Wednesday 25 May 2016

A Card and Box using Woodware stamps

Woodware Sewing Card and Box

Hi All

As soon as I saw this stamp it just fired up my imagination and I just could not wait to get started. Firstly I created a card then spotted the box and just let rip. Hope you like what I put together.
Would really like to hear what you think of them . . . enjoy

Woodware card
The original card
Woodware card
And now turned into a box

Woodware card
Top of the box close up

Woodware card
An even closer view of the box top

Woodware card
A close up of the card

Woodware card
Check out the glossy accents


Woodware card
Box side detail

Woodware card
Box top detail

Woodware card
The Box showing the lid detail

Woodware card
Close up of the box and lid

Woodware card
Box side close up

Woodware card
Box side detail


Woodware card
Box side detail

Woodware card
Box side detail

Woodware card
The complete box


Hope you enjoyed looking at the samples, that’s all for now folks - take care and see you soon.

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Monday 23 May 2016

My Mixed Media Messy Weekend

My Mixed Media Mayhem Messy Weekend

Hi All

So what have I been doing recently - well for the first time I went on a two-day Mixed Media Crafting weekend held at the Crooklands Hotel held by Rowan Tree Crafts in Carnforth, Lancashire. The tutor was Mark Gould from DecoArt.  A big thank you to all who organised this fab weekend, I had a great time I can't wait to go again next year, i'll start saving now!

It was all about surfaces - On the first day we decorated a box and made small ATC cards. On the second day it was Alice in Wonderland and creating a book using stamps, painting and gilding flakes -  Hardly any ink in sight just a bit of Stazon and Archival - a bit of a trauma for me there then! There were 13 lovely ladies on the weekend and two days of intense crafting with demos continuing into the evening. It was a great weekend and I learned a lot! I also found lots of 'must have' paints and stuff I needed to be able to do it all over again at home.

Here are some images of the ATC Cards and box I made on the first day, using a range of surface techniques, chalk paints, stencils, vaseline, gilding flakes, texture paint, crackle glaze with antiquing fluid, using acrylic paints on acrylic and stamping and a whole new concept 'working from behind' - took a while to get my head around that one!

Lesleys distress box
Here is the box complete with my ATC cards

Lesleys distress box
Here is the box complete with my ATC cards
Lesleys distressed box
Here is the box complete with my ATC cards

Lesleys distressed box
Distressed box with ATC cards

ATC Cards
Two of the ATC cards I created
ATC Cards
More ATC cards


ATC Cards
ATC card with magician

Side view of ATC Card
Side view of ATC card showing how its put together
View of ATC Card
ATC card showing magician and bird
Day Two
Here are some images of The Alice in Wonderland Craft Book, I made on the second day.  Mark gave us wonderful items to work with to consolidate the techniques we used on the first day.

Alice in wonderland craft book
The Cover Chalk paint in two layers then image transfer
Alice in wonderland craft book
Painted acrylic with a background paper
Alice in wonderland craft book
Back of the Acrylic Page

Alice in wonderland craft book
Stamped then crackle glaze with black antiquing
Alice in wonderland craft book
Wet paint techniques then stamped with ink to finish
Alice in wonderland craft book
Journaling page
Alice in wonderland craft book
Its all going on here, painted acrylic, with gilding flakes on the back then sprayed with paint in four colours


Alice in wonderland craft book
Just ink on paper for a journaling page
Alice in wonderland craft book
Stamped with white paint on black chalk paint
Alice in wonderland craft book
Journaling page just stamped ink on paper

Alice in wonderland craft book
Image transfer on chalk paint




Alice in wonderland craft book
Love this rabbit page
Alice in wonderland craft book
Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum painted on acrylic.

This is a lovely MDF frame

For the past month I have been busy creating a range of sample cards for a well known stamp company - but you’ll have to wait a while to see those.


That’s all for now folks - take care and see you soon.

Here is a link to my pinterest page - and a link to my scrapbook pinterest page - please drop by and take a look.