CarolFleetDesigns: October 2012

Tuesday, 30 October 2012

'Simple snowflake'

Simple snowflake card

Spellbinders snowflake die

tea dye distress ink

'seasons greetings'

Tea dye distress ink

papermania "tree" embossing folder

papermania "seasons greetings" embossing folder

Pillow top background

(Search YouTube for video tutorial"

'with love at xmas'

Simple card made with spellbinders snowflake die

Pillow top background (search YouTube for the tutorial from GinaK at StampTV

'Tea dye' Tim Holtz distress ink

Black archival ink

Sunday, 28 October 2012

Commissioned birthday card

Here is my latest commissioned bespoke birthday card.

"Party Girl" stamp by Papermania

Coloured with promarkers

Marianne dies & Joy Dies used

To commission YOUR bespoke card visit

iSowcards

or email sales@isowcards.co.uk

Saturday, 27 October 2012

Bespoke Birthday Card commission order

This card is a commission for a gentleman to send to his brother.

Its approx 8 x 8 square with layers on complimenting papers

and a decoupaged pocket watch.

To order YOUR bespoke card, visit

www.iSowcards.co.uk

or email

sales@isocards.co.uk

to discuss your order

Monday, 22 October 2012

Jennie Rayment Log Cabin block

Hi everyone. I was waiting with great anticipation from Jennie Payments Quilting Show on Create and Craft on Sunday morning and it was worth the wait (a 2hr show would have been better though).

Having some jelly roll strips left over from a cushion cover I made, I decided to have a go at a Log Cabin block using the techniques Jennie had demonstrated in the show.

My mechanical cat, Pumpkin, had asked me to make him a blankie (oh yes, he talks to me lol) as his little botty was getting cold sat on a wooden table. He wanted to be able to curl up in front of the fire on a cosy blankie.

So, here is what I made him last night. The edges are finished off professionally but Pumpkin doesn't mind :-)

Really enjoyed putting the block together though. I didn't follow a specific colour scheme as it was the technique I was more interested in rather then the finished illusion.

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Saturday, 20 October 2012

The Witches Inn

Black card stock

Creative Expressions "cracked" background embossing folder

Spellbinders Dies

Metallic rub ons

Antique gold jump rings

Witch silhouette stamp

Thursday, 18 October 2012

Jelly Roll cushion instructions

Bear with me as I'm not good at doing instructions (especially for a cushion cover I made up as I went along)

I'll give the basics on how I did the top part, then you can make the rest up however you choose. Mine has been sewn together along the bottom, but you may wish to put a zip in, poppers, buttons, ribbon ties or whatever.

The cushion pad I had is a 42cm (ish) square so I'll give measurements for that

Cut a 42cm square for the backing.

Using a water soluble pen or a vanishing ink pen, mark ev 1cm up 2 sides.

I used 7 different patterns from my mini jelly roll and I cut 43cm lengths from each one (I got 2 from 1 length and used another matching strip for the 3rd strip)

Fold each strip in half and press.

I layered mine up as follows A,B,C,D,E,F,G,A,B,C,D,E,F,G,A,B,C,D,E,F,G

take the first strip and lay the raw edge between the 2cm mark at the bottom of the backing fabric.

stitch straight across

take the 2nd strip and lay it 2cm above with the folded edge laying over the previous piece

(Is this making sense so far ??? Its quicker to make it than write it up lol )

Keep going in this manner until you've used all the strips up and you should (I say should) end up with a "paper pleated" effect

trim the side and there you have it.

PLEASE LAY ALL THE PIECES OUT FIRST TO MAKE SURE I HAVE PUT THE RIGHT GAP IN BETWEEN EACH STRIP

Jelly Roll cushion cover

Me being me, no pattern, no idea, make it up as I go along.

So here is my cushion cover made from 21 stripes of 42cm lengths of jelly roll fabric.

I love it and hope you do too x

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