Craft-A-Day : House Week !!!!

.....holidays are finished, so I don't have any good excuse to delay my weekly appointment with CRAFT-A-DAY !!!!

This week (week 35) calls for HOUSES !!!! Wanna see???

Are you tempted to make a :

• Felt House Ornament

• Mini House card

• House Card

• House Gift Tag

• Mini House Topper

• House Cake Topper
• Mini House Magnet

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We have one entire week to think about it, so no alarms !!!! There is a lot of ideas to be inspired from just having a look in Blogland or Pinterest (!!!!!)! Have fun !!!

If you love to join me in this adventure, please do it and remember that you are really welcome, anytime!!!
If you want to read more about this crafty journey, please read this post or just scroll to the top and click on Craft-A-Day Year Project tab (just under my blog title&description on the right!)! Thank you !!!

xxxx Alessandra

Craft-A-Day : Starburst Week !!!

Week 24!!!! Just browsing through the pages of Sarah's book, you will be tempted to do :

• a Starburst Photo Stick

• a Starburst Stamp
• a Starburst Gift Tag

• a Starburst Cake Topper
• a Starburst Wall Art

• a Mini Starburst Topper
• some Starburst Straws

....or what else??????

If you love to join me in this adventure, please do it and remember that you are really welcome, anytime!!!
If you want to read more about this crafty journey, please read this post or just scroll to the top and click on Craft-A-Day Year Project tab (just under my blog title&description on the right!)! Thank you !!!

xxxx Alessandra

Whale Week : my crafts !!!

A couple of months ago, I bought a knitting magazine that included as a "gift" a canvas tote...

I decided to use it as the ideal base for my first applique' project.....!!!!.....

Two playful whales cut out from felt and stitched on the tote bag with simple stitches...

The head of the big whale is decorated with a blanket stitch, because this is the opening of an external pocket...

...a close up of the upward spout...

....and the calf...

I'm quite happy with the result...

...what do you think??? ;oD

xxxx Alessandra

Craft-A-Day : Whale Week !!!

I hope one day I'll be lucky to meet one in real life!!!

...in the meantime, we can play with the ones that Sarah shows in her book!
You can make a :

• Plush Whale
• Whale Card

• Whale Art
• Paper Whale Mobile

• Whale Onesie
• Mini Whale Stick Card
• Whale Gift Tag

Have a splash with a whale!!!!

If you love to join me in this adventure, please do it and remember that you are really welcome, anytime!!!
If you want to read more about this crafty journey, please read this post or just scroll to the top and click on Craft-A-Day Year Project tab (just under my blog title&description on the right!)! Thank you !!!

xxxx Alessandra

Butterfly Week : my crafts !!!!

This time I was very lazy, I admit it!!!
I didn't want to do something very crafty or time consuming, so I decided for a simple thing that is really nice on my huge handbag....

I traced all the butterflies' templates (small, medium and large) that were in the book, then cut out from thick felt pieces 3 of them....I attached them with some jump rings to a red chain, that right now is happily dangling from my bag...

My LINK !!!!

xxxx Alessandra

Craft-A-Day : Butterfly Week !!!

....I love butterflies and I know very well that I'm not the only one, right???

I think Sarah knows that too (!!!!), so for week 22 of our challenge she shows us how to craft a :

• Paper Butterfly Mobile

• Butterfly Barrette
• Felt Butterfly Ornament

• Butterfly Straws
• 3-D Butterfly Card

• Butterfly Notebook
• Butterfly Wall Art

If you really love butterflies, try even this simple tutorial and mix the different crafts together!!!!

Have fun!!!!

If you love to join me in this adventure, please do it and remember that you are really welcome, anytime!!!
If you want to read more about this crafty journey, please read this post or just scroll to the top and click on Craft-A-Day Year Project tab (just under my blog title&description on the right!)! Thank you !!!

xxxx Alessandra

Rainbow Week : my crafts !!!

Just few pics to show you what I did with the rainbow template....

....just cut some arches from my fancy felt and added some velvety beads, all sewn with colourful egyptian cotton threads to have a witty brooch....

.... because I want to draw a smile from a "sweet 16"!!!!!
I think I can make it, right???? ;oD

xxxx Alessandra

Craft-A-Day : Rainbow Week!!!

....Still raining wherever you are??? Or you have, eventually, some rainbows??? ;oD

Ready for some rainbow crafts ???
Honestly I am!!!
What would you like to create :

• a Rainbow Plant Stick ?

• a Rainbow Magnet?
• a Rainbow Gadget Sleeve?

• a Mini Rainbow Stick Card?
• a Rainbow Straw?

• a Rainbow Topper?
• a Rainbow Cake Topper???

Rainbow your days!!! Have fun!!!

If you love to join me in this adventure, please do it and remember that you are really welcome, anytime!!!
If you want to read more about this crafty journey, please read this post or just scroll to the top and click on Craft-A-Day Year Project tab (just under my blog title&description on the right!)! Thank you !!!

xxxx Alessandra

Flower Week : my crafts !!!

This was an easy thinking!

I grabbed an oval canvas (20x30cm) and some acrylic colours, as ochre yellow...

...and some neon pink...

...then, using the template given in the book, I cut out some daisies from white felt and I chose 3 buttons for the centres...

...with some red cotton thread, I sew both the buttons and the flowers on the canvas...

with a simple backstitch and some green thread, I sew later the stems...

to finish the ochre vase, I glued a ribbon along the "border"and used it even around the canvas...

Last touch? Another ribbon, this time a floral one, on the top back of the "piece of art" (!!!!!), just to hang it somewhere in the house...

This is where my LINK is!!!!

xxxx Alessandra