July Variety Swap

The Variety swap this month is a nice easy one - "Have a Heart" is the title!

You can make anything you like but it must have hearts in it or on it somewhere! The 2 examples are:

A fridge magnet, made from a 2" square canvas painted white, over stamped with words and hearts then glittered and topped with a utee heart wrapped in ribbon & a gem added.

A paperweight, made from a lump of clay left quite rough for texture, coloured with purple & silver metallic rub-on wax into which I stuck curled wires topped with utee hearts added ribbons & gems & finally an acetate butterfly. (I meant to put beads on the curly bits but forgotuntil it was too late!!lol)

June Variety swap

Ok - this months swap. Iwould like you to make 3 sachets or mini cushions. Dont worry, no sewing required unless you want to!! The examples here are made from handmade or mulberry paper and glued, then edged with fancy scissors or ribbon. The three I will use for the swap are all the same (but they dont have to be) I have stacked & tied them together.
Full info on the forum.

Team 3 Finished card

This is the finished card for round 3 of the card swap for team 3. Carol started it off, Jayne added the focal point and Claire added the finishing touches. Another great piece of teamwork to produce a lovely card!

May Variety Swap - card & corner bookmark

This months swap is a fairly easy one!

First, make a card with any theme you like - then take an envelope (it can be an old one if you like) seal it down then measure 2 - 3inches from one corner, down and across, to create a triangle & cut this off. This is the corner bookmark. Decorate to co-ordinate with the card.

Team 1 Round 2

Here it is at last, Team 1 - Mee, Tracy and Patsy - Round 2.

The background by Patsy

Main image by Tracy

Finishing touches by Mee

Brilliant.

Team 3 round 2

Hi this is the card that was made for card swap and I think we made a good job of it by we I mean Jayne, Pussycat and myself

April Variety Swap

Here are some examples for the April Variety Swap. The items are memo boards. The spotty one is made from a piece of polystyrene sandwiched between two pieces of card, covered with the paper and the flowers have push-pins through the centre to fix messages to the board. Size appx 21cm x 19cm.Tag shaped one is just mountboard covered with paper, a pocket made with acetate & eyelets & clips for messages. The black/gold one is a covered tin lid, gold ribbon etc. The butterflies have magnets on the back to hold a paper message.