Decorated notepad

Good afternoon fellow bloggers. I hope you are all well and enjoying some beautiful sunshine that we are having in some parts of the UK......It has been a long wet winter and I for one am looking forward to some nice warm sunny days:)
Over the next week I will be sharing some of the cards from my Hobby House show, but first I wanted to share this notebook with you that I didn't get chance to demo.
The inspiration came from my fellow Hobby House Design Team member Debbie Simpson.
I have made a cover from chipboard and covered it in pale pink cardstock. I chose some papers from the Heartfelt Creations collection called Vintage Floret and also made the roses from the stamp and die set. These are available from Sir Stampalot. The ribbon, pearls, brads and spacers are all from the Hobby House.

This is the inside of the notepad

Take care x

Wee Little Bird House

Happy Thursday my fellow blogging friends. Firstly I would like to again say a big thank you for your lovely comments that you leave on my projects..... it is a joy to wake up everyday and see that my blog has been visited..... It makes my day!!!! Thank you also to all my new followers, I really do try and visit every ones blog and leave a comment, but I apologise if I haven't yet....... I am really busy at the moment, but I promise I will get round to all of your lovely blogs soon:).
So to my project that I would like to share with you today....... An altered Bird House! This really was a fun project to make. The bird house itself is from a company called Tando Creative, I got this at Ally Pally a few weeks back. It comes flat packed and is really easy to assemble and decorate....... I really should have taken pictures during the make, but as always I got carried away with the moment, but maybe I could do some video tutorials in the future ........ this is on my list of things that I would like to do......so watch this space:). Ok! back to the Bird House....... I chose papers from The Nitwit Collections - Country Lady: Available from LOTV.

 

•  I used a craft knife and scissors to cut with. Only adhere the paper one side first then cut and then adhere the other side, else you won't see where you need to cut! I inked all the edges using Victorian Velvet distress inks.
• Now assemble the house.... this is really easy as the base has slits in and you just slot them together. The roof just needs gluing in position.
• Once all assembled you are now ready to decorate.  I have gone to town with this part:).
• Most of the items I have used are from The Hobby House - The images are Sweet Blossom toppers (Wee Stamps, by Sylvia Zet). I have cut these out.
• The roses are Wedding Day and Raspberry Truffle - The Hobby House.
• The leaves and flourish are Spellbinder: Jewel Flowers and Flourishes.
• The tiny birds - Marianne Design Creatables.
• Pearl Brads -The Hobby House
• Tiny pearls - Mei Flower
• Tiny flower buds - Anne Marie Designs
• Other pearls and lace  - my Stash
• I have finished of with adding lots of Stickles Glitter - Diamond..... I think I have a little bit of an addiction with this product :).

Here are some more photo's to show you the house in a little more detail .........

I would like to enter this project into the following challenges:

Whimsy Stamps - Anything Goes -

Simon Says Challenge - Flower Power

ABC Challenge - Not Just One

Happy campers - Lace

The Sisterhood Of Crafters - Flowers

Creatalicious Challenges - For The Girls

Our Creative corner - Anything Goes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Special Dad

Hi fellow bloggers, I hope you are all having a nice weekend:) I have been having a very productive crafting few days..... I had to finish off my projects to send into The Hobby House semi final design team call, which  are supposed to be there for Tuesday .... so off I toddled up to our local Post Office and guess what!!! they decided to close 1 hour earlier than they should..... how annoying, not even a note on the door to apologise:( ...  (I hope to share these projects with you next week!) 
So I came home and made a 'gents' card!!!! No pink!, no lace, but I still couldn't resist a little bit of bling:) I have made the card for my dad for Fathers Day...... thought I had better try and be a bit more organised now that I have DT projects to complete and as I have been promising myself to make a few more male cards, this was the perfect opportunity!

