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Are you ready for a visit to the 2011 Bachman's Holiday Ideas House? If you haven't seen this house before, it is a former family home on the flagship property of Bachman's ~ a wonderful floral, garden, landscaping, and home decor store in Minnesota. You can visit my posts on previous ideas houses by clicking on the link in the labels at the end of this post, or on my sidebar. I met my friend Suzanne, of Privet and Holly ~ we shopped the store and shared a visit over a delicious coffee before touring the house! Its so great to have made a sweet friend through blogging! It was a gray and rainy day here in Minnesota and a fun girls' day out! Today I'll share the lower level of the house... The charming front porch ... whimsical bottle trees... The front entry... Who wouldn't want to dine in this beautiful room? Photo placecards are a fun idea... I love the wall decorated with a giant wreath of silverplate trays and a wonderful old headboard and footboard turned into a planter... Vintage punch cups make a striking garland on the windows... The kitchen is bright and cheery... I love the metal lawyer's cabinet re-purposed here... This old crib end is used as a hat rack... The living room/sunroom space has many fun ideas, too... The tree was gorgeous... my favorite...the flameless candles nestled in... Isn't this old bed frame a creative coffee table? Are you still with me? A bit of a long post, but I hope you enjoyed it! Next post, I'll share the upper floors! Until next time...
This is the third junk angel I've created from leftover rusty bits and pieces. Sometimes known as assemblage art, it's easy to create your own.
Which he'll never really use, but I wanted to make him one. The images are from two old art books he was throwing out. The photo is awful (phone and flaring in the light), but the pics are gorgeous! I managed to get four things out of two books. I think I accidently chose Swarovski crystal beads, being the perfect colour (and a bit extravagant for a fancy-work box you might think) (but I don't care). I've cut out bits of another picture and pasted them over this beautiful girl, just for balance. Also , they're the One True's favourite type of painted trees. For the inside, I used the score from a couple of old and well-worn piano scores (Op-Shop). They have the pianist's notations and comments, which is touching. I managed to get a theme going in the words and it's quite romantic (so I won't show you all of it, you'll have to pop into Morris & Son's when I get the display together, which will be a little while because I have great plans and great plans take time). This pattern is the same as this one. Please follow the tags below for more boxes and the Tutorial. Words cut from various headings, ala Ransom Note. I have a lot of (and then found more) chandelier baubles, so added them around to give the lid weight. I used to make the lid a bit bigger than the base, and now I remember why.
Hello! Today, and I'm very happy to share a layout I designed with the gorgeous Crafty Things collection by Simple Stories. This is a new collection, and you must check it out before it is sold out. This is a fun and pretty collection, perfect to document all our crafty stories including the shopping experience! To make it even prettier, many of the embellishments have gold foil details. It's just fabulous! I usually scrapbook alone since I get more inspiration in silence, so I don't have many photos of me crafting. I need to start taking selfies to document my crafting story, because it is important too! For this layout, I took all the Crafty Things collection and place them on my desk, then I asked my daughter to photograph me. The light was not the best, but I managed to use the photo to create this layout with lots of flowers and cute little details. After choosing the ledger paper with the big flowers, I started matting the photo with different patterned papers from the Crafty Things collection and used a chipboard mat to hold the papers as if they are part of the notebook. For texture, I distressed the edges of the paper and for dimension, I placed them with a little bit of foam tape on the upper left corner. After that, I started playing with the Floral Bits & Pieces to create the clusters in the corners of the photo. I mixed floral bouquets and single flowers in different sizes to help them stand out in the layout. Aren't these the cutest florals? I love them, I need at least a dozen packs of them to be sure I won't run out! On the right side of the photo, I added a die cut from the Journal Bits & Pieces and placed a few phrase stickers on top, a chipboard from the Decorative Brads, cardstock stickers, foam stickers, rub-ons, and enamel dots. Did you notice the chipboard is a replica of the Decorative Brads in this collection? Love it! On the other cluster I repeated the same, by mixing flowers and using foam tape behind some of them for dimension. Also, I added a few enamel dots in both floral clusters to add texture in those areas. In the title area, I added a black polka dot rub-on to create a visual triangle of this pattern around the layout. The other piece is part of the sticky note on the right of the photo and the third piece is a little bit of washi I added on top of the chipboard frame. For the title, I used the "Awesome" word from the Foam Stickers and the "Yay!" from the Bits & Pieces. Finally, on the top part of the frame I added a paper clip die cut. Thank you so much for your visit. I hope you like this layout and it inspires you to craft! Come back soon for more inspiration and have a wonderful day!
