It's All Fiddle Fart

When I mess about trying to decide where to put the tiniest and most insignificant of flat back gem I call it Fiddle Farting, hence the name of the blog!!!

Friday, 16 October 2009

Shocking Stocking Baby Doll!

What can I say, sewing is not my forte! This doll comes from a book called Dolls Children Can Make by Shelia McGraw. He's made from ...

Thursday, 15 October 2009

Ivy Snowflake Card

I got these ivy leaves from Hobbycraft years ago. I think you are supposed to sprinkle them on your festive table, but whatever I have don...

Wednesday, 14 October 2009

Halloween Treat Bags

Tonight I made about 20 of these bags using a nestabilities label die for the bag tag, M & S chocolate ghosts, Poundland 3D stickers an...

Halloween Trick or Treat Boxes

I’m not that thrilled with the way these boxes turned out. I am not too sure if they are embellished a bit too much. But, there again, ...

Tuesday, 13 October 2009

Unfinished …… Valentine Card

It was meant as a Valentine, but I didn’t go any further with it. I think I had just acquired an old singer sewing machine for £7 from E-b...

Monday, 12 October 2009

A Bit of An Experiment

I’m not sure about this, lets just call it a work in progress. Its a flower cut out of metal embossing foil on my Big Shot using a couple ...

Sunday, 11 October 2009

Monkey’s Sweetie Bags

For those who follow the adventures of Monkey I have been busy making a few little sweetie bags for him to give as presents ……… …….. I real...

Stamping Isn't Really My Thing, But .....

I am not a confident stamper, but I am quite pleased with the results I achieved with these two cards. I stamped two A4 sheets of card to...

Saturday, 10 October 2009

STOP PRESS – ACCESSORIZE CHRISTMAS STICKERS IN SHOPS NOW!!

I think anyone who knows me, also knows my obsession for Accessorize Puffy Stickers (…..found in the children's section, £1.75 per pack)...

Friday, 9 October 2009

My Christmas Card for 2009

This is the Christmas card I will be sending out this year. It features a photograph of two tiny snowman I made on the garden table in Feb...

Thursday, 8 October 2009

Christmas Cottage Card

This is card I made using a photo of my in-laws house a few years ago. I took the picture when we had unexpected snow, it was late afterno...

Wednesday, 7 October 2009

Some More Christmas Cards

This card was made a couple of Christmases ago, dead simple and basic. I fell in love with the paper and knew it would make a fantastic mo...

Tuesday, 6 October 2009

Handmade Seed Packets for a Gardener

I made these seed packets for my Father In Law last year. To start with I found a blank seed packet template and copied it into Publish...

Monday, 5 October 2009

Ideas for What to Do With Chocolate Mints at Christmas!

Who would believe that under this little lot are plain old mints, the sort you always see at Christmas. All I have done is use my Stamp...

Saturday, 3 October 2009

Little Girls Handbag Card

I don’t often make cards/boxes from kits but when I went to NEC Hobbycrafts last year, I just had to have the K & Co Book of Paper Purse...

Thursday, 1 October 2009

Frog Prince In A Tin

I know, I know, this is a totally mad idea …… I made it for my lovely friend at work, Sarah. I didn’t want to give her an ordinary birthd...

Tuesday, 29 September 2009

Easy Peasy Decorated Peg Idea

I cannot claim this idea as my own because I saw something very similar in a “posh” shop over the weekend and just had to make my own ve...

Monday, 28 September 2009

Little Monsters Card

This is a simple and quick child’s card using Paperchase stickers. The handwriting is my own! Writing letters at odd angles is a quirky e...

Sunday, 27 September 2009

Japanese Doll Card

These are two cards I made using Momiji stickers, they are just so cute. The background paper is a an origami paper I’ve had for ages. I h...

Friday, 25 September 2009

Gardening card

The wooden embellishment on this card came from http://www.designsonpine.co.uk/ , they have a lovely craft section and I have had a few barg...

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