Oh No, It's the Gruffalo!!!

I have a teacher friend who is seriously into The Gruffalo books. It's her 30th next week so I had to make a card along a theme, of course! I also made her a clipboard to use in class.

At the moment there are no scrapbook or stamping Gruffalo products on the market so I was limited to a piece of wrapping paper with which to make my creations!!

The card was made using this week's sketch over at Retro Sketches. I rotated the sketch 180 degrees.  I was inspired by one of the design team cards who used little windows so I thought I would use that idea too.  Inside it reads "...said the Gruffalo!"

I might still add some ribbons to the clipboard at the top. 

Thanks for looking!

A Matching Birdie Mug Rug

So I finished the mug rug this evening to match the little bookmark from yesterday, that was inspired by Erin @ Why Not Sew? Quilts.

Love how it turned out! In fact I prefer the binding on this one. The darker colour gives a better contrast. Plus I like the wiggly sun rays instead of the straight ones.

A close up on the wee birdies!

Thanks for looking!

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A Teeny Tiny Quilt....

Well actually it's a bookmark! I made this last night for a friend. We had been in a shop and seen a fabric bookmark. She commented on how much she liked it....and so the story continues! I had also been inspired by Erin from Why Not Sew? Quilts who makes beautiful mini quilts with cute little birdies on. I'm a bit of a sucker for cute little birdies. So I knew I wanted a cute little birdie on the bookmark somewhere. I used a stamp to get the birdie shape I wanted and added a little sun. Paper pieced the ground. Love how it turned out. Now I want one!!

Close up on the cute little birdie!

And the back.

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Rainbow cake

I finally had a go at the rainbow layer cake I have seen around blogland.

It went down a treat at Pudding Club yesterday!

Freshening up the Tired Cubby House

When we moved to this house, my daughter was very excited to see it had a cubby house built up on stilts!  The only thing was it looked a little dull.

So we decided to liven it up with some fresh paint.

And some new doors, care of hubby.

How cute are they!?

No little cubby house is complete without some oilcloth bunting!

The finished product!

Now we just have to add a name sign to the front and start on the inside!!