Redwork piece day by day

I found this cross stitched Christmas tree picture on Pinterest and instantly fell in love with it and with finding that picture i think i also found the perfect project and solution for our little problem. Being crafty and spend time with my husband the same time.
With November on the doorstep, Autumn will be soon over and Christmas is not here yet, the evening are getting darker and quieter. Time to cuddle on the sofa, read books, light candles and working on my evening project.

What i'm going to do is draw a quick chart based on the picture, cross stitch and share my progress with you. Although i will turn it into a Redwork piece and cross stitch it with single thread on 18 count aida in white. The only reason why i don't stitch it on linen is that i have non at home and found the aida in a box in the attic.

I will share my progress in pictures day by day on Instagram. I'm going to use the hashtag #redworkdaybyday. I will also share the patterns on my blog in the near future.

Jot Mood board challenge No.10

The new mood board for October is up on the Jot magazine website.

Created by Sharmaine Kruijver

Think greens - grassy, lime and bottle green combined with black sketchings, white spaces and world maps.

So i did and took my turn on the challenge! 

I die cut a journaling card from green card stock, then stamped some doodled flowers on it.

I added a sentiment and some clouds and raindrops.

Supplies:
Cardstock: "Pool" and "Grass" from Hero Arts
Patterned Paper: Studio Calico
Stamps: "Doodle Deux" from Prima Marketing and "From me to you" roller stamp from Pebbles
Letters: Kesi'Art
Die Cut Clouds: Studio Calico
Die: "Stitched journaling card" from Lawn Fawn 

Ideas with Washi Tape

I simply love this idea.

Enjoy your chocolate pudding, throw glass in dish washer, wrap Washi Tape around it, add a a little bow for decoration and fill it with some goodies.

There are endless possibilities. I'm using mine for mini pegs and buttons. But i'm sure they won't be the last ones i will make... Already looking forward to the chocolate pudding.

Fallen

This plaster sculpture was an experiment of blind shaping a wire frame and connecting the wire with plastered fabric. The outcome was unpredictable. The little man who developed from this project found a new home in my art supply shelf until yesterday when he was misused for this photography experiment fallen from the scaffolding of the building site outside our house. Very dramatic and totally not serious.

A nice surprise and another challenge

Remember the Summer card that i've created for the Inked Classroom over at Studio Calico. I've entered my card for the first week`s challenge and guess what. I've won. Really cheered me up and made my day.

For the second week`s classroom challenge I`ve created this card using the chalkboard effect technique. Arranging the stamps i've ended with a more masculine style card without intending to do so. Means i've planned to put some hawaiian flowers on too. After consulting my hubby "What do you think about these flowers" and the answer was "No" "Maybe one flower then " "Er, No" and after a while "Maybe some ribbon" the answer was still No.
I gave up in the end, layered the stamped piece with a few dimensionals and left it as it is. I kind of like it but i must admit my girlie head still finds it a bit "naked".

Studio Calico - Inked - Day One - Stamping on patterned paper

Wow, what an amazing technique. Even though i stamped on patterned paper before, i never did it in this way.

When i saw the video, i instantly thought about a stamp set that was dusting in my drawers because i never quite knew what to do with it. So here we go, thanks a lot for the inspiration Nichol.

Studio Calico Scraplifts No. 2