Quilkted bag

This is the bag I made for my friend Carols 65th birthday today

Notice board for craft room

My notice board was looking quite the worse for wear so I set too and covered it. I put some batting on to it using spray glue. I then added my material - I pulled it taut and stapled it down on the back I used my heavy duty staple gun- continuing to pull taut and staple all the way around it, I then added some felted ribbons that Joy had given me using the same method - pull taut and staple. I finished off by adding some little pegs

Challenge 10 Tissue Wrap Flowers

Page 37 of Tims Compendium of Curiosities volume 2 shows the technique for Tissue Wrap flowers. I love this tissue wrap it is so versatile and can be used for loads of different things - it takes distress inks and stains very well and is a treat to use distress markers on

If you would like to join in - or just take a look - head on over to Linda's blog - the address is in my sidebar - you won't be disappointed

Sewing Machine cover

I am really pleased with this cover for my sewing machine. When its not covering the machine it lies flat on my desk and I'm able to put my machine on top of it - this seems to reduce the noise of my machine

Hexagon table cover

First time I have done paper piecing using hexagons and find it quite therapeutic

CC 101 Challenge

My background was created with Distress Inks and Perfect Pearls before adding some tissue tape, the gent (stamped with archival and cut out from the set of 3) Stamped and inked the quote added a couple of pieces of inked grunge board which had been die cut and a small fuse which I had wrapped with wire.

Compendium of Curiosities week 9

Putting my own interpretation on things I followed Tims instructions on Page 35 of Compendium of Curiosities volume 2 to alter this fob watch.

We are now on week 9 of the challenge being hosted by Linda at Studio L3 - if you would like to know more about it just pop on over - the link is in my side bar.

Once again the challenge is being sponsored by the very generous Simon Says Stamp (side bar)

Covered craft room chair

I covered my craftroom chair having been inspired by this blog

I followed her instructions of first quilting 2 large pieces of material - followed by making one piece into a pillow type case and keep putting it on the chair inside out - pining and restitching several times until the desired shape was reached. the seat was done in much the same way and finished by stapling,

Love the bright colours on this material that I bought in Ikea

I covered an old cushion to match the chair because the red one I made recently clashed terribly

12 tags of 2012 - June

I enjoyed doing this tag following Tims tutorial on his blog and utilizing my own stuff where I didn't have the products Tim used.

The background was created with distress stains and the photo altered with distress inks using those special tip thingies lol!!! forgotten their name ! I coloured the flower with distress stains and used my tiny attacher to attach the number 3 and film strip.

I finished it off by adding the pen nib, sentiment plate and cash key tab.

The stamping on the background was done with Archival ink and the stamping on the photo with blak soot distress ink

compendium of Curiosities week 8

I was on holiday last week and missed the challeng so was looking forward to this weeks challenge set by Linda Ledbeater and following Tims Compendium of Curiosities.

This the 8th week we were turning to page 62 and follwing the technique there

If you are not joining in and would like too the details are on my side bar

Cushion for my craft room

Started this cushion a little while ago and then got side tracked so have finished it today