Christmas craft - Cup cakes with flannels and buffers

Cup Cake Base in Card

• The Template for this cup cake base and the small motif on the card is below.
• Use mirror card for a Christmas affect
• Either use a flannel or a buffer for the cupcake and embellish with a craft bobble at the top
• Finish the effect with cellophane and wrap with Christmas ribbon

Christmas craft - Santa Sack

Santa Sack

• This is a simple patchwork sack made from Christmas material remnants.
• I used children's wooden letter set available from toy shops to make the letters and bonda webbed them , then Zig Zagged them down.
• I made two little pockets on the front. One to hold a toy Santa and the other I embroidered Letter from Santa on the outside with a small envelope top to hide the letter.
• I made a drawstring top and used ribbons to pull together.

template for a base for a flannel cupcake

Download this onto card cut around it and then use this as a template to make a cup cake base.

straight lines cut to the small circle, dotted line fold then fold to the centre where the smaller circle is to make the base.  Glue with a strong craft glue and peg until completely dry.

The small decorations cut around and the fold in a circle this makes a pretty decoration for cards and the top of the cup cake.

Buttons

Buttons from Polymer Clay

It is very nice to decorate your work with handmade buttons.
These are simply made from white polymer clay then painted with acrylic paint.  Then varnished.
I used sweet cutters to get small flower shapes.  But you can use square, triangles etc.

Silk Painted padded necklaces

Silk Painted necklaces

This is a bit more advanced as it is done with an embellisher.

First of all, make six small silk paintings ( see my DVD " Silk Painting for Card Makers available from Leisurelearners@gmail.com)

Embellish these onto white felt.

Decorate with embroidery thread

Cut out and zig zag around the edges, but include a small loop in one side to hang the necklace.

Use cord from any reputable haberdashery supplier.

Cat's Cushion

This is a cheap alternative to bought beds which sometimes your cat will not use.

I got the outline for the cat from clips from the Internet, posted into word and enlarged it to A4.

I bought a cheap blanket which are very easy to buy.

I cut out the cat shape from print material and appliqued it onto the blanket.

1 blanket will make two pillow covers.

I then used a soft pillow for the insert.  Make sure it is a new one or wash an old one thoroughly as cats like new smells.