Father's Day Card

Quite a simple but hopefully effective Father's Day card this year. The "Happy Father's Day" panel was another piece from a 2014 Craftseller paper collection, raised using 3D dots. The blue stars were also from a similar Craftseller collection based around 4th July - I managed to hide the more American bits of the design! I love the look of brown packaging paper, especially when torn, and I drew some stitching on to mirror the central panel.

Christmas 2015 - Felt Gingerbread Couple

 

I've been meaning to make some gingerbread men ornaments out of felt for years, but I have struggled to find felt in just the right colour. This colour is not quite what I pictured in my head, but I have accepted it for now!

Both Mr and Mrs Gingerbread are made from two layers of felt, blanket-stitched together by hand, with a smiling hand-embroidered face, and a tartan ribbon to hang from. Mrs Gingerbread features a small skirt made from red stretch lace (leftover from another project) with a lovely Christmassy bow. Mr Gingerbread has a matching bow which he wears as a bow tie, and two smart gold sequins as buttons. They add some lovely cheer to our Christmas tree!