Cute doggy!

I have been working on this little cross stitch today after finishing my mammoth load of marking. It was a free kit in Cross Stitch card shop and it's taken about 4 or 5 hours so far. Still got to do the back stitching which I will do tomorrow.

Cat card!

Here is a quick finish stitch from Cross Stitch Crazy magazine. It only took a couple of hours. I needed to stitch something small whilst I'm in the middle of a bigger project!

Stitch show!

Just got home from a brilliant day out at Olympia for the Spring stitching show. There were so many types of craft on show! Very inspiring, there just aren't enough hours in the day to do it all. I spent around £50 on these bits and pieces:
A seat frame and clamp
Anchor Wedding cross stitch kit
Derwentwater boat cross stitch kit
Sparkly cream aida
A magnetic board
2 lots of happy birthday stickers
Needle threaders
Glue

Not bad!! Will be booking up to go in October too.

Easter card in the post!

I was really excited when i got home and saw a package waiting for me! It was a beautiful easter card for the easter exchange on the cross stitch forum. I am currently munching on the mini eggs that came with it!

Mum's Birthday Card

This is a card I have made for my mum's birthday. The design comes from a booklet which came with Cross Stitch Crazy magazine. It took about 2 hours to do. I tweaked the colours slightly according to what I had in my stash!

Welcome to our home

Here is an ongoing project I keep stopping and coming back to. This design is by Helen Philipps and comes from a book Dawn and Mark bought me for Christmas. I can't wait to display it as my only cross stitches so far have been for other people!
I have stitched it on rustic looking aida as suggested by the designer. Gives it a nice authentic feel. I will post an updated picture when I have finished :-)

Easter bunny!

Hi! This is my first attempt at a card  I got quite excited and bought loads of aperture cards and am in the process of making another one for my mum's birthday!

Mother's Day Teapot

Hi everyone!
Here is one of my most recent projects, it's from issue 200 of The World of Cross Stitching. It was lovely to stitch, I like the selection of pastel colours it uses. The flowery pattern adds a nice touch. It is a gift for my mum for mother's day so I hope she can find somewhere to hang it!