January altered book - Lovely letters.

I thought I had posted this. On the first Saturday of each month I take part in a zoom class run by Phizzychic This is her fb link. Doing this class has encouraged me to get my watercolour paints out. They have been so well used my OH bought me a new set for xmas.  I am also using up bits of my stash as I go. 

My work is in an old hard backed book that was in the pile for the charity shop. The charity shops around here haven't been open for nearly a year now so the fate of this book has been to have pages stuck together, some pages cut out and others painted.

The lovely letters for me has turned into love letters. Once I had put red paint on the page I didn't think there was anywhere else to go. I have also added 2 postcards. I liked them so much I wanted to be able to see both sides. They have been added between the edges of some cut pages so act like an added page. We were also encouraged to make a letter within an envelope. This is all new ideas to me and I am really enjoying it.

This is the first page The little envelope also works as a pocket. This page still needs a title. I am working on that! You can just see the postcards. The handwriting on the top one is beautiful. Its to an Edinburg address.

The other side of the postcards. I have just added flowers and hearts to the top one, but used the lower one as somewhere to add tags, teabags and ribbon.

The top half of the second page I have used part of a small paper bag, tearing the top edge to insert some cut outs.

The lower half of this second page is my letter cascading out of its envelope, This is behind the bird cage cut out, tied in with the ribbon

Letters and more letters, cascading out of an envelope.

Looking forward to next month when the theme is Regency Regalia.

Slow stitching

 I haven't posted in a while, probably because I haven't done much crafting. It's the new year, sorry not a new me, same old same old. Life is still very strange, if not a little stranger. Living in a village has meant we have walked the local byways, making the occasional trip out to a couple of our favourite places, these are now quite busy even on a week day so we are staying local. Also waiting for my turn for the vaccine, not having any idea when that might, is making me a little anxious. These things are sent to try us...

I have quite a stash now of finished projects, they are all carefully boxed ready for when local craft markets get going. I thought I might try this year to use up my stash and increase the number of items I have for sale. I am really enjoying making large tags with many layers. Then the #52tagshannemade popped up in my fb newsfeed. I have done quite a few courses with Anne Brooke. I love her style and everything she creates so I am giving this a go. I know many of my friends will enjoy this. She posts on a Friday evening I plan to spend Saturday searching out my bits to complete the challenge and sit and sew on a Sunday evening. I do enjoy stitching with needle and thread. Its just threading the needle that is the main challenge these days! 

The theme for week 1 is 'White'. My base layer is cut from an old white linen serviette, remember those. I had the piece of lace and other bits in my stash. It didn't take me long to create my first tag. The piece of serviette is left over from some lavender bags that I made. There was just enough left to make a couple more tags. They are only 3" x 2" so quite small. 

Check out the hashtag on fb or Instagram. I am looking forward to next weeks theme.

Busy needles

 The last few weeks have seen me busy knitting. It was our family break at Centre Parc's this week. I had seen a pattern for little gillets in a fluffy wool and thought they would be great for after the swimming dome. Need less to say the weather was good and they weren't needed, but so cute! 

I also made a set for one of my best friends new grandson. His Mum wanted some ugg boots for him to match. He is really little.

I did the largest size for jasper, think I may need a bigger pattern for next time!

I did the largest size for jasper, think I may need a bigger pattern for next time!

He is a little love.

 New post, new me. 

My first news is that I am no longer a stamping up demonstrator. I have had 9 wonderful years, being creative with SU ink and stamps, running classes and making lots of really good friends. I now seem to spend more time with knitting needles, creating with wool for my 2 beautiful grandchildren. 

I now plan to post once a week, not always what I have been making but something creative. I'm sure there are not  many people reading my blog anymore so I will be writing about what ever it is that comes to mind to begin with.

Not being a demonstrator has given me a opportunity to try other things. At the moment I am making fun junk journals. I am actually trying to use up some of my mountain of beautiful paper. Don't you find it so hard to cut into some sheets, I just want to look at them. I do admire the designers of these lovely sheets. In the junk journals I have tried to keep to a colour theme with paper and inks plus use a limited number of stamps. Each one has pockets and a few tags. They are all very individual. I hope to be popping them in my etsy shop over the next few weeks.

Today I want to show you something else that is ew to me. I have joined a zoom class (hasn't everyone done one of these in the last few months!)  run by Phizzychic. Great name, great class. Its all about altered books. This month the theme was 'jungle'. We got an envelope of bits and pieces in the post and notes about how to use the actual envelope to create leaves etc, after all it was green!

These are the two double pages I created, there is a peep hole on page 2, can you spot what is peeping through?

Be back next week with something different. Happy crafting k x

Everything is Rosy - Bargain of the Week.

A Real Bargain

Everything is Rosy

£40.70 (reduced from £74.00)

Really pretty colours - Rose Gold, Melon Mambo and Night of Navy. You get stamps, matching dies, 2 lots of ribbon, designer paper, die cuts, shimmer paint and rose gold foil embellishments. Whats not to love....

The stamps.....

The whole kit....

The details.....

My shop link direct to the kit. Everything is Rosy or message me karen@krafting.co.uk if you would like to place an order.

Some samples.....

Happy Crafting k x

Todays bargain of the week.........

Its Tuesday again so I thought we would have another look at the clearance rack.

 Todays bargain makes these  fun mini cards and tags.

These little tags were made by the Paperedchef 

I love the watercolour pencils. Do you remember magic painting when you were a kid, well when you use an aqua painter or paintbrush on these watercolour pencils its very similar, the colours come to life. You don't have to wet the colouring but the water does smooth out the crayoned lines. 

Todays bargain is another tin full of goodies. This time it has a punch, an ink spot, a clear block for the stamps and 4 watercolour pencils.  Its £25.20 (reduced from £42)

If you would like to order your bargain tin of crafty goodies, check out my online store here or email me at karen@krafting.co.uk

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