PaperArtsy Challenge Prize

Hiya!

 Hope you are all well!

A couple of weeks ago I entered a challenge at the PaperArtsy blog.

They had Darcy Wilkinson over as a guest designer...

(If you have time, checkout my Coaster post & my Coaster Holder post.)

Anyway...I won!

My prize was these fab stamps by Jo Firth-Young for PaperArtsy.

 

 

I had to use them straight away... as you do!

So, I made a couple of cards...

 

 

and then later on I made these canvasses...

 

I hope you like them!

Thanks for stopping by.

Crafty Hugs

Sez x

Notebooks

Hiya!

 Another quickie to show you some notebooks I made for an up coming stall...

I made my own background papers & used them to cover each book. I then used various stamps & images from The Graphics Fairy. On some, I used some copper blanks which I hand stamped 'Notes' into.

 

 I hope you like them! Thanks for stopping by!

Crafty Hugs.

                                                                             Sez x

Altered phone case

 Hi there!

 Just a quickie to show you my phone case!

It started as a plain pink case, so I thought I'd jazz it up a bit with my Fresco paints!

Hope you like it as much as I do!

 

Thanks for stopping by!

Crafty Hugs

Sez x 

Card inspired by Darcy.

  Hiya crafty peeps!

Thought I'd just show you a card I made for my step-daughters birthday.

 

It's inspired by Darcy Wilkinson's Wallpaper technique that she uses in the House of Books Tutorial for PaperArtsy. Click the link to see!

 

I really love how it turned out!

 

 

Thanks for stopping by!

Crafty Hugs

Sez x

 

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