New listing - PDF instructions!

As I know so many craft people want a try at needle felting I decided to make my own tutorial.

The 1/2 splat bookmarks are actually a great beginners project as they are built from basic shapes and a bookmark can be completed in around two hours.

This listing in my etsy shop is for a 14 page pdf file of step by step instructions and photographs to make one of my bookmarks.

This is something a little new for me :) hopefully it is something people are interested in. I shall also make up some kits at a later date

Panda Splat

For some reason I just LOVE felting Pandas

I have wanted to make a splatted panda for a while but just never got around to it

So finally I indulged myself

As I figured he would be perfect for childrens books I only made him a 1/2 splat so he could fit in any sized book

He is also slightly thinner than usual splats, just thought he would look nicer that way

A sneaky peak, Ive been splatting wildlife

Thought I would share my latest splat!!

In a craft shop I found this amazing leopard print felt and thought it would be fun to make a leopard splat

He was great great fun to make but very hard work.

After making the base in white fleece I then had to try and blend some colours to match the felt as close as I could

Then came the spots!!

3 Hours of felting to work in all these spots! When I shut my eyes I can still see little dots!!

I hope you think he was worth it!! I should put him up in my shop in the next day or so.

Any ideas which photograph I should use as my first one in my shop??

A splatted Kitty!!

With the rest of the grey and white Nuno felt I decided to splat a cat.

This little cutie has blue eyes and black stripes

I was working on some slightly different photographs here as some people suggested that the flat out bookmark look made my bunny look a little like roadkill!!

So I have tried shooting her in the pages of a book.

I have also been working on a couple of other splats but I have to keep them a seceret for a little while!

A bunny splat

I have just too many ideas for animals that can be splatted now

teddies, cats, people, dragons, I am thinking of splatting them all.

But my latest was a bunny splat

I had created an extra large peice of nuno felt from the 1/2 splat suirrel white on the bottom and grey on the top

I used a peice of that as the bookmark and then crated the bunny around it

Again I thickend up the back legs and made giant bunny feet with elengoated pads

Hope you like.

A splatted squirrel

An interesting custom request

So far all my fuzzies have gone to animal loving homes. This time a lady asked me if I could do a 1/2 splat squirrel for her dad who hates them

I wasnt sure how well it would work out. I really wanted to do a fluffy tail but as these are designed to be used I had to firmly felt, a fluffy tail just wouldnt keep its shape

I also worked on sculpting the legs some more to show muscle - I always overdo custom orders and make them harder for myself!! :D
This time I nuno felted the body, white on the bottom and grey on the top. I have a little extra left over - so watch this space to see what else I am coming up with!

I hope her dad enjoys splatting squirrels :D