Easter Bunny Lolly Holder

Woo Hoo, another Bank Holiday!!!

Its been a great one for me too, I went to my first Zumba class on Thursday evening and spent most of the time giggling whilst trying to keep up with everyone.  I think I did ok and am looking forward to going again.

Friday was nice too, like most people I watched the Royal Wedding and chilled out in the afternoon.  Then yesterday I had my first bicycle ride in about 30 years! And it was a long one - 10 MILES!!!  I am struggling to move today though, and even sitting down is proving to be challenging...

Today has been brilliant too, Sara and Chrissi came round for a crafty morning and we have been working out the projects for our next Stamptacular.  Its on 22nd May and there will be loads of projects, freebies, prize draws and crafting.  So if you fancy a day of fun with some lovely ladies, please contact me or Sara for more details or to book.

As I have been quite busy, I forgot to post a photo of the make & take project for my last workshop.  We had a theme of Punched Animals and as it was the day before Good Friday, we just had to have this cutie.

He's really easy to make using Stampin' Up punches.  The colours are Pink Pirouette, Always Artichoke, River Rock, Whisper White & Basic Black.  For more information on how to make him just contact me.

Hope you have a great weekend, thanks for stopping by.
Jan
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St Georges Day!

I have just been listening to the radio and heard that its St Georges Day - why dont we make more of this (like St Patricks Day in Ireland & St Davids Day in Wales)?

Anyway,  I did a workshop on Thursday (Hi ladies *waves*) and as I was asked to do some punched animals for the evening, I looked at some sites on the internet and came across Kim Score here.  She has some fabby ideas and this was one of the first ones I tried.

I love them - and they were really easy to make with the Stampin' Up! punches.  I made some other punched freinds and will post them some other time, I just wanted to do 'my bit' to celebrate St Georges Day!!!

Hope you have a lovely weekend.

Happy Easter!!!
Jan
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Craft Fair Crafting

Hi there!

I have been beavering away getting some items ready for my next craft fair on Saturday (26th March) and here is a gift box I decorated using some handmade punched flowers.  I bought the boxes off the internet around christmas time without realising just how big they were going to be - they are 9" square and about 3 1/2 inch deep! So they have taken some decorating!!!

The pansies are made by punching out two butterflies from Shimmery White cardstock, spraying them until they are totally covered in water and then using an aqua painter to add tiny drops of reinker to the edges.  The ink instantly mixes with the water and spreads like magic over the card.  I used Melon Mambo to the outer edges and then a tiny drop of Daffodil Delight to the centre.

I left them to dry, drew thin 'veins' to the centre of each shape and then curved the shapes with my bonefolder before adding a brad through the centre.  They look so sweet and watching the ink spread is amazing!!!  But be warned, if you are going to try this - its VERY messy!

Heres a close up of the flowers.

The little carnations were made by punching out 6 scalloped circles out of Whisper White card, wetting them and then screwing each one tightly.  Then carefully open them up, layer them all one on top of the other and punch a hole through the centre for a brad to be added.  (You have to be REALLY careful not to tear the card as WW card doesnt like being wet).  Then I screwed the layers tightly and left to dry.

I have made some more flowers using this technique but I cant show you them until 1st April (I used some items from the new Mini Catalogue - I just couldnt resist).

Right, have to get more crafting done (tee hee!).  If you fancy bobbing over to the craft fair its at St Peters Church, Felkirk, South Heindley from 10am to 4pm, on Saturday 26th March.  Its a beautiful little church near Royston & Wakefield and is worth a trip just to look inside. 

I will post some pictures over the weekend showing the stand and also some more little projects!
Jan
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Here is another box I made recently (having caught the box & bag making bug! - Thanks Sara!).

I made a mistake when glueing the DSP to the box and put the glue on the wrong side!! so I felt that it needed a bold design to brighten it up.

The bow didn't look right on its own so I decided to have a try at using punches to make a flower.

To make the flower focal point, I used the scallop circle and punched 5 circles and folded them following the instructions in the Stampin Techniques sheet in the May 2009 Impressions leaflet.

Once I had glued them into position, I used the 5 petal flower and a gem to finish it off. I was impressed with the result and love the colours.

Please email me for more info.

Recipe;

Cardstock - Always Artichoke
DSP - Rose Red, Tea and Crumpet
Accessories - Scallop circle and five petal punches, Rose Red ribbon