A Smooth Blend

Oh my goodness.... did you see the cute set in the latest Lawn Fawn release called So Smooth? I love the blender and all the smaller images to go with it, a bit like smoothie recipes... the options are endless :) Well I just had to ink it up for my DT blog post over at Seven Hills Crafts..... I've made an interactive 'pull tab' card to show that smoothie blending nicely....

and then when you pull the tab up it blends nicely :)

and as a special treat for you, I asked my daughter to demonstrate the pull tab action whilst I made a short video to show you... I'm really hoping this plays as it's my second time at adding a video to a blog post and I'm not up to speed with all that stuff!! ;)

                                  

What with sewing last week and uploading videos this week.... not sure what's come over me!

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a great Bank Holiday Monday if you're in the UK and if your not, have a fab Monday anyhow :)

Jenny x

A Bit of Sewing and a Card

Helloooo :)

I've dug out an older Lawn Fawn set this week for my blog post over at Seven Hills Crafts and my sewing machine too.... I wasn't sure how it would turn out but I have to say that I'm pretty pleased with the end result!!

I tried stamping onto a piece of calico fabric and then turned it into a drawstring style bag to put my sunglasses in. The spectacles are from Lawn fawns Clear to See and I used black and red pigment ink which stamps really quite well onto fabric. You have to set it with a hot iron, I used a piece of greaseproof paper between the material and the hotplate.

I also made a card using the same stamps and matching dies....

I got myself some fun foam and applied a piece of Stick It to one side so could die cut more spectacles and use them as custom shaped foam dimensionals.... it's such a easy and fast way to pop up those intricate shapes :) 

More details can be found on the SHC blog post here if you're interested :)

Thanks for stopping by

Jenny x

A Colourful Stack

Hello folks :)

I love paper piecing, its a bit like hanging wallpaper...

 instant result but a bit tricky trimming around the fiddly bits :)

I thought these cups from Avery Elle would look so neat in scraps of patterned paper and they really look so bright against the white space. I didn't trim all the handles out in pp... I had ideas of using coloured pencil but decided they look fine without :)

They are actually stacked inside one another by tucking them through a 

slit in the top of the cup below... that way I could tilt the cups to make a wiggly stack :)

I made the elongated aperture by extending a rectangle die along a panel of card.

I would love such a collection of pretty mugs... it was fun to pick out the patterns and colours :)

This card features on the Seven Hills Crafts blog today, click here for more info and product links.

Thanks for stopping by :)

Jenny x

A couple of DT cards

Hi there,

We are busy decorating at home in between all the usual running about of day to day life so I'm playing catch-up sharing a couple of DT cards for Seven Hills Crafts blog..

Last week I challenged myself to use a DL card base... not sure why I find them so challenging..it's probably a balance thing and where to place the elements. I went with a guys card and used some unloved stash..

The moustache stencil was my starting point, I just had to use black paste through it and pair it up with the Props dies from Elizabeth Crafts. Of course the scripty font from Concord & 9th looked so at home too :) I love using this alpha set and have you seen C&9th have bought out the uppercase set too?

For this weeks card I used the emboss resist technique to make a shimmery ocean using the balloon string background from MFT....

I've cut along one of the lines and tucked this adorable whale into the sea ... framing him in the circle makes me think we're viewing him through a telescope :)

More details and the list of products I used can be found on the Seven Hills Crafts blog here and here if you are interested :)

Thanks for stopping by

Jenny x

Prehistoric!!

We have a new challenge over at Seven Hills Crafts... yes, we've started a new month and the theme this time is EMBOSSING. It can be dry or heat variety and it's many uses... the creative possibilities are huge, much like the dinosaur on my card.....

I've had a go at embossing a Echo Park stencil called Rocks... although in my mind I clearly thought it looked like the skin of a dinosaur!! I added the images from Prehistoric Fun onto the white frame and the sentiment looked good at a jaunty angle.... no planning involved, it landed there and I liked it *wink*

I've sponged some green ink through the stencil to add some detail and dimension to the raised surface... love that you can do that with a stencil :)

We would love to see your creative take on the challenge... you can find all the details and players  gallery if you click here :)

Thanks for stopping by :)

Jenny x