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A trip to the zoo

This week i haven't got a jewellery piece to share! I've finished that piece I was talking about a couple of weeks ago. I managed to get the tim holtz colorise dies for half price a while ago, so tried them out. Ive had the santa and snowman for a while, and ive only used santa once and frosty no times at all, but i wanted to use the animals. I used the bear, giraffe, and elephant. They are time consuming, and some bits are really fiddly, but totally worth it. 


When I had made them, I needed to think about what to do with them. I dug out an old wooden cutlery drawer, lined it with green card, then used the lion king flectere dies and some nuvo dots to get some foliage. I also added some flowers, as well as a bee hive and bees for the bear. 








I've also made some progress on the stitch. 


I'm still trying to keep the theme a secret. I'm well on my way to finishing before Christmas, although I'm not sure i will finish my other one. I feel like I'm getting my creativity back a little though, which is good. 

Until next time
Ems






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