Hi all,
Gee whiz, it's been ages since I've posted. I am a very bad blogger! I haven't been totally idle though, I've started thinking about making stock for my Christmas Fairs. All my Christmassy stash has been taken out of the cupboard and some of the non Christmassy stuff has been stuffed back in it's place! I daren't open those cupboard doors now for fear of an avalanche!
Anyway, I'm here with a card for the new challenge over at Crafty Cardmakers and More. One of our new DT members, Pamellia, has chosen the theme THE TRIPLE B CHALLENGE. She would like you to include 3 of the following on your creation:
Butterflies
Blue
Birthday
Banners
Buttons
I've chosen Blue, Birthday and Banners as it just so happened I was sewing some blue bunting last weekend, so I used some of the left over scraps on my card ...
I used: Blue fabric scraps, a Stampin Up sentiment, blue card stock, oval dies and an SU framelit.
When stitching onto card use an old needle and a longer stitch length, so that you don't get too many holes in your card and go slowly!
And here is the said bunting, though it's not finished because I didn't buy enough bias binding and when I went back to get more, they didn't have any more! So I had to go to another shop this morning where luckily they did have the colour I was after and also some Christmas fabric just happened to jump into my basket, so expect some Christmas bunting and stockings to follow!
Also linking to Handmade Monday
Have a lovely week.
Take care
Suze xx
Hi all,
A quickie post today to send get well wishes to a lovely (did I really use that adjective to describe her!) fellow blogger, Marie (Mrs P) who is having a tough time, not only with a gammy leg, but lots more besides!
The lovely Kylie over at the Addicted to Stamps Challenge has added the option of making a get well card, to the current challenge, to try and cheer the old bag up!
Well, I couldn't not join in, or I would never hear the end of it (would I Mrs P!)
The lips stamp is from Stampin Up, using real red ink and clear embossed. Sentiment is PC generated.
Get well soon Mrs P!
Mwah!
Suze xx
Hi all,
Well, last Sunday I was at my Kaffe Fassett workshop and what a great day it was. Not just because Kaffe (and Brandon Mably were there) but just because I spent a whole day doing something I enjoyed with like minded people.
We were designing a "snowball" quilt, which is basically just squares with small contrasting corner squares, which gives the illusion of a round shape, hence "snowball".
These are the fabrics I had purchased beforehand and I cut them all into 6" squares, to save time at the workshop
Well of course, they weren't all suitable so I had to purchase more fabrics when I was there! Honestly, I have enough left over squares to make about 10 cushions (which I think is what I will probably do, rather than make another quilt).
Here is my quilt before the "corner stone" squares were added
and this is it with the corners added. The photo doesn't give a true colour, the small squares are quite a vivid red batik
At the end of the day, the man himself critiqued everyone's quilt. He was very complimentary of everyone's work. He loved the rich blues and purples of mine, and the red added a dramatic touch ... like "Cruella de Ville's nails" Lol!!
Needless to say, I haven't even started sewing it together!
Linking to Handmade Monday
Have a great week everyone.
Take care
Suze xx
Hi all,
A very quick post to tell you about the new challenge over at Crafty Cardmakers and More. The theme this fortnight is "DRY EMBOSSING".
As per my usual style, I have made a clean and simple card, suitable for a wedding or anniversary ....
Supplies Used:
Hearts cut with Sizzix Primitive Hearts Die
Embossing folders - Swiss Dots and Victorian Fleur
The bows and 'love' dies are from Memory Box
Coloured card and ribbon are Stampin' Up Raspberry Ripple
Thanks for popping in, hope you can find the time to join in our challenge.
I'll be back soon to tell you all about my Kaffe Fassett workshop.
Suze xx
