Fab giveaway on Maddy's blog

Maddy has made some fab, cute snowmen earrings using Fimo and is putting them up as a giveaway. Just visit her wonderful blog http://madimaginations.blogspot.com/ to be in with a chance of winning. She's so clever with that Fimo you know, so have a look at all the wonderful things she makes with it. I just lurve her mice :)

Felt butterfly

I've made a felt butterfly for the Butterfly Project http://www.hmh.org/minisite/butterfly/index.html After finding I was over £100 in credit, Yippee!! ,when I changed my energy supplier I decided to treat myself to an embellisher/needle punch machine. For those not familiar with these machines, they don't use thread - something for all you non-stitchers maybe ;) - they have several felting needles which are barbed, which mesh fabrics together. For the butterfly I used a piece of white felt for the base then felted wool and yarns on top. I did the embellishing before cutting the butterfly out. I can't decide whether to put anything else onto it - buttons, sequins, flowers?

Birthday card

I've made a card for someone for her niece. I cut the Happy Birthday and the name using my Craft Robo, added a Flora Doodle (Joanna Sheen) and added some Stickles. I usually just use glue and loose glitter but got 3 Stickles for £5 at the Knitting & Stitching show at Harrogate. I went by train on Thursday and then drove up with my friend Jan yorkshire jan on Saturday. We had a great time! Bought some lovely goodies of course :)

A few Christmas Cards

I've been using a kit from QVC to make some Christmas cards and though I like a lot of the elements in the kit I was finding it hard to get inspired. Luckily a lot of the papers can be used for other occasions not just Christmas. I've cut some words and snowflakes using my Craft Robo though there's only one of each in this batch ;)

The Butterfly Project.

Have a look at http://dan99.blogspot.com/2008/11/butterfly-project-freebie.html for more information and to take part if you wish. This is my first butterfly but I'm planning to do more. It's also Hels' theme for the Sunday Stampers http://pinkleart.blogspot.com/search/label/The%20Sunday%20Stampers For this I've used a type of resist technique. Firstly coat your card with Versamark then brush/dab on pigment powders. Ink stamp/s with Veresamark and stamp your card - this lifts off the powder leaving the base card showing through. The powder will be deposited on your stamp but cleans off easily. It works on any colour card but produces a better effect on darkcard. The shimmer of the powders doesn't show up well on here :)

Needlefelted Tree -WIP

This is a work in progress (WIP) - it's been in the making for sooooo long. It was challenge for http://www.yorkdollybirds.co.uk/home.htm which I'm a member of. We started with a wooden toilet roll holder for the base which we then wound wire round to make the branches. On top of this was laid either batting or in my case an old jumper which I'd felted. Then we needlefelted some of our own handmade felt. I seem to have lost my last bit of felt so ned to get some more 'wool tops' to make some more felt. The needlefelting takes time and aggravates the arthritis in my thumb - holding the small felting needles. When the felting is complete I need to make some leaves for it x

Finally caught up with my Sunday Stampers challenges

Over at http://pinkleart.blogspot.com/ Hels runs various challenges one of which is The Sunday Stampers. This week's theme is 'yellow' for which I've coloured and stamped a Gothic Arch using the only yellow I have - Adirondak Earthtones Butterscotch, the text was stamped with Adirondak Cabin Fever. The previous week was 'blue', I decided to take advantage of this to make a Christmas card and before that it was 'purple' for which I made a birthday card. Hope you like them ;-) (mixed up the weeks so when you click on a pic it will show the incorrect week)
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Your chance to win some blog candy!

Take a look here http://julietspaperpalace.blogspot.com/ for a chance to win some fab blog candy. I've just found this blog and think Juliet's cards are fab :) I found the link at http://madimaginations.blogspot.com/ - Maddy is a wonderfully talented crafter and does inspirational projects for crafters to follow ;-)

Needlefelted flower

I've done a bit of needlefelting on a tree I'm doing for a challenge from the York Dollybirds cloth doll group, but this is first item I've made just using needlefelting. I could of course embellish it but wanted to show it in it's raw state :)

About time too!

I've been a bad blogger, not posted for a while. I've managed to upload some pics of recent cards today. I'm currently making a hammock for my granddaughter's teddies. Also I've decided I'm not happy with Scary Fairy's (Altered Barbie) wings or skirt so am hoping to be able to make new ones before the cloth doll group meeting this coming Sunday.

