Thursday 30 October 2014

A Thistle card

              
             A card for a Scottish friend using collage techniques to create a thistle design.

 

Tuesday 28 October 2014

A sewing card

 
 
A card for a friend who likes to knit and sew. Patterned fabric with an embroidery transfer overly which has then been stitched.
 
 





Sunday 26 October 2014

Duck!

 
 
 
Look I found this duck hiding in the garden!
 
 
 

Friday 24 October 2014

Vintage, lace and a fairy....

 
I love the simplicity of this card using up all the precious scraps from a paper pad. All it needed was some lace and ribbon.
 

Wednesday 22 October 2014

Monday 20 October 2014

Lace Bird

 
A pretty card using paper scarps to create a background and decorated with cut outs and paper roses
 
 







Saturday 18 October 2014

Miniatures

 An experiment with the tiniest felt shapes to create these little brooches, I think there may be more.

                                                         They measure 5cm across

Thursday 16 October 2014

Tuesday 14 October 2014

Christmas Tag 1

There are a great many secret Christmas works in progress that I cant share yet but here is a little stitched tag I have been experimenting with.............


Sunday 12 October 2014

Wedding Invitation

 
 
A wedding invitation designed by myself using Silhouette studio software
 
 

Friday 10 October 2014

Spooky Owls

 
 
Something spooky with a lovely set of Owl stamps from the Isobel Craft Collection.
Resist techniques on glossy card with distress ink and a die cut.
 
 

Wednesday 8 October 2014

A little Owl!

 
 
 
My first experiments with a new set of Owl stamps from the Isobel Craft Collection. Masking techniques and colouring with Promarkers.
 
 

Sunday 5 October 2014

Road Trip Scarves


Having lost a little of my creative mojo during the last few hectic months I have been experimenting with crochet, something I have not done for many years.


Here are two scarves I have recently finished


 
They are a bit addictive, I think there may be more of these!

Friday 3 October 2014

Vintage Romance

                                
Some images of my student's work at a recent workshop, they are all a work in progress
 Made from layers of fabric and lace enhanced with hand embroidery. Such lovely work!






the workshop was held at Fantasia Studios, keep watching for a Bird workshop next year!

Wednesday 1 October 2014

What's on your workdesk Wednesday?278

Not at my desk this week, this mission requires the space of the whole table!
I am trying to work out a simplified version of my textile bird sculptures to teach in a  one day workshop. Each of the original birds took a month of stitching and embellishing.
see original birds here
 
 

 
            So here is some of the step by step pictures today as I wrote notes and timed myself

 
This is where I got to by the end of the day, I even made a Shabby Chic friend. They just need lots of of stitching and making pretty now.
 
WOYWW is the blog hop hosted by Julia at Stamping Ground, pop over and take a peek, there are lots more desks to see.