Another ATC (and a fluffy friend!)

Hi!
  
Yesterday I finished off the ATC I have been making for my dad out of the fishing boat Mouseloft kit I finished about 2 weeks ago, I added the little message '... beside the sea' to remind my dad of strolling along the beach in the Isle of Wight watching the big ships go by :):

It was fun to use more of the papers I got ages ago, I found a few different blue ones and used them to make the different wave bits at the bottom. The very last thing I am waiting for is my ATC stamp I ordered from Crafters Companion so I can stamp the back :D I'm hoping that will come tomorrow! I hope my dad likes his ATC when I finally give it to him :-)

In completely un-crafty related news the Gremlins Gizmo I bought myself (after I ordered my stamp, hehehe I had a bit of a shopping spree and I bought another Domo too) arrived the other day :D I couldn't help sharing a picture he was just tooo cute! :3

Awww I love him <3 He hums his little tune and sways when you clap your hands, even more adorable! Me and my family watched Gremlins 2 ( I watched Gremlins 1 a few years ago and forgot how much I loved it) about two Saturdays ago and I thought It was great so I had to get my own Gizmo :) Hehehe, I am cuddling him now :P

I am off now to knit a few more rows on my Bolero (I still have my fingers crossed my idea will work out!)

See you all soon,

Bye! xxxxx

ATC fun :)

Hey!

After making the ATC's for the swap I did with Laura I have wanted to experiment and make more, so the other day, I did :-) I had lots of little cross stitch kits I finished a while ago (some of you may remember me posting about them) and have been trying to think of what to make them into and I thought why not make them into ATC's to expand my collection? I also made a different version of the 'American diner' one I made for the swap:

They really are so fun to make! They are quick and easy and really get your creative thoughts flowing :)

I am off to the Isle Of Wight again tomorrow for Easter :D Yay! Guess what.... for Easter this year my mum booked for me and my family to go and make our own big Easter eggs at Chocolate Island, I am so excited!!! I will be sure to keep you all posted if I have Internet access but if not I will make sure to post all my holiday snaps and news when I get home :0)

I hope you are all having a nice week!

see you all soon,

Bye xxxx

March Swaps

Hola!

The other day the ATC's I made for Laura as part of the March ATC swap we decided to do arrived do now I can show you them :):

The 'Meer-Bunny!' cross stitch design was from a kit I bought in Hobbycraft. The cross stitch designs on the Food ATC are my own and I called that ATC 'American diner' :-) Laura liked them so 'Yay!'

I really enjoyed making the ATC's and will definitely be making more in the very near future!

Thank you for swapping with me Laura , and sharing your ATC know-how :)

Another swap I signed up for in March was the Cute and Quirky swap, this months theme was 'Super Safari' and yesterday my parcel arrived from Oddsocks, look at all the super cool stuff I got :D:

I can't wait to make the cross stitch kit and I really love, love, love the little crochet elephant she made :) The eyes are even handmade! They are so effective, I must try making some eyes soon (I think they are made from fimo type stuff)

Thank you Oddsocks!!!

Here is the little lady in a leopard costume I designed and stitched to put in the parcel I sent :P:

Hehehe, pretty random I know but it was just and idea that popped into my head when I looked at the leopard print felt I had and thought it would be fun to make and the swap is for quirky stuff :D She was liked, so once again 'Yay!' :0) You can see the rest of what I sent on Oddsocks blog: here!

I'm off now to keep working on the mini ami astronaut I am making for my brother for his birthday which is coming up this Sunday,

See you all soon,

Bye xxx

Amazing ATC's!

Hi,

Today when I got home from 6th form a special parcel was waiting for me, the ATC's (artist trading cards :) from Laura as part of the March ATC swap we arranged to do :D We decided to swap one Easter themed one and one food or treats themed one. I  was super excited as this is my first time of making/swapping ATC's. I was even more excited when I opened the envelope and saw the two super amazing creations Laura had made!:

They are soo super fab, seeing the cute little chick made me immediately happier and the glittery aida the cupcake was stitched on is really cool, I must ask Laura where she got it! :0P I love them both soo much and they are first two in my collection of hopefully many :-)

Thank you Laura!!!

I am posting off the two I made tomorrow, I will post pictures when Laura receives them. I hope she likes hers as much as I like mine :0) I am also posting off this months parcel for the cute and quirky swap so will post pictures of what I made for that too soon :)

See you all soon,

Bye xxx