Crafty Daze

I have enjoyed making a cosy hat and mobius scarf to keep me snug and warm. I used Colinette Shimmer 5 to make them both.

The blog I fully intended to keep up to date and interesting has stagnated! Amongst the madness of moving home and the crazyness of big crafting (decorating the new house) I have let it lie neglected and unloved! While the decorating contiues (and probably will for the eon I am slowly getting a little time for crafting back. Here are the ATC's that I have made recently.

Some ATC's with a black and white theme and cloth tags for the UK Stampers January swap.

I stamped some flowers onto black and white card, cut it and wove it. The corners were cut with a corner chomper and the flowers were decorated with stickles as were the edges of the ATC's.

We were asked to include a tag with January's swap. I made some cloth tags with buttons sewed onto them and lots of yarn bows.

UK Stampers February swap was for ATC's with a 'Moody Blues' theme. I have created four different cards. Two with fairies, one with ballet dancers and one with a Paper Artsy message upon it. The backgrounds were made using an airgun with my copic ciao pens. I have used distress rock candy crackle paint over the front of three of them and some also some stickles for the flowers and wings. A twinchie is to be sent with the cards and I have made mine using airbrushed copic ciao pens, glittered flock and a vellum butterfly and dragonfly.

Here are a couple of cards I made using my Copic Ciao pens and an airgrip. I am really pleased with the backgrounds which I created using the airbrush system. I was especially chuffed because I didn't think the air grip worked with the Ciao pens but it does! All that was needed was a bit of funky foam under the pen and air brushing is possible. The images are stamped and embossed before I coloured them using my Copic pens. Then I cut them out and mounted them on the background using sticky pads. The airbrushing is great fun and more backgrounds will be on their way!!!

I have used some gorgeous Hand Maiden Lady Godiva yarn for this delicious scarf. I have used Cat Bhordi's magic cast on so the scarf is a true mobius with no grafting or joins. I love the way the mobius knits from the middle out and am planning another one already. I would like to create the next one with a lacy sticth pattern and knit stitches showing on one side, purl on the other. I love the way this scarf works and the yarn is so snuggly and soft.......I must find more of it!!!

Some swirls and flourishes to make a natural hedgerow with Stonehenge in the distance. I have coloured an ATC and have then stuck another ATC onto the front to give an added dimension.

Some bright knitted dishcloths for my kitchen. Why knit dishcloths? Well I've been able to use up lots of cotton that has been around for a while and I like them!

More cards!
I've used a gorgeous Rodin stamp to stamp Stazon onto metal foil which I have then embossed and back filled with texture paste. On the gold card I have smudged blackberry Viva ferro paint around, it matches the Iris Stayzon ink well.

Here are a couple of magic wallets that I have made. My dear friend's son is sixteen and is leaving home to join the army next Sunday at noon. I hope he will find the wallet useful to keep a few photos safe.

This magic wallet has been made using pretty ribbon and embossed metal which I have coloured using Stazon inks.

I completed my sponsored run on Sunday and was pleased to finish in a good time and raise lots of money for Cancer Research UK. Thank you to those of you who sponsored me.