Coaster Holder.

Hi Crafty Peeps!

 

I was inspired by Darcy's Treasure Gold Storage Project over on

PaperArtsy. I don't have a huge amount of Treasure gold so I decided to make a holder for the coasters I made the other day...

 

I started with a cardboard box.

 

 

I measured the coasters & cut the cardboard to shape.

 

I painted the cardboard using the same Fresco paints I used for the coasters. I did this on both sides.

 

 

I then brayered on the Bleached Sand paint & wiped back with a babywipe. I did this on both sides.

 

 

I used the same stamps...

 

I used some Tissue Tape to secure the sides. I just wrapped it round...

 

 

I then used the same Frescos & just used my fingers to apply it...

 

 

I then stamped...

 

 

Voila!!

 

 

If you want to see how I made the coasters visit HERE.

 

Thanks for stopping by!

Crafty Hugs

Sez x

ATC Tin

Hi my lovelies!

 Today I decided I'd spruce up my ATC storage tin that I got from Chocolate Baroque. It started out as a silver coloured tin. I covered it in 7Gypsies Paper Tape.

 I then painted it with my PaperArtsy Fresco Acrylic paints in London Bus, Hey Pesto & Beach Hut. They are translucent so you can see the text on the tape!

 

 

I stamped the Imagination stamp from PaperArtsy & the Ink Blot stamp from the Ageing Beautifully set by Sheena Douglass in Black Archival Ink.

 

 

I decided I wanted it to read 'Imagination rules my world' instead. So I got my typewriter stamps out from that I got from Polkadoodles & stamped over 'The'.

 

 

I then stamped a smiley face, filled in the text with my White Posco pen & black fine liner.   

 

 

Hope you like it, I do! It will be a funky new home for my finished ATC's.

 

I would like to enter this into

Crafty Boots Challenge Rainbows

 

Thanks for stopping by!

Crafty Hugs

Sez xxx

 

PaperArtsy Coaster Project.

Hiya! Well it's been lots of fun over at PaperArtsy's Blog! Darcy Wilkinson is guest designer & I've had a go at her coaster project...

 

I started with plain cork coasters that I sealed with a coat of Mod Podge. I then gave them a coat of DecoArt acrylic paint in Beached Sand. I did this because my Fresco paints are the translucent kind! (I have since ordered a few more in opaque...Shh!)

 

Once dry, a few squibs of Frescos in London Bus, Hey Pesto, Beach Hut & Pumpkin soup & then spread with my trusty Love film freebie card!

 

 

I was more slap dash than Darcy & I really wasn't sure if this was going to turn out very well!

I sprayed Dylusions in Bubblegum Pink & Vibrant Turquiose over some sequin waste. I was going to use a floral stencil but I cant find it! (That will keep me awake tonight!)

 

 

Once dry, I then brayered acrylic paint in Titanium White onto them. ( Hadn't got any Snowflake!)

 

 

I used Posy Petals Quatro stamps & an ink blot stamp from the Ageing Beautifully set by Sheena Douglass.

 

 

 

 

Once dry, I took a babywipe & rubbed back to the colours underneath. I then sealed them with Matte Mod Podge.

Voila!

 

I love them! They are for my living room... I wondered why I'd been drawn to those colours!

 

Hope you like them too! Thanks for stopping by!

Crafty Hugs

Sez xxx

Photo Boxes.

  Hi Guys! Just wanted to post about my latest commission. 

I was asked by my friend Dom if I could make some table decorations for her mums 50th Wedding Anniversary. I of course said yes! I think she was looking for gold flowers to make table decorations, but I don't tend to do conventional or what people expect' so she got Photo Blocks! Don't worry, she embraced the idea &

promptly sent me some pics to use! 

 

I ordered the wooden blocks from Craftshapes. Once they arrived, I gesso'd them in black.

 

Once dry, I gave them a thin coat of Crackle Glaze from PaperArtsy in random places & waited for it to dry. I then painted over the top with DecoArt acrylic paint in Beach Sand & watched the cracks appear! I alternated between applying with a brush & sponging it on which affected the size of the cracks. The thicker application of paint, the thicker the cracks!  

 

Once dry, I used a small doilie as a stencil & stippled it with Adirondak acrylic paint dabber in Pearl.

While I was waiting for it to dry, I distressed the pics. They were printed copies that I altered in my Craft Artist programme. I attached them with Matte Mod Podge & sealed them with a coat on top.

Once dry, I used a floral stencil which I believe to be by Crafters Workshop & an Adirondak acrylic paint dabber in Gold. I also ran this around the edges to finish.

 

 

Hope you like them! Thanks for stopping by.

Crafty hugs. Sez xxx 

Mantle Clock.

  I bought a mantle clock from a discount store for my living room... I knew as soon as I saw it that I would end up altering it as it was WHITE! I love colour & anyone who has been in my home will know this! I love going to discount/charity shops & find things that I can make beautiful! Anyway, I took the face off the base & sanded it with sandpaper to create a key. I masked off the face & then painted the whole thing with black gesso.

 

Once dry I coated some of it in patches of PVA glue... Waited until it was dry & then gave it a coat of teal paint. Where the PVA was the paint cracks as it acts as a resist. Voila shabby chic!

 

 

Then I went to town with the colours, stencils & stamps! 

 

 

Pride of place in it's new home...on my mantelpiece! 

 

 

ATC Madness!

Recently I have fallen madly in love with ATCs... They are fabulous for trying out techniques & new stamps etc. I have recently done a swap with one of my Twitter followers in the USA. I only sent her 3 but carried on making them & now I've organised a small local swap through Facebook. Anyway, keeping in mind that I'm slightly obsessed with them I wanted to enter one into some blog challenges.

 

 

So, here's my Strawberi Sprite ATC. She's made from a Tatty Button Stamp. I had to stamp it so her legs were shorter as she wouldn't fit! Her wings are a butterfly stamp by Sheena Douglass. To get the wings behind her, I stamped Tatty onto some masking tape, cut out & fixed over the top of my image & them stamped the butterfly over the top. When the mask is removed the wings appear behind... magic! I coloured her in using my water soluble wax crayons. I used them for the background too. I then used my fine liners in black & copper to finish.

I would like to enter this into Lisa B Designs Wings & Things Challenge.

Crafty Boots Stamped Character Challenge.

Anything But A Card ATC Challenge.

Paperartsy #3up Challenge

 Those of you that follow me on Twitter, might have wondered what the #3up #patwits posts were all about...
Well, some of us on there are of an arty persuasion & we all chat about what we make & some friendships have been formed. Some of us were sent a secret message asking if we would like to be part of a mystery make! I of course said yes! None of us knew who else was doing it or what we would be sent & I had to keep it a secret! Once done my finished project would be published on the Paperartsy Blog! I nearly burst with excitement!
Anyway a couple of days past & my package arrived & inside was this...

 

 This is what I came up with...

 

To see the full project on the Paperartsy Blog click here!