Crafty & other
What do you do with fiber dregs? Since my early spinning days, I’ve been saving these bits and pieces for drumcarding into batts.
We put together a story box so that we can retell the story of Little Red Riding Hood using puppets and story props! Story boxes are a wonderful tool for young children and encourage a playful, fun approach to early story telling. They encourage creativity, imaginative play and a whole host of early literacy skills...Read More »
A few weeks ago, I received an assignment, for the Crate Paper blog, to create a project using collage. I tend to think of my style as 'collage-ish' in a way, so I was excited to try out something new. The first thing that popped into my head was to do a shabby chic style collage. So I got to work. And here is what I came up with: This is what I did to create the background. First, I tore/cut squares from Crate's Random collection. I used papers with whites, pinks,greys and blacks in them. I adhered them to cardstock, layering them over each other as I went. Next, I got out my Gesso. I painted over the papers to whitewash them. I tried to keep it somewhat light so that the patterns and shades would still show through. My next step was to cut the paper into 3 by 5 inch panels. I adhered them to white card bases and stitched the edges. Finally, I added a punched strip of paper and a doily to each. And I adhered lots of bits from the Random chipboard and sticker collections. Here is a peek at each one individually. I'm so glad that I stepped outside my comfort zone for these. They were a lot of fun to make! Thanks so much for stopping by and have a great day! :)
We know how much most kids love crafting so we've designed the perfect addition to our Iconic Post Box! The snail-mail lovers in your home will love this wood-based letter posting craft kit - is so much fun. Our craft kit includes all the bits and pieces you need for an engaging crafternoon with your kids. Start by decorating your own postcards and envelopes, then add the clipboard, receipts and parcel slips for hours of post-office play with friends. Designed for play with our Iconic Post Box, but just as fun when all you have is your imagination!
Hello friends! Some interested parties have asked for a tut on these adorable paper foxes I folded recently. It is a quick and easy model using just one square piece of paper. With a bit of glue a…
Bit of information overload in today's post, I like to include EVERYTHING I can think of, feel very free to skip that and just look at the pictures, though I have included a few printables here and there. It is that time of year again, the sun is about a metre high in the sky creating very annoying long shadows!!! :D So apologies for the following dullness, as I can't stand extreme shadows in my photos. The fireworks were made using cocktail sticks and wood dowel, wrapped with tissue paper first, then resized firework labels. These were sourced mostly from Steve Johnson's fantastic website, Cyber heritage. I had emailed Stephen to ask if I could use his images for a free printable, but he stated on his site that he receives about one hundred emails a week and I haven't heard back from him yet, so eventually I found a permission of sorts. He allows them to be used for school projects, etc, so hopefully my printable falls into a category like that. So click here for firework labels! Note: Personal use only! and they are sized for cocktail sticks and 4mm diameter dowel. The fuses are crochet thread and the launchers are paper covered wire. The conical fireworks were made using sawn off sharpened pencil tops, with the lead broken off for fuse space. The catherine wheels are a length of thick thread wrapped with tissue paper and coiled. The round label is then just glued on to the coil. I made little cone tops for the rockets, using paper punched circles with a slit on the radius and coloured them with felt tips. I left the sharp end of the cocktail stick on some of the Roman candles, and these were coloured in with a felt tip. The fireworks were a lot of fun to make, highly, highly recommended!! The "Cats and Pumpkins" bunting are vintage Luhr decorations, scaled down and glued onto a piece of linen thread. The "Happy Halloween" bunting is a copy I made in MS Paint, of one that I saw online somewhere, unfortunately I can't remember where though. I find that if I use tape to secure one end of the thread down and run my finger and thumb lightly down the thread, and then secure the other end, it helps your bunting stay flat later on. The broomstick was made using wood dowel, and Hornby Skale Scenics field grass for the broom. The witches hat was made using paper, and coloured with black ink. I cut a circle out of card, with a smaller circle in the centre for the brim, and with a larger circle of paper I made a rough cone shape for the crown. I applied some glue to the edge of the inner circle of the base, and popped the cone through. Then when it was dry, I trimmed the excess underneath the base. When I painted the black ink onto the hat, it started to go a bit floppy, so I took advantage of that by making it a little less cone shaped. I used my lathe to turn a candlestick, and