Gum Nuts

One of the American ideas for the little felt balls is to attach them to Acorns but I don't have acorns here but of course being in Australia we have lots of gumnuts so I made these
I just used a multimix packet of the 1cm balls. If I had larger gumnuts (which I will in a few months) I would use a larger size ball

 I cut them in half with a pair of scissors or you could use a craft knife

 Added a drop of white pva glue - any glue that dries clear would be fine

 and stuck the half ball on top and waited for them to dry

Here they are all ready in a little container for a table centrepiece or decoration. You could add a couple of drops of eucalyptus oil to make it even nicer

 You can get lots more ideas on the Project Ideas Sheets

Gumnuts continued

Yesterday's gumnuts have inspired me to experiment. I have a couple of printing blocks which I have had for far longer than I care to admit. So the time has come to attack them.

After lots of playing with Photoshop - a challenge in itself - I have come up with the following two images. I really like them both. Now to get out the lino cutting tools which I have had (unopened for nearly as long) and give it a try.

I will show you the results if they are not a complete disaster. The plan is to make some postcards using other mysterious things hiding in my studio.
Original photo

My adjusted images