Trip down memory lane

I was having a peek through some of my old post.

It's hard to believe I've been blogging for at over 10 years, since 2007 to be exact.

Anyway I've picked out a couple of favourites to share again

A Day at Doncaster - 2011 - hubby didn't enjoy the day and I just can't imagine why 😂 lack of trains I reckon

Happy Anniversary - Less is More - 2011 - got to love a One-Layer card

No Mistletoe Just Wine - 2016 - the saddest thing about this is my sis-in-law never got this card because I put it in a safe place.......................🤦

Kraft Away - 2016 - Ah my adventure into quilting.....

Fab'n'Funky Time Again - 2016 - Looking through all these posts, we seem to spend a lot of time at Donington Park Racetrack

Card Tutorial PLUS Hire a stall?? Oh Help  -  ah Christmas cards for the masses or should that be for my children to give out😂

Holy Crochet Batman - 2012  -  I can't believe how excited I got when this happened, especially since I can now whip up anything I set my heart on making. 

But you know what they say "You can never beat your first time 😉

Well that's it for this trip down memory lane, I hope you found something to inspire you.

I have met some amazing people an made some great friends, Thank You xx

Hugs & Happy Thoughts

Buffy xx

Ice-cream key-chain Crochet

Hello again,

I promised you I would put the Ice-cream key-chain pattern on my blog so...........as promised....

(disclaimer - I'm not great at writing patterns up, so if anyone finds a problem I would welcome the feedback)

We are talking about these little guys 

Ignoring the centre Ice-cream (he's my little desk friend), the Key-chain ones are approx 3" in height

You will need :- 

2.5mm crochet hook

DMC Petra No.3 crochet thread

Key-chain accessories

6mm Safety Eyes

(you can of course use whatever thread and hook you have available but the size will vary)

Pattern :

Ice-cream Scoop 

•     Magic ring, 6sc  into ring, leave longish tail for sewing on key-chain later. 
• R1 -  ch1, 2sc in each st, join sl st. (12)
• R2 - ch1, *[sc, 2sc in next st], *repeat 6 times, join sl st (18)
• R3 - ch1, *[sc2, 2sc in next st], *repeat 6 times, join sl st (24)
• R4 - ch1, *[sc3, 2sc in next st], *repeat 6 times, join sl st (30)
• R5-R9 - ch1, sc in each st, join sl st (30)
• R10 - ch1, *[sc3, sc2tog], *repeat 6 times, join sl st (24)
• R11 - ch1, In F.L.O. sc, *[3dc next st, then 2sc next st], *repeat to end, join sl st. Leave a long tail.

Ice-cream Cone

•     Magic ring, 6sc into ring
• R1 -  ch1, 2sc in each st, join sl st. (12)
• R2 - ch1, *[sc, 2sc in next st], *repeat 6 times, join sl st (18)
• R3 - ch1, in B.L.O. hdc in each st, join sl st (18)
• R4 - ch1, sc, *[hdcfp, work B.L.O sc1], *repeat to end, join sl st (18)
• R5-R8 same as R4
• R9 - ch1, work F.L.O. *[2dc in next st, dc3], * repeat to end, join sl st (24)
• R10 - ch1, work B.L.O. sc to end, join sl st (24)
• R11&12 - sc to end, join slip st (24) on R12 fasten off after sl st leaving a long tail.

Finishing

• Place 6mm safety eyes on scoop between R6 & R7 and approx 4 st apart.
• Using contrasting thread, create a mouth 1 row down from eyes.
• At top of Scoop, using the long tail from magic ring sew on the key-chain (I usually sew 8 or 9 loops around the chain ring to ensure it is firmly held in place)

• Stuff the 2 halves with toy-safe stuffing (I am personally very strict on this one, stuffing must meet UK standards)Yes it's only a key-chain but why not play it safe
• Using the back loops on the cone and the back loops in the scoop, stitch the 2 pieces together.
• Weave in the ends.
• ENJOY or GIFT but post a photo on your blog and leave a link in the comments below.

