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Thursday 24 April 2014

ALTERED JUMBO JIGSAW PIECE

Hi everyone,
I thought it was about time I added something new to my blog as I am so not good at keeping it updated !!
Today I finished a jumbo Jigsaw piece that I altered especially for my wonderful Daughter.
I got the inspiration for this from Rebecca Swanson who is one of the amazing DT members @ That Craft Place.
First I covered the piece with texture paste, and while it was wet I used a mix of red and white dylusions sprays to colour it.
I then added some white metal corners and other pieces and left to dry overnight.
I added the gorgeous flowers, angel, buttons, bird and cameos all from That Craft place and let these dry.

 

I made some hat pins and then added a bouquet of flowers into a little silver "thingy" which was an idea I took from Rebecca.
The small cameo setting at the bottom I filled with the fab pebeo prisme fantasy paints also from the shop, I love these as they give a marbled look once they dry.


 I typed out a quote onto white card and distressed the edges and used some Distress ink to age it. I then curled it slightly and stuck it down, once dried I added some glossy accents to give it a lovely shine.
I decided it still needed something so I added a coupe of tassles to the bottom and then added some ribbon to hang it.

 
I really enjoyed making this and I hope my Daughter will like it as much as I do.
Once again I want to thank Rebecca for giving me the inspiration to make this project. Check out her blog to see hers and other amazing inspiration here Rebbecca swanson.

Finally all the embelishments, pastes and paints I used can be purchased from my favourite craft shop ever  That Craft place.

Thanks for stopping by and hope you like it xxx

 
 

Tuesday 20 August 2013

Its a gorgeous sunny day here on the south coast
so hope you all are having some lovely sunshine
where you are
There is a new challenge on over at That Craft Place
called Stitch real or Faux
so pop over we would love to see your makes
 
This is my sample card, as you can see the backing has
been stitched with 2 colour threads
As i'm still very much a learner I have used
toppers as I am just learning to colour so hopefully
one day will be able to use images I have coloured
myself
 
 
So as you can see you don't have to be an expert
to join in the fun - All abilities are welcome
So get crafting everyone
xx
 
 


Friday 16 August 2013

 Hi everyone as you can see this is my first attempt at blogging !!
So to start I thought I would just add a few pics
of bits and bobs I have made recently
 
First I have my very first ever piece of Altered Art
 
My Alice in Wonderland Clock
 


 I Made this from an old clock I bought for £1 from the boot fair !
 
I used beautiful Decopatch papers and added some of the new line of
 
Alice in wonderland decoupage  available form that craft place
 
As this was my first project I was soooo happy to win 1st prize
 
with it at one of the challenges at thatcraftplace
 
xxx