Crafty Superstar

This week I'm being featured on Cut Out and Keep as one of their Crafty Superstars and I couldn't be more excited! They are going to publish one of my tutorials every day and as it's Valentines day on Friday, each tutorial will hopefully give you inspiration for lovely things to make your partner.

Also in the spirit of learning new crafts this year, I've tried as many new things as I could, so if I can do 7 in one weekend, you definitely still have time to do one of these before Valentines Day

Check back everyday to find out where I get my materials and links to the tutorials!

Monday - Valentines Garland

What You Will Need:

• Red Felt
• Thread (white and red)
• Sewing Machine (I have a Janome from John Lewis)
• Ribbon
• Twine

Tuesday - Love Lights

What You Will Need:

• Red Wool
• Twine
• 3 Jam Jar (s)
• Hot Glue Gun (I use a Loctite I got from Homebase and these bargain glue sticks from Hobbycraft)
• Lace
• Red Felt
• Paper (book of your choice)
• Mod Podge (or PVA)

Wednesday

What You Will Need:

• Mask from Hobbycraft
• Feathers from Ebay (red,  black and these cool red/black feathers I used for the middle layer)
• Nail Varnish from Boots (I used Barry M - dark silver magnetic)
• Jewel Trimmings
• Jewellery Wire or if you don't have any of that, I used this wire I bought from Homebase
• Invisible Thread
• Diamond shaped Beads
• Black Veiling
• Hot Glue Gun (I use a Loctite I got from Homebase and these bargain glue sticks from Hobbycraft)
• Elastic (depends on how you want to keep the mask up)
• Dowel from Homebase (depends on how you want to keep the mask up)
• Ribbon (black if using dowelling and same colour as your hair if not)

 

Thursday

What You Will Need:

• Red & Grey Felt
• Red Thread
• Sewing Machine (I have a Janome from John Lewis)
• Cardboard (I store all the boxes from my online deliveries as they always come in handy)

Friday

What You Will Need:

• Picture Frame (I used this record frame from Ikea)
• Hot Glue Gun (I use a Loctite I got from Homebase and these bargain glue sticks from Hobbycraft)
• Sissors
• Ink Pad (red and peach)
• Pencil
• Lino Cutter
• Lino
• Canvas fabric - large enough for your frame

Saturday

What You Will Need:

• Cardboard
• Sissors
• Sellotape
• Ribbon
• Hot Glue Gun (I use a Loctite I got from Homebase and these bargain glue sticks from Hobbycraft)
• Pencil
• Roll of Black Paper from Amazon
• To fill it, I raided the party section at Asda and got lots of confetti and kids toys

Sunday

What You Will Need:

• Dowel
• Ribbon
• Hot Glue Gun
• Polystyrene Ball
• Tissue Paper
• Mini Plant Pot ( or these glass tea-light holders are a bargain on Amazon)
• Love heart sweets
• Salt Dough (or something like plaster of paris)
• Chocolate to melt (or cocktail sticks)
• Sweets of your choice