• The card is 8x8
• The image is from LOTV Vintage Boys - Sketch pad set 1. I have coloured the image in using Copics.
• The papers are Nitwit Collection - Petal Fresh. Cardstock is Core'dinations
• Spellbinder dies - Die-D-lites Poppy Patch and Whimsical Tree.  Labels Twenty Eight
• Marianne Design creatables - Grass, Bird, and bird house
• Magnolia Dohickeys - Lovely Fence
• Letters stamps - my stash
• Stickles glitter - Lime green
• Pearl brads and gems -The Hobby House

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Paper creator's crafts - For the Boys



Crafty Catz - Anything goes

Lily of the Valley - Boy oh Boy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Door Hanging Decoration

A very big hello to all my blogging friends, thank you to you all for still taking a peek at my blog whilst I am away X
Today I have a door hanging decoration to share with you. I have used a Mo Manning topper - When I Grow up available from The Hobby House.

 

 

I will post the items I used and more info on how I made it when I get back from Spain x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My Other 2 Heartfelt Creations Submissions

Good morning fellow bloggers, I hope you are all enjoying your weekend:)
Yesterday I went to a copic class at SirStamalot in peterborough and it was such an inspiring and interesting class run by a lovely lady called Louise.  I met some wonderful ladies too:)
So any way as promised yesterday I have my other 2 Heartfelt Creations submission projects to share with you today:
Memory Trinket Box

Timeless Amour - small memory trinket box (project 3)

Papers used:

·         Heartfelt Creations Vintage Floret Papers

Heartfelt Creations dies used:

·         Timeless Amour (HCD 728)

·         Layered Scalloped Posy (HCD 717)

Other items used:

·         Small round trinket box (approx 10cm diameter)

·         Acrylic paint

·         Pearls on a thread

·         pink satin ribbon

·         pearl hearts, clear gems, stickles glitter and a decorative button or brad for the knob

Instructions:

·         Paint the box (inside if you wish as well) and allow to dry.

Using 2 or 3 co-ordinating papers cut:

·         6 large decorative hearts (keep the inner hearts)

·         22 small inner trellis hearts (9 of which should be in co-ordinating coloured paper)

·         14 small enclosed hearts (5 of which should be in co-ordinating coloured paper)

·         14 tiny blossom flowers (from the layered scalloped posy die set)

·         Cut the words from the Birthday sentiment from the paper pad which says ‘ May your birthday be filled with yesterday’s memories today’s joys and tomorrow’s dreams. ( You don’t need  ‘may your birthday’)

 

·         Make up 9 small hearts for around the outside of the box : take 1 small enclosed heart and 1 small trellis heart (co-ordinating coloured papers), glue together at the edges ( not at the bottom, or top only a little at the sides) . When dry squeeze slightly towards the centre to create a little puffed out heart.  Take 7 small trellis hearts and fold in centre slightly. Put to one side.

 

·         Using a very strong glue (I have used a hot glue gun) glue the decorative pin or button in place (I cut of the back off the button so that it was flat).

 

·         Adhere the pearl trims and ribbon in place .

 

·         With the box upside down adhere the 4 large decorative hearts, inner large hearts, 4 small trellis hearts and 4 small enclosed hearts in place as in picture.

 

·         Starting from the front of the box first adhere 2 puffed out hearts as in picture then the other 7 around the outside of the box. Then take the 7 trellis hearts and adhere with just a little glue along the centre where you folded them, when dry slightly fold the edges in together as to give a winged effect.

 

·         Adhere the small blossom flowers around the lid.

 

·         To decorate the top of the box take the 2 decorative hearts, 2 large enclosed hearts, 2 small trellis hearts and the small enclosed heart that you have left and adhere in place as in picture . Use 3d gel or foam pads to slightly lift the hearts away from the lid.

 

·         Adhere the words that you cut from the paper pad onto the lid......’ Filled with yesterdays memories today’s joy’s  and tomorrow’s dreams’

 

·         Finally decorate with LOTS of gems and stickles  glitter and glue the small pearl heart onto the small heart on the lid.
 

My other project is an Altered Heart : Mystical Decorative Heart

As I explained in my post yesterday these pictures are awful as I had the wrong bulbs :( in my lamp and the true colours are more pink!

