Thank you teacher part 2

Here are two other cards I made to thank the teachers, I used Marianne Design "Eline's owls" clear stamps, my partner in crime Derwent pencils and Marianne Design paper block for these and of course my discount shop ribbon.

Polar bear in fimo

Yup, still on the Fimo-road... This time a polar bear, for Ilyas' teacher, who has a thing with polar bears and owls... Idea is to attach it to a frame later on, I probably won't do it, but still... So, here it is...

Thank you teacher part one

Tomorrow is the last day that one of Soufyan's teachers will be at school, sad, because she's the best teacher he ever had. She believed in him, saw potential no one ever saw and gave him loads of confidence and taught him more than any ten year old usually learns. So, the first thank you teacher card has been made as well as the first gift.

I went through an entire butterfly theme, just because I felt like it and because she kind of made him grow from a caterpillar to a butterfly.

For the card I used a standard blue one, some perkament paper, lili of the valley stamps and of course my derwent pencils got to prove their purpose again. The lace is from a discount shop (oh, how I love those...) and the lavender is from the garden. I also used paper from the Boofle stack and Marianne Design lovely butterflies for the inlay. Some ribbon from a discount shop (I just love discount shops to get craft material) and lavender from the garden.

I used a pop up punch from Pipoos to create the butterfly on the enveloppe and I stacked a bunch of butterflies inside the card, so that they'll "fly away" when she opens the card (like her students will do). For those I used a regular butterfly shaped punch and my left over paper, rescued from recycling.µ

Then, for the frame, I used a ready cut mdf one, you find them in craft stores all over for discount prices. I painted it gold and attached some butterflies, plain simple. I used my Boofle stack for a paper and cut out the wee design, stating "Make a wish... I hope it comes true", the thank you note I wrote myself. It says as much as thank you teacher, for the confidence you gave me, for understanding, for the new insights, for an amazing year"

The small package is a home made soap, wrapped in the same Marianne Design paper from the pretty butterflies-stack and the discount ribbon and forget me not flowers from the garden.

 

Laura's sunny hat - free pattern

In an earlier post I promised to write out the pattern to Laura's sunny hat. I made it with cotton and a 2.5 crochet hook. It fits a six month old.

1.       6sc in magic ring

2.       2sc in each sc around (12sc)

3.       2sc in each 2^nd  sc around (18sc)

4.       2sc in each 3^rd  sc around (24sc)

5.       2sc in each 4^th sc around (30sc)

6.       2sc in each 5^th sc around (36sc)

7.       2sc in each 6^th  sc around (42sc)

8.       2sc in each 7^th sc around (48sc)

9.       2sc in each 8^th  sc around (54sc)

10.   2sc in each 9^th sc around (60sc)

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35.   2 sc in each 13^th sc around (84 sc)

36.   2 sc in each 14^th sc around (90sc)

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46.   (Skip 2 sc 5hdc in next sc) repeat 33 times around finish off with a slip stitch and work away the end.

Okapi part two

Tomorrow is Yaesseens big day at school for his show and tell, he was worried to lose points for the creativity part of it, so I created a scale model of the okapi in his environment. A cardboard box, some branches from the garden, a bit of moss and grass, foam and a toy and bababim badaboom, he's got himself a scale...

Monkey business

So, the fimo was out on the table any way and seeing I have monkey issues lately, got a monkey clock as well..., I hád to make one in Fimo too

Fimo giraffe

As I discovered the joy and relaxation working with fimo gives me, and on request of an old friend, I made a giraffe.

I am glad that I started using it, it has tons of possibilities, and is extremely user friendly. So, my advise to you; go out and buy some and rediscover your inner child and let it fiddle and create and have fun!