No time for crafting!

Haven't had much crafting time lately. I've been busy organising camp for my Guides at half term and then sorting out and clearing up afterwards; still the next few weeks should be a little easier! Here are a couple of things I made inbetween everything else last month. I made these ATCs for the May swap on the CB forum where the theme was teddy bears. The gift has been decoupaged and raised on foam pads.

Supplies:
Stamp: Forever Friends gift
Pens: Whispers Strokes dual-tip brush markers
Papers: Forever Friends 'Hugs and Cuddles'

This fat page was also made for the May swap on the CB forum. This month the theme was Love/Romance. The papers have been printed from my computer but I cannot remember where I got them from originally.
Supplies:
Holding Hands Image: Internet
Flowers and Brads: Papermania
I'm looking forward to seeing whose I get in return and next month it's my turn to host the swap - another first and am looking forward to it!

CB forum April fat page swap

I had never been to a big craft show before ... until Saturday when I went with my Guiding friend Joan to the Creative Stitches and Hobbycrafts show at Aintree Racecourse. Although I know it isn't one of the biggest we had a great day and it was especially nice to see so many products being demonstrated. My favourite find of the day was some 'magic' foil card from the Craftology stand. I can't wait to have a go with some of my stamps and show you the magic too!

Below is my take on the costume/dressmaking theme for this month's fat page swap on the CB forum. I have made these little dresses many times before and each time the result has been very different. It's very interesting to see how everyone interprets swap themes in so many different ways.

Supplies:
Papers: Papermania Creative Tones 'Venetian Skies'
Buttons: Craftime
Ruler Image: Internet
Assorted fabric, ribbons and fibres
I also used my other two painted Tildas from a few weeks back to make two ATC RAKS for CB forum friends Bigbunniesuk and HellyBelly to say thank you for hosting swaps especially to HellyBelly as I forgot to put an SAE in with my swap and she was kind enough to post it anyway!
Supplies:
Stamp: Magnolia 'Tilda with ruffled skirt'
Pens: Whispers Strokes
Papers: K&Co 'Berry Sweet'
Flower punch: XCut
Ribbon: Anita's
Gems: Papermania
Thanks for visiting!

More makes using felt flowers

I don’t get as much time as I would like to craft so I often make things in series as it saves me time. Following on from last week’s BasicGrey challenge I stitched two more felt flowers and made another similar card for my friend Lorraine’s birthday which I also entered into Clare Curd’s weekly craft challenge on DoCrafts where the theme was ‘All Stitched Up’.



I also made a 4” x 4” fat page with a flower theme for a Crafts Beautiful forum swap. This was the first one of these I have made and I really enjoyed doing it. The swap will be ongoing so after a few months everyone that has signed up will each end up with a fat page book.


Supplies:
Papers: BasicGrey Two Scoops
Flower punch: XCut
Felt ribbon, Button & Gems: Papermania