another little water colour

good evening  to you all

had another good day   very productive in the painting department

so while paints were still out i coloured in this little image in water colours

the stamp is from the popcorn range  called bunches of love

from crafters companion a sweet little set of stamps that would fit any occasion

i have to cut out my strawberry kisses stamps  so will be trying them with my paints

i hope your weather is kinder to you where you are it’s been very cold again here

too cold to snow im sure

anyway have a great evening im off to make tea now

thank you for popping by

hugs linda xxx

a little water colour

                                                              

Evening all

  what a day it’s been here … full on is an understatement

but all good apart from this dam cold weather 

im dressed up in so many layers i swear i look massive hey ho !!! fashion went out of the window years ago for me lol…

anyway  i have been stamping and water colouring

Primrose from the fairyoplois range from crafters companion

i will be making her into a card later on just popped in to post

i hope you are having a great evening

thank you for popping by

hugs linda xxx

very easy wrist warmer knitting pattern

hi everyone

i am in process of knitting these wrist warmers  will post picture once done

but thought i would share the  knitting instructions with you all

you never know you might get the needles out…

Very Easy Wrist Warmers

recipe

100 grms DK knitting wool

size 8 uk needles – 4mm

cast on 40 sts leaving enough spare yarn to  sew up the seam once completed

  garter stitch 4 rows = (knit  each row)

stocking  st 58 rows = (knit 1 row  purl 1 row)

garter st 8 rows 

cast off

join side seams at top cast off edge of garter stitch to final stocking st row

from cast on edge  sew up the side seam leaving 1-1/2”…..3.5 cm gap from the top garter st band

you now have your wrist warmer

knit 2 alike

i do hope you will try these out  very easy but so practical 

hugs linda xxx

Wrist warmers

hi  it’s me again

thought i would share  something i have been knitting 

my wrist warmers 

must say they are so darn warm i have struggled to take them off  these past few days

as you can see they don’t restrict you using your fingers

they took a few hours to knit but well worth the effort done in dk wool

i did knit another pair they were for a birthday gift for my youngest son’s partner she loved them

will definitely knit more  so useful in this cold miserable weather we are getting at the moment

thanks for popping by today

hugs linda xxx

little decoupage topper

Hi Everyone how are you all doing i do hope your all well ?

i am still getting over that dreadful cold and tummy bug i caught a few weeks ago

tummy bug hit last week  yuk!!!!!!!!

happily im on the mend now  the weather here has been horrid so darn cold …..but thankfully no snow  as of yet …

it’s the first time i have felt like crafting  so i decided to do a little topper

using one of my favourite stamps and spectrum noir pens i stamped him out 5 times coloured in the parts i wanted to decoupage cut out and assembled with 3d glue gel onto Neenah card stock

here he is all done 

its drying at the moment  then i can make into a finished card

thank you for popping by

hugs linda xxx

A little Humphrey picture

hi everyone

thought i would share a little picture frame that i decorated over the holidays

to go at the side of my grand daughters bed

i had to use one of my favourite Humphrey images i do love this little fellow

he was coloured in with pastel pencils onto pastel board the frame was from Ikea very inexpensive

i added spellbinder hearts cut from core-dination card a touch of glitter ribbons and flowers

hope you managed to catch the crafters companion shows on TV today

thank you for popping by today

hugs linda xxx

Good Afternoon Crafters

This Friday on Create and Craft 
 Crafters Companion will be bringing out a Special Valentines Day Offer  
how good is that
they have put together 2 kits each containing 2 CD’s and 3 stamp sets, they are from the SWALK and Humphrey range sold as single stamps on previous shows
Keep Checking on the 

The Crafters Companion News Views and Inspiration Blog  

 a fabulous competition. 
im sure there will be another fantastic prize on offer if you join in
 i have been busy with more DT samples 
 hopefully you will pop by once i can start to share with you
what i have been getting up to will say i have had a great time getting messy!! off to nurse my cold and stiff neck so untill next time
be safe keep warm and see you soon 
hugs linda xxx

Biscornu pin cushion cut on e craft

Good morning all

been experimenting with fabric again on E Craft

i wanted to see how the E Craft would cope with small sizes and shapes in fabric i should have known !

it cut a dream!!!!

using the same  method as i did with padded heart  and freezer paper using fundamental 1 square design

i cut 2 x  2-1/2” squares to make my mini Biscornu pin cushion 

once i had removed the freezer paper i pressed in a small turnover  for seam hand stitched together  filled it with toy stuffing

add the buttons to both sides

this was the smallest size i could hand sew together

it measures just under 1-3/4” finished

STITCHING INSTRUCTIONS

thank you for popping by today

hugs linda xxx

Finished Heart Cut on E Craft

here it is

the finished hand stitched heart

it took longer to sew than it did to cut

as i said i didn’t use  any interfacing  before i cut it out

or should i say  put it in E Craft….

E Craft has cut so precisely  even with handling and sewing  together the pieces of fabric it has hardly frayed around the edges

as you can imagine im one happy crafter here 

im sure with  light weight interfacing  ironed onto fabric  prior sandwiching it in freezer paper and cutting

it will sew up just like the ones i did  at Christmas that where cut using Nestie dies

thank you for popping by

hugs linda xxx

E Craft and Fabric

image 1                               image 2                                                image 3

Hello Everyone

i have been very busy here since Christmas had no time to craft as you all know

but

so wanted to try out the E Craft on  scrap fabric

i got a chance to play today

Image 1…..  100% Cotton Fabric nothing else no interfacing

image 2….. the fabric sandwiched between 2 pieces of Freezer Paper  that i ironed on to fabric to give it some stability i hope you can see how clean it cut !  it did a fabulous job

set the heart shape from fundamental 1 card to 4” no tabs on Pressure 8

it cut a dream !!!! no snagging  a hot knife through butter springs to mind.

 im really impressed

image 3……. is the final result with freezer paper removed  you just pull it off so easy  my brain has gone into over drive lol im thinking applique for quilts just imagine   team that with the fabric spray from crafters companion  a marriage made in heaven ...

just  hand sewing the 2 pieces together at moment will take a picture of finished  project  later

thank you for popping by

hugs linda xxx