Blankets blankets everywhere!!

For a short time I had 3 on the go!!! I've now finished my stripes one, with 4 rows to the edging I thought it would never get done!!

(The 4 rows of edging are dark purple, navy, mid blue, light purple)

Here is my progress with the pink and grey fade blanket:

Looks fab right!

And this is the blanket I started for a pregnant friend: here was the inspiration pic:

And she said she liked the colours so here's what I'm working on:

I would have liked the pink to be a little more mauve but I think it's gorgeous anyway!! It took a while to get the tension right on the puff flowers but I think I nailed it. Tried doing them with a magic circle centre but just couldn't get on with it. Something to master at another time. Lol.

Found a pattern!!!

A great one to showcase the pink wool I bought!!!

Found it on YouTube - think it's a washcloth pattern, it shows it using scrap wool for each row but I adapted it to be all one colour! No ends to see in!!!! 

Looks great so far!!

Love how the colours are changing!!

Another blanket!

Hello!!!

Ive started another blanket!! Well, opfficially I have started 2...

This one is using all the same colours from the granny square one I made earlier on in the year. I found a lovely pattern online and thought the colours would look super cute in stipes. I would say im about 2/3 though.

 

I also started a baby blanket for a friend at work – her daughter is pregnant and i thought it would be nice to make one for her. I found some LUSH colour changing wool in pinks and grey so started a granny square blanket like the one I made... the pattern relly doesnt showcase the wool though. it just looks like I am using different colours!!!

 

So I am on the hunt for a new interesting stitch that will show the ombre effect off perfectly. Will keep you posted!!

 

 

New home card and a few more birthdays!

April is a busy month!! More birthdays at work and a few in the family! This new commitment to do a card for everyone is certainly getting the creative juices flowing! 

'Congratulations on your new home' card for my best friend, digi stamp (can't remember where from I'm afraid!!) coloured with promarkers. Sentiment made in Word and colour matched to the backing paper.

A nice clean and simple (CAS) card, 9 squares of coordinated papers mounted in black, 9th square is cut through and has acetate in the window, happy birthday stamped on the inner square. 

A pretty floral CAS card, the stamps came free with a magazine ages ago. Coloured with promarkers. 

The benefit of making them for everyone at work is that none of them an be the same!! Definitely a challenge! X

2 birthdays and a baby!!

Hello!!!

I vowed that this year I would make a conscious effort to make more cards – a list of birthdays came round for my office and I decided that I would make everyone  I work with a birthday card. That, ontop of family birthday cards should give me at least a couple a month that I need to do!!

 

I am slowly seeing my crafting mojo returning and I am enjoying making cards again. As hubby reminded me, there was a point last year where I had a strop about not being able to get something right, threw my tools down and walked away from my desk. My desk stayed that way for months!! Not like me at all!!! Thank goodness my mojo is coming back!!

 

So I thought I’d share a few cards I have been making recently – Ive had 2 female birthdays and a new baby card to make – and LOVED doing them!!

 

The flower digis were free – I have no idea where from I’m afraid, I just googled ‘free flower digi’ and trawled around to find what I wanted!

 

 

 

The baby elephant digi is from pink petticoat – take a look at the website HERE for some SUPER cute digis images and sentiments!