Snorlax Eye Mask

In keeping with the Pokemon theme, here is a felt Snorlax eye mask I made:

The base template is from the Momiji site: How to make your own sleep mask.

I created the cream snorlax layer template using software from Silhouette Studio. This is a printable version of the template:

For the eyebrows, I used adhesive black felt and then needle felted the ends to make sure they stay in place!

Pokemon Bow

Here is a felt bow I made to look like Pikachu.  I used the Spellbinders die - Tiered Multi loop Bow along with some circle dies from my stash.  I hand cut the mouth and nose pieces.

SAF 2016 - Pointillism

Here is the card I made for Heather's challenge as part of Stamp-a-faire 2016 over at Papertrey Ink.

I used clear glitter embossing powder for the flasks

Supplies:

Stamps:  Love Potion, Bountiful Banner  - Papertrey Ink 

Ink: VersaFine Black; VersaColor Blue Lagoon, Turquoise, Scarlet, Rose Red - Tsukineko; 

Other: Platinum Distress Spray - Tim Holtz; Clear Glitter embossing powder

SAF 2016 Watercolour

Here is the card I made for Kay's challenge as part of Stamp-a-faire 2016 over at Papertrey Ink.

Supplies:

Stamps:  Botanical Silhouettes  - Papertrey Ink 

Ink: Versafine Black; VersaColor Green Tea, Old Rose - Tsukineko; 

Other: WRMK embossing folder

SAF 2016 - Colour Blocking

Modern art is always harder to create than it looks!  Here is the card I made for Lexi's challenge as part of Stamp-a-Faire over at Papertrey Ink.

Supplies:

Stamps:  Heart-2-Heart #1; Good Times  - Papertrey Ink 

Ink: Versafine Black; VersaColor Fresh Green, Turquoise, Indigo, Peony - Tsukineko; Spiced Marmalade, Mustard Seed, Peacock Feathers, Picked Raspberry - Tim Holtz Distress Inks

Other: Water-based markers

Another Notebook

This stitched notebook uses the Monogram Square stitch die from Papertrey Ink:

Stitched Notebook

I bought a few plain notebooks from my local $2 shop and jazzed them up with some stitching.  This one uses the Bicycle stitch die from Papertrey Ink:

Butterfly Coaster

Here is a coaster I made using dies from Papertrey Ink:

I inlaid the butterfly and circle, using iron on interfacing to stabilise them.  The back of the coaster is plain white felt.

Wrist cuffs

Here are two wrist cuffs I made using the Embroidered Border die from Papertrey Ink.

The silver one is faux leather, with a magnetic bracelet clasp.
The dark brown one is made from a leather scrap.  To hide the stitching, I added adhesive felt to the back.

Hot Chocolate Cozy

Here are two animal hot chocolate cozies I made.  I used the Coffee Cozy and Softie Expressions and Ears dies from Papertrey Ink.

The take-away cups in Australia must be a bit smaller, because I had to use two of the small Coffee Cozy dies for each one, instead of a small and large die.  The black felt has silver glitter through it, which doesn't really show up in the photo.

I am linking this up to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge.  This week's theme is felt!

Cactus Pin Cusion

This cactus was made from orange slices!

I cut 12 of the 'Seasonal Stitching Fruit' dies from Papertrey Ink to make 6 cactus leaves. I sewed each of them up and stuffed with wadding.  I laid them in a row and gathered them up with three individual stitching threads:

Graffiti Card

I was inspired by this wonderful card from Kim Singdahlsen

Here is the card I made:

I made the paint cans by cutting up the 'Zappy Birthday' die from Papertrey Ink as shown, and then colouring the pieces:

Supplies:

Stamps:  Wet Paint Alphabet; Circle Scribbles, Drips and Dribbles, Watercolor Wonder  - Papertrey Ink 

Ink: Versafine Black; Memento London Fog, Brilliance Rocket Red - Tsukineko

Dies: Zappy Birthday - Papertrey Ink

Other: Silver and Black pens

Tray

Here is a tray I made using the Rectangle Tray die from Papertrey Ink.

I used gold faux leather for the top and pink felt for the base.

Simon Says Stamp: Wednesday Challenge

Here is a card I made for this week's Wednesday Challenge at the Simon Says Stamp blog. 

The Challenge is to create a birthday card.  I only have a couple of stamp sets from Simon Says Stamp.  These stamps are from a Christmas set!

Supplies:

Stamps:  Warm Christmas Wishes - Simon Says Stamp; Swoosh  - Papertrey Ink 

Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black; Chipped Sapphire, Mermaid Lagoon, Tumbled Glass - Ranger

Dies: Swoosh - Papertrey Ink; Double Pierced Circle - Avery Elle

Other: Copic Markers, Rhinestones, Embossing Powder

Leather coin purse

Coin purses are a great way to use up scraps of leather.  Here is another purse I made using dies from Papertrey Ink:

MIM 245

This week's challenge at Papertrey Ink is Colour Isolation.

Here is my take:

I used Delightful Doilies stamps and die.  The sentiment is from Butterfly Dreams.  The pens I used for colouring are all sparkly, which doesn't show in the picture!

Supplies:

Stamps:  Delightful Doilies; Butterfly Dreams  - Papertrey Ink 

Ink: Versafine Black

Dies: Delightful Doilies - Papertrey Ink

Other: Various glitter pens

Phone Cover - Gameboy

Here is felt phone cover I made using various stitching dies from Papertrey Ink.  The main part of the cover uses the Phone Case die.  The other dies are shown below:

I rounded the corners of the Stitched Frame by hand. The felt is all acrylic from various local craft shops.  I used three strands of DMC floss in various colours for all of the stitching.

March 2016 Blog Hop

Here is the card I made for the March 2016 Blog hop challenge at Papertrey Ink.

I used the Season Stitches Holiday Wreath Die to make the holes and then 'painted' the flowers freehand using Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers. 

Gamer Bow

Here is a paper bow for a gamer!  I used the large Game Controller Die-namic from My Favorite Things and cut the bow from black and glitter cardstock using my Silhouette. The green cross is made with Copic markers.

Bunny Ears

Using pipe-cleaners and the softie ears dies from Papertrey Ink, I made some bunny ears to put on a soft toy for Easter.

Supplies:

Dies: Softie Ears - Papertrey Ink

Other: Felt; Pipe-cleaners; Embroidery Floss

MIM #240

Here is the card I made for this week's Make it Monday challenge at Papertrey Ink:

I masked off the right hand side of the card and applied the rubber cement with a paint brush before watercolouring. The cupcake is coloured using Copic Markers and then fussy cut.

Supplies:

Stamps:  Baker's Dozen; Birthday Celebration  - Papertrey Ink 

Ink: Tsukineko Momento Black

Dies: Cake Plates - Papertrey Ink

Other: Copic Markers; Watercolours