masculine monochrome

Well having been inspired to enter my first challenge over at A Vintage Journey , in a very long time...I decided to have another go ... and those of you who stop by here once in a while will know that I do love a neutral and monochrome palette ...
so when I saw that the challenge over at Simon Says on Monday was monochrome ...I decided to play along.

So here is my masculine make in monochrome...in yet another little shrine... I bought mine from Country View Crafts here ... so here goes:

And here is a photo that shows a little better the dimension ... I am having so much fun making these and my previous one ( a sewing inspired one ) , for those who are interested can be found here .

I started by painting the piece with DecoArt media paints , sanding , then adding a layer of

 crackle glaze and leaving to do its magic ... then added some antiquing cream and rubbed off ..leaving the wonderful crackle highlighted ...gotta love some crackle !

 

In order to make my gent , cut from one of Tim's gorgeous found relatives cards to stand proud of the background I added a couple of mini spools , painted to his back...

To decorate the inside , I used a piece of paper from the dapper paper stack, again from Tim Holtz..some rub ons and some yummy idea-ology...

it is amazing how much detail you can fit inside..

I added some seam binding , tied around the edge that had been dyed using hickory smoke...I do love this colour .

Here is this wonderful vintage gent...standing inside

and finally a last few images of the inside ...

So thank for stopping by... I am entering this into Simon Says Monday ...where the challenge is monochrome..

keep those fingers inky!

trace x

Home sweet home bunting for Country View Crafts

Well I have managed to pop another post up over at Country View Crafts and for all the details you can hop here  .

This piece is fairly simple to make and hopefully fun and effective too...so here are a couple of sneak peaks ...... and for all the details hop here ..x

thanks for stopping by and hopefully I will be back soon x

keep those fingers inky!

trace x

Painty playtime

Well it has been a while and I cannot say that I have managed to make anything much of a finished nature .... but I have decided to have a bit more of a play with some of my DecoArt paints and some techniques from Andy Skinner ..

These will be put into a final piece but for today were just the results of some weekend playtime and just getting back into something painty...

so here goes ..

I have followed the steps from the timeworn workshop , which I have re enrolled to and this time its a lifetime access .... all the details can be found on Andy Skinner's blog

I have never tried this one before....and am quite pleased with how it turned out ..

and this is another piece ...

A rusty piece , which I have tried before ...needs a bit more work...

This is a rusty textured piece, but still wet ...and needs a bit more work...

and this wood technique can be found from A Vintage Journey blog, used by Brenda Brown... of bumblebees and  butterflies blog...

and this is a work in progress ...

so there you go, no final make, just some work in progress and some learning in my painty playtime.

keep those fingers inky!

or in this case painty!!

trace x

Adventure awaits you - for Country View Crafts

Well  I have happily found some more crafty playtime, this time more paints from Decoart, some mdf pieces and some stamps from Paperartsy... This is another post for Country View Crafts ...so for all the details ...please hope here...

So for the sneak peaks for this make.....

And here is the finished piece...

If you would like to know how I made this ...all the details can be found here.....

If you have found the time to stop by then thanks so much, your visit is very much appreciated , as are your lovely comments x

keep those fingers inky!

 and those hearts full x

trace x

A rose by any other name. - for Country View Crafts

Well it has been a very , very long while since I made things for pleasure and also since I blogged...other than the odd take on Tim's gorgeous tags which has been few and far between....

It has also been a long while since I did any posts for the lovely Susan , over at Country View Crafts..but she is allowing me to pop in a post , as and when .... so thank you Susan ...and here is a taste of my first .... using the gorgeous Lady Rose stamps from my crafty inspiration... Tim Holtz.


I love these stamps, the gentleness and almost french perfumeries elegance ...well to me anyway?

You know me, love all things neutral...so I have stayed really neutral here ... even for me!

here are a few close ups of some of the details ...

and one more...

If you would like to see all the details of how I created this Lady Rose gift box....please hop here ...to be transported over to the Country View Crafts shop blog....which will have links to all the products I have used and details of how I created this piece.

Thanks to everyone for your lovely kind comments, on my very slow re-entering into blogland....which will be sporadic but its good to be back!

keep those fingers inky...and painty

and those hearts full xx

trace x