The aftermath…

 Of Christmas and it was really nice to have a quiet morning at my craft table colouring and stamping.

Made some little cards using PaperArtsy Zinski stamps.

Sharing over at Passion for Promarkers and A Bit More Time to craft.

The last…

 Of my Christmas fayre makes for this year.

A little wooden tray stamped with an Art by Marlene and then painted using Derwent Inktense blocks.

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Moooory Christmas

 

Watercolour onto this wooden board to create a little Christmas wall hanging.

Image is a stamp by Zinski for Paperartsy.

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Festive Felines

 

More stash busting in preparation for the Christmas fayre. 

Using some mini canvases to make some little cat creations. 

Stamps were from a craft magazine a few years ago and I painted them using Inktense blocks.

Sharing over at Stamping Sensations and A bit more time to craft.

Prep

 Starting to prepare for Christmas Fayre in December. Trying to use up stuff from my stash so used these beads and cord from my old jewellery making stuff. Then raided my ribbons for embellishment.

Made these cute little tree decorations using painted wooden shapes and stamped a little sentiment.

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Broken Pieces

Last page in one of the journals I have had on the go this year. Inky background and finished with a Stampotique image coloured using Promarkers.

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Remember

 

A journal page using gelliprint, sketch using graphite. All finished off with some washi tape and stamping.

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Blooming Cushion

Used some leftover DK yarn to crochet this lovely cushion.

Free pattern by Attic 24 can be found on her blog HERE.

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Christmas in July

 A batch of Christmas cards I made using inky background and PaperArtsy Hot Picks stamps.

Added some texture using netting fabric to matt and layer, sewing all the layers together with a sewing machine.

Butter wouldn’t melt?

That’s the phrase that came to mind when I sketched this girl. She looked cute but thought she might be a troublemaker under the surface…lol! 

Sharing my latest journal page over at Paint Party Friday.

Armchair Caddy

 After making my recent Sunny Days bunting I still had some beautiful leftovers from the project and pondered all sorts of ideas but decided I could use them to make my own little armchair caddy for sewing projects. That’s what I love about sewing I enjoy the process and have something useful at the end!

So first up I lined the one remaining bunting flag I had. 

Leaving a gap at the bottom for me to turn it through.

Then I pieced together some scraps of coordinating Tilda fabric to make a band that would sit over the arm of a chair or sofa. I strengthened the pieces with some batting.

As you will see I added a small pocket and finished the other end with some binding.

Then I simply stitched in my pretty embroidered pocket!

There was still more little scraps left so I whizzed up a little pincushion which attaches to the top of the caddy with Velcro!

So pleased with how my little creation turned out…pretty and extremely useful!

Become Aware

Opened an art journal again after a little break and managed to do some sketching.

She does look a little sad and weary but that reflects the past 18 months of lockdown!

Sharing over at Paint Party Friday and Crafty Calender.

 

Sunny Day

 Stepped away from mixed media after the 100days challenge and have been working away quietly on these to projects over the last couple of months.

The blanket was a CAL, my first ever blanket and was pleased with how it turned out. The pattern included lots of new stitches to learn. 

You can find details about the Sweet Blossom Blanket HERE.

I have also been doing some slow stitching, making this Sunny Day bunting by Natalie Bird for Tilda Club. It certainly has a lovely summery vibe and is now decorating my craft room.

The pattern was purchased from Poppy Patch and the fabric kit from Coast and Country Quilts.

More Mini Journaling

 

Sharing more of my watercolour mini art journaling inspired by the 100days challenge.

Paint Party Friday 

A bit more time to Craft

Art Journal Journey

Mini Journaling

Some watercolours in a mini watercolour backgrounds journal I recently made for the100 day challenge.

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Stripes

A couple of recent art journal pages using collage techniques and some Stampotique images.

Sharing over at Creative Artiste, Crafts Galore Encore and Paint Party Friday.

 

Art Dolls

 Made a few little art dolls as part of the 100 day challenge.

Sharing over at Paint Party Friday and Cute Card Thursday 

Bark

 

Some therapeutic Rudolph day colouring and inking up new stamps..bliss!

PaperArtsy stamps by Zinski. 

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Day 30 to 35

Of the 100 day challenge. 

Pulled out a little thin journal that hadn’t been opened for a couple of years and did some sketching.

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To day 29

 Sharing the journal I have made using the journal toppers created so far for the 100 day challenge.

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The 100 day project- 11 to 20

 Here is how my next art moves in the 100 day project have turned out.

Day 11/100

Day 14/100

Day 19/100

Day 20/100

All stuck into signatures

My journal toppers are now complete so time to start making them into a complete journal over the coming few days.

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