July crafting 2022

The only crafting I managed to get done this month was a dishcloth and the following paper crafting.

The crafters paperwork shop store is having a summer challenge for the months of July and August. I decided to take part in the July challenge. The store provides the kit and rules. You than make whatever from kit. 

I chose to make three summer pages for next year planner, DGS birthday card and treat box.

The last picture is off my August cards

                                                            August cards Just kept them simple.

 

June crafting

 Cards from a embossing class. The heart and butterfly didn’t get sayings onto at time of class as i wasn’t sure what I would use them for.  Butterfly ended up a get well soon and the heart cards got a big hug stamped on it and sent to a close friend who received word that the dr’s decided that she needed to continue (repeat last round) of cancer treatment. 

DD’s July birthday card, sympathy and Valentine card. B-card was stamped with one of the stamps from the friendship set and than embossed in antique gold. Hearts embossed with ruby tensel, pippin pink, copper penny and poppin blue. Butterfly in gold and party pink opaque.

Birthday card for second daughter— December b-day

Cards being sent out in July to church ladies. Stamp is friendship in black ink and coloured in using metallic water colours. Used actual lace.

Last Friday of June our church lady group did a paint night and for this one the leaders decided to paint flower pots. We were given a lesson on painting a branch with cherry blossoms. The other one we were sent home with it to do at home. It was also pre painted white. I repainted it a blue and painted it with hearts in gold, baby blue flower and added dots around the top.

Country fair table topper quilt. Designed by Kim Diehl for This simple whatnots club 11. Fabric is from Kim Right as rain collection for Henry Glass Fabrics. I got the kit from Border Creek Station quilt shop. Finish block size is 3” and includes 32 different fabrics.

April/May crafts

Sarah’s birthday present.

Sarah requested a crochet type sweater for her birthday in July. She send me a picture of the child size and asked if I could make her something like it and shortly afterwards sent me a picture of the adult one. She requested it in either white, hunter green or black.

The pattern is called  “It’s Shawl Good” Cardigan. Child size pattern is free and the adult pattern is a paid pattern on Annie’s. I made it in white using lionbrand coboo yarn. I think it would look lovely in hunter green (or a dark green) but could not find that colour in a #3 yarn. If I do come across I may grab it and do her another one in the green.

Birthday card for my Mother in-law using spellbinders stitched medallion and impressabilities flower. It looks a little on the green side but blue card stock was used.

 

Cards I made for May. I used Elizabeth craft designs floral 5 dies. Cutting them out of circuit pastel sticker paper and adding a little ink to the edges of them. Used the same floral die for the Mother’s Day card(pink card)

The next three card pictures are cards made from the Cherish card kit. I made the cards and gave them as a gift. The first picture is cards I made from left over bits and pieces adding a couple butterflies from my stash to a couple of them. 

June cards I made.  Used a free clip art off the internet for the strawberries.

March 2022 crafting

Block one of the Merci la Vie quilt 

                                                    DH Christmas gift finally done. Pattern and yarn from Knit picks

                                                    Pattern is Georgetown Henley

                                                    Yarn is wool of the Andes worsted in Cobberstone Heather (grey)

                                                     and Baltic Heather(blue) 

                                                                           Easter Cards

       First two pictures are of the egg cards using the sizzix floral egg die and magic spring messages stamps. Along with lawn fawn spring blossoms stencil. 

       Bunny cards—last two— lawn fawn springtime bunny die

 

February crafting 2022

Along with making myself a skirt this month I made this quilt top. I used the Charm plus pattern from Annie’s. In place of a charm pack I used left over fabrics from other sewing projects. It is safely packed away with its backing till I am ready to quilt it.

Cards from an online card class I took. They made us a kit which included the stamps and dies for the flower pots etc you see in the matchbook card/envelope in the first picture. They die cut the card/envelope for the matchbook card. We had/have the option of buying those two dies if we wish. I did not.