F.L.O. = front loop only

B.L.O = back loop only

hdcfp = half-double crochet in front post

sc = single crochet

dc = double crochet

hdc = half-double crochet

dc = double crochet

Faux-box card - Apology

I haven't quite finished writing up the Faux-box card instructions just yet, but hopefully they will be ready for tomorrow

Hugs & Happy Thoughts

Buffy xx

Creative Free for All at Fab'n'Funky

Hello my lovely peeps,

So this week we have a really exciting challenge over at Fab'n'Funky challenges

CREATIVE FREE FOR ALL

But Add PINK

(we want to see your creativity set free, so you can make a card or crochet or knit or paint or sew or paper-piece. Absolutely any craft BUT make sure there is a good dollop of PINK!! 😁)

Lets take a better look at my little creations

Lets start with a clean and simple card.

It's just a plain white card with a PINK layer topped with a simple design of multiple butterfly stamps all in a PINK ink that matches the PINK layer. I deliberately left space on one side for a sentiment stamp. Here I've used happy birthday but on a design like this you could easily use "just for you", Thank you".....the list goes on.

(INGREDIENTS - plain white card blank, SU  Strawberry Slush Ink-pad and card-stock, Momentos Tuxedo black Ink-pad and plain white card-stock. TOOLS- Acrylic stamp blocks and Stamps from "For the love of stamps" range.

These 3 are my evening relaxation past-time, I happily sit crocheting whilst my husband plays on our PlayStation or we watch TV together. It's a nice simple pattern, I created the smaller ones as key-chains. (pattern can be found in tomorrows post). (INGREDIENTS - DMC Petra No.3 [54458 pale pink, 53803 fuschia, 5712 beige] and 2.5mm crochet hook and key-chain accessories)

 

We return to our Strawberry Slush card-stock for this little 3D card.  On a piece of 12x12 card-stock draw a line 5" from the bottom edge and cut along this line. Now on the 5" wide piece measure 2.5"  from long edge and draw a faint line (this is your centre fold-line) now measure 2.5" markers along the line you've just drawn, these will be the flaps of your faux-box. Once marked up cut down to the centre fold-line but no further than this. (the rest of the instructions can be found in tomorrows post)

Last but by no means least in the top left corner we have my Bedtime Story Buddy 

I designed this cuddly toy with a book pocket at the back to help encourage a love of book in very young children. No plastic eyes or nose so it's safe for children under 2, although I've put them up for  sale as 3+ (mainly to reduce the quantity of drooling 😂) I'm sorry but no instructions or tutorial for this one, I spent the best part of 3 months perfecting this pattern, I am on version 3 now and kind of happy with it, this Owl is not the only character in my Bedtime Buddy range but that is to follow.

If you would like one check out this link - ow.ly/mKh550AthYa

PLEASE - check out the wonderful inspiring design our lovely team at

 Fab'n'Funky Challenges 

have come up with and leave love x

Back tomorrow with the Ice-cream cone crochet pattern and the faux-box card instructions.

Hug & Happy Thoughts

Buffy xx

Busy little Bee

Hello my lovelies,

I hope you are all doing well. 

Here in Britain the weather has been doing it's usual chop'n'change. Was nice to get a few rumbles and a couple of flashes of lightening.

I have been enjoying some game-time, I decided to get back on my Horizon Zero Dawn

and see if I can finally complete it. My youngest says I can't have the new game till I finish this one. 

What she didn't tell me was the new machine monsters, Fireclaws, that are nightmare fuel to battle.

BUT, I am in no hurry to get a PS5 console so it really doesn't matter.

I have made Mawgan a little amigurumi bee, not sure why she wanted a little bee but why not.

Well I hope I've made you smile.

Hugs & Happy Thoughts

Buffy xx

A Cheeky Peek

I mentioned I was creating a pram blanket for my neighbours daughter.
Well it's not finished yet but I thought I'd give you a quick peek

It's coming along quite nicely and I shall reveal all hopefully the end of next week.
I hope that has engaged your interest.

Hugs
Buffy xx

A quick Hello with a challenge card

Hello

Goodness what an absolutely mental month January has been. I can't believe it's already over.

Not to worry though, back to the important business of crafting.
I have a few items to share this evening, firstly a birthday card. A masculine birthday card! But also a challenge card

• Cute Card Thursday "No Pattern Paper"

This is one of my favourite stamps from LOTV and I think I have found the perfect way to get a giggle from it.

