Owl Christmas Decoration

Well Helloooo

I wanted to make an owl cushion, but my fabric
is still packed away, (from our house move) so instead I decided to make an owl out of cardboard...
I didn't intend for it to be a Christmas decoration that's just how it turned out....lol

I cut out two owl bodies from Soft Suede 12" x 12" cardstock, I cut the wings out of retired Christmas Stampin'Up dsp, I love this one and it matched perfectly, the eyes were cut from Crushed Curry, Whisper White and Basic Black cardstocks using the 2 1/2" circle, 1" circle and the 3/4" punches.

I made the banner using the Perfect Pennants punch and Cherry Cobbler cardstock. the letters were from The Just Perfect Alphabet stamped in Cherry Cobbler and punched out using the 1" punch. They are strung together using Cherry Cobbler Bakers Twine.

 

I went around all the outside edges with an Early Espresso Stampin' Write Marker doing faux stitching. I stuck the two bodies together leaving a small gap and after waiting for the glue to dry I put some soft stuffing inside and glued the gap shut

 

Then to hang it up I used some Baked Brown Sugar Thick Bakers Twine, the cute bow was made using the lush new Cherry Cobbler Sheer Linen Ribbon, it is really gorgeous and makes beautiful bows.

 

I was surprised at how much fun this was to make hope you like...

Soft Suede A4 Card Stock

£6.25

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

£7.50

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

£6.25

Cherry Cobbler A4 Card Stock

£6.25

Card Stock A4 Crushed Curry

£6.25

Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin' Pad

£4.95

Cherry Cobbler 1" Sheer Linen Ribbon

£7.25

Baked Brown Sugar Thick Baker's Twine

£3.25

Cherry Cobbler Baker's Twine

£2.50

Petite Pennants Builder Punch

£15.50

Early Espresso Stampin Write Marker

£2.95

Thanks for stopping by.....



Happy Crafting

 

Giraffe Bookmark

My friends daughter asked me to make this for her, she really loves Giraffes, its an origami bookmark which fits on the corner of your book. They are really easy to make and can be made into just about anything.

This is how you make them:

1. Start with a square piece of paper, I used a 6" x 6" piece. Fold it half diagonally.

 
 2. Fold one corner up to the top

3. Fold the second corner up to the middle..

 4. Open out...

5. Fold the front top piece down..

 
6. Lift the side flap and tuck it into the middle....

 
7. Take the left side flap and tuck it into the middle...

 
8. This is your basic corner bookmark to decorate as you wish...
 

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

£7.50

2014-2016 In Color Backgrounds Designer Series Paper Stack

£19.50

Early Espresso Stampin Write Marker

£2.95

1/2 Inch Circle Punch

£5.75

3/4 Inch Circle Punch

£11.50

1/4" Circle Handheld Punch

£8.25

Thanks for stopping by....
Happy Crafting

 

Bats

I was looking on the internet as you do...lol and I came across someone who had made little bats using the Elegant Butterfly Punch..cool.

 

So I had a go and although they were cute they were a bit rounded for me so I tweeked it a bit.

 

 So you punch out your butterfly from Basic Black cardstock.....

 
 Fold the butterfly in half and draw some curves like so...

 

And voila one cute little bat...

After you have cut one or two you will find you don't need to draw the curves any more.
So how good is that, I will try and remember where I saw them and post a link.

Elegant Butterfly Punch

£14.25

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

£6.25

Thanks for stopping by, Happy Crafting.

Pumpkin Carving

Well Hello

Today I am going to share with you Pumpkin Carving, its really big in America and some people really go to town. Back in the day I started small, just a basic scary face but I progressed to more complicated designs. This is the one I did last time..

You can get patterns and tools on the internet I started with the Pumpkin Masters Pattern Book check out their website for some really cool designs they run a competition each year and some of the entries are amazing.

 

This is another one that I have done before a cat sitting on the moon.

 

 I really like the scary ones too...

I love this one of Disney's Stitch he is soo cute.

 

 

I hope you enjoyed, check back at Halloween to see which design I did this year if you dare........lol..

 

 

Happy Crafting...

Halloween Trick or Treat..

Well Hello,

Halloween is one of my favourite times of the year, when my children were smaller we used to have fantastic Halloween parties, we would dress up, decorate the house, carve pumpkins and have lots of spooky fun. Not so much nowerdays as my children are "too old" for that stuff. Me however I guess I have never really grown up...... so this year I have decided to have a bit of Halloween fun.
So to get me in the mood I thought I would start with a bit of Halloween crafting.........

 



I made an Autumnal wreath using an evergreen wreath and decorating it with Autumn leaves and tiny pumpkins, things I already had in my Halloween Box.
I then made Halloween cards with matching envelopes and matching Treat Bags.

 

I made some cute little 4"x4" Halloween cards, the spooky eyes are made using the wing of the Build a Bird Punch with a little bit sliced off and then stamped with Happy Halloween from the Good Greetings Stamp Set in craft white ink.

The matching envelopes were made using the Envelope Punch Board, so easy..

The Treat Bag topper is made using the Top Note Die, in Basic Black cardstock and stamped with Happy Halloween, one of the stamps from the Good Greetings Stamp set in Craft ink..so cute..

Then the cello bags were filled with yummy Candy Corn to finish them off.
mmm mmmm.....

Pumpkin Pie A4 Card Stock

£6.25

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

£6.25

Good Greetings Clear-Mount Stamp Set

£15.00

Top Note Stampin' Up! Bigz Die

£18.95

Bird Punch

£15.50

Envelope Punch Board

£17.95

Whisper White Craft Stampin' Pad

£6.95

Medium Flat Cello Bags

£3.95

Thanks for stopping by....Happy crafting...