10 Dec 2013

Merry Christmas Buntin


I followed a YouTube demonstration just to get the general gist of how to make these as not really tried it before but it is surprisingly simple but slightly fiddly. I used a sizzix die for the letters which were backed onto stiff backing however the die did not cut through properly but made a score easy enough for me to snip them out. I used 5 different fabrics and made 3 flags of each, 16cm long by 11cm wide with a 0.5cm seam.
I found it easier to iron the binding tape in half before pinning in the flags it just made the last bit easier and neater. The whole thing took me about 2 hours. Now, where to put it!

Christmas Card Time!


I made some vintage style Christmas cards using a snowflake background stamp and a text stamp. I coloured and blended the edges using the Tim Holtz distress ink pads and blending tool by Ranger, scuffing the edges of the paper with a Stanley. The little robins I drew myself with pens and shaded in with a cotton bud and ink pads. This card is for my boyfriends mum hope she likes it the colours match her living room.