Finished crafts for the long weekend...

The final of the three...a starfish. Did I mention that these had vertical blue lines behind them and I didnt like it so I've done them without it. Looked for frames yesterday but no success. I'll wash and iron them meantime. *note to Chrissy-iron them from the back lol*


Genevieve's bib. I told her mum that her name didnt fit so she asked me to do her nickname. Once I'd done it I hated the font so I decided I'd put on some butterflies to distract from it a bit and now I quite like it lol. I will give it to her on Wednesday.

Shell number two of the set

The second shell of the three. I found one mistake when I was backstitching but oh well lol.

using some of my new stamps

This is a card I made the day before I went to China. I inked up a new stamp I bought myself with white ink and stamped it onto the purple base card. Then I stamped the square floral stamp onto white card, layered it onto matching purple card. Using the same pinky-purple ink I stamped some flowers over the white swirl background.

Next I attached a white strip to the base card, knotted a piece of ribbon and attached that to the middle, then attached the square over the top. That very day Pat came in to look through the cards and took that one away for her sister's birthday (Aunty Dawn) lol.



While I was away in China, I did this small cross-stitch of a shell. I bought three of them (semco), this one, a hermit crab shell and a starfish before I left. I'm currently doing the second shell. When they are done I'll frame them together for my bathroom which has a seaside theme.