Mystical Decorative Heart – Wall Decoration (project 4)

Papers used:

·         Heartfelt Creations Vintage Floret Collection

Heartfelt Creations dies used:

·         Vintage Floret (HCD 727)

·         Delicate Asters (HCD 726)

·         Timeless Amour ( HCD 728)

·         Layered Scalloped Posy (HCD 717)

Heartfelt Creations Stamps used:

·         Mini Vintage Floret pre cut (HCPC 3502)

·         Open Vintage Floret (HCPC 3500)

·         Delicate Asters (HCPC 3494)

Other items and embellishments used:

·         Open Lattice wicker Heart

·         Acrylic paints – I used metallic’s in 2 different shades of pinks

·         Tulle, lace for around the outside of the heart and lace for the hanger and dangles

·         Small and large gems, pearls and self adhesive pearl flourishes x2

·         Stickles glitter

·         Gold embossing powder and gold metallic ink

·         Pearlescent angel hair

Instructions:

Die Cuts needed:

·         2 x large decorative hearts

·         1 x small trellis heart

·         Vintage floret flowers:3 x  extra /large, 6 x large,7 x medium/ large, 9 x medium, 9 x small/medium, 7 x small and 9 x extra small ( this is only a guide as it depends how you want to layer your flowers up)

·         17 x small blossom flowers from the layered scalloped Posy die set

·         5 x foliage leaves

 

·         Paint the heart , I used a sponge to give it a shabby vintage look.  Finish using a little gold metallic ink.  Allow to dry.

 

·         Stamp the flowers with the co-ordinating stamps heat emboss with the gold embossing powders . Distress the tiny blossom with a little metallic gold ink.

 

·         Using the foliage die as a mask, stencil the foliage leaves and stamp using the co-ordinating stamps.

 

·         Make up the flowers : I have used 1 large main flower, 2 medium/large, 1 medium, 1 small/ medium and 1 small for the heart and 1 small/medium and 1 small for the lace dangles.

 

·         With a little of the gold metallic ink, distress the decorative hearts and emboss around the edge of the small trellis heart.

 

·         Adhere the lace and tulle to the outside of the heart from the back.

 

·         Adhere the flowers in a cluster, 3 of the larger flowers in the left hand corner with the 3 of the foliage and 3 of the smaller flowers diagonally opposite with the remaining foliage.

 

·         Adhere the small trellis heart just behind the smaller cluster of flowers and 1 of the decorative hearts over them.

 

·         Adhere the other decorative hearts in with the larger cluster of flowers as in picture.

 

·         Adhere the lace dangles to the back bottom part of the heart and decorate with pearls, the last 2 remaining flowers and 3 small blossom on each dangle. Fix the lace hanger by weaving through the open lattice and tying tightly .

 

·         Adhere the self adhesive pearl flourishes as in picture, Leaving parts of the flourish not adhered ( you will need to used a strong glue even though they are slightly tacky as this isn’t enough) .

 

·         Adhere the tiny blossoms to the pearl flourishes.

 

·         Finish by adding the gems to the flowers. Gems, pearls and stickles glitter to the tulle. I have also added a little stickles glitter to the flowers and foliage.

 

·         Finally I have pushed angel hair into the open lattice and filled the heart to give it a little mystical whimsy look.

 

Thank you all for taking the time to look at my projects, I know they have been long posts:(
 I really do  appreciate all of your lovely comments, Thank you x
Now I am off to do a bit of housework and play with my copics, so I should have some pictures to show you all this week with my newly learnt techniques :).
I hope you all enjoy the rest of your weekend x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ANOTHER MIXED MEDIA CANVAS ...... I'm loving creating these :) _ and a card for my son !

