Ellie Balloons

Thank you for all the lovely messages again on my last post.

You are all so kind.

I have been playing with clay again. 

I had made a blue one of these boxes for a boy

 before, but never got around to making a girly one.

Ellie is made, using a Kathryn Sturrock mould 

and air dry clay.

The balloons and gift box I make in my hands,

using the same clay.

The flowers are made from air dry clay too.

I have a few more ideas for makes, so just hope

my head will get on with it!!

I have nearly finished a cross stitch picture I have had for years!!

It was still in an unopened bag!!

This morning, I found 4 others that I had started but not 

finished for years. They are mostly very big ones, 

by my favourite company Lanarte. 

A week today, my hubby will be 70!! 

Sadly, we will not be having a gathering of friends

 and family, that I was lucky to have.

We will just have a lunch out at a lovely pub near to us. 

Just hope the weather is kind to us. 

Back to my craft room to finish off a few notebooks. 

I must give a BIG HUG to Chrissy. 

You are so kind and thoughtful. I will treasure it 

and will stay on the wall in my craft room for ever!

Thank you for taking time out to visit my blog

and hope you are keeping safe and well. 

Please leave me a message so I know you have been

and I will visit your blog too. 

Have a lovely weekend.

Big hugs,

Carol

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Whale and Friends

First of all, I must thank you all for the 

lovely, caring and understanding comments

on my last post.

I now feel that I am not alone in feeling

different, in this sad and strange world.

So I just made this for a bit of fun!!

The base of it was a kit I bought last year.

I added the Sea horse, the Pirate flag and of course 

the little Pirate!!

The pirate and the Seahorse I made with Air

Dry Clay. The pirate was a mould from 

Kathryn Sturrock.

I only made his head, neck and his hands with clay!!

The Sea horse was also a mould.

Back to making more Christmas cards!!

Well they have to get done!!

Thank you again for you kindness.

Stay safe!

Big 1metre away hugs!!

Carol

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Ahoy Me Hearties!!

Firstly, I must say a massive THANK YOU

to Kath, who sent me an amazing prize,

from just leaving her a message on her blog.

So generous of her!!! 

Another new adventure for me!!

A bit of recycling!

The boat was a gift to me, from my friend Lorraine,

 who thought I could do something with it.

I gave it a bit of a new paint job and made the pirate flag.

Then came the pirate!!

I used a Kathryn Sturrock mould but one of the most fiddly to use.

Patience is needed but well worth it, as it has great detail.

I had great fun doing it and I will take it with me

 to my next Craft Fair.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog.

As you know, I really appreciate having friends that leave

me lovely messages and they are all treasured.

I will of course, visit your blogs and leave a message for you.

Enjoy our lovely Summer weather we are having at the moment.

I just love it but hubby doesn't!!

Big hugs,

Carol 

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Ahoy There!!

Ahoy there me hearties!!!!

A great gift for a little boy......I hope!!!

I must say a big Thank You to Kathryn Sturrock.

She is such a great designer and love

all her craft moulds.

I made the little Pirate just as Kathryn did,

with Air Dry clay.

I decided to make a little scene for him, with his 

trunk of goodies...Golden wrapped chocolate money!!

He is standing on a boulder to raise him up a bit.

Surrounded by shells and sea weed.

I have another clay project to post soon.

This one is not using a mould, just a bit of

clay and using my hand sculpted...….!!

Thank you for all your lovely messages on my last post.

Hope you will like this project too and would 

love to read your comments.

They are always read and appreciated.

Big hugs

Carol

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Animal Magic!!

I have been wanting to do this idea that

I had in my head!! (no cheeky comments!!!) 

since before Christmas. 

I just couldn't find the time to do it. 

I knew it wasn't going to be a straight

forward and a quick make. 

Making all the elements was the easy bit!

As you can see below, I have one monkey sitting down 

(on a piece of driftwood) and another monkey standing 

on his shoulders and one hand.

Then came the difficult bit to get right!!

I had to cut off the standing monkey's head.

Then glue him to the lid and then get the head and arm

on the outside of the lid, in the right position.

I won't tell you how long that took and the air was

a bit blue at times!!!!

He is holding a banana towards the Lion,

hoping he would take the banana and not his head!! Lol!!

I don't think I will make another of these!!

I am taking it to sell but part of me  wants to keep it!!

Thanks for all your lovely messages on my last post.

Hope you will like this enough to leave me another one!!

Thank you for popping in.

Big hugs,

Carol

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