Crafty Pad # 8

Wow!
we are on challenge #8 over at Crafty Pad!

This weeks Challenge is LURVE!!

So interpret this in any way you want.
You do not have to use the Faith stamps,
but we would be delighted if you would
and you will get your name entered
twice in our prize draw!

I used the Love heart stamps from
the Faith with Love stamps.
There are three hearts with beautiful detail on them. I love these hearts,
I have used them to make butterflies and flowers.

And I by stamping onto pink card I made a flower
and on pink felt I made a brooch!

Now I am told this 4 by 4 piece is a fat page.

I made the pink hearts into a flower
using silicon glue to raise it up.
Green ribbon makes the leaves.
A button and silver thread
makes the centre.

I started with a pink felt.
Stamped the heart four times in a flower shape.

I cut the whole flower out in one piece,
used pink thread & tiny pink metallic beads
to edge the hearts.

I then used one strand of
silver embroidery thread to stick the
criss cross inside the heart.

A button was sew on the centre with
the same silver thread, leaving long tails.
I added more tails by repeating this step
a couple of times.
I added two small heart shaped charms
with the same thread.

The next layer is pink netting material.
which i hacked into a flower type shape.
I sewed it on folding as I went
to give more shape.
I pulled threads around the edges.
I cut the leaf shape out
in one piece of green felt
This also hid all the messy stitching
on the pink netting.

A fastener is stitched onto the back
and I placed this on the card after
making two small holes with my crop o dile.

Hope you like this wee brooch.
It is my first attempt at a fat page
and this type of brooch.

Go have a wee look at my other D'teamies work!

love Tina xx

Game old birdie

My Lovely Friend Jackie
is as you might say a game old bird!
She is 76 years young!

She is so young at heart and a dear friend to A & Me.
I had planned to make her a card
with a birdie on it
and put game old bird!
But instead, I ended up with this!

I heat embossed the heart with olive powder.

I am entering it in Papertake weekly
who want hearts and flowers.

And colour create a new colour challenge blog
are looking for brown, pink and green .

Butterfly Kisses

Am having trouble getting good lighting to take good photos just now.

But here is my latest card for Crafty Pad.

" Nice & Bright !"


Something bright and cheerful to help with post Christmas Blues!

Using " Faith blowing hearts" and set of three hearts
to make the butterflies and flower.

The flower is taking inspiration from
flowers I saw on Ruth's Blog.
My Dt teamie on Crafty Muse.

The backing paper is papermania.
Which I am loving just now.

I didn't get the butterfly body's as good as I wanted but I kinda like them.

1, 2, 3!

Hope you are all having a lovely day,
We have been waiting on someone popping into to see us.
So I stayed at home, and they never turned up!

But it ment since my house work was all done,
I could spend the afternoon

CRAFTING!!!

Woooo hooooo!

Penny Black girls are looking for us to get dotty this week!

I started off with this piece of backing paper from papermania,


and ended up with this..........

I have no idea what happened there!
The backing paper is now from the FF range....
I know I don't like those wee bears when I use them,
but I do love their backing paper pads!!
It also is my take on Sketch Saturdays Challenge #34.


One Stop Challenge wanted you to "Craft like an Egyptian!"
or any other country!
So I used two image's that Sammi sent me.
Tilda in Paris! and the Eifle tower.

It also has hearts in it so can be entered for
Secret Crafters Saturday Challenge.
The hearts are from Debbie's Faith series which are found at Crafty Pad
I am not happy about the way the "love" sentiment came out
so may have to patch that bit up tomorrow.

The last card is using wrapping paper I got on a Lush Gift Box.
It is hand made and smells yummy!
But what to use with it?
It was just too nice to throw away.


I used another image from my lovely pal Sammi,
all the way from Auz!
Can you guess which one???

And the sentiment is from my pal Trixi
who has a new blog.....go on nip over and say hello!

I used a bit of acetate to make it a springer type of thingy.
OK ,....so that's not the actual correct term for it.....
But hey ho!

Have a lovely evening xxxx