candle. I painted the candle turning white, and then to make the wick, I drilled a tiny hole at the top, inserted a piece of white silk thread, with a bit of glue to stick it in place. I then dipped the candle in a small jar of melted wax, to give it a waxy look. You can then trim the wick and add a bit of black paint..or if you feel brave, you can burn it down and blow it out, but work REALLY fast, alight, blow out, done or ruined :D This is the same method I used for the tapered candles in the candelabra, except I used cocktail sticks. The sun came out, can you tell? :D The pumpkins were made using fimo, I found a very good tutorial on CDHM by Sandra K Palesch, though I skipped quite a few steps. For the stem, Brae from Otterine shared a great idea (from another blogger, Joann) for making the pumpkin stalks, grape stalks and they work brilliantly, so I am passing this on! :D I didn't want to buy grapes for this project, but at the supermarket I saw some grapeless stalks protruding out of the bag, so I ordered my accomplice, who shall remain nameless, to pull them off for me, then we slipped past security who were none the wiser.....this is my first dip into a life of crime! I did buy some cheese before I left though :D ...sun just left again. The apples are made from fimo, the stalks are painted wire and the lolly pop sticks are tiny strips of veneer cut and sanded into shape. I had a bit of difficulty with the apple colour and the toffee coating. I would have preferred a more translucent glaze, thankfully I thought better than to use nail polish, I hear that makes fimo sticky over time. Here I used watery PVA glue mixed with paint, I think I put too much paint in. Little mummified sausages, that didn't quite turn out the way I had them in my mind :D The sausages were made with fimo, and I wrapped them in thin strips of Grace Clay. I really rushed doing these, the pastry was painted in less than a minute :D. I won't tell you what my mother thought they were when she saw them, if you have the mind of a sewer you will know, hint, hint. She put me right off them :D The giant (but rather small to us) spider legs are wire and the abdomen was made with a small ball of grace clay. I cut 4 lengths of wire and bent them into a light curve as shown, so that they would all meet in the middle, side by side. If you don't bend the wire like this, the solder will flow down the length of all the wires, sticking them together and you will be left with no legs...hence why I bended them the second time around :D Solder where the red arrow indicates. Once soldered, you can bend the legs into shape with pointed tweezers. The blue circle is where you glue the abdomen, either there, or on the other side. Just roll a little ball of air drying clay or make a fimo one, and shaped into a slight teardrop, then dry or bake and attach. Then spray or use humbrol paint to colour your spider. In real life, I wanted Boo Nanas, Sainsburys magazine had the recipe for these, but I ended up just making miniature ones. I also didn't think to "peel" my bananas first, which is why they are so large :D Anyway, I made banana shapes with fimo, baked them, cut them in half, drilled a small hole in the base of each one, painted them white, numerous coats, then used clear glue to give them some shine and applied little faces using paint applied with a sharpened cocktail stick. The grave stone is the top of a coffee stirrer stick and the mound is a piece of shaped polystyrene covered with Model railway flock. One has a hair stuck to it! Art imitating life, that would be one of my cats' hairs! :D My toxic orange Oranges! Always mix your fimo, don't just use it straight from the block, LIKE I DID :D Anyway, the texture came out very well, I made equal sized balls, then rolled them around on very coarse sandpaper, and gently flattened them. The "stem" hollow was made using the tip of a cocktail stick. A paper skeleton doing an Irish jig, with his hands on the, possibly, wrong way around :D I think this is a vintage Beistle skeleton, I can't remember where I got this from, possibly an image from Ebay, I've been sourcing stuff from there a lot these days. I saved the image and then with a bit of copy and paste and some MS paint, I was able to make it into a printable, moveable cut out. I made a hole in each piece to be joined, then threaded a length of knotted thread through, and made a knot on the other side and trimmed the excess. If you put a needle into the knot loop you can manoeuvre it down closer to the card, then tighten it up. A little apple trug, made using lollypop sticks and dowel. The lovely little porch hut is a resized version of this victorian Moyennes Construction model from one of my favourite flickr sites, Pilllpat (Agence Eureka). I made it up without the tabs, as they are virtually useless at this scale, so I just sliced them off :D A little Halloween goodie box, this is a resized Martha Stewart creepy container. After seeing how fab Elizabeths' curtains turned out, I wanted to use her Bed curtain tutorial method on something a little less grand, a plain old table cloth. I wrapped the table to be used, in cling film, and then followed the tutorial, omitting