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Blog candy on offer - link below

I've found out that Natalie at http://nattykcards.blogspot.com/ is offering the chance to win some blog candy to celebrate her first blogiversary. She makes fantastic cards - I've added her to my faves :)

Fabric painted T-shirt

I like to do a bit of fabric painting (and dyeing) and had this plain brown t-shirt from M&S which I decided to brighten up a bit. I've used a lovely 12"x12" stencil - 'Windsong' from http://www.thecraftersworkshop.com/ they do 6"x6" versions which are scaled down. They can be used for lots of different projects including paper and household projects. I used Jones Tones Pearly paint in copper as this is quite thick so doesn't run. If you've never done stencilling before and fancy having a go it's best to use a dabbing motion with the paint to help prevent getting the paint under the stencil at the edges of the design. This particular type of paint doesn't need to be heat set as some fabric paints do. I sprinkled a little glitter on while the paint was still wet. Again this type of paint can be used to adhere beads but I stitched a few on once the paint was dry.

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Altered Barbie

At the cloth doll group I go to http://www.yorkdollybirds.co.uk/home.htm we often have challenges which we can take part in or not as we wish. A few months ago it was to do an 'Altered Barbie' well it's taken a while but at last I've finished mine. She's a 'Scary Fairy' lol. I could have asked my granddaughter for one but somebody had bought some cheap dolls for £1 each. I had to chop her arms off - sorry - as I wanted her to have her arms akimbo for attitude. Managed to cadge a pair of boots off my granddaughter though, which I painted black. Her wings are made from vilene pelmet lining covered in silver foil wrapping paper which I heated with a heat gun and rubbed over with black Stazon.
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Stash from Fashion, Embroidery & Stitch show

I visited the Fashion Embroidery & Stitch show at Great Yorkshire Showground Harrogate, last Saturday and had a wonderful time. It was really cold when I first got there and thought I'd only last a couple of hours, can't stand being cold. Luckily it warmed up and I was able to last all day. In case you're interested I had on 2 vests, another top (can't remember what now) wool cardi, pashmina and jacket and took another pashmina with me; which I ended up wearing; as I know it can be cold in there lol. Anyway bought some good stuff just need some ideas on what to do with it now :-/

They always have a great knitted display, this year it was 'Shaun the Sheep's Great British PicKnit' isn't it fabulous? This is only part of it. Those cakes look good enough to eat yum yum.

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Handbag card

I made this for the 'Shape' challenge set by emi(rubita) for World Card Making Day '08 which was yesterday. The shape is my own design. Luckily I re-read the instructions and realised I had to use rubber stamps, so made the 'Tag-shaped' card. The paper is from a pack by Crafter's Companion and the flowers are Flora Doodles from http://www.joannasheen.com/
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World Card Making Day '08 - Emi's challenge - Shape

This is another card for the WCM Day '08 and this one is for http://stamp-room-r.blogspot.com/ This had to be a shaped card - anything but square. I'd done a handbag card with nice paper and a lovely flower before reading the challenge again and realised I had to use stamps :-/

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World Card Making Day '08 - Stamping Mathilda's Challenge

Here's my offering for WCM Day '08 for http://stampingmathilda.blogspot.com/ challenge - Card + Tag. The pink card has been coloured with Ecoline ink and sprinkled with salt (see Stamping Mathilda's blog for more inspiration using Ecoline) the bird stamp is an Inkadinkado clear stamp
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Wrapped Wire Doll

I was inspired to make some of these after seeing them in a cloth doll book. This is the first. The full photo is the doll lying down so I thought it may look better standing but that one hasn't turned out so well, neither has the close-up of the face but I'm putting them on anyway :-/ I started off with a wire armature which I covered in wadding, then wrapped in various yarns and braids. Thanks for looking :)

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In My Pocket - Leaves

This week's challenge for http://pinkleart.blogspot.com/search/label/In%20My%20Pocket is Leaves. This is my offering, hope you like it ;-) It's not really noticeable but the background stamp is in the shape of a leaf and talks about leaves falling from the autumn tree, so very appropriate I think.
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