Also, should you wish to buy any of my cards, please read the post below which tells you how you can order and pay.

Later today I'm going to try to put together a tutorial for the drawstring bags and I'll post it here as soon as possible.

If you'd like to try and make these flowers, here are the instructions:

1 - Choose the felt you're going to use and draw circles on it. For this, I used my Fiskars template but you can use cups, bowls, plates...anything round. To make flowers of different sizes draw smaller and larger circles.

2 - After you've drawn all your circles cut them with your pinking shears.

3 - Cut the wire you're going to use to the desired length and curl one end.

4 - Pierce the centre of the felt circle with the other end of the wire and make the felt circle go all the way up the wire.

5 - Fold the felt circle in half upwards.

6 - Fold one of the sides to the centre and then the other side so it overlaps the previous fold.

7 - Using a matching colour thread apply a few stitches to hold everything in place.

If you'd like to order any of my cards the prices are:

Cross stitched cards ------------------ > £3,5/each card (p&p included)
A5 cards-------------------------------> £2,5/each card (p&p included)
All other cards-------------------------> £2/each card (p&p included)

To order you should do the following:

- Follow the link above to see my card gallery:
- Make a note of the card reference number which appears below the card (A5 cards and cross stitched cards are identified as such);
- Send me an email (please see my profile to get my email address) stating the reference number of the card or cards you want;
- I only accept payment by postal order. I'll give you my details upon receiving your order and cards are sent out when payment is received;
- Cards will be sent in a hard backed envelope and wraped in bubble wrap;
- Cards will be sent by First Class mail (UK only).

In my previous post I mentioned my first acetate card, well here it is if you'd like to have a look. For a first try it didn't come out too bad and I think this is a very romantic card.

Also, I've been working on some ideas for possible wedding favours. This is what I made today. It's a White Calla Lily made of felt. The meaning of this flower is "Magnificent Beauty" and it's one of the favourite flowers for weddings. It's also used to celebrate the 6th Wedding Anniversary. This is only a template that I will use for the real thing so I didn't bother too much about using white thread to sew the stem and also about the size of the stitches.

I think the photos are clear enough so I'm not going to write the instructions for this but you should bear in mind the following: the size of your flower will depend on the width of your strip of felt so the best thing for you is to try different sizes to see which one you like best.

Have fun

I also had a go at these organza bags as wedding favours and also made this packet for seeds but I must say I'm not too sure about it. I have the feeling something's missing but haven't figured out exactly what yet . Is there anyone out there reading this and getting married in the near or maybe not so near future? If so, keep watching this blog as I'm working on some projects for wedding favours .

I bought the organza at HobbyCraft and then went to The Range (these are in the UK). Big mistake... I should have bought the organza at The Range instead because it was half the price I paid for it at HobbyCraft!! And the same goes for many other craft supplies. I find that cardstock is much cheaper at The Range and they have a much wider variety, on the other hand they don't have dies for the Sizzix!

In conclusion, if you're near these two stores it might be worth your while to make sure of prices in both before you buy as it might save you a lot of money.

Oh, almost forgot I also made my first acetate card. I'll upload it later for you to see.

So what you do is:

1. Get your iron and wrap the base with alluminium foil.

2. Get the crayons you're going to use. It's even better if they are glittery crayons as then the glitter will transfer to the paper and make it sparkle.

3. Switch the iron on and let it warm up but not too much just enough to melt the crayons. When it's warm enough, switch it off.

4. Rub the crayons over the foil - you'll see them melting straight away. You can either mix the colours or do one colour at a time. Just experiment on a piece of paper until you get the desired effect.

5. Place the iron on a piece of paper but don't move it about just kind of put it down and lift it up.

6. If you don't have glittery crayons you can use your glitter tubes to sprinkle some over the wax on the paper while it's still warm so it sticks to the paper.

And that's it. I've created these two lovely A4 sheets of background paper using this technique. On one I used orange, green, brown and yellow to create the lovely Autumn colours and on the other I used different pinks and red and purple.

If you want to try this technique bear the following in mind:

- protect your work surface;
- if your children are helping you make sure you supervise them at all times;
- never leave your iron unattended, specially if it's hot or connected to the mains;

 If you find that you get large amounts of wax on your paper just warm up the iron and stab the paper so the wax melts and spreads.

Hope you have fun trying this technique.

