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

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

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

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

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

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

Thank you for visiting my blog today.

Janice x