Upcycled Kitchen Clock

Hiya my lovelies!

2 posts in 1 day... blimey!

I just wanted to share my most recent make.

I upcycled an old tray into a clock for my newly decorated kitchen.

I used 12x12" scrapbooking paper 'Market Street' by My Mind's Eye.

I love this design. I also used the numbers from 'Digitangle' Digikit for Serif.

Slapped on with Matte medium.

I used a clock timepiece & hands that I've had knocking around for ages.

Finished off with a coat of Matt 'Crystal Clear' spray to seal it.

Ta Da!

I'm really happy with it.

I love it when a plan comes together, don't you?

Cheers for stopping by & leave a comment!

Crafty Hugs

Sez x

PaperArtsy Pattern Challenge

Hiya my lovelies!

I'm actually going to enter a challenge!!!!

Woo hoo!

It has been too long, I know.

This project is for the PaperArtsy Pattern Challenge.

I found an old Amazon box, (other online stores are available)

you know the ones like a folder, & thought I'd give it a paint!

Items for this project are:

I'll tell you what I used as we go along anyway!

Ok, I started by gessoing the entire folder.

I then squirted Spanish Mulberry, Pansy, Concrete & South Pacific

Fresco Finish Paint (my fave colours)

& used a dry brush to slap them on! I love this technique because

you never know how it will turn out! Fabulous!

Turned out like this!

I then painted a coat of South Pacific & let it dry with the help

of my trusty heat gun. (I was getting impatient!)

I then dry brushed another coat on top.

Love the result!

On the hinge parts of the folder I stamped a hinge image

from the HP1103 set 2 inches down from the top & 2 inches up from the bottom.

I did this on each one using Jet Black Archival Ink.

I then stamped the lock from the same set.

I stamped the big stamp along the top & bottom using Watering Can Archival Ink.

Then using the leaf stamp I created some patterns.

These were in Watering Can Archival Ink too.

I then went around the edges with the hollow circle strip stamp from FR4 set

in Watering can Archival Ink. I then squirted some Pumpkin Soup Fresco

onto a palette & stamped circles using an old tape tube.

I lined up the rest of the stamps in FR4 set to make a pattern

& stamped the flaps using Watering Can Archival Ink. I also

stamped on the other side in the same ink but I used the cog stamp from EDY01.

I used some low tack masking tape around the area so I didn't overstamp.

I like to use this grey colour for stamping backgrounds as it doesn't stand out too much.

I decided to overstamp the lock & hinge stamps using Copper Pearlised Paint.

I also used this to paint a rectangle inside on the top flap and around the edges.

I overstamped the copper rectangle inside with the

Happiness stamp from HP1103 using Jet Black Archival Ink.

I added a piece of ribbon and a handmade (by me) polymer clay

bead as a closure & a notebook & pen.

 

Voila!

I really like how it turned out.

Cheers for stopping by.

Leave me some love & come back soon!

Crafty Hugs

Sez x

DT project 1 'Anything Goes' for Old, New & Digital Too! (ON&DT)

 

Hello my lovelies!

Welcome to my 1st DT project for Old, New & Digital Too.

I'm soooo excited!

 

Right then, as you can tell from the title of the blog, we use stash that's old, new & some digital stuff too! This months challenge is 'Anything Goes!'

 

My project started with an old canvas that I had previously collaged all sorts of different papers, including kitchen paper, (with a wedding photo & some lacey bits & bobs which I have removed) & covered it with a layer of white gesso.

I used this because A) it had been knocking about since 2008 when I made it, B) it's therefore old stash, C) it was hideous & needed a new purpose and D) I love recycling/repurposing stuff! :)

 

  

After it had dried I used my NEW stencils & my NEW ink sprays!

I treated myself to these at Christmas & believe it or not, hadn't used them yet.

The stencils are from Crafters Workshop & are the 6" ones One is 'Doily' and the other is 'Mini Swirly Garden'.

 I ordered the sprays from USA as I couldn't get them here. They're Decoart Media Misters which are an acrylic ink spray which is permanent when dry. I think they're fab!

I masked off areas using kitchen paper and sprayed away starting with the 'Mini Swirly Garden' stencil & then the 'Doily' one over the top in a contrasting colours. Then went 'spray happy' with all the colours. (This happens a lot with me I'm afraid!) 

I used  the 'Mini Swirly Garden' stencil & the black spray to add detail to the edges.

 

I used some Treasure Gold from PaperArtsy in 'Olive Bronze', 'Indigo' & a limited edition teal colour which I don't know the name of! I picked out the texture of the kitchen paper with it.

 

I then used squirts of the ink sprays & stood the canvas up so the ink would run. I love this technique.

Makes it look like graffiti! That's the background done.

 

 

 

These are the sprays I used for this project...

 

 

 

Now comes the DIGITAL bit...

I use Serif Craft Artist Pro. I like text. I'm a bit of a typography lover in fact!

I also love quotes... a lot.

I chose one from Pablo Picasso. He's an artist after all & I thought this particular one is very apt!

 

 

I used the letters from the 'Planet Pop' digikit.

 

 

I cut them out and stuck them on using matte Medium Gel. I prefer matte & use it all the time.

 I finished the piece with -Picasso in White Posca Pen as you can see...

 

 

TADA!

I hope you liked this project as much as I enjoyed doing it!

 

You can find this project featured on the New, Old & Digital Too Blog.

Please visit it & join in with this months challenge!

Make sure you check out the other DT members blogs too!

 Deborah Wainwright

Brian Raymond

Mo (Mass of Hair)

Thanks for stopping by!

Crafty Hugs

Sez x

DT member ON&DT

Crazy Cat Lady

 

Hiya crafty peeps!

 This is a project that I originally made for the SDD DT but I could no longer fulfil my duties because of work commitments. Although I am no longer a part of the DT I thought you might like to see what I did with the digi stamps I was given....

 

You can find the digital cat topper I used here.

I made the blue background with a mix of Sky & Beach Hut Fresco paints. I applied them with the black side of some cut n dry foam in a circular motion. I then laid a lace doily over & sprayed it with Dylusions ink in Black.

I cut out the frame using my Big Shot & glued the topper to the back of the background so the picture showed through. I went around the frame & the background with a black Sharpie marker. I also doodled with it.

I re-used the back of a pad & painted it with a mixture of Fawn Americana acrylic paint, Little Black Dress & Pumpkin Soup Fresco paints. I applied it with a scrunched up baby wipe to add texture & to cover the print underneath! I mounted the background onto the board.

I made my own Alphabet by drawing letters onto patchwork scrapbooking paper. I cut them out & stuck them on with matte medium.

I finished it off with googlie eyes on the cat.

 

 

I just wanted to show that card toppers can be used in a different way...

I hope you like it!

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 Crafty hugs

Sez x