More Hearts to Love and a GIVEAWAY coming up very soon!

Simply can't explain why hearts

are so joyful to create!

 

 especially when I get to create with all of these

gorgeous vintage laces

 

and an original cabinet card in this case!

 

 A hanging heart to hold your precious cards

or love notes

 

 These two finished items are now available in my

Etsy Shop
(Sorry but they are now sold!!!)

 ♥♥♥♥♥

 I would just like to remind readers here that

the Third annual Grow Your Blog Party for 2015

 is happening again in a few days, in fact, 25th January

so pop over to Vicki's 2-bagfull blog to read about it

and join in.

Clicking on the link will take you there.

It is a chance to meet like minded people and to

increase your readership to your blog.

Now I will be having a surprise little GIVEAWAY for

the event (see below)

so don't forget to visit me again in just a couple of days

if you would like to enter. It will be open to

everybody whether you are a follower

or not!

Thank you so much for visiting today.  I appreciate

your visit and/or comments so very much!

xox Suzy

Moving on from Hearts to Stone Angels

It's been three years now since I made my second

Fabric Lace book. 

This I learned from an on-line workshop taught by

Nellie Wartman at

  www.earlymorningthoughts.typepad.com 

called Altered Fabric Book

(This is still available on her blog too!!!!!)

and

since then I have created quite a number of  Fabric Altered books

but

that book I still treasure as I learned so much.
Nellie is one of the sweetest, most conscientious and creative woman I have met here in blogland!

Just sharing a few of the pages from that book "Pandora's Box"

that I thought you might like to see here again!

 

 

 

 

 

 This really was a quite a plump book overflowing with lots of luscious fabrics

and laces which I still love so very much.

Anyway I decided it was time to revisit Nellie's blog

as she was offering a new instructional DVD of an Art Book

called "Clarity"

Here is the link:

 https://www.etsy.com/au/listing/207624779/instructional-dvd-art-bookclarity?ref=shop_home_feat_1

 

 which really is

more of a paper and paint journal so I decided to give that

a go - never having painted anything before.

Nellie supplied some beautiful photo images of Stone Angels

which we were to alter by painting

and

as I didn't want to destroy these first up

I decided to use one of my own as a practice run

and this was the result:

 

Front Cover with altered photo - painted!!! (background).

 

Inside covers!

 

 

 

Blank pages were added last.

 

I found this DVD very inspirational and I found Nellie

to be not just an excellent teacher but always available

to discuss any questions I had and offering excellent feedback.

I highly recommend this wonderful DVD

especially also if you are wanting to

learn how to construct a

paper journal.

♥♥♥

With all of this new inspiration I decided to create another

collage using one of the Stone Angels I have

collected  (probably from Pinterest)

using a black and white image

along with many layers of earth toned fabrics (recycled and new)

including brocade, linen, silk, fabric laces as well as

vintage netting and a vintage doily.

 

 

I really am a Fabric, textural and lace age girl at heart!
This is now available for sale in my Etsy

Wishing you angel hugs from here!
xox Suzy

Romantic Love Hearts

There really is something special

about creating hearts and with hearts -
whether from paper, lace, fabric, textiles, felt or 

a medium of your choice.

I have created these ones from a deep rich

burgundy felt adding vintage laces

and mop as well as vintage buttons

which I have created as pockets to hold a tag

on a background of little remnants of rose fabrics, chiffon

and embroidered netting.

 

 

These little collages have been added to cards

 

 and I have added some sweet vintage images to the tags

which have space on the back for adding a little

message.

♥♥♥

There are two styles here - this one being similar

but not the same

 

 

and they are both available for sale
in my Etsy shop.

These little projects are keeping me so busy with less time
available for visiting blogs
but 
I hope to catch up this weekend with returning the
beautiful comments you have all been leaving
here when you visit!
I am so very grateful to you all!!! 

Have a beautiful weekend keeping love in your hearts!

xox ♥ Suzy

For the Romantic at Heart

For the rose lovers out there who just love everything

romantic that goes with roses

I have gathered together

some packs

of pretty cotton rose fabrics

that you may wish to incorporate into your

quilting, applique, mixed media, scrap booking projects

or 

any other project you can imagine!

 Included in the pack is a selection of

cotton rose prints and paisley prints

 

some ticking and toile in deep red and white

 

as well as some shell pink broderie anglaise

and cotton laces. 

 

 

I have 4 of these packs made up and they are available

in my Etsy shop.
At the time of posting I now have only 1 pack left!
They have gone from the shop it seems
in an instant from advertising!

I would be happy to make up custom orders

if I have the fabrics available in

your color choices.

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

Also in my shop is this new Heart Collage

Created with recycled taffeta, soft white cottons,
broderie anglaise, mocha lace fabric,
chiffon, a beautiful old
doily

 

and embellished with a sweet vintage key

dangling from a dyed scrim bow.

The pocket on the front is trimmed with taffeta,

sari ribbon and vintage lace fabric

in co-ordinating colors.

The front flap over the pocket can be lifted
to reveal the words printed -
"The key to my heart"

and the pocket carries a sweet vintage
postcard which says
"With Love" - the words being made up of
roses! How unusual is that!

 

 So there we have it - a special post for the
"Rose Romantics" - could that be you?

xox Suzy