Saturday 6 February 2010
Ribbon Flower Tutorial 2
So above, is the finished flower and now I'm sure that you all want to see how I made it.
First you will need to assemble your ingredients:
On my table I had:
4 strips of hot pink satin swiss dot ribbon each measuring 15 cm.
A few buttons. I hadn't yet decided which ones to use. You will need one bigger than the other though.
Cotton
A needle. Use a sharp one.
Start your flower by putting some glue on one end of the ribbon:
Fold it to the centre add glue to the other end and fold that to the centre too. Your ribbon should overlap and form a loop that the glue holds together in the centre.
Once you've done this you can layer up the pieces as seen in the picture below and now you're almost ready to sew them together.
I played around with the buttons that I had on the table and I finally chose a pink and a green button as I liked the way that they looked.
You need to be aware that you are sewing a lot of layers of ribbon together so that's why you will need a sharp needle. I started by sewing just two pieces together to get the position right.
Now layer up the pieces and sew together. Add your buttons and sew together and your flower is ready to go...
Monday 1 February 2010
A necklace for a change
I bought some beads for Sandra's Accessories and she had a similar necklace on show and I decided that it looked easy enough to make. It was and here is the evidence.
It's not the best photograph as it's a scan but the light wasn't good enough to tahe a photograph.
Sunday 31 January 2010
Watercolour flowers with Kuretake Calligraphy pens
First of all you'll need at least two calligraphy pens in toning colours. I've used a light and a dark one from the Heart pouch set.
What I then did was touch the side of the lightest pen with the dark pen.
Tuesday 26 January 2010
Pull Treat for Valentine's Day
This pretty pink package is made with:
a heart die cut
pink calligraphy pens
9mm pink saddle stitch ribbon
3mm saddle stitch ribbon
a sheet of heavy paper
1 sheet of medium weight card
1 flat gift
The tutorial for making this gift wrap is to be found on splitcoast stampers resource page. The flower making and pen blending technique can be seen here.
Thursday 21 January 2010
Ribbon Flower Tutorial
Gingham Ribbon flower:
- You will need a 10 inch length of ribbon. I used this black and white gingham. You will need at least 23 mm ribbon for this to work. Ribbon available from Craft Fairy.
- Thread in your chosen colour. I used white but red would be quite nice if you have red on your card or page.
- Two buttons, one slightly bigger than the other.
Now comes the fun part:
Thread your needle and with small stitches, stich along one edge of the ribbon.
When you get to the end of the ribbon, pull the thread to make the ribbon into the sort of cartwheel shape that you can see in the picckie.
Sew the ribbon together at the back... No one wants to see tacking stitches.
There we are, ready to be used.
Monday 18 January 2010
Fairy, but with a twist
Saturday 16 January 2010
Stained Glass window card
I wanted to be the first to enter. I really get a kick out of that. So silly, I know but indulge me.
Now, don't be fooled into thinking that I've put on any stitching. It's dots made with the pen. Quick and simple. Makes up for the age that I took to colour in the stamped image.
I know that you are going to want to buy it immediately so go to Craft Fairy now to get it. It's the beautiful Stained Glass Flower stamp.
Tuesday 12 January 2010
And now for a gift bag
The beautiful hot pink gingham ribbon is just in and just £1.50 for 3 metres.
Saturday 9 January 2010
Baking fairy cooks up a happy birthday.
Friday 8 January 2010
Gardening Fairy
The ribbon is from Craft Fairy naturally. It's a beautiful 9mm baby blue gingham.
The digital images are almost ready to go on the web site. Only a couple of glitches to iron out and they will be for sale.
Tuesday 5 January 2010
A Spoonful of Sugar Challenge 85 Hearts
This card shows you that love is not for the exclusive use of the young and I think that it is so sweet.
Favourite colour combo
Wednesday 30 December 2009
Blog Hopping
Come on sisters.... I advise a good hour of blog hopping and leave comments other wise they don't know that you've visited.
Monday 21 December 2009
Colour Challenge
Saturday 19 December 2009
In the Glossies
have both been featured by the lovely Alice who came to visit Craft Fairy on the stand at the NEC.
Wednesday 16 December 2009
Taffy Crafty Creations
This is the stamp that you'll see used so really really well. To buy the stamp, click on the image.
Tuesday 15 December 2009
Anything Goes
The card is made using:
Mouse with sign stamp
Basic Grey paper that I had in my stash
the border is punched with a Fiskars border punch and the
circle is cut with a nestabilities die.
Happy crafting.
Monday 14 December 2009
Little Presents
So wonderfully, the challenge this week on the Stamp with Fun site is for little presents so instead of making a card I decided to make a bag similar to the blue one that I made before.
