Something a bit different

Hello folks.  I hope the weather hasn't been too bad where you are today.  We've had torrential rain this afternoon, which has left our garden water logged again!!  I have heard that there's going to be another mini heat wave soon, so we'll look at this as a blip!

 

Now on to a recent project.  I decorated an MDF heart that I bought at the NEC last year.  I don't know why it takes me so long to use my new stash!  Is anyone else like this or is it just me?!!

 

I painted the heart with purple acrylic paint, then applied PVA glue and painted a layer of cream acrylic paint.  Heating with my heat tool gave me a lovely crackled effect.  I learnt this technique at a Sheena Douglass workshop and this is the first time I have got it right since!

Next, I stamped the Sheena Douglass swirls and butterflies with various Adirondack and Distress inks.  The final layer of stamping, including the sentiment, was with Brilliance pigment inks which I then embossed with clear powder.

 



 

I covered the back of the heart with a pretty mini daisy print paper and used the off-cuts to make roses and cut swirls with a Marianne die. 

For the finishing touches, I sprayed the plaque with a protective layer of gold Spray & Sparkle, then I coloured cream seam binding tape with Distress ink and attached it to the top of the heart.

 

This was a present for an incredibly brave family, for whom butterflies hold a special meaning.

 

I really enjoyed making this plaque and am looking forward to doing another one.

 

Hope you're all having a lovely, crafty weekend xx 



A quick catch up .... again!!

I've been so busy with getting ready for last week's craft fair, orders and work that I've yet again neglected my blog.

The craft fair was a great success, with more sales and orders that any others that I've done - yayy!

That has resulted in burning the candle at both ends though, working all day at my 'proper' job and then working till late in the evenings too.  The hard work is worth it though :)

Here are some of my recent makes:

 

 A card for a real Lady ...

... inside the card.  Don't you just love that shoe stamp?

 

A cute giraffe print 40 shaped card.

 

A card for someone who has become a Deputy Lord Lieutenant.

 

 It's the first time I've used this Sheena Douglass flourish stamp - wow, it's so lovely and definitely a new favourite.

It did a great job decorating the insert too.

 

And finally, this is probably my favourite card from today.  It has been inked and stamped with Distress Inks.  The gorgeous fairies are Sheena Douglass stamps and I just added a touch of holographic glitter to their wings and the number 3.

 

Hope all my lovely followers are well and thank you so much for taking the time to read my blog and leave me comments, I really do appreciate it xx

 

Dare I say it?  I'll try to blog again soon!!!

Take care xx

 

 

 



A catch up :)

I went to GNPE at Harrogate on Saturday and shopped till my heart's content!  I also met up with my lovely, crafty friends and had a good natter and a brew.  Here's what I bought:

 

 

A lot, I know!   But it is only once a year ... and I promise not to buy anymore till next year (*fingers crossed behind my back*)!!

 

I've finally had time to photograph cards I have made over the last couple of weeks.  This first one was made using Pan Pastel and some Sheena Douglass stamps.  For my first time using Pan Pastel, I'm pretty pleased with it:

The next two cards were made with a pretty flower stamp by Chloe and coloured with Twinkling H2Os.  The sentiments are by Pink Petticoat:

 



 

 

These three cards were inspired by a card I saw on Pinterest.  I used some gorgeous new papers from Pink Petticoat and created my own version of the card:

 

 

Finally, I used my beautiful Blazing Poppies stamp from Indigo Blu and teamed it up with a sentiment stamp from Chloe.  I stamped and embossed with Platinum Wow powder and coloured the poppies with Twinkling H2Os:

 

 

Well, that's me caught up with everything now.

I hope you've had a lovely weekend xx



Hedgehogs in July!

Here is the new club set from Little Claire's.  It includes 3 images and a circular sentiment.

For my first card, I used all of the stamps to create a garden scene ...

... and cut a slot to make a penny slider card.

 This stamp set is so versatile.  It can be used for many different card styles. 

For my second card, I stamped the image with Distress inks and also made a backing paper by stamping the flowers all over with Versafine, heat embossing with clear embossing powder and colouring the background with the Distress ink.   

 I distressed watercolour card for the background with Distress inks and water, stamped a swirl (Little Claire) in Distress ink and Versamark and embossed it with Sheena Douglass Wow powder.

Finally, I embossed the edges with Sheea Douglass Wow powder.  I love the sparkly look this powder adds :)

Thanks for looking and have a nice week xx