So Excited!

My Rainbow pillow got third place in the 'Words to Live by' Pillow Contest over at Sew Mama Sew.  Thank you so much to those who went over there and voted.  I'm so glad Sew Mama Sew had this contest as it prompted me to make a cushion cover, that I might not have gotten around to otherwise!  Thanks Sew Mama Sew!



I promise this is the last time you will see this pillow posted on my blog!! You must be getting sick of it now!!!

I was excited to see that I have won an awesome prize too!  Some wonderful fabric, a cube shaped cushion and a Sew Mama Sew Gift Certificate! Yay!!  And added to that I got picked out randomly for another prize for leaving a comment on their site, so even more wonderful fabric!!!

Friday Focus will be a bit late this week! Sorry folks!

Week 9: Do You Stack Up - Green

Here is my card for week 9 of the Do You Stack Up Challenge.

This week's challenge is:

Green

I tried something new with my paper piecing this week.  First I paper pieced her clothes and coloured the ribbon on the top and the flowers on the trousers with Copics.  I then used my Aqua Painter and Pastels to add some shadows to the clothing.  It's pretty subtle but I love it!

The paper is Fancy Pants, the sentiment is from a Unity kit, the buttons were cut off an old pair of my daughter's trousers! And the image is a digital from one of the sponsors this week: Tickled Pink.  The image is called Willow, she is a peace-loving Gal and you can get her here.

If you click on this one you might be able to see the subtle shadows!

So as I said Tickled Pink is one of the sponsors this week and the other one is Fanyella Design.

 

Can't wait to see what lovely green themed cards you come up with this week, so head on over to DYSU and link up your creation!

OH Wow!! I made the Top 20!! Please VOTE for me!!

OMG!!! I made it to the Top 20 in the Sew Mama Sew, 'Words to Live by' Pillow Contest!!!!  If you loved my pillow and would like to vote for it just go here!!  How exciting is this!!!

Wow wow wow!!! Can you tell I'm excited!!!

Well who would have thought it....?

It seems my rainbow pillow has captured the imagination of quite a few.

I have been amazed to see it popping up all over the place: here; here; here; here; here; here; here; and here. WOW! Oh and here! And here!!!

Feeling pretty humble right now.  Thanks everyone!

I have been making plenty of stuff lately just too busy to post! But I will soon I promise!

Made It Friday Focus: Birdies!

Sorry it's a little late! But here is this week's Friday Focus.  Today I'm focussing on my Birdie design.  This one is on a 'Big Sis' t-shirt in the photo, but there is also the option to have it personalised and have 'Big Sis' at the top and then the child's name under the birdies.  I can obviously make this on a onesie instead with 'Lil Sis' on.  Incidentally if you love the birds and just want a name instead then that can be done also! 

In fact the same goes with any of my designs.  If you like the picture but want different words, maybe you would prefer a fun word instead of a name or vice versa that is possible.  Fancy an image in a different colour that's possible too, just feel free to ask.

Now onto the fab Birdie items I found on Made It.  Wow I was overwhelmed with all the pretty birdie things on Made It and it was really hard to narrow it down to 9!  But here they are!

• Big Sis T-shirt - The Crafty Nomad (me!)
• Compact Mirror - Trink Arts
• Nursery Mobile - My Red Bicycle
• Bunting - Zippy Zippy
• Baby Shower Invites - Baby Blossom
• Pendant - Iszle
• Height Chart - Katy K Designs
• Baby Shoes - Clumsy Kittten
• Hair Accessories - The Clip Cafe
• Card - Imaginart