Tatted butterfly heart earrings

 Hi

A little while ago yes well when I found the post it was May 2020 how time has flown,  we did what could  call poker cards,  we were given a set of cards with either a number of rings or number of chains and work a design using the required elements.

Well I came up with the poker butterfly heart design, the original  post was 20th May 2020,  here is a link to the Post.    I had some thread left on my shuttles and I made these two pairs of earrings.  The butterfly in the middle stands out in a 3D effect,  I don’t think these shades of thread show it up every well,  I did josh ine rings around the outside but they could be made with beads,  perhaps next time I made some I will use beads 

I used Lizbeth thread no 20 in summer fun and spring garden.

Hope you are having a lovely weekend,  stay safe from this new variant of Covid 

Margaret 

CD Sunday Challenge - # 74 Anything goes

 Hi,

Hope you are keeping well,  time for another challenge at the CD Sunday challenge blog,  as usual it is Anything goes as long as the rules are meet.  The host this fortnight is Jocelyn.

For my card this fortnight is an 80th Birthday card I made for a lady who works in Sainsburys Frome,  we have known her for years and still works in the store,  her birthday was actually on the 30th September,  we schedule our posts in advance so this fitted into this slot for this challenge.  I used Art Deco Summer moments Dimensional CD by Debbi Moore,  for the whole and added a spray of lilac flowers with a lilac feather and ribbon,  and finished off the card with happy 80th birthday peel offs.

CD Sunday Plus challenge has a Facebook page for those who would like to enter the challenge and do not have a blog,   here is a link to the page

 

I hope you will visit the CD Sunday Plus Challenge site, and remember if you want to enter the challenge you must use something from a CD, USB or digital material no matter how small and let us know where and what you used the material from,   and that it is a card or a project.    Here is a link to CD Sunday Plus Challenge blog  we would be pleased to see you.

I hope you are having a lovely weekend

 

Margaret

 

Husband birthday

 Hi,

Today is my husbands birthday,  I made him this card,  I used Hunkydory foiled card,  with an image from Kanban of a Nut Catcher  bird which I decoupaged. which is not very common bird here,  I have only ever seen one in real.  matted the image on blue card.   I used Joanna Sheens ivy die with a blue ribbon rose  with blue ribbon from stash.

We are having a Chinese meal tonight 

Have a lovely weekend

Margaret 

Playing with Dies

 Hi,

A very grey day here in Somerset,  would be nice to have some sunshine , although it’s mild for the time of year,  I do hate the thought of winter, roll on spring.

I have not been able to do much this last fortnight,  make that three weeks,  packing up the kitchen,  then the workmen first striping the whole kitchen out. So we had no electricity or water in the kitchen area,  for ten days.  My kitchen was my dinning room table.  Well it’s all in now all connected up and now it’s the painters for the next few days,  then I can put everything back.  So for the next few days it’s back to the dinning room table kitchen that way the painters have a clean sweep.

I had a play with this die,  I have had it a while but just around to using it,  it’s Rose garden from the signatures collection by Crafters companion.

Here are a couple more I made,   I really enjoyed messing around with this die,  the possibilities are endless

Hooe you are enjoying your weekend

Margaret 

11th hour, 11th hour 11th day

 

CD Sunday Challenge - # 73 Anything goes

 

Hi,

Her we are in November and it’s nearly the end of this year,  I have no idea where it went,  and I don’t seem to have done a lot this year.  I am in the middle of having a new kitchen,  they started on the 1st November and will finish on the 10th then the following week the painter will be to paint the walls etc., and today I am at a craft fair,  at least I am away from all the building work even if it only for a few hours.

This fortnight I am the host of the challenge,  don’t forget that it is anything goes as usual,  as long as the rules are met,  and it is from a USB,  CD or digital material.

For my card I have used an image and backing paper from House Mouse Project CD from the Project book by Joanna Sheen.   I matted the image on dark blue card,  and decoupaged the image with several layers,  and added a blue bow which I made. I kept the card simple.

CD Sunday Plus challenge has a Facebook page for those who would like to enter the challenge and do not have a blog,   here is a link to the page

 

I hope you will visit the CD Sunday Plus Challenge site, and remember if you want to enter the challenge you must use something from a CD, USB or digital material no matter how small and let us know where and what you used the material from,   and that it is a card or a project.    Here is a link to CD Sunday Plus Challenge blog  we would be pleased to see you.

I hope you are having a lovely weekend

 

Margaret

 

More baby’s knitting

 Hi,

This is my latest piece of baby knitting,  I had some wool left over from the pink cardigan I made Mabel and made this easy cardigan and hat with   baby marble wool  double knitting wool in shades of pink.  

The pattern I used was Marianna’s Lazy Daisy Days called Charlie Baby Cardigan Jacket  from her blog 

Link to her blog Blog she has a lot of baby patterns,  I really do like her patterns and this is not the first I have knitted.  I know the title has a boys name and this was for a girl,  but I really did like this pattern and looks really beautiful when finished 

Close up of the pattern. And matching hat

Margaret