Some of this year’s Christmas cards.
Products used:
Indigo Blu holly stamp
Katzelkraft Grumpy Penguins stamp
Clarity Snowflake mask
Tim Holtz snowflake stamps, Christmas words stamp and die
Gelli plate backgrounds
Blogs I Follow
2016 Christmas Cards
Posted by getknitting on January 1, 2017
https://getknitting.wordpress.com/2017/01/01/2016-christmas-cards/
Chalk paint
My latest chalk paint piece using Annie Sloan’s new white wax over Provence paint.
Posted by getknitting on June 2, 2016
https://getknitting.wordpress.com/2016/06/02/chalk-paint/
More Gelli plate backgrounds
I’ve been playing with my 6×6″ Gelli plate and have made these cards with some of the results. I’ve discover a couple of things as I’ve worked, firstly that paint from different manufactures react differently depending on whether they are quick or slow drying and are opaque or translucent and some were more successful then others depending on the technique used. Secondly the prints I thought where the least successful made the best background papers. 
I used Clarity’s Leafy swirl stencil and some bubble wrap to create this print.
For this print I used an old plastic fork to draw into the paint and finished with February’s Craft Stamper magazine free stamp.
Posted by getknitting on March 25, 2016
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Gelli plate background
Posted by getknitting on August 23, 2015
https://getknitting.wordpress.com/2015/08/23/gelli-plate-background/
Patchwork handbag
After saying I was on a mission to complete all my half finished pieces, before starting anything new, I’ve just finished this little number. In my defence I made it using furnishing swatches a friend gave me ages ago and fabrics from my stash. I only had to buy the ribbon and it only took a couple of evenings.
Posted by getknitting on March 8, 2015
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New Year’s Resolution
Filled with New Year zeal I’m on a mission to complete all those half finished projects hidden at the bottom of the cupboard.
This is a quilt I finished just before Christmas. I’m ashamed to say I started it about 10 years ago, but it’s finally finished. The pattern is from American Quiltmaker magazine and made in batik fabric. Its hand appliquéd and machined quilted. 
This next piece is on a much smaller scale. It’s a Moda kit which came in a lovely tin. Its about 12″/30cm square
Two down about twenty to go.
Posted by getknitting on January 21, 2015
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Tartan Scottie
This wonderful tartan Scottie came down from Scotland recently.
You can own one too. They are made by Grayfriars Tartan, a charity based in Edinburgh. They have other lovely gifts including, dog coats, ties and cushions. All profits from Greyfriars Tartan go into the Grassmarket Community Project providing community for disadvantaged people in Edinburgh. Click here to buy
This is the lovely Sandy wearing a very fetching tartan jacket.
Posted by getknitting on November 19, 2014
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A few recent cards
Here are a couple of cards I made for my son’s Birthday
This one uses an idea from January’s Craft Stamper magazine. I scribbled using a children’s wax crayon and then brushed over with water based dye ink. To add depth I used 2 stencils and dark green and black ink. I finished with a cycle stamp, some washi tape and some words.
I spend a lot of time looking for stamps suitable for men and I found this Doc Martin boot stamp by Deep Red from That’s Crafty and thought it fitted the bill as my son’s been working in the Doc Martis store in Edinburgh. I stamped it onto cream fabric highlighted it with some embroidery thread then layered it onto orange felt, some tartan paper and then onto book keeping paper. A few words plus some background stamping and a brad and it was finished.
I got this stamp by Paper Artsy for Christmas and wanted to try it out. I covered some patterned paper with metallic Distress Stain, which I used as a background and for the flowers and butterfly. Quick a quick and easy card.
Posted by getknitting on March 11, 2014
https://getknitting.wordpress.com/2014/03/11/a-few-recent-cards/
Have a lovely washi day
I have been having a play making faux washi tape using strips of paper with inking, stamping and stencilling. I made some on which I used a ‘chicken wire’ stencil, using wild honey Distress Ink and, as it reminded me of honeycomb, it inspired me to make this card. The background was created by stamping with an embossing folder (another technique I have been meaning to try out for a while). I used a honeycomb folder by Stampin Up and dabbed wild honey DI inside, then pressed the card onto the surface. The lovely day stamp is the freebie with the latest (April) edition of Craft Stamper magazine.
Posted by getknitting on March 11, 2014
https://getknitting.wordpress.com/2014/03/11/have-a-lovely-washi-day/
Christmas Cake
After a visit to the Cake show at the NEC in November we came back full of ideas for this year’s cake. We had been lucky to catch a very good demonstration on how to model figures by a lady from Cake Craft and Decoration magazine which my daughter used as a starting point. I made two fruit cakes, a 6 and an 8 inch using Darina Allen’s gluten free whiskey cake which never lets me down and feed it copiously right up to decorating with various whiskeys including an interesting one flavoured with maple syrup that had travelled all the way from Canada . Then it was over to Fiona.
We picked up lots of Renshaw marzipan and icing at a very good price so we had lots to play with and my advice would be never stint on the on the quality or quality of the icing.
Interestingly my daughter doesn’t like Christmas cake so most of it made its way to the WEA office and kept us all going through the first dark and rainy days of January.
A few extra figures made by Fiona including Ice Hockey playing snowmen and a couple of very cute penguins. Not sure it they’re based on any of the Nottingham Panthers players!
Posted by getknitting on February 2, 2014
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