Wisp tutorial (Frenzy)

Hello my crafty friends!! I have a couple of things I would like to share with you today. Over March break Michael came to me wanting a Wisp! What's a wisp??? Glad you asked for I had to ask the very same question. It is a Sonic colors character, Michael plays Sonic Colors on his Wii. Thinking this would be a great motivator for Michael I said sure and started looking where to buy it, NOWHERE!!!! These characters are not made into plush toys and how was I suppose to explain that! ( For those of you who don't know Michael has autism and finds it hard to understand concepts) ...so instead of disappointing him I said "Well , you and I should make one!" Considering he wouldn't have to wait for it to arrive in the mail he was delighted!!! So we got started right away.

First I found a picture on Google, this one! How hard could it be to make a plush toy right? lol

Next I got an old purple shirt and used a white sewing pencil to draw this crazy critter free hand.
 I added a few pins to keep in place because when I cut it , I cut through both layers ,

Then I outlined the whole image about a half an inch as shown on the left side in the picture...
(Please forgive the first few pictures, they are a little dark, then I opened the curtains..yeah! Amazing what light can do!)

I just drew a straight single line in tight areas such as this one , there is not enough room to do a line on each side.

Cut it!!!

 This is what it looks like when you cut it out, better color now right?

Next sew on the white line but remember to leave an opening so you can stuff it...

 Here I put Michael to work and there was no argument, he loved it!!!!

He is a natural!! Just look at the ball of cotton underneathe his arm, hahaha

He is really  into it here! The expression tells all.

Next I just cut out a mouth out of black felt and at last the result!!! Hey it may not be perfect but we were brave to try it and Michael is soooo attached to it!!! He even sleeps with him, I think he is so amazed we made a plush toy.

 Looking at this picture I realized Michael was really in need of a hair cut so why put the scissors away!

Michael's New Hair cut!

Have a fantastic day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Masking Technique Using Stamps

Well I hope you all enjoyed the fantastic weather we had for March break! We sure did and believe it or not we are back to wearing our winter boots. (boo hoo)  It's hard to know when to put those winter clothes away, we were wearing shorts for 2 days with a whopping 26 degrees and 2 days later below 0... there really must be something to this Global Warming hey???? Well I'm confused thats for sure, hahaha

Today I want to share with you a a technique that I learned from Card-Making-Magic.com , the lovely Christina is always inspiring me for she is up to date with all the techniques and is so awesome to go through all that work to share it with us!!!

The technique is called MASKING. Christina has an awesome easy to follow tutorial with pictures so take yourself on over there right now so you can understand my card. (I will wait for you!) 
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(Whistling)
Ok, you're back! Soooo as Christina suggested I looked and seen what stamps I could marry together and unfortunately I didn't have any little girl stamps nor did I have and nature stamps! (Note to self, GET SOME!!! ). What I did have was a sentiment stamp with a border  and and decor square stamp that cost a whole dollar...

I was determined to use this technique so I went for it and I was sooooooo pleased with the results!!! The stamps I used were wooden and I recommend clear so that you know where you are placing it on the paper... I was pretty much eyeballing the whole time.

So okay I don't have baker's twine after saying at least 10 times that I have to get it, instead I used Bernat Wool (hehe), what ever goes,  right????, that is what I love about creating, there are no limits!

Have a great day and hopefully I will see you again tomorrow, I have something really different to show you!!