the staining part (though it probably would have been scarier looking had I not). The cling film wrapped table was set onto a cork place mat. Using a piece of fabric much larger than needed, I soaked it in watery glue and then draped it over the table, with the weave parallel to the perimeter of the table top, and using pins and patience, styled it as shown, then blasted it with the hairdrier. Once it was dry I trimmed the excess, following the natural lines of the warp/weft in the material. It kept its shape remarkably well during this process, I was a bit worried it would fall out, but no, it didn't, in fact it could just about stand by itself :D P.s. The green jug and glassware is a Chrysnbon set, in the colour Jadeite. The "curtain" is a bandage. The scary door graphic is a silhouette of Oogie Boogie from Nightmare before Christmas, I found that online. The spooky black cat picture is a resized version of a painting by a local artist called Neil Shawcross. It's not very clear here, but the webbing around the cat picture was made using some strands removed from a stretch bandage. I have noticed a few miniaturists on Etsy selling resized vintage Halloween decor in PDF format to email to buyers to print for themselves. I haven't bought their PDF, but I have used some of the same imagery that they have used, as it is available freely online and they are images of real life sized 50s' 60s era Halloween decor, so I have decided to provide a link to the one I put together for myself, below. I will advise Personal use only though, as the images do not belong to me. 1:12 scale printable Halloween decor PDF 1:12th scale halloween skeleton etc I'm sure everyone has noticed that, It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas......... so if you are in need of some (ok, a lot of) Christmas decoration boxes, keep an eye out for me around early December, as I will be putting up a free Christmas decor box printable sheet! It's an early Christmas present! :D
{This is an INSTANT DOWNLOAD PDF CROCHET PATTERN, NOT the finished doll. If you are looking for the finished doll, please contact me...} Are you ready to sing a lullaby to this little cutie? Here's what we sing in Argentina, my home country: Arrorró mi niño, Arrorró mi sol, Arrorró pedazo de mi corazón... Duérmete mi niño, Duérmete mi sol, Duérmete pedazo de mi corazón... SKILL LEVEL: EASY. This is a simple and detailed pattern, which was written for beginners too. FINISHED SIZE: If crocheted with a 2.50 mm hook, your finished Hoki should measure more or less 30 cm (with the pointy hat on!!). SKILLS NEEDED: Magic ring, crocheting in spiral, single crochet, half-double crochet and double crochet stitches, increase and decrease stitches, color changing and ability to sew multiple pieces together. A bit of embroidery too. Popcorn stitch explained in pattern. However, should you have any questions or doubts, do not hesitate to contact me! I'll be happy to help you! LANGUAGES: This pattern is available in... - ENGLISH (US Terms) - SPANISH (Español) - ITALIAN (Italiano) - FRENCH (Français) - PORTUGUESE (Português) - GERMAN (Deutsch) If you want to help me translate it to other languages, please do not hesitate to contact me! HOW DO I GET THE PATTERN? This crochet pattern is available for Instant Download. When your payment is completed, you will receive an email with all the information needed to download your file. This email will be sent to the email address associated with your Etsy Account. WHY ARE SOME FILES COMBINED IN A ZIP FILE? Etsy offers 5 download places, but some patterns are translated into more than 5 languages, so I have grouped some of them together in a zip archive. Download the ZIP file to get the pattern in the desired language. However, if you have any problem, please contact me. CAN I SELL FINISHED DOLLS? Yes, you can sell items made from this pattern, provided that they are handmade by yourself in a limited number and you give credit to the designer. Please add the following lines to your item description (and social networks) and any item you are selling: “ This doll is handmade by ...(your name)... from a design and pattern by Carla Mitrani for Amour Fou Crochet / www.amourfou-crochet.com “ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- © 2016. “Hoki” is a design by Carla Mitrani for {Amour Fou} – All rights reserved. This pattern is for personal use ONLY. This pattern or parts of it must not be reproduced or published (printed or online), altered, resold or used for commercial purposes. You can sell items made from this pattern, provided that they are handmade by yourself in a limited number and you give credit to Carla Mitrani as the designer. Thank you! www.amourfou-crochet.com Instagram: @amourfou_crochet www.facebook.com/AmourFouCrochet
