"Art, to me, is the interpretation of the impression which nature makes upon the eye and brain. (Childe Hassam)"
Just wanted to say ... thanks for taking the time to stop by, hope you enjoyed your visit.x
Monday 30 December 2013
The holly bears the crown.
Wednesday 25 December 2013
Merry Christmas
Tuesday 24 December 2013
Believe in the magic of Christmas
To complete I added some stars (idea-ology)...some dyed seam binding and more idea-ology
and a word band..
I am linking this up to Linda's 12 tags of Christmas here .
so I will leave you ...hoping for lots of magic in your household...I certainly have 3 excited children ..hoping that some magic will come their way ...so lets hope our magic Santa sprinkles do the trick!
may your hearts be full and happy x
Monday 23 December 2013
can you hear those sleigh bells?
Oh Christmas tree
Well here I am with a festive make for my final Dt make for Creative Expressions before Christmas. I have used a singles stamp for something a little different... so here is my make :
So... a festive cone shaped Christmas tree and another gift bag!
I used the stamp seen below for all the stamped details on the gift bag tag and also on the tree, complete with frosty sprinkles and festive tinsel .
lets start with the tree...I painted the cone shaped tree with white eco paint, and then added some patches of rock candy crackle and then for the top of the tree I sprinkled on some cosmic shimmer glitter jewels in iced snow .
Now for the tinsel....I started by stamping the stamp above in cornflower blue archival ink..
I then started cutting to remove the small pieces for the tinsel...
I then threaded these pieces onto wire for my tinsel..
for the base of the tree I added some halves of the centre piece of the stamp and some more rock candy
Now for the gift tag ..
I added the stamp to the tag in cornflower blue archival ink...and then stamped the middle section again and cut into it to layer it up...see below
To this I added some rock candy loose glitter..then layered onto the tag and added a large pearl for the centre
Finally for the top and bottom I stamped the henna border shown below...in broken chin and covered in sticky embossing powder and the loose rock candy glitter..
masking off part of the stamp to get a straight border...
some dyed seam binding finishes the tag off.
So wishing you a happy , healthy Christmas and all the best for 2014.
keep those fingers inky
and this hearts full
trace x
Saturday 21 December 2013
another tiny snowflake falls
Well here I am again with tag #7 for the lovely Linda's 12 tags of Christmas...the details of the tag challenge are here along with all the details of the prizes and how to enter. You have now, until the 8th January to play along and you could win one of the generous gift certificates for the Funkie junkie Boutique, lovely Linda's boutique that is sponsoring the challenge.
Everyone who enters and complies by the rules will also get a discount . So without further ado here is Linda's tag #7 and below is mine, inspired by the embossed background and gorgeous flower.
I created an embossed background for my tag ( I am using #10 tags from the FunkieJunkieBoutique) and then added frayed burlap distress stain and lots of yummy creamy antique linen distress paint...yep still loving them !
I scuffed the edges and added some frayed burlap distress stain.
Well I loved the background and flower I made but the letters are not me :( and if time had been on my side I would have re made this without the letters like this but hey ho !
So the flower, was two die cut poinsettia die cuts , inked , wet and scrunched a little...un flattened and then a gorgeous flower from some ribbon found at Linda's boutique...and removed so I just had the flower...gorgeous colour, and fitted a treat...I added some pine frond die cuts and glittered with rock candy distress glitter.
the letters were covered with antique linen distress glitter was I felt it spoiled the soft feel of the tag...wish I had left them painty!
I added some dyed seam binding to the top..
I also added a couple of additional snowflakes..
So I will leave you with one last look at the flower and will be linking up to Linda's 12 tags here and also our creative corner are having a Vintage Christmas...using neutrals x
festive gift box
Well with the festive season not far away and here is a sneak peak of my make for CountryViewCrafts blog...
If you would like to see how I made it then please feel free to pop across here ... Now I am off as Santa needs a bit more help...and his helper gets getting distracted with Dt stuff and making tags! .....
If you would like to see how I made it then please feel free to pop across here ... Now I am off as Santa needs a bit more help...and his helper gets getting distracted with Dt stuff and making tags! .....
keep those fingers inky!
trace x
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Friday 20 December 2013
sometimes the beauty is in its simplicity
Well here I am back again with my take on Linda's tags of Christmas, number 6....I know still a teensy bit behind!? But here are all the details of this fab challenge and there are some generous prizes courtesy of Linda's fab boutique The FunkiejunkieBoutique.
So there is till the 8th of Januray to play along yet...if I can make iit...so can you ;) .
So here is Linda's gorgeous tag #6 and below is mine...inspired by the plaid effect and the fir trees.
Well I wanted to mimic the plaid to a certain extent and used one of Tim's fab stripes stencils and my much loved iced spruce to create that sort of effect in a softer manner..I was really pleased with how it turned out...great except I was scared stiff as to what to do next in case I messed it up!
So I added some stamped fir trees in iced spruce using stamps from reindeer flight, gosh I do love this stamp set..When dry I edged with iced spruce. to complete the background I stamped some snowflakes using perfect medium, embossed with sticky embossing powder and added ....yes you guessed some clear rock candy Distress glitter...
Now for the tree, for which I can take no credit as I totally copied Linda's.
I added a little canvas reindeer, edged in frayed burlap...
some cheesecloth dyed with distress stains...to create a snowy forest floor.
I know that these are all soft colours but i just love how you can still get the different layers and textures...
Finally at the top I added some idea-ology and some dyed seam binding..I really loved making this tag and love the simple calmness it seems to have to me anyway!
So I will be linking this up to Linda's 12 tags
and use a rubber stamp for simon says stamp monday challenge blog
and anything goes for the Artistic Stamper
keep those fingers inky!
and those hearts full
trace x
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