise, surprise LOL).

As always, thank you for taking the time to visit my humble abode, & I hope I'll see you soon, & my apologies to those of you who have visited me & left me comments...I truly appreciate them & I WILL visit you soon, I promise :) In the meantime, take time to create!

A Vase Glove?

That's the best way to describe the little bag I made (in 10 minutes!!) I did some pruning yesterday, & I wanted a vase, but could not find the right size...so I had a look in the cupboard under the sink, which happens to be the place where I keep "stuff" which may-come-in-handy -one-day,-but-which-usually-ends-up-in-the-recycling-bin-after-a-month LOL, & ended up using an empty jar of sauce. I couldn't be bothered to remove the label, so I decided to hide it instead.
While I was searching for some suitable fabric, I got an email from LEESA, letting me know she had a St. Patrick's day challenge happenning in her blog, which made the choice of fabric easy, green, just in case you're wandering LOL. So I just measured the circumference of the jar, got my sewing machine out, & 10 minutes later I had a vase glove, or jar bag...I added some string to hold it in place, & one of Sandie's hand-made daisies to finish it off. So this one's for Leesa's challenge : )







Now, onto another challenge...

This is for INKURABLE STAMPERS gothic Arch challenge #4, the theme is "hands", & as usual, no planning! I started with the green colour (acrylic paint onto an old book page) for the b'ground (nothing to do with St. Patrick's, I just wanted to use a colour I haven't played with for a while LOL) & the image of the dangling fob watches (it's from a Non Sequitur plate) The same plate had the quote (which is stamped & clear-embossed), the clock face, & the tiny group of hands (under the clock), & to those I added the eyes (from Time To Stamp)& the small script (from Victoria's Secret) The edges were inked with Encore metallic ink (copper) & clear-embossed, & I added some copper-coloured German scrap, & some Kaiser pearls, a hand-trimmed felt heart, bling brad, & the clock hands (punchies) If you get a chance, have a look at the great Flickr group HERE, & don't forget, you can join in at any time...

Last week I was lucky enough to receive this lovely parcel from my friend SANDIE, part prize( for the Halloween competition she had happenning in her blog a while back) & part challenge (the napkin is my next project) with a lovely card, all for me ( Thanks so much Sandie, love your beautiful hand-made flowers)

& She has recently celebrated the BIG 50...50 followers (not years!!!!) & she's running another great competition, so pop in & say hello :)

Here's what I did with the set criteria...

We had to use our favourite colour, bling, a pin, beads, & some sort of trim (ribbon or twine etc) So I used purple BBcs & DCWV pp, a bling brad for the centre of the flower, a sewing pin, pearly beads (on the embroidery floss attached to the sentiment, & some beautiful red velvet ribbon (from CRAFT QUEEN)

Phew! If you've made it this far, thank you for your patience, I hope there is something here to inspire you to use up your crafty bits & pieces, & to have fun. Thanks for your visit, & see you soon : )