Thursday 24 January 2013

January postcard swap

This is my postcard for the January postcard swap over on UK Stampers forum



The theme this month is New Beginnings
I'm fond of this stork stamp & stamped it out & coloured it in using my copics & a white paint marker. I removed the leg portion of the stamp when I cut it out & positioned him as 'flying in'


I used individual letters from a small stamp set to stamp the wording


and I stamped the sentiment stamp using distress ink & then popped the hand & foot prints on.

Wednesday 23 January 2013

Hand felted bags

that I made as Christmas presents for my sister-in-law & niece


I had made the felt at an evening class


I then needle felted the seams together to form the bag


and needle felted the heart shapes which were needle felted onto the bag


and I used a beaded felt ball as a button for the fastener.


I used the same process for the Autumn coloured bag


using a white felt ball as the button this time


I really enjoyed the felt making process & was pleased with the way the bags looked when finished & decorated.

Tuesday 22 January 2013

A hint .................

As to why my blogging has been missing ...





This is the jacket I knitted for our new granddaughter Ayda who arrived on the 30th Sept. As she & our daughter & son-in-law were living with us for the first 3 months of her life my crafting & blogging took a back seat for a while!

Monday 21 January 2013

A quick romp ...........


through my postcards for the rest of the postcard swaps on UK stampers for the swaps I managed in 2012
I love taking part in this swap :-)


July - childhood


August - Favourite music - at the time was Why by Georgette Hilton


September - Colour


and October - Spooky!