No Craft Spending in 2020 - I will bust my stash this year!!!

loopychriss

Just one more for me today, another fiddle mat knitted and decorated.

43/100

emsi_b

I've been trying to work on my upcoming cards; I need a birthday card for a friend, 2 for my dad, a Valentine's card and an anniversary card. I have started the friends birthday card, just need to die cut a happy birthday and put an insert in (always the inserts let me down!), I've also started one of my dad's cards, just need to assemble the pieces on a card blank with a window cut out. I have ideas for Valentine's and anniversary, but as it's 3rd anniversary, I need to find some leather to make a topper with. There's a recycling shop nearby that had some offcuts in, so I will buy one offcut with enough space to try a couple of due cuts, as I've never done any mixed media work! Hopefully it will be cheap, and I'll have less left over than if I bought a sheet new.
I still need another idea for a card for my dad , but I'm pretty sure I've got something, I just need to decide if I'm doing a fancy fold card (probably the new one I did for my friend!).
Once I've got these done, I'll be officially off the starting block!! I have done some more work on my applique square, but I'm waiting for some junk mail to make a template from, as nothing else is big enough, and I'm not wasting good supplies on a template. I'm really looking forward to starting the embroidery on it, I enjoyed embroidery when I was at school, but haven't done any since.

loopychriss

Sounds like you're going to be busy emsi_b!!

Yesterday I finished knitting and decorating yet another fiddle mat. I seem to be obsessed with making these: maybe it's because I can sit on the sofa watching TV and use up lots of 'bits' on them.

43/100

craftingmad

loopychriss wrote: »

Just one more for me today, another fiddle mat knitted and decorated.

43/100

Go you destashing is great especially when you get rid of it that quickly as you don't have a chance to change your mind :j:j:j (like I may have done in the past :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:) and well done on finishing even more fiddle mats.

You are going to smash your total with months to spare I think :j:j:j

craftingmad

emsi_b wrote: »

I've been trying to work on my upcoming cards; I need a birthday card for a friend, 2 for my dad, a Valentine's card and an anniversary card. I have started the friends birthday card, just need to die cut a happy birthday and put an insert in (always the inserts let me down!), I've also started one of my dad's cards, just need to assemble the pieces on a card blank with a window cut out. I have ideas for Valentine's and anniversary, but as it's 3rd anniversary, I need to find some leather to make a topper with. There's a recycling shop nearby that had some offcuts in, so I will buy one offcut with enough space to try a couple of due cuts, as I've never done any mixed media work! Hopefully it will be cheap, and I'll have less left over than if I bought a sheet new.
I still need another idea for a card for my dad , but I'm pretty sure I've got something, I just need to decide if I'm doing a fancy fold card (probably the new one I did for my friend!).
Once I've got these done, I'll be officially off the starting block!! I have done some more work on my applique square, but I'm waiting for some junk mail to make a template from, as nothing else is big enough, and I'm not wasting good supplies on a template. I'm really looking forward to starting the embroidery on it, I enjoyed embroidery when I was at school, but haven't done any since.

I love a good plan and that sounds like a brilliant one to keep you busy for a while and stop you thinking of stash busting :j:j:j

I cannot wait to hear all about your creations :T:T:T

Good luck :):)

craftingmad

I'm declaring a further 5 makes for January taking my total up to 178/2020 :j:j:j

Still a long way to go but I've not bought any more stash so far which is the main thing and I've made it through a whole month :j:j:j
Well done everyone for reaching this milestone - lets see how long we can all keep it up :T:T:T

So I've made 50 care cards (small postcards for a custom order). These used up 8 sheets of cardstock a cello bag to pack them in but I'm counting them as one make.

3 different designs of stickers (9 sheets in total gone from my stash)

A 50th Survival kit for my husband made using little bits I had lying around in my craft room.

I've got a long list of things to make for his birthday which is this coming Friday so I better get a move on and hopefully move my total in the right direction before his big day :eek::eek::eek:

I really cannot believe I've managed a whole month without spending anything on craft - I'm sure I've never managed it before so thank you to all of you for keeping me on the straight and narrow -long may it continue :T:T:T

I'm really looking forward to hearing all about your February stash busting efforts :D:D

Wraithlady

Declaring another make - completed a cross-stitch which I found whilst clearing out the bedroom (which makes it at least 8 years old), I used up some embroidery thread so it counts. Might use it as part of a notebook-cover, but at the moment it's being flattened due to being in a hoop for 8 years.

I confess to buying some interfacing, mainly as I still can't access my fabric store, but I only bought 1 metre and I'll be using it to make the waistcoats for OH's birthday present.

2 down, 23 to go

loopychriss

Thanks craftingmad, I think I might reach my total in 3 months, in which case I'll have to up it!!!

Just one for me today, a sewn one this time, so used a some fabric, lots of ribbon bits, buttons, beads and a bell.

44/100

nimbo

Made some labels for bottles.

Made a cushion cover and used a middle.

I have more that I need to make but haven’t got round to.

I’ve made a massive dessert today which I’m counting as I rarely bake.

17 / 400

kathrynha

On Friday I painted another tile taking my January total to 8/52.
No photo of Fridays time yet but here is the last one now it has been fired https://pin.it/rxjn2ryruj5s3x

Off to Aldi in half hour I craft stuff is new in the middle aisle. I will not buy anything, I will not buy anything, I will not buy anything. Going to have to keep telling myself that all the way round the shop