Clean & Simple 185

Happy Easter everyone.  Hope you're all having a great weekend and if the weather's anything to go by we'll all be spending the weekend playing!!!  The challenge over at Clean & Simple this week is a sketch challenge:



For my card I have taken a piece of Kraft card to make my base and then used a piece of cream card for the front.  The sentiment was generated by my xyron Design Runner.  I then took a doily and cut it in half.  The lacy bits around the outside were inked with Old Paper DI.  This was then attached to the card.  The finishing touches are the co-ordinating roses.

Thanks for dropping by - don't overload on too much chocolate this weekend!!!  lol

Treasure Casket

I've been itching to put my new sewing machine to good use and had a fabulous pattern for a Treasure Casket from Janet Humphrey which was in the latest edition of Stitch magazine. It uses pelmet vilene for the main casket which is dyed with silk paints as are the lace flowers. The flowers are added after scraps of fabrics and then free machine embroidered onto the panels. The casket is lined with a matching silk dupion with fibres and beads used as a closure. Seed beads and pearls are then hand stitched onto the panels. I really enjoyed making this and my machine certainly stood up to the task!!