Anyway, a recent collection over the last few years is my felt animals. There's a little studio near where I used to get the bus to work, and I could spend a small fortune there - even with the discount he always gives me. The two gulls in the photo (adult and juvenile herring gull) are what I asked DH to give me for Christmas last year. This year he is giving me a walrus, but a badger also fell into my basket when I cycled over a couple of weeks ago to collect the walrus. I have a turtle, a rat, a seal, an elephant, a chicken, a bat, some grey stones (I grew up in a town called Greystones) and various other bits - robins for my Christmas tree. The juvenile gull is made from Blue-faced Leicester, and I knit a sweater with the same type of wool last year, very cosy. I know in real life the juveniles are much more dappled or mottled, but I stuck with my inspiration.
I used Anita's TLC for my base, and created a scene with MFT's seaside seagulls, coloured to match my felt ones. The sentiment is on some wood DP, and I added a sand dollar just to finish it off. I did think I might be able to make a scene with felt die-cuts - but I have no black!!! Or grey, if it comes to it...
Date: Tuesday, October 26, 2021 GMT Views: 832
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Registered: January 20, 2016 Location: Freetown, Massachusetts Posts: 31442
Sat, Oct 30, 2021 @ 7:23 AM
Oh my! I love those little gulls! How could you possibly resist? Great job with the TLC. I still want to try that fold even though I couldn't get to it this week. And one of my favorite stamp sets!
Registered: September 11, 2004 Location: Brentwood, TN Posts: 7647
Sat, Oct 30, 2021 @ 6:55 PM
Great fancy fold card Sabrina. You perfectly captured your sweet sea gulls, and that sentiment made me chuckle. Nice work on the panels as well, with the bird houses and sand dollar, and the front panel beach scene with glitzy frame. I think you should ask Santa for a bigger bike basket, lol.
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Registered: February 27, 2007 Location: LaCrosse, Wisconsin Posts: 39773
Thu, Nov 04, 2021 @ 2:16 PM
I'm assuming we're talking about needle felted creations, which I absolutely adore. I cannot resist them either. They can be pricey though. I just bought some beautiful needle felted coasters, very cool. I love your card, how perfect with the fold.
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