Jan 29

I want to make a 3D Christmas Tree so I got out my books and found one this pattern. In my first attempt I made mistake that would make it hard to join in the other parts. Soooo I am keeping this as a stand alone ornament and will start over as soon as I remember where I stashed my book.

My next project will be Martha Ess's Anything Teapot.  I have all but the handle and back portion done.

 

Lizbeth size 20 Color 121

Aside from tatting I have been playing with a new software program from the Andy at Make the Cut. Popup Card Studio (PCS)  makes it very easy to make popup cards and other popup architecture. Some users have made some amazing designs since the software launched at CHA. I wish I had more time to play. Here is my first card using Popup Card Studio.

Thanks for stopping by,

Gwen

Today I want to share some of my recent tatting. I made 4 of Ruth Perry's Christmas Trees. I turned 2 of them into snow globes. I managed to break 3 bulbs trying to get my tree straight in the bulb. I finally gave up and let it hang the  way it wanted to. Here is the picture of one of the globes.

The large snowflake is a Ten Point Snowflake, a free pattern from Be-Stitched newsletter, and finally a small snowflake that I made just playing around with stitch counts. While making the Ten Point Snowflake I discovered this YouTube video demonstrating Marie's way of making a split chain. It is the easiest way that I have tried so far. I now have a new favorite way to tat a split chain. Yeah!! Thanks for all who are willing to share their knowledge to keep our craft growing.



I made some items to share with co-workers and will be taking them to work tomorrow.
Each of the techs will receive their initial. These were cut from a cartridge I borrowed from a friend. The letters are chip board from Hobby Lobby's Chip Decor Line. I painted the sides and cut pattern paper for the front and a magnet for the back. I also made some Tic Tac Covers using Make The Cut and my electronic cutter. I used Stampin Up's All Dressed Up die to cut the dresses. I used ribbon, flat back pearls and rhinestones to add some bling. Each contains a Chap Stick. Every girl needs a LiL Black Dress, don't you know!

The last thing of this post is a recycling project. Using soda cans I made these ornaments. I saw this demonstrated at a scrapbooking expo this summer. The demonstrator used the technique to make items to attach to cards, but when I saw these dies I knew how I wanted to use the technique.






Hope you have a Merry Christmas and a Blessed New Year!

Thanks for stopping by, happy crafting,

 Gwen

Paper and Vinyl

It's been ages since I have posted. I have manged to complete a few projects since my last visit, I will be sharing some of them in the next few days.

First off an Advent Calendar from Mary at SVG Cuts. I only did a portion of the project since the recipient will be traveling the first part of the month. Mary's designs are awesome. She and Leo are the owners of SVG Cuts and offer some of the best paper crafting kits available. They are the 2013 Winners of the Martha Stewart American Made Award. This week they are giving away a free kit. Yes a FREE kit, so click on over to their blog to get the file, then watch the assembly instructions on YouTube. You still have time to make a few projects before Christmas. You can also use the files with different papers to produce projects for birthdays, weddings for any occasion you can imagine.
(Valid through December 20,2013)



The Second project is a vinyl hurricane lamp. The French Lace Design is another of Mary's. This was the first vinyl project that they have produced. I hope they will continue offering vinyl projects periodically. The lamp components are from the Dollar Tree. I got the idea from several pins on Pinterest and some Google images of similar projects. So with my trusty E-6000, a vase and candlestick from the dollar store I now have a very cute hurricane lamp. I hope to complete a few more for gifts.




This project I saw on Heartfelt Creations. It was a DT idea from Olga. Using my ScorPal, paper trimmer and some dies I made these explosion boxes for the members of my card group. It was a fun project and a big hit at our Christmas get together.







Thanks for stopping by, I hope to share some tatting projects in my next post.

Gwen

Back at It!

August and the local kids are back in school. I have been away, way to long. Thought I would stop by and share what I have been up to.

I haven't picked up my shuttles in awhile, so I have no tatting to share. I don't think I  have done any tatting since my last post.

I did manage to get some paper crafting done. Here are a few of the things that I make. SVG Cuts sponsored two giveaways this summer. With each giveaway they offered a free file. Your mission was to  use the free file to make the project and upload the results per their guidelines. Not bad huh! But there is more,  you then received a $6.99 gift certificate to use on their site. A win win all around. You get a free file and an opportunity to test their files. Then you get the reward of a full collection or kit from their site. The number and variety of entries are amazing.

This was my entry for the Luxury Handbag Giveaway (now closed).












This is for The Make A 3-D High Heel Shoe Giveaway (closing August 12, 2013) 

My other major paper crafting project was this 3-D piano. It was part of birthday gift for a friend.

Thanks for stopping by, will share some paper crafting news next time. Hope to have some tatting as well.
Bye for now,
 Gwen

Free Class

Free lessons June 24-29, 2013.

Graduation Album

Using files from SVG Cuts' Graduation Day Kit, I made this:

 
It was given to a friend that earned her Bachelor's Degree. Wishing her much success as she pursues her Master's.

Just in Time

My Clover Doily is finished. Yeah!! Super excited to have that done. I finished the Clover doily several weeks ago but forgot to post. Here are the pictures.

I have wanted to make some tatted flowers for a long time. The few that I had tried up to this point had not been very successful. I just could never seem to get the hang of turning the tatting into something that remotely resembled a flower.  I had been playing around with several designs for rolled and other paper flowers when I came across instructions for a tatted flower made from a string of graduated rings. This was right up my alley.  I used the flower instructions from Claudia  and two different leaf patterns, one from Heather and the other from Frivole , to make some pins for my sisters and nieces to wear on Mother's Day.







Hopefully this will be my first step to working up some to the other tatted flowers I have collected.