Working with fabric

Everyone needs a way to wind down and relax and for me, the hoarder of all things paper and stamps, I need something totally different. For some time now I have been working on a cloth book. I made it some time ago and now I am beginning to add the detail. 

This is how it started.

I added some stamped images using Stazon ink

And now I am embroidering the details using embroidery threads

I've also used fabric paint to colour in the stamps which worked surprisingly well.

This is a work in progress but I am making three tutorials so that you can make one of your own.

More soon xxx

Minibook Class photos SOLD OUT

This was a lovely class with a project made and taught by Karen using beautiful papers from Creative Expressions.
Here are a few photos of the finished project.





You can now buy this Kit and Online Class by clicking HERE.
Enjoy xx

Christmas Mini Book

Every year I make a Mini Book to showcase all of my Christmas photos. This year I decided to concentrate on reds and greens as I appreciate some of you don’t “love” Christmas like I do, and it made it easy to change the book from Christmas to Autumn/ Winter if you wanted to.
I mixed stamping with die cutting and trying to keep it as simple as possible.
Here is the book taught last Wednesday.


I made sure that all of the pages and pockets were cut out and scored to make easier to put the book together.
I also kept some of the pages very simple to allow the class to add their own embellishments and ideas.
Here are a few of the pages and tags.












This book will be released as a kit with a full tutorial at the end of this week. Have a great day xxx

A Winter Book

I love penguins and polar bears so when I made this book for a class I thought it would be a great idea to use them as a theme.

Although there are no photos in it yet, I hope to get some snowy photos nearer this Christmas.

I used loads of glitter

and lots of punched snowflakes.

Hope you like it xxx

Two Books to share

I am still sorting boxes and have just come across two of the Snow Books made a few years back.
I love the way they still sparkle after all this time and surprisingly they still look like new.
Here is the first one using the Ice Skates

The front cover was made using a shadow frame and as you can see, I used loads of Glamour Dust to make it “BLING”

The boots were even laced with silver thread.

And the snow flakes and lettering were embossed to make them stand out.
I’ll share another one tomorrow. Hugs xxx

Mini Book Class

I had a great time last night teaching the first Mini Book class in the new classroom. I managed to get hold of the new Prima Papers which are surprisingly bright and cheerful.
Here is a sneak peek

This has now been released as a kit so if you want to have a go and have access to my on-line classroom click HERE.
There are loads of class kits now available and more will be added very soon. Thank you to everyone who came to class last night. xxx

Two new projects

The first is the little book I made for Saturdays crop class and soon to be available as a kit.

And the second is the card made for the last card class and the latest card challenge.

Don’t you just love hedgehogs.
Thanks for looking xxx