Metal Flowers

I was trolling through You Tube for some metal projects and came across this Metal Flowers and Frame and I have just the best idea for using it. Hope Kate still has some of those plaques left!

Christmas decs

I had these left over from the Advent boxes I made the girls and wanted to use them for this Christmas but I only got the red one finished. I only needed the stamping on the blue one but only got that done yesterday so now the will both be packed away till next year.

 

 

 

The tops on both are embossed metal with alcohol inks added. The red one has some more metal, distressed music paper and some lacy ribbon. The blue has the same paper and one of my favourite stamps embossed in silver (looks white in the photo).

 

I have started another project. I got these tubes with some wall art in

 

and just couldn’t throw them out. I have put the first coat of paint on them, one in red and one blue, they need a second coat and then I will slowly decorate them through the year. Thankfully the ribbons either come out or can be masked. They are going to ne a bit of a challenge as I haven’t done anything that isn’t flat before.

More Angels

I have had great fun making these I added some baubles made from peels offs and gilding flakes now I just have to get them hung up somewhere.

 

I have got a couple of wooden stockings half finished, will I get time to get them done for this year I wonder. I have got behind with the other preparations due to all the white stuff that has fallen and Chris nor being able to get home at all yesterday.

 

TFL

Make & Take day

I have just returned from Pickleberry Papercrafts where there was a make and take with Jennie from The Artistic Stamper show how to make a lovely Christmas Decoration with everyone donating £1.50 to Demelza House Children’s Hospice. We all made an angel using paint, utee, stamps and Perfect Pearls. This is the one I did

 

A real change for me, not green and blue this time.

Masking

This is the technique I learned at the last workshop. I love the effect it gives and have used it for most of my special cards this year.

 

I have had the stamp for a couple of years and used it with either Stazon of embossing ink and powders before but this is by far the best way I have found yet, just finished off with some Stickles to make it sparkle.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The same technique but I used a cotton bud to add some colour on the leaves and flowers.

Update

I have been very remiss in not posting so I have decided to do a quick update and maybe gte some pics taken later.

I did finish the second advent box, the photograph is terrible as it doesn't show the embossing as it should be. I have shrunk it down so it looks a bit better (cheating!)

Then there was the christmas Card workshop I did - Cards with a twist was the title and it was another of the lovely Jennie from The Artistic Stamper and brought together lots of the techniques we have covered this year, and some new ones too.

I feel a little less guilty now!

First mission accomplished

The first of the Advent boxes is done. It was funny, every time I did a bit I thought there was just a little more to do. I did the next bit then decided on something else. Still I am pleased with the result though not the photograph, I seem to have some odd shadows on the stocking.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Next task is to start on the second one, it will be a different colour though.

Another great workshop

…at Pickleberry Papercrafts with Jennie from The Artistic Stamper.

 

All we knew was the title of the day – Christmas Curio Box, along with the fact that we would be using Ranger products and Jennies own stamps along with other things as needed.

 

We Gessoed (is that a real word!), painted, added texture paint, sprayed, tinted and glitzed the box then worked on the inside bits. Stamping, alcohol inks, distress inks, UTEE, sticking and gluing and this is the end result of mine

 

 

 

 

 

I had to finish it off this morning and the tree was the most time consuming . I also  should have used the flash on the closed photo, it would have shown the colour better.

 

I am off back to the attic after a spot of lunch to make a start on the advent boxes for the boys. They will take a while so don’t expect to see them any time too soon!

UTEE fun

I went to another of Jenny's workshops at Pickleberry yesterday. We had great fun playing with UTEE and made a book. I was determined not to do blue and green again and had sort of decided on reds and oranges.

 

This is the front , I couldn’t

resist the little kingfisher.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

…and the back with its lock face and key. I am not sure what I will do with the book, it has 4 pages inside with cut edges using Tim’s dies. I have inked them to match the cover. Maybe I will decorate the rest of the pages with stamps and die cuts.

Mini books

A mini album for the three Mums of the little ones that we went to share the day with a couple of weeks ago. They are all similar and very simple but a nice memory of the day for them.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I love the Cinch, it is so much easier to use than the Bind It All.