This cute little bag is embellished with a scalloped edged piece of card front and back and layered up with brown paper that I had in my stash. The little perfume bottle is from Savvy Stamps and is on special offer at the moment on the Craft Fairy site.
The brown dotty ribbon is here, and the pink dotty ribbon is here.
Poinsettia Card for Christmas
Saturday 12 December 2009
Champagne Pearl
Saturday 21 November 2009
Allsorts challenge week 28
Christmas carol or a song title....!
What more could one ask at this Christmas time so I've entitled mine
Readers, please note that she's holding the Mistletoe and she's already been on the wine.
I know that you are going to want to make this card so you will need the Mrs Santa stamp to get yourself going.
I also used the fabulous and now 'seen on tv' Art and Graphic pens from Kuretake. Colours used. 2, for the dress, 207 for the skin and 50 for the mistletoe.
The lace border was punched with a fiskars border punch.
The Merry Christmas is a stamp from I Brake foe Stamps.
The green and white paper is Jolly Holly dotted lines from Doodlebug.
Now get on and make the card by:
Cutting a base card 150cm x 150cm. I used white card for this.
Cut a strip of heavy red paper and adhere to the bottom third of the card.
Punch a lace border with the Fiskars border punch and layer over the red paper and adhere.
Layer on a strip of Jollyt Holly dotted lines paper and adhere.
Stamp the Mrs. Santa stamp onto white card and colour in with the Art and Graphic pens.
Mount on to Red card and adhere to the base card as shown.
Stamp the sentiment down the left hand side of the base card.
Punch out some circles of card and stick to the base card as shown.
Thread a red button with some green satin ribbon and tie in a knot. Adhere to the base card with foam pads.
Thursday 19 November 2009
Humorous Senior Christmas Card
Oh Christmas Tree!
For this post I've used one of our fabulous Christmas stamps that are so reasonably priced. This one is the green Christmas tree. Very modern, don't you think?
The card is simple too as I wanted to keep the lines very clean. So this is what I came up with:
This card is made with nestabilities and doodlebug paper but the star of the show is the tree image in the centre.
Ribbon is 3mm red ribbon with white spots.
Wednesday 18 November 2009
Red Hat Ladies rubber stamp sheet now in.
These ladies are part of the fantastic and must have range of humerous seniors from I Brake for Stamps that we carry here on the Craft Fairy web site.
My Time to Craft Challenge 'Under My Umbrella'
The image is created with the mouse and Umbrella stamp from Stampinback and you can get one just like it by clicking here.
Tuesday 17 November 2009
Snowman card from our new stamps
To make this card you will need the snowman stamp which at only £3 is a super bargain.
Some of our dotty red satin ribbon.
I also used Doodlebug paper from my stash and Kuretake pens to colour up the stamp.
Sunday 15 November 2009
Thank You Card for Pink Elephant Challenge
This card is made with a stamp from the Cartes Postal sheet that I love so much.
Saturday 14 November 2009
Allsorts Challenge 27, 'Children'
The card uses my favourite colour too so for me it's just perfect.
If you want to re-creat something similar you will need:
Stamps Kids 76 from the Merry Stamper
A pink button
Some paper and card
Scissors, 3d foam pads. glue etc.
Have fun.
Tuesday 3 November 2009
Ribbon Picture
Give ma a little time and i'll give you the instructions too.
Thursday 22 October 2009
Beavering away
Saturday 19 September 2009
Secret Crafters Saturday Challenge #50
1 base card 14cm x 14cm when folded.
I stamp from the Glamour Girls sheet
Stazon Ink pad in Stone Grey
Silver card Pin up stamp from the same sheet as the glamour girls.
Pink button
3d foam pads
Double sided tape.
Thanks for looking and, if you like anything that you see, please leave a comment.
Allsorts Challenge 19, 'Stars'
I used:
The carol singer stamp from the Variety sheet from I Brake For Stamps
I piece of Night Sky Glitter Card
I base card 10.5 cm x 15cm when folded
1 piece of navy blue saddle stitch ribbon
1 tag
Oval shape
3d foam pads
What I did:
I cut a piece of the night time glitter card to cover the top half of the card while still leaving a small border around the top. Stick to the base card.
Stamp the image onto the oval card and colour with shades of blue, yellow and a little red and brown.
Tie a knot in the ribbon and adhere it over the join between the glitter card and the base card.
Write a nessage on the tag and stick it to the card along with the image.
Now that's a fairly quick card.
Friday 18 September 2009
My Favourite Colour
The fabulous tulip image is on sale here at the Craft Fairy site
The beautiful pink stitched ribbon is also available here.