Christmas -the beginning!

Once again I seem to have left getting started for Christmas a bit later than everyone else..so I have tried to catch up and invent a few items.

I've been really busy and poor old red rat seems to be hidden under a huge pile of papers! The printers on the blink, I can't find the right glue and I've run out of post bags..but not to panic I will get there in the end! 

So anyway, here's a totally non festive card I made for a friends mum, and some kind of festive gift tags :)

Mum to be tags

One of the biggest requests at the moment is for wedding tags and mum to be tags,so I created these to go on gifts as tags..can be personalised too. Come see our Facebook page 'redratdedigns' or follow us on twitter @tweetredrat 

See you soon! 

Happy Father's Day

Well, Father's Day is almost here and the year is vanishing quickly. 

An order for a customer who wanted a Father's Day card made up for them so I dug out my trusty darkroom door stamps and made up this card,I love the motorbike image and spruced it up with some embossing and inking. 

Mens cards are tricky as I find myself really having to think of something other than a car or a football!!

Happy Father's Day for the morning!

Seriously busy week! Our Handmade Collective

So, why am I quiet? What have I been up to...well I've been getting my stock all ready and labelled ready to go into a new shop in the Grand Arcade Leeds,known as Our Handmade Collective which (as I type) opening and ready for visitors right now!

Run by two lovely ladies Claire & Natalie, this brand new renovated ex nightclub is now a gleaming home to food downstairs and crafty wares on the upper level. Our Handmade Collective carries stock from people like me who make things at home in order to buy food (and shoes!)  there are cushions,glasswork,jewellery,cards,clay tags,bath bombs and gifts galore. It's going to be a huge success and I'm delighted to have Red Rat Designs be part of it. 

Pop along and take a look,it's a fab place. 

Flower hair clip

So I decided to have a go at making some more hand sewn items and this is the first of what I made using some fabric remnants I had as well as some cord and a button, end result - a very cute hand sewn floral cute and ditsy hair slide. 

In really pleased with it! 

Father's Day

I have somewhat neglected the blog of late as I have been so busy doing other things. Mainly preparing goodies for Father's Day!

I have been hard at work with the trusty Big Shot and some gorgeous wood grain effect paper stock from Stampin Up, inking round the edges of a basic white card and adhering the letters with foam pads. 

I also found out some old quick cutz dies for the gardening tools and inked those up to the right shades. 

Leather floral brooch

I'm trying to master new skills all the time so I thought I'd try my hand at leather..turns out I found out a few things! Leather is very hard to hand sew,leather does not like sticking together and lastly leather is time consuming!
However,all that aside and once I'd mastered 'hidden sewing' I don't think my flower turned out too badly. See my other designs at redratdesigns on Facebook or visit my website on www.resratdesigns.co.uk