Christmas Crafting Ideas by Flyingpig - Its Good To Share.

flyingpig58

BItsy Beans - STUNNING CARD - really really stunning, I bet you are so chuffed!

Can I share with you what I made this afternoon ...... I am so thrilled with it!! And its in the true of MSE as it only cost me £1.70 to make



Its a cake stand made from three mismatched blue and white plates in three different sizes with two glasses as the columns



Stuck together with a good strong ceramic glue - £1.50 off the market


My mum gave me the plates as she was having a chuck out and the glasses were 10p each from a charity shop.

If the idea worked, this was meant to be a present for a girl at work who is cupcake mad, but I don't think I can part with it!!! So I am going to have to go hunting for some more plates to make another one ...... but I think I could get addicted to this idea and make lots and lots for presents this year.

tranmererovers

Flyingpig, I just love your cake stand!!! * goes off rooting through plate cupboard *

Nichelette

cheekycat1 wrote: »

Hi,
I keep intending to go to the glitterpot....not sure what it is like though. Have you been yet?
Where are you based? I am in Haywards Heath.

Might see you at some of the local fairs

Hi,

I've been there a few times now. I think it's well worth a visit if you're that close, it's the biggest craft shop I've been in and they do seem to do nearly everything. I'm in Crawley so a bit further away...

Student12

flyingpig58- Thank you very much for the advent calendar idea on page 25 (I think). I have spent all afternoon making these and they are so very cute!

cheekycat1 and Nichelette- I also intend on visiting the glitterpot sometime soon, as I am based in Brighton. Might be worth the train journey!

craftfairies

oohh i am going to my mums tomorrow and i am sure she has some old plates.... wonder if she would notice they are missing as most of them are on the wall!!!!

I have had a big crafty shop this morning and loaded all of the pics onto my home page which took ages
Amongst the stuff i got here are some pics




I will copy and paste the info that i put about everything on my HP later as i gotta dash and cook tea!!

Nichelette

Student12 wrote: »

cheekycat1 and Nichelette- I also intend on visiting the glitterpot sometime soon, as I am based in Brighton. Might be worth the train journey!

I was seeing a lot of signs for Wivelsfield station on my way so I think it's fairly close, though you might want to look on google maps if you're walking from the station. I lived in Brighton when I was at uni, I so miss it and would love to move back there, but OH works in Leatherhead so it would be a bit of a treck for him .

pointofnoreturn

Bitsy_Beans wrote: »

OK here is my attempt to recreate a card similar to the stunning one Flyingpig made.


I've chosen not to draw the heart but I've put a single pale blue gem on the lower branch. the other gems are clear. You can't see in the pic but I've also glued white glitter along the line of the fence and along the bottom.
Not bad - my card and the white paper don't match and I think it would look better as a square card but I can't afford to spend any more money on this so this is how it will be, like it or not.

Your card looks fab - it's a lovely image - thanks to flourgirl for finding it.

Cotton_wool_katie

mummyslittle boy - thanks very much for the link

flyingpig - thanks very much for the tutorial really appriciate it.


My husband saw it when i was looking through and thought it was fab as he is a bah humbug at xmas!!! So im going to make him 1!!!

He keeps telling kids christmas is cancelled lol

Lovely cake stand fp


Have you got your notebooks made out of your beermats would love to see a piccy:o

Kelly-Lou

Hiya,
Fab makes everyone.
Does anyone have a link to a nice reindeer food label, I'm not keen on the one's I could find earlier on.
Is anyone going to the NEC show in a couple of weeks, I'm hoping to get some bargins!

Bitsy_Beans

And some more cards......

Please ignore the pants embossing - when I heated it up it went all funny. the Xmas trees have little gems on them, blue and red.

This was made from some gift labels I bought from Matalan yesterday. £1.50 for 20. Stuck it to some cheap glitter card (VERY chemical smelling I must say) from Tesco.

Used my new square scallop punch, 2 strips of the cheap glitter card and some Anita's embellishments.

I am coming to the conclusion though that apart from my black Xmas card I think I prefer layering colours rather than using a coloured card for a base. I dunno why but I just feel it looks more "home made" when I use a coloured card, especially the green one rather than hand crafted IYSWIM
They didn't take me too long really, I had a two hour break having a gossip and a hair cut with my hairdresser mate