Felt tags

The title of this blog is really a bit misleading as the tags aren't actually made of felt but have felt embellishments on them. As mentioned some time ago there is a little all sorts shop close to my home where, if you are prepared to scratch and ignore the grotty packaging, you can pick up some really lovely stuff for next to nothing. The tags I have for you today are proof of this.

To start with, some flowers,

then some ghekos,

 next some ladybirds,

teddy bears

and finally some animals. Not so sure about the choice of colours but they are cute anyway.

I love making tags for two reasons. They make great gifts (packaged in a neat little fabric bag) and I get to use up all my paper scraps. Yes you guessed it I can't give you brands for the papers as often I am using the last itsy bitsy tiny bit of the page.

All sentiments are computer generated.

Supplies:

Gel pen for faux stitching in white and purple

Felt tipped pen in black

String

A few words...

Not much to say today so lets get straight to the cards

I love the simplicity of design

and I've used it for a mother's day card too. I made the sentiment pattern myself.

Supplies:

Pattern: Sentiment Stitching Cards free words and flower Stitching Cards Bookmark Flower 6
Thread: red, yellow, green in light and olive, verigated blue and metallic copper

Cardstock: 160gsm

Umbrellas

The pattern I have adapted today is one of my all time favourites. I used a small section of it and added a handle and voila something different.

This one was inspired by Kittie over at Kittie Kraft and is bright and pretty. Her blog is worth a visit, her work is spectacular.

Supplies:

Pattern: Stitching Cards Bookmark Lady with Umbrella
Thread: Salmon, light green and yellow (sorry no number but brand is DMC)

Ribbon: narrow satin in white 

Rolfes metallic pen in pink

Blocks of colour

This design was great for using up some paper and card stock scraps I had lying around. All I had to do was stick to tones of the same colour to make it work. The original card I saw used blocks of paint but as I didn't have anything like that handy here is my version.

This yellow one was my favourite colour combination

My pen smudged slightly when I was doing the border of this one so I just added some gel stickers to cover the oops.

Supplies:

Pattern: Stitching Cards Lily
Thread: black

Beads: black bugle beads

Scraps of paper and card stock in blue, pink and yellow

Card stock: white 160gsm

Rolfes metallic pen in blue

New Year

Happy New Year everyone

Photo Credit: Love from Ginger

Hope 2015 is full of good things for you.

Daisies

Here are two more cards using flowers made from silk ribbons.

Today's flower is the humble daisy.

For the card below I used fancy edged scissors to give the white paper a wavy edge. I then stuck it over the purple cardstock. The purple cardstock is actually a document file which I chopped up. Loved the colour.

Supplies:

Pattern: Silk Ribbon Greeting Cards by Ann Cox

Cardstock: Pink, Purple nas mottled stone

Ribbon: 2mm silk ribbon in pink and yellow

             Bow: 5cm satin ribbon in pale pink

Green and yellow thread for the french knot in the centre of each flower

Border Punch: Make unknown

Fancy Scissors: wavy edge

Happy Christmas

Photo Credit: Audrey Woolens Urbanic

Happy Christmas. Hope your day is filled to the brim with family, good friends and happy memories.
I pray that you will never loose sight of the real reason for Christmas.