Freebie Friday! Easter Word Tag Die Cuts

This weeks Freebie Friday is a set of Easter Word Tags Digi Die Cuts! 

This set contains an SVG file containing three word tags to die cut using your Silhouette or other die cutting machines. You can download this weeks freebie over on my flashy new website (whoop!) right here or on box.com here.

*** I'm going to be a bit cheeky again this week and ask, if you wouldn't mind terribly, in return can I just ask for the teeniest favour??? I've entered the 'Women in Making' competition this year and would love you to vote for me (it's just one click - or two if you have Facebook and Twitter - no form to fill out, nothing to register for and I'd be eternally grateful!) I know some of you may have voted last week but the voting system broke last weekend and all votes were lost (boo!) Please just click here to register your vote - thank you, thank you, thank you!! ***

I'd love to see what you make with your die cuts - leave me your blog links in the comments if you'd like to share :o)

Thank you for dropping by today!

Sarah x

p.s. Don't forget my Create & Craft shows this weekend (see my previous post for more info!) 

Make Your Own PomPom Easter Chick!

Today I'm going to show you how to make a cute PomPom Easter Chick. I used to make these when I was a little girl and I still they are super fun to do!

You will need:

2 Sets of PomPom Makers in 2 sizes, one slightly larger than the other
1 Ball of Yellow Wool
Scissors
Tapestry Needle
Piece of Card & a Pen (or the Chick Features download in this post)
Glue (I used Beacon 3 in 1 - it worked the best! available from my website)

These take around 10 minutes to make and are super easy for children as well as fun for adults! If you are doing this activity with children, they may need some help with the cutting and sewing stages as they can be a bit tricky.

To Start, open up one set of your pompom makers and line up, start wrapping the wool around them evenly, one side at a time, each side should be evenly covered and the hold in the middle should be filled (this makes them extra fluffy!)

Once both sides are done, close the PomPom Makers and secure with the little latch. Put your scissor tips into one of the little gaps and slowly cut around the edge, repeat the other side.

Take a length of wool (at least 20-30cms long) poke it into the gap, wrap around the ball and tie in a secure knot.

Take the PomPom Maker off of the ball and fluff out - don't trim the excess wool yet, you'll need this!

Repeat this process with the other size PomPom Maker so you have two PomPoms. Take the excess wool of the larger ball and thread it through a tapestry needle, Poke this through the centre of the smaller ball and stitch the two balls together to secure in place (go through 2-3 times to ensure it's properly secured)

Trim off the excess wool and you have your little chick! All you need to do now is to draw or cut out the feet and features and glue them on.

You could even use lots of different sized PomPoms to make a whole family of them!

You can download the feet and features card here, just click on the picture below and right click and save (or ctrl click and save on a mac)

Thank you for dropping by today!
Sarah x

Papercraft Inspirations Easter Blog Party - Free Digi Stamp!

Today I'm taking part in the Papercraft Inspirations Easter Blog Party! I have a free digi stamp to giveaway and a little project that I made with it to show you!

First up, a little springy card using the free bunny digi stamp, I printed him onto bleedproof paper and coloured him with Promarkers, using the blender pen to create texture to make him look fluffy!

 

The gingham paper is from a Rico designs pad, with the green strip left over from another project, I hand cut along one side to create a grassy effect. 

The die cut panel was made using the Cricut Mini and I stamped a sentiment into the centre finishing off with a fabric bow and a resin rose.

To make your own springy creation using my cute bunny, you can click below to download your free digi stamp

 Click here to download your free digi stamp

The kit includes one black and white file and one of my hand coloured images for you to use in your projects or as a colouring guide.

I'd love to see your makes with it if you would like to share here in the comments or over on my Facebook page.

Thank you for dropping by today!
Sarah x

p.s. please check out the updated Create & Craft show times on the right!

A New Kit - Easter Tea Party!

Today I'm sharing the details of a brand new kit! my DT have been making some gorgeous projects with it and I can't wait to get some time in my studio to make some too! It's called Easter Tea Party...

Here are some of the papers (there are 16 papers in total - you may want to click to see them bigger)

 and here is the Embellishment sheet (you also get a sentiment sheet and 4 digi stamps)

And finally, a couple of projects from my lovely DT...

From Jess, a gorgeous card using the papers and a digi stamp, with a stamped Versamark image over the top

and from Lisa, a cute Easter treat bag...

You can get your kit here!

There is another paper preview over on my Facebook page if you would like to see, along with more gorgeous projects with the Love Letters kit which I've posted over the last few days and the start of some sneak peeks of a brand new CD (I posted one little peek yesterday and will be posting another one up soon so keep an eye out!) more about that tomorrow!

Thanks so much for popping by :o)

Sarah x

Happy Easter..!

A bit late I know but the Easter weekend seems to have passed in a complete blur! After a flying visit up north to see my family, my sister and her boyfriend drove me back home (via Krispy Kreme - yum!) to spend Easter weekend with us. We have spent the whole time relaxing, eating, drinking and laughing - exactly what Easter is all about!! When they left it was sooo quiet - mainly due to the fact my squishies trap wasn't flapping (she's v loud, LOL) and Belle wasn't jumping on them every time they moved - she does love visitors and she's barely slept the whole time they were here - I've got one very sleepy doggy now, she's spent all day sleeping on my feet while I'm scrapping or on my lap while I was re-reading Twilight (still good 3rd time round!)

I've also got to wish a Happy Birthday to my Daddy! he thought I'd forgotten - pah! As I was thinking of him today I made this LO all about him - aren't I sweet? thats why i'm his favourite daughter (shhh, tell don't tell the other 3, mwahahaha)

I used one of the Rusty Pickle ranges for this - I love this one - will have to stock up now they have sadly decided to close.

Thats all for me today as I have loads of samples to finish for ScrapShed for Ally Pally this weekend - I hope you'll pop by and say "Hi" at the weekend if you're there - I've never been before so quite excited!

Hope you've all had a lovely Easter!

x