Crafty Daze

A cushion that I have quilted and made from some lovely Laurel Burch fabric.

A couple of skirts I have made from Clothkits skirt kits.

I have been asked for some recycled crafty ideas, this is what I came up with so far.

A bean tin vase and a tin pen pot. The inspiration for these came from Linda E who can create almost anything from a bean can!

Some paper bead earrings and bracelets that are to be presented in an origami box. The beads have a thin layer of glitter glue over them creating a delicate shine, of course it doesn't show up in it's true glory in my photos.

A corrugated card that has been inked, ripped and punched to within an inch of it's life. The foil accent in the middle was given to me in a swap. I can't remember who it came from (sorry!) but do know that it was perfect for this project.

My first spiral chains, made into dainty bracelets. Very basic but I enjoyed creating them.


Some beaded multi strand necklaces, these have been made using pretty shell beads and seed beads.

A silk mobius scarf, beautifully soft and squishy.



Necklaces, lots of colours and gorgeous beads.



An Easter hat and egg.







Halloween ATC's

A couple of tags. One made using Tim's Bird in a Cage die mounted on crackle painted card. The bird is cut from red velvet and the card is pretty glittery patterned card. To make the green one I have used a Crafty Individuals image, a dragonfly punch, metallic rub ons and some card embellishments.

Some pretty bracelets I have enjoyed making.

I have quilted a gorgeous Laurel Burch Mermaid printed panel with gold metallic thread and have made it into an enormous soft cushion. I used fossil fern fabric for the back of the cushion and a concealed zip.

I love the easel cards that have been popping up all over the place recently. Here are some I made earlier :o)




I love Tim Holtz new dies and here are some beautiful butterflies I have made with them. Some of the cards have embossed card or metal on them and some layered flowers, they are not all showing in the pictures though.


The copper metal was embossed using my cuttlebug and coloured with paint. I found a nautical pebble hat went perfectly with it too.




Some floral cards for different occasions. I stuck card to metal and used cuttlebug dies to create the shapes and cuttle bug folders to do some lazy embossing. I layered the flower shapes and then stuck them together with glossy accents, then used some card candy for the centres and as a prop to ensure the cards stand up properly. I have left a space on some of them to add the right sentiment when the card is needed.



The new home card has layered houses and words, the butterflies have 'stickled' wings in an attempt to create some irridesence and the round card is waiting for a name or sentiment to sit in its centre.

All the card shapes were made using spellbinder nestabilities, card and pretty paper, some of which I decorated myself.

ATC's made using metal foil that has been stamped upon using various Staz-on inks. I have doodled on the metal to make patterns.

Some ATC's made using my cuttlebug embossing envelopes and lots of ink.