POPPY

I saw this pattern and it had to be done!  I think pigs are so cute anyway and boy do they taste good too!  I was going to sell her but my friend mentioned in passing how much she liked her so this is being put to one side for a little birthday present this week.

The legs are a little tricky though, they have to be positioned and stitched in just the right place so that the body sits straight and at the right sort of angle.

 Front view, although a bit out of focus!

To give her a bit of definition, I inked along her back, belly and legs with some Tim Holtz distress inks and a  paintbrush.

BIG BUCK

A found some fine, brown cordury fabric a while ago and it was crying out to  be made into some dungarees.  I made an extra large bunny for this one by photocopying the pattern and increasing by 70% so this chappie is BIG and I love him!

The hat is made from heavyweight brown linen fabric which I only had a small sample of so a 

hat was about all I could make from it - waste not, want not as they say!

I wanted to dress him up a bit so I made a tie for him too.

Hope you're having a good week and recovering from Christmas fever!

SCARLETT

I just cannot stop making these at the moment.  I find them so relaxing to do and I just sit on the sofa in the evening and stitch and stuff them and make them up. This little lady I finished a while ago.

I adore this particular Tilda Fabric, its the same colour as my favourite PTI cardstock and ink colour, Berry Sorbet.

Close up..

There are a lot of girls at work who are about to go on maternity leave within the next month so I have been asked to make some of these and some teddies as part of their leaving gift.  This was meant to be one of them but I think I may be keeping this one for myself!

LITTLE BUNNY BLUE!

Another little bunny today. I wanted to make something for the boys this time.  I found some fab stripey fabric with anchors on it which was just perfect for his dungarees and set me on a mission  to make a little sail boat for him.

A closer look....

The boat is lightly stuffed and a stick inserted and glued into place.  I made up the sail from white linen and stitched it all round and then tacked onto the stick and the boat.  Worked out well I think for a first attempt.

Thanks for dropping in, its really appreciated.

SO SPECIAL

Its seems to be birthdays everywhere at the moment.  I have another one to share today.  I find it really hard to make cards for boys/men so this was the best I could come up with.  The mum who asked me for it was chuffed to bits with it so I must have hit it just right!

The inside...

A closer look...

 and another box envelope...

Off to start Sunday dinner now.. roast beef this weekend... yummy!  Have a good one.

FESTIVE CHEER

Christmas will be here very soon and I was really in the mood for something festive to make.  Failure to make any christmas cards so far this year is a major bug bare for me but I just can't seem to get into it, I love mass production but you just have to be in the mood for it don't you.... so I opted for a stuffed toy instead!

Unprepared as I am, I do not have any red fabric paint 

so this is no Rudolph BUT cute all the same I think!

Hopefully the christmas cards will follow shortly, I can't even think about buying any, my family would kill me!

70 YEARS YOUNG

I recently made a card for the mother of a friend of mine for their 70th Birthday.  I really loved the finished result which came together after A LOT of placing and replacing until I was happy with it.

The finished card...

I used patterned paper from a range by Tilda, and dies from PTI and Spellbinder.  

I then made up a box envelope for it to go into.

The complete package.

Hope you're having a good week.  Thanks for popping in.

BUNNY TIMES

Today I have a few more bunnies to show you, a little one and a mini one!

and the mini one....

I'm really, really enjoying making these.  I adore messing around with paper and stamps but its nice to have something else to do sometimes don't you think.

I've decided to sell some of these on eBay so see how that goes.  If you're interest you can see them HERE

Have a great weekend!

DANDYLION DAYS

I Love this image.  Its so floaty and free looking but I wanted to give it a bit of umph with the red background to beef it up a bit.

I added a few specs of black glitter here and there and double mounted onto white cardstock.  The base of the card I stamped in 'Wheat' coloured ink with some leaves from a set by PTI.

That's it for today.  Take care

GIVE ME A TINKLE

A little card to share using some dies and stamps from PTI - can you tell yet that I love PTI!

They are just the cutest little stamps and matching dies.  This card is destined for my friend in Abu Dhabi who I miss loads.

Have a great one.