Little forest friends

Hi all,

Today I have a few things to share with you.
First up, today it's team B's turn again over at TPV.

Today the challenge is...

Create a project that includes a forest friend

You have already seen a sneak peek, but here is my full project :)

I made this card for a friend, who's birthday it was this past weekend. My friend loves animals, especially little cute pictures of them, so this suited her perfectly, and I had to use this cute little hedgehog. 

The image stamps are from Little Clare, which I have stamped and then coloured using Mum's coloursoft pencils. I have then cut the images into 4cm squares, and cut three squares of the same size from some of the  lovely October afternoon Modern Homemaker papers. I created 2 coordinating flowers using a small punch, outlined with a pen to match the design of the images, then have sewn around the edge of the patterned squares using a sewing machine. The sentiment used is one of the gorgeous Paper Smooches sentiments, and then I finished the card with a wrap of twine.

This week we have a great prize for you from Scrap-friendzy kit club, 

Look at that yummy kit, and all of that can be yours :)

So, head over here to the TPV blog to see the rest of the DT's cute little critters and also link up your own entry. I'll see you there :)

I hope you like my card. My friend liked it, but she loved her gift even more. I created these for her

(Taken using our 50mm lens at f/1.7 - I decided to play with it and take this after being inspired to use it more by the brilliant Shimelle's camera school posts)

(Taken using the Hipstamatic app on Mum's iPhone -  I LOVE this app and seriously want an iPhone now)

She loves sushi, and these earrings really appealed to her. I have created them out of Fimo, following instructions from a superb little book I bought a while ago. I was so pleased that she liked them, there is something really  special about being able to give gifts to your friends that have been handmade, especially when they love them.

So, I am now back into the swing of sixth form, with a lot of work and deadlines to keep to. I have my TSA entry assessment rapidly drawing closer for my Oxford uni application, so am busy at the moment juggling subject work with practising the many different required skills for the entry exam. I am also continuing with my driving lessons, I've managed roundabouts, dual carriageway, slip roads and a bit of manoeuvring now. :) I'm afraid this means crafting is taking a bit of a back seat, I will still be doing it when I can, but it may be a bit less frequent. 

So, from me, bye for now, thanks for popping by.

P.S. I was very thrilled to be a featured project at The Colour Room last week with this LO. Very chuffed. Also, congrats to Katherine who had her great work featured again for the second week in a row :)

Hannah :)

A Juicy Fruity Summer

Hi,

Well, I thought it was summer .... until today. It hasn't been too bad, it's been grey and drizzling finely for most of the day, but I'd still rather be enjoying sun. Although, this is England, and this is our typical summer!!

Anyway, I'm here today with some fruity crafts.

First up, a card for this weeks LIM challenge which is

FEELING FRUITY

I am really pleased with this card, it is definitely summery and warm. I have made the watermelon slice myself, from layers or fabric, felt and card, and using nestabilities, 2 circles and a scalloped circle. I have then used Gunmetal stickles to create the seeds. I have kept the other half of the circle to create another of these embellishments for scrapbooking :)

Staying on the Watermelon theme, I have also made these, what do you think?

I made them for a friend as part of her Birthday gift. Her birthday was back in May, in the middle of exams. We had a very late birthday party for her a few days ago, when she was presented with her very late birthday present. She straight away put them on and they hung just below her short hair style, and I must say I felt very pleased with them, they looked great on her :)
I've recently started to have a play with FIMO, after buying a great little book on how to make tempting treats from the modelling clay. It's quite an interesting medium to use, I guess I was expecting it to be a lot more pliable as I am used to working with sugar paste, but it's great fun. :)

And staying on the sugar paste theme (anyone would think I planned it to flow like this!!!), I have been cake decorating again.

It is my another of my friends' Birthday today, and I went on Monday to decorate a birthday cake with her. We hadn't a clue what we were going to do on the cake, so just decided to have a summery feel, and started from there. This is what we ended up with.

The strawberries are created using a heart cutter, which was then moulded into more of a strawberry shape, and the flowers are circles, with little snips in, then moulded and made to look like a flower :) I was quite pleased with it, considering our limited time to plan and create. She really enjoyed watching me create, it was great fun to teach her, and she loved the cake, bless her :)

Ok then, I think that's all for today, so much fruit!!!  I have a layout to share (no fruit this time), so will be back at the weekend :)
Bye for now,

CAS-ual cards and handmade jewellery :)

Hi everyone,

Today I was back at school after my weeks off for study leave, and boy do I feel tired, it's strange just how tired a day at school makes you feel, even though I've only had 2 lessons!! I still have 2 maths exams left, which I'm still busy revising for, but yesterday afternoon I found time to have a little break and craft.

I love this weeks CAS-ual Friday's challenge, so have created a few cards for it. First up, a card ready for Father's Day.

I needed to make a card, so I made it to tie in with the challenge, and used buttons, embossed and die cut. This week, the CAS-ual team have created a tic-tac-toe board, and we have to choose a row of three and create a card using those components.

Then, I had the inspiration, so made another. This follows the buttons, flower and twine row.

I really like both of them. I hope you do too.

The flower on the second card is handmade, I have been inspired recently after finding many tutorials for flowers, so, as I said I would in my last post, I sat down in the week and tried a few of them out. Here are some of my handmade flowers

I'm looking forward to using them on my LO's, I shall post links to the tutorials when I use them on projects.


Oh, and just one other thing, I thought I'd show you a couple of bracelets I've made and a necklace. Well, I didn't really make the necklace, I bought a necklace made of many felt balls a while ago and loved it, but didn't wear it as much I'd like to as it was short and I prefer long necklaces. So, I changed it. I cut up the necklace, salvaged the felt balls, threaded them onto a strip of fabric, and tada!!

I love it, very rough, with the fabric fraying and uneven spread of the beads, but that's what I love about it :)

...And the bracelets, I have seen paper beads many times before and liked the look of them, so last week, when we were trying to think of something we could do with the guides ( I help as a young leader) , I mentioned making beads, so that's what we're doing. I'd never tried it before, and felt it'd be a good idea to give it a go before I try and teach the guides, so I did, and here is the result :)

I really love them and shall be wearing these quite often, I'm very pleased with how they looked, and hopefully the guides will like the ones they make too.

Ok, I think that's enough for today, off to do a little revision before dinner, thanks very much for popping by, I really love receiving your comments, they always make me smile :D

Bye for now,