Fairies or Angels

I don't seem to enter many challenges & never organised enough to make a project that fits more than one challenge, so I spotted this one on Make My Monday and decided to have ago. Not so sure about the colours I used , but these distress inks just sit in my draw and are rarely used unlike my trusty victorian velvet and brushed corduroy!

I gessoed an oblong canvas then painted it with some turquoise watercolour paint mixed with some gesso as I didn't have any turquoise acrylic, then I sprayed it with a couple of cosmic shimmer mists and stamped with a mesh background stamp. some lovely inca gold and sprayed with varnish. The crafty Individual stamps were stamped onto eco board  then painted with distress inks and watercolours and triple embossed with UTEE, so they look like little glazed tiles, which you can't really see in the photos.

The butterflies and flowers are from one of the crafty Individual books and the butterflies were coated in glossy accents.

Just wanted to add this other photo as I was having a play on my iphone and I liked the border effect. LOL!

I have also entered this into the Dream Valley Challenge which is distressing, not too distressing I hope :-D

Happy Crafty & thanks again for all your generous comments. X

Ophelia's Pennant

I was asked to be the guest designer for August by Polly from Our Vintage Affair and the theme for their current challenge is triangle. It could be a triangular card, or a pyramid box anything which has the shape of a triangle.Up for grabs is a £20 voucher to spend in The Craft Barn.

I decided to make a pennant out of cardboard which I covered in prima bottanical paper on both sides. I edged the pennant with german scrap which I'd gessoed and then highlighted in Inka gold and a little distress ink. I made the larger scrunchy flower using the Tim Holtz tattered floral die and inked and spritzed and gessoed the poor flower till it was thoroughly shabby, and used a selection of roses from Wild orchid crafts.

The stamped image is Ophelia from The Stampsmith & the dies used are cheery lynn french pastry & spellbinders ribbon banners!

Off to make some Plum jam now! Happy crafting! X

Bathing Belles designed for Happy Daze

The current Happy Daze Challenge is  'Oh I do like to be beside the seaside' For my challenge piece I used a wooden curio house. I painted the house in matt emulsion paint and used a variety of stamps including Lost coast designs swimsuit girl and Scrolls work Julie & Sarah. The images were coloured in with promarkers and distress inks and highlighted with glossy accents. Other stamps used are Crafty Individuals CI-278 & CI- 284 and Oxford Impressions By the sea.

There is a £15 voucher and free P&P up for grabs for the current challenge.

You can enter by blogging your entry here , emailing your picture to info@happy-daze.net or uploading your photo to their facebook page.

Thanks for looking & Happy crafting XX

A little bit of Klimt!

Back in the land of the blogging! Not a lot of time for crafting at the moment unfortunately, but I have managed to make another little box. I have been lusting after some Cherry Pie Klimt stamps but I haven't managed to get them yet so the next best thing was some rather nice tissues I spotted whilst in the shop at the Fitzwilliam museum in Cambridge. It would be great if they did a mixed pack of printed tissues as you only need one or two of the same design so I will now have to make lots of Klimt style projects.

I was inspired to have a go at tissue decoupage after seeing Helen Chilton's article in a recent copy of Craftstamper. I painted the box with some matt emulsion then tore out the images and pasted them on with some PVA glue. I randomly stamped with a harlequin stamp and a swirl stamp. A touch of varnish and some inca gold, and my favourite krylon pen to finish.

I recently bought a lovely stamp from Magenta ' Papillon Post' and decided to use it on a anniversary card for my sister!

The other stamps I used on this card are the Tim Holtz Papillon set.

Short and sweet today folks!

Happy Crafting & a big thank you for all your lovely comments! XX

Thank you!

These are some cards I made for some very special ladies! Not my usual style as I really don't do cute, but I felt that some how these fitted the bill!

I made seven in total! My tape pen ran out, then my double sided tape and finally my trusty gold krylon pen  gave up the ghost!

I made a standard 6 x 6 easel card and matted with various papers from my stash. I used the new cheery Lynn dies, Dainty Dutch deco, Celtic Fire Rectangle, and exotic butterflies, which are beautiful and detailed. My first time of using digi images, these are from Sugar nellie and are coloured in with pro markers and distress inks. Roses from Wild Orchid Crafts.

I attached a small pair of sterling silver pearl earrings I made as a gift!

I am entering these in the following challenges

Sugar Nellie Challenge

ABC challenge

Hope you have all had a fab weekend. It has been a gorgeous sunny day, perhaps we will get a summer after all.

Happy Crafting  & a big thank you for all your lovely comments,  they are all very much appreciated. X

Little Angel Wisdom Box

I used a small wooden box  similar ones are available here. I gave the box a couple of coats of matt paint and stamped Loast Coast Designs ~ Praying Angel on the lid and Lost Coast Designs ~ Words on all four sides. The image was lightly coloured with distress inks and coated with varnish to protect the stamped images.

Another little box I altered using lost coast designs cameo set, I think it looks rather like an old Victorian cigar box! LOL! I added detail using a gold leafing pen and some braid and a tassel chain.

Short & sweet as off to finish some more cards.

Happy Crafting XX

Crafty Individuals Challenge ~ Wedding Casket

The theme for the July Crafty Individuals Challenge is pink, cream & brown. Mmmm what a lovely combo, lush and vintage. I actually did two, but decided to enter the Wedding Casket.

I altered a wooden jewellery box, which I painted using pink and brown matt emulsion and crackled. I then used CI - 161 and stamped the script randomly over the box with coffee archival ink. I sprayed the box with crafters companion varnish. I used cream cotton which I painted with gesso and stamped CI - 139 and coloured with distress inks. I then coated with matt mod podge to protect the stamped image, finally outlining with a gold leafing pen.

I dyed some white lace with hubby's tea bags. LOL! Then attached the lace and added pearls. I made a ribbon rose following one of the many youtube tutorials and added another lacy embellishment. Finally screwing on a Tim Holtz curio knob and feet to complete the casket.

I am also entering this into Our Vintage Affair July Challenge  ~ Wedding

The notebook is covered in some Claudine Hellmuth sticky canvas on which I printed a digital design. I added  tea dyed lace pearls and cream roses. I die cut some Tim Holtz vintage shabby paper with the baroque die then stamped with a Katzelcraft stamp. I used pro markers to colour  CI - 322 then cut, outlining with gold leafing pen and coated in glossy accents. Another ribbon rose and some danglies from my stash.

This is entered for the following challenges 

Stamp Scrap & Doodle Saturdays ~ cream & brown + 1 other colour

Crafts & Me Challenge ~ favourite stamp

Stampin for the Weekend ~ Wings & Things

Thanks for all the lovely comments you are leaving.

Happy Crafting X