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Well it's the end of a busy week! I don't know about you, but I'm pooped! But I'm pleased to say we've had some gorgeous, sunny days here in N.I. this week, and there's a lovely Autumn feel to the air! As always, the things I've been working on this week I can't show you yet (soon I promise!), so I'm going to give you a wee tute on how to use up every last wee bit of fabric shavings, you know those bits that end up all over your cutting mat after trimming blocks and hsts? We'll here's a cool way to turn them into a new type of fabric. As far as I know this product doesn't have an official name - I learnt it at college and it wasn't called anything then, but if you know the official name of this craft, please let me know. 1. Save up your fabric shavings & wee bits of offcuts that are too small to be useful (you can also cut up wee bits of fluffy wool, ribbon, sparkly threads etc.). Bigger pieces will need to be snipped down smaller. 2. Take a piece of plain sheeting/calico and lay a load of shavings on top. You can colour code your savings as I have done here, or have a multi-coloured mess! Make sure it's thick enough to cover the backing fabric, but not too thick to sew over. 3. Lay a piece of water soluble fabric over the top and pin/sew round the edges. This stuff is really cool - you can get different brands in a craft shop or online. I've used Avalon Water Soluble Embroidery Fabric by Madeira. 4. Now sew, sew, sew over the top of the w.s.fabric, either by free motion quilting or straight & wavy lines all over. Try not to leave any big gaps where the shavings can later escape from. 5. When you have stitched this to within an inch of its life, take the pins out and under a luke warm tap or in a sink/basin, allow the w.s.fabric to melt away (it goes a bit slimy as it melts off so rinse it well). 6. Give your new piece of fabric a good squeeze to get the water out and then allow it to dry on the radiator. 7. When dry, draw your desired shapes on the back and cut out. If you want to, sew more stitching on top to highlight details, for example veins in leaves, or sew on beads, sequins etc. 8. You can now use your fabric shapes to embellish/decorate cards, cushions, make letters or Christmas decorations etc. etc. The possibilities are endless! Another way to use this wonderful water soluble fabric is to roughly sketch a shape on to it & then put it into an embroidery hoop. Repeated sewing and shading with thread will close all the gaps, so that when you take the fabric off the hoop and dissolve the w.s.fabric you are left with a completely embroidered shape. Have fun & let your imagination run wild!
Claire had created...an almost finished piece of work! To be fair there are still 10 hours left to.. finalise a few small areas, cut it all out, apply it to it's 'ground' and then tomorrow (I am guessing) somehow make it look as though it has always been there.
Kids can weave with this DIY cardboard loom.
Well it's the end of a busy week! I don't know about you, but I'm pooped! But I'm pleased to say we've had some gorgeous, sunny days here in N.I. this week, and there's a lovely Autumn feel to the air! As always, the things I've been working on this week I can't show you yet (soon I promise!), so I'm going to give you a wee tute on how to use up every last wee bit of fabric shavings, you know those bits that end up all over your cutting mat after trimming blocks and hsts? We'll here's a cool way to turn them into a new type of fabric. As far as I know this product doesn't have an official name - I learnt it at college and it wasn't called anything then, but if you know the official name of this craft, please let me know. 1. Save up your fabric shavings & wee bits of offcuts that are too small to be useful (you can also cut up wee bits of fluffy wool, ribbon, sparkly threads etc.). Bigger pieces will need to be snipped down smaller. 2. Take a piece of plain sheeting/calico and lay a load of shavings on top. You can colour code your savings as I have done here, or have a multi-coloured mess! Make sure it's thick enough to cover the backing fabric, but not too thick to sew over. 3. Lay a piece of water soluble fabric over the top and pin/sew round the edges. This stuff is really cool - you can get different brands in a craft shop or online. I've used Avalon Water Soluble Embroidery Fabric by Madeira. 4. Now sew, sew, sew over the top of the w.s.fabric, either by free motion quilting or straight & wavy lines all over. Try not to leave any big gaps where the shavings can later escape from. 5. When you have stitched this to within an inch of its life, take the pins out and under a luke warm tap or in a sink/basin, allow the w.s.fabric to melt away (it goes a bit slimy as it melts off so rinse it well). 6. Give your new piece of fabric a good squeeze to get the water out and then allow it to dry on the radiator. 7. When dry, draw your desired shapes on the back and cut out. If you want to, sew more stitching on top to highlight details, for example veins in leaves, or sew on beads, sequins etc. 8. You can now use your fabric shapes to embellish/decorate cards, cushions, make letters or Christmas decorations etc. etc. The possibilities are endless! Another way to use this wonderful water soluble fabric is to roughly sketch a shape on to it & then put it into an embroidery hoop. Repeated sewing and shading with thread will close all the gaps, so that when you take the fabric off the hoop and dissolve the w.s.fabric you are left with a completely embroidered shape. Have fun & let your imagination run wild!
