So this Monday's challenge word at
EIM is Frog. I could have gone with the old common frog which we have loads of in our garden. In fact every year around the 6th Feb (almost to the date give or take 2 -3 days) I can hear them all "singing" as they congregate in our pond to mate and they are there for a week and then disappear to wherever they came from! However I am rather fascinated with the blue poisonous dart frog or it's native name, Okopipi - (isn't that a fabulous word?). It is found in the forests of northern Brazil and it is the poisonous skin toxins that were used on the darts of natives for hunting. The bright blue warns predators of its poisonous nature which causes paralysis or death. The black spots are different on each frog making each unique and identifiable. I'm afraid my frog is not quite azure blue (I didn't have the right colour thread!) and the black spots were difficult to define in thread - French knots were too bold and anything smaller too little!! So I have large and small black dots but then my frog is unique!!
You may have noticed it's Tuesday not Monday!!! So the reason I am posting this late is that it was my daughter's birthday yesterday and so her birthday card and cake took precedence!! I was rather chuffed with both so I just had to show you:
Her cake is a favourite - Chocolate Peach Gateaux except I didn't have time to make it as the gateau so I cheated and made it as a roulade - that way it was just one rather large thin cake with the filling and rolled up with the second filling on top. This is what it should have looked like:
But I have to say it was delicious and just the same taste as the main cake it just took me half the time to make!!!
So on to the last reason why I was late - I wanted to make an engagement card for her and since their favourite colours are purple and orange I decided to do a series of 9 inchies in those colours and put them on a card. I toyed with the idea of actually making them into a mini quilt with little dangly bits of wool and beads but time was not on my side so I opted to put them on a card and then later I can always do the mini hanging. However I really enjoyed myself - I have no idea how other people do this but I used a sheet of fabric colour catcher paper, painted it with brushos.
Then I laid a sheet of bondaweb over it, overlaid that with thread, material and lace, then another piece of bondaweb and laid a piece of organza on top - then over freezer paper ironed the sandwich together. This is what I got:
And after cutting the inch pieces I decorated them with threads and embellishments, here are some finished - I still had three to go.
And now here is the finished card - again photography cannot capture the richness of colour and texture but this is the best I can do:
So it's been quite a creative weekend and after all the gardening and clearing out I think I deserved a play!! Have got lots of travelling to do again this week and next week so just as well I've got all that out of the way! Hope your days are bright and fulfilling and thanks for dropping by and any comments you leave, I always enjoy reading them. Until next time and don't forget to click the link and view the other inchie makers creative work.