From there we made three other cards etc using the same stamps/dies and they supplied the cards/paper.

Get well card for a friend mother that fell down the stairs and broke her leg a couple days after her DH funeral. Thinking of you card for the daughter of a lady from our church who passed away Monday at the age of 103.

                                        March cards for our church ladies. Used echo park spring paper               

                                                          and the Tim Holtz countryside die

Valentine cards

 

January 2022 crafting

  Knitting for January were a couple dishcloths for my oldest DS. They were knitted in Bernat Chocolate ombre. Also knitted were the felted mittens seen below. Pattern is February be MaBe on Raverly. Yarn used is Sandnes Garn fritidsgarn  in Natural and blue.

Sewing for January was pillowcases. The first three are Halloween, Easter and spring. Next two are Christmas and the last four are pillowcases to hold quilts but for now they will hold the finished top and the backing/binding fabric. I do have the names embroider but still need to add them onto the cases. The holiday cases are for a accent pillow I have on my living room couch which is about half the size of a bed pillow.

Cards made in January. The second picture is from a card making class I took through a store called Papercrafter's workshop. It was a kit and than the class was done over zoom. After the class I did a couple extra cards as seen in the first picture. I had this brown embossed type brown paper that a yarn store used to wrap a knitting book I had ordered from them. The paper had four layers to it so I have lots to use. I took a light blue ink pad and brush it lightly over it-just hitting the top of the raised design. Really like the way it turned out so I have put the rest of the paper wrapping in a safe place to use on more cards.

 Next three pictures:  Before Christmas the Papercrafters workshop did a little fundraiser for the Make the wish foundation. They brought in from Spellbinders the Dancin'Santa and Friends die cut shapes. The full cost of the shapes when to the foundation. I used odd and ends paper I had for the backing. The feet move.

 I needed a couple cards to send to friends who have lost husband/father and I decided to make one extra to have on hand. I really do need to make a few more to have on hand so I am not having to throw a card together. I used a feather die I had along with some paper feathers I purchased in the craft section of my local dollarama. 

Some Christmas cards I made to send off to family and friends this Christmas using cookie cutters for the two lager stars and a star punch for the centre and those around them. Christmas song tissue paper for the 

background.  Still need to decide on cards for the card swap I take part in but do have the tuck in's taken care of.

                                             Birthday cards I made for two of my grandchildren

                                      Paper is photo play and doodlebug fairy garden paper and stickers

      

                                Cards I made to send off to the ladies from my church as their January cards

                               Birthday cards I made for a couple January birthdays. One of left for Oldest DS and        

                               the one on the right for my DH

A couple more crafts of 2021

 

For a card exchange I took part of I added a little tuck into the card and below are the different papers I used keeping in mind the type of crafter each person was.  I used the Elizabeth craft planner pocket die to make them. I just used the size of the front as a guide for making the back of the pockets as the die just has the front and the fold over sides/bottom.

          A family I did child care for-over 16 years mother/grandmother passed away from cancer. I have kept in touch with the family and her after they no longer needed the care.  I chose to do a simple black and white card.

                         Here is some of the cards I made for the card exchange I took part in. The houses are like little decorations. Each house is made from cardstock and than both sides are covered with some Christmas scrapbook paper. Back than has a little saying put onto it--There is beauty all around when there is love at home--from a hymn called Love at home. Front is decorated like a front of a house. Cord is attached and than attached to the card by a removable tape over the top and inside of the card. Card is made of different colours of blue card stock and stamped with different snowflake shapes.

Was in need of some new bed socks to keep my feet warm while sleeping.

Pattern is Prince bed socks by Kate Atherley. Yarn used is West Yorkshire Spinners signature. Colours used is Dusty Miller on the right and left is Owl. For the owl colour socks I used the pattern for size/number of stitches etc but instead of the pattern I did a simple rib for the legs and knit stitch for the heel flap as the design wasn't showing up due to the colour of the yarn.