The Creation Station share inspiration whilst using up scraps from our craft desk. Supplies used can be purchased through my online shop Here.
*UPDATE* You can now link you created projects with the digi stamps to an Link-Up Tool. You click here to get redirected to the Digi Stamp...
Mixed Media Inspiration :: Freckles and Flowers Today's mixed media inspiration comes from Freckles and Flowers. In her post, Paula shares several mixed media images to advertise an Altered Books Mixed Media workshop she was teaching. Be sure to stop by Freckles and Flowers for more mixed media inspiration. A Bit of Imperfection :: Thoughts from …
This is my newest piece created for a lovely, Etsy client. She asked if I could repeat a sold item, which I am almost always thrilled to do. This pear pincushion is one of my favorite pieces. I embroidered and embellish crazy quilt style patchwork. I've added some vintage trims, beads, lots of embroidery and a bit of my love for crazy quilting. I don't know if I'll be making on another soon. It took nearly a month to complete and my old fingers and joints are none too happy right now. But each ache and each callous seems well worth it when I'm finished. I hope she loves it as much as I do! I just received feedback from Vicki on her pear. These are her very kind words I am proud to share with you... "This is absolutely beautiful -- the stitches are amazing and beautiful. This is definitely one of the most original and incredible pieces that I have ever bought from Etsy. Your talents are just amazing -- thank you so much for this piece --- I love it more than I can ever say!" This is why I love to create and share my work. Somehow each piece seems to go to the perfect home. Thanks so much Vicki for inspiring this pincushion. I recommend that you visit Vicki's blog, 2 Bags Full. And her Etsy Shop, vboster. She creates beautiful, amazing fiber nests. Each one is truly a work of art.... The Woodland Nest- The Shorebird Nest She has a autumn inspired nest coming and also a holiday inspired creation. Want one? Better visit her blog and put yourself on her waiting list. She's one busy artist and a terrific lady.
Kids can weave with this DIY cardboard loom.
Lumme is a beautiful A-line cardigan. Asymmetrical cables with leaf motifs grow from hem up to the shoulder and hood. The yarn is soft and fluffy merino wool which shows the cables well. Using for example handspun, gives the garment a whole different look. The cardigan is worked in one piece to the underarms and then divided for fronts and back. The sleeves are worked mostly in the round with cuffs and sleeve caps worked flat. Lumme is designed to be worn with 2-4” / 5-10 cm of positive ease Lumme -neuletakissa epäsymmetriset lehtipalmikot versovat ylös helmasta ja kiertyvät huppuun asti. Neuleeseen valittu lanka on kuohkeaa ja pehmeää merinovillaa, josta palmikot nousevat hyvin esille. Materiaalin vaihtaminen esimerkiksi käsinkehrättyyn hieman epätasaisempaan lankaan, saa takin pinnan näyttämään eri tavalla elävältä. Neule on A-linjainen ja suunniteltu väljäksi, koko kannattaa valita omaa rinnanympärystä n. 5-10 cm suurempana. Neule neulotaan hihat ja vartalo erikseen. Hihat neulotaan tasona kalvosimissa, pyörönä käsivarressa ja pyöriö taas tasona, muut kappaleet neulotaan tasona. ERRATA FI: Kaavio E, krs 1-3 kaksi viimeistä silmukkaa, 1 krs oikein, 2 krs nurin, 3. krs oikein (jatkuu samanlaisena kuin muukin silmukkarivi) Vartalopalmikoiden kaavioiden 3. rivin symboli “V keskiviivalla” puuttuu avaimesta. Lisäys on “3 k lis”, joka on selitetty kirjan sivulla 208. EN The body charts 3rd row “V with middle I” -symbol is missing from the key. It is Central double increase, cdi (page 113 on the e-book is told how to make it)
Updated 2/13/2021 Happy the day before Valentine’s Day. I revisited this post today after Liz Gipson a.k.a the Yarnworker, shared the project on her facebook page of the same name. Thank you,…