Also, yesterday I made some fun birthday cards for children and also two more paper baskets: one for Valentine's day and the other with a pink baby boot. Have a look!

This project turned out different than originally intended because for some mysterious reason I always get my measurements wrong! So, I had to think of a way to finish it and this is it and I must say I'm actually quite pleased with how it looks.  My favourite bit is the tree which I drew myself and that's something because I'm rubbish at drawing .

2- Make the basket (click on the asterisks to see the relevant photos):

* Embellish the basket.

5- Make the handle for the basket and glue into place.

I'll try to put together the instructions for this project in case anyone out there would like to give it a go.

Happy crafting

1- Make the envelope. Cut a square piece of handmade paper (I used a 10 cm x 10 cm square). Fold it diagonally so the corners meet. Crease slightly, unfold and do the same the other way so you can find the middle of you paper.

2- With one corner of the paper towards you fold the left and right flaps until they touch the middle. Fold the bottom flap up and allow it to slightly overlap the other two and glue. You can fold down the top flap if you want but that's not necessary. And that's your envelope made. Tie a ribbon around it.

3- Cut a piece of paper to go into your envelope. Use a corner punch to decorate the two top edges and then apply some matching chalk. Put a peel-off in the middle.

4- Insert this into the envelope at an angle and glue in place. Your card topper is now complete. Glue it centrally onto the card blank.

5- Write your message on the front of the card. I used peel-off letters to write the word "Congratulations".

Here I am, someone who really enjoys sewing and all my pins are in a very small box with the result that I get pricked quite often .

So... you've guessed it! I'm making myself my very first pincushion. It's going to be in the shape of a cube and I've already cut out all my elements made from bits of felt I have leftover from other things I made. Have a look here.

I'm also using this as a template/practice for one of my next projects: soft cubes for babies to play with .

They are very simple but I quite like them, I love brown with blue and pink.

If you'd like to see them click here. If you'd like to see my card pool then click here.

And while making this case I realized that for the two projects I only used one A4 sheet of felt. Is that good or what?

Anyway, I was feeling a little fidgety last night and so got to work and made another tissue case. For this one I used red felt and also a very pretty fabric I bought years ago. It's white with very small red, blue, green and yellow dots. I think they go quite well together. The obvious next step is to make the cellphone case to match . That might be my project for tonight.

If you want the template for the cellphone case you'll find it here.

1. Get a tall card. The one I used was 105 mm x 210 mm, but you can use any size you want. I divided the height of the card by 3 and then scored and folded the bottom part of the card (measuring 7 cm in height) so as to form two pockets for the tags.

2. Either glue or stitch these pockets. I thought it would look nicer if the stitching in my card went all the way around it on both sides but this is a question of personal preference. If you glue the pockets you just made then allow enough time for the glue to dry.

3. Make your tags. I used my Fiskars template and cutter but you can draw your own tags or download them from the Internet and then cut them by hand. Here are some tags you can use. I chose the big one for my card. Also, depending on the thickness of the card you use to make the tags you might need to cut two for each tag and again glue or stitch them together to make the tag thicker.

4. Embellish the front of your card and the tags. Don't forget to leave some space for a personal message. With that in mind, I decided to leave one of the tags empty so anyone can use that to write their own message.

5. Et voilá. There's your tag card ready to go .

 Tip: If you're anything like me, chances are you'll probably get your measurements wrong so I advise you to make a template of the card and of the tags first.

Yesterday I decided to have a go at making my first tag card. Have a look here to see the outside and here for the inside. I think it turned out quite nice. I'll try to put together a tutorial or set of instructions in case you want to have a go yourself.

I have very recently started selling my cards through people I know and at the PTA's events at my son's school. I thought it would be nice to have other things to offer people besides cards and as I have always liked sewing... Problem is: I have so many ideas, there are so many things I want to do that I don't know where to start! Isn't that just typical?!

Card making really is very addictive and a little expensive.

I have also managed to come up with some card designs for Valentine's day and for Easter and which I'm quite happy with. If you want to have a look follow this link:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/11657162@N03/

Meanwhile, remember some important dates that are not very far away:

Valentine's Day
Easter (I realised a few days ago that this year Easter is in March!)

If you're going to make cards or any other crafts that have anything to do with these dates you should start getting some ideas now. You know what they say, time flies :-)

Check here for some ideas: