Felt plushies

Hello people,

Its Lekha with my project using the new Itsy Bitsy thin cut dies and felts.

Itsy Bitsy has a huge color palette of these felts for you to choose from.

(Few of the colors available at Itsy Bitsy)

It was my childhood hobby to make cute felt plushies. These are cute, little, fun tiny miny things to make on a weekend.

I have used the thin cut heart dies in different sizes to cut through felt. And these dies cut the felt like butter. 

Lets start making these....

I have used blanket stitch to sew together the bigger pieces and fill the plushie with cotton. Blanket stitch is the easiest when it comes to putting these little pieces together.

You can either choose a same color thread or shaded thread for a cool effect.

                                  

                                   (pic courtesy Google Images) 

For the base of each plushie cut 2 large heart pieces in yellow, pink, blue colors.

Notice the intricate scallop design in the smallest heart also. That is how fine these dies cut.

 

  

 For the blue felt plushie I have white crochet lace between the two pieces. The little bee sticker is turned into a resin embellishment.

These days there is an ongoing shaker mania, so here is a cute little felt shaker.
For this have cut the center using the second largest die in the set and used ohp sheet and filled granules & sequins. Have used blanket stitch to sew the edges.
The best part about shaker embellishments is you can pretty much put anything inside the belly. 

 Here are the little felt plushies...

 Hope you enjoyed these and would love to hear more from you.

Supplies Used:
felts
thin cut dies
heart dies
pink crochet lace
white crochet lace
satin ribbon
ohp sheet
granules 
sequins

Elements of Nature- Handbound Book

Hello Friends ,

Remya here. Today I have a handmade mixed media nature journal to share with you. Am sure many of you here love Books, Diaries, Planners in all forms. Why not make one since we all are such good crafter's. Here is a very quick way to make a vibrant and handy book.

Steps taken :

I had quite a few colored copier paper which I folded  into half. Next I took 2 handmade paper folded them into half too. Itsy bitsy has a good variety of hand made paper. Try it out , you would love them. Tucked the copier paper into the folded handmade paper to make it a bundle.

Next for the cover. I used Ivory board paper from Itsy . Its 230 gsm paper and perfect as a cover page Medical tape was stuck randomly on the paper. Applied a light gesso over the entire paper. Once dried applied MontMarte texture paste through the Script stencil( Its one of my favorites) . Itsy Bitsy has a wide range of stencils. They are of good quality and worth investing for.

Once that was dried up too , I sprayed color splash spray - Lemon Zing and Hot Pink . The outcome was something I loved a lot.

Next gave a bit of distress on the edges using brown tinge from the Itsy Bitsy Pigment pad.

Stamped " Memories to remember " from the stamp set - Live Laugh Love.

Fussy cut a bird and twigs from the DCWV paper stack. The paper collection at Itsy Bitsy is humongous. Its drives everyone crazy,including me.

Arranged the fussy cuts on the cover. Once the cover was completed ,started to stitch the paper bundles on to the cover.

The simple and handy notebook is ready ! Sharing a few pictures of the book.

Materials :
Ivory Board 
Script Stencil
Specialty Paper
Stamps 
Colour Splash : Yellow
Colour Splash : Pink 


Hope you enjoyed it.
Hugs
Remya