It's that time that we look forward to all week! Winner announcing time! Are you a winner?! Check and see! The Day 22 Winner - Randi M The Day 23 Winner - Amber M The Day 24 Winner - Sandi Brassard The Day 25 Winner - Cheryl Gibson Poole Thanks for playing along BoBunny fans!! Don't miss next week, we have a few tricks up our sleeve! You won't want to miss it! Country Life by Gabrielle Pollacco Gabrielle here with you today to share a mixed media style layout I made. I've been on the Bo Bunny design team for many years now and have gotten to play with so many lovely papers and embellishments. So for this project I thought I would pull together lots fun fun Bo Bunny embellishments, flowers, wood accents, buttons, chipboard and trinkets that I've had leftover from a lot of the collections. I began by choosing a favorite patterned paper (for me), from the Happy Tails collection as a nice simple backdrop for my page design. Then I started gathering together lots and lots of embellishments from a variety of Bo Bunny collections. DESIGNER TIP: The beauty of this project was that I could use bits and pieces from any collection irregardless of the color of the piece because I was covering them all with Gesso (to get an even and porous work surface) and then misting it all with some aqua and brown inks and then finally giving it all a coating of gold paint. See the two blooms with the green pearl centers? They were orange fabric blooms that Bo Bunny put out many many years ago. Here I was able to make them work by painting them to match my page. Here is another view of the many blooms, buttons, metal trinkets, wood accents....even lace that I used to create loads of the deep texture on the page design. I also layered in loads of chipboard, above you can see pieces from the Modern Miss collection (flourishes, large numbers etc.) and again, it didn't matter what colors they were as I was using a mixed media painting technique that blended them all together. Once the project was dry, I added a few jewelled accents and some brads that were in complementary colors. I hope you enjoyed my mixed media page and hope that I've inspired you to use up those odds and ends and create your own mixed media piece! Bo Bunny Products: Patterned Paper: Happy Tails / Happy Tails; Miss Bold, Selfie / Modern Miss; Doors / The Avenues. Chipboard: Modern Miss Wood Embellishments: Kraft Wood Cogs Washi Tape: Kraft Patterned Washi Tape Trinkets: Serinade, Serenity, Apple Cider, Buttons: Love Letters, Happy Tails, Modern Miss Brads: The Avenues, Primrose Blossoms: Clover Daisy, Natural Earth Pansy, Natural Earth Bouquet, Fabric Blossoms (older collection) Lace: Natural Earth Lace Jewels: Modern Miss, Primrose Live Beautifully by Lisa Gregory Lisa here today, sharing a layout that is sure to ring in summer. The coral colors in the Pincushion papers reminded me of the beautiful hibiscus that grows at one of our homes. I love that BoBunny has the gorgeous Double dots collections that coordinate with the pattern paper collection papers. I love to create flowers with them! I even used a piece of the box my Design Team product came in. Upcycling can be beautiful!! I just primed the corrugated cardboard with white gesso and after it dried, sprayed it using my favorite mist sprays to match the papers. I was able to achieve more dimension by layering using pop dots in between the layers. I cut pieces of the Kraft Burlap trim to tuck under some of the layers here and there. It added beautiful texture to the layout. I learned this technique from my beautiful talented friend Gabrielle Pollacco. I also did a little machine sewing on the papers. Sometimes a small title is all a layout needs. I created some of the flowers with the papers I used in the layout. I mixed in some BoBunny blossoms for contrast. And the middles of the flowers were just pieces from the Kraft burlap trim that I just tucked in adhering with glue. The leaves were die cut and tucked under the flower clusters. Thank you for joining us today, and hope you are inspired to create your own projects using BoBunny product. BoBunny Products: Pattern Paper: Pincushion/Doilies, Seamstress, Tailored Double Dots: Coral Vintage Cardstock Sticker: Primrose Blossoms: Wildberry Daisy Kraft:Burlap Pleated Lace Jewels: Frosted Jewels
The boy and I sat at home yesterday peering out at the rain, wondering what to do with our restless little selves… Surely something could bring smiles to our faces, brighten our dampened spirits, and keep us out of certain trouble… As it turns out, the answer came to us from our dear friend the...Read More »
