My Craft Room Makes: August 2019

Friday, 30 August 2019

Drawstring Bags

Today, I am sharing my latest sewing project of two drawstring bags, which I have made

to use as dirty laundry bags for holidays. They could also be used to protect shoes or

handbags when packed in the suitcase.

When I attended Claire's classes at Beautiful Things earlier this year, she recommended

a very clever way of buying fabric to practise on, which is to buy a duvet set that has

been reduced in the sales. They can easily be cut up and used for this, and of course

for making other projects.

I found this set in Asda's (Walmart for my U.S. followers) which was reduced to £6.

There are plenty of instructions on YouTube on how to make the bags, so I made
two in different sizes, both only using just one side of a pillowcase.

Luckily, two of my nieces and my friend have also just started sewing,
so perhaps they would like some of the duvet cover to practise on!

Thank you for visiting my blog today.
Janice x

Wednesday, 28 August 2019

Female Birthday Card

Today, I am sharing the card I made recently for my neighbour
for her birthday.

The products I have used are:-
Memory Box - Chloe die and Tiny Bow die
Presscut - Happy Birthday
Embossing Folder - Magazine free gift

Challenges entered:-

TTCRD - Anything Goes

Creatalicious Challenge - Anything Goes

DL.ART Challenge - Anything Goes

Love to Craft - Anything Goes

Dragonfly Dreams - No Patterned Paper

The Corrosive Challenge - Anything Goes

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Janice x

Friday, 23 August 2019

My 'Inspiration Scribbler' Card for 'Scribbles Designs'

Today, I am sharing my 'Inspiration Scribbler' project, made for the
Monthly Scribbler's showcase of Scribbles Designs Challenge Blog
where the theme is 'Include a Sentiment'

All the details for the challenge can be found HERE

The products I have used are:-
Scribbles Designs - Reindeer Subway Art
Spellbinders Labels 22
Stampin' Up - Word Window Punch
Distress Inks

Challenges entered:-
Christmas at Sweet Stampin' - Anything Goes and Optional: Snow People
Cute N' Crafty Christmas - Anything Goes
The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes
Merry Little Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes
HLS Christmas Challenge - Anything Christmas/Optional - Jingle Bells
ABC Christmas - P for Penguins/Q for Quarters/R for Reindeer

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Janice x

Wedding Anniversary Card

Today, I am sharing the card I made for my nephew and wife for

their recent anniversary.

I kept it very 'Clean and Simple' embossing the square die directly onto the card base,

then adding the hearts which I die-cut three times and glued them together.

Lastly I added the red hearts and sentiment

The products I have used are:-
Lawn Fawn - Large Crossed-Stitched Square Stackables
Simon Says Stamp - Clipping Heart

Challenges entered:-

Creative Fingers - Anything Goes
Craft Rocket Challenge - Anything Goes
Cute Card Thursday - Embossing
Crafty Gals Corner - Emboss It
Scrapy Land - Anything Goes
Simon Says - Clean and Simple
The Sisterhood of Crafters - Use Die as Focus

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Janice x

Wednesday, 21 August 2019

Female Birthday Card

Today, I am sharing a card made recently for a friend.

Simple matting and layering of this pretty image, and adding the die-cut

sentiment, I think makes for a pretty card.

The products I have used are:-

Hunkydory - The Second Little Book of Decoupage

Craft Essentials Creative Dies - Happy Birthday

Challenges entered:-
Crafting by Designs - Anything Goes
Crafty Creations - Anything Goes
Crafts Galore Encore - Anything Goes
Daisy Chain Challenges - Summer
HLS - Anything Goes with Dies
Tales from the Craft Room - Summer Fun
Try it on a Tuesday - In my Garden there is...

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Janice x

Friday, 16 August 2019

A Cushion for my Great Nephew's Nursery

When I started sewing classes, my niece asked me if I could have a go at
making a cushion for Jack's nursery, as and when I felt able to.
He has a jungle themed nursery, so I have been on the look out for some suitable material.

I recently went to the Whitstable Oyster Fair with a friend, and whilst there we came

across a fabric shop. On the pavement outside, there were containers of oddments

of material, and this is where I came across the jungle pieces.

My plan was to make an envelope cushion, which I thought would be an

easy option for a beginner like me. A lesson I have quickly learned - check the

measurements required before buying random off-cuts!

All I knew at that time was that I wanted to make a 16" cushion cover,

hence I bought 2 squares measuring about 18"each. So the only option I had, was to

make a zipped cover, which I did after watching lots of YouTube tutorials

and checking Pinterest.

Here's the finished cushion...

...and here's the zip

I'm pleased with how it's turned out, and it just goes to show how many tutorials
are available, if you go searching!

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Janice x

Thursday, 15 August 2019

A Bit More Time to Craft Challenge #98 - Anything Goes

A new challenge starts today at 'A Bit More Time to Craft Challenge Blog'
where the theme is always 'Anything Goes'

Details of the challenge can be found HERE
where 3/5 randomly drawn winners will each get to choose
3 sets of Lozzy's papers.

Here is my design team card...

The products I have used are:-

Lozzy's digi papers - Sandy Chic

Card Deco - Happy Birthday

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Janice x

Wednesday, 14 August 2019

Female Birthday Card

Today's card I made for a friend to give her granddaughter, who loves
playing the clarinet. I found this free pretty image to use on the internet.

The products I have used are:-

Spellbinders Labels 18

Couture Creations A4 Embossing Folder - Tied Together

Sentiment is computer generated

Challenges entered:-

Ike's World - H is for Hats or Anything Goes

TTCRD - Anything Goes

Dragonfly Dreams - No Patterned Paper
Crafty Gals Corner - Emboss It
Paper Shelter - Punches and Dies
Scrapy Land - Anything Goes
The Sisiterhood of Crafters - Use die as focus

Thank you for visiting my blog today.

Janice x

Monday, 12 August 2019

Wedding Card

A friend recently asked me if I could make a wedding card for her.

Unfortunately, the lighting wasn’t so good the day I took my photos.

I used a lovely ivory pearlised card, I added glitter and gems, but none of

it shows too well.

The products I have used are:-

Lux Craft Cut and Emboss 6" x 6" Folder - Champagne Celebration

Sentiment - Computer generated

Challenges entered:-

Dare 2B Artzy - Anything Goes
Crafty Calendar - Anything Goes
Brown Sugar - Anything Goes
Creative Fingers - Anything Goes
Cut it Up - Focus on Sentiments
CCEE Stampers - Embossing - Wet or Dry
International Art and Soul- Embossing

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Janice x

Friday, 9 August 2019

My Time to Craft #403 - 'Oriental'

A new challenge starts today over at My Time to Craft

where the theme this fortnight is 'Oriental'

All the details can be found HERE

Here is my design team card. I don't have anything in the way of Oriental stamps,

digi images or papers, but I came across this Lili of the Valley image with

oriental lanterns on in my stash, so that was it!

The products I have used are:-
Darice Embossing Folder - Honeycomb
Lili of the Valley Art Pad - Cute Cottage Garden
Stitched square die - Brand unknown