Baby Love Blog Hop–New Release

  New templates from Creations by AR and you could win one of them just by following our hop today.

There are 3 new templates to delight you and I am showcasing 2 of them.

TEMPLATES TO RELEASE AND LINKS:

Baby Bundle 

The Baby Bundle includes all three sets for $12 (a saving of $3 if bought separately)

Dress Up Baby Bag

Rockin' Horse Card

Rockin' Cradle

 

My first is a for a baby boy

 

 

These are so cute to make up. Just choose your colours and you are set to go. This is the Dress Up Baby Bag, perfect for adding a little gift.

 

 

Now with the same papers make the matching Rockin` Horse card and you have the perfect gift set.

 

I loved them so much that I made them twice.

 

 

Adding faux stitching and a heart pearl at the collar.

 

 

Finishing the Rockin` Horse Card with a little bow and pearl.

 

 

All of the templates can be found below as well as a Rockin`Cradle

 

PRIZE:

Winner can choose any one of the three new sets

HOW TO QUALIFY TO WIN:

Leave comments 

• On each DT blog

• AR FB: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Creations-by-AR/154314751303824

Comments are accepted until Friday, February 14, 12:00 noon Eastern

One random winner will be announced on February 15 here:

AR FB: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Creations-by-AR/154314751303824

AR Website:  http://creationsbyar.com

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Blog hop order

Adela

Doris Molina 

Jak Heath (ME)

Julia Aston

Lisa Eisner 

Lisa Somerville

Lori Brown

Lyn Bernatovich

Monica Soto

Patti J Gilliam

Penny Duncan (sitting this one out)

Sue Kment 

Tina Milbourn

Spot Prize Winner–Just Inklined

We have a spot prize winner from the Just Inklined Blog hop.

 Cheryl W. said...

I love both cards, but those baby elephants are flat-out adorable!

3 February 2014 20:15

Congratulations Cheryl, an email has been sent to you.

Project finished–Shabby Chic` Tablecloth

I got my tablecloth finished ahead of time due to an amazing find, we had started to clear out the cupboard under the stairs and right at the very back was my full sized sewing machine and….. a Janome 4 thread overlocker which I had clean forgotten about yay!

 

Material is Curtain Fabric from Terry’s Fabrics 

It clean halved the time to overlock the edge of the fabric for me.

 

I threaded it up, turned it on and it worked like a dream.

Perfect stitching

You can see the hem the piece it cuts away as it sews.

All of the edges finished so now lets add the trim.

Just using pins to tack the trim in place.

Once the trim is tacked all of the way around it is ready to sew in place on the sewing machine.

All finished and added to the table, just like Grandma used to have. Perfect.

Terry’s Fabrics have a wide selection of materials and affordable prices.

I’m Silver Headed and proud

I took the plunge, I’ve being toying with the idea for some time, I loved having the highlights in my hair as it hid the natural glitter but as I am dark haired I was never really happy with the blonde, over the years I have been a red head, ginger, auburn and even plum.

So I decided to stop the battle against the natural silver glitter and embrace the fact that I am getting more and more of it and to work with it.

I have had silver highlights put in.

and the close up of the silver.

I am now officially a silver surfer.

Project Started

Today I picked up the trim that I needed for my project so it was time to get this started, it will be a Chenille Tablecloth and I am so excited that I will finally get the vintage look that I wanted for my table.

It came to me in a light bulb moment that a Chenille Curtain material would be perfect if the width was right, why oh why didn’t I think of that 27 years ago is beyond me as I used to make all of my own curtains. I headed over to Terry’s Fabrics and there it was the perfect material to make the long wanted cover for my table Woven Chenille Fabric Kensington.

The hardest part to get started was finding the right trim and believe me I searched long and hard but found it on my own doorstep in our local haberdashery, they didn’t have enough as I needed 8 metres of it but they kindly ordered it in for me.

So I made the cut tonight, it has been a few years since I did any fabric sewing and I was more than apprehensive on cutting the fabric but it cut like a dream with my steadfast Fiskers shears, I even used my Tim Holtz ruler and managed to dig out my tailors pencil.

 

I will post my progress as I go along. Isn’t it all so luxurious?

Just Inklined to Hop–Be my Valentine

A special hop today with 3 brand new Digi Stamps from Just Inklined, I am showcasing two of them but along the way you will get to see all three that is new today.

Our Host today is Gaynor and the theme is Be my Valentine.

You should have hopped to me from Tangii if not pop back to Gaynor and follow the hop from the start.

My images today is first I’ll Never Forget you and it is cute, cute, cute.

Can you tell I don’t do Valentine very often? but if you look closely there is a heart, the baby elephants created their own heart with their trunks.

My next one is cram packed with hearts Be Mine especially for the sweet toothed among us.

I love the pastel colours in this one.

Totally Yummy yes?

next up is Lori and she will have something amazeballs to show you.

Don’t forget to leave comments as we have spot prizes along the way.

Lighthouse–From the Heart Stamps

I’m not sure what it is that draws me to Lighthouse images, maybe because when I was young I used to watch the Lighthouse from my bedroom window when I should have been sleeping blinking on and off guiding the sea vessels safely on their way or maybe because I lost a brother to the sea but I love them.

This Lighthouse digital Stamp by From the Heart Stamps is amongst my favourites, it also comes with a couple of sentiments too.

I used a pitt pastel pencil (chalk pencil) for the guiding light and I think it worked well.

The Lighthouse digital stamp

Bird Brew

With valentines just around the corner many of us struggle to find a card for our partners that isn’t pink or red or one that is gushing with soppiness but says how we feel about them.

I think Birdbrain Brew at From the Heart stamps will do very nicely.

Coloured with Copic Markers and Chalk Pencils, I also used some liquid applique on the froth, Buttons, Raffia and matting and layering to make the card complete.