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| Birthday Card for Linda |
Like a lot of you I have multiple projects going on all the time. Recently, I was able to complete one of my cards that I have had in various stages of readiness waiting for the right combination of paper and embellishments. Sometimes it takes some mixing up of things that are not working to get to that "ah ha - that's it" moment. As you know I have been experimenting with different fabrics for the Oval yo-yo maker and the vase on this card is from a sheer gold polyester fabric. The top of the yo-yo was folded under about 1/4 inch to create the lip of the vase. Originally I was going to add ribbon flowers but the combination wasn't working for me.
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| Clover Kanzashi Flowers |
It so happened that I had been experimenting with different fabrics with the
Clover Kanzashi Flower Maker and I had made a flower using wide wedding ribbon that worked perfectly with the oval yo-yo vase. For the stem and leaf I used green silk ribbon and added a button for the center of the flower and "voila" it all came together!
In process still is another fabric bird using the bubbled fabric technique. I'm hoping that this bird will turn out as well as Puff did. Then I am working on a couple of gift ideas using these felt fortune cookies. They are a little monotonous to sew but very fun when they are finished.
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| Bubbled Fabric for new bird |
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| Felt Fortune Cookies |
Of course no matter what I'm doing my shadow Boots is generally around making sure I'm doing everything properly and taking appropriate breaks to give her chin scratches and rubs.
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| Overseer Boots |
There are times when I don't get to work on my crafts at all as things around the house need attention. Two weeks ago the weather was perfect (low 80's and no rain) for getting our deck stained and sealed. We' were very pleased with our results as this is the first time we tried using a spray painter on any of our home projects.
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| Our Deck Project |