He does have a lovely puzzled look, so the question marks were a must. Note I have double-stamped the one above his head

The letter tiles are from Clarity stamps and the Question mark is a very old See-Ds stamp.








I have also gone back to making amigurumi, I saw a gorgeous pattern for a kokeshi doll and just had to have a go.

I put a AA battery in the photo to give an idea of size.

I still need to add the keychain to her hair-bun













Well it's time to turn in, work is bound to be hectic in the morning

Night
back soon with a work in progress

Hugs
Buffy xx

Freshly Made Card and

What a fab weekend!!!
I have managed to get to Dabblers, finish the share squares I'm making for Kimmy on Ravelry, make several flowers for an upcoming yarn-bomb and............

make a card for the Freshly Made Sketch competion

our brother-in-laws birthday is the same day as mine, so no excuses for forgetting..and here is my take on the sketch:

Inks - SU Cherry cobbler, SU Crumb cake, SU Sandstone

Card - White, SU Cherry cobbler & Kraft

Stamps - WMS Gingham&Co, Chronology(free set from mag)

I had thought of using golf clubs but discovered I didn't have a stamp. I was sure I had one...oh well!

I thought I would also share my yarn-bomb flowers with you 

 

  I have inset a different angled image of each flower to give a better sense of one. The top 2 flowers is are Dahlias and the bottom one is a Damask Rose

I am very pleased that I finished the share squares I was doing for Kimmy. 

She asked for blues or grey, so I hope she likes the blues I picked.
I decided to use the ferris wheel pattern because she said it was for her husband.









Well back to the hook & yarn and whip up a few more flowers

Hugs
Buffy xx

New Project

Evening all,
I'm afraid I have no more news on the police activity yet. All local news has not mentioned a thing about it....go figure!
Anyway, no card just an unfinished afghan

There are a few more blocks completed BUT I have run out of the pale pink and unfortunately it was one of the balls I got of my mum-in-law.
So I have no idea what brand it is or shade it was.
Found a possible replacement but hard to tell on a computer screen.

Ah well, murphy's law strikes again.....lol

Back soon

Buffy xx

Megashroom

No, I'm not eat magic mushrooms
I'm crocheting games characters.
Yes I've been hooking my heart out to please my 11 yr old.

My set design leaves a little to be desired, but I think you get the basic idea of a game world.

Hope you all have a very very happy new year.
I'll see you on the other side

back soon

Hugs and wishes

Buffy x

Snuggle Up

Hello lovely bloggers,

I have been rather busy these last few days, but as promised here is one of my recent projects, a snuggly blankie

I've blackened out the background so you can get a better look (and the living room looked like a bomb went off lol).
It's pram/lap size which was perfect for a first try I thought. I am nearly finished another blanket and will then make a start on the headbands Mawgan wants for the school fair.

Before I shoot off here is another photo I took during our mid-week break

I loved the reflection and hope you do to

Bye for now

Hugs

Buffy x

Holy Crochet Batman....

Hello my lovelies
I have had a brilliant weekend and achieved one of my bucket-list goals......ready?

I CAN CROCHET!!!

Yes you heard me correctly...........ok, so I'm not going to win any prizes with it but I did it and it only took me 2 days to learn how.

Fisrt came a bog standard dishcloth.....well that what I'm going to use it for as it's better that those soft shop jobs.

I've used your basic parcel string......It ain't going to win a beauty award but by gum it's good and strong.

After this first little success, the scientist in me took over slighty......I had the basics now it was time to EXPERIMENT.....wahahaha

Graham (my husband) thinks it looks like a coaster.....DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT MATE!!!
I was just trying different stitches/chains to see what could be done.

BUT THEN!!!!!

I discovered the most wonderful woman on the planet........................and her youtube videos

Mom of 5 Daughters

And she could make crochet flowers................aaaaaahhhhhhhhh.................I love this woman!

Well you can guess what happened next

My first crochet flower

Yes yes it's made fromthe string but Mawgan had a brilliant idea.......shower flower. So several of my closest friends will be getting a shower flower and pretty soap. (You would have gotten a home made soap but I've been banned from experimenting in the house....spoil-sport.)

I have nearly finished my second flower....much smaller and pink and not parcel string!

Back super soon with a few cards and my new flower

Hugs

Buffy xx