Cards with Texture (crochet & embroidery)

Here are a few cards I made recently trying to incorporate crochet and embroidery into cardmaking:

Altering household objects

A few days ago I was in the Avoca shop in Rathcoole and spotted a beautiful teapot. It was covered in a button design on a beige ceramic background. Well, there were two things wrong with it; it could only hold about 2 small cups of tea and the price - nearly €35! So, I got thinking, bought a €8 teapot a few days later and custom made a button tea cosy for it. The cosy is crocheted and has about 150 buttons sewn on to it. That was the boring bit. The teapot has made several lots of tea since. It dosent dribble and I have already got an order for another pot plus cosy.

Just trying to make some Springtime decorations for around the kitchen. So I cleaned out a gravy granules container, covered it with paper, made a cone-shaped roof and decorated it with bits from a card that didnt turn out right. the bird comes from a Christmas decoration. The trails of greenery are crocheted.

Angel greeting cards

Here are some angel greeting cards I made recently. They are part of an order for Angel cards, Easter cards and general cards.
geraldine

Hi there,
I'm sure you would like to know who won the brooch giveaway....... Well 5 people had expressed interest so I got out 5 Dog biscuits and stuck each name under a biscuit and let HERBIE the geratric pomeranian choose.....he had a good sniff around and didnt choose the 1st biscuit he sniffed nor the second....................in the end he ate SIAN'S biscuit..............so Sian if you could send me your address and what colour brooch you would like......it will be in the post asap. Now if you are disappointed bear in mind that HERBIE knows - he is older than you in dog years and there will always be another giveaway soon....................
Best wishes to all
you never know what surprises/delights are round the corner
ger

Summer Crochet Brooches - giveaway

Here are some of the 54 crochet brooches I made for sale at a fundraising event for St Lukes hospital. I'm going have a little summer cheer you up giveaway of a similar brooch. Just leave your name and blog address and the winner will be pawpicked by my geriatric pomeranian!

If you would like to learn how to make these crochet flowers or learn how to crochet in the first place contact STITCH (01 8429033) or drop into 74 Shantalla Rd, Beaumont, D9. Its on the 16/16 A bus routes. If you are interested in learning how to make Crochet Christmas decorations mention it as well.

Hopefully, I'll give some tutorials on this blog with Xmas crochet patts and ideas WHEN I get things organised a bit better.

Happy crafting

Enjoy the weekend

ger http://www.littlesnippets.etsy.com

PaperPlay Challenges: Week 24 - "Paper Roses"

Have emailed entry.
gerPaperPlay Challenges: Week 24 - "Paper Roses"

Some cards I've just made. Have become fascinated with fans lately. Maybe its last weeks warm weather?
geraldine