February colour picks

Hey, hey! I'm back with a little something I made for Prima's February Product Pick / colour challenge. I'm loving those gorgeous spring colours...

And here's my offering, ableit with slightly more grungier tones ;) This is one beefy card!

The heart is polystyrene, which I cut in half, wrapped in mesh material and painted.

^ Some details. I cut a hole to form a recess and filled with a couple of Prima mechanicals, prettied up with some sequins.

The large flower has a Junkyard findings stud and an old cog which was painted with mica powder as it's centre.

And that's me done for today. See you later!

The Loudest Mind...

Hello everyone! Today I'm sharing a layout I created for Prima's February edition of the Build A Page sketch challenge.

The page turned out more sprawling than I'd first planned but I'm still relatively content with the finished article...




Gesso textured by running a comb through it then coloured with inks and mica powders.

Notice the silver birch tree bark, which I found hanging loose. Of course I had to have it - this stuff is beyond awesome! There is a lightbulb theme going on here, some Ingvild Bolme Junkyard findings and mini bulbs which are cut from a 12x12 sheet (Prima Craftsman I believe).

I added in yet more texture via mulberry tissue paper, which I've glued in place, painted and added some stamping details.




Pieces of an old camera film negative double up as a border and tiny die cut tag!

See you later!

 

January Prima PPP

Hello again! Hope you are all having a good week.I'm here today with a card I created for Prima's January Product Picks. 

I chose to use the beautiful frosty blues and greys to create this winter birthday card.

 

I've used a mix of Prima papers, denim, Prima zipper flowers, pebbles, mesh and some painted chipboard token holders out of an old board game (I think)!

And a close up...lots of fibres and threads for texture.

Some metal was added for dimension along with a piece of zipper flower which I pushed into one of the holes in the chipboard token holder and attached an old cog. I've added some doodling in the chipboard recesses plus some snowy looking paint splats!

I would love to hear any random or unexpected junk you've used for crafting!

January Prima Guest Designer

Hello and happy 2014 to everyone! Today I'm *very* excited to share this layout I created as Prima's January guest designer!

 

This month's BAP sketch and this is what I came up with...

Using a mix of Lifetime and Vintage Vanity papers, I've added paint splodges in contrasting colours which have been highlighted to make them pop. Lots of little details come from using a selection of Prima stamps and my new love, the "Static" mask. I've used thin wood "paper" as a base to layer papers on and added texture with dry wall tape,mesh and chequered resist canvas.

A plastic ring has been used as a photo frame, which I painted and highlighted.


 

The flower has been created from string and wire, backed with resist canvas.

And a close up of the main details. I've used lots of different textures, from wire to corrugated card. And I've even got some sequins in, the Mechanicals clock face has been filled with them and I just toned them down with metallic paint. The fun you can have with cupboard junk ;)

Hop along to the Prima blog to join in the fun!

Hugs,

Have yourself a Merry little Christmas

 

Wishing you all a wonderful and peaceful Christmas time. Enjoy the festive period!

 

Have yourself a retro Christmas

Hello everyone and I hope you're having a good. Today I am back with more Christmas cards!

You know when you have soft spots for certain cards you create and don't want to give them away? Well this is one of those! 

I've used Pink Paislee's City Sidewalks collection (papers, chipboard snowflakes, die cut embellies). You just have to love some retro colours at this time of year, and they seem to work so well along with the pop of gold glitter.

The large die cut tag has been texturised with a chevron mask and gesso, then sprinkled with chunky glitter whilst it was still damp to create some interest and shimmer. I've layered a 3D star, twine, Crate clothes pin and glitter Thickers for the "happy" greeting. Can you tell how much I like these? ;) To finish off, I strung the little die cut pennants along to form a cute banner.

Bye for now!

Festive treat bags

Hey-lo and happy Friday! I have been hammering away at the Christmas projects recently and today I'm back with some festive gift bag.

We all need boxes and bags this time of year! Here I've made up a kraft pillow box decorated with Finn's Vintage Vanity papers, burlap, twine and topped off with this beyond kitsch plastic reindeer sat on a rosette (Tim Holtz die)! Don't you just love upcycling weird and wonder junk?!

For the bag, I've mixed up some papaers, using Vintage Vanity again and Hello Pastel - interesting to use Spring paper for Christmas!  Also used inked and embossed canvas, distressed doily and a 3D star which can double up as a Christmas decoration.

The star is detachable, made with a die cut that has been scored and folded up to create the dimension. I've added Prima flowers, vellum snowflake and a bubble sticker then pegged it onto the bag with a Prima clothes pin.

Last but not least....

I created this treat pocket by cutting a sheet of 12x12 paper in half and then folding in half again (short way if that makes sense!) to create the basic bag. The two side edges have been glued down and next was decorating, using some scraps of paper (Hello Pastel, North Country), fake "snow" and a layered up snowflake.

Hoping your festive crafting is running smoothly!

Bye for now,