Tatty Fabric Heart

I made another of the fabric tatty hearts, this time using pinks and pale purples.  

This one is smaller than the previous one I have shown and is not as rounded in shape but it's still charming...  

...and it's finished with a tag with buttons on, of course!

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Sewn Card

The Front...

The Back...

I made this card using a favourite brown floral material and lots of lace and fabric scraps.  

I tried to plan the layout but couldn't get the look I wanted so I went with random placement and sewing.

Basically, I just sewed the thick lace round a couple of times then added bits of ribbon, fabric and lace as I fancied.  I finished off with the cake square in the middle and some buttons too.

I am really happy with the way it turned out.

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Tatty Fabric Heart

My sister made me a beautiful tatty fabric heart for Christmas last year and we have since made several on our crafting days.

This one I made using up some bits of fabric I'd had for years and never found the right thing to do with. It was originally very chocolate brown and pale green but I quickly ran out of the pale colours so started to add the darker greeny-blue colour.

I love the colours, although they don't stand out very well on the full picture but the close up shows them clearer.

It now hangs on an old cupboard door in my kitchen.

The tag has survived several playful attacks by my daughters kittens and is now looking very tatty indeed!

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Personal Scrapbook

A while ago a friend asked me to make a small personal scrapbook for her sister. This is the front cover, with a sister quote and a framed B for Barbara.

The first internal page is all about her birth sign, Cancer. The hanging tags give details of famous people born under the sign of Cancer and the little trunk is filled with various pictures of the star sign. There is also details of birthstones, starstones, ruling planets etc.

The next page is all about the year she was born. There is a mini newspaper with major news events from that year, details of the No 1 single and album for the day she was born. The hanging tags mark world events in history which occurred on her birthday date. One of the little envelopes has a birthday card in and the other has a list of Oscar winners from the year she was born.

The next page shows name meanings for her and her partner, followed by a page about their children.

Then I did a family tree and a page with sister quotes.

I know the pictures are not very clear but they were taken a long time ago with my old camera.

There are all my favourite embellishments throughout this project and I really enjoyed doing it.

I will share more of these scrapbooks in the future.

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Happy Anniversary...

With several anniversaries coming up in the next couple of months I set to and made a start on some cards.

Once again I dipped into my new craft pack and used some of the lovely paper bits in it, and finished with some gingham ribbon and a vellum 'Happy Anniversary'.

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Heart Card

I have a new Carol Wilson Embossed Art kit and it has some beautiful pieces in it.

I made this heart card using several of the items included in the kit and a couple of my own embellishments.

Button Notebook

My sister made me a lovely book for Easter and we have since made some together on one of our craft days.

Firstly, I padded and covered a plain hardback notebook, sewing silk cross-stitching across the top and bottom.

then sewed lots of lovely buttons, beads and embellishments on the front cover.

and sewed some french knots and golden stitching to finish it off.

Happy 12th Birthday

My son's 12th Birthday card. I used a green spotted paper on the 1 and a contrasting brown spotted paper on the 2.

Once again I embellished with buttons, bows and heart cut-outs. I also added a few tiny glass mosaic tiles.

Baby Birdhouse Bunting

I've been using my scraps up again, this time on some tiny birdhouse bunting.

I drew a simple template for the base shape and an extra eaves template. It's a great way to use up small scraps of my favourite papers. They are tied to the hanging cord with embroidery silks.

Dolly Peg Bunches

I saw some lovely tied bunches of wooden clothes pegs in a shop recently but they were very expensive so I decided to use the idea to create my own little bunches....

I fastened 6 wooden pegs together with a rubber band then tied a Gisela Graham striped ribbon around the band to hide it, finishing with a nice big bow...

then added a layered label and heart sizzix cutout, edged in colours similar to the ribbon...

and gave them to my mum and sister as gifts.

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