Hot Summer Days

Hello! Took a bit of a bloggy and crafting break. I had absolutely no crafty mojo first of summer, I think it took a vacation but it finally came back! I worked on some outside projects and messed around in the garden while my craft room collected dust. But the hot summer sun finally brought me inside so I've been in my craft room a lot lately. I've started working on Halloween and Christmas projects and have lots to share. On this first project I cut out a pumpkin from cardstock and covered with fabric, added felt nose, eyes and mouth, stitched up the sides and make a Halloween decoration. Filled it with three tags ucing Crafty Secrets fabric images.

Made a Christmas Decoration using a grapevine wreath. Snowman is Papertrey Ink snowman die cut with felt and hand stitched.

Next I made some gift tag and gift card holder sets using felt. To keep the wording from coming off I stitched them on with my sewing machine.

Tag set using Papertrey Ink mini snowman stamp and die set.

I made a candy corn pocket using a cone shape. I covered with fabric, machine stitched and added a tea stained twill tape hanger. They open at the top to where you could add candy. Who doesn't love candy corn at halloween - yum!

Also made a couple Halloween card sets. Vintage children images are from my stash of Crafty Secrets (love them!) Pocket on the little witch card is a pre-made kraft card turned on it's side to create a pocket. I covered the front with canvas and felt letters.

And lastly, I made another hanging pocket covered with burlap and filled with some handmade pumpkin shaped tags. I machine stiched the cat, moon and wording on the front of the pocket and also around the eyes, nose and mouth on the tags.

That's about it for now. I'm working on more Christmas items that I'll share soon. Hope you have a lovely weekend! Annette :)