Crawling Creatures 2025 Part 7

Crawling Creatures 2025 Part 7

Continuing with my Star Project

Fill White

Taking some White Clay I fill in the Depression.

Black Balls

I Roll some Black Balls

Eye Eye

I pop the Balls on to make the Eyes for the Starfish.

Add Smile

I have Rolled a little piece of Orange to make a Smile as I want a happy Starfish

Dash of White

Again I am adding White Highlights to the Eyes.

Sort Red

Now I am going to Sort that pesky Red Mark. This was a bit tricky to remove without making a Mess. So I hit upon the idea of accentuating the Arms by Scouring them with a Knife.

Crawling Creatures 2025 Part 6

Crawling Creatures 2025 Part 6

I have so much Clay left that I have decided to continue with more Creatures.

Orange Ball

I have lots of Orange left so I first make a large Orange Ball

Mould Upwards

I now Squeeze the Ball at the Top to Mould it Upwards. It reminds me of a big nose minus the nostrils.

Red Dot

I next part the Bottom into two so it has little legs. Where the hell did that Red Dot appear from?

Star Shape

Okay this looks like a very fat Star at the upwards point. I think the Red is putting me off.

Depression

I have tweaked it so it is more even and added a Depression. That is also a good word for how I feel about the Red. Why did it have to be on the Front and not the Back? I will have to sort it.

Crawling Creatures 2025 Part 2

Crawling Creatures 2025 Part 2

I am slightly altering the photographs from what I actually did to make it simpler to follow.

Small Red

I took a Smaller piece of Red clay.

Knifed

I chopped it in Two with a Knife. I managed to break this one cutting a swede and decided to keep it for Craft.

Mini Red Balls

I rolled these into two Mini Red Balls

Mini Red Flattened

This time I used the Knife to Flatten the.

Cut Out

I Elongated the Balls so they were like a Cartouche. Then using the Knife I Cut Out a section like a Cheese Triangle to both of them.

Claws

Finally I moulded them into a Pair of Claws

Crawling Creatures 2025 Part 1

 Crawling Creatures 2025 Part 1

Here is a blog about a little gift my boyfriend gave me. Since it is supposed to be from age 5 it should have been simple. How wrong could I be?

Crab Clay Kit

I now have one Air Dry Crab Kit to play with. I have used Air Dry Clay before so it should be easy.

Instructions

I first read the instructions. This is going to be a piece of cake. It will  probably only take me about 10 minutes to finish.

First Booboo

Oops. I dropped the Red Clay whilst taking it out. Hang about this isn’t right. This is NOT like other Clay I have used at all. I thought that I would just dab it on and pick up the Red.

However it doesn’t work. In fact exactly the Opposite. Instead of picking up it sticks to the other Clays. Now I have got Red Clay on all of them.

Red Ball

Rather than carry on trying to sort out the bits that were stuck I put the Lid on the Pot and carried on. Taking nearly all of the Red Clay I rolled it into a ball.

Palm Flattened

I have now Flattened the Ball with my Palm. This will make the Base for my Crab.

Fan Folly 2024 Part 6

 Fan Folly 2024 Part 6

The Glue has dried and the Card has stuck together nicely. Now for a spot of Decoration

Add Lace

I sorted through my collection of Lace and found some Red Lace roughly an Inch Wide. I started to Add it to the Fan. This wasn’t easy for a couple of reasons. One is because the Fan has Curved Edges. 

Another is in order to get it Equal Lengths both Sides I am having to work from the Back. I place the Lace Under the part of the Fan to Decorated. I then add a small bit of Glue then Fold the Material on top.

Lace Pinned

The Further along I got trying to add the Lace the more difficult it became. I decided to add Pins to fix the Lace in place whilst it dried. I left the extra material around the two Corners Unglued 

Finished Fan

Once one Side of the Fan had Lace Stuck I turned it over and did the same with the opposite Side. Once both Sides were Stuck down I could move on to the Corners.

I Folded the excess Material over and stuck it down with Glue. I had to wait until Two Corners were sorted before I could turn over and repeat on the other side.

The Finished Fan isn’t as neat as I would like but it is Functional and my my mum loved it. At the end of the day I can only do what I can with the resources I have laid around.  I think for my next project I will do something from a Kit to make life a bit easier.

Boxing Clever 2024 Part 9

Boxing Clever 2024 Part 9

Back to the Box Lid

Look Here

I left at the point where I was unhappy with the Red. Therefore I have had an Idea. I needed to add some Windows. However what I have decided to do is to add some White Shutters.

Mind the Door

I Glued the Shutters in place on top of the Red. It looks much better now. I have also added a door.

Pathway

Using White Ribbon and bits of Off Cuts I have created a Pathway. I toyed with the idea of adding a gate but decided that was going to make it look clumsy. Therefore I changed the gate to a Stile.

Starry Night

I really struggled to get the Sky right. I tried adding storm clouds but it didn’t look right and after asking for opinions I tried again. This time instead of a Full Moon I changed it to a Crescent 

The addition of Stars was really hard work. No matter what I tried they looked terrible. I decided that there was no way I could make Stars out of Material. I had some tiny Sticky Coloured Glass. I trawled through to find White ones and dotted them around.

All Packed

Finally it was ready for me to put my Tarot and Oracle Cards in. I am really pleased with the over all result.