So it's Friday! I can't believe that I have actually crafted every single day :) and finished all the projects that I started...... Mr Mojo has certainly been on my side this week! Well as hubby said ...... I hope you gunna use all that stuff that you have just bought (from Ally Pally) and I replied off course, not knowing what you actually do with half of it hehe :) So I have had a really fun filled week playing....
I have 2 projects to share with you today....... a canvas and a card for my son
I decided not to watch You Tube videos to see what to do with them, cus once I get started I realise that I have actually spent all day on the computer and not actually done any crafting...... we've all been there, haven't we ? :) So I just had a hop around a few very talented blogs and got my inspiration..... and I haven't looked back!
I am really pleased with the outcome of this one:) Believe it or not ..... it was actually a last minute thought and I completed it in just under 2.5 hours, that is very good for me :) I just went with the flow!
So here it is - Another canvas:

 

 The canvas measures 20cm x 38cm. I have taken a picture with all the items that I used to create the background and some pictures of it in more detail:

 

• I randomly cut a few of the papers up, and layered them a little in the centre of the canvas, just off centre leaving a couple of inches on the right side and about 3inches on the left hand side.
• I used different shades of blue acrylic paints including a pearlescent one. I sponged these on and went over the papers a little.
• I then stencilled the circles using a bluey grey mix of acrylics and grunge paste, I gently dried this off of slightly using my heat gun (on low heat) and went over it again in the pearlescent blue paint.
• The picture has been layered onto the spellbinder detailed scallop frame and adhered off centre onto the canvas.
•  I have used shabby white frantage on the tags and flourishes and glued my chosen words onto the tags. (put these to one side).
• Next I adhered the lace and pearls on thread to the top and bottom of the canvas.
• I took all my elements including the flowers, wooden flowers/foliage, metal trinket, flourishes and tags and placed them on the canvas without adhering in place until I was happy with the design. ( I take a photo at this stage of my projects so that I remember where I want them to go). Once I was happy I adhered them all in place.
•  I also added a little lace to the tags.
• I have then added a little dried gypsophilia, adhered the crystal gems and crystal flourishes.
• Finally I added the butterflies and used a little more white frantage in the bottom left and top right hand corners.

Items Used:

• Canvas - I purchased mine in a pack of 3 from Wilko
• Acrylic paint - Docrafts and Paper Artsy
• Shabby White Frantage - Stampendous
• Emboss it dabber - Ranger
• Flourishes, tags, flowers, wooden flowers/foliage, crystal gems, crystal flourishes and butterflies - Prima
• Words - KCo
• Spellbinder - 5x7 detailed scallops
• Black lace and pearls - not sure:(
• Papers - Nature Garden and Engraver - Prima

 I would like to enter my canvas into the following challenge:

Happy Campers Crafting Challenge- use a mask or stencil

 

A Little Saucey Birthday Card

 Another project that I would like to share with you today is a clean and simple card for my son.
This was rather a challenge for me as recently I have found myself adding more and more bling and embellishments..... and my son, Kieran really wouldn't appreciate a card that I have not only spent hours creating, but also anything that remotely sparkles or looks girly:) although I did manage to sneak a few matt black pearls on to it.......

 I would like to enter this card into the following challenge:

Love to Create - One for the Guys

 

A Little Bit of Recycling!

Happy Wednesday people.  Gosh how the weeks are flying by I can't believe we are half way through April already :)
Yesterday I managed to create a few co-ordinating projects using Prima Nature Garden collection papers.
This box is 7cm x 12 cm I covered it in the papers and used flowers, butterflies, say it in crystals gems and wooden embellishments all from Prima!



The pink lace with gems is from Live and Love Crafts.
I have used the smallest dies from Spellbinder- Opulant Ovals and cut using gold metal foil to create the corner decorations.
I have heat embossed the wooden embellishments using encrusted jewel kit from Stampendous.

The key and lock are from are from Prima and also the 'precious' sentiment on the front of the box. I have embossed the key and lock and used glossy accents on the key.

My next project that I have made using co-ordinating Prima embellishments is a Bangle, small hair clips and a large hair clip. The bangle and large hair clip have been recycled from my old jewellery and hair accessory box:)

I would like to enter these projects into the following challenge-

Artistic Inspirations - anything but a card (The box)

Crafty Boots Challenge - Recycle (The bangle)

Everybody-Art-Challenge - Bling (The box)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

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