This week a pack of nail caviar sort of dropped into my basket while I was browsing the shelves of Poundland!
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!!!
Thursday, 25 September 2014
Look What’s Fallen Into My Poundshop Basket This Week ……. And Ended Up In My Craftroom
Wednesday, 24 September 2014
Tea Light Snowmen
This idea has been around for a while now, I believe it originated from a Stampin’Up project, but somehow over the years I’d missed it …… until now. I first found it here:- http://inkingidaho.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/snowman-tea-lights.html, but just Google “tea light snowman” and a whole plethora of snowmen turn up!
Because I didn’t have any of the punches used for the original snowmen I took the basic idea and changed it to suit the materials I did have, deciding not to use a scalloped circle on the back or the plain circle for the face which went over the front of the tea light.
The scarf is made from a 23cm length of ribbon. I used a blob of glue gun glue on the top of the snowman's head to keep it in place while I tied the knot and then trimmed the ribbon with pinking shears when I was happy with said knot .
Once I had the first snowman under my belt (above) I could then decide on a colour theme based on the ribbons and Bazzill card I had already got. I embossed the hat card for extra texture using an old fashioned ribber ….. something crafters used to use before there were embossing folders!
Tuesday, 23 September 2014
Scrapbook Page
I am soooooo, sooooo, soooooo rubbish at journalling, the only one I have ever managed to follow through religiously was my Las Vegas Scrapbook ….. and I still haven’t shown you half of that yet …… perhaps I should do that over the Christmas Holiday …… when postings generally go quiet!
But ….. although dated 11th January 2014 …. I thought I would just add this as an extra post ……. especially as I believe The Boyz are still there!!!!!
Monday, 22 September 2014
Tealight Lanterns
I am sooooo pleased with how these tealight holders turned out, as they were just made on a whim …..
I’d found a few empty coffee jars in the staffroom at work and thought Halloween ….. but I thought I might be able to do something a bit more special else with a couple of the Douwe Egberts ones as they are such a lovely shape and have a plain top as they have a stopper rather than a screw top.
It wasn’t …… but no matter how I have tried to take a “decent” picture, none do justice to the finished effect, made subtly sparkly by rubbing translucent micro glitter all over just after they felt dry, and miraculously it stuck.
Sunday, 21 September 2014
Object Of Desire
Saturday, 20 September 2014
Gingerbread Men Tags/Tree Decorations.
My work desk is currently covered in these little beauties …….
They are the wooden gingerbread men I bought from HobbyCraft last year but never got round to using, except for one. They came in packs of 4 for £1, which I thought was brilliant enough, but they were also on a 3 for 2 offer – so in the end I ended up buying six packs, 24 gingerbread men – working out at about 17p each, bargaintastic!
As I said, last year I only “played” with one (above) but I wasn’t that happy with him, the proportions of the ribbon, eyes and buttons I used were just not quite right http://itsallfiddlefart.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/wooden-gingerbread-man-tag.html, so this year I was determined to get them right …. using a narrower ribbon and sourcing better flat backed gems for the eyes and mini buttons for the body.
….. and I think I much prefer this years version, which can either be used as a gift tag or tree decoration.
They are now all packaged up and waiting for a new home ….. and another few bits of my humungous Christmas stash are finally used up!!
Thursday, 18 September 2014
Papermania Capsule Collection–Parisienne Blue Birthday Card
Tuesday, 16 September 2014
Do Not Open Before Christmas Gift Tags
The tags measure 10.5cms x 4cms and are made using a brownish red leather affect card.
I found these East of India paper chains reduced from £4 to £2 last year, but as I have said before a bargain isn’t a bargain ‘till you’ve used them! The card I have had forever and the twine came from some other tags that I have used for something else. The only thing I did have to buy from new were the wooden beads, found in a charity shop for 99p the other day.
All I have done is make a template for the tag, then using it cut out a pile of tags, adding a “proper” gold or silver eyelet with my Cropodile to make them look “professional”, through which I threaded the twine and added the bead. This was followed by cutting the paper chain links in half and sticking them on front of the tag. Et voila!