Autumn Cape Bag 2022 Part 18

 Autumn Cape Bag 2022 Part 18

This blog is a bit of a bust. Most of my photographs seemed to have either disappeared or great quality. So apologies but I have done my best with what is left.

Securing

 

The problem with changing colours so often is that it can leave loose Stitches. This will become a major problem once I have started using it and the Weight will naturally drag it Downwards.

I have begun the process of going over these areas. In the above photograph you can see where I have gone along the edge of the Orange to Secure it.

Blurry Blue

 

This was a very difficult photograph to take. I wanted to show how the Holes are so much bigger where I picked up Stitches. I have held the Knitting up in front of my computer screen. Therefore the Blue of the screen can easily be seen through the Larger Holes.

Brown Blur

 

Another difficult photograph to take. Once again I am holding it up against the screen. Now I have gone through with the Brown Wool the difference is much Smaller.

Red Top

 

There are many Straight Edges that you do not find in Nature that I need to tackle. Here I am Changing the Shape and also I fixing Holes at the same time.

Leaves and Orange

 

I have added 3 Leaves to the Second Strap. However there was a bit of a gap so I have embroidered some Orange in it. Much more to do so need to carry on.

Footy Fun 2022 Part 3

 Footy Fun 2022 Part 3

The paint has dried and I can move on to the next part.

All Change

 

Looking at the above photograph I believe I made a mistake in a previous blog. I had used Fabric Glue just not for the Paper Covering.

Red Top

I Measured, Cut, and Glued a piece of Red Felt to both the Top and the Bottom of the Box.

Trimming Time

 

After the Red had dried I trimmed off any Excess White Felt. I think this is when I corrected the White Overlap on the Front of the Box. This recent illness has fogged my brain up.

 Template Time

Remember the small Scraps of Felt I had Ironed at the beginning of the project. I used these to make the Letters that I needed.

This was far more difficult than I anticipated. For some reason I couldn’t get the Letter N right. I ended up doing several before I was happy and could move on to the other Letters that I needed.

N.F.F.C

 

Eventually I managed to get all my Letters Cut Out. Next I had to place them. This was a little nerve wracking as if they were not spot on they would stick out like a sore Thumb.

Once placed I Glued the Backs and gently lowered them into position. I think since they were all drawn by eye rather than being measured I did rather well.

So there you have it one Covered Nottingham Forest Football Club Box for the use of.

Crikey Not Christmas 2022 Part 21 –Ribbon

 Crikey Not Christmas 2022 Part 21 –Ribbon

Now I have made the Ribbon I have to add it to the Wreath. I tried this so many times I hope I have got the right photographs. 

Pine Cone Central

 

The most important thing to get right is to have the Pine Cone Central at the Bottom. Otherwise when it comes to hanging it will be lopsided.

Add Gold Ribbon

 

This Ribbon isn’t actually Gold but with two lots of Red Ribbon it gets complicated. Therefore I am referring to the Red Ribbon with a Gold Trim simply as Gold.

Apologies that it isn’t easy to see but then it wasn’t easy to take a photo of either. To hold the Ribbon in place I believe that I put a few Tacking Stitches in. I may have used a spot of Glue too but frankly cannot remember.

Add Glue to Wreath

 

This was far easier to do than to try and explain. This is because it needs accurate Positioning. I place the Bow where I want it. Then I Wrapped the Ribbon around and checked where it met.

Then I added some Glue to that part of the Wreath.  Then I Stuck the Bow in place. I also added some Glue to the Top of the Wreath to make sure the Ribbon didn’t move.

Glue Back Ribbon

 

Next I Wrapped the Ribbon around the Back. However I didn’t Glue straight away. I brought the Ribbon back to the Front so I could check that it overlapped. Then I added the Glue and Stuck the Ribbon down at the Back.

Add Bow Glue

 

This is quite time consuming as I have to wait for the Glue to dry. With the Ribbon now Glued securely at the Top and Back I can move on to the next part. This was to add Glue to the Top of the Bow and part of the Ribbon leading from it.

Wrap Ribbon Around

 

The photographs might be slightly out of order. This because I am trying to show you the best way to do this. I then began to

Line up the Ribbon from Below. I added some Glue then Wrapped the Ribbon around the Wreath and the Bow.

Crikey Not Christmas 2022 Part 19 -Ribbon

 Crikey Not Christmas 2022 Part 19 -Ribbon

On to the Ribbon. For some reason the photographs are making the Ribbon look orange but it is actually bright Red.

Red Ribbon

 

First I needed some good Ribbon. I had two nice thick pieces that I had saved from something. Apologies I forgot to measure but I think it was about an arm’s length.

Cut and Crimp

 

They had Velcro on so I Cut that off both Ends. Then I used Crimping (Pinking, Zig-Zag) Scissors on the Ends

Fold Ribbon

 

I Folded one of the Ribbons in Half. You will get a better idea of the Size in this photograph. At this point I think I should mention that I looked at dozens of ways to make a Christmas Ribbon online and tried some. However it would take dozens of blogs to go through the all.

Cross Ribbon

 

Using the Fold line as a guide I then Crossed the Ends of the Ribbon over. This way I could ensure that the Ribbon was equal.

Grip Ribbon

 

After I Crossed the Ribbon I used a Grip to keep it in place. This is because I am now going to move on to the second Ribbon.