Hope Jacare Designs now also at Folksy

Hope Jacare Designs has made it to Folksy.

Decided I should have at least a presence on Folksy.

If you haven't had a wee look round it's well worth a visit.

Folksy is a site that promotes Modern British Craft.

Handmade felt and hand dyed Mulberry bark

two of my favourite things!

How Lovely.....

Had to share it with you.

My Christmas card from Hope she did all by herself

- I was banished to the studio!

I love the fact it has 7 suns....so cheery!

Oooops I've been put right they are actually snowflakes...

should have known really! doh!

How about that for a 5 year old. Xx

More Christmas pressies......

This time a few brooches

using my handmade felt pieces

and hand dyed Merino pre-felt.

Wishing everyone a lovely Christmas 

and a great

2013!

Christmas presents for friends....

A few felt Christmas presents for friends

surprise surprise all made using felt.

I really like the combination of wood and felt.

I'm still working on some more...think it

may be another late night!

A bit of playing.....

I've been trying today to put together some photo's that best sum

up my work at the moment with my friends Rita and Vicky.

Rita as I mentioned before helps me pack my inspiration packs

she also makes some lovely hand spun art yarns using bats

that I card from my fibres, you can see them at

the bottom of the platter.

Vicky then hand knitted this fabulous flower below

using some of the hand spun yarn

How beautiful is that knitted flower and the ever so cute ladybird!

Then on the other side are the brighter funky

hand dyed merino pre-felts, batts for felt making

and needle felted flower embellishments.

Hey ho it's all felted!

Yesterday mornings lovely fluff carded bats

are now lovely touchy feely

pieces of felt.

Today my friends Rita (a fab hand spinner) and 

Vicky ( wonderful knitter also part time teacher!)

are coming round to help me make up creativity packs.

I pick all the bits and Rita has a flair for laying them out 

in their wee bags - what fun.

Vicky knits away always on hand to help out.

It's really a good excuse for a coffee and chat!

I've mostly been dying bits and pieces! What Fun.....

Fun, Fun, Fun.....

Hand dying Mulberry bark was a big

discovery for me last week....I love it

and think it will work in with both my loves cardmaking

and textiles

Then there's silk laps like a blanket of layers 

of silk fibre....

ooooooo the possibilities!

Have you ever seen a suri alpaca

- the ones with the really long curls...well this is

some of that and let's say if heaven was a fibre

it'd be pretty close.

recycled sari ribbon - every radiator in my house gets 

well used - this is Jacob's room!

Lots of silks...hankies, noils, topps

and a silk/alpaca/linen mix very interesting.....

So this morning I've be carding it all together with

some lovely merino....

So I can make felt this afternoon/evening.

I love it!

Just need to work out a way of avoiding purple hand syndrome

wearing gloves all the time would help!!!!!

Christmas cards....multi media.....

I hope the beginning of December is being good to everyone!

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Some new pieces of felt with a project in mind!

Merino with Wensleydale, alpaca

Hand dyed Blue faced Leicester locks

and hand dyed silk .

It produces a really lovely light soft felt

with some soap and elbow grease!

Oh so hard at work!

The finished piece which has been printed by my

local printer and friend Scott at Largs Printing company

I haven't been around much as been really surprised

how well my new venture back in the world of textiles has taken off.

I have to say I think that I was meant to dye fibre,

 make felt and be surrounded by soggy piles of wet wool!

It's the life!!!!!

24 hr Sale at SBS.....50% off!!!!!!!

Just a wee heads up! There will be a 50% off sale at 

StitchyBearStamps

tomorrow on my and lots of other designers doodles

go have a wee look......there might be something you can't resist!

Birthday cards for a friend's husband!

I do like an exploding box!

A couple of birthday cards for a friends husbands 50th.

I used watch parts for the car wheels....what fun!

A bit different for me - used up some chipboard letters

by covering them with gold leaf.

Really loved this vintage style bicycle paper.

Flower felt

combining some of my hand dyed

hand cut pre felt flowers

into wet felting.

It's great fun seeing all the fibres

starting to take to one another.

I love it that this orange flower has one petal that is still

unattached.....giving another dimension.

such soft fluffy fabric

with added silk for fabulous texture

Little hearts hide away in this piece

along with 4 flowers

silk noils and silk filature....yum!

A couple of cards.....and some hand dyed/felt flowers

Wedding card using my Heart flourish image

more paper piecing!

Love this shape of card - lots of areas to work on.

Some hand dyed 100% merino pre felt flowers.

I have some new flowers and bugs in my

Ebay Store ( this is a new venture back to my textiles

background and I am loving it)

Really can that gorgeous mouse image be beaten

of course not....it's just adorable!

House Mouse stamp and gorgeous girl!

More cards.....recent birthdays

What a great Teddy Bea image for

Della who is a very keen hillwalker and is

celebrating her 70th birthday!

Loved making this card.

Two different cards using my

Daisy Flourish image

this works so well paper pieced.

I really am loving my paper piecing again and these 

Prima papers are so lovely.

Those very happy ladybugs and flowers

from my Lottie and Lara set - such fun!

Busy Busy - lots of weddings......a wee catch up

I seem to be really busy with Wedding cards at the moment.

This first one uses my Wedding Horseshoe image.

I really love some of the Prima Papers

and that fabulous ribbon.

I adore this birdcage image by 

Meljen's Designs

New Home card for Haylie using my

swirly street image.

Great fun acrylic key coloured with alcohol inks

and tied into gorgeous velvet ribbon.

Another Wedding card using my Heart Flourish image

and again Prima Papers.

Caleb was back at Yorkhill yesterday. 

The good news is there is no nerve damage from his spine

although his body is acting as if there is a problem with the nerve supply.

They are trying some new medication that hopefully

overtime will increase the sensation he has.