Sometimes....

.....a kit just hits the spot!..I bought these two tag kits at Ally Pally....they're sat there waiting but I'm still not in the creative mood.... so much going on health wise, it may be some time before I'm back in blogging mode so please bear with me....

 

I'm planning to make these up and put them in a deep shadow box.

 

 

I think I'll add some bits and pieces of my own just to make them a bit different.

You May...

...have wondered where I've been...
A&E... that's where, still stuff to deal with but hopefully onwards and upwards. Enough of the personal stuff and on with the pretty pictures.You must have guessed I also have a 'Bit Box' of fabrics!... so inspired by Victoria's book....15 minutes of Play

 

I started this....

 

I love quilts with stars...

 

I loved making up the scrappy fabric.. very random but very liberating..

 

 Isn't the tape measure fabric fab!...they've sold out of white but it is available in yellow

 

When I get sorted I'll get it stitched and quilted...

I've Been...

..rummaging through my new bit box.... I now have three, one for altered odd embellishment stuff, one for pieces of patterned paper and the latest is full of die cuts..

 

bits from trying out a new feather die....

 

a tag and a piece of packaging...

 

I made up a whole load of flowers using punches and my favourite leaf stamp from Hero Arts

 

and you just have to love those bunnies from Kirsty Neale

 

I just love bit boxes!

Purple Heart.......

....I think Iv'e been hit with the lavender stick and may have to lie down in  a darkened room! Lavender is not a colour I use very often ( twice in a week!) and considering I have a button phobia it's a wonder this project for Scattered Scarlet happened at all!

It's a 6x6 inch canvas... painted with lilac acrylic paint, the edges daubed with Viva Croco in gold.... I was too impatient and dried it with a heat gun... the result.. not much crackle so I wiped some of the still sticky paint off.

I stamped the dotty stamp and embossed it in gold, stuck it to a chipboard heart and stitched buttons onto it. Strips of gold faux mesh tinted with a purple Pro Marker surround the heart. 

The heart is mounted onto an old book page and glued to the canvas...

I'm traumatised now so I'm off for a lie down!

 

In These Shoes?

.....alas to small for my big feet! The Colour Challenge on The Ribbon Girl blog this month is Lilac and Lavender... aren't these just too cute! If you would like to win a gift voucher from LOTV and The Ribbon Girl then hop on over to The Ribbon Girl Blog and upload your piece of Lilac or Lavender lovliness....

I made these with fairly thick double sided paper but would be equally fab made in felt or fabric...now there's an idea!

All the pretty trims and flowers are available here

Here's another pair......I'd like these in a size 5 please!

and if you would like to make a pair then here's the pattern....

If you make some send me a link so I can come visit...

Stitched Up....

.....Stamps aren't just for colouring in....you can stitch them too, just use an ink pad like this one..

 

and a simple stamp like this

 

 

Peony or Anenome?

...either way difficult to spell but easy to make...

 

 

I used the Tim Holtz tattered Flowers die and this double sided patterned paper...from 3djean...and at  70p a sheet it won't break the bank.Cut 4 in the large flower for the top, 4 smaller flowers for the centre and 4 large flowers for the lower layer in a contrast patterned paper

Fold each flower in half and then quarters... use a hot glue gun to glue together, this is quicker than using wet glue (if you use wet glue use a peg to hold until dry).

You may have to tear some petals to make them lie flat...Curl your petals

 

Punch a circle... glue one set of four flowers to the circle. Glue the smaller flowers inside this set of four.Turn the flower upside down and glue the contrast flowers to the circle..the petals should curl in the opposite direction.

 

 

Make a hole in the centre... push a piece of florists wire through, bend the end.

 

Secure with hot glue and add a flat back gem..

 

Peony or anenome.... you decide.