All That Jazz...

Ok, here's what I did last Friday! Not exactly stamping, huh!

My awesome friend Mirjana came over & asked if I could make ten center pieces for her tables for her Jazz themed party which was on Saturday night! Yeah sure, says me, thinking, oh boy, what have I let myself in for, I know NOTHING about Jazz??!!

Anyhow, early Friday morning we went SHOPPING! We decided on a black & red colour theme & then found these cute bowler hats! Add red & black feathers, some red rose (fake ones!) petals & a bag of glittery stuff & we were done!

I spent Friday afternoon punching holes in the hats & sticking some red & black feathers in. I also added a red/gold brad just to hold the feathers more firmly against the hats.

I punched out some black stars to mix in with the red rose petals & they were DONE!

While I was in the middle of doing all this, "Bella" ( my gorgeous fur-child!) jumped on the table & run off with the whole bag of black feathers & hid behind the sofa! Luckily most of the feathers stayed IN the bag! She LIKES feathers!

Apparently, as I have just heard, the hats were VERY popular!

It was alot of fun & yes, I'd do it all again!! Even though I did end up sneezing my head off...too many feathers! I also made the three cats (mine & Miri's 2 Birmans) some 'feather' toys, which they all adored & had fun with!

Mothers Day Card

Ok, here is the hat I made the other day (see post below). I have made it into a Mothers Day card for my mum, which I will give her this Sunday. I added a few more layers to the hat & stuck them together using silicone. I found this gave the hat more height. I stamped the basket twice & stuck it to the card using sponge tape to give it some height. I stamped the leaves before I did that. I made some flowers using hand made paper & added gems & pearls to the centers. I stamped some grass & stamped the kitten on scrap card cut it out & stuck it to the card. On the side of the card I have used a Heidi Grace stamp & added hand made flowers to that as well. I added a garden tool charm & also garden gloves. (My mum loves gardening!) I sprinkled the card with tiny punched out flowers & added some Kindy Glitz to the basket & kitten. I added a pale green (it matches to green on the garden tool) insert & used a fancy border punch on the edge. Lastly I added the tiny butterfly.

I THINK that's all I did! Oh yes, I coloured it using my Copics! Inside the card it say's "Happy Mothers Day"!

(My mum will love it - she loves all my cards...)

The Cat In The Hat!

In photo number one "Miss Bella" is modelling a little pink hat I made using my circle nesties! She was very obliging & got an extra helping of cat biscuits for her co-operation! In photo two (above right) is a close up of the hat. Not very clear as the closer up I bring it, the more out of focus it gets. It was made using one large circle (about 2 1/2 inches) & about 16 -20 (I lost count after ten!) smaller (about 1 3/4 inches) circles. They are loosely stacked & glued on top of each other then glued to the larger circle. I added some beads & a paper flower to finish it. You can make the 'stack' of circles as high or as low as you like.

I got this idea from Wanda's blog, she has some fabulous stuff on there! Check it out! Thank you Wanda!