My quest to use up as much as my existing humungous collection of festive “stuff” continues for Christmas 2014 …….
I have managed to get 80 tags from one pack of paperchains, so no bad going!!
Sunday, 14 September 2014
Merry And Bright Christmas Tags
OK…. so I lied, I had a few HobbyCraft foil stickers still left over from the cards I made the other day ……
…… because I also wanted to make tags, using the Christmassy scraps I have left over from years past. The foil stickers are very bright and I wanted the rest of the tags to reflect that.
Each tag is 2.5 ins square and I have used a scalloped and plain circle punch to cut the mat and layering for the sticker and then lots and lots of faux stitching that eventually gave my fingers cramp!
I decided to make the tags look really “proper” by using my Cropodile to set an eyelet in the corner of each tag …….. but now ……. I bought some Woodware (I think) 3/16 eyelets but they just do not “set” half as well as the original ones that I got with said Cropodile, (the barrel of the eyelet seems longer and a tint bit thicker???)……. can anyone recommend any eyelets that might set any better without costing an arm and a leg????????
Friday, 12 September 2014
Paisley and Pearl Christmas Tree Decorations/Tags
Another idea today for using the tin hearts I bought in Primark (£1.50 for a cluster of three), and again using black as a main colour.
I remembered, from the dim and distant past some Papermania Signature, paisley patterned, vinyl stickers I’ve had for years and wondered if they would work on the hearts, and after a long winded search through several boxes of bits found that they did! Result!
After arranging and sticking the stickers on the heart and trimming away any excess from around the edges I then remembered a packet of flat backed, pearl patterned strips that Dianne in Florida sent me from Michaels and wondered if they would work too ……. and again, I think they did!
Thursday, 11 September 2014
Iris’s Tie Dyed Blanket.
Adam, the lovely and very talented Science Technician at work made this wonderful blanket for Iris (my very, very gorgeous granddaughter) …..
…… it really is stunning as are all of Adam’s tie-dye projects and it is also very Tom and Laura. A couple of weeks ago we had a small party to celebrate Tom and Laura’s first anniversary, with Iris as guest of honour …..
Wednesday, 10 September 2014
It’s Christmas (In September) …… Gemmed Snowflake Heart Decoration/Tag
Following on from yesterday and my Primark heart “bargain” this is what I have come up with, for my first idea ……. which could be used either as a tree decoration or a fancy gift tag……..
Tuesday, 9 September 2014
Heads Up - Primark Hanging Cluster Heart Decorations
I just couldn’t resist this set of hanging, clustered hearts in Primark this week …. although it made me laugh as I might have missed them had it not been for two sales assistants who were looking at them and being very disparaging, discussing what they would think if they saw them hanging up in anyone’s house, ……. and then me reaching over to get a closer look!!!!!
At £1.50 for the three it doesn’t take a genius to work out that’s 50p each for a heart that measures approx. 3.75ins at widest by 3.75ins at longest.
At the moment I’m just thinking, …… I could replace the grey ribbon with something a lot brighter and more festive and adding a few gems round the edges perhaps ….. or what about using decorative black peel offs on them or adding a jump ring and attaching beads etc. could you stamp on them ….. hmmmm!!! They will now mither me until I have “done” something with them as …….. “they are not a bargain sat sitting in a drawer, they are only a bargain when they are used up and sat sitting in a cellobag ready to be sold!”
Monday, 8 September 2014
Nordic Sampler Christmas Card
This card is made using a 6ins x 6ins hand cut red card blank
This is the final card I have made using a whole page from my Nordic Christmas pad
All I have done is trim the page down and then mat and layered it first on red card and then on silver mirri card to fit the 6” x 6” card blank. I then added tiny red flat back gems and pearls in some of the spaces in the pattern and transluscent micro glitter to the tress. All very simple, but my eyes are not what they were and working with such small gems did make me go a little crossed eyed at times. The finishing touches were added by a little faux stitching using a white gel pen round the edges of the matting and card base. All done and dusted and with the minimal of fiddle fart!
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