Pine Cone Characters

 Today we made some characters out of pine cones, walnut shells and a few other things. Michelle led the project, and we all had fun designing some very interesting characters!

Dominique

Jekatarina

Nadi

Tricia

Carousel Cards

We started back after the summer with some Carousel Cards. The original versions of these were based on circles, but they work well as squares too and that's what we did. Any size square will work, but most of these started as 12 by 12 in card sheets.

Beryl

                                            

Jekatarina

Michelle

Nadi (who used a letter stitched as part of our plastic canvas project)

Parvin

Shobha

Tricia

Stepper Cards

 These look a little different, but can still fold flat, and using this method, aren't difficult to create the basic card base.

Michelle

Parvin

Shobha

Sue

Tricia

Making Cards using Stencils

 Sue ran our most recent project, and supplied some stencils and ink, while some members brought their own, or chose to use a different medium. There were some lovely results!

Beryl

Dominique

Michelle

Nadi

Parvin

Shilpa

Sue

Tricia

Plastic Canvas

 We had a play with plastic canvas a few weeks ago, but as the projects take longer than some to complete. I'm only getting around to posting them now.

Jyotsna chose to make bookmarks as gifts

Nadi chose to use a Mary Hickmot pattern and turn the result into a card. And then she went on to make more!

Parvin made a monogram as a gift

Shobha also added her design to a card

Tricia made several things. The boxes and coasters used Etsy patterns, while the needlecase was kept simple and geometric.

Iris Folding

 Michelle recently introduced us all to Manx Quilting, and as soon as I saw it, I thought of Iris Folding - a papercrafting technique I've tried a few times in the past. We had a go today, and the results were lovely and so varied.

Michelle

Nadi

Parvin

Shobha

Tricia