2022 - No Craft Spending - I WILL bust my stash and make pretty things!!!!!

Deb4

Made another 8 cards this weekend so that's 14 cards in total and no spending 😁 need to have a look to see what I'm going to do next 

AnimalTribe

So far I've spent £4.45 on a knitting pattern leaving £25.55 for the rest of the year. I've been focusing on really easy felt ornaments but next month I'm going to switch to knitting. I'll try and post a photo at the end of January of my progress so far. Deb4 I love foxes I would be so happy to get your Mother's Day fox card.

Deb4

AnimalTribe said:

Deb4 I love foxes I would be so happy to get your Mother's Day fox card.

Thank you to be honest not sure what I'm going to do with them all, as I'm just using things I have had a long time but I have enjoyed doing them.

emsi_b

Another 7 cards made this weekend, settled into a nice routine of an hour or two of card making on a Saturday morning. I can't get to a lot of my card making stuff thanks to moving boxes (still no date- 7 months and counting), so I've had to make do with other odds and ends instead. No bad thing, but I would have more ticked off if I could reach the stash of sentiments/blank card to die cut and stamp one 😂

Looking forward to being moved so that I can get at the sewing machine! Now at 15/100

pennib

I also want to use what I have rather than buying any more, no matter how lovely! (apart from glue that is) Having a rummage in our elastic sides loft, I found a canvas that I had started and then lost interest in. Down it came, looked at it with new eyes and finished it off. Since the photo was taken I've added extra bits to the green areas to fill it in a bit more. Paint and fabric houses and greenery. The building with the clock is our local library. It now hanging up above our fireplace.  Woah, that's come out big, sorry don't know how to make smaller.

edwink

pennib said:I also want to use what I have rather than buying any more, no matter how lovely! (apart from glue that is) Having a rummage in our elastic sides loft, I found a canvas that I had started and then lost interest in. Down it came, looked at it with new eyes and finished it off. Since the photo was taken I've added extra bits to the green areas to fill it in a bit more. Paint and fabric houses and greenery. The building with the clock is our local library. It now hanging up above our fireplace.  Woah, that's come out big, sorry don't know how to make smaller.

That's brilliant pennib. So much detail and great colouring used in it.  Love the swans too!  Do you know roughly how long it took you to complete? just interested to know as it must have taken you ages because there is so much detail in it.

Edwink 

pennib

edwink said:

pennib said:I also want to use what I have rather than buying any more, no matter how lovely! (apart from glue that is) Having a rummage in our elastic sides loft, I found a canvas that I had started and then lost interest in. Down it came, looked at it with new eyes and finished it off. Since the photo was taken I've added extra bits to the green areas to fill it in a bit more. Paint and fabric houses and greenery. The building with the clock is our local library. It now hanging up above our fireplace.  Woah, that's come out big, sorry don't know how to make smaller.

That's brilliant pennib. So much detail and great colouring used in it.  Love the swans too!  Do you know roughly how long it took you to complete? just interested to know as it must have taken you ages because there is so much detail in it.

Edwink 

edwink said:

pennib said:I also want to use what I have rather than buying any more, no matter how lovely! (apart from glue that is) Having a rummage in our elastic sides loft, I found a canvas that I had started and then lost interest in. Down it came, looked at it with new eyes and finished it off. Since the photo was taken I've added extra bits to the green areas to fill it in a bit more. Paint and fabric houses and greenery. The building with the clock is our local library. It now hanging up above our fireplace.  Woah, that's come out big, sorry don't know how to make smaller.

That's brilliant pennib. So much detail and great colouring used in it.  Love the swans too!  Do you know roughly how long it took you to complete? just interested to know as it must have taken you ages because there is so much detail in it.

Edwink 

I don't really know Edwink. It has been in the loft about 3 years, before that was a few months making and then a few weeks finishing it off, once I knew which direction I was going in!

nimbo

I’m glad you’ve all been super motivated and busy. 

I’m trying to enrol on a silver smithing class at a local college. I’ve tried before and no response. I’m hoping this time they’ll get back to me. I’ve been sketching som me bits I’d like to make. I have an idea of what I’d like to produce. I need to make some wooden blanks for some of the things I wants to make (brass and copper are free in the programme - so I want to make some little scenes - on wooden blocks - ideally etched). 

I recognise that designs don’t really count as stash busted but they’ll be a help when I’m there. 

I have put them in a home made up-cycled leather note book I made. 😁😁

bit_by_bit

Congrats: Lovely colourful quirky work @pennib. Its an chievment to finish such a detailed piece even if you put it down for a few years. It helps to look at things with fresh eyes once you got bored with a project. 

craftingmad

Wow fantastic makes everyone and I'm so proud of all your stashbusting efforts.

All your makes are amazing and I'm so sorry I haven't been around to comment on each one but life has got a little crazy again and I seem to have no time at the moment.

I have managed to make more things for my business though so I'm now up to 69/2022 but I have also spent £9.38 on supplies (but in my defence it was copier paper and marbles - a strange mix I know but I needed both to be able to complete orders - I might actually remove the £6 paper cost if my son ends up using most of it for his homework)  

Keep up the good work and I'll check in again later in the week to see how you are getting on x