Peg and Paper Leaf Wreaths

I made these at a 'play day' at a friends house a few weeks ago.

Fancy papers and sequins above and

covered pegs below.

Who's Crackers?

I made some fabric crackers for when my arty friends came for lunch, I thought they would be good to use as tree decorations. I say crackers but they won't actually crack. I hand painted and stamped the fabric and stitched on some trim at either end. I used a card roll from wrapping paper to wrap/stick the fabric on and then decorated with ribbons, mini fir cones etc. But that is not all - I put small treats inside too as the crackers can be opened up one end, treats removed and refastened.

Sorry about the bad photos, it was fairly dark and I took them in my messy studio.

Inside there was a peg snowman. I painted an old fashioned dolly peg with white paint, made a hat from some packing [foamy] material, used pens to add features and a scrap of fabric for a scarf.

Also a small roll of hand painted washi paper, I used a recycled mini thread reel to wrap it on. A hand made glittery card button, stamp and circle shaped cut outs [from old Christmas cards], stars on a rope [from a string Christmas decoration], a sweet, Christmas themed gold shapes and a reindeer stick on.

Pages from Sketchbook 19

All the pages include texture transfer, watercolours, pen drawing and collage except the teddy bear which has no collage. All the pages have a dark section at the top right, this is just a shadow - it is difficult to get the pages totally flat to photograph.

The animals above were